Desire Chipman1
F
Desire Chipman married Melatiah Bourne.1
Child of Desire Chipman and Melatiah Bourne
- Rev. Shearjashub Bourne1 b. 21 Dec 1699, d. 14 Aug 1768
Citations
- [S75] Frederick Lewis Weis, Colonial Clergy, p. 36.
Doris Gertrude Chipman1
F, b. 6 August 1904, d. 11 May 1991
Doris Gertrude Chipman|b. 6 Aug 1904\nd. 11 May 1991|p80.htm#i6609|Alberto Lee Chipman|b. 26 Aug 1878\nd. 23 Mar 1958|p79.htm#i6612|Mertie Aimee Jordan|b. 23 Feb 1879\nd. 14 Mar 1961|p248.htm#i6613|James I. Chipman|b. 8 Jan 1855\nd. 2 Aug 1927|p80.htm#i6616|Arabelle H. Bean|b. 8 Jan 1857\nd. 9 Dec 1959|p30.htm#i6617|John H. Jordan||p248.htm#i6614|Sarah A. Sims||p448.htm#i6615|
Doris Gertrude Chipman was born on 6 August 1904 in Poland, Maine.1 She was the daughter of Alberto Lee Chipman and Mertie Aimee Jordan.1 Doris Gertrude Chipman married Edward Davies Pardington, son of George Palmer Pardington and Anna Lucretia Davies, on 22 January 1926 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.1 Doris Gertrude Chipman died on 11 May 1991 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the age of 86.1
Child of Doris Gertrude Chipman and Edward Davies Pardington
- Angela Davies Pardington+1 b. 20 Oct 1926, d. 31 Dec 1987
Citations
- [S56] Unknown author, Information.
Hope Chipman1
F, b. 31 August 1652, d. 26 July 1728
Hope Chipman|b. 31 Aug 1652\nd. 26 Jul 1728|p80.htm#i7718|Hon. John Chipman|b. 1613/14\nd. 7 Apr 1708|p80.htm#i5351|Hope Howland|b. 30 Aug 1629\nd. 8 Jan 1683/84|p232.htm#i5352|Thomas Chipman||p80.htm#i5369||||John Howland|b. c 1592\nd. 24 Feb 1672/73|p232.htm#i5370|Elizabeth Tilley|b. 30 Aug 1607\nd. 21 Dec 1687|p486.htm#i7716|
Hope Chipman was born on 31 August 1652 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Hon. John Chipman and Hope Howland.1 Hope Chipman died on 26 July 1728 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, at the age of 75.1
Citations
- [S73] The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 41 p. 2.
James Chipman1
M, b. 26 August 1811, d. 28 March 1884
James Chipman|b. 26 Aug 1811\nd. 28 Mar 1884|p80.htm#i6618|James Chipman|b. 25 Dec 1782\nd. 25 Aug 1853|p80.htm#i6622|Hannah Currier|b. Nov 1780\nd. 28 Apr 1855|p108.htm#i6623|Benjamin Chipman|b. 4 Feb 1752\nd. 3 Apr 1825|p79.htm#i6624|Abigail Milliken|b. 3 Apr 1757\nd. 3 Apr 1825|p301.htm#i6625|||||||
James Chipman was born on 26 August 1811 in Poland, Maine.1 He was the son of James Chipman and Hannah Currier.1 James Chipman married Elizabeth Ann Merrill, daughter of Edmund Merrill and Susan Morrell, on 18 June 1853 in Poland, Androscoggin, Maine.1 James Chipman died on 28 March 1884 in Poland, Maine, at the age of 72.1
Child of James Chipman and Elizabeth Ann Merrill
- James Irving Chipman+1 b. 8 Jan 1855, d. 2 Aug 1927
Citations
- [S56] Unknown author, Information.
