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died at Woburn, August 13, 1853. 5. Lewis, March 13, 1841, died at Woburn, November II, 1843. 6. Stella, August 22, 1843, now living, 1909, at North Woburn, unmarried. 7. Affa Margaret, April II, 1846, died at North Wey- mouth, Massachusetts, June 24, 1890; married, at Burlington, Massachusetts, Edwin T. Marion. Children : i. Alonzo Bond Marion, born at Burlington, September 20, 1864, died at Woburn, April 28, 1876; ii. Otis Daniel Marion, born at Woburn, February 17, 1877. living in Boston, 1909, unmarried ; iii. Nelson Bond Marion, born September 28, 1879, died at Boston ( Neponset ) February 7, 1904, un- married. 8. Lewis Franklin, April 30, 1850, living, 1909, at North Woburn ; married, Janu- ary 4, 1881, Annie C. Webster, of Hartford, Connecticut. Their children : i. Trafford, Webster, born at North Woburn, March 20, 1882, died there August 4, 1882 ; ii. Amy Gard- ner, born at North Woburn, April 2, 1885. 9. Daniel Wilbur, see forward.
(VII) Hon. Daniel Wilbur Bond, mayor of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1909, born there June 17, 1852, youngest son of Charles and Lydia Walker ( Tidd) Bond ; married, June 16, 1877, at North Woburn, Martha Eaton, born at North Woburn, October 16, 1855, daughter of Joseph Mortimer and Martha ( Johnson) Eaton. They have one child, Grace Etta, born at North Woburn, July II. 1878; married, June 15, 1904. Percy William Linscott, born at North Woburn, July 22, 1868, son of Andrew Roscoe and Mary Hall ( Ryder ) Linscott. Their children : a. Daniel Bond Linscott, born at Woburn, March 21, 1905: b. Betty, born at Woburn, September 19, 1909. Hon. Daniel Wilbur Bond has always resided in Woburn and has been prominent both in business and public life. He is now, 1909, mayor of his native city and holds the responsible position of local manager for the American Hide & Leather Company, one of the largest leather manufacturing corporations in America. Sev- eral years ago he erected a beautiful residence in North Woburn, on slightly elevated spacious grounds and commanding a magnificent view of the surrounding country for a number of miles, and this is his home at the present time. Trained to the manufacturing of leather, he has always followed that business and has been successful. In his early days he worked in the factory of his father along with his older brother, Lewis F. In 1872 the two brothers engaged in the business for them- selves and continued under the firm name of 1 .. F. & D. W. Bond, until 1883. From 1883
to 1892 he was in business alone as D. W. Bond; from 1892 to 1896 he was in partner- ship with his nephew as C. G. Lund & Com- pany, and from 1896 to 1899, with C. G. Lund and James Skinner, Mr. Lund's father-in-law, under the name of the James Skinner Leather Company. They sold out with most of the other leather manufacturers of Woburn in 1899 to the American Hide & Leather Com- pany, which was organized in that year. Mr. Bond engaged with the company as superin- tendent of factory E, from 1899 to 1906, when he succeeded Mr. Lund as local manager of all the plants of the company in Woburn, Mr. Lund resigning to become a member and officer of a corporation manufacturing leather ma- chinery.
Mr. Bond was educated in the public schools of Woburn, being graduated from the high school in the class of 1871. In religion he is a Unitarian and attends the First Unitarian Church at Woburn Centre. In politics, while nominally a Democrat, he has been broad and independent in his views and acts, which has made him popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. He has been chosen to various offices by the suffrages of both parties and as mayor he holds the office through nomination by the Republicans. In 1882-83-84-85, he was a member of the board of selectmen, under the town form of government, and since Wo- burn has been a city he has served in the city council as alderman during the years 1906-07- 08. In December, 1908, he was elected mayor and has served during the year 1909, a re- nomination was tendered to him, but he de- clined a second term because of increasing duties and responsibilities in his business posi- tion. During the years 1886-87-88 he was a member of the school committee of the city. In social life he is a member of the Towanda and Mishawim clubs of Woburn, having been president of the latter club. He is a member of Mt. Horeb Lodge and Woburn Royal Arch Chapter, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, both of Woburn, and of Hugh de Payens Com- mandery, Knights Templar, of Melrose, Mass- achusetts.
