| 276 | i. | Abraham II* Newell, born 1581 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 13 Jun 1672 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA; married Frances*~ 1619 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. |
| i. | George Curtis, died Unknown. | |||
| ii. | Martha Curtis, born Abt. 1587; died Unknown. | |||
| iii. | Thomas Curtis, born Abt. 1588; died Unknown. | |||
| iv. | Mary Curtis, born Bef. Mar 1588/89; died Unknown. | |||
| v. | Elizabeth Curtis, born Abt. 1590; died Unknown. | |||
| vi. | Philip Curtis, born Abt. 1591; died Unknown. | |||
| 278 | vii. | William Curtis, Sr*, born Abt. 12 Nov 1592 in Nazeing, Essex, England; died 08 Dec 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA; married (1) Mary Rawlyns; married (2) Sarah* Eliot 06 Aug 1618 in Nazeing, Essex, England. |
| i. | Susannah Eliot, died Unknown; married Peter Hubbard Dec 1662 in Boston, MA; born 03 Jul 1642; died 10 Jun 1665 in Barbadoes. |
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More About Susannah Eliot: Lineage: D/o Jacob Eliot? |
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Notes for Peter Hubbard: Peter died on the island of Barbadoes where he had gone for his health. |
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More About Peter Hubbard: Will: Left to his widow, 100 acres of land and a lot in Boston.44 |
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More About Peter Hubbard and Susannah Eliot: Marriage: Dec 1662, Boston, MA |
| 279 | ii. | Sarah* Eliot, born 13 Jan 1598/99 in Nazeing, Essex, England; died 27 Mar 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA; married William Curtis, Sr* 06 Aug 1618 in Nazeing, Essex, England. | ||
| iii. | Col Philip Eliot, Sr*45, born 25 Apr 1602 in Widford, Hertsfordshire, England; died 22 Oct 1652 in Dedham, MA; married Elizabeth* Sybthorpe 20 Oct 1624 in Nazeing, Essex, England; born 1601 in of Little Hallingbury, Essex, England; died 08 Jan 1658/59 in Roxbury, MA. |
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Notes for Col Philip Eliot, Sr*: Bacon and Allied Families GenealogyLibrary.com Page 157 COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT and wife, ELIZABETH SYBTHORPE, ELIOT, are our Emigrant Ancestors. They came from Nazing, Essex County, England to Roxbury, Massachusetts on the ship `Lion' 1631. The above ancestry is established from Vital Records, starting with the marriage record in Church of St. John Baptist, Widford, Hertfordshire, England, Parish Register `An Dom 1598 BENNETT ELIOT and LETTYE AGGAR were married the xxxth of October An Sup Dicto.' And is accepted as evidenced by the election of JOHN DEAN BACON to membership in "The Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts" May 15, 1944, by right of descent from COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT, a member at its formation in 1638. From page 263, volume 10, N.E.H.&G. Register: "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass." prepared by William B. Trask, of Dorchester: "PHILIP ELLIOT, -- Boston 2 Feb. 1660. Power of Administration to the estate of the late PHILIP ELLIOT, as it is left by ELIZABETH ELIOT, his relict, is granted to Rich Withington, JOHN ALDIS, and In Smith, to make division thereof amongst themselves, according to the late will of the said Right of theire wiues. Dedham 22: 11: 1660. An inventorie of that part of ye Estate sometimes PHILIP ELLIOTS, of Roxbury, deceased, which was in the possession of ye men thereafter named after the death of ELIZABETH ELLIOT, ye late wife of ye said PHILIP, taken by John Hunting, Eliezar Lusher, Daniel Fisher. Goods in possession of John Smith, of Dedham, JOHN ALDIS, of Dedham, & Rich Withington, of Dorchester. Mentions land near Daniell Ainsworth's, one bill in ye hand of John Watson. Richard Withington, JOHN ALDIS, and John Smith deposed 2 Feb. 1660." COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT was the older brother of REV. JOHN ELIOT, the noted `Apostle to the Indians,' who recorded his virtues, etc. and death `PHILIP ELIOT he dyed about the 22 of the 8th month: 57.' in the Roxbury Church records. **COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT Bapt. April 25, 1602, Widford, Hertfordshire, England. Son of BENNETT ELIOT and LETTICE AGGAR. Married ELIZABETH SYBTHORPE Oct. 20, 1624, Nazing, Essex County, England. Daughter of ROBERT SYBTHORPE and ANNE Extracts from marriage licenses granted by the Bishop of London, 1598-1639, Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, provides: "Oct. 20, 1624. PHILIP ELIOT of Nasing, Essex, husbandman, a bachelor aged about 22, and ELIZABETH SYBTHORPE of Little Hallingbury in Co. Essex, maiden, about 23, daughter of ROBERT SYBTHORPE, deceased: there appeared WILLIAM CURTIS of Nasing aforesaid, husbandman, and testified the consent of ANNE SYBTHORPE, widow, mother to the said ELIZABETH; at Nasing, or little Hallingbury." Elizabeth Sybthorpe, Eliot died Jan. 8, 1659/60, Roxbury, Massachusetts. 102321-1 ELIZABETH ELIOT, bapt. April 8, 1627, Nasing, Essex County, England. Married Richard Withington (Henry) about 1649. Died , 1714, 101321-2 SARAH ELIOT, bapt. Jan. 25, 1629, Nasing, Essex County, England. Married DEACON JOHN ALDIS Sept. 27, 1650, Dedham, Massachusetts. See his record for children, etc. Died April 17, 1711, Dedham, Massachusetts. 102321-3 LYDIA ELIOT, bapt. June 12, 1631, Nazing, Essex County, England. Married John Smith (Henry) before 1660. Died , 1672, 102321-4 PHILIP ELIOT, b. , 1633. Unsubstantiated. Colonel Philip Eliot died Oct. 22, 1657, Roxbury, Massachusetts. PHILIP with wife and 4 (?) children came from Nazing, England in 1631 on the "Lion," and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he was a DEACON in the Church there, of his brother JOHN ELIOT, the noted Apostle to the Indians. A Freeman March 25, 1636; Deputy to the General Court, 1654-57; a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., 1638; a COLONEL of Massachusetts militia. His estate was inventoried at L810. Will proved Feb. 11, 1658, Roxbury, Massachusetts--see N.E.H.&G. Register volume 8, page 281. Estate of widow ELIZABETH divided to her sons-in-law JOHN ALDIS, John Smith, of Dedham, and Rich. Withington of Dorchester, Feb. 2, 1660. PHILIP'S virtues are thus recorded by his brother John in the Roxbury Church records: "PHILIP ELIOT he dyed about the 22 of the 8th month: 57, he was a man of peace, and very faithful, he was many years in the office of a Deacon which he discharged faithfully. In his latter years he was very lively useful and active for God, and his Cause. The Lord gave him so much acceptance in the hearts of the people yt he dyed under many of the offices of trust yt are usually put upon men of his rank, for besides his office of a Deakon, he was a Deputy to the Gen. Court, he was a Commissioner for the government of the towne, he was one of the five men to order the prudential affairs of the towne; and he was chosen to be Feoffe of the Publike Schoole in Roxbury." 121321-BENNETT ELIOT The English ancestors of the American family are thought to trace from Normandy with "William the Conqueror." This recorded ancestry is particularly well established. It starts with the marriage record of Bennett Eliot and Letty Aggar in the Widford Parish Register thus: "An Dom 1598 Bennett Eliot and Lettye Aggar were married the xxxth of October An Sup Dicto." Widford is about twenty-five miles north of London, and four and one-half miles east of Ware. The Church of St. John Baptist, where the above record is found, is an ancient structure, parts of it are probably 800 years old. Charles Lamb was a frequent worshipper there. Pictures of the Church appear in "The Eliot Genealogy." Born , 15 , England. Of Widford, Hertfordshire, England. Son of Married LETTICE AGGAR Oct. 30, 1598, Widford, Hertfordshire, England. She died March 16, 1621, Nazing, Essex County, England. The record of her burial at Nazeing is "Lettes Ellyot 16 March." (1620). 112321-1 SARAH ELIOT, bapt. Jan. 13, 1599, Widford, Hertfordshire, England. Married William Curtis Aug. 8, 1618, Nazing, Essex County, England. Died March 27, 1673, See "The Curtis Line." 111321-2 COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT, bapt. April 25, 1602, Widford, Hertfordshire, England. 112321-3 REV. JOHN ELIOT, bapt. Aug. 5, 1604, Widford, Hertfordshire, England. Married Anne Mumford , 1632, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Died May 20, 1690, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Came to New England Nov. 2, 1631. The noted "Apostle to the Indians." See "Descendants of John Eliot" by Emerson (1905). 112321-4 JACOB ELIOT, bapt. Sept. 21, 1606, Widford, Hertfordshire, England. Married Margery d. May 9, 1661. Died Nov. 20, 1651. Was Ruling Elder in Boston Church Sept. 13, 1649. 112321-5 LYDIA ELIOT, bapt. July 1, 1610, Nazing, Essex County, England. Married James Pennimaa. (2) Thomas Wight Sept. 15, 1665. Will proved Sept. 27, 1676, Braintree, Massachusetts. 112321-6 FRANCIS ELIOT, bapt. April 10, 1615, Nazing, Essex County, England. Married Mary Saunders, daughter of Martin Saunders of London. Died Oct. 29, 1677, Braintree, Massachusetts. Deacon Oct. 12, 1652. 