James Chipman1
M, b. 25 December 1782, d. 25 August 1853
James Chipman|b. 25 Dec 1782\nd. 25 Aug 1853|p80.htm#i6622|Benjamin Chipman|b. 4 Feb 1752\nd. 3 Apr 1825|p79.htm#i6624|Abigail Milliken|b. 3 Apr 1757\nd. 3 Apr 1825|p301.htm#i6625|Benjamin Chipman|b. 23 May 1729\nd. May 1787|p79.htm#i6626|Hannah Wadsworth|b. 5 Dec 1728\nd. Dec 1821|p514.htm#i6627|||||||
James Chipman was born on 25 December 1782 in Poland, Maine.1 He was the son of Benjamin Chipman and Abigail Milliken.1 James Chipman married Hannah Currier on 22 June 1805 in Minot, Civil, Androscoggin, Maine.1 James Chipman died on 25 August 1853 at the age of 70.1
Child of James Chipman and Hannah Currier
- James Chipman+1 b. 26 Aug 1811, d. 28 Mar 1884
Citations
- [S56] Unknown author, Information.
James Irving Chipman1
M, b. 8 January 1855, d. 2 August 1927
James Irving Chipman|b. 8 Jan 1855\nd. 2 Aug 1927|p80.htm#i6616|James Chipman|b. 26 Aug 1811\nd. 28 Mar 1884|p80.htm#i6618|Elizabeth Ann Merrill|b. 28 Feb 1831\nd. 9 Sep 1880|p299.htm#i6619|James Chipman|b. 25 Dec 1782\nd. 25 Aug 1853|p80.htm#i6622|Hannah Currier|b. Nov 1780\nd. 28 Apr 1855|p108.htm#i6623|Edmund Merrill||p299.htm#i6620|Susan Morrell||p309.htm#i6621|
James Irving Chipman was born on 8 January 1855 in Poland, Maine.1 He was the son of James Chipman and Elizabeth Ann Merrill.1 James Irving Chipman married Arabelle Howard Bean on 2 October 1877 in Poland, Androscoggin, Maine.1 James Irving Chipman died on 2 August 1927 in Poland, Maine, at the age of 72.1
Child of James Irving Chipman and Arabelle Howard Bean
- Alberto Lee Chipman+1 b. 26 Aug 1878, d. 23 Mar 1958
Citations
- [S56] Unknown author, Information.
John Chipman
M
John Chipman||p80.htm#i7212|Hon. John Chipman|b. 1613/14\nd. 7 Apr 1708|p80.htm#i5351|Hope Howland|b. 30 Aug 1629\nd. 8 Jan 1683/84|p232.htm#i5352|Thomas Chipman||p80.htm#i5369||||John Howland|b. c 1592\nd. 24 Feb 1672/73|p232.htm#i5370|Elizabeth Tilley|b. 30 Aug 1607\nd. 21 Dec 1687|p486.htm#i7716|
Child of John Chipman
Hon. John Chipman1
M, b. 1613/14, d. 7 April 1708
Hon. John Chipman|b. 1613/14\nd. 7 Apr 1708|p80.htm#i5351|Thomas Chipman||p80.htm#i5369||||||||||||||||
Hon. John Chipman was born in 1613/14 in England. He was the son of Thomas Chipman. Hon. John Chipman emigrated in 1631 to Boston, Massachusetts. He married Hope Howland, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, on 13 September 1646 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, twelve children.2 Hon. John Chipman died on 7 April 1708 in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Children of Hon. John Chipman and Hope Howland
- Lydia Chipman+3 d. 9 Sep 1716
- John Chipman+
- Hope Chipman4 b. 31 Aug 1652, d. 26 Jul 1728
- Samuel Chipman+ b. 15 Apr 1661, d. 5 Aug 1752
Rev. John Chipman1
M, b. 16 February 1691, d. 23 March 1775
Rev. John Chipman|b. 16 Feb 1691\nd. 23 Mar 1775|p80.htm#i7882|Samuel Chipman|b. 15 Apr 1661\nd. 5 Aug 1752|p80.htm#i7095|Sarah Cob||p87.htm#i7096|Hon. John Chipman|b. 1613/14\nd. 7 Apr 1708|p80.htm#i5351|Hope Howland|b. 30 Aug 1629\nd. 8 Jan 1683/84|p232.htm#i5352|Henry Cob||p87.htm#i7097||||
Rev. John Chipman was born on 16 February 1691 in Barnstable.1 He was the son of Samuel Chipman and Sarah Cob.1 Rev. John Chipman died on 23 March 1775 in Beverly at the age of 84.1
Citations
- [S75] Frederick Lewis Weis, Colonial Clergy, p. 55.