The surname Stetson is of STETSON English origin though diversely spelled Studson, Steedson. Stitson, etc., in the early records. A coat-of- arms preserved in the family in New England bears bend sinister azure between two lions rampant, etc, with a motto "Virtus Nobilitat Anima." The coat-of-arms is not given by
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Burke under any of the American spellings, however. Two of the family were early pioneers in New England, and one of them, William Stetson, of Boston, came from Bristol, England. He was in Boston before 1637, a proprietor, and in Charlestown before 1640; (leacon ; married (first) Elizabeth Harris, widow: (second) Mary Hill, widow of Zech- ariah Hill : will dated April 12, 1668.
(I) Robert Stetson, immigrant, the other pioneer of the family, was also born in Eng- land in 1613, died February 1, 1702-03. Ac- cording to tradition he came from county Kent. He was a carpenter by trade. As early as 1634 he had a grant of land at North river, Scituate, Massachusetts, and was on a list of those able to bear arms in the Plymouth colony in 1643. He was admitted a freeman and elected deputy to the general court, June 7, 1653. He was a constable at Duxbury, March 7, 1642-43. He was cornet of the troop of horse in 1638-39 and was ever afterward known as Cornet Stetson in the records, and doubtless orally as well. He built a house on the sloping plain near the river by a spring and he had a saw mill on Third Herring Brook in Scituate, burned in King Philip's war in 1676. He represented Scituate in the general court seventeen years between 1654 and 1678. In 1660 he was chosen commissioner in matters relating to trade on the Kennebec river. He served in the council of war from 1661 to 1681 and was active in King Philip's war. In 1667 he was appointed on a delicate mission to the Sachems and in 1688 was delegated to buy the Indian titles of the land comprising the towns of Hanover and Abington for his towns- men. His will was dated September 4, 1702, "being aged," and was proved March 5, 1702- 03, bequeathing to wife Mary; sons Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel. Robert; daughter Eunice Rogers and to Abigail Stetson, widow of his son John. Children, baptized at the second church of Scituate: I. Joseph, born June, 1639 ; mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, August, 1641 ; baptized October 6, 1645. 3. Thomas, born December II. 1643. 4. Samuel, born June, 1646; baptized July 12, 1646. 5. John, born April, 1648; baptized May 7, 1648. 6. Eunice, born April 28, 1650; married Rogers. 7. Lois, born February, 1652. 8. Robert, born January 29, 1653. 9. Timothy, baptized October II, 1657.
(II) Joseph, son of Robert Stetson, was born in June, 1639, at Scituate, and baptized at the second church, October 6, 1645. He died in 1724, the inventory of his estate being dated
March 8, 1724. He resided at Scituate. He married Prudence - Children: 1. Jo- seph, baptized in June, 1667. 2. Robert, born December 9, 1670, mentioned below. 3. Lois, born 1672; married -- Ford. 4. William, born December, 1673; died August 14, 1699. 5. Desire, born September, 1676; married, Au- gust 16, 1703, Richard Sylvester. 6. Prudence, born September, 1678; married, December, 1707, Ebenezer Leach. 7. Samuel, born De- cember, 1679. 8. Hannah, born June, 1682; married, April 25, 1708, Solomon Lincoln.
(III) Robert (2), son of Joseph Stetson, was born December 9, 1670, at Scituate. He resided there and was constable in 1722. He married Mary Collamore, of Scituate. Chil- dren, born at Scituate: I. Anthony, Septem- ber 12, 1693; mentioned below. 2. Jemima, March 13, 1694 ; married, July 22, 1721, Daniel Damon. 3. Isaac, March 15, 1696; drowned in the Scituate river in 1719. 4. William, June 26, 1700. 5. Amos, June 18, 1703; married, May 9, 1727, Margaret Thayer. 6. Martha, September 3, 1706; married, December 21, 1731, Nehemiah Hatch. 7. Gideon, July 19, 1709. 8. Robert, September 3, 1710.
