ELLIOT - ELLIOTT 1625-1976 SRRfl J0Í1G BÊRÍDISH DEDICATED to: THOM ELLIOTT BEAMISH and SUZI (UDELL) BEAMISH CONTENTS FOREWORD JOSEPH ELLIOT of Stonington, Connecticut 1- 14 JOSEPH ELLIOT of Chenango County, New York 15- 19 Adin Elliot 19- 42 Desire Elliot 43 Hopestill Elliot hh Thomas Elliot 1*5- 119 Lemuel Elliot 120 Ledda Elliot 121 Joab Elliot 121- 131 Betsey Elliot 131 Abisha Elliot 132- 136 Ittai Elliot 137-119* FAMILIES RELATED TO ELLIOTTS Di9b BARNES FAMILY 165- 168 BEAMISH - MOULTON FAMILIES 150- 156 BISTODEAU - UDELL FAMILIES 157 BURROWS FAMILY 158- 160 CAROTHERS FAMILY 230 GRIFFITH FAMILY 168- 181 PAGE - BRISTOL FAMILIES 225- 227 RHODES FAMILY 228- 229 SHELDON FAMILY 161- 163 SHELLENBARGER FAMILY 181a- 222 SMALL FAMILY 163- 164 WELLS FAMILY 223- 224 BIBLIOGRAPHY 231- 236 INDEX i-xxxvlii FOREWORD One evening while waiting for Irene Dudley, a friend, at the Detroit Library, I idly picked up a copy of a history of Chenan­ go County, New York, and saw the name Adin Elliot, the same as my great-grandfather's. I laid the book down and thought nothing of it until the next time I was waiting, Irene suggested I take some notes and see If I could trace the family further. That started my quest for the genealogical record of the Elliotts. Family legends of athletic and hunting prowess, achieve­ ments, skills (husking corn, making shingles, scaling logs, etc.), the seven brothers who came from Scotland and landed at Halifax, the famous marksman who gave exhibitions, adding a T to the name and other stories told and discussed were part of my heritage as I grew up. At the time, I gave little credence to the legends for my father was a wonderful story-teller. However, my research reveal­ ed the legends were based on truth. Information from more than one source confirmed the claim that a T was added to the name and that there was an Almon B. Elliott, a marksman of re known, who was cousin to my father. Someday, I expect to find the names of the seven Elliot brothers who came from Scotland and landed at Hali­ fax. Publishing this record will hopefully lead to further dis­ coveries. Probing for information on the origin of the name Elli­ ot has brought to light some curious theories. For instance, Els don C. Smith, in Ame rican Surnames, wrote that the Elliot name has several spellings and" "from Elijah (Elias) meaning 'My God is Yahveh' (is)< derived" the name Elliot, among others (Elias, Ellis, Elkins, etc.). J. C. Downing of Fay- etteville, North Carolina, in his column "Know Your Name", said the name "Elliot of whatever spelling, has three probable orig­ ins": 1) The old Hebrew name Jehovah, for God, was shortened to Jah, from which the Biblical name Elias was . formédj 2) The French form of Elias was Elie, to which was added the diminutive suffix meaning "Little Elie" or "Son of Elie"; and 3) Old Eng­ lish names Adelgeat (male) and Adelgyd (female) meaning "noble- great" and Aelfwald, meaning "Elf-power" were shortened to var­ ious spellings, among them Eliot. The Aelfwald source of the ori­ gin of the name is repeated in different form by several writers, while describing the progressive changes in spelling of the name in England and Scotland. Blank, in Surnames of Scotland, said the early form of the north Border name was Elwald or ETwold after the A was dropped from the Old English spelling Aelfwald, in 1375. Until the be­ ginning of the l6th century, the spelling was more or less stand- ard and Elwald and Elwold continued as Christian names until sur­ names became common. As often happens, Elwald and .Elwold became extinct as Christian names but survived as surnames. During the 16th century, the uniformity of the spelling gave way to a "rich variety of spellings of which Armstrong (Liddesdale, 1, p 17«) gave no less than 70 examples, a number which really does not ex­ haust the list." The list includes the spellings Aelfwald, Ayles- woodes, Dalliot, Elwaird, Elyoth, Hellwodd, Elwand, Ellattis, and Eliot. Four spellings of the name Elliot are referred to in the old rhyme: The double L and the single T Descend from Minto and Wolflee The double T and single L Mark the old race of Stobs that dwell The single L and single T The Eliots of St. Germane be The double L and double T Who they are, nobody can tell. Annals of a Border Club. From the origin and development of the spelling of the name Elliot, it appeared relevant to delve into the origin of the fam­ ily which bears the name. Sir William de Aliot, Norman Knight, who fought with William the Conqueror, during the Norman Invasion, in the Battle