WILLIAM CHOATE was an early res. of the town. His former record is not at hand. Naught but his tombstone and town record is left for the genealogist. He was b. about 1740 and d. March 22, 1815, aged 75. Hem. Nov. 13, 1767, Deborah Yerrington, a sister of Phebe, wife of Dea. Samuel Hilliard. Children:
i. CYNTHIA, b. March 2,1769; m. Feb. 27, 1800, David Dudley.
ii. PHEBE, b. June 11, 1771; m. first, May 30, 1815, Archibald White of Windsor. He d. -: she m. second, Nov. 29, 1825, Rufus Day of Cornish (2d wife). No children. She d. in Cornish March 3, 1838.
iii. PELITIAH, b. Feb. 25, 1775, and d. March 15, 1776.
iv. WILLIAM, JR., b. Feb. 8, 1777.
v. DEBORAH, b. Sept. 9, 1780; m. July 10, 1803, Oliver Jackson of Cornish. Two children. She d. Oct. 14, 1806.
vi. ELIZABETH, twin, b. Oct. 17, 1783.
vii. STEPHEN, twin; b. Oct. 17, 1783, d. Oct. 30, 1783.
viii. AMOS, b. March 7, 1786.
ix. NAHUM, b. Aug. 25, 1791.