(IV) Anthony, son of Robert (2) Stetson, was born at Scituate, September 12, 1693, died in 1747. He resided at Scituate and was a cordwainer by trade. He married, March 28, 1717, Anna Smith. Children: 1. Mary, born December 9. 1717; married (first) Vinal: (second) ---
- Woodworth. 2. Isaac, October 19, 1719. 3. Joseph, February 24, 1722. 4. Anna, June 2, 1724; married, 1744. William Hayden. 5. Charles, October 17, 1726. 6. Ezra, September 22, 1729 ; mentioned below. 7. Elisha, January 28, 1731. 8. Thomas, April 22, 1734. 9. Benjamin, July 7, 1736. IO. Abiel, October 23, 1738. 11. Martha, August 18, 1741 ; married, November 29, 1759, Seth Taylor. of Pembroke, and removed to Chester- field ; died April 22, 1815.
(V) Ezra, son of Anthony Stetson, was born at Scituate, September 22, 1729. He re- moved to Hardwick, Massachusetts, with his family. He married ( second ) Susanna Gibbs. of Hardwick. Children, according to the Hardwick history: I. Anthony. mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, married Mercy Johnson and settled in Sangersfield. 3. Ezra, settled at Springfield, New York. 4. Sarah, married. April 29, 1779. Ephraim Thayer, of Hard- wick. 5. Hannah, married Solomon Hinds, Jr .. October 2. 1791. 6. Anna, married, June 2, 1803, Thaddeus Russell, of Dana, Massachu- setts.
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(VI) Anthony (2), son of Ezra Stetson, was born probably in Scituate about 1760. He settled when a young man at Wilmington, Ver- mont. He married and among his children was Ezra, mentioned below.
(VII) Ezra (2), son of Anthony (2) Stet- son, was born in Wilmington, Vermont, about 1790. He married and among his children was Norris L., mentioned below.
(VIII) Norris L., son of Ezra (2) Stetson, was born at Wilmington, Vermont, September 18, 1823. He was educated there in the public schools. He was a general merchant at Whit- ingham, Vermont, for forty years and post- master for thirty-eight years. He was a Re- publican in politics and in 1869 represented his town in the state legislature. He was a mem- ber of the Knights of Honor. He married Ophelia Hannah Corse, born in Dover, Ver- mont, December 16, 1827, daughter of Luther Corse and a direct descendant of James Corse, who came to Deerfield, Massachusetts, about 1690. Children : 1. Marion Izetta, born Janu- ary 9, 1849; married Wells Ferry Jones. 2. Flavilla Rosetta, October 14, 1850, died March 31, 1867. 3. Frank Leslie, February 9, 1855, died July 15, 1859. 4. Forrest Leslie, October 17, 1859, mentioned below. 5. Albert Edwin, February 1, 1867, died May 19. 1868. 6. Norris Alvaro, September 29, 1871, died June 14, 1877.
(IX) Forrest Leslie, son of Norris L. Stet- son, was born at Whitingham, Vermont, Octo- ber 17, 1859. He attended the public schools of his native town, the West Brattleborough Academy and the Eastman Business College, of Poughkeepsie, New York. He learned the printer's trade and in 1887 established the Deerfield Valley Times at Wilmington, Ver- mont. He sold his newspaper in 1889 and en- gaged in the job printing business in Spring- field, Massachusetts. Since February 22, 1890, he has been in the printing and publishing busi- ness at Greenfield, Massachusetts, buying at that time the printing plant and business of W. S. Carson. He is a member of Pocomp- tuck Lodge, No. 67, Odd Fellows ; of Rebekah Lodge ; Glen Lodge, No. 141, Ancient Order of United Workmen ; of Massachusetts Lodge, No. 2, W. B. A., and the Odd Fellows social and beneficiary clubs. He married Carrie Mildred Briggs, daughter of Charles A. Briggs. Children : Mildred Ruby, Charles Norris, Sibyl Marjorie.
Kempton is an ancient Eng- KEMPTON lish surname, derived origin- ally from the name of a place. In America most of the families trace their
ancestry to Ephraim Kempton, who came early to Plymouth, Massachusetts, with his brother, Manasseh Kempton. The New Jersey family mentioned in this sketch, however, has no known connection with the New England family.
