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Ira Choate 1817–1902 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jul 1817

Birth Location: Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 26 Oct 1902

Death Location: Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Choate

Mother: Lucretia Cogswell

Spouse(s): Sarah Kennard, Harriet Chaney

Children(s): Fitz Choate, Charles Choate, Alfred Choate, Sarah Choate

In 1817, Ira Choate entered the world in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, born to John Patch Choate And Lucretia Cogswell. In 1850, Ira Choate resided in Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. In 1860, Ira Choate resided in South New Market, Rockingham County, NH. Ira Choate married Harriet Mariah Hattie Chaney, Sarah Elizabeth Shute Kennard, and had children including Alfred Burleigh Choate, Charles Augustus Choate, Fitz Herbert Choate, Sarah Lucretia Choate. Ira Choate passed away in 1902 in Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1817, Ira Choate entered the world in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, born to John Patch Choate And Lucretia Cogswell.
  • In 1850, Ira Choate resided in Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
  • In 1860, Ira Choate resided in South New Market, Rockingham County, NH.
  • Ira Choate married Harriet Mariah Hattie Chaney, Sarah Elizabeth Shute Kennard, and had children including Alfred Burleigh Choate, Charles Augustus Choate, Fitz Herbert Choate, Sarah Lucretia Choate.
  • Ira Choate passed away in 1902 in Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Choate
1781–1863
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
JC
Lucretia Cogswell
1781–1848
Birth Location: Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
LC

Spouses(s)

Sarah Kennard
1819–1883
Birth Location: Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
SK
Harriet Chaney
1832–1910
Birth Location: Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
HC

Children(s)

Fitz Choate
1850–1932
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
FC
Charles Choate
1846–1924
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
CC
Alfred Choate
1843–1880
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
AC
Sarah Choate
1855–1906
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
SC

Ira Choate's Ancestors

Self
Ira Choate
1817–1902
Birth Place: Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
John Patch Choate
1781–1863
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Lucretia Cogswell
1781–1848
Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Stephen Choate
1752–1816
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Patch
1753–1813
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
William Cogswell
1747–1831
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Lucretia Burnham
1748–1836
Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Esq
1727–1815
Mary Low
1726–1769
John Esq.
1721–1799
Abigail (Patch)
1722–1812
John Cogswell
1717–1776
Mary Cogswell
1723–1784
Francis Burnham
1713–1793
Mary Burnham
1714–1754
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lt.
1693–1774
Elizabeth Burnham
1691–1737
David Capt.
1701–1771
Susannah
1700–1775
John Patch
1699–1789
Abigail Bowles
1702–1721
John Jr.
1683–1719
Sarah Browne
1687–1753
William Sr.
1694–1762
Mary Cogswell
1699–1734
Thomas II
1690–1742
Hannah Cogswell
1693–1782
Josiah Burnham
1688–1777
Elizabeth Butler
1686–1741