112321-7 MARY ELIOT, bapt. March 11, 1621, Nazing, Essex County, England. Married Edward Payson Jan. 1, 1642, His (2) wife. Died about 1697, Bennett Eliot died Nov. 21, 1621, Nazing, Essex County, England. His burial recorded thus: "Ben'dt Eliot burled ye 21 of November" (1621). His will recorded in the Commisary Court of London Register for 1621-1626, dated Nov. 5, 1621; signed `Benedict' Eliot; mentions children, and provided money for maintenance of his son John at Cambridge University. He was called `Yeoman.' Moved to Nazing in 1606. ||| THE GREAT MIGRATION, NEHGS PHILIP ELIOT ORIGIN: Nazeing, Essex MIGRATION: 1635 on the Hopewell FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Roxbury church as member #133 in 1635 ("Philip Eliot he died about the 22nd of the 8th month: 57. He was a man of peace, & very faithful, he was many years in the office of a deacon which he discharged faithfully. In his latter years he was very lively useful & active for God, & his cause. The Lord gave him so much acceptance in the hearts of the people that he died under many of his offices of trust that are usually put upon men of his rank, for besides his office of a deacon, he was a deputy to the General Court, he was a commissioner of the government of the town, he was one of the 5 men to order the prudential affairs of the town, & he was chosen to be Feoffee of the Public School in Roxbury" [ RChR 81]). Early in 1636, "Elizabeth Eliot the wife of Philip Eliot" was admitted to Roxbury church as member #153 [ RChR 82]. FREEMAN: 25 May 1636 (second in a sequence of four Roxbury men) [ MBCR 1:371]. EDUCATION: His inventory included "books" valued at £2. In the inventory of Philip Eliot's goods later in the hands of his son-in-law John Smith were "one Bible and 6 other books most being old" valued at 16s., and in the hands of his son-in-law John Aldus were "6 books" valued at 8s. On 27 July 1676, "John Eliot of Roxbury, aged about 73 years, do testify that my brother Phillip Eliot of Roxbury deceased in my hearing at a public meeting of the town for the settling of the school in Roxbury & making provision for the same did engage to give eight shillings per annum towards the said school forever and for the security thereof tendered the engagement of his house [&] lands in Roxbury as others did & would at the same time have subscribed his hand to the book as others of the town did but in word did it as fully & freely as was possible for him to do" [ SPR 6:159]. OFFICES: Deputy for Roxbury to Massachusetts General Court (as "Mr. Phillip Eliott"), 3 May 1654, 23 May 1655, 14 May 1656, 6 May 1657 [ MBCR 3:340, 373, 422, 4:1:181, 221, 255, 286]. Representative for Roxbury on Massachusetts Bay committee to evaluate livestock, 13 May 1640 [ MBCR 1:295]. Admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638 [ HAHAC 1:59]. In the inventory of Philip Eliot's goods later in the hands of his son-in-law John Aldus was "one sword" valued at 10s. ESTATE: In the Roxbury land inventory of about 1654, "Phillip Eliot" held eight parcels: "his house, barn and home lot three acres"; twelve acres of land; thirty-three acres of land; nine acres of land; "six acres of salt marsh in Gravelly Point"; "three acres and a half in Bear Marsh, being the half of seven acres late Edward Porter's"; "in the second allotment, next William Curtis the four and twentieth lot, being the last lot there, ninety-six acres, three-quarters and thirty pole"; and "in the four thousand acres three hundred thirty and three acres" [RLR 14-15]. On 22 April 1641, "Richard Callacot of Dorchester" mortgaged to "Phillip Eliott & William Parke executors of the last will & testament of George Alcocke deceased" "his house at Dorchester & his farm house & all other his lands lying in Dorchester" [ Lechford 386, 388-89; SLR 1:24]. On 6 March 1647[/8?], John Ruggles of Roxbury mortgaged to "Phillip Eliot of Roxbury his dwelling house & four acres of land near adjoining within the fence & three acres near the Great Pond" [ SLR 1:89]. On 15 February 1648[/9?], Daniel Ainsworth of Roxbury mortgaged to "Phillip Eliot of Roxbury ten acres of his homelot formerly bought of John Stowe, & seven acres & half of woodland which was formerly Rob[er]t Pepper's" [ SLR 1:102]. On 24 February 1652]/3?], William Healy of Roxbury mortgaged to "Phillip Eliott of Roxbury" twelve acres in Roxbury [ SLR 1:289]. In his will, dated 21 October 1657 and proved 11 February 1657/8, "Phillip Elliott of Roxbery" bequeathed to "the treasury of the Church of Roxbery," £5; "whereas my son Aldis oweth me £5 upon a late bargain my will is that his daughter Sarah Aldis have that"; to "my grandchild Henry Withington £5 towards the bringing him up in learning"; to "John Perry when his time is up," £5; to "my daughter Lydia for her portion equal with her other sisters," £60; to "all my children," moveables; "all my three daughters" to be residuary legatees equally "after my wife's decease"; wife to be sole executrix and residuary legatee during her life; "my brother John Elliott our teacher, Elder Heath, Deacon Parks, John Rugles Senior" to be overseers [ SPR 1:299]. The undated inventory of the estate of "Phillip Elliott deceased" totalled £554 1s. 10d., of which £270 was real estate: "housing, orchard, homelot & swamp," £100; "12 acres of land abutting upon Stony River arable & meadow land," £48; "land near the Great Pond 10 acres," £22; "broken and unbroken lands 9 acres more or less near Dan Ainsworth," £20; "6 acres more or less at Gravelly Point," £30; "3 acres & a half more or less at Bare Marsh," £10; and "96 acres 3/4 and 30 pole in the last division," £40 [ SPR 3:121-22]. On 2 February 1660/1, "power of administration to the estate of the late Phillipp Elliot as it is left by Elizabeth Elliot his relict is granted to Rich[ard] Withington, John Aldis and John Smith to make division thereof amongst themselves according to the last will of the said right of their wives" [ SPR 4:2]. The inventory of "that part of the estate sometimes Philip Elliot's of Roxbery deceased which was in the possession of the men hereafter named after the death of Elizabeth Elliot the late wife of the said Philip," taken 22 January 1660/1, was untotalled, and was divided into several sections: "In the possession of John Smith of Dedham"; "In the possession of John Aldus of Dedham"; "In the possession of Richard Witherington of Dorchester" [with no appraised amounts next to the inventoried items]; "the houses and land late deceased Philipp Elliot's of Roxbery deceased according as they were formerly apprized in the inventory of his whole estate" [the same items as in the inventory of Philip Eliot, with some copying errors]; and "Remaining in the house at Roxberey" [ SPR 4:2]. BIRTH: Baptized Widford, Hertfordshire, 25 April 1602, son of Bennett and Lettice (Aggar) Eliot [Eliot Gen 3]. DEATH: Roxbury 22 October 1657 ("Philip Eliot one of the deacons of this Church" [ RChR 176]). MARRIAGE: 20 October 1624 (lic.) Elizabeth Sybthorpe, daughter of Robert Sybthorpe of Little Hallingbury, Essex ("Philip Eliot of Nasing, Essex, husbandman, a bachelor aged about 22, and Elizabeth Sybthorpe of Little Hallingbury in Co. Essex, maiden, about 23, daughter of Robert Sybthorpe, deceased; then appeared William Curtis of Nasing aforesaid, husbandman, and testified the consent of Anne Sybthorpe, widow, mother to the said Elizabeth; at Nasing or Little Hallingbury" [ EIHC 28:101]). She died at Dedham 8 January 1660/1 (as "widow Elliott") [ DeVR 8]. CHILDREN: i ELIZABETH, bp. Nazeing 8 April 1627 (aged 8 in 1635 [ Hotten 46]); m. by 1649 Richard Withington (eldest known child bp. Dorchester 1 July 1649 [ DChR 160]). ii SARAH, bp. Nazeing 26 January 1628/9 (aged 6 in 1635 [ Hotten 46]); m. Dedham 27 September 1650 John Aldis [ DeVR 126]. iii LYDIA, bp. Nazeing 12 June 1631 (aged 4 in 1635 [ Hotten 46]); m. by 1658 John Smith (eldest known child b. Dedham 18 October 1658 [ DeVR 7]). iv (possibly) PHILIP, b. about 1633 (aged 2 in 1635 [ Hotten 46]); no further record. (The passenger list record for this child may possibly be intended for the immigrant Philip Eliot, who would have been about 32 at this date [Eliot Gen 5-6].) ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of Rev. JOHN ELIOT 1632, Boston [ GMB 1:630-32], JACOB ELIOT 1631, Boston [ GMB 1:626-30], FRANCIS ELIOT 1640, Braintree, Sarah (Eliot) Curtis (wife of WILLIAM CURTIS 1632, Roxbury [ GMB 1:499-501]), Lydia (Eliot) Penniman (wife of JAMES PENNIMAN 1631, Boston [ GMB 3:1426-30]), and Mary (Eliot) Payson (wife of EDWARD PAYSON 1634, Roxbury) [ Eliot Gen 3-9]. \\\\\\\\\\\\ COMMENTS: On 3 April 1635, "Eliz[abeth] Elliott," aged 30, "Lyddia Elliot," aged 4, and "Phillip Elliot," aged 2, were enrolled at London for passage to New England on the Hopewell [ Hotten 46]. They were included in the grouping headed by "Husbandman Isack Disbrough of Ell-Tisley in co[unty] Cambridge," aged 18 [ Hotten 46]. On the same ship were "Marie Elliott," aged 13, enumerated under "Husbandman Jo[hn] Astwood," "Sara Elliott," aged 6, enumerated under "Husbandman Lawrence Whittimor" from Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire, and "Elizabeth Elliot," aged 8, enumerated under "Shoemaker Jo[hn] Ruggells" of Nazeing [ Hotten 46]. ||| |
