Class _ ^ S 7 ( Book_____jJE42 Copyright N°. $05 COPYRIGHT DEPOSTT. Bonum momen, Bonum ©men GENEALOGY OF THE 23* acurttmits of Soijn <£ltot 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 Wilimena H. (Eliot) Emerson, Chairman Ellsworth Eliot, M.D. George Edwin Eliot, Jr. Committee I I 1 fit* I wo Copies rfoceivei! APR 21 1905 Joijyriiiiii ■ They that on glorious ancestors enlarge Produce their debt instead of their discharge Copyright 1905 by Wii.imrna H. (Eliot) Emerson THE TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE ft TAYLOR PRESS NEW HAVEN, CONN. S~j€.&/A #tri ^ FROM THE BAY PSALM BOOK The Fift Booke Psalm 107 "O give yee thanks unto the Lord because that good is hee ; because his loving kindness lasts to perpetuitee." ®0 the Mentors 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 THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THIS VOLUME I905 PREFACE O INCE the publication of the "Genealogy of the Eliot Fam- ^ ily," compiled by William H. Eliot, Jr., before 1854, one or more unsuccessful attempts have been made to issue another edition. It was not, however, until the second gathering of the descendants of John Eliot at Natick in July, 1901, 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. Likewise we have sought to ensure accuracy of dates, though this is not always possible, as authorities differ. For this reason contemporaneous records, as far 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 ventured 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 \\ id ford, Hertfordshire, England; through the raising 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 "i 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 even- 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, 111., William Sidney Eliott of Chicago, Mrs. I». S. Johnson of Little Rock. Ark., Robert Eliot of Milwaukee. To all these our especial gratitude is due, hut we are beholden to many others for tiuuh assistance and encouragement. PREFACE. Vll 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., Detroit, Mich., March 31, 1905. "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 Part I. PAGE The Family of Bennett Eliot and Lettye Aggar, their children and grandchildren, including the Will of Bennett Eliot, . 3 Part 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 Marj' Wyllys, . . (opposite page) 276 9 The Surname Eliot and its correct spelling, . . . 277 10 Places in England known to be associated with the memory of John Eliot, ....... 279 11 Towns of Praying Indians, ..... 280 12 Other Eliots among the early settlers of New England, . 281 13 Sermon of John Eliot, ...... 282 14 Letter of John Eliot to Oliver Cromwell, . . . 284 15 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 18 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 published in Beckwith's Almanac 1851 by Charles Wyllys Elliott— The last of Eliot'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 genealogy are in the Old Style. In those days, the year began March 25 th , 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 1752 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 Frontispiece. William H. Eliot, Jr., with autograph. Title Page. Photogravure of John Rogers' Statue of Eliot 3 Dr. Jared Eliot, 4 Prof. Elisha Mitchell, 5 The Poet Halleck, 6 Charles Wyllys Elliott, 7 Dr. Ellsworth Eliot, 8 Charles Elliott Perkins, 9 Gen. Charles King, OPPOSITE PAGE 44 64 80 "4 140 160 192 Illustrations 1 Exterior and Interior of Widford Church, 2 Some Eliot Autographs, 3 Eliot Oak at Natick, 4 Joseph Eliot's Court Cupboard, 5 Elisha Mitchell's Monument, 6 John A. Stanton's House at Clinton, 7 Eliot Group taken at Natick, 1901, 8 Eliot Memorial at Tucson, Arizona, 1904, 9 The Parish Tomb at Roxbury, 10 26 94 102 126 148, 178. 268 294 ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS are those commonly used in Genealogies. bapt., baptized, b., born, bur., buried, d., died, dau., daughter, m., married, w., wife, wid., widow. Small figures attached to Christian names as exponents denote the generation. -\- preceding a number denotes that the person is mentioned further on. H. C, Harvard College or University. Y. C, Yale College or University. Names inclosed in parentheses are maiden names. O. S., Old Style. O. E. G. (old Eliot genealogy). G, Guilford. K., Killingworth (now Clinton). PART I THE FAMILY OF BENNETT ELIOT AND LETTEYE AGGAR, THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, INCLUDING THE WILL OF BENNETT ELIOT "Were I sure to go to Heaven tomorrow, I would do what I do today." (C. M. 21) THE FAMILY OF BENNETT ELIOT AND LETTEYE AGGAR, HIS WIFE: THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN (Prepared by Dr. Ellsworth Eliot. — This part is not indexed.) I. The family of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," has been traced back to Oct. 30, 1598, when his father, Bennett 1 , and his mother Letteye (Aggar) were married, as it is recorded in the Parish Register of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Widford, County of Hertford, England. The births or bap- tisms of their children indicate that they removed from Widford to Nazeing, County of Essex, between 1606 and 1610. Bennett was buried at Nazeing, Nov. 21, 1621 ; she, March 16, 1620. Both in graves now unmarked and unknown. CHILDREN. 2. i. Sarah 2 , bapt. Jan. 13, 1599, at Widford; d. March 27, 1673. 3. ii. Phillip 2 , bapt. Apr. 25, 1602, at Widford ; d. Oct. 22, i657- 4. iii. John 2 , bapt. Aug. 5, 1604, at Widford; d. May 21, 1690. 5. iv. Jacob 2 , bapt. Sept. 21, 1606, at Widford; d. before Nov. 2, 1651. 6. v. Lydia 2 , bapt. July 1, 1610, at Nazeing; d. about 1676. 7. vi. Francis 2 , bapt. Apr. 10, 1615, at Nazeing; d. in 1677. 8. vii. Mary 2 , bapt. March 11, 1620, at Nazeing; d. about 1697. So far as is known, the brothers of John Eliot, Phillip and Jacob, have not descendants in the male line. All of Bennett Eliot's children left "The Old Home" for the new world. As the first years of their son, John, "were seasoned with the fear of God, the word and prayer" ; and as the will of Bennett Eliot shows evidently a large landed estate, besides other pos- sessions, the family doubtless enjoyed an excellent position. 4 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 2. Sarah 2 (Bennett 1 ), married to Wm. Curtis, Aug. 6, 1618. He was bapt. Nov. 12, 1592 ; d. Dec. 9, 1672. They came to Boston, in ship Lyon, and landed Sept. 16, 1632. They built a house on Stony river in 1639, which became famous on account of its antiquity and historical associations, and was torn down in 1886 ; having been occupied by seven generations of the Curtis family. In 1893 there was a farm at Nazeing, called the Curtis farm. In John Eliot's Record of Church Members, Roxbury, Mass.. it is written : "William Curtis he came to this Land in the yeare. 1632. & soone after joyned to the church, he brought 4 children w th him. Thomas. Mary. John. Phillip. & his eldest son Willia, came the yeare before, he was a hopefull scholler, but God tooke him in the end of the yeare. 1634." CHILDREN. i. William 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, June 21, 1618; d. 1634. ii. Thomas 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, March 12, 1619; may have died an infant, iii. Thomas 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, Jan. 19, 1622 ; d. June 26, 1650, "of a long and lingering consumption." 12. iv. Mary 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, March 11, 1620. 13. v. Elizabeth 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, Feb. 13, 1624; m. to Isaac New- hall, Dec. 14, 1659. 14. vi. Sarah 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, Aug. 5, 1627. 15. vii. John 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, July 17, 1629; m. Rebecca Wheeler Dec. 20, 1661. Her death is thus recorded in the Roxbury Church Records: "Month 3 day 16 (1675). Rebecca, wife to John Curtis, dyed of hydropycall humors w c h occasioned the more speedy burial of her, on the Sabath Evening". 16. viii. Philip 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, March 28, 1632; d. 1675; m - Obedi- ence Holland, Oct. 20, 1658. He was a lieutenant in the war with King Philip, and was slain by the Indians. 17. ix. Hannah 3 , b. in Roxbury; m. Wm. Cary (or Geary), 1651. 18. x. Isaac 3 , b. in Roxbury, July 22, 1641 (1642) ; d. May 31, 1695; m. Hannah Poly, 1670. 3. Philip 2 (Bennett 1 ). Probably came to this country in the Hopewell, Apr. 3, 1635. with his wife and children. He was freeman, March 25, 1636 : member of the Artillery Co., 1638 ; Deputy to the General Court, 1 654- 1 657; Deacon in the Roxbury Church; one of the five men to order the prudential affairs of the town. Feoffee of the Public School in Roxbury. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 5 His marriage is thus quaintly recorded : "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." Extracts from marriage licenses granted by the Bishop of London, 1598- 1639. "Historical Collections of the Essex Institute," vol. xxviii, Nos. 2 and 3, 1891. Elizabeth died Jan. 8, 1659. Philip's virtues are thus recorded by his brother John in the Roxbury Church Records : "Philip Eliot he dyed about the 22 d of the 8 l month : 57. he was a man of peace, & very faithful, he was many years in the office of a Deacon w h he discharged faithfully, in his latter years he was very lively usefull & active for God, & his Cause. The Lord gave him so much acceptanc in the hearts of the people y t he dyed under many of the offices of trust y* 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 Comissioner for the govfim* of the towne, he was one of the 5 men to order the prudential affairs of the towne ; & he was chosen to be Feoffe of the Publike Schoole in Roxbury." See N. E. Hist. & Genealog. Reg., vol. viii, p. 281, for an abstract of his will. CHILDREN. 19. i. Elizabeth 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, Apr. 8, 1627; d. Apr. 18, 1714; m. about 1649, Richard Withington and had several children. 20. ii. Sarah 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, Jan. 25, 1628; d. Nov. 12, 1686; m. to John Aldis, Sept. 27, 1650, and had several children. 21. iii. Lydia 3 , bapt. at Nazeing, June 12, 1631 ; m. John Smith of Dedham after the death of her father in 1657. It has been supposed that Philip (No. 3) had a son Philip, because a child of this name, aged 2 years, came in the Hopewell in 1635 with his wife and daughters. As there is no record in any passenger-list of Philip (No. 3), and as Philip, aged 2 years, does not appear in any previous or subsequent record, the dis- tinguished genealogist, Mr. Wm. H. Whitmore, supposes that 6 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Philip, aged 2 years, should be Philip, aged 32 ; and that Philip 2 (No. 3) is therefore the person whose name appears in the passenger-list of the Hopewell. 4. John 2 (Bennett 1 ). 22. i. Hannah 3 , \ 23. 11. John 8 , ^ J children of John Eliot. See, in the genealogy 24. 111. Joseph 3 , ( for j ohn Eljot and his descendants, their 25. iv. Samuel 3 , I record 26. v. Aaron 3 , J 27. vi. Benjamin 3 , / 5. Jacob 2 (Bennett 1 ). Probably came to Boston, with his brother John (No. 4), in 1631. They were made freemen simultaneously, March 6, 1631. He was chosen "Deakon" in the Boston Church, May 17, 1640; and was ordained, as one of its "Ruling Elders," Sept. 13, 1649. Being a follower of the celebrated Mrs. Hutchinson, he, with 57 others, was compelled to give up army and ammunition. For an abstract of his will, see N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., vol. i y » P- 53- Inventory £579. 2s. 8d. Married Margery ; — soon after her arrival in Boston in 1632. She d. Oct. 30, 1661. CHILDREN. 28. i. Jacob 3 , b. Dec. 16, 1632 ; d. 1693. Captain in Boston ; m. Mary Wilcock, wid., Jan. 9, 1654. 29. ii. John 3 , b. Dec. 28, 1634; d. young. 30. iii. Hannah 3 , b. Jan. 29, 1636; m. to Dea. Theophilus Frary, June 4, i657- 31. iv. Abigail 3 , b. Apr. 7, 1639; m. to Thomas Wyborne, Dec. 16, i657- 32. v. Susannah 3 , b. July 22, 1641 ; d. March 14, 1688 ; m. to Peter Hobart of Hingham, Mass., Dec. 1662, and 2d to Thomas Downes. 33. vi. Mehetabell 8 , b. Apr. 25; bapt. May 4, 1645; m. to Seth Perry. 34. vii. Sarah 3 , bapt. Dec. 5, 1647. 