Choate, Amos (b. 23 AUG 1770, d. BEF 1775)

Source: (Name)
Title: VR-Ipswich, Essex, MA
Media: Book

Death: BEF 1775 Ipswich, Essex, MA

Source: (Name)
Title: Gen. Reg. of the First Settlers of N.E.
Author: James Savage
Publication: Gen. Publish. Col
Media: Book

Page: 382

Death: 22 AUG 1774 Ipswich, Essex, MA

Note: Robert Lord, son of Robert Lord, the first settler, was a blacksmith. He was probably born in England in 1634 just before his parents embarked for the new world. He was appointed Sherriff of the Ipswich Court 1660 ( "History of Essex County" (1888) p 628) and appointed a deacon of the church in 1682. He was Selectmen, and often chosen for town affairs, and was Marshal of the Court ten years." (Felt, Joseph B. History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton (1834)) He had a share in Plum Island, 1664. He was a voter in Town affairs, 1679. He was one of twenty four of "the young generation" who joined the church by taking the covenant, between January 18 and February 1, 1673. He was Marshal of the Court, as early as 1669; and is usually designated as Marshal Lord.

He served more than twenty years in the Indian wars and became so inured to camp life and exposure that he could never afterwards sleep upon a feather bed. He is said to have been below the medium stature, but of powerful mold and one of the most athletic, strong, and fearless men in the Colonial service.

There is a tradition that the Indians themselves at one time, when confronted by Lord's rangers, proposed to decide the battle that was anticipated by an encounter between the champions of the two parties; to this the whites agreed, and Robert Lord walked to the front. The Indians selected the most powerful of their tribe, a perfect giant, full seven feet in stature. The two men were to meet at full run and take the "Indian hug" as they closed. The savages anticipated an easy victory. They came together like two infuriated bullocks with a tremendous shock, but in an instant the redskin lay stretched upon the earth, and the shouts of the Colonial scouts rang out in the forest. Not satisfied with a single experiment, they were required to rush and clinch again. In this encounter Lord took the "hip-lock" on his greasy antagonist and threw him with such force that a blood vessel was ruptured in the fall. The Indians took him up and carried him from the arena, fully acknowledging themselves defeated; they afterward reported that some white man's devil invested Lord with supernatural strength. --GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE LEWIS PUBLISHING CO. 1908

Source: (Name)
Title: Gen. Dict. of First Settlers of New England
Author: James Savage
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Hammatt Papers
Author: Abraham Hammatt
Publication: 1880 Ipswich, Essex, MA
Media: Book

Death: 11 NOV 1696 Ipswich, Essex, MA

Death: 23 DEC 1755 Southborough, MA

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Death: AFT 17 DEC 1701

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: NEHGR
Media: Book

Page: Vol. 2, April 1848

Death: 7 AUG 1994 Hurdsfield, Wells, ND

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Death: ABT 1738

Source: (Name)
Title: Hammatt Papers
Author: Abraham Hammatt
Publication: 1880 Ipswich, Essex, MA
Media: Book

Death: BEF 1690

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Note: Shubael was a Representative in 1685, 1786 and 1689; was killed by Indians in 1697.

According to Savage, Joanna Bursley was the 2nd wife of Shubael. Until I find evidence that Joanna Bursley was Shubael's only wife, as is commonly accepted, I will go along with Savage's theory.
The birthdates generally given for Shubael's son appear to be wrong by about 10 years.

Source: (Name)
Title: Gen. of the Dimmock Family
Author: Joseph Dimock Marsters
Publication: 1899
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: Gen. Dict. of First Settlers of New England
Author: James Savage
Media: Book

Data:
Text: He was married twice, but no name given for first wife.

Death: 29 OCT 1732 Mansfield, Tolland, CT