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More About Col Philip Eliot, Sr*: Baptism: 25 Apr 1602, Widford, Hertsfordshire, England Freeman: 25 Mar 1636, Massachusetts Immigrant Ancestor: 1631, England, Hertfordshire, to Dedham, MA, aboard the Lion. Migration: 1631, Hertsfordshire, England, to Dedham, MA, aboard the Lion. Military 1: 1638, A member of Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts at its inception. Military 2: Colonel of the Massachusetts Militia Political: Bet. 1654 - 1657, Deputy to the General Court Probate: 11 Feb 1657/58, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA Will Administrator: 02 Feb 1659/60, Wife, Richard Withington, John Aldis and In Smith. |
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More About Elizabeth* Sybthorpe: Immigrant Ancestor: Bet. 1624 - 1629, England, Hertford, to Dedham, MA Migration: Bet. 1624 - 1629, Hertsfordshire, England, to Dedham, MA Will: 02 Feb 1659/60, Estate divided among her sons-n-law John Aldis, Richard Withington, John Smith. |
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More About Philip Eliot and Elizabeth* Sybthorpe: Marriage: 20 Oct 1624, Nazeing, Essex, England |
| iv. | Rev John Eliot, born 05 Aug 1604 in Nazeing, Essex, England; died 20 May 1690 in Massachusetts Bay Colony; married Anna Mountfort Oct 1632; born 1604 in England; died 22 Mar 1686/87. |
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Notes for Rev John Eliot: FROM "Ancestors and Descendants of Captain John James and Esther Denison of Preston, Connecticut" BY Clara Paine Ohler, 1912 Page 146 In the records of the First Church of Roxbury, page 2, we find the following: "William Denison, he brought three children to N. E.--all sons--Daniel, Edward and George; Daniel married at Newtowne and was joined to the church there; he afterward removed to the church at Ipswich." The pastor of "The First Church" was the Rev. John Eliot, afterward a famous Missionary to the Indians. He came to America with William Denison in the good ship "Lion" as tutor to his sons. The name of William Denison stands third on the records of the "First Church." He was made a constable and a deputy to the general court in 1634; was a man of mark, possessed considerable property and was one of the founders of the "Free School." "GENEALOGY OF THE ELIOT FAMILY" page 30 II. FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF THE APOSTLE ELIOT. THE following autograph letter was received from the present Earl of St. Germans, in answer to the inquiry respecting the birth-place and parentage of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians:-- "LONDON, Oct. 2, 1852. "Sir--I hasten to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th ult., which reached me this morning. In answer to the inquiries contained in it, I can only tell you that the Rev. John Eliot was not a son of Sir John Eliot. The name of Sir John Eliot's eldest son and successor, was John. He may have been a nephew or a cousin. The pedigrees and other genealogical papers in my possession, relating to my family, show its descents in the direct line; but do not show those of the collateral branches. Thus the names, dates of birth, and marriages of all Sir John Eliot's children, and of the children of his eldest son, are recorded in them; but those of his other grandchildren are not. It is, therefore, unlikely that any trace of your ancestor's parentage is to be found in these papers. I would, however, willingly examine them if they were at hand; but, being in Cornwall, they are not at present accessible to me. It has occurred to me that you might obtain some information on the subject by applying through a friend or correspondent in London to the Herald's College. The archives there contain a very large store of genealogical documents of all descriptions. I am sorry that, owing to want of leisure, I cannot undertake to make this application for you. "It would give me great pleasure to learn that the good and eminent man from whom you descend, came of our stock. No title more honorable than that of 'Apostle to the Indians,' illustrates any pedigree. "I am, sir, your obedient servant, "ST. GERMANS. "William H. Eliot, Jr., Esq." That John Eliot, the Apostle, was connected with this family, is proved from the identity of the coat of arms. Henry W. Elliott, of Goshen, N. Y., who has hereditary heir-looms in his possession, writes--"Our coat of arms, I think, in part, is an elephant's head and trunk, which would probably determine from what family they descended in England." The elephant's head and trunk are the crest of the arms of the Earl St. Germans. Mrs. Agnes Elliott, of Washington city, who married Richard Elliott, merchant of Washington, in 1804, and died in 1850, said, that on a visit to Killingworth, soon after her marriage, she saw at the house of Jared Elliott, son of Rev. Dr. Jared Elliott, an old painting of the coat of arms of the family; and distinctly recollected that the crest was an elephant's head, cut smooth, (couped,) and the motto, Occurrent nubes; which clearly identifies it with that of Earl St. Germans. To what particular branch of the family the Apostle belonged is not known. He may have been the son of Hugh, Walter, or Thomas, and cousin of Sir John, the opponent of the court of Charles I. The Apostle seems to have purposely avoided all reference, both to his family connections and the place of his nativity. Nor does Mather, in his Magnalia, or any other early New England writer, give any information. His later biographers, on what authority we have been unable to learn, have designated Nasing, in Essex. George A., son of Wm. H. Elliot, of New Haven, visited Nasing a few years since, for the express purpose of ascertaining whether there was any record evidence which would throw any light upon the subject; but was unsuccessful. No record of his birth could befound. At that period the practice of recording births and deaths was not only prevalent in England, but it was strictly observed. We here subjoin extracts from two communications from Mr. W. Hood of Nasing, probably the parish rector. They are in answer to inquiries of Henry H. Eliot of New York, to whom we are indebted for permission to present them to the reader. "NASING, Waltham Cross, March 10, 1848. "Sir--The clerk of the parish having given me the letter addressed to him, containing inquiries respecting John Eliot, I send you copies of the registers of several of the name of Eliot; but the principal value of them seems to consist in showing what is not, rather than what is contained in this Register. * * * * "1602-3. John Eliott was baptized, Feb. 6th. "1602-3. John Elliott (infans) was buried, Feb. 18th. "1610. Lidia Eliot was baptized, July 1st. "1615. Frances Eleot was baptized, April 10th. "1620. Marei Ellett was baptized, March 11th. "1627. Elizabeth, dau. of Philip Eliot, was baptized, April 8th. "1628-9. Sarah Eliot was baptized, Jan. 25th. "1618. William Curtis and Sarah Eliot were married, Aug. 6th." "April 4, 1848. "Sir-- * * I have again examined the Registers, and looked them through, from 1559 to 1734, but have found only the following entries of the name of Eliot, in addition to those which I forwarded before:-- "1621. Benit Elyot was buried, Nov. 21st. "1661. Thomas, son of John Eliot, and Mary, his wife, was baptized Sept. 25th. "1668. A son of John Eliot, unbaptized, was buried, July 19th. "From so few entries of the name, during so long a period, I infer that the family could only have been settled here temporarily. * * "I have examined the Registers of the adjoining parish of Royden for a period of about 50 years; and those of Epping for thirty years, i. e. from 1590 to 1620, but do not find a single entry by the name of Eliot. "In referring to Cotton Mather's Hist, of New England, I find he says:--'And for his birth, it was at a town in England, the name whereof I cannot easily recover.' Mather further states, that he (Eliot) engaged to a select number of pious and Christian friends, &c., that if they would come out to New England, he would engage to become their minister, &c. "All, therefore, that I can think of to suggest, is, that you should inquire of your American correspondent, how the name of John Eliot has become connected with an unknown village like Nasing; and whether anything can be found in the history of Eliot's friends, settled in the same colony, to connect him with Nasing or its neighborhood, or any part of the county of Essex. "Wishing you success in your further researches, and regretting that I have been able to contribute so little towards it, "I remain, sir, your obedient servant, "W. HOOD." BROTHERS OF THE APOSTLE. Rev. John1 Eliot, the apostle, and his brothers, Jacob1 and Phillip1, came across the ocean in the ship Lion, Capt. Pierce; and landed at Plymouth, Nov. 3, 1631. Jacob1 Eliot was admitted freeman at the same time with Rev. John, March 6, 1632, and died in 1651. His wife, Margery (???), died in 1661. Mr. Jacob Eliot was a deacon of the Boston church; and one of the fifty-eight who were ordered to give in all their arms of every kind, and ammunition, to Mr. Cane, under the penalty of œ10, for being concerned with Mrs. Hutchinson in disseminating her doctrines. His children were I. Jacob2, born Dec. 16, 1632. He was a captain in Boston, and died in 1693, aged 61. II. John2, born Dec. 28, 1634. III. Hannah2, born Jan. 29, 1636. IV. Abigail2, born April 7, 1639. V. Susanna2, born July 22, 1641. She married, Dec., 1662, Peter Hobart of Hingham. VI. Sarah2. VII. Asaph2, b. Oct. 25, 1651. He had children, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1679; and John, b. Dec. 18, 1683. VIII. Frary2, (daughter.) IX. Mehitabel2. Philip1 Eliot was admitted freeman, March 25, 1636; and a member of the Artillery Company in 1638. He was a member of the General Court four years, from 1654 to 1657. He died Oct. 24, 1657, leaving three daughters. In his will he speaks of "my brother, John Eliot, our teacher." If this is the same Philip mentioned in the communication from Nasing, Essex, who had a daughter, Elizabeth, born there in 1627, and perhaps Sarah, born in 1629, it would indicate that the Apostle's family may also have temporarily resided there. This is the more probable, as his widow's name was Elizabeth, whose property was distributed, in 1660, to her three sons-in-law, John Smith of Dedham; John Aldis of Dedham, who married Sarah; and Richard Witherington of Dorchester. III. JOHN ELIOT, THE APOSTLE TO THE INDIANS. JOHN ELIOT, commonly called the Apostle to the Indians, was born in England in [Dec. 20?] 