Lydia Chipman1
F, d. 9 September 1716
Lydia Chipman|d. 9 Sep 1716|p80.htm#i5319|Hon. John Chipman|b. 1613/14\nd. 7 Apr 1708|p80.htm#i5351|Hope Howland|b. 30 Aug 1629\nd. 8 Jan 1683/84|p232.htm#i5352|Thomas Chipman||p80.htm#i5369||||John Howland|b. c 1592\nd. 24 Feb 1672/73|p232.htm#i5370|Elizabeth Tilley|b. 30 Aug 1607\nd. 21 Dec 1687|p486.htm#i7716|
Lydia Chipman was the daughter of Hon. John Chipman and Hope Howland.1 Lydia Chipman married John Sargent, son of William Sargent and Sarah (Unknown), on 19 March 1662.1 Lydia Chipman died on 9 September 1716.1
Child of Lydia Chipman and John Sargent
- Lydia Sargent+1 b. 1682, d. a 1709
Citations
- [S34] Unverified internet information.
Samuel Chipman
M, b. 15 April 1661, d. 5 August 1752
Samuel Chipman|b. 15 Apr 1661\nd. 5 Aug 1752|p80.htm#i7095|Hon. John Chipman|b. 1613/14\nd. 7 Apr 1708|p80.htm#i5351|Hope Howland|b. 30 Aug 1629\nd. 8 Jan 1683/84|p232.htm#i5352|Thomas Chipman||p80.htm#i5369||||John Howland|b. c 1592\nd. 24 Feb 1672/73|p232.htm#i5370|Elizabeth Tilley|b. 30 Aug 1607\nd. 21 Dec 1687|p486.htm#i7716|
Samuel Chipman was born on 15 April 1661. He was the son of Hon. John Chipman and Hope Howland. Samuel Chipman married Sarah Cob, daughter of Henry Cob, on 27 December 1686. Samuel Chipman died on 5 August 1752 at the age of 91.
Child of Samuel Chipman and Sarah Cob
- Rev. John Chipman1 b. 16 Feb 1691, d. 23 Mar 1775
Citations
- [S75] Frederick Lewis Weis, Colonial Clergy, p. 55.
Seth Chipman1
M
Seth Chipman married Priscilla Bradford.1
Child of Seth Chipman and Priscilla Bradford
- Benjamin Chipman+1 b. 23 May 1729, d. May 1787
Citations
- [S56] Unknown author, Information.
Thomas Chipman
M
Thomas Chipman died in Bryan's-Piddle (Bryans Puddle), Dorset.
Child of Thomas Chipman
- Hon. John Chipman+ b. 1613/14, d. 7 Apr 1708
John Chisam1,2
M
John Chisam married Esther Sewall, daughter of John Sewall and Mary Sayward, on 11 August 1787 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine.2
Sarah Chisam1,2
F
The marriage intention of Sarah Chisam and William Sewall, son of Nicholas Sewall and Mehitable Storer, was published on 19 February 1756 in Georgetown, Maine.