(I) Moses Kempton, the progenitor was the son of an English pioneer whose name is un- known at the present time. He was born Oc- tober 13, 1750, died July 2, 1818. The first we know of him was at Mount Holly, New Jersey. The name of his parents have not been dis- covered. He was a prominent citizen, and during the administration of Washington served as collector of the port of Burlington. He married, about 1777, Elizabeth Atkinson, born June 25. 1752, died January 30, 1834, daughter of Samuel and Anne (Coates) At- kinson, granddaughter of Samuel and Ruth (Stacy) Atkinson, and great-granddaughter of Mahlon Stacy, who came from England in 1678 and joined the Quaker settlement in Burlington, New Jersey. Burlington was set- tled in 1677, being part of land purchased by English Quakers of Lord Berkeley, who had with Sir George Carteret extensive grants in Western Jersey from the Duke of York. Chil- dren, born at Mount Holly: 1. Ann, April 24, 1778: married, June 22, 1797, Samuel B. Brown : (second ) June 30, 1807, Ephraim Haines ; she died July 14, 1849. 2. Mary, April 12, 1779; married, June 27, 1799, Will- iam Trotter ; she died July 14, 1849. 3. John, June 24, 1781 ; married, in Philadelphia, No- vember 12, 1817, Eliza (Elizabeth) Clark; no descendants surviving of the Kempton name. 4. Stacy, died in infancy. 5. Samuel A., Octo- ber I, 1783, died June 16, 1847 ; married Delia Teal. 6. Jane, died in infancy. 7. Moses, Au- gust 18, 1786, mentioned below. 8. Elizabeth, July 9, 1788, died April 15, 1882; married. June 5. 1811, Aaron Kille ; children: i. Sam- nel Kempton Kille, married Nancy Clark ; ii. Anna Louise Kille, married Jacob Clark : others never married.
(II) Moses (2), son of Moses ( I) and Eliz- abeth ( Atkinson) Kempton, was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, August 18, 1786. He removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was vestryman of old Christ Church, where Washington attended services. during the greater part of his life and was largely instru- mental in founding Christ Church Hospital, to which he devoted many years of his later life. He married, in Mount Holly, March 29, 1810, Mary Coppuck, who died in Philadelphia, October 25, 1817. He married (second) Lucy
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Murrell Dobbins. Children of first wife : Eliz- abeth, Mary, James C., mentioned below, and Benjamin. Children of second wife: Mary Elizabeth and John.
(III) James C., son of Moses (2) and Mary (Coppuck) Kempton, was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1811. He was educated in the public schools. He was reared in Phil- adelphia, and became a prominent manu- facturer of cotton and woolen goods and con- tinued in that business until within two years of his death. During those last years he repre- sented Higgins & Sons, manufacturers of cot- ton machinery, of Manchester, England. In his day he was one of the best known manu- facturers in his line in the country, and was frequently consulted by leading European manufacturers. At the urgent request of a committee of the House of Commons in 1845 (see Dr. Ure's work) he went to England and appeared before the committee, a distinction never before granted an American manufac- turer after the separation of the colonies from England. He was vestryman and warden of the beautiful little church of St. James the Less at the Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, built after his designs. In politics he was independ- ent. He was an upright and capable business man, of sterling integrity and strong character. He died in the summer of 1862. He married Elizabeth Waln Smith, born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, on School-house Lane, in 1821, daughter of Thomas W. and Elizabeth (Ryerrs) Smith, granddaughter of Judge Ryerrs, of the superior court of Pennsylvania, and a direct descendant of Nicholas Waln, who came over with William Penn and who was one of the earliest settlers of the city of Phila- delphia. Through her father and mother she is related to most of the old families of Phila- delphia, including the Biddles, Hockleys, Ste- vensons, Blights, Walns, Ryerrs, Griffiths and Philipps. Children, born on School-house Lane, Germantown: I. Lucy M., married Dr. Ezra Dyer, of Boston. 2. Thomas S. 3. Eliz- abeth R., married W. H. Winslow, of Boston. 4. James C., married Eliza Constant. 5. Clif- ford S., mentioned below. 6. Rebecca W., married Beekman Remington, of New York. 7. Dr. Augustus, married in 1882, Caroline Nixon Morris. 8. Sarah Dunlap, died in 1883. (IV) Clifford Smith, son of James C. and Elizabeth W. (Smith) Kempton, was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1848. He received his education in the old German- town Academy of Philadelphia, and at Neu- wied-on-the-Rhine, Germany, where he was
graduated July 4, 1863. He came home and learned the cotton manufacturing business in mills at Lewiston, Maine. After seven years in these mills he went to Manayunk, Pennsyl- vania, as assistant manager of the cotton mills there. He engaged in the manufacture of cotton yarns at Pleasant Valley, New York, in partnership with his brother, James C. Kempton. In 1874 the mill was destroyed by fire and was not rebuilt. For several years he was selling agent of Stewart Brothers of Phil- adelphia, and later general manager of the Dudley Manufacturing Company of New York City. After four years in this line of business he spent three years in farming at Newport, Rhode Island. He then came to Springfield, Massachusetts, and conducted a farm at Feed - ing Hills for seven years. Since 1903 he has had a farm at Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and has made a specialty of raising the Kemp- ton Longmeadow cantaloupe, which he has made famous. He has reduced to a science the culture of this melon and it is second to none in flavor and quality. He finds a ready market for his product in the leading hotels of the country. He has prospered in this business and is counted among the most successful farmers of this section. In politics he is an Independent ; he has taken an active part in public life and served as selectman of Long- meadow one year. In religion he is an Epis- copalian.