1604; or, as Prince supposes, in November of that year. We have no very authentic information as to the precise locality where he was born. Nasing, Essex county, is most commonly assigned as the place of his nativity, though the counties of Devonshire and Cornwall respectively lay claim to the honor of containing the birth-place of so distinguished a man. Nothing is related of his parents except that they gave him a liberal education, and were exemplary for their piety, to which Mr. Eliot himself bore testimony, when in after years he wrote these words: "I do see that it was a great favor of God unto me to season my first years with the fear of God, the word, and prayer." He was educated at the University of Cambridge, England, and was distinguished for his love of the languages, Greek and Hebrew especially, of which he acquired a sound, thorough, and discriminating knowledge. He became well versed in the general course of liberal studies, and was particularly skillful in theological learning. It is recorded that he had a partiality for philological inquiries, and was an acute grammarian. On leaving the University, he was employed as an usher in the Grammar School of Rev. Thomas Hooker, at Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, in Essex county. Mr. Hooker, who subsequently became one of the most eminent among the worthies of New England, exerted salutary influence on the formation of Mr. Eliot's character and principles, and decided him in pursuing the profession of a Christian minister. In after years he spoke of his residence at Little Baddow as a rich blessing to his soul. In common with many other kindred spirits at the same period, Mr. Eliot turned his attention to the New World as better fitted for both safety and usefulness. And when Mr. Hooker was driven even from the vocation of Christian teacher, and compelled to take refuge in the wilderness, Mr. Eliot followed him. On the 3d of November, 1631, he reached Boston in the ship "Lion," in company with Gov. Winthrop's wife and children, and about sixty others. Immediately on his arrival, he took charge of the First Church in Boston, the pastor, Mr. Wilson, having temporarily gone to England on business. Previous to his leaving England, Mr. Eliot had betrothed himself to a young woman whose name was Anne Mountfort. She followed him to New England, and their marriage took place in October, 1632. Mr. Eliot continued in charge of the Church in Boston until his removal to Roxbury, where he was ordained on the 5th of November, 1632, being the first minister in that place. The members of the Boston Church would gladly have settled him as teacher, in connection with their pastor, Mr. Wilson, but previous engagements entered into with the Roxbury settlers prevented such an arrangement. He continued as teacher of the Church in Roxbury until his death, a period of nearly sixty years. His meeting-house was on the hill where the present meeting-house of the First (Unitarian) Church in Roxbury now stands. He soon conceived a strong passion for christianizing and improving the condition of the Indians, of whom there were a large number within the limits of the English plantations. He commenced his labors among them at Nonantum in Newton, on the 28th of October, 1646. The Boston Transcript says that the old oak beneath whose branches Eliot preached to the Indians at South Natick, in 1690, is still standing-- a "hale green tree"--and still affords a grateful shade to the weary traveler.(*) He executed several translations into the Indian language, the most noted of which is the Indian Bible. The New Testament was published at Cambridge, in September, 1661, under the auspices of the Society for Propagating the Gospel. Three years after, the Old Testament was added; and the whole Bible,(*) with a Catechism and the Psalms of David in metre, was thus given to the Indians in their own language, in forty years after the settlement of the country. Eliot's labors were far greater than those of any of the translators in Germany, France, and England, for they had not only the facilities afforded by copies of the Bible in Latin, which was the conventional language of the priests and students of Europe, and the aid of their contemporaries in Biblical learning, but their versions were substitutions of their vernacular tongue for one which was equally as well known; while his was in an unwritten and hitherto unknown language, which he was first obliged to learn, and after his Bible was published, to establish schools and prepare a grammar and other books for instructing the savages to read it; and in all these arduous duties he had no assistant but an Indian boy. Thus a humble and modest, yet faithful and zealous pastor, of a small Christian community, on the shores of a vast continent, which was then almost an entire wilderness, alone achieved a work which excited the wonder and admiration of both hemispheres, and has rendered his name ever memorable in the annals of literature and piety. The exalted estimation, which had been formed in Europe, of the character and services of this EVANGELIST of the savages, may be inferred from the fact, that Leusden, the Professor of Hebrew in the University of Utrecht, and one of the most distinguished scholars of the age, dedicated his "Hebrew--English Psalter, to the very Reverend and pious John Eliot, the indefatigable and faithful minister of Rippou, and Venerable Apostle of the Indians in America; who had translated and published, in the American tongue, by an Atl‘an Labour, the Bible; and first preached the Word of God to the Americans in the Indian tongue." Equally distinguished for learning, piety, and philanthropy, this excellent man acquired the esteem and respect of his contemporaries, and left a name dear to his adopted country and illustrious throughout the world, as the first herald of Christianity to the savages of North America. His parochial duties were performed with zeal and fidelity, which evinced the purest principles of religion and the kindest feelings of benevolence. As a missionary, he relinquished the endearments of civilized society, encountered the dangers of the wilderness, and participated in the privations of the wild, precarious, and comfortless life of barbarians. With such holy ardor and untiring perseverance did he prosecute his great and commendable labors, as to have acquired the exalted title of "THE APOSTLE TO THE INDIANS."(*) He was engaged in promoting the civilization, as well as the conversion of the Indians; and hoped the revolution in England, under Oromwell, would result in the triumph of civil and religious liberty, and the subjection of human governments to Christ. During the troublous times under the Commonwealth, after the death of Charles I, John Eliot addressed a letter to Hugh Peters, then in England, promoting the revolution, dated Oct. 12, 1650, in which he says:-- "The Lord hath greatly delighted to improve you, and eminently your talent is increased to ten talents, for our Lord and Master's honor and use; and doubt not your crown will be answerable. You are indeed envied, evil spoken of, smitten with the tongue. No matter. Be not troubled at what men say, when they speak evil of you, seeing you cannot but see, yea, all may see it, God dealeth well by you, the Lord doth improve, accept, succeed you. I cannot wish you in New England, so long as you are of such great use and service in the Old; not because I love you not, but because I love you and the cause of God, which you do totis viribus pursue and prosper in. I have a request unto you, in behalf of these poor Indians. We are about to make a town and bring them to a cohabitation and civility; for the accomplishment whereof we want a magazine of all sorts of edge tools, and instruments for husbandry, for clothing, &c. That successful and seasonable magazine of provisions, which you were a lively instrument to procure so seasonably at Bristol, for the relief of the army at Pembroke, doth