:lkmum 'Romen, JJonum 4'men GENEALOGY OP Tl! llescenbante of tlobn ~liot •• APOSTLE TO THE INDIANS" 1598-1905 A NEW EDITION, 1905 Prepared and Published by the Committee appointed at the meeting of his Descendants, at South Natick, Mass., July 3, 1901 WILIIIIUfA H. (ELIOT) E1111:llSON, CAai,-,nar, Eu.sWOllTH ELIOT, M.D. Gao1to& EDWIN ELIOT, Ja. c-,,,,;11,, ~o t~.e ffl.emora of WILLIAM HORACE ELIOT, JR., A.B., A.M., LL.B. BORN DEC, 30, 1824 DIED DEC. 8, 1852 WHOSE LABORS IN THE PREPARATION OF THE '' GENEALOGY OF THE ELIOT FAMILY" PUBLISHED AFTER HIS DEATH, IN 1852, BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, ARE THE FOUNDATION AND LARGELY 'l'HE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THIS VOLUME 1905 FROM THE BAY PSALM BOOK The Fift Booke Psalm 107 "0 give yec thanks unto the Lord because that good is bee; because his loving kindness lasts to perpetuitee." PREFACE INCE the publication of the "Genel!,logy of the Eliot Fam­ S ily," compiled by William H. Eliot, Jr., before 1854, one or _more unsuccessful attempts have been made to issue another ec1ition. It was not, however, until the second gathering of the . descendants of John Eliot at Natick in July, 19cn, that a definite step was taken in the appointment of a committee, who have since pursued their labor of love for nearly four years. The result is in your hands to-day, and we respectfully commit it to your interest and to your leniency. Although great pains have been taken to secure all the Eliot lines, we regret to say that a few have either not been reached or have not responded. Likc_wise we have sought to ensure accuracy of dates, though this is not always possible, as authorities differ. For this reason contemporaneous records, as fat as possible, have been used rather than those made and copied years after­ wards. Those who have the first book will note that with the exception of the Genealogy proper we have not incorporated much of the old material, thus leaving that book still valuable for many purposes. The addition of the family- of Bennett Eliot, now known as the Apostle's father, will prove of interest to many. The interest on the part of the descendants of many female lines has been so great that we have venture9 to extend some of these lines far beyond the usual limits, and we hope that they will be lenient towards the errors which must of necessity creep in through the effort to disentangle.- so large a mass of material. As the editor-in-chief is responsible for the preface, I take great pleasure in informing you of those who have given freely of their time and strength and of placing the credit where credit is due. vi PREFACE. To Dr. Ellsworth Eliot of New York must be awarded the chief praise and glory, if glory there shall be. He, more than any other, has had the constant enthusiasm to pursue the task and the material to use in its preparation. He was the first to begin and the last to leave off, material having been received from him after the manuscript was ready for the printer. He, more than any other, except the author of the first Genealogy, has kept the family together-=-through his interest in and his social relations with them ; through the inception and com­ pletion of the Memorial window to John Eliot in the church at Widford, Hertfordshire, England; through the rais_ing of the funds for the Joseph Eliot Memorial Scholarship at Yale Col­ lege, and of the Eliot Prize Funds at Jesus College (Eliot's Col­ lege) Cambridge, England. Nor is this all. But these are the things which will stand out in bold relief, and we are all proud to recognize him as the "Chief of our Tribe." May I add that his extreme modesty caused him to decline having his portrait inserted until the last moment, when he yielded to the impor­ tunities of many members of the family, and to them we must be duly grateful for this pleasure. As George Eliot, Jr., has been able to do comparatively little of the work of compilation, though always most ready and help­ ful as an adviser, his place was partly taken by his sister, Mary C. Eliot of Clinton, who has been a tower of strength in every way. Annie Griffing (Fowler) Davis of Guilford was one of the first to begin and collected the entire line of John ( 34). Others who have furnished a large amount of material are Henry Hill Elliott of New York, Mrs. Frances Elliott Clark of Milwaukee, Wis., Florence V. Elliott of Bloomington, Ill., William Sidney Eliott of Chicago, Mrs. B. S. Johnson of Little Rock, Ark, Robert Eliot of Milwaukee. To all these our especial gratitude is due, but we are