Children of Sarah Chisam and William Sewall
- Sarah Sewall+1 b. 6 Aug 1756, d. 9 Oct 1836
- William Sewall+3 b. 4 Oct 1758
- Stephen Sewall3 b. 14 Dec 1760
- James Sewall+2 b. 19 Jan 1763, d. 17 Sep 1817
- Elizabeth "Bety" Sewall3 b. 10 Nov 1764, d. bt 1801 - 1802
- Rebecca Sewall1 b. 2 Apr 1767, d. 6 Jun 1817
- Jane Sewall+4 b. 16 Feb 1769, d. 4 Dec 1842
Barbara Chisholm1
F
Barbara Chisholm||p80.htm#i10458|Mark Chisholm||p80.htm#i11830|Barbara Bennet||p34.htm#i11831|W. Chisholm||p80.htm#i11834|Helen Turnbull||p508.htm#i11835|Archibald Bennet||p34.htm#i11832||||
Barbara Chisholm was the daughter of Mark Chisholm and Barbara Bennet.2,3 Barbara Chisholm married George Minto on 17 April 1752 in the Parish Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.4
Children of Barbara Chisholm and George Minto
- Markie Minto+ b. 1755, d. 9 Jan 1821
- Lt. Colonel William Minto RMA b. 9 Dec 1756, d. 2 Jun 1827 or 2 Feb 1827
Dorothea Chisholm1
F, b. circa 1731, d. circa 1804
Dorothea Chisholm|b. c 1731\nd. c 1804|p80.htm#i11838|Mark Chisholm||p80.htm#i11830|Barbara Bennet||p34.htm#i11831|W. Chisholm||p80.htm#i11834|Helen Turnbull||p508.htm#i11835|Archibald Bennet||p34.htm#i11832||||
Dorothea Chisholm was born circa 1731.2 She was the daughter of Mark Chisholm and Barbara Bennet.1 Dorothea Chisholm married Walter Turnbull they had three daughters all of whom married.1,3 Dorothea Chisholm died circa 1804.2
Children of Dorothea Chisholm and Walter Turnbull
- Barbara Turnbull+1
- (unknown) Turnbull+2
- Isabella Turnbull+2 b. 21 Mar 1757, d. 1 May 1835
Citations
- [S136] George Tancred, Rulewater, p. 190.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://www.turnbullclan.com/tca_genealogy/genealogy/…
- [S515] Mary Katharine Williams, "Grieve-Schneider line," e-mail to John Rees, November 2009.
Helen Chisholm1
F
Helen Chisholm||p80.htm#i11836|Mark Chisholm||p80.htm#i11830|Barbara Bennet||p34.htm#i11831|W. Chisholm||p80.htm#i11834|Helen Turnbull||p508.htm#i11835|Archibald Bennet||p34.htm#i11832||||
Citations
- [S136] George Tancred, Rulewater, p. 190.
Lilias Chisholm1
F
Lilias Chisholm married Colonel Alexander Fraser of Culduthel.1
Child of Lilias Chisholm and Colonel Alexander Fraser of Culduthel
- Isabella Fraser+1 b. 24 Jun 1758
Citations
- [S431] Alexander Mackenzie, History of the Frasers of Lovat, p. 586.
Mark Chisholm1
M
Mark Chisholm||p80.htm#i11830|W. Chisholm||p80.htm#i11834|Helen Turnbull||p508.htm#i11835|||||||||||||
Mark Chisholm was the son of W. Chisholm and Helen Turnbull.2 Mark Chisholm married Barbara Bennet, daughter of Archibald Bennet, on 26 September 1714 in Ancrum, Roxburgshire.2,3
Children of Mark Chisholm and Barbara Bennet
- Barbara Chisholm+1
- Helen Chisholm1
- Dorothea Chisholm+1 b. c 1731, d. c 1804
W. Chisholm1
M
W. Chisholm. Of Parkhill in Borthwick.1 He married Helen Turnbull say 1690.1 By a post-nuptual contract by W. Chisholm and Helen Turnbull which was signed on 21 October 1714 "with ane consent" disponed the lands of Fotherlie and Ruletownhead to their son, Mark Chisolm.2
Child of W. Chisholm and Helen Turnbull
Mary Chittenden1
F, b. 1647, d. 1712
Mary Chittenden was born in 1647.2 She married John Leete, son of Governor William Leete and Anne Payne, on 4 October 1670 in Guilford, Connecticut.1,2 Mary Chittenden died in 1712.2
(?) Choate1
M
(?) Choate||p80.htm#i2804|Rufus Choate|b. 1 Oct 1799\nd. 13 Jul 1859|p80.htm#i1051||||Capt. David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1757\nd. 28 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i1049|Miriam Foster|b. 28 Nov 1771\nd. 14 Jan 1853|p162.htm#i1050|||||||
(?) Choate was the son of Rufus Choate.1
Citations
- [S18] Various editors, Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. 2, p. 194.
