Excerpt from The Choates in America, 1643-1896: John Choate and His Descendants, Chebacco, Ipswich, Mass., Illustrated The object of this volume is to place in a permanent form for preservation the genealogical data of the families of Choates in this country that have sprung from the first settler of the name, John Choate, of Chebacco, Ipswich, in the Province of Massachusetts. And also to make a memoranda of incident, tradition, and biography, including some special mention of those persons of eminence who by public service and distinguished ability have brought honor to the Choate name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.