I know that my surname is slightly different from yours(choake)but i have fond that it was when our surnames were being translated to english to french that they were slightly varied thus we are given shoak shoake choke choak chaoke and so on. My grandfater and grandmother live near you in plymouth but as i live in nortern england it is hard to contact them to find out more. I hope this information has been helpful. If you happen to come across any more informatin i would be grateful or notification,or if you should need to contact me for any reason email me on
tribadic@hotmail.com. I have also traced my surname back to kentucky,minnesota,virginia,and plymouth.I hope this is useful.