When Valentine Hawkins Choate was born in 1827, in Tennessee, United States, his father, David Choate, was 42 and his mother, Judith Sevier, was 42.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
English (Essex and Suffolk): possibly a habitational name from Chute (Wilts), a place named for Chute Forest, which is found spelled as Choete in the 13th century.
History: A John Choate who emigrated from England in 1643 and settled in Ipswich, MA, was the ancestor of several prominent 19th-century Choates, including Rufus Choate (1799–1859), who was one of the organizers of the Whig Party in MA, and Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917), US ambassador to Great Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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