35. viii. Asaph 3 , b. Oct. 25; bapt. Nov. 2, 1651. 6. Lydia 2 (Bennett 1 ) Came to Boston in 1631, with her husband, James Penniman, who d. Dec. 26, 1664. She was m. 2d to Thomas Wight of DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 7 Dedham, Mass. (his 2d w.) Sept. 15, 1665. Her will was proved Sept. 27, 1676. CHILDREN, ALL BY HER FIRST HUSBAND. 36. i. James 3 , bapt. March 26, 1633. 37. ii. Lydia 3 , bapt. Apr. 22, 1635. 38. iii. John 3 , bapt. March 15, 1637. The family removed to Braintree, Mass., and had 39. iv. Joseph 3 , b. Oct. 1, 1637; bapt. Nov. 29, 1639. 40. v. Sarah 3 , b. July 6, 1641. 41. vi. Samuel 3 , b. Jan. 14, 1645. 42. vii. Hannah 3 , b. May 26, 1648. 43. viii. "Abigaill" 3 , b. Dec. 27, 1651. 44. ix. Mary 3 , b. Sept. 29, 1653. 7. Francis 2 (Bennett 1 ), Braintree, Mass. Was in this country before 1641, as, in this year, he was made freeman. Deacon, Oct. 12, 1652. Married Mary, dau. of Mar- tin Saunders of London. She d. Jan. 17, 1697. Assisted his brother John (No. 4) in his Indian work, for which he was paid. His will dated Oct. 30, 1677. 45. i. Mary 3 , b. Jan. 27, 1640; said to have died young. 46. ii. Rachel 3 , b. Oct. 26, 1643; was married to John Poulter of Cambridge, Dec. 29, 1662 ; and 2d to Dea. John Whitmore of Medford, Mass. 47. iii. John 8 , b. Apr. 27, 1650; d. young. 48. iv. Hannah 3 , b. Jan. 8, 165 1 ; was m. to Stephen Willis, Aug. 3, 1670. 49. v. Mary 3 , b. Dec. 25, 1653; said to have been married to Caleb Hobart. There is some uncertainty whether Mary, No. 45, or Mary, No. 49, was the w. of Hobart. 50. vi. Abigail 3 , b. Jan. 12, 1658. 8. Mary 2 (Bennett 1 ). Was married to Edward Payson (his second wife) Jan. 1, 1642. Edward Payson, b. Nasing, Eng., Oct. 13, 1613, d. Dorchester, Mass., 1689. Came to America about 1636, member of John Eliot's church, Roxbury, land owner 1639. 5i 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 6o 6i DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. i. Marah s , bapt. Sept. 22, 1641. ii. John 3 , b. June 11, 1643; m. Bathsheba Tileson. iii. Jonathan 3 , b. Dec. 19, 1644; bapt. Dec. 22, 1644. iv. Ann 3 , b. Apr. 26, 1646. v. Joanna 3 , b. March 5, 1649; d. March 27, 1668. vi. Ann 3 , b. Nov. 3, 1651 ; bapt. Nov. 30, 1651. vii. Susannah 3 , b. Aug, 1650; bapt. Aug. 28, 1653. viii. Susannah 3 , b. June 27, 1655 ; bapt. July 1, 1655. ix. Edward 3 , b. June 20, 1657 ; bapt. June 28, 1657. x. Ephraim 3 , b. Feb. 1659; bapt. Feb. 20, 1658.? xi. Samuel 3 , b. Sept. 1662. Samuel (61), b. and d. at Dorchester, Mass., bapt. Sept. 21, 1662, d. Nov. 21, 1721. He married June 14, 1688, Mary, dau. of Rev. Samuel Phillips of Rowley. Phillips (Payson), son of Samuel and Mary, b. at Dorchester, Mass., Feb. 29, 1704, d. at Walpole, Jan. 22, 1778. A.B. Harv. 1724 ; ordained at Walpole and preached there nearly fifty years. He married 2d, Oct. 9, 1757, Kezia (Bullen) Morse. Seth (Payson), only son of Phillips and Kezia, b. at Walpole, Mass., Sept. 30, 1758, d. at Rindge, N. H., Feb. 26, 1820. A.B. Harv. 1777. D.D. Dart. 1809. Trust. Dart. 1813-20. Senator N. H. 1802-3-4. Pastor of the Cong. Ch. at Rindge, N. H. He married Sept. 19, 1782, Grata, dau. of John and Thankful Payson, b. May 15, 1757, d. Mar. 3, 1827. Edward (Payson), eldest son of Seth and Grata, b. at Rindge, N. H., July 25, 1783, d. Portland, Me., Oct. 22, 1827. A.B. Harv. 1803. D.D. Bowd. 1821. Trustee Bowd. Coll. (see memoir and works by Rev. Asa Cummings). Pastor of 2d Cong. Ch., Portland. He married May 9, 181 1, Ann Louisa, dau. of Elias and Sarah (Butler) Shipman of New Haven. CHILDREN OF EDWARD AND ANN LOUISA. I. Edward, b. Portland, Me., Sept. 14, 1813, d. there July 21, 1890. A.B. Bowd. 1832. Memb. Miss. Bar 1834-46; Cumberland Bar 1846; Maine Legis. 1864-6; author of "Law of Equivalents in relation to Political and Social Ethics" and other essays. He married Oct. 3, 1848, Penelope Ann, grand-dau. of Wm. Martin, Esq., of London and Portland, a grandson of Major Samuel Martin, Esq., of Greencastle, Antigua, and dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Morrill) Martin, d. Nov. 16, 1867. Children: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 9 a. Edward Payson, b. Westbrook (now Portland), July 16, 1849; A.B. Bowd. 1869; LL.B. Harv. 1871 ; counsellor-at- law, author of sundry review articles ; m. Ethel Louisa Pratt of Waterville. b. William Martin, b. Westbrook, Aug. 18, 1852; A.B. Bowd. 1874 ; counsellor-at-law. c. Francis Galpine, b. Aug. 1865, d. July 31, 1869. 2. Louisa Shipman, d. 1862 ; m. Prof. Albert Hopkins of Williams College. She was an accomplished woman and a writer of numerous critical articles on Latin and German literature. Child: a. Albert, Lieut, killed in Civil War. 3. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1818, d. Aug. 14, 1878; m. George L. Prentiss, A.B. Bowd. 1835, D.D. 1854. She was the author of "Stepping Heavenward" and many other books. She left four children. 4. Henry Martyn, b. Oct. 13, 1821, d. Dec. 21, 1898; m. Emma D. Conant. Left child, George S., and three other sons. 5. George, b. May 26, 1824, d. Dec. 1, 1893; A.B. Bowd. 1843; m. Margaret Codman of Portland. Author {nom de plume "Ralph Raven") of numerous books. Left a son and daughter. 6. Charles, b. Sept. 3, 1826, d. Feb. 1890; m. Feb. 5th, 1852, Ann Maria Robinson. Children : a. Herbert, b. Dec. 11, i860; m. Apr. 5, 1893, Sally Carroll Brown ; children, Alida, b. Jan. 27, 1895 ; Anne Carroll, b. Oct. 14, 1896; John Brown, b. Oct. 1st, 1897; Charles Shipman, b. Oct. 16, 1898; Herbert, Jr., b. Mar. 23, 1902. Charles also had two other sons and a daughter. 62. xii. Mary 3 , b. 1665. Notes. The marriage of Bennett Eliot and Letty Aggar is thus recorded in the Widford Parish Register : "An Dom° 1598. Bennett Eliot and Lettye Aggar were married the xxx th of October An Sup Dicto." The will of Bennett Eliot is signed Benedict Eliot. In the body of the will, it is spelled Bennet. The record of his and his wife's burial at Nazeing is "Ben'dt Eliot buried y e 21 of November" (1621.) "Lettes Ellyot 16 March. (1620). Mary's baptism, in the Nazeing Register, is "1620-1. Marrey Eleot, xi March." It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between dates of births and dates of baptism, the letter b being used somewhat indiscriminately. IO DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. BENNETT ELIOTS WILL, recorded in the Commifsary Court of London. Register for 1621-1626. Folio 85. B. ' . Printed in "The Heraldic Journal ; recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families. Vol. iv. Boston : . . . 1868" pp. 182-186. Copied from this, and printed in Memorials of the Pilgrim Fathers ... By W. Winters . . . Churchyard, Waltham Abbey, Essex, 1882." pp. 39-42. In the name of God, Amen. The fifth day of November, 1621, I Bennett Elliott of Nasinge in the County of Essex, Yeoman, beinge crasy and weake in body yet blefsed be god of p'fect memory beinge willinge to render my soule , into the hands of my god that gave it and my body to the earthe from whence it came to be buried in decent and xtian manner hopeinge of my eternall salvacon by the death and merritts of Jesus Christ my alone Savio r and redeemer doe in the feare of god make this my last will and Testam*. in manner and forme followeinge. And first I give and bequeath all the rents and profitts of all my coppy and customary lands and Tenements w th theire and every of theire appertenncs lyeinge and beinge in the sevall p'ishes of Ware, Widford, Hunsdon and Estweeke in the County of Hartford unto my Trusty and wellbeloved freinds William Curtis my sonne in lawe, Nicolas Camp the younger and John Keyes all of the sayde parishe of Nasinge for the space of eight yeares from the time of my decease quarterly to pay unto my sonne John Elliott the some of eight pounds a yeare of law full money of England for and towards the maintenance in the Univ'sity of Cambridge where he is a Scholler and the residue of rents and profitts I give and bequeath for and towards the bringing up of my youngest children That is to say Francis, Jacob, Mary and Lydia. And the Inheritance of all my sayde lands lyinge in the sayde parishes I give and bequeath as followeth. And first I give and bequeath unto Francis my youngest sonne and to his heires forever one parcell of land called crottwell croft conteyninge twoe acres more or lefs and one oth' p'cell of land called Coles Croft conteyninge one acre more or lefse and one parcell of land called Dameter in great Hyfeild one oth" parcell of land lyeinge in little westney by estimacon one acre and a halfe more or lefse and one parcell of land lyeinge in Souters Common meade con- teyninge halfe an acre w th all the rents and profitts after the end of sayde eight yeares expired and I give and bequeathe unto my sonne Jacob and to his heires forev all that my messuage or Tenement in the sayde parishe of Widford w th all the lands hereunto belonginge lyeinge in the sayde sev'all parishes of Widford, Ware, Hunsdon and Estwick w th all oth r the appurtenncs oth r than these lands before given to my sonne Francis w th all the rents and profitts of the same from and after the sayde eight yeares. Item I give and bequeathe unto my Daughter Lydia the some of fifty pounds of lawfull money to be payde unto her at 2; H o m S. 5 m O O ° o m C 5 o DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. II the age of eighteene yeares or day of marriage w ch shall first happen. Item I give unto my Daughter Mary the some of twenty pounds of like lawfull money to be payde unto her in like manner and I give unto my goddaughter Mary Curtis the some of three pounds of like money payable to her and the oth r and my will and mind is that if eith of my saide twoe daughters dye before theire sayde age or marreage, that then the Survivo 1 to have her part or legacy as is aforsayde and that if they both happen to dye before the sayde time that then the some of forty pounds thereof be payde to my sonne John and the residue to and amongst my younger children. Item my will and mind is that soe soone as may be after my decease my Executo rs make sale of all my Stock of Cattle come and all oth r goods and chatties that be abroade out of my house and of soe much of my moveable goodes w th in the house as in theire discretions cannot well be kept in theire own property till my sayde children be of age to use the same to such psons as will give most money for the same and the money riseinge thereof to employ for the use behoofe and maintenance of my sayde children to the best advantage they lawfully may or can and further, my mind and will is that my daughter Mary and my daughter Lidia shall have the right in the yellowe chamber and all that is in the same over and above theire parts in the rest of my goodes and my will and mind is that my sonne Phillip shall have soe much of my household implem ts as cannot well be removed w th out lofse for his part of my sayde goods if it rise to soe much if his part come not to the value then that hee may have them at a reasonable price if he will, before any other, and I give unto my sonne Francis foure silver spoones w ch were given him at his Christning over and above his part of my goodes and my will is that my daughter Mary Curtis have the keepinge of them till he be of age and for that my sayde daughter Mary Curtis hath heretofore had a goode and competent part of my goodes for her portion and preferment in marriage whereby she is already provided for I give unto her onely the some of five shillings to make her a small ringe to were in remembrance of my love to her and because my estate in goodes and chatties will hardly be sufficient for the education of my younge children, Francis, Jacob, Mary and Lydia. Therefore I more give unto my sayde Friends William Curtis Nicolas Camp and John Keyes whom I trust for theire bringinge up the some of tenn pounds a yeare yearely for the space of eighteene yeare after my decease out of my messuage and customary lands in the parishe of Nasinge or out of any part thereof for the better maintenance of my s d children, and the inheritance of my sayde messuage lands & Tenements w th theire appurtenncs w th all the rents and profitts thereof oth r than the sayde tenn pounds a yeare out of the same for the time aforesayde I give and