Thankful (Scribner) Choate (1782 - 1860)

Born 19 Jun 1782 in Sandwich, Carroll, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of Bagley Choate — married 1 Dec 1811 in Sandwich, Carroll, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1860 at age 78 in Sandwich, Carroll, New Hampshire

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Biography

Thankful was born in 1782, the seventh child and fourth daughter of Benjamin and Hulda (Tappan) Scribner. Raised in Sandwich, New Hampshire, in 1811, when she was 29 years of age, Thankful would marry Bagley Choate, the son of Lt. Jonathon and Mary (Bean) Choate. Bagley was 8 years Thankful's junior.

Thankful and Bagley would have two children:

Hulda Ann (Choate) Stevens (1812-1857)

Jonathan Choate (1816-1865)

Bagley and Thankful were farmers in the Sandwich, New Hampshire, area.

Thankful would lose her husband in 1835 when he was 45 years old. She would live on until 1860 when she died at 78 years of age.

Sources

• Scribner Families Profile on Bagley and Thankful (Scribner) Choate [1]

• The Choates in America, by E.O. Jameson. Pages 70 & 135. [2]

• 41st Annual Excursion of the Sandwich Historical Society, Sandwich Historical Society. Page 11. [3]

• Rootsweb Profile on Thankful (Scribner) Bagley