encourage and embolden me to request this favor, that you would be pleased to use that wisdom and interest the Lord hath given you in the hearts of his people, to further this magazine for the poor Indians. "THE ONLY MAGNA CHARTA IN THE WORLD, IS THE HOLY SORIPTURES. Oh! what an opportunity hath the Parliament now to bring in Christ to rule in England. If they do that, Christ will prosper and preserve them." Mr. Eliot was anxious to promote the cause of education as well as religion; and in 1689, the year previous to his death, conveyed an estate of about seventy-five acres of land to certain persons and their heirs as trustees, for "the maintenance, support, and encouragement of a school and school-master at that part of Roxbury, commonly called Jamaica or the Pond Plains, for the teaching and instructing of the children of that end of the town, (together with such Indians and negroes as shall or may come to the said school,) and to no other use, intent, or purpose whatever." This was the origin of the Roxbury "Eliot School Fund." Amiable, unostentatious, and parental, he was as remarkable for his humility, disinterestedness, and generosity, as for his intellectual attainments and exemplary deportment. His parishioners were his children, and they venerated him as a father. So universally was he respected, and so important were his services considered, that Mather remarks,--"There was a tradition among us, that the country could never perish so long as Eliot was alive." Richard Baxter, the celebrated English clergyman, in a letter to Eliot, a few years before his decease, thus expresses his opinion of his labors--"There is no man on earth whose work I consider more honorable than yours. The industry of the Jesuits and friars, and their success in Congo, Japan, and China, shame us all, save you." "I think," said Shepard, who knew Eliot well, "that we can never love and honor this man of God enough." When he became old and could no longer preach, and knowing that Roxbury had cheerfully supported two ministers by voluntary contributions for a long time, he requested permission to relinquish his annual compensation. "I do here," said this venerable teacher, "give up my salary to the Lord Jesus Christ; and now, brethren, you may fix that upon any man that God shall make a Pastor." But the society informed him that they considered his presence worth any sum granted for his support, even if he were superannuated, so as to do no further service for them. Eliot's charity was a very prominent trait in his character, and he frequently gave more than he could afford, for his own family often suffered for the necessaries of life. The treasurer of the parish, on paying him his annual salary, and knowing well his lavish expenditures for the relief of others, put the money in a handkerchief, and tied it in as many hard knots as possible, in hopes thus to compel him to carry it all home. On his way thither he called to see a poor sick woman, and on entering he gave the family his blessing, and told them that God had sent them some relief. He then began to untie the knots, but after many efforts to do so, and impatient at the perplexity and delay to get at his money, he gave the whole to the mother, saying with a trembling accent--"Here, my dear, take it; I believe the Lord designs it all for you." When a minister complained to him of the injurious treatment of some of his parishioners, he replied--"Brother, learn the meaning of these three little words,--bear, forbear, and forgive." He said to some students, who were not early risers--"I pray look to it, that you be morning birds." As he was walking in his garden, with a friend, he began to pull up the weeds, when his friend said to him; "you tell us we must be heavenly-minded." Eliot replied--"It is true; and this is no impediment unto that; for were I sure to go to Heaven to-morrow, I would do what I do to-day." Cotton Mather states that his manner of preaching was very plain, yet powerful. His delivery graceful; but when he reproved immoral and sinful conduct, his voice rose into great warmth and energy. He said to a minister who had delivered a well-written sermon--"There is aid required for the service of the sanctuary, but it must be well beaten. I praise God that yours was so well beaten to-day." Eliot continued to preach as long as his strength lasted. With slow and feeble steps he ascended the hill on which his church was situated, and once observed to the person on whose arm he leaned--"This is very much like the road to Heaven; 'tis up hill; the Lord by his grace fetch us up." Frugal and temperate through a long life, he never had indulged in the luxuries of the table. His drink was water, and he said of wine--"It is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly thankful for it; but, as I remember, water was made before it." Thus, among his other good deeds, he taught, by precept and example, the importance of that Temperance, which now wages such an honorable crusade against the deleterious, demoralizing and ruinous vice of inebriety. While death was fast approaching, and a friend inquired how he was, he replied--"Alas! I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me; my memory fails me; but I thank God, my charity holds out still; I find that rather grows, than fails." A short time before his death, Mr. Walten, his colleague, having called to see him, he said--"You are welcome to my very soul; but retire to your study, and pray that I may have leave to be gone." Having presided over the church of Roxbury for nearly sixty years, this reverend pastor calmly ended his earthly existence, on the 20th of May, 1690, in the eighty-sixty year of his age. He lived nearly opposite Thomas Dudley's house, on the other side of the brook, in the rear of the spot on which Guild's Hall stands. Governor Thomas Dudley's mansion was taken down in 1775, and a fort was erected on the site, which is now occupied by the Universalist Church. He first settled in Cambridge, but removed to Ipswich, and soon after came to Roxbury. His son, Governor Joseph Dudley, and grandson, Paul Dudley, who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, lived and died in Roxbury. Paul Dudley placed the milestones now to be seen in many parts of the town, with his initials (P. D.) cut upon them. Eliot's remains were placed in what was called the Ministers' Tomb, in the first burying ground. It was built in the manner described in the following deposition of Captain William Heath and Martha Gary, which was sworn to before Paul Dudley and Samuel Sewell, on the 7th of June, 1725, and is inserted in the Town Records. "Mr. William Bowen, brother of Mr. Henry Bowen, late of Roxbury, was taken by the Turks, and it was proposed to ye Congregation, met in Roxbury, a contribution for his redemption, and the people went generally to the public box, young and old; but before the money could answer the end, for which the Congregation intended it, the people of this place were informed that Mr. Bowen was dead, and the money that the town had given for his redemption, was restored to ye Congregation again, and put into the hands of Deacon Gyles Pearson, as we were informed. About the same time good old Mrs. Eliot lay at the point of death, [the wife of the pastor.] It was then agreed upon by our heads and leader, with the consent of others, that the above-named contribution money should be improved to build a tomb for the town, to inter their ministers, as occasion should require, and that old Mrs. Eliot, for the great service she had done for the town, should be put into said tomb. Robert Sharp, certain, and we think Nathanial Wilson, were employed by the Deacons Pearson and Gary, and others concerned, to build said tomb. But before the tomb was finished the good old gentlewoman was dead, and the first the town admitted into said tomb. Some months after, Benjamin Eliot [a son of the Apostle] died. He had preached and expounded the word of God to us a long time, and the town admitted him into said tomb. "About three or four years after, our Reverend Father, Mr. John Eliot, left us, and the town laid him in said tomb; and the tenth of last January, our Rev. Pastor, Mr. Thomas Walter, died, and the town, at their own charge, interred him in the tomb belonging to the town. We hear there were divers others put into the said tomb; but we never knew by what right or order." At the anniversary town meeting, holden on the seventh of March, 1725-6, a memorial was presented by Major John Bowles, in which he claimed "a right in the town tomb, as his ancestors were interred there, and that the descendants had since kept it in repair," and requested that "a committee might be chosen to prosecute him in the laws by a writ of ejectment, or any other way, that might be thought proper, that the matter in controversy might be put upon its right basis." The subject was referred to Daniel Oliver, Jonathan Remington, Oxenbridge Thatcher, on the part of the town, and Henry Dering and Daniel Henchman, on the part of Major Bowles, who reported on the twelfth of May, 1726, "that it appeared, the descendants of Ana Eliot, wife of John Eliot, were at some expense of the charge, in building the tomb, and have since kept it in repair, and always have improved it, as they had occasion for burying their dead, without molestation," and they, therefore, were of opinion that said descendants should have "the right to improve it in burying their dead;" and that the charge arising for repairs for the future be equally borne by the town of Roxbury and the descendants of Eliot." ||| >>>>>CONTINUED AT NOTES FOR WIFE OF JOHN ELIOT>>>>> |