bequeath unto my sonne Phillip Elliott and to his heires forever and my will and mind is that my sayde Friends pay all such fine or fines as shall be due to the Lord or Lords for theire sayde lands when they shalbe thereunto admitted and the rest of my Estate in goodes rents money debts or chatties with the profitts thereof, if any be to deliver to 12 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. my sayde children by even and equall porcons and the end and expiracon of the sayde eighteene yeares, and for that cause I doe hereby ordeine and appoint my sayde beloved friends William Curtis Nicolas Camp the younger and John Keyes my full and sole Executo rs of this my last will hopeinge they will pforme the same accordinge to the trust w ch I doe repose in them and I give to eith r of them for theire paines herein token forty shillings apeece and my earnest request that Mr. John Dey of the sayde parishe of Nasinge Esquier would be aydinge and helpinge to my sayde Executo rs by his good councell and advice for the better execution thereof and my will and mind is that if any question or doubt doe arise between my s d Executo rs concerninge this my sayde will that they submitt themselves to be ordered and ruled by him w th out any further trouble or contencon. In witnes whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written in the p'sence of Robert Woundon, Parnell Borum, John Dey, John Camp, William Curtis. Benedict Eliot. Proved March 28, 1628. Notes. "Yeoman" is defined as "a man of small estate in land, formerly ranking immediately below a gentleman or squire; a farmer." Blackstone has it: "A yeoman is he that hath free land of forty shillings by the year; who was anciently thereby qualified to serve on juries, vote for knight of the shire, and do any other act where the law requires one that is probus et legalis homo." The word is also defined as belonging to a class of those small land- holders, once so important a section of the English Commons, coming next to the gentry, but now hardly known as a class. The word is occasionally found in the early records of New England. "Crazy," an unusual word in wills, means weak : broken. "Coppy and customary lands." "Copy-hold," "a tenure of land or houses by copy of court-roll." "A tenure of estate by copy of court-roll ; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court." "Customary," according to a law or a right established by some custom or long-established usage." Mr. Winters, author of "Memorials of the Pilgrims," informed the writer that it was "customary" to hold up a rod horizontally, under which a tenant passed, in order to acquire from the lord of the manor a certain title (not fee-simple) to real estate. In his opinion, "the inheritance of my sayde lands and Tenements," was about the same as a recommendation to the lord of the manor. "Croft," a small farm or field. Some of the parcells of land men- tioned as "crottwell croft," "Coles Croft," "Dameter in great llvfeild," "Souters Comon," it would be very difficult, perhaps impossible, to locate. "Scholler." Stormath defines this word, "An undergraduate partly supported by the revenues of the college." "Messuage," "a dwelling-house and offices, with the land attached." "A dwelling-house, including certain outhouses and grounds, as parcel of the house. "My goddaughter Mary Curtis." Bennett Eliot had a granddaughter, Mary Curtis, baptized at Nazeing, March 11, 1620. This word is defined, "A female child for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism." "My daughter Mary Curtis." "Mary" should be Sarah, probably a clerical error. PART II THE FAMILY OF JOHN ELIOT AND HANNAH MOUNTFORD AND THEIR DESCENDANTS "We cannot say that we ever saw him walking any whither but that he was therein walking with God ; whereever he satt he had God by him, and it was in the Everlasting Arms of God that he slept at night." 'I think that we can never love and honor this man of God enough." Shepard. / THE FAMILY OF JOHN ELIOT AND HANNAH MOUNTFORD AND THEIR DESCENDANTS JOHN 1 , Minister and Missionary to the Indians in America and our great ancestor ; baptized at Widford, Hertfordshire, England, August 5, 1604 ; died May 21, 1690. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, England, 1618- 22 ; taught in the school of Thomas Hooker at Little Baddow, Essex, England, for part of the time before he came to America, which was in 163 1, in the ship Lion. He landed in Boston November 4, took Mr. Wilson's place in the Boston church during Mr. Wilson's absence in England, was settled at Rox- bury over the church in 1632. He married Sept. 4, 1632, Hanna Mountford, who came from England that year. [Hanna vari- ously spelled Ann, Anna, Hanna, Hannah ; Mountford is found as Mountforth, Mountfort, Mumforth, Mumfort, Mumford.] In the records of the Roxbury church he wrote the name of his wife "Mrs. Ann Eliot." In another part he wrote "he left his intended wife in England to come the next yeare." Again : "He left behind him in England a vertuous young gentlewoman whom he had persued and purposed a Marriage unto and she coming here the year following, that marriage was consummated in the month of October A.D. 1632." (C. M.) Nothing is yet known of the family of Hanna, but it is to be hoped that an enthusiastic descendant will some day make researches in England which will give us the true ancestry of this great and good woman. For the estimate of her character and abilities, her skill in the healing art, and her husband's high tribute to her, see Part III. For Events in the Life of John Eliot, his Bibliography, and other material, see Part III. 1 6 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. 2. i. Hannah 2 , b. Sept. 17, 1633 ; d. Feb. 9, 1708. In the life of her father, published in 1691, Cotton Mather writes : "This Gentlewoman is yet alive, and one well-approved for her Piety and Gravity" (C. M. 7.). Jan. 18, 1705. In Sewall's Diary is: "I visited the widow Hannah Glover, who is blind" (p. 135, vol. 2). Feb. 9, 170 8 / 9 "Mrs. Hannah Glover dies in the 76 th year of her Age ; was widow of Mr. Habakkuk Glover, daughter of Mr. John Eliot, who married here and this daughter was born at Roxbury in the Fall 1633, just about the time Mrs. Rock was born. So that this Gentlewoman, though born in N. E. passed not only 60 but 70 years, and became a Great-Grand- mother in our Israel." — (S. D. vol. ii. p. 250.) "Feria Sexta, Feb. 11 th , 170 8 / 9 Mrs. Hannah Glover is buried in a Tomb in the new burying place, Beavers, Winthrop, Sewall, Addington Sargent, Foyerwather, Checkley. Very Cold day." — (S. D. vol. ii. p. 250.) "Pakemit," "here my dear Son (John) Taught, who is deceased & these have (without the least motion of mine) called my son-in-law Mr. Habbakuk Glover to teach and order y m , who hath this Summer discharged the work to theire good acceptance & satisfaction." — (John 1 Eliot, in "Some Correspondence" &c.) She was married May 4, 1653 by Thomas Dudley, Deputy Governor of Massachusetts, to Habbakuk Glover of Dorchester, Mass. He was the son of John Glover, one of the early settlers of that town. He was born in England, May 13, 1628; d. in 1693, aged 65. Their descendants may be traced in the Glover Genealogy. CHILDREN. 1. Hannah, b. July 3, 1654; d. Sept. 3, 1654. 2. Rebecca, b. July 24, 1655. She was married first to Thomas Smith of Boston, second to Capt. Thomas Clark of Boston. Both recorded to have been baptized by the Apostle. Two more chil- dren are mentioned in some histories, but we find no authority. -f- 3. ii. John 2 , b. Aug. 31, 1636; d. Oct. 13, 1668. + 4. iii. Joseph 2 , b. Dec. 20, 1638; d. May 24, 1694. -f- 5. iv. Samuel 2 , b. June 22, 1641 ; d. Nov. 1, 1664. 6. v. Aaron 2 , b. Feb. 19, 1643 5 d. Nov. 19, 1655. + 7. vi. P>enjamin 2 , b. Jan. 29, 1646; d. Oct. 15, 1687. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 7 3. JOHN 2 (John 1 ), A.B. Harvard Coll. 1656. Minister at Newton, Mass., and assisted his father in preaching to the Indians. In the class of 1656, H. C, numbering eight, his name is the sixth in the list. In the early days of the college, the place of the name of a student in his class is supposed to have been determined by the social position of his family. When he received his second degree, his subject was: "Utrum anima sit subjectum capax cognitionis infinitas." Affirmat Respondens Johannes Eliotess. For not less than seven years subsequent to his graduation he received compensation from the Commissioners of the United Colonies for his services to the Indians. July 20, 1684, he was ordained minister to the First Church (then just organized) at New Cambridge, now Newton, Mass. Gookin says he "was not only pastor of an English church . . . and a very excellent preacher in the English tongue, but also, for sundry years, he preached the gospel to the Indians, once a fortnight constantly at Pakemit (Stoughton) and sometimes at Natick and other places: and the most judicious Christian Indians esteemed very highly of him, as a most excellent preacher in their language, as I have often heard them say." Morton says : "He was a person excellently endowed, and accomplished with Gifts of Nature, Learning and Grace ; of comely Proportion, ruddy Complexion, cheerful Countenance ; of quick Apprehension, solid Judgement, excellent Prudence ; Learned both in Tongues and Arts for one of his time, and studiously intense in acquiring more knowledge. His x\bilities and Acceptation in the Ministry did excell ; His Piety, Faith, Love, Humility, Self-deniall, and Zeal, did eminently shine upon all occasions. . . In a word there was so much of God in him, that all the wise and godly who knew him, loved and honored him in the Lord, and bewailed his death." Hubbard says: "For his years he was "nulli secundus" as to all literature and other gifts, both of nature and grace, which made him so generally acceptable to all that had opportunity of partaking of his labors, or the least acquaintance with him." Homer says : "A tender affection subsisted between him and the people of his charge. . . . He fell sick with an eruption of blood, and died 13, October, 1668." 1 8 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Cotton Mather says : "He bore his father's name and had his father's grace. He was a person of notable accomplishments ; and a lively, zealous and acute preacher, not only to the English at Nezv Cambridge, but also to the Indians thereabout. He grew so fast that he was found ripe for heaven many years ago ; and upon his death-bed uttered such penetrating things as could proceed from none but one upon the borders and confines of eternal glory." One of these "penetrating things" was found in a "fragment of some students' note book," of which the following is a copy. (See the "Congregational Quarterly," vol. vii, pp. 193-4.) "A speech of Mr. John Eliot upon his Death Bed. It being said to him, S r yo r crown is even ready for you : to which he answered "my crown is ready : Christ has been a great while preparing a mansion for me, to which I am now going. Oh w* a solemn thing it is to appear before Jesus Christ, who shall be the judge of all the world! who appeared to John in ye Revelation with eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet of fine brass, yet as he took John by his right hand, and not by his left, so will he take me by my right hand and not by my left, and present me before the Father, and the Father will receive me, and the Son, the mediator of ye covenant will receive me, even me, a worm, that lie here spitting in such a condition, even Christ will kiss me, with ye kisses of his mouth, and I shall kiss him and not be despised. Oh ! wonder of mercy ! that Christ should love such a worm as I am, y* can love him but a little, yet do love him with all my soul. Oh, what a wonder of mercy y* this little soul of mine should enjoy such blessedness that am so unworthy of it. I could put myself under a- dunghill I am so vile in myself, yet in the robes of my Saviour, those glorious robes of Christ's righteousness, how beautiful ! how comely ! how glorious ! Glory ! Glory ! Glory ! and if I had strength, I could even do as Abraham did, fall upon my face and laugh in sense of Christ's love to me, and blessed be God, I have done it many a time in my study ; many a time