David Choate1
M, b. 29 November 1796, d. 17 December 1872
David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1796\nd. 17 Dec 1872|p80.htm#i2803|Capt. David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1757\nd. 28 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i1049|Miriam Foster|b. 28 Nov 1771\nd. 14 Jan 1853|p162.htm#i1050|||||||||||||
David Choate was born on 29 November 1796 in Chebacco, Ipswich, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Capt. David Choate and Miriam Foster.1 He was employed as a school teacher from 1815 to 1842. He inaugurated and developed the local high school and was one of the founders of the Essex County Teachers' Association, and was for many years its president; was one of the trustees of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from its incorporation in 1836; was a trustee of Dummer Academy, Byfield, Mass., 1840-50; a member of the State Legislature, 1839-41, and a member of the State Senate and chairman of the Committee on Education, 1841-42. He was for many years justice of the peace. He wrote An Agricultural and Geological survey of Essex County, which was published by the Essex County Agricultural Society, of which he was an officer and member.1 David Choate married Elizabeth Wade on 14 January 1828.2 David Choate died on 17 December 1872 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, at the age of 76.3
Capt. David Choate1
M, b. 29 November 1757, d. 28 March 1808
Capt. David Choate was born on 29 November 1757 in Chebacco, Ipswich, Massachusetts.2 He married firstly Mary Cogswell on 24 June 1784.2 Capt. David Choate married secondly Miriam Foster on 15 October 1791.2 Capt. David Choate died on 28 March 1808 at the age of 50.2
Children of Capt. David Choate and Miriam Foster
- Mary Choate+1 b. 3 Oct 1792, d. 28 Mar 1855
- Hannah Choate2 b. 12 Aug 1794, d. 9 Feb 1837
- David Choate3 b. 29 Nov 1796, d. 17 Dec 1872
- Rufus Choate+1 b. 1 Oct 1799, d. 13 Jul 1859
- Washington Choate2 b. 17 Jan 1803, d. 27 Feb 1822
- Job Choate2 b. 25 Dec 1806, d. 10 Mar 1808
Hannah Choate1
F, b. 12 August 1794, d. 9 February 1837
Hannah Choate|b. 12 Aug 1794\nd. 9 Feb 1837|p80.htm#i16460|Capt. David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1757\nd. 28 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i1049|Miriam Foster|b. 28 Nov 1771\nd. 14 Jan 1853|p162.htm#i1050|||||||||||||
Hannah Choate was born on 12 August 1794 in Chebacco, Ipswich, Massachusetts.1,2 She was the daughter of Capt. David Choate and Miriam Foster.1 Hannah Choate married Rev. Robert Crowell on 2 September 1822.1 Hannah Choate died on 9 February 1837 at the age of 42.1
Job Choate1
M, b. 25 December 1806, d. 10 March 1808
Job Choate|b. 25 Dec 1806\nd. 10 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i16465|Capt. David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1757\nd. 28 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i1049|Miriam Foster|b. 28 Nov 1771\nd. 14 Jan 1853|p162.htm#i1050|||||||||||||
Job Choate was born on 25 December 1806.1 He was the son of Capt. David Choate and Miriam Foster.1 Job Choate died on 10 March 1808 at the age of 1.1
Citations
- [S268] Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, The Choates in America, p. 109.
