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Author: Thomas Hobert Chilton, Jr.
Simeon Choate, a son of Benjamin and Ruth (Edwards) Choate, was born January 14, 1748, in Kingston, New Hampshire. He was the fourth of at least six children. Simeon's great-grand father, John Choate, immigrated to this county from England before 1649, and lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Simeon was a cabinet maker by trade . He married Ruth Thompson on May 29, 1770, their marriage being recorded in the First Church of Salisbury, Massachusetts. They settled in Salisbury, N.H., his names being found on the tax list of 1775-1776. Simeon Choate served as a Private in Capt. Jonathan Evan's Company and Colonel James Frye's Regiment. He also served as a Matross and Sergeant in Capt. John Popkin's Company, Colonel Richard Gridley's Artillery Regiment. He received pension #S34187 for his service. (See Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Volume 3, page 430.) When their home was destroyed by fire in 1788, Simeon and Ruth Choate moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts. Ruth Thompson Choate died, and Simeon married Hannah Norton of Seabrook, New Hampshire. They are found living in Weare, N.H. in 1802. They moved back to Salisbury, MA, as his pension was transferred there in 1818. "Mr. Simeon Choate was a tall man of fine bearing and a handsome person. He dressed his hair in a queue, and wore short breeches with knee buckles, after the style of Washington and men of the day." Simeon and Ruth (Thompson) Choate's children include: Benjamin, Ruth, Ruhamah, Rhoda, Simeon, Betsey, Judith, and Jacob Thompson Choate. There were no children from the second marriage. Simeon Choate's death was sudden. He was driving some cattle that had strayed, belonging to a neighbor, when he fell dead in the road. His body was found about eleven o'clock the same evening. He died September 23, 1829. Mrs. Hannah Choate died about 1839.
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