have I fallen upon my face in sense of Christ's love to me, many a time have I supped with Christ in my study, and many a time hath Christ supped with me there, and as Paul said, thanks be to God, who always gives us cause to triumph in Christ, in him I do triumph and will triumph though vile in myself ; yet as Christ saith, I DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 19 have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee, therefore as Christ saith, look to me and be saved all ye of y e earth ; and I do look to him and shall be saved. And these things have I preached according to y e narrowness that words could express and some have received them, and I have heard it from them, and others have done as they have done." His mother said to him, "You have enjoyed too much of heaven here to live long here ; you are now going to your Brother Sam 11 and to your dear wife," and he answered, "Oh to my dear Saviour ! and I shall go to y e old patriarchs, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I shall go to the spirits of just men made perfect, and have communion with them, tho' I know not in what way and manner." After some more words he said he did believe God would reduce New England into an heap, and leave it a poor and afflicted people, y l should say, blessed is he y 1 cometh in y e name of y e Lord. "Boston and Massachusetts Collony is coming down! down! down! apace." Transcrib d January 20, 1712-13. Sept. 3, 1668. The Commissioners of the United Colonies write to the Hon. Rob fc . Boyle : "Wee do not understand that there lyeth any discouragement upon the labourers in the worke, yet we cannot but be sensible that the Lord in his wise provi- dence is drawing a black line over it by his afflicting hand upon young Mr. Eliot who lyeth under a consumption distemper so that his continuance is much feared." (S. C. p. 20.) John Eliot and his first wife were among the first to be buried in the graveyard at Newton, she in 1665, he in 1668. His grave is within a few feet of the pulpit where he preached. The monumental inscription as given in Barber's Historical Col- lections of Massachusetts is : "Rev. John Eliot A. M. son of the Apostolic Eliot, assistant Indian missionary. First pastor of the First Church, ordained on the day of its gathering, July 20 (Aug. 1 N. S.) 1664, eight years after the forming of a Society distinct from Cambridge, died Oct. 11. 1668, Ae. xxxiii. Learned, Pious and Beloved by English and Indians, "My dying counsel is, secure an interest in the Lord Jesus Christ and this will carry you safely to the world's end." As a preacher, lively, accomplished, zealous, and Heaven received his ascending Spirit, 155 years since." Erected by the town, 1823. 20 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. In King's "Handbook of Newton, Massachusetts, by M. F. Sweetzer," is a picture of a monument to the first settlers of that place. John Eliot's name is in the list. For his will and inventory, see O. E. G., pp. 138-42. He married, first, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Willett, first mayor of New York City. She was b. May 4, 1643, d. June 13, 1665 ; he married, second, Elizabeth, dau. of Major Gen. Daniel Gookins of Cambridge, Mass., who d. Nov. 30, 1700. CHILD, BY FIRST WIFE. 8. i. Sarah 3 , baptized Sept. 21, 1662; d. May 23, 1687. She married Nov. 16, 1681, Rev. and Hon. John Bolles of Roxbury, Mass., who was baptized by the Apostle Eliot June 27, 1653, and was later married by him. He was the son of John Bolles and Elizabeth Heath of Roxbury, and the grandson of John Bolles and Dorothy , who came from England, and were admitted to the church about 1640. CHILD. I. John, b. Mar. 15, 1685; d. Mar. 28, 1737. Married first, Lydia Checkley, second a Miss White. Children, four by first, and one by second wife. a. Mary, b. 1709; d. 1790. b. John. c. Samuel. d. William. e. Joshua. (See O. E. G. appendix, p. 143.) a. Mary Bolles married Benjamin Lynde, Chief Justice of the Province of Canada, Nov. 1, 1731, and had three children. Mary. Hannah. Lydia. Mary Lynde married Hon. Andrew Oliver of Salem, whose son, Thomas Fitch Oliver, married Sarah Pynchon of Salem, whose son, Daniel Oliver, married Mary Robinson Pullen of Salem, whose son, Fitz- Edward Pullen Oliver, married Susan Lawrence Mason of Boston, who had the following children : Charles Edward Oliver, b. Aug. 29, 1868. Andrew Oliver, b. Nov. 1, 1869. Mary Mason Oliver, b. Mar. 28, 1871. Edward Pullen Oliver, b. Oct. 3, 1873. Everard Lawrence Oliver, b. Jan. II, 1876. Susan Lawrence Oliver, b. Feb. 15, 1881. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 2 1 A brother of Fitz-Edward Pullen Oliver, by name Andrew, married Adelaide Imlay, and had children : Mary Pullen Imlay Oliver. Katherine Pynchon Oliver, m. Geo. F. Crane of New York. Ethel Digby Lynde Oliver, m. Rev. Charles Smith Lewis, of Lafayette, Ind. William Pynchon Oliver, of Morristown, N. J., m. Lydia Winthrop Seabury. A sister of Fitz-Edward Pullen Oliver, Catherine Sewall Oliver, m. Dr. William Edward Coale of Baltimore, and left one son, George Oliver Coale. Lydia Lynde m. Sept. 30, 1766, Rev. William Walter, rector of Trinity Church, Boston, and had six children. Lynde, b. 1769. William, b. 1771. Thomas. No issue. Mary Lynde. No issue. Harriet Tyng, b. May 16, 1776. Arthur Maynard. No issue. Lynde Walter m. first, Maria Van Buskirk, and had Jane and Maria; m. second, Ann Minshull, and had Lynde (founder of Boston Transcript), Louisa, Ann, Caroline, and Cornelia Wells. (Cornelia Wells Walter m. William Boardman Richards in 1847, and had Elise Boardman Richards and William R. Richards, both of whom live in Boston; and two others who died.) William Walter m. Sarah Bicker, who died in 181 1. They had six children, of whom Harriet Lynde Walter m. Capt. Wm. M. Hunter in 1817 and had a numerous progeny. Another daughter, Eliza Bicker Walter, m. Capt. George Smith, and had Thomas Kilby Smith, b. Sept. 23, 1820; d. Dec. 14, 1887. Thomas Kilby Smith was a General of distinction in the Civil War. He was born in Boston, studied and practiced law in Cincinnati, occupied several positions under Government until 1861, when he entered the army as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 54th Ohio, and after a brilliant career as a soldier became Brigadier-General in 1863, and was mustered out of service in 1866, became United States Consul at Panama and later an active business man. He married Elizabeth Budd McCullough of New Jersey, and had five sons and four daughters : Elizabeth Barnett, Arabella Theresa, Walter George, Theodore Dehon, Charles Adrian Worthington, Helen Grace, Caroline G. M. E., William Butler Duncan, and Thomas Kilby Smith, Jr. The latter lives in Philadelphia, and is a lawyer and an historical student. 2 2 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Harriet Tyng Walter m. John Odin of Boston, Jan. 4, 1804, and had eight children, of whom John Odin, Jr., b. Jan. 16, 1808, m. first Ann Frances Vose, and second her sister Louisa Hayward Vose. He had six children, three by each wife. John Odin, 3d, b. Nov. 16, 1839 > d. Anna Frances Odin, b. May 24, 1842. Louisa Vose Odin. Harriet Walter Odin, b. Apr. 30, 1852 ; d. Harriet Louisa Odin, b. Apr. 29, 1854; d. Esther Kettell Odin, b. July 9, 1857. CHILD OF JOHN 2 ELIOT BY SECOND WIFE. -j- 9. ii. John 3 , b. Apr. 28, 1667; d. Mar. 25, 1719. JOSEPH 2 (John 1 ), A.B. Harv. Coll. 1658. Minister at Northampton, Mass., and at Guilford, Conn. All the descend- ants of John 1 Eliot, having his surname, have Joseph 2 for their ancestor. In Sept. 1658, the year of his graduation, "Mr. Joseph Eliot being tendered by his father to bee Imployed in the Indian worke and himself e manifesting his Reddiness to attend the same, was promised due Incurragment according as hee shall Improve himselfe in learning the Language." Compensation to the amount of about £10 was annually given him for three years for this worke. July 4, 1661. His name appears in the list of those who signed the Church Covenant at Northampton, Mass. Later he was associated with the Rev. Eleazer Mather in the ministry of the Northampton Church, with whom he must have had very friendly relations, as the latter preached the sermon when he was settled over the church in Guilford. It is natural to sup- pose this duty would have fallen to the lot of his father, "The Apostle to the Indians," but, although he lived twenty-six years after his son's settlement, it is not known that he ever visited him. Jan. 1, 1663, the town of Northampton voted to build a house for him, and offered other inducements if he would permanently settle with them, but he was prevailed upon to go to Guilford. After the departure of the Rev. Mr. Whitfield, the father DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 23 of the plantation, at Menuncatuck (now Guilford and Madison, Conn.), in 1650, and of his son-in-law, the Rev. John Higginson, in 1659, the church there was apparently like a ship without a rudder in a storm at sea. Several ministers tried in vain to fill the vacancy. The Rev. Thomas Ruggles, pastor of the town, 1729-1770, tells of their deliverance as follows: "After they, i. e. the inhabitants of Guilford, had Waded thr° these Troublesome times, Providence provided for them a pastor after God's own hart, to feed them with Knowledge and Understanding. For, about the year '64 or '65, The Renowned Mr. Joseph Eliot, Son of the famous and Pious Mr. John Eliot of Roxbury, The Indian New England Apostle, was Called and Introduced, and by the Laying on of the Hands of the Pres- bytery was Ordained to the pastoral office in the Church. Mr. Mather of North Hampton with whom Mr. Eliot had lived for some time before he came to Guilford being the Chief in the ordination." Just when he left Northampton for Guilford is unknown, but his letter to his brother Benjamin from there is dated May 18, 1664, from which it may be inferred that Guilford was then his home. Even the scanty records of those early days show that his life must have been a busy one, and that he was called upon many times to assist in the decision of important questions. The Rev. Thomas JR.uggles refers to him in these words : "Mr. Joseph Eliot was for many years the conspicuous minister of Guilford, whose great abilities as a divine, a politician, and a physician, were justly admired, not only among his own people, but throughout the colony, where his praises are in the churches." And again he adds : "The Church and Town Greatly flour- ished under his successful Ministry, and Rose to Great Fame in the Colony." May 16, 1668. At a Court of Election held at Hartford, Conn., he was appointed one of a Committee to find some expedient for the peace of the churches. Oct. 8, 1668, the same committee was appointed to settle some religious differences at Windsor, Conn. Dec. 17, 1675. Appointed on a committee "to make diligent search for those evils amongst us, which have stirred up the Lord's anger against us, that they being discovered may, by 2 24 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. repentance and reformation, be thrown out of o r camp and hearts ; and they were also desired to send up their conclusions to the Councill, the following weeke, by Mr. Wakeman and Mr. Eliott." Nov. 8, 1676. "The County" (New Haven, Conn.) Court, being sensible of a hopeful advantage to the furtherance of religion and reformation, by setting an able Lecture where it might be aptest and the greatest concourse to attend the same, doe recommend it, and desire the Rev. Mr. Eliot to begin a monthly lecture at New Haven the first Wednesday in March next and soe continue until this court shall appoint some other to succeed." Although he must have been chiefly occupied with his ministerial duties, yet great reliance was placed upon him, as a man of science and a physician. The Guilford records relate that in 1683-4 "poyson was to be gotten of the Rev. Mr. Eliot with his directions for the improving it for the poysoning of wolves." He sent some obscure cases to John Winthrop, Jr., at New London, as in this instance, with a note : "Much honored, Y e man John Megs his wife hath a gentle beginning of fits of flatus hypochondriacus y 1 stir upon griefe, yet without violence for the present, in fears they may increase help is desired in the use of means if you shal please to take notice of the case. S r I am humbly yours to serve Joseph Eliot. (Guil. 20. 