He married, at Claremont, October 12, 1882, Clara A. Breck, born 1857, at Ascutneyville, Vermont, daughter of Robert Breck, of Corn- ish, New Hampshire, descendant of Edward Breck, who settled in Dorchester as early as 1638. Children: 1. Robert B., born February 26, 1884. 2-3. James C. and Elizabeth W .. twins, born March 27, 1888. 4. Florence M., born October 16, 1897.
This family seems to have mi- CHOATE grated from Holland to the eastern counties of England about the beginning of the sixteenth century. The name at that time was Van Choate; in deference to the opinions and prejudices of their English neighbors the prefix was dropped. The family seems to have flourished along the borders of Essex and Suffolk counties. In the ancient parish of Finchingfield, in Essex, it is found of record as early as 1500. It appears later in the same parish, and also that of Gro- ton in Essex, and in Hundon Clare, and in Birdbroke, county Suffolk. It has been espe- cially noted in America in connection with the
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learned professions, and has left its indelable mark upon the history of American juris- prudence. Among the most noted representa- tives was Rufus Choate, the famous advocate of Boston; and Joseph H. Choate, a leader of the New York bar, is among its most promi- nent present representatives. By marriages in the successive generations the blood of many other leading families of America has been brought down to present generation.
(I) Robert Choate and Sarah, his wife, were residents of Groton, England, in the early part of the seventeenth century. Among the interesting ancient documents connected with American history, is preserved a letter from the pastor of "Goodman" Choate, in Aughton, Yorkshire, England, written to Governor Winslow, of Massachusetts, and urging that the governor redeem his promises to send for Choate and his wife. This may have been the Robert Choate whose son was the pioneer of the family in America.
(II) John, son of Robert and Sarah Choate. was baptized June 6, 1624, in Groton, Boxford. Colchester, England, and came to Massachu- setts in 1643, being then nineteen years of age. He settled in Chebacco parish, Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, and paid for his first farm in grain and West India goods. The grain is described as English and Indian, presumably wheat and corn. He subsequently purchased more land and became the owner of several farms adjacent to his original purchase. In 1667 he began buying shares in the common lands held by other residents, and in time became owner of nearly all of Hog Island, near the Ipswich coast, containing about three hundred acres. These purchases included the birthplace of the famous Rufus Choate. He subscribed to the freeman's oath in 1667. became sergeant of militia, and an active member of the church. He seems to have incurred the enmity of others, who may have been envious of his pros- perity, and in 1651 he was acquitted of the charge of stealing apples. He also cleared him- self in 1657 of the charge of lying, and in 1659 was able to escape the penalty for refusing to assist the martial in making an arrest. His heirs succeeded in setting aside his will, and these varions experiences have been said by one of his descendants to have inculcated a liking for dealings with the law, which has con- tinned among his descendants to the present day. He married, in 1660, Anne -, born 1637, died February 16, 1727. He died De- cember 4. 1605. Children: John, Margaret,
Samuel, Mary, Thomas, Sarah, Joseph and Benjamin.