Ira Choate's Descendants

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Ira Choate (24 Jul 1817–26 Oct 1902) m. Sarah (Elizabeth Shute) Kennard (21 Dec 1819–11 Jan 1883) m. Harriet (Mariah "Hattie") Chaney (2 Sep 1832–7 Jun 1910)
  1. 1. Fitz (Herbert) Choate 1850–1932 m. Ella (Maria) Melendy 1855–1941
    1. 1. Arthur (Herbert) Choate 1880–1951 m. Elizabeth (Knowles) Robertson 1881–1937 m. Edith (Abbie) Killam 1884–1969
      1. 1. Marion (Isabella) Choate 1901–1951 m. Clarence (Howard) Forrest 1901–1940 m. Charles (Wellington) Fenerty 1885–1972
        1. 1. John (Joseph) Forrest 1925–1978 m. Geraldine (Evelyn) Townsend 1926–2013
        2. 2. Harold (Clinton) Forrest 1920–1995 m. Hulda (Ottilia) Kivela 1919–1999
        3. 3. Esther (Marion) Forrest 1923–1994 m. Jonas (Alfred Ypya) Jr. 1908–1968 m. Dean Martin 1929–1977 m. Homer (Seth Funk) TSgt. 1919–1990
        4. 4. June (Meredith) Forrest 1932–2002 m. Clyde (Olin) Plunkett 1933–2004 m. Arthur (Adolph "Pip") Granfors 1914–1972
        5. 5. Clarence (Alfred) Forrest 1939–1966 m. Carole (Ann "Nana") Moxcey 1936–2016
        6. 6. Arthur (Herbert) Forrest 1926–1926
        7. 7. Alvin (Eastman) Forrest 1926–1926
        8. 8. James (Richard) Forrest 1926–1926
        9. 9. Estella (Elizabeth) Forrest 1919–2008 m. Matti (Earl "Mush") Granfors 1918–1994
      2. 2. Bernice (Augusta) Choate 1904–1997 m. Stoddard (Emmons) Chaplin 1902–1965 m. Albert (Edward) Schacht 1905–1970
        1. 1. Barbara (Mae) Chaplin 1932–2020 m. Charles (Rackliffe) Chamberlain 1928–1998
        2. 2. Bernice (Mildred) Chaplin 1930– m. Robert (Putnam) Hezlitt 1926–2011
        3. 3. Stoddard (Emmons Chaplin) Jr 1939–2017
        4. 4. Marilynn (Virginia) Chaplin 1925–1962 m. William (Russell) Hezlitt 1924–1965
      3. 3. Helen (Frances) Choate 1905–1989 m. Adam Kerylow 1919–2000 m. John ("Chick") Haryan 1903–1961
        1. 1. George (Herbert) Haryan 1924–2012 m. Genevieve (Alice) Poplawski 1921–1997
        2. 2. Dorothy (Louise) Haryan 1926–1997 m. Leon (Stanley Poplawski) SSgt. 1925–2003
      4. 4. Charles (Herbert) Choate 1906–1991 m. Martha Shaw 1909–1983 m. Violet (Ethel) Barnes 1908–1973
      5. 5. Nancy (Pearl) Choate 1929– m. Charles (Ewan McGregor) Jr. 1923–1981 m. Erwin Schoef 1925–
    2. 2. Nellie (Bernice) Choate 1878–1970 m. Ernest (Morgan) Holder 1876–1926
      1. 1. Kenneth (Morgan) Holder 1907–1911
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Augusta) Choate 1886–1981 m. Sydney Cassey 1882–1963
      1. 1. Janet Cassey 1922–
  2. 2. Charles (Augustus) Choate 1846–1924 m. Annie (Franklin) Bowden 1852–1900
    1. 1. Nancy Choate 1889–
    2. 2. John (Ragland) Choate 1885–1940
    3. 3. Francis (Howard) Choate 1877–1887
    4. 4. Mary (Demaris) Choate 1872–1879
    5. 5. Miriam (Louisa) Choate 1870–1963
  3. 3. Alfred (Burleigh) Choate 1843–1880 m. Catherine ("Kate") Moulton 1843–
    1. 1. Charles (Irving) Choate 1866–1942 m. Janette (Grace) Eastman 1859–1948
  4. 4. Sarah (Lucretia) Choate 1855–1906 m. William Stratton 1840–1892

Ira Choate's Timeline

9 Records

1817
24 Jul 1817
Birth of Ira Choate in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1850
1850
Age 33
Ira Choate resided here in Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1860
1860
Age 43
Ira Choate resided here in South New Market, Rockingham County, NH
South New Market, Rockingham County, NH
1863
1863
Age 46
Ira Choate resided here in New Hampshire, USA
New Hampshire, USA
1870
1870
Age 53
Ira Choate resided here in Salem Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Salem Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1880
1880
Age 63
Ira Choate resided here in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1883
3 Feb 1883
Age 66
Ira Choate resided here in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1900
1900
Age 83
Ira Choate resided here in Everett Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Everett Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1902
26 Oct 1902
Age 85
Death of Ira Choate in Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jul 1817
    Event Place: Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Death Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911
    [2] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [3] Massachusetts, Marriage Records
    [4] Massachusetts, Town Birth Records
    [5] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 555; Family History Film: 1254555; Page: 346A; Enumeration District: 644
    [6] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Salem Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_613; Page: 654B; Family History Library Film: 552112
    [7] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Everett Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0750; FHL microfilm: 1240658
    [8] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: South Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Roll: M653_679; Page: 1071; Family Hi
    [9] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 312; Page: 51a
    [10] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [11] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The Choates in America, 1643-1896, John Choat and his descendants, Chebacco, Ipswich, Massachusetts
    [12] Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, Essex Institute; Salem, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Essex, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849
    [13] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 312; Page: 51a

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: South New Market, Rockingham County, NH
    Record Source:
    [1] New Hampshire, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: South Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Roll: M653_679; Page: 1071; Family Hi

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1863
    Event Place: New Hampshire, USA
    Record Source: U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for New Hampshire, 1862-1866; Series: M780; Roll: 1; Description: District 1; Annual Lists; 1863; Record Group: 58, Records of the Internal Revenue Servic

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Salem Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Salem Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_613; Page: 654B; Family History Library Film: 552112

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 555; Family History Film: 1254555; Page: 346A; Enumeration District: 644

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1883
    Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index, Boston Evening Transcript; Publication Date: 3 Feb 1883; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; &terms=IRA_CHOATE

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Everett Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Everett Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0750; FHL microfilm: 1240658

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ibis City
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Publication Date: 12 Sep 1885; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ,0.41072592,0.7244941,0.4377271

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Oct 1902
    Event Place: Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Death Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911
    [2] U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
    [3] Massachusetts, Death Index
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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