Choate, Thomas
Parents: Jacob Choate, Fanny Marshall Burnham #
1809 Apr 3 Birth Cobourg, Hamilton Twp (Tombstone)
Nephew of Zacheus Burnham (Origins p35)
1830 Marr *Mary Wright
1836 settled in Dummer, opened a store (C Blackett Robinson)
1839 Marr *Eliza Wright
c1839 Arrived in Dummer to manage mills at Warsaw (Origins p35)
1839 Cens Age: 29, Religion: 7 CofE, 1 Presb, 1 Quaker, m<16: 2, m>16: 3, f<16: 2, f>16: 2
1839 Asmt C1 L12
1840 Cens Religion: Meth, m<16: 2, m>16: 10, f<16: 2, f>16: 2
1840 Asmt C1 L12
1841 Asmt C1 L12
1844 Dummer’s councillor to Colborne Dist council (Origins p40)
1846 Marr *Hannah Grover #
1850 Treasurer, Dummer Twp
1852 Cens Age: 42, Religion: ND, Birth: Hamilton Twp, Occupation: Merchant, F/L: 21/1
1859 Apr 11 Foreclosure on a mortgage from *George A Hill (Copybook GS4976 #13 049)
C1 L24 & C1 L25 & C1 L29W
1860 Jul 5 B&S C2 L6W (25 acres) from *Elias Burnham (Copybook GS4976 #14 096)
1860 Nov 28 B&S C2 L6W (25 acres) to *Peter Ferguson Jr (Copybook GS4976 #14 300)
1860 Dec 18 B&S C1 L24 & C1 L25 & C1 L29W from *George A Hill (Copybook GS4976 #14 338)
1860 Dec 18 Indenture C1 L24E (80 acres) to Bold Cudmore Hill (Copybook GS4976 #14 348)
1861 Cens Age: 51, Religion: CofE, Birth: Upper Canada, Occupation: Merchant, F/L: 26/17
1868 Jan 29 Indenture 1 acre, part of lot D, Warsaw, east of Water St and west of the Mill Pond
from Henry C Rogers (Copybook GS4977 #8)
1871 Cens Age: 61, Religion: CofE, Birth: Ont, Occupation: Merchant, Div/F/L: 1/12/7
With them: Julia L Choate (26, b US, widow)
1871 Cens Sched 4, C1 L12, Owner, Acres: 200, Div/F/L: 1/3/2
1881 Cens Age: 72, Religion: CofE, Birth: Ont, Occupation: Merchant, Div/F/L: 1/2/15
1891 Cens not found in Ontario
1900 Jan 26 Death Vital Statistics # 22 208, Age: 90, Born: Cobourg, Religion: CofE
Informant: A F Choate
Bur Union Cemetery, Hope Twp, Northumberland Co (#1598) Stone 1414
Children
c1832 *Thomas George
c1834 *Anna Eliza
*Mary Jane #
1837 Aug 15 *Richard Marshall
*Jacob Stuart #
c1841 *Harriet Burnham
Mary #
1847 May 25 *Celestia Charlotte Amelia
1851 Nov 14 *James Grover
1852 Aug 15 Arthur Francis (ch 1854Apr13 St Luke Ashburnham)
(marr perhaps 1880F-9 288 but mother Harriet)
c1860 Vida A
also Richard F born 1880 (grandchild?)
# – info from Trent Univ Archives, Fonds 86-027 Choate Family