1. 1673) It may not be out of the way to say that "fits of flatus hypo- chondriacus" is a disorder known nowadays as "hysterics." In 1681 the General Court at Hartford, Conn., made a grant of land of 200 acres to Mr. Eliot. Most, if not all, of this tract is owned by one of his descendants, Mr. Franklin Henry Hart, of New Haven, Conn. Dec. 6, 1681. The people at Branford, Conn., "conclude to seek God's help in regard to obtaining a minister. They invite the Rev. Mr. Elliott of Guilford to come and carry on a day of humiliation and prayer with them." Oct. 16, 1687. Many attended the funeral of Mr. Benjamin Eliot at Roxbury Mass. Some kame at noon to hear Mr. Joseph Eliot preach. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 25 Oct. 18, 1687. Mr. Joseph Eliot preached at Roxbury lecture. "Mr. Eliot said the King was turned a Puritan and he was ravished at it." Oct. 27, 1687. Mr. Joseph Eliot preached at Roxbury. the Lecture from i Cor. 2. 2. parallels the diseases of New England with Corinth ; among others mentions, itching ears, hearkening after false Teachers and consequently Drinking in false Principles and despising, sitting loose from the true Teachers. He advised them to fly into the arms of a crucified Christ, because probably might have no whither else to goe. May 29, 1688. Judge Sewall in his Diary writes : "Mr. Joseph Eliot preaches at Roxbury when I goe." On the next day, May 30, is this astonishing record by the Judge: "Mr. Joseph Eliot here says the two days wherein he buried his Wife and Son, were the best he ever had in the world." The editors of the diary add this foot-note: "The kindest construction should be put on this remark of the bereaved husband and father." In Sewall's diary, there are a number of recorded visits to Roxbury and Boston. One under date of Nov. 21, 1692, is: Mr. Joseph Eliot of Guilford, visited supped and prayed with us, went not away till half an hour after nine at night." From the town of Guilford he received valuable grants of land and other favors. Much of the land has remained the property of his descendants and is now owned and occupied by Edward Eliot. His will, dated Dec. 1, 1693, is printed in the previous edition of the Eliot Genealogy, pp. 145-7. He left " ten pounds towards the buying of a bell." One was bought June 6, 1725, which having been recast and increased not less than four times, still calls the people to religious worship. A fruit-bearing pear tree was standing in his home lot until 1865, when it was blown down. His autograph and some other of his handwriting is owned by Dr. Ellsworth Eliot of New York City. The Rev. Thomas Ruggles says: "After this Burning and Shining Light had ministered to this Good people About 30 years, he deceased May 24. 1694. to the inexpressible Grief of his beloved flock, whose memory is not forgotten to this Day." His grave, unmarked, is upon the east side of Guilford Green, but the following circular tells of his perpetual Memorial : 26 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. That his good name and the knowledge of his valuable services may not perish from the earth, and that his memory may be lastingly associated with useful deeds, Dr. Ellsworth Eliot and many other of his descendants have decided to establish as his memorial a scholarship in Yale College, to be known as "The Joseph Eliot Memorial Scholarship,'' under the following rules : I. The scholarship is intended for Academical students only. II. The fund for this scholarship shall be managed by the "Presi- dent and Fellows of Yale College in New Haven." III. The usual percentage for managing trust-funds may be charged by the College, if the President so direct. IV. The names of the subscribers shall be kept in a book which shall be deposited in the archives of the College, when this fund shall amount to $10000. V. The President shall decide all disputes respecting this fund, and his interpretation of these rules shall be decisive. VI. One per cent, upon the principal shall be annually added thereto, until it shall amount to $10000. The remainder of the interest shall be appropriated to a descendant of Joseph Eliot, bearing the name of Eliot, under the rules hereinafter mentioned. VII. When the principal shall amount to $5000, one per cent, having been deducted, and added to the principal as directed in Rule VI, should there be no descendant of Joseph Eliot bearing the name of Eliot entitled to receive the interest, it shall then be given to any other descendant of Joseph Eliot who has another family name. VIII. When the principal shall amount to $10000, should there be no descendant of Joseph Eliot entitled to receive the interest, it shall then be given to a student who is a legal resident of the town of Guilford, Conn. ; or secondly, to a descendant of any legal resident of that town. Should there be no descend- ant of Joseph Eliot, nor any student from Guilford, nor a descendant of a legal resident of that town, entitled to receive the interest on this Fund, then the interest shall be used for buying books for the College Library. IX. All students receiving the interest must maintain a grade of scholarship in their classes, which shall give them rank in the first half of the members thereof. X. A student who incurs the serious discipline of the college authorities shall not have the benefit of the scholarship while he is the subject of discipline. XI. Should there be more than one applicant for the benefit of the scholarship, it shall be given to the one who has the first rank in scholarship. X- C£ v«x ^ U-»4-.. £>i*z/~ Fredk. Wm. Fiiger, b. U. S. Inf. Angel Island, Ft. Mc- J Dowell, 1903. Living children and grandchildren 9th and 10th generations from Rev. John Eliot. For further details, see Hall Ancestry by Charles S. Hall. 12. iii. Jemima, b. Nov. 14, 1679. Married Nov. 14, 1699, Rev. John Woodbridge 4 of West Springfield, Mass. The Woodbridge ancestry is an interesting one and has been compiled by Louis Mitchell of New London, Conn., brother of Donald G. Mitchell (Ik Marvel) of New Haven. Rev. John Woodbridge 1 of Stanton, Wiltshire, England, m. Sarah Parker ; their son Rev. John 2 , who came to New England in the ship Mary & John 1634, m. Mercy Dudley, and lived at Newbury, Mass. Their son, Rev. John 3 , m. Abigail Leete, daughter of Governor Leete, and lived at Wethersfield, Conn., and were the parents of Rev. John 4 , who married Jemima Eliot. CHILDREN. 1. Abigail, b. Dec. 20, 1700; m. John Mixer of West Springfield. 2. John, b. Dec. 25, 1702; Y. C. 1726; d. Sept. 10, 1783; minister of South Hadley; m. first Tryphena Ruggles and had Samuel, Emereniana, Tryphena, John and Mary; m. second, Mrs. Martha Strong and had Jahleel, ^Eneas, Dr. Sylvester, Caroline and Sophia. 3. Jahleel, b. Dec. 11, 1704; d. Apr. 27, 1705. 4. Jemima, b. June 30, 1706; m. Mr. Nicholson of N. J. 5. Hon. Joseph of Stockbridge, Mass., b. Feb. 10, 1707; m. Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard and had Jemima, Isabella, Mabel, Hon. Jahleel (m. Lucy Edwards, daughter of Jonathan) and Stephen. 6. Hon. Timothy, of the Indian Mission in Stockbridge, b. Feb. 27, 1709; d. May II, 1775; m. Abigail Day and had Jeremiah, Woodbridge, Abigail and Sylvia. 7. Benjamin, b. Feb. 4, 1711; died in infancy. 8. Rev. Benjamin, b. June 12, 1712. No descendants. John Eliot Woodbridge is a descendant of the line through Jemima Eliot. He was well known before his death through his innovation in the treatment of typhoid fever. Mary E. (Morgan) Jones of Hudson, N. Y., is a descendant of this line through Timothy and Abigail Day. Their daughter Sylvia m. Phineas Morgan; their son, Miles Morgan, m. Lucy Lester; their son, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 3 I Edwin Morgan, m. Mary E. Dutton; their daughter, Mary E. Dutton Morgan, b. Feb. 22, 1846, m. Alfred Akin Jones. Children : Myra Eloise Jones, b. Dec. 2, 1868 ; d. Oct. 1, 1896. Mary Elizabeth Jones, b. Sept. 14, 1870. Morgan Akin Jones, b. June 27, 1879; A.B. Williams College. Beatrice Larned Whitney of Detroit is a descendant through Hon. Joseph Woodbridge, who m. Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard; their son, Hon. Jahleel Woodbridge, m. Lucy Edwards ; their daughter, Sarah Edwards Wood- bridge, m. Moses Lester; their son, Chas. Edwards Lester, m. Ellen Janette Brown; their daughter, Ellen Salsbury Lester, m. Sylvester Larned of Detroit, whose daughter is Beatrice Larned, who married Bertram Cecil Whitney. 13. iv. Barsheba 3 , b. 1683. She married Augustus Lucas of Fairfield, a French refugee. The following deposition was produced in the case of "Augustus Lucas of Newport, merchant, vs. Jahleel Brenton of Newport, deceased," in an action of trespass and ejectment, Supreme Court, Newport Co., 1735 : "Elizabeth and Mehitable Fowler declare what we know relating to the parentage of Mrs. Barsheba Lucas, dec. late wife of Mr. Augustus Lucas of New- port, merchant. We were neighbors to and well acquainted with Rev. Mr. Joseph Elliot, formerly pastor of the Church of Christ in the town of Guilford, colony of Conn, and his first wife who was called Sarah and was reputed to be the daughter of one Mr. Brenton of Taunton, near Rhode Island, and sister of Jahleel Brenton, Esq., late of said Rhode Island, deceased. We did not witness the marriage of said Mr. Elliot with said Sarah, but knew they lived together in said Guilford as husband and wife, for many years, till said Elliot had four daughters, born of said Sarah, the youngest of whom was the above-named Barsheba, who was born 14 days before the death of her said mother. She was brought up by her father, the said Elliott and was somewhat lame. We were not witnesses to the marriage of said Lucas and said Barsheba, but were conversant with said Barsheba in Guilford, where she visited 24 or 25 years ago, with her two children, viz, a son called Augustus Lucas, and a daughter called Barsheba Lucas. She professed herself the wife of said Augustus Lucas, of Newport, and mother of the children. Further we heard our honored mother Mary Fowler, deceased, say, she was at the wedding of the above said Mr. 32 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Joseph Elliot, with the above Sarah Brenton, at her father's house in Taunton. The above named Elizabeth and Mehitable were both aged persons, but of sound mind and memory. Sworn to before me, Dec. n, 1735. Samuel Hill J. P." (The R. I. Historical Magazine, vol. 5, p. 61-2.) Inscriptions from monumental slabs, horizontally placed, in the old burial ground at Newport, R. I. They were copied with difficulty in 1889, being time-worn: Here lieth interred ye body of Augustus Lucas, Merch't who departed this Life October ye 8 th 1737 in ye 70 th yeare of his age. Here lyeth interred the body of Barsheba the wife of Augustus Lucas who died June ye 24 th 1714 Aetatis suae 31 years. Remains of the border lines, originally placed near the edges of the slabs, are here and there to be seen. 1. Augustus. 2. Barsheba. Joseph Eliot married his second wife, Mary Wyllys, about 1684-5. She was the daughter of Samuel Wyllys and Ruth Haynes. Samuel Wyllys was born about 1632 in England, and coming to this country in 1638, graduated at Harvard in 1653. He was an influential man, occupying many public offices, and was one of the signers of the Royal Charter granted by Charles II to Connecticut in 1662. He died in 1709. Samuel Wyllys was the son of Governor George Wyllys, who was the son of Richard (or Timothy) Wyllys, gentleman, from Fenny Comp- ton, Warwick, England. George was the third governor of the Connecticut Colony, being elected in 1641-2. Ruth Haynes, the wife of Samuel Wyllys, was the daughter of Gov. John Haynes. John Haynes was a gentleman from Copford Hall (Essex?), and a graduate of Cambridge, England. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 33 He was born about 1590 and came to New England in 1633 with Rev. Thomas Hooker. He settled first in Massachusetts Bay Colony, of which he was governor in 1636. He then removed to Connecticut, settled at Hartford, and was the first governor of the Connecticut Colony in 1639 an d every alternate year till 1653, alternating with Edward Hopkins, except in 1642, when George Wyllys served. He died in 1654. He was twice married, and by his second wife, Mabel Harlakenden, had three children, Joseph, Ruth and Mabel. Through Mabel Harla- kenden, whose pedigree will be found in another part of this book, all the descendants of Mary Wyllys inherit "Royal Descent." CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARY WYLLYS. -f- 14. v. Tared 3 , b. Nov. 7, 1685 ; minister of Killingworth ; d. April 22, 1763. 15. vi. Mary 3 , b. 1688; m. about 1734 Hawkins Hart of Wal- lingford. He had a large family of children by a former wife, who died in 1733. He died in 1735, and had by Mary issue : 1. Samuel, b. July 18, 1735, in Wallingford; m. Abridget Fowler in Durham, Oct. 9, 1759. She died Nov. 26, 1827; he died Jan. 12, 1805. They had five children, Daniel, Samuel, John, Ruth and Lois. Of these Samuel married Patience Hubbard; they had seven children, of whom the eldest, Deacon William Augustus, was born Apr. 26, 1806. He married, June 23, 1828, Sally Maria Jones of North Madison. Nine children were born to them and they both lived to celebrate their golden wedding. Their eldest son, Franklin Henry Hart, attended the Eliot gathering at Natick in 1901. He was born Apr. 29, 1834. 16. vii. Rebecca 3 , b. 1690; m. first, Oct. 26, 1710, John Trow- bridge; second, Nov. 11, 1740, Ebenezer Fiske ; third, William Dudley. She died without issue. Monumental inscription : In memory of Mrs. Rebekah Relict of the late Capt. William Dudley who died Feb?. 9 th 1782 Aged 92 years. 34 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. This truth how certain when this life is ore Saints die to live and live to die no more We add a quaint indenture copied from the Shore Line Times, Feb. 21, 1901 : "This indenture made this 18 day of September A. D. 1749 Between Capt. William Dudley of Guilford in ye county of New Haven & Colony of Connecticut in New England on the one part & Rebecca Fisk late of New Milford now resident in Killingworth in ye county of new London widow on ye other part Witnesseth that whereas there is a marriage by ye Grace of God shortly to be consummated and Solemnized Between the sd. William Dudley & ye sd Rebecca Fisk, ye sd William Dudley on his part doth covenant to and with ye sd Rebecca Fisk, her heirs Execu- tors &c. that if he ye sd William Dudley die after Coverture with ye sd Rebecca. Before the sd Rebecca, then the sd. Rebecca shall have the use of the Ground Front Room in ye south end of his Mansion House. The use of ye oven and such Part of ye Cellar as she shall have Occasion for, also ye use of ye Well & convenient place for laying wood, and liberty of passing and repassing for ye full enjoyment of ye premises. I also give to ye sd Rebecca One good Milch Cow, & I also oblige my heirs Executors or Administrators to provide for ye same Pasture in summer & Hay in Winter & likewise ye use of a Horse to ride to Meeting and on other Occasions & ye same to be provided for Winter & Summer out of my estate. Also a sufficient quantity of fire-wood suitable for a fire yearly & to be Provided by my Heirs Executors &c Sufficient for one fire. I also oblige my Heirs Executors &c to Provide for ye sd Rebecca Sufficient yearly Provision both of Beef and Pork also six bushels of wheat yearly and two of Indian Corn. All ye above Articles to be provided by my Heirs Executors or Administrators for ye use of ye sd Rebecca During the whole term or so long as she shall remain the widow of ye sd William & do Furthermore covenant to and with the said Rebecca her Heirs &c to Return all ye Goods Wares Household Stuff Apparrel & Chattels of ye sd Rebecca which I ye sd William shall be seized or possessed of by Vertue of ye sd marriage or coverture and ye sd Rebecca on Her Part for & in con- sideration of any fulfillment of ye above written Covenant doth Hereby Acquitt ye sd William His Heirs Executors and Administrators All her right of Dower or Thirds by vertue of sd marriage she might be entitled to, but thereto and therefrom by vertue of these Presents do fully freely & Absolutely Acquitt & Discharge ye sd William His Heirs Executors &c. In Witness whereof ye Parties have hereunto Interchangably Sett their Hands & seals the day and date above written. Rebecca Fisk Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of Jared Eliot Abraham Pierson DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 35 She survived her husband 21 years. His gravestone in North Guilford reads : In memory of Deacn. William Dudley who died Feb. 28 th , 1781, in his 78 th year. -j- 17. viii. Abial 3 , b. 1692. (?) As to date of birth of Abial Eliot. In 1691 it was voted in Guilford that there should be the fourth division of land. Joseph Eliot, his wife, four daughters of the first wife, two daughters of his second wife, and his son Jared were entitled to shares. As Abial is not mentioned, it is fair to suppose that he was not then born. According to Guilford records he died Oct. 28, 1776, aged 84 years. This would make the year of his birth 1692, and he would thus be the youngest child of Joseph and Mary Wyllys Eliot. 5. SAMUEL 2 (John 1 ), A.B. Harvard Coll. 1660. He was chosen Aug. 24, 1663, a tutor and fellow of that institution. In a class of eight, not alphabetically arranged, his name is the third. His college expenses were, in part at least, paid by all kinds of farm produce, such as "barley malte," "wheate," "Calves," "goates," "weathers," "Skines," "Suett," "chickens," "a side of beaffe," "Indian corne," &c. &c. The subject of his Commencement part on taking his second degree in 1663 was : "On Anima rationalis sit Natura immor- talis," to which is added, "Affirmat Respondens Samuel Eliotus." There is reason for thinking he taught school in Roxbury soon after he graduated. Cotton Mather characterizes him thus : "A most lovely young Man, eminent for Learning and Goodness, a Fellow of the Colledge and Candidate of the Ministry." Gookin says : "He gave abundant demonstration of his piety, ability, gravity, and excellent temper. He left this world, and ascended to glory, after he had taken his second degree in the college. He hath undoubtedly arrived to his highest degree in the Empyreal Heaven. He was a person of whom the world was not worthy." — Sibley's Harvard Graduates ii, pp. 60, 61. 36 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 7. BENJAMIN- (John 1 ), A.B. Harv. Coll. 1665. In the class there were eight graduates, the name of Benjamin Eliot being the first, and that of Calel Cheehahkaumuk, an Indian, being the last. The Commencement part on taking his second degree in 1668 has for its subject, "Utrum dexter causa aliqua externa volitionis divinae." Negat Respondens, Benjamin Eliotus. At a town meeting in Mendon, Mass., Apr. 24, 1668,' it was "Ordered to send A Letter to give Mr. Benjamin Aliot a call, with his ffather's leave, and a Letter sent to that effect," but the application does not appear to have been successful. He received invitations from several places to become their pastor, but it had been a cherished object with his father that he should succeed him in his charge. Mather says, "the Apostle Eliot's Benjamin was made the Son of His Right Hand, for the Invitation of the People at Roxbury, placed him in the same Pulpit with his Father, where he was Assistant for many years ; there they had a Proof of him, that as a Son with his Father, he served with him in the Gospel." Samuel Sewall writes: "May 11 th 1685 I accompanied Mr. Moodey (H. C. 1653) to Mr. Eliots to persuade Mr. Benjamin to go to the Ordination of Mr. Cotton Mather, in which I hope we have prevailed ; the mentioning of it drew Tears from the good Father, so as to hinder his speech." May 13 th 1685, "Mr. Benjamin Eliot was there, who had not been at Town these many years." Aug. 24. 1687. "I visit Mr. Benjamin Eliot who is much touched as to his Understanding and almost all y e while I was there kept heaving up his shoulders : would many times laugh and would sing with me ... he read three or more staves of the Seventy-first Psalm 9 verses, his Father and Jno. Eliot singing with us; Mr. Benjamin would in some notes be very extravagant, would have sung again before I came away but's Father prevailed with him to y e contrary, alledging y e children would say he was distracted. Came with me to the Gate when took horse." Mather adds: "But his Fate was like that which the great Gregory Nanzianzen describes in his Discourse upon the Death of his honourable Brother, his aged Father being now alive and present; "My Father having laid up in a better World, a rich DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 37 Inheritance for his Children, sent a Son of his before to take Possession of it." He d. Oct. 15, 1687. — From Sibley's Harv. Grad., vol. ii, pp. 164-5. He was probably not ordained as a minister, as his name is not italicized in the College catalogue. In the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society is a volume in manuscript containing notes of sermons by Benjamin Eliot, his father and others. Dr. Ellsworth Eliot of New York has an imperfect copy of sermons by Henrie Smith dated 1592, which has the autograph of Benjamin Eliot. JOHN 3 (John 2 , John 1 ), Guilford and Windsor, Conn. ; lawyer and statesman ; A.B. H. C. 1685. He was a deputy from Guilford to the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut in 1696-7. In 1 701 and for many subsequent years he was a deputy from Windsor, the last time in 1718. He was Speaker not less than eight times, for which he was allowed special compensation. During many sessions he was upon important committees. For many years he was appointed Justice of the Peace and Quorum for Hartford Co. In 1708 he was granted a monopoly to manufacture tar and pitch. He also accepted an offer from the town of Windsor to work iron ore. The County Court Records in New Haven 1666- 1698 show that he was appointed Commissioner of the heirs of Major Thompson, Sept. 9, 1667. During his residence in Guilford he was employed as a school teacher. He had the honor. of a gift of land and was sent to the General Assembly. When the institution which finally became Yale University was in its first beginning, his advice was sought and given in regard to legal procedures connected therewith. In 1 7 14, at a proprietors' meeting in Northampton, Mass., it was voted to refer a matter respecting a land division to a com- mittee, of which John Eliot was one. According to the "Economic and Social History of New England 1620-1789" by William B. Weeden, his library was of an unusually high char- acter. "The most comprehensive list I have seen covers the library of John Eliott Esq. at Hartford in 1719. It contains 243 titles. (See Part III.) The brilliant and permanent litera- 38 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. ture of Queen Anne had made hardly any impression in our colonies, but this collection had two volumes of 'The Tattler.' It is a most heterogeneous lot, old histories, sermons, a few medical books, and more upon law, miscellaneous literature, almost all now unknown to the ordinary reader." His maternal grandfather, Major General Daniel Gookin, applied to Harvard College for a scholarship for him Sept. 12, 1682, saying, "His father left him but small matters (except his bookes) of outward things in order to bring him up to learning, which was his last desire at his death." After gradu- ation he studied divinity, and "entered upon the work of the ministry," but must have soon discontinued it. When he took his second degree in 1688, his exercise is worded, "An Diversifi- catio corporum Oriatur a motu." There is added, "Afnrmat Respondens Johannes Eliotes." According to the inscription on a horizontal slab over his grave in Windsor, he died, "March y e 25. Anno Christi 1719. Aetatus suae LII." Quotation from will of Joseph Eliot: "Whereas My father, upon the decease of my last brother, Benjamin, gave me deeds of my brother's land and movable estate in immediate possession, yet with this provision that it should be only for covart, he being left alone in his old age, and not to hinder his making his will, according to his meaning and true intent, which he afterwards did. and therein gave a third part of his lands and goods to his grandson, my nephew John Eliot, who hath accordingly received his full part in the movables, and I have given him an imperfect deed of the lands ; I do now confirm and ratify my father's will to him, so far as I am enabled by the deeds afore mentioned ; but for several reasons see not light or ground any further as to the enlarging his portion, which reasons may be better concealed than published." It will be seen from the foregoing that John Eliot, "Apostle," made a will ; but neither the original, nor a copy of it. can be discovered. The reasons for not enlarging the portion of John 3 (No. 9) have been successfully concealed. Sibley (Harvard Graduates, vol. 3, p. 339) says his uncle Joseph 2 (No. 4) wished him to pursue the clerical profession. Much to the scandal and regret of his uncle, as appears from his will, he became a "lawyer and politician." In his chosen profession his career was eminently useful and creditable, lie married, first, Oct. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 39 31, 1699, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Stoughton, and widow of James Mackman. She was baptized Nov. 18, 1660, d. Nov. 24, 1702. He married, second, Mary, dau. of John Wolcott of Windsor. She died about 1746. CHILDREN, BY HIS SECOND WIFE. 18. i. Mary 4 , b. Mar. 28, 1708. She married Rev. Isaac Burr, born in Hartford in 1697, graduated at Yale Coll. in 1717, settled at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 13, 1725, and was dismissed in 1745. He died in Windsor in 1 75 1. For issue, see O. E. G. 19. ii. Ann 4 , b. Feb. 12, 1710 She married, first, George Holloway of Cornwall, who died July 13, 1756; second, Joseph Banks of Reading. 20. iii. Elizabeth 4 , b. May 14, 1712. She married Thomas Chandler of Woodstock. 21. iv. Sarah 4 . Married Dec. 26, 1738, Rev. Joshua Eaton, b. in Waltham, Mass., 1714, H. C. 1735. He was at first a lawyer, afterwards a minister in Spencer, Mass. ; d. April 2, 1772, aged 58. She d. Oct. 28, 1770. Issue: 1. John, b. May 19, 1741 ; d. July 11, 1754. 2. Sarah, b. May 12, 1744; d. Oct. 1744. 3. Sarah, b. Oct. 11, 1745. 4. Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1747; d. July 2, 1754. 5. Joshua, b. Jan. 2, 1749. 6. Samuel, b. Mar. 14, 1752; d. Jan. 21, 1754. 7. John Eliot, b. Feb. 9, 1756; d. Dudley, Mass., Oct. 12, 1812. This John Eliot Eaton, H. C. 1779, was a physician. His daughter, Lydia Wolcott Eaton, was the mother of Henry C. Bowen, at one time a merchant in New York City, and sub- sequently founder and owner of the Independent, a religious newspaper of wide circulation. Her grandsons were, Clarence Winthrop Bowen, A.B. Y. C. 1873, and John Eliot Bowen, A.B. Y. C. 1881. Another daughter of Dr. John Eliot Eaton was Harriet, wife of Samuel P. Knight. Their daughter Mary Eaton was married to Hezekiah Conant of Pawtucket, R. I., where she is at present living (1904). Sarah Eaton (b. 1745), m. Dr. Wm. Frink. William Frink m. Robah Eaton. Adeline Frink m. Cyrus Birge. Anna Birge m. Francis H. Smith. Frank Birge Smith of Washington, D. C, m. Grace Dyer. 3 40 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. + 22. v. John 4 , b. Jan. 21,1717; d. Nov. 2.J, 1790. 23. vi. Hannah 4 , b. Nov. 9, 1719. 14. JARED 3 (Joseph 2 , John 1 ), A.B. Yale College 1706, A.M. Harvard Socius, S.R. London Soc. A member of the Corpora- tion of Yale College from 1730 to 1762. Jared Eliot, the grandson of John, judged in relation to the men of his time holds next to its illustrious founder the most distinguished position in the annals of the family. His immediate ancestry naturally bred the excellence which he so strikingly exemplified. Joseph Eliot, his father, the second son of John, had been graduated from Harvard in 1658 and settled over the church at Guilford, Conn. He was a man of great piety and of marked intellectual strength, which made him a power in the councils of the colony. For his second wife Joseph Eliot married Mary Wyllys, the daughter of Governor Wyllys and the granddaughter of Governor Haynes ; and it was from this union that Jared, the eldest child, was born in Guilford, Nov. 7, 1685. His father's will had directed that one son should be trained up to learning and fitted for the ministry. It was in accordance with this request that Jared was enrolled among the earliest pupils of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, later to be known as Yale College, and from this institution he received his bachelor's degree in 1706. Field in his Statistical Account of Middlesex County states that his early progress was slow, but adds : "As he applied himself more and more to study, his mind improved in quickness of apprehension as well as in strength, and he at length acquired a greatness and excellence rarely sur- passed, at least in our country." Before his graduation he had won the affection and esteem of Rector Abraham Pierson, for when within the year the venerable man lay upon his death bed, he earnestly advised his parishioners of the church in Killing- worth (now Clinton) to call as his successor his favorite pupil, Eliot. They heeded his counsel, and the church records show that Eliot "entered and engaged in the ministerial! office in the church of Killingworth June the 1st, 1707," though he was not formally ordained until Oct. 26, 1709. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 41 To accept the call of the Killingworth church he withdrew from the position of schoolmaster in his native town ; but he maintained throughout his life a strong interest in educational matters. In 1730 he was elected a Trustee of Yale College, the first graduate of the institution to be so honored, and he filled the position till his death with interest and energy, and in his will left the first bequest for the development of the library of that institution. Nor was his interest in education only objective. He was an indefatigable student and acquired a broad culture in science and letters, attainments which Harvard recognized with an honorary A.M., the second on her list, and which brought him into interesting correspondence and associ- ation with President Stiles, Bishop Berkeley, and Benjamin Franklin. Eliot's ministry in Killingworth covered a period of fifty-six years. These years were full of service. Ruggles, in the dis- course preached at his funeral, remarks : "For more than forty years of the latter part of his life he never missed preaching some part of every Sabbath either at home or abroad." The same authority thus defines his theological position : "As he was sound in the faith, according to the true character of ortho- doxy, so he was of a truly catholic and Christian spirit in the exercise of it. Difference in opinion as to religious principles was no obstruction to a hearty practice of the great law of love, benevolence, and true goodness to man, to every man ; nor of Christian charity to the whole household of faith. Them he received whom he hoped the Lord had received ; abhorring narrowness, and the mean contractedness of a party spirit, but heartily loved and freely practiced, in word and behaviour, the great law of true liberty." This broad catholicity and spirit of liberty at one time nearly led him into Episcopacy. He had married in 1710 Hannah, daughter of Samuel Smithson of Guilford, recently from England and firm in the faith of the Established Church. Whether this association influenced his thought, or whether it was a development of his own nature, we find him in 1722 with Rector Cutler, Tutor Browne and four others stating to the Trustees of the College that, "Some of them doubted the validity, and the rest were more fully per- suaded of the invalidity, of the Presbyterian ordination." The arguments that followed the declaration satisfied his reason and 42 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. established his orthodoxy ; and in the theological controversies of later years he took his stand as an Old Light. As a preacher he sought to impart moral truths rather than theological dogmas, and his style is one of laconic simplicity without rhetorical adornment except for the illustrative allusions drawn from his wealth of learning and experience. But he was not only a divine, he was a physician as well. Dr. William H. Welch, Professor of Pathology in the Johns Hopkins University, stated in his address on Yale and Medicine at the Bicentennial of Yale in 1901 : "Of all those who combined the offices of clergyman and physician, not one, from the foundation of the American colonies, attained so high distinction as a physician as Jared Eliot." Thacher, in his American Medical Biography, remarks : "Eliot was unquestionably the first physician of his day in Connecticut," and in chronic complaints "he appears to have been more extensively consulted than any other physician in New England, frequently visiting every county of Connecticut, and being often called in Boston and Newport." He was particularly quick in diagnosis and ingeni- ously effective in the application of remedies. In addition he trained so many students in medicine who subsequently attained distinction that he is commonly called "The father of regular medical practice in Connecticut." Distinguished as a divine, eminent as a physician, Eliot was scarcely less famous in scientific investigation. He discovered the existence of iron in the dark red sea-sand, and as a result of successful experiments made America's first contribution to the science of metallurgy in a tract entitled, "The Art of Making very good if not the best Iron from black sea Sand." These investigations won for him by unanimous vote the gold medal of the London Society of Arts, in 1762. This was not, how- ever, his first European recognition, for some half dozen years before he had attained the then unique distinction of unanimous election as a member of the Royal Society. Another department of investigation which he assiduously pursued was that of scientific agriculture. In this he was quite a century ahead of his time, as is evidenced in the half-dozen tracts which he pub- lished and subsequently collected in a volume with the title, "Field Husbandry in New England." Unlike many a scientific investigator, Eliot was distinctly DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 43 practical. He was preeminently a man of affairs. He utilized his knowledge. His interest in metallurgy led to large and profitable investments in the ore-fields of northwestern Con- necticut. His agricultural experiments he applied to extensive farming tracts which he had acquired in Killingworth and in other parts of the colony, with the result, according to Thacher, that "these (his farms) were generally better cultivated, and furnished more profits than those of his neighbors." The attainment of such gratifying results was due primarily to his indomitable energy. Ruggles tells us : "Idleness was his abhor- rence ; but every portion of time was filled with action by him. Perhaps no man, in his day, has slept so little, and done so much, in so great variety." Thacher adds : "He was very industrious and methodical, and was peculiarly careful that whatever he undertook should be well executed." To strenuous activity and successful accomplishment he added a rare charm of person and of manner. Well pro- portioned and of commanding presence, with a countenance from which a grave dignity did not altogether banish a gentle kindliness, he merits Ruggles' characterization : "He had a turn of mind peculiarly adapted for conversation, and happily accom- modated to the pleasures of a social life. . . . No less agreeably charming and engaging was his company, accommodated to every person under every circumstance. Nothing affected, nothing assuming ; it is all nature, and shined with wisdom, so that perhaps no person ever left his company dissatisfied, or without being pleased with it." It is no wonder that with a mind so well trained and actively exercised, with a person so attractive and a personality so charming he should have elicited from his friend Benjamin Franklin this affectionate reminiscence in one of his letters : "I remember with pleasure the cheerful hours I enjoyed last winter in your company, and I would with all my heart give any ten of the thick old folios that stand on the shelves before me, for a little book of the stories you then told with so much propriety and humor." His effectiveness in accomplishment, as well as his charm of manner, remained with him to the end of his long life. He died in Killingworth (now Clinton) April 22, 1763, in the seventy- eighth year of his age. He was buried in the village church- yard. His pastorate was the longest in the history of the 44 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. church ; and, to quote from Dexter's Yale Biographies and Annals: "He had outlived every pastor in the Colony who had been earlier ordained and all who had been graduated at the college before him." Here was a life richly lived. Ceaseless activity and marvelous versatility accomplished fame for him- self, but what was to him of vastly greater importance, wrought service for his fellows. [This sketch was prepared by his descendant, George E. Eliot, Jr.] AUTHORITIES. Dexter: Yale Biographies and Annals 1701-1745. Vols. I. II. W. Allen: American Biographical Dictionary. 