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More About Rev John Eliot: Freeman: 1632 Historical: 28 Oct 1646, Began preaching to Native Americans at Nonantum, Newton, MA46 Migration: Bet. 23 Aug - 02 Nov 1631, England to America aboard the ship Lion. Occupation: 1632, ordained 1st minister of Roxbury, MA |
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Notes for Anna Mountfort: THE GREAT MIGRATION, NEHGS JOHN ELIOT ORIGIN: Nazeing, Essex MIGRATION: Arrived 2 November 1631 on Lyon [ WJ 1:76] FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston REMOVES: Roxbury 1632 OCCUPATION: Minister. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Boston church as member #110, which would be early in 1632 [ BChR 14]. "Mr. John Eliot" was admitted to Roxbury church as member #49: "He came to N.E. in the 9th month, 1631. He left his intended wife in England, to come the next year; he adjoined to the Church at Boston, & there exercised in the absence of Mr. Wilson the pastor of that church, who was gone back to England for his wife & family. The next summer Mr. Wilson returned, & by that time the church at Boston was intended to call him to office; his friends were come & settled at Rocksbrough, to whom he was fore engaged, that if he were not called to office before they came, he was to join with them, whereupon the church at Rocksbrough called him to be teacher in the end of the summer & soon after he was ordained to that office in the church. Also his wife came along with the rest of his friends the same time, & soon after their coming they were married, viz: in the 8th month, 1632" [ RChR 76]. FREEMAN: 6 March 1631/2 [ MBCR 1:367]. EDUCATION: Matriculated at Cambridge 20 March 1618/9 from Jesus College, B.A. [ Venn 2:94; Morison 378]. ESTATE: In the Roxbury land inventory of about 1652 "Mr. John Eliot" held nine parcels, the first seven of which had been granted to him: dwelling house, orchard and barn, and the houselot, two acres and a half at the west end of the training field; Great Lot, twenty-one acres; nineteen acres of land; six acres of fresh meadow; nine acres of salt marsh; fifty-five and a quarter acres, the twelfth lot in the second allotment of the last division; thirty-nine acres in the thousand acres at Dedham; thirteen acres and twenty poles, the tenth lot in the Nooks next Dorchester, bought of Phillip Meadowes; and seven acres of woodland, lately the land of Robert Pepper [ RBOP 13]. On 26 January 1685/6 "Mr. John Eliot, teacher of the church of Christ at Roxbury," exchanged land with Edward Morris Sr. of Roxbury, Eliot receiving "the moiety or one-half of a lot containing fourteen acres" and Morris receiving "the like quantity of fourteen acres of land ... being within the northermost part of a lot of the said Mr. Eliot being and lying in the second allotment of the last division of lands in Roxbury" [ SLR 13:466-67]. John Eliot did not leave a will, nor was his estate administered. BIRTH: Baptized Widford, Hertfordshire, 5 August 1604, son of Bennett and Lettice (Agar) Eliot [ Eliot Gen 3]. DEATH: Roxbury 21 May 1690 [ Sewall 259] MARRIAGE: Roxbury 4 September 1632 Ann Mountford [ RVR MS 128]. (As Savage notes this date cannot be correct, as it predated the arrival of the bride in New England; Eliot himself places the marriage in October.) "Anne the wife of John Eliott" admitted to Boston church as member #148, just before the dismissal in early October 1632 of those forming the Charlestown church [ BChR 15]; "Mris Ann Eliot, the wife of Mr. John Eliot," admitted to Roxbury church as member #50 [ RChR 76]. She died at Roxbury 22 March 1686/7 [ Sewall 135]. CHILDREN: i. HANNAH, b. 17 September 1633 [ RVR MS 1; RChR 76]; m. Boston 4 May 1653 Habakkuk Glover [ BVR 43]. ii. JOHN, b. 31 August 1636 [ RVR MS 1; RChR 76 ]; Harvard 1656 [ Sibley 1:476-80]; m. (1) by 1662 Sarah Willet (only child bp. Roxbury 21 September 1662 [ RChR 124]), daughter of THOMAS WILLET ; m. (2) Cambridge 23 May 1666 Elizabeth Gookin, daughter of Daniel Gookin. iii. JOSEPH, b. 20 December 1638 [ RVR MS 2; RChR 76]; Harvard 1658 [ Sibley 1:530-33, 2:533]; m. (1) by 1676 Sarah Brenton (eldest child b. Guilford 6 October 1676), daughter of WILLIAM BRENTON ; m. (2) by 1685 Mary Willis (eldest child b. Guilford 7 November 1685), daughter of Samuel Willis. iv. SAMUEL, b. 22 or 27 June 1641 [ RVR MS 3; RChR 76]; Harvard 1660 [ Sibley 2:60-61]; did not marry. v. AARON, b. 19 February 1643[/4] [ RVR MS 4; RChR 76]; bp. 3 March 1643/4 [ RChR 115]; d. Roxbury 19 November 1655 [ RChR 176]. vi. BENJAMIN, b. 29 January 1646[/7] [ RVR MS 5; RChR 76]; Harvard 1665 [ Sibley 2:164-66]; did not marry. ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of JACOB ELIOT of Boston, Philip Eliot, Lydia (Eliot) Penniman, wife of JAMES PENNIMAN of Boston [ Eliot Gen 3-8]. COMMENTS: John Eliot's many activities in New England, among which the most distinctive are his proselytizing work among the Indians, are detailed in the various items listed below. We emphasize here only his importance in promoting migration to New England in the 1630s. In the late 1620s he had been junior partner with THOMAS HOOKER in keeping a school at Little Baddow, Essex. In this capacity, and merely by his connections in the nearby Nazeing area, he became the focal point around which many other families gathered, coming in from a number of parishes in southwest Essex and in neighboring parts of Hertfordshire. As a result, when John Eliot decided to migrate to New England, he was accompanied by many of these families, and followed by many more. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: John Eliot's career is well-illustrated in a wide variety of publications. He is one of that limited group of persons who merit an entry in both the DNB and the DAB (the former being three times the length of the latter). The first biography of John Eliot was that published by Cotton Mather as part of his Magnalia Christi Americana [pp. 526-83]. The Eliot family has received sound treatment in two different places. In 1901 a committee of the Eliot family association published a full-length genealogy, with a revised edition in 1905 [Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 (n.p. 1905), cited herein as Eliot Gen]. Pages three through twelve contain information on the parents and siblings of John Eliot, with evidence from English records. The genealogy also includes an exhaustive chronology of the life of John Eliot [pp. 214-50]. A briefer presentation of John Eliot and his family was also published in 1905 ["Eliot of Roxbury and Boston," The Genealogical Magazine 1:37-44]. [] NEHGS REGISTER vol 35, pages 121-122 published 1881 Censures On Harvard College In 1672. commissioned by William B. Trask, Esq., of Boston The signers of the following document appear to be all residents of Roxbury. There is an uncertainty as to the hand writing. Possibly the document may have been drawn up elsewhere and copies sent to this and other towns in the colony, so that there may be others extant. The name erased at the top of the left-hand column is probably that of Thomas Weld, then an inhabitant of Roxbury, who was a son of the Rev. Thomas Weld. The humble Petition of some of the people that lyve under the Jurisdiction of the massachusets government, unto our honored Magistrats this 5th day of march 1672 Sheweth That Whareas it hath pleased our ever honored Magistrats to send their letters to the Churches to move us to a liberal contribution towards the Colledg. and in one of those leters declared that if any of the good people have any obiecsion you give us leave to propose it, and also are pleased to promise us, to adde your indeavor to remove the same. We take the boldnesse to propose an obiecsion not with any intent to shorten either our owne or others hands to so good and pius a work, as we trust we shall make it appeare by our actions. but our only scope is, to indevor the removal of an evyl (as it appereth to us) in the educasion of youth at the Colledg. and that is, that they are brought up in such pride as doth no wayes become such as are brought up for the holy service of the lord. either in the Magistracy, or ministry especialy, and in perticular in their long haire, which last first tooke head, and broke out at the Colledg so far as we understand and remember. and now it is got into our pulpets, to the great greife and ffeare of many godly hearts in the Country we find in the scriptures that the sons of the prophets, and such as were dedicated to god, were brought up in a way of mortification and humility. we beseech you to consider amos. 2. 11. 12. I raised up of your sons to be prophets, and of your young men to be Nazarites, is it not even thus o ye children of Israel saith the lord, but ye have given the nazarites wine to drink. Consider also pro. 16. 31 the hoary head is a crowne of glory if it be found in the way of righteousnesse. and are those haires so found, that are defiled with this lust? we beseech you consider, whether all other lusts which have so incorigibly brake in upon our youth, have not first sprung from the incorrigablenesse of this lust. our humble request is that you would please to use all due indeavours to cure this evyl. and so we commend you to the lord and to the word of his grace and remaine your Vmble petecinors att the thron of grac to assest and in able you in all your Waighty consarns and remain your Worships humble petitioners [left column] [Thomas Weld, erased] Thomas ffoster: Abraham Neuell Seaner Isaac Neuell Jacob nuell Robert Pepper abraham houw Samuel mey John watson Ralph hemenway [right column] Giles paison John Parpoint Samuell Ruggles Robert williams Samvell williams Edward Bridge edward paison Richard goad John Eliot John Bowles Danil bruer: Samuell gary Robert Seauer John poley Edward morris [Endorsed] Mr. Eljots &c peticon abt. youth. 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More About Anna Mountfort: Signer: 05 Mar 1671/72, Roxbury Petition about youth |