beholden to many others· for timely assistance and encouragement. PREFACE. vii As the more extended -genealogical researches of the past twenty-five years have shown that there are many distinct fami­ lies of Eliot in America, we have chosen the title "The Descendants of John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians," as this name will differentiate it from all other Eliot books. In conclusion, we venture to express the hope that this work will serve to draw the family more closely together, that the examples of exalted faith and noble endeavor crowned by suc­ cess herein chronicled may spur us to renewed enthusiasm and better achievement, for as E. A. Freeman has justly said, "The inheritance of a really great name is an inheritance which should be matter not of pride, but of responsibility." WILIMENA H. (ELIOT) EMERSON. (MRS. JUSTIN E.) 128 HENRY ST., DKTROIT, MICH,, March 31, 1go5. "There is a great deal more in genealogies than is generally believed at present. I never heard tell of any clever man that came out of entirely stupid people. If you look around the families of your acquain­ tance you will see such cases in all directions. I know it has been the case in mine. I can trace the father and the son and the grandson, and the family stamp is quite distinctly legible upon each of them." THOMAS CARLYLE. TABLE OF CONTENTS P.UT I. PAGE The Family of Bennett Eliot and Lettye Aggar, their children and grandchildren, including the Will of . Bennett Eliot, 3 PAll.1' II. The Family. of John Eliot and Hannah Mountfort and their Descendants, 15 PART III. 1 Events having reference to John Eliot, during his life, chrono- logically arranged, 214 2 Events having reference to John Eliot, subsequent to his death and burial, chronologically arranged, 251 3 Publications of John Eliot, including tracts, 257 4 Lives of John Eliot, 264 5 Extracts relating to Hannah Mountfort, his wife, 267 6 Memorials of the Apostle, 269 7 Family Relics, 275 8 The Royal line of Mary Wyllys, (opposite page) 276 ? The Surname Eliot and its correct spelling, 277 10 Places in England known to be associated with the memory of John Eliot, 279 JI Towns of Praying Indians, 280 12 Other Eliots among the early settlers of New England, 281 r3 Sermon of John Eliot, 282 14 Letter of John Eliot to Oliver Crom'l\;'ell, 284 I 5 Letters of Joseph Eliot 285 16 Catalogue of Library of Judge John Eliot (No. 9), 290 17 Publications of Rev. John Eliot (No. 96) 293 JS Miscellaneous:_: 295 Natick Dictionary-Corporation for the Promoting and Propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New England -Propositions aboute apparel and fashions by John Eliot-John Eliot's recipe for making ink-Parish Tomb at Roxbury-A Sheaf of Song in memory of Ethel Lynn Beers-Monthly advice pu~lished in Beckwith's Almanac 1851 by Charles Wyllys Elliott-The last of Elipt's Indians-Positive Pedigrees and Authorized Arms- Extracts from Edward Everett Hale's Estimate of Eliot. DATES, OLD STYLE AND NEW Prior to Sept. 1752, the dates in this geileaiogy are in the Old Style. In those days, the year began March 25th, called Lady Day, or Annun­ ciation Day, in commemoration of the event recorded in St. Luke's Gospel, chap. 1. 5, :26-28. The first month of the year was, then, March: and the twelfth was February. September, October, November and December, were the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth months, as their derivation indicates. ( ~ .. ) From the year 1582 to 175:2 (ten~days should be added to dates in the Old Style in order to have them agree with our present reckoning. For example, our ancestors landed at Boston Nov. 4 O.S., but Nov. 14 should be the day observed as our "Forefathers' Day." LIST OF PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAITS OPPOSITB PA.GK · Frontispiece. William H. Eliot, Jr., with autograph. Title Page. Photogravure of John Rogers' Statue of Eliot. 3 Dr. Jared Eliot, 44 4 Prof. Elisha Mitchell, 64 5 The Poet Halleck, So 6 Charles Wyllys Elliott, II4 7 Dr. Ellsworth Eliot, 140 8 Charles Elliott Perkins, r6o 9 Gen. Charles King, 192 ILLUSTRATIONS I Exterior and Interior of Widford Church, IO :z Some Eliot Autographs, 26 3 Eliot Oak at Natick, 94 4 Joseph Eliot's Court C~pboard, I02 S Elisha Mitchell's Monument, I26 6 John A. Stanton's House at Clinton, r48 7 Eliot Group taken at Natick, 1901, 178 8 Eliot Memorial at Tucson, Arizona, ICJ04, 268 9 The Parish Tomb at Roxbury, 294 ABBREVIATIONS ANO EXPLANATIONS are those commonly used in Genealogies. bapt., baptized. b., born.• bur., buried. d., died. dau., daughter.