Mary Choate1
F, b. 3 October 1792, d. 28 March 1855
Mary Choate|b. 3 Oct 1792\nd. 28 Mar 1855|p80.htm#i1048|Capt. David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1757\nd. 28 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i1049|Miriam Foster|b. 28 Nov 1771\nd. 14 Jan 1853|p162.htm#i1050|||||||||||||
Mary Choate was born on 3 October 1792 in Chebacco, Ipswich, Massachusetts.2 She was the daughter of Capt. David Choate and Miriam Foster.1 Mary Choate married Dr. Thomas Sewall, son of Thomas Sewall and Priscilla Coney, on 28 November 1813 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.3 Mary Choate died on 28 March 1855 in Rockville, Maryland, at the residence of her son and was buried in the Wesley Chapel burying ground near Columbia College at the age of 62.4,5
Child of Mary Choate and Dr. Thomas Sewall
- Rev. Thomas Sewall+1 b. 28 Apr 1818, d. 11 Aug 1870
Citations
Rufus Choate1
M, b. 1 October 1799, d. 13 July 1859
Rufus Choate|b. 1 Oct 1799\nd. 13 Jul 1859|p80.htm#i1051|Capt. David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1757\nd. 28 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i1049|Miriam Foster|b. 28 Nov 1771\nd. 14 Jan 1853|p162.htm#i1050|||||||||||||
Rufus Choate was born on 1 October 1799 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.2 He was the son of Capt. David Choate and Miriam Foster.1 His father's sterling integrity and unusual intellectual endowment marked him as a superior man, and his mother's keen perceptions, ready wit, and native dignity of bearing were remarkable. Rufus was early noted for his insatiable thirst for knowledge, for his tenacious memory, and his extraordinary precocity. He could recite whole pages of Pilgrim's Progress when he was but six years old, and he had perused the greater part of the village library before he was ten.
He entered Dartmouth College at the age of sixteen, after attending the academy at New Hampton, N.H., for a term, and was graduated with the valedictory in 1819. The famous Dartmouth College case was on trial during his undergraduate days, and it was Webster's great speech in connection therewith that so inspired Choate as to lead to his final choice of the law as his profession. After tutoring at Dartmouth for a year, he spent three years in Washington, D. C., studying law under William Wirt, attorney-general of the United States in 1823 was admitted to the bar, and for five years practised at Danvers, Mass. In 1825 he was sent to the state legislature as a representative, and in 1827 as a senator. He was chosen as a representative in Congress in 1830, and distinguished himself by a brilliant speech in the 22nd Congress on the tariff.
He was re-elected in 1832 to the 23rd Congress, but resigned his seat at the close of the first session and removed to Boston, where he devoted himself to his profession, and acquired a reputation as an eloquent, powerful and successful advocate. When in 1841 Daniel Webster accepted the portfolio of state in President Harrison's cabinet, Mr. Choate was elected to fill the seat he had vacated in the senate, and he made several brilliant speeches, notably those on the tariff, the Oregon boundary, the fiscal bank-bill, the Smithsonian institution, and the annexation of Texas. At the close of the term Mr. Webster was returned to the senate, and Mr. Choate once more resumed the practice of his profession. He went to Europe in 1850, and during his brief tour in England and on the continent a most forcible impression was made upon his mind by his observation of the characteristics of the older civilizations of the world, and, in his comparison of these with those of the newer, he saw the perils that were likely to follow a disruption of the union existing between the states. In his earnest desire to avoid such disruption will be found the key to his whole later life, and his last public utterance was an oration in behalf of an undivided nation. In 1852 he was a delegate to the Whig national convention at Baltimore, and there urged the nomination of Daniel Webster for the presidency. He was a delegate to the state convention of 1853, and took an important part in revising the constitution of Massachusetts. In 1856 he supported the Democratic national ticket, and made some speeches in the interest of Buchanan and Breckinridge. Busy as was his life he yet devoted a portion of each day to the study of literature, history, and philosophy, and it was this habit, together with his tenacious memory, which made him one of the most scholarly of public men. He was especially fond of Greek literature, and was only restrained from writing a history of Greece by seeing the early volume of Grote's great work. He contemplated a visit to Europe in 1859, and had proceeded as far as Halifax when his health failed so utterly that his son, who accompanied him, decided to return home, and while resting at the lodgings he had temporarily taken he died suddenly. Among his most famous speeches will always be named: the eulogy on President Harrison (1841); an address upon the anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims (1843); a eulogy on Daniel Webster (1853); an address at the dedication of the Peabody institution in Danvers (1854); an oration before the young men's Democratic club of Boston (1858); two addresses before the law-school at Cambridge, Mass., and two lectures before the Mercantile library association of Boston; but no adequate idea of his wonderful oratory can be obtained from reading his speeches. His works, with a memoir, published in two volumes, was prepared by Samuel Gilman Brown (1862).2 Rufus Choate married Helen Olcott on 29 March 1825.3 Rufus Choate died on 13 July 1859 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the age of 59.2
He entered Dartmouth College at the age of sixteen, after attending the academy at New Hampton, N.H., for a term, and was graduated with the valedictory in 1819. The famous Dartmouth College case was on trial during his undergraduate days, and it was Webster's great speech in connection therewith that so inspired Choate as to lead to his final choice of the law as his profession. After tutoring at Dartmouth for a year, he spent three years in Washington, D. C., studying law under William Wirt, attorney-general of the United States in 1823 was admitted to the bar, and for five years practised at Danvers, Mass. In 1825 he was sent to the state legislature as a representative, and in 1827 as a senator. He was chosen as a representative in Congress in 1830, and distinguished himself by a brilliant speech in the 22nd Congress on the tariff.