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More About John Eliot and Anna Mountfort: Marriage: Oct 1632 |
| v. | Jacob Eliot, born 21 Sep 1606 in Widford, Hertsfordshire, England; died 28 Apr 1651 in Boston, MA; married Margery; died 1661. |
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Notes for Jacob Eliot: JACOB ELIOT ORIGIN: Nazeing, Essex MIGRATION: 1631 FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Boston church as member #114, which would be late in 1631 or early in 1632 [ BChR 15]. Chosen deacon 27 November 1636 [ BChR 10], and ordained in that office 17 May 1640 [ BChR 29]. (As deacon Eliot frequently acted in a fiduciary capacity, mostly in settling estates, but his activities in 1640, along with WILLIAM COLBRON , another Boston deacon, in behalf of Griffith Bowen are probably as a result of his position in the church [ Lechford 258, 261-62], and his receipt of money for the church on 20 September 1642 was certainly in that capacity [ WP 4:354].) Elected elder of the Boston church, 12 September 1650 [ BChR 319]. FREEMAN: 6 March 1631/2 [ MBCR 1:367]. EDUCATION: On 12 August 1636 contributed 6s. 8d. for the maintenance of the schoolmaster [ BTR 1:160]. Signed his will with a shaky hand. OFFICES: Boston selectman, 14 March 1635/6 (for a six-month term), 20 March 1636/7, 8 October 1637, 23 April 1638, 9 November 1638, 13 May 1639, 16 December 1639, 28 September 1640, 27 May 1641, 6 December 1641, 2 September 1642, 20 February 1642/3, 25 September 1643, 17 May 1644, 10 April 1645, 26 December 1645 (for a twelve-month term), 18 March 1646/7, 13 March 1647/8, 12 March 1648/9, 11 March 1649/50 [ BTR 1:9, 16, 20, 34, 36, 41, 44, 55, 61, 65, 70, 72, 75, 79, 84, 86, 90, 92, 94, 99]; fenceviewer, 21 March 1635/6, 17 April 1637, 25 March 1639 [ BTR 1:9, 17, 39]; surveyor of highways, 20 August 1638 [ BTR 1:35]; appointed frequently, usually with William Colbron to lay out houselots and highways, and for other minor tasks [ BTR 1:passim]. Committee on boundary between Boston and Roxbury at Muddy River, 20 January 1639/40 [ MBCR 1:342]. One of three Boston men on colony committee to value livestock, 13 May 1640 [ MBCR 1:295]. ESTATE: Granted by Boston selectmen (including himself) "the little marsh lying against Charles River with a little hill of upland ground, near the middest thereof, and compassed on three sides with highland ground, allowing out of his allotment at Mount Woollystone seven acres for five. The which he afterwards allowed, and it laid out for part of his brother Francis Elyott's allotment at the Mount," 16 July 1637 [ BTR 1:19]. On 2 December 1644 Boston selectmen granted liberty "unto Deacon Eliot to set out his barn six or eight feet into the street at the direction of Deacon Colbron" [ BTR 1:82]. In the Boston Book of Possessions Jacob Eliot held one parcel: one house and garden [ BBOP 34]. Granted "the swamp that joineth to his allotment at Muddy River next to Cotton Flax house by the common field," 26 February 1648/9 [ BTR 1:93]. In his will, dated 28 April 1651 and proved 20 November 1651, Jacob Eliot bequeathed to "my son John Eliot the house and backside adjoining to Edward Rainsford with the use of half the barn with all the land at Muddy River except the ten acres purchased of Jonathan Negoos and this to have at his day of marriage and during the time of his single estate to live with his mother"; to "my daughter Hana Eliot the house that was John Cranwell's with all the backside belonging to it if she shall marry before her mother's death"; "all the rest of my estate I do give unto my wife during the time of her natural life if she remain in her widowhood all that time and if God so dispose of her in marriage again then my will is that the whole estate shall be valued and a third part shall be set out for my wife and the rest to be equally divided between them my son Jacob having a double portion out of it and my daughters to receive their portion at the day of marriage or at the age of eighteen years"; "my son Jacob shall have his double portion out of my now dwelling house and orchard with the land on the neck if he so desire it he resigning up that house and land which was given him at his day of marriage"; witnessed by William Colbron and James Penn (deacons of the church) [ SPR Case #113; NEHGR 4:53]. The inventory of the estate of Jacob Eliot was taken 13 June 1651, but was untotalled; it included £331 10s. in real estate: "one dwelling house & barn and orchard," £100; "one house bought of John Cranwell with the yard to it," £24; "one house bought of Jarat Bourne with the yard to it," £20; "12 acres & half of land," £60; "at Roxbury Gate 13 acres," £35; and "the land at Muddy River," £92 10s. [ SPR Case #113]. On 27 May 1652 the General Court "in answer to the petition of Margery Eliot, widow, for the confirmation of the sale of a certain parcel [of] land, sold by the deacons of the church of Boston, administrators to Sam[uel] Sherman, unto Jacob Eliot, deceased," ordered that the matter be put over to the next session of the court [ MBCR 3:274]. On 31 May 1652 seven men, in seven separate deeds, sold land "at Roxbury Gate" or at Muddy River to "Margery Elliott of Boston aforesaid widow, for the use of her children by Elder Jacob Elljott her husband": Mr. William Hibbins of Boston, five acres; Elder James Penn of Boston, five acres "part marsh and part upland"; Jonathan Negoos of Boston, "five acres and half of salt marsh"; Robert Walker of Boston, five acres of salt marsh; Richard Tapping of Boston, twenty-seven acres of upland; Thomas Grubb of Boston, six acres of salt marsh; and Thomas Marrett of Cambridge, "a house and backside in Boston ... with two acres of land adjoining," and ten acres of upland at Muddy River [ SLR 1:211-12]. Prior to a county court held at Boston on 9 May 1661 "Margery Elliot relict of the late Jacob Elliot" petitioned that she had with the advice of the overseers of the will "married two of her daughters & delivered the sum of £50 apiece to their husbands in order to their portions," but that she found that she had no power to divide the estate, and that she therefore wished to be named administratrix; Margery Eliot made her mark to this petition, and consent was also given by Jacob Eliot, Theophilus Frary "for myself & wife," Susanna Eliot and Mehitable Eliot, each of whom signed [ NEHGR 30:205-06]. (The two daughters whom the widow "had married" were Susanna and Mehitable; on the date of the petition the marriages had been agreed to and the marriage portions promised, but the marriages had not actually taken place.) On 14 October 1662 "Seth Perry of Boston, tailor, & Mehitable, daughter to the late Jacob Eliot & Margery his wife, now wife to the said Seth Perry," gave a receipt for the £50 they had received [ NEHGR 30:206]. In her will, dated 31 October 1661 and proved 7 November 1661, "Margery Elliott, widow," bequeathed "out of my thirds which is two hundred pounds" to "my son Jacob" £50; to "my daughter Hannah Frayry" £10; to "my daughter Susanna" £20; to "my daughter Mehitable" £20; to "my daughter Sarah & my son Asaph" £40 apiece; to "my five grandchildren" £20 to be divided equally; to "my two sons Jacob & Asaph ... the house and lands & they to pay the legacies"; Jacob to be executor [ SPR 1:376]. The inventory of the estate of Margery Eliot, taken 9 December 1661, totalled £294 19s. 6d., of which £230 was real estate: "dwelling house & garden with fruit trees," £80; "ten acres of land," £120; and "five acres of land at Roxbury Gate," £30 [ SPR 4:80]. On the same day an inventory was taken of "the remaining stock of cattle & land of Jacob Eliot Senior formerly deceased which was designed to pay the portions of the several children"; the total was £280, including "thirteen acres of land about Roxbury Gate" valued at £78 [ SPR 4:81]. BIRTH: Baptized Widford, Hertfordshire, 21 September 1606, son of Bennett and Lettice (Aggar) Eliot [ Eliot Gen 3,6]. DEATH: Boston 6 May 1651 [ BChR 320]. MARRIAGE: By 1632 Margery _____; she died at Boston 30 October 1661 [ BVR 81] (but her will was dated 31 October 1661). CHILDREN: i JACOB, b. 16 December 1632 [ BVR 1]; bp. 16 December 1632 [ BChR 277]; m. Boston 9 January 1654[/5] "Mary Wilcock widow" [ BVR 49]. ii JOHN, b. 28 December 1634 [ BVR 2]; bp. 28 December 1634 [ BChR 278]; named in father's will, 28 April 1651; not named in his mother's will, 31 October 1661. iii HANNAH, b. 29 January 1636/7 [ BVR 4]; bp. 29 January 1636/7 [ BChR 281]; m. Boston 4 June 1653 Theophilus Frary [ BVR 44]. (This daughter would seem to be the subject of Winthrop's story of a daughter of Jacob Eliot's, aged eight in 1644, who suffered a severe head injury but survived [ WJ 2:248-50].) iv ABIGAIL, b. 7 April 1639 [ BVR 7]; bp. 7 April 1639 [ BChR 284]; m. Boston 16 December 1657 Thomas Wiborne [ BVR 62]; "Abigaile wife of Thomas Wiborne deceased the 24th of April" 1660 [ BVR 75]. v SUSANNAH, b. 22 [sic] July 1641 [ BVR 11]; bp. 22 July 1641 "being about 6 days old" [ BChR 288]; m. (1) Boston 18 December 1662 Peter Hobart [ NEHGR 121:114], son of Joshua Hobart and grandson of EDMUND HOBART ; m. (2) by 13 May 1674 Thomas Downes [ SLR 8:389-91]. vi MEHITABLE, b. April 1645 [ BVR 21]; bp. 4 May 1645 "being about 9 days old" [ BChR 298]; m. by 14 October 1662 Seth Perry [ NEHGR 30:206]; "Mehittabell wife of Seth Perry died February 20th" 1662/3 [ BVR 86]. vii SARAH, bp. 5 December 1647 "being about 6 days old" [ BChR 309]; named in mother's will, 31 October 1661; no further record. (A number of interactions between children of Jacob Eliot and the sons of William Harris of Boston should be noted, and may indicate that this Sarah married WilliamMDSU2 Harris [ NEHGR 106:17-19].) viii ASAPH, b. 25 October 1651 [ BVR 33]; bp. 2 November 1651 [ BChR 322]; m. (1) by 30 July 1678 Elizabeth Davenport, daughter of RICHARD DAVENPORT [ SPR 12:31]; m. (2) by 1683 Hannah _____ ("John [son] of Asaph and Hannah Eliott" b. Boston 18 December 1683 [ BVR 160]). ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of Rev. JOHN ELIOT and Phillip Eliot of Roxbury, Francis Eliot of Braintree, Sarah (Eliot) Curtis, wife of WILLIAM CURTIS of Roxbury, Lydia (Eliot) Penniman, wife of JAMES PENNIMAN of Boston, and Mary (Eliot) Payson, wife of Edward Payson of Roxbury and Dorchester [ Eliot Gen 3-9]. COMMENTS: On 20 November 1637 Jacob Eliot was one of the Boston men disarmed for support of John Wheelwright and Anne Hutchinson [ MBCR 1:212]. On about 22 November 1637 Jacob Eliot joined others in acknowledging his error in signing the petiton in favor of Wheelwright, and asked to be pardoned [ WP 3:514]. On 6 January 1638/9 "Michaell Hopkinson servant to our brother Jacob Elyott" was admitted to Boston church [ BChR 23], and on 18 July 1640 "John Cleemond servant to our brother Jacob Elyott" was admitted [ BChR 30]. |
| vi. | Lydia Eliot, born Abt. 01 Jul 1610 in Nazeing, England; died 1676; married (1) James Penniman; died Bef. 07 Dec 1666; married (2) Thomas Wight 07 Dec 1666; born in of Isle of Wight, England; died 17 Mar 1673/74 in Medfield, MA. |
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Notes for Thomas Wight: The Wight Family GenealogyLibrary.com The Wight Family Page 105 APPENDIX. COPY OF THE WILL OF THOMAS WIGHT. IN the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy-two, the seventh day of the twelfth month, I, Thomas Wight, senior, of Medfield, in the County of Suffolk, in New England, being by the good hand of God in some comfortable measure of health at the present, and sound in my memory and understanding, yet being grown in age and accompanied with the infirmities incident thereunto, and thereby frequently put in mind of my mortality, do therefore, in the name and fear of God, (in preparation to my expected change,) make and ordain this my last will and testament for the disposing and settling the things of this life wherewith it hath pleased God to intrust me, in manner and form as followeth:--Wherein, I first give and commit my soul into the hands of Jesus Christ, my dear Redeemer, and my body to the earth whence it was taken, to be after my decease christianly buried at the discretion of my executors. Imprimis,--Whereas Lydia, my present dear and well beloved wife, did before my marriage with her make an agreement with me in all respects concerning her supply from me in case of my departure out of this natural life before herself, which agreement, under my hand and seal, is yet remaining in the keeping of Mr. John Eliot, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Roxbury, her brother. Page 106 Item -- I do hereby fully settle and confirm unto and upon my son, Henry Wight of Dedham, my eldest son, all those my houses and lands lying and being in Dedham, formerly contracted for, with all the rights and priviledges thereunto belonging; and further I give unto the said Henry, my son, my two bigest books. Item -- I give and bequeath unto my son, Thomas Wight, the one half of that parcell of wood land which I formerly bought of Major Lusher, lying in Dedham bounds, and four acres of my swamp lying by William Cheney's, on the side next the said William Cheney and of the swamp at the end of Month Street lotts, three acres adjoining to his own swamp, and the one half of all my wearing clothes, both linen and wollen, boots, shoes and hats. Item -- I will and bequeath unto my son, Samuel Wight, and to his heirs forever, all that parcell of meadow which I formerly bought of John Warfield of Medfield, and all that parcell of land granted me by the town of Medfield, lying and adjoining to the parcell last above mentioned, and also one other parcell of coarse meadow lying in the swamp called Maple swamp, as also one half of all my wearing clothes, both linen and wollen, boots, shoes and hats. Item -- I will and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Ellis, the wife of Thomas Ellis, and her heirs forever, that my bed, bedstead, and all the furniture thereunto belonging, fitted in all respects for use, as it now standeth in the parlor chamber in my dwelling house, as also one half of all such brass, pewter and iron pots as I shall leave at the time of my decease. Item -- I will and bequeath unto my son, Ephraim Wight, and his heirs forever, all that my dwelling house, barn and out houses belonging to the same, with all that my house lot whereupon they stand and are situated, and all other the appurtenances and accommodations to that my house and lot, as well already laid out as to be laid out whatsoever, both meadow, upland and swamp not formerly given and bequeathed, with all town rights and priviledges any way belonging or any way appertaining to the same or any part thereof; as also the one half of all that tract of wood land which I formerly bought of Major Lusher of Dedham, lying in Dedham bounds; as also twelve acres of land which I formerly bought of John Ellis; as also four acres of meadow land lying on the mill brook; as also all that my parcell of land lying in Dedham bounds, comonly known by the name of the round plain, the ten acres formerly given to my son, Thomas Wight, excepted. Item -- I will and bequeath unto my grandchild, Juda Ellis, the daughter of my daughter, Mary Ellis, five pounds, to be paid to my executors in good and current country pay, within six months after my decease; and as for the residue of my estate, bills, bonds, debts, cattle, household stuff and moveables of what kind or sort soever not formerly given and bequeathed, (my just debts being payed and my funeral expenses discharged,) are hereby willed and bequeathed unto my son, Ephraim Wight. Item -- I do hereby nominate, appoint, ordain and constitute my well beloved son, Henry Wight of Dedham, and my son Ephraim Wight of Medfield, to be my executors to this my last will and testament, to whom I give and commit full power and trust for the full execution and performance of this my last will and testament, in all respects as is above mentioned; and in witness that this is my last will and testament contained in this sheet of paper, I do hereby renounce all other wills and bequeathments by me at any time formerly made, and have hereunto put my hand and seal, the date and year above written. Signed, sealed and published, his mark. in the presence of THOMAS T WIGHT and a seale. GEORGE BARBER. his mark. HENRY H LALAND. George Barber and Henry Laland, the two witnesses to this instrument, personally appeared before John Leverett, Esq. Govr and Edwd Tyng, Assist., April 2d. 1674, and deposed that they were present on the day of the date of this instrument, and then and there did heare and see Thomas Wight, the subscriber, seal and publish the same as his last will and testament; and that when he so did, he was of a sound disposing mind, to their best understanding.--Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol. 7, page 444. |
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More About Thomas Wight and Lydia Eliot: Marriage: 07 Dec 1666 |
| vii. | Francis Eliot, born Abt. 10 Apr 1615 in Nazeing, England; died 30 Oct 1677 in Braintree, MA; married Mary Saunders; born 1619 in Sudbury, MA; died 17 Jan 1695/96 in Lexington, MA. | |||
| viii. | Mary Eliot, born Abt. 11 Mar 1620/21 in Nazeing, Essex, England; died Unknown; married Edward Payson; born Abt. 03 Oct 1613 in of Nazeing, Essex, England; died Unknown. |
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