of Hastings, is deemed to have been the ancestor of all the Elliots in England and Scotland. People named Elliot were in Devonshire during the reign of King John (1199-1216) and branched out into several families, mainly in western England. Some were important during the reign of Edward I (1239-1307). From the same race were descended the Eliots of Port Eliot in Cornwall who settled there in 1540. Fami­ lies of the same name were found in Suffolk and Surrey. In Scotland, Sir William de Allot's descendants settled at the site of the village and river of Eliot (Elot), at Forfarshire, "hence the name Arbirlot, a contraction of Aber-Eliot, the river entering the sea by the parish of the same name (Wm. Anderson). The family believes they took their name from the river, since most Scottish surnames were taken from local settings. During the reign of Robert III, about 1395, descendants of this family'were "induced" to move in a body, at night, across the Border to Liddesdale, in order to strengthen the holdings of the Douglas family In England. From these Elliots the Stobs and Minto fami­ lies, among others, descended. Elliot of Lariston, in Liddesdale, is acknowledged to be the original stock from which all Elliots in Scotland descended. The direct male line ran out at the beginning of the 18th century, leaving only an heiress who married James Elliot of Radheugh, to continue the line. James' great-grandfather, Gavin Elliot, born in 1598, was the second son of the Laird of Lariston and is cred­ ited with being the first of the Stobs line. James' nephew bought the estates of Minto in Roxburghshire, in 1705, from descendants of the original owners, the Turnbulls. Because of inconsistencies in writings it is not judicious to record the family descent fur­ ther (chronological order of the births and events present a very ambiguous collection). It may be assumed the family in this book descended from "Border" Elliots, probably from an "obscure" line of Laristons or Wolf lees ("obscure" meaning only that they did not descend from the first-born or heir). The Elliots left a heritage of in­ telligence, aggressiveness and adventurousness. A heritage which enabled their descendance to play an active part in the settle­ ment, development and growth of America. Every war, every area of settlement, every industrial and scientific development in this country has had, as participants, Elliotts and their rela­ tives . Sara Jane (Elliott) Beamish SARA JANE (ELLIOTT) BEAMISH 202 N. 34th., # ICJk BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 98225 THOM ELLIOTT BEAMISH 831 32nd., BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, 98225. 1 JOSEPH ELLIOT 1 JOSEPH ELLIOT b 1625 in England. -He crossed the Atlantic and settled in New London, Connecticut, before August l61ii|.. He paid taxes in Stonington, Connecticut, in I667. m Deborah (—) 2 Thomas Elliot b 8- 3-16U2 d 3 Hopestill Elliot b 8- 2-16Í4J4 d 9-I5-I715 1 ii. Mary Mercy (Marmercy) b 1- U-16Ü7 d I* 5 Deborah Elliot b 11-20-1650 d 6 Henry Elliot b II-20-1650 d 5 Joseph Elliot b 11- 1-1653 d young 3 HOPESTILL ELLIOT b 8- 2-I6I1J4 in New London, Connecticut. 1 d 9-15-1715 in Stonington, Conn. Da. of Joseph and Deborah (—) Elliot m 1665, Dr. Samuel Worden. b I6I16. d 8-25-1716. Son of Peter Worden Jr. (b 1609 in England) and Mary (—) Worden of Yarmouth. Samuel was the first male Worden born in America. He was a large landowner, eminent physician and bought land in the Pettequanscut Purchase in Rhode Island. He gave his name to Worden Pond and gave by will a graveyard for use of the Wor­ den race in perpetuity. Peter Worden b 1668 d 1733 m Mary Holly Samuel Worden b I67O d 1729 m Rose (—) 3- 1 Isaac Worden b I673 d I718 2 3- 2 Thomas Worden b I675 d 1759 2 Abigail Worden b I675 d In Pioneers of Massachusetts, Pope said, "Although the family story is that Dr. Sam marriecTÏÏopestill Elliot, that if that were true she must have been a widow for the truth was that he married Hopestill Holly, daughter of Joseph Holly." A complete list of children born to Hopestill Holly was given. 2 3-1 ISAAC V/ORDEN b 1Ó73- d 1710 Conn. Son of Hopestill Elliot (Joseph) and Dr. Sam Worden, of Stonington, Conn. in Rebecca 3- 3 William Worden b I698 d 1790 Isaac Worden b d Samuel b d 3-2 THOMS WORDEN, DR. b 1675. d 1759« Son of Hopestill Elliot (Joseph) and Dr. Sam Worden. m 12- 9-I708 Sarah Butler 3- k Abigail Worden b I709 d 2 Sarah b 1713 d Thomas b 1718 d Jane b I722 d 3-3 WILLIAM WORDEN b 1698'Stonington. d 1790. Son of Isaac (Hopestill Elliot, Joseph) and Rebecca (—) Worden.