He was re-elected in 1832 to the 23rd Congress, but resigned his seat at the close of the first session and removed to Boston, where he devoted himself to his profession, and acquired a reputation as an eloquent, powerful and successful advocate. When in 1841 Daniel Webster accepted the portfolio of state in President Harrison's cabinet, Mr. Choate was elected to fill the seat he had vacated in the senate, and he made several brilliant speeches, notably those on the tariff, the Oregon boundary, the fiscal bank-bill, the Smithsonian institution, and the annexation of Texas. At the close of the term Mr. Webster was returned to the senate, and Mr. Choate once more resumed the practice of his profession. He went to Europe in 1850, and during his brief tour in England and on the continent a most forcible impression was made upon his mind by his observation of the characteristics of the older civilizations of the world, and, in his comparison of these with those of the newer, he saw the perils that were likely to follow a disruption of the union existing between the states. In his earnest desire to avoid such disruption will be found the key to his whole later life, and his last public utterance was an oration in behalf of an undivided nation. In 1852 he was a delegate to the Whig national convention at Baltimore, and there urged the nomination of Daniel Webster for the presidency. He was a delegate to the state convention of 1853, and took an important part in revising the constitution of Massachusetts. In 1856 he supported the Democratic national ticket, and made some speeches in the interest of Buchanan and Breckinridge. Busy as was his life he yet devoted a portion of each day to the study of literature, history, and philosophy, and it was this habit, together with his tenacious memory, which made him one of the most scholarly of public men. He was especially fond of Greek literature, and was only restrained from writing a history of Greece by seeing the early volume of Grote's great work. He contemplated a visit to Europe in 1859, and had proceeded as far as Halifax when his health failed so utterly that his son, who accompanied him, decided to return home, and while resting at the lodgings he had temporarily taken he died suddenly. Among his most famous speeches will always be named: the eulogy on President Harrison (1841); an address upon the anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims (1843); a eulogy on Daniel Webster (1853); an address at the dedication of the Peabody institution in Danvers (1854); an oration before the young men's Democratic club of Boston (1858); two addresses before the law-school at Cambridge, Mass., and two lectures before the Mercantile library association of Boston; but no adequate idea of his wonderful oratory can be obtained from reading his speeches. His works, with a memoir, published in two volumes, was prepared by Samuel Gilman Brown (1862).2 Rufus Choate married Helen Olcott on 29 March 1825.3 Rufus Choate died on 13 July 1859 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the age of 59.2
Child of Rufus Choate
Washington Choate1
M, b. 17 January 1803, d. 27 February 1822
Washington Choate|b. 17 Jan 1803\nd. 27 Feb 1822|p80.htm#i16464|Capt. David Choate|b. 29 Nov 1757\nd. 28 Mar 1808|p80.htm#i1049|Miriam Foster|b. 28 Nov 1771\nd. 14 Jan 1853|p162.htm#i1050|||||||||||||
Washington Choate was born on 17 January 1803.1 He was the son of Capt. David Choate and Miriam Foster.1 Washington Choate died on 27 February 1822 at the age of 19.1
Citations
- [S268] Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, The Choates in America, p. 109.
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