Hi Kath
Could do with some help with the name Choat/e all I have is a marriage of a Richard Choate in 1764 at Barnston and a note that says there were no more marriages at Barnston before that date,so I thought it unlikely that the family lived at Barnston but maybe lived at Great Waltham,I could do with anything you can find on the name,but tops would be the baptism of Richard,proberly around 1740.
Best Regards