(III) Thomas, third son of John and Anne Choate, was born 1671, in Chebacco, and died there March 31, 1745. He received lands on Hog Island, a gift from his father, and was the first white man to settle there. He was a leading citizen of the parish, a prosperous and progressive farmer, and a man of bright mind, distinguished for his industry and energy. He resided for thirty five years on the island, and in 1725 removed to the mainland. He was a large landed proprietor, being the owner of seven farms, and kept slaves, and was often called "Governor" Choate, either because of his being the owner of Hog Island, or because of his other landed possessions. He married (first ) in 1690, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Abigail ( Proctor ) Varney, born 1669, in Ips- wich, died November 19, 1733; (second) Sep- tember 24, 1734, Mary, widow of Joseph Calef ; (third) November 9, 1743, Mrs. Hannah Burn- ham, who died October 2, 1752. Children. Anne. Thomas, Mary, John, Abigail, Francis, Rachael, Ebenezer and Sarah.
(IV) Thomas (2), eldest son of Thomas and Mary (Varney) Choate, was born June 7, 1693, in Chebacco, and is mentioned in the records as Lieutenant Choate, indicating that he was an officer of militia. He was probably a farmer in his native town. He married (first ) Elizabeth, daughter of John (2) and Sarah Burnham, and a sister of the husband of Thomas Choate's older sister, and a grand- daughter of Deacon John and Mary Burnham. She probably died before 1738. Thomas Choate married (second) October 1, 1738, Mrs. Sarah Marshall ; she died before 1769, and he married ( third) May 11, 1769, Mrs. Rachel Lufkin, daughter of John and Ruth ( Wheeler ) Riggs, and widow of Thomas Lufkin, born August 30. 1704, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Thomas Choate, called Captain, died August 22, 1774. Children: Josiah, Thomas, Humph- rey. Elizabeth. Jeremiah, Stephen, Mary and Abigail.
(V) Stephen, fifth son of Thomas (2) and Elizabeth ( Burnham) Choate, was born No- vember 1. 1727, in Chebacco, and resided in that town, where he was a deacon of the church and representative to the general court, be- ginning May 29, 1776, being one of the five members from Ipswich in that year, the ses- sion being held in Watertown, the members of this body being the first elected in Massa- chusetts without warrant of the King, and its
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session was the first for the commonwealth and not for a British province. He had previ- ously served on the committee of correspond- ence chosen June 29, 1774, and had gained the confidence of his townsmen. He was entered as representative from Ipswich in 1777, when the town had only two members, and continued representative until 1779, when he became a member of the senate. He was among the five delegates elected from Ipswich, August 9, 1779, to the convention held at Cambridge to frame a new constitution for the state. His name first appears in the records of the upper house, or council, as it was then called, June 6, 1780. On May 5, 1780. he was appointed a committee to examine into the situation of the light house at or near Gloucester, and this probably de- tained him from attending the first session of the council, June 6. So great was the anxiety concerning public affairs at this time that the council adjourned Saturday evening, June 3, to meet again the following morning to con- sider intelligence received from the army. The fact of this meeting on that day of strict Sab- bath observance indicates clearly the state of the public mind. On June 23, 1780, "Hon. Ste- phen Choate Esq. was authorized, empowered and directed in behalf of the state to take under his care the property of the state on Thatcher's Island. This was probably the initial move- ment toward the formation of a light house board under federal control. On June 8, 1781. Stephen Choate was discharged by the general court of monies received by him for articles sold belonging to the light house on Thatcher's Island. Since that year the upper house of the general court has been called the senate. Essex county was entitled to four members in this body and Stephen Choate was one of them, and continued to serve as senator until 1797, when he was made councillor, and his latter position he continued to fill by successive elec- tion of the general court until 1803. His ser- vice to the state, from the beginning of popular government in 1776, continued over a period of twenty-seven years. When the province line between Massachusetts and New Hamp- shire was established in 1741, a grant of land which his uncle, Colonel John Choate, had sold to Benjamin Greenleaf, was found to be in the latter's province, and thus his title failed. On the petition of Stephen Choate in 1785, the general court granted to Greenleaf seven hun- dred acres of land in the district of Maine, to relieve John Choate's heirs of Greenleaf's claim. In addition to his service to the state Stephen Choate filled various offices in Essex
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