3d Ed. 333. Clinton Church 200th Anniversary, 22. Genealogy of the Eliot Family. 1854. 65, 155. Field: Statistical Account of Middlesex County, no. Franklin: Works VI, VII. passim. T. Ruggles : Funeral Sermon of the Great and Venerable Dr. Jared Eliot. Sprague : Annals of American Pulpit. I, 270. President Stiles : Ms. Correspondence VI. Thacher : Medical Biographies, I, 263. Welch : Yale and Medicine. Yale Bicentennial Address. JARED ELIOT'S PUBLICATIONS. 1. The Right Hand of Fellowship. Boston, 1730. 2. The Two Witnesses : or Religion Supported by Reason and Divine Revelation. New London, 1736. 3. Give Caesar his Due : or the Obligations that Subjects are under to their Civil Rulers as shewed in a Sermon Preached before the General Assembly of the Colony, May n, 1738. New London, 1738. The Blessings Bestowed on them that Fear God. (Sermon on the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Smithson.) New London, 1739. God's Marvellous Kindness. (Thanksgiving Sermon on the Capture of Louisbourg.) New London, 1745. Repeated Bereavements Considered and Improved, (on the death of Augustus Eliot) New London, 1748. An Essay upon Field Husbandry in New England in six successive numbers. New London and New Haven, 1748-1759. Discourse on the Death of Rev. Win. Worthington, Nov. 16, 1756. New Haven, 1757. Essay on the Invention, or Art of making very good, if not the best Iron, from black Sea-Sand. New York, 1762. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 45 He married, Oct. 26, 1710, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Smithson of Guilford. She was born about 1693 ; d. Feb. 18, 1 76 1, aged 68. CHILDREN. 24. i. Elizabeth 4 , b. Oct. 20, 171 1 ; d. Apr. 11, 1713. 25. ii. Hannah 4 , b. Oct. 15, 1713; married June 6, 1739, Benjamin Gale, M.D., of Killingworth. Dr. Gale was born Dec. 14, 171 5 ; d. May 6, 1790. Mrs. Hannah d. Jan. 27, 1 78 1. Benjamin Gale, son of John Gale, Jr., of Goshen, N. Y., and great-grandson of Abel Gale of Jamaica, L. I., graduated from Yale Coll. in 1733, studied medicine with the Rev. Jared Eliot, and practiced his profession for fifty years until his death. He wrote, and wrote well, on a great variety of topics, the Saybrook platform, inoculation, finance, the interpretation of prophecy, the reduction of town representation, and the millenium, and he received a medal from the Society of Arts for the invention of an improved drill plough. Like his father-in-law, Dr. Jared, he disliked confessions of faith, and advocated the largest religious liberty. The children of Hannah and Dr. Benjamin Gale were: Elizabeth, Catharine, Mary, Juliana, Hannah, Mehitabel, Samuel and Benjamin. Elizabeth Gale was b. Dec. 3, 1740, and d. Nov. 18, 1818; she married her cousin, Samuel Gale, and had seven children. Samuel Gale was b. Mar. 8, 1743. and d. in 1799. PEDIGREE OF EDWARD COURTLAND GALE. Benjamin Gale = Hannah Eliot Samuel = Elizabeth Gale Samuel = Mary Thompson Ezra Thompson = Caroline de Forest CHILDREN. Alfred de Forest Gale, Eliot Thompson Gale, Benjamin Herbert Gale, Mary de Forest Gale, Margaret Eliza Gale, Edward Courtland Gale, Caroline de Forest Gale. Edward Courtland Gale (of Troy, N. Y.) m. Mary Warren Thompson; they have children, Alfred Warren, Harold de Forest, and Marie Carolyn. For further facts regarding children of Hannah and Benjamin Gale, see Gale Genealogy. 46 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 26. iii. Samuel 4 , b. Mar. 9, 1716; graduated at Yale Coll. in 1735 ; was a physician ; and d. Jan. 1, 1741. + 27. iv. Aaron 4 , b. Mar. 15, 1718; d. Dec. 30, 1785. 28. v. Augustus 4 , b. June 18, 1720; graduated at Yale Coll. in 1740; was a physician; and died at Saybrook Nov. 26, 1747. 4- 29. vi. Joseph 4 , b. Jan. 8, 1723 ; d. Aug. 1, 1762. + 30. vii. Nathan 4 , b. Apr. 13, 1725 ; d. Mar. 1798. -f- 31. viii. Jared 4 , b. Mar. 17, 1728; d. Mar. 181 1. 32. ix. Luke 4 , b. Aug. 1, 1730; d. Sept. 8, 1730. -f- 33. x. John 4 , b. Dec. 2, 1732 ; d. Mar. 9, 1797. -f- 34. xi. George 4 , b. Mar. 9, 1736; d. May 1, 1810. 17. ABIAL 3 {Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Guilford. He mar- ried in 1726 Mary, dau. of John Leete of Guilford, and great- granddaughter of Wm. Leete, Governor of Connecticut. She was b. Feb. 28, 1701 ; d. Jan. 12, 1780. A short account of the Leete ancestry follows : John Leete of Dodington, Huntingdonshire, England, married Anna Shute, daughter of Robert Shute, one of the justices of the King's Bench. Their son, William Leete, born in Dodington in 1612-13, was bred to the law and served for a considerable time as clerk in the Bishop's Court at Cambridge. He came to America with the Rev. Mr. Whitfield's company, and was one of the signers of the Plantation Covenant on shipboard June 1, 1639, arriving in New Haven about July 13. The company settled at Guilford, where Mr. Leete was clerk of the plantation from 1639 to 1662. He was one of the four men to whom was entrusted the whole civil power of theplantation until a church was formed July 19, 1643 (O.S.). At this time he was chosen one of the seven pillars. He was deputy from Guilford to the General Court till 1650; magistrate from 1651 to 1658; chosen Deputy Governor of New Haven Colony in 1658, and continued in that office until he was chosen Governor in 1661, which office he held until the union with the Connecticut Colony in 1664-5. After the union he was assistant until 1669, when he was elected Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony, holding the office until + 35- l. + 36. ii 37- iii DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 47 1676, when he was chosen Governor, keeping the office until his death, at Hartford, April 16, 1683. He married in England about 1638, Anna Payne, daughter of Rev. John Payne of Southhoe. She died Sept. 1, 1668, and was the mother of all his children. His son John 2 Leete (1639-1692) married Mary Chittenden (1647-1712), dau. of William Chittenden and his wife Joanna (supposed to have been daughter of Dr. Edmund Sheaffle of Cranbrook, England, but there is a question on that point, because of some records lately found). John 2 Leete is said to have been the first white child born in Guilford. Their son John 3 Leete, b. Jan. 4, 1674, d. 1730, married Sarah Allen, d. Mar. 8, 17 12, aged 36. Their daughter Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1 701, married Abial Eliot. CHILDREN. Nathaniel 4 , b. Aug. 15, 1728; d. Apr. 24, 1804. Wyllys 4 , b. Feb. 9, 1731 ; d. Sept. 20, 1777. Rebecca*, b. Sept. 8, 1733; m. May 27, 1750, Nathaniel Graves of Guilford. She died July 27, 1820. He d. Nov. 29, 1799. CHILDREN. i. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 12, 1757; d. July 22, 1832. 2. Sarah, b. Apr. 8, 1762; d. Jan. 1839 (Steiner) ; m. Apr. 8, 1782, Ebenezer Munger, b. June 3, 1755 ; d. Apr. 10, 1834. Children : Polly, b. 1783; William, b. 1785: Frederic, b. 1787; Martin, b. 1791 ; Dr. Ebenezer, b. July 22, 1794; d. Oct. 13, 1857. Dr. Ebenezer Munger graduated at Yale in 1814, m. Cynthia Sheldon, and was the father of Rev. Theodore T. Munger, the well known author and pastor for many years in New Haven. 4- 38. iv. Timothy 4 , b. Oct. 23, 1736; d. Apr. 17, 1809. 39. v. Levi 4 , b. Nov. 1, 1739; d. Mar. 21, 1765. . 40. vi. Margery 4 , b. Mar. 19, 1742; married Oct. 26, 1771, Theophilus Merriman of Wallingford. CHILDREN. I. Ruth, b. July 18, 1773; m. Samuel Frost, Nov. 24, 1794. Children : a. Maria, m. Bishop Cook. Children : Charles (m. Miss Martin of New Orleans, and has child, Martin) ; Jane (m. John O'Harra, and has child, Augusta). 48 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. b. Amanda, m. William T. Lancraft. Children: Charles Eliot Lancraft. William M. Lancraft (m. Josephine Chidsey, and had children, Charlotte Josephine (m. Edward F. Thomp- son — issue, Marjorie E. and Doris E.). John Eliot Lancraft. Charlotte M. Lancraft (m. Smith G. Tuttle, and had children, Charles Smith and Gilbert Walker). George E. Lancraft (m. Ella Armstrong). Henry S. Lancraft (m. Cornelia Tuttle, and had children, Esther Amanda (m. Dr. E. Otis Hovey and had three children, all dead), and Ida Mabel). Harvey B. Lancraft. c. Charlotte Loraine, m. William B. Goodyear. Children : William B. (m. Nellie Murrey; children, Charlotte and Lizzie) ; Miles H. ; Eliza Amanda (m. Col. Marion Francis Crafts; children, Mary and Francis Goodyear). d. Julia, m. Lucius Bartholomew. Child : Bennett (m. Clara Burwell. Issue, Eliot, Harvey Clare). e. Noyes. 2. Mary. 3- Eliot. 4. Sarah. 22. JOHN 4 (John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), A.B. Harvard Coll. 1737. Mer- chant in New Haven, Conn., where he lived until 1760. From 1760 to 1770 he was a prominent and influential resident of Spencer, Mass., where he owned a mansion house and about 440 acres of land, paid the largest taxes, and was much in public life, filling the most important offices in town. Subse- quently he resided at Upper Middletown (now Cromwell, Conn.), where a record of his death is found, and his will, dated Sept. 21, 1790, is recorded in the Probate Records of Middletown. He married Mar. 7, 1739, Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah and Lydia (Rosewell) Atwater, b. Oct. 18, 1715, d. Jan. 28, 1776. She had been divorced from her first husband, Dr. Alexander Wolcott, at his request, by whom she had had three children. A memorial brown stone slab marks her grave in the old burial ground at Cromwell, Conn., with the inscrip- tion : "In memory of Mrs. Lydia Eliot, the wife of John Eliot Esq., who departed this life Jan. 28, A. D. 1776, in the 61 st year of her age." DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 49 After the death of his wife Lydia, it is said that John married Hannah Phelps of Simsbury, Conn. This is not improbable, as "My wife Hannah" is mentioned in his will. CHILDREN, ALL BY HIS FIRST WIFE. 41. i. Mary 5 , b. Jan. 19, 1742; married August 10, 1777, to John Smith. The tradition is that Mr. Eliot had four tall and stately daughters, and that Capt. John Smith selected one of them for his second wife. One of their daughters was the wife of Jesse Churchill, and the mother of T. G. and Wm. Elliott Churchill of New York City. -f- 42. ii. John 5 , b. Apr. 22, 1745 ; d. Mar. 1808. 43. iii. Sarah 5 , b. Nov. 30, 1750; married Dec. 23, 1778, Eli^ Leavenworth, colonel in the Revolutionary army, b. Dec. 10, 1748. He was first appointed by the Legislature July 1, 1775, captain of the 10th company of the 2d regiment of New Haven. In 1776 he was captain in Colonel Webb's regiment of Conti- nentals, marched from Boston to New York with Washington, and under him was engaged in fortifying Brooklyn. In October of the same year he was engaged at White Plains, on Dec. 25, 1776, at Trenton, and on Jan. 3, 1777, at Princeton. At the request of Washington, he remained with his regiment six weeks after its term of enlistment had expired. On May 27, 1777, he was commissioned major in the 6th Continental Line Regiment (Colonel Charles Webb), in camp at Peekskill, and during the summer was with Parsons' Brigade in movements against Fort Montgomery. On July 15, 1779, he was with Colonel Meigs' regiment at the capture of Stony Point; 1777-8 in winter quarters at West Point, and engaged in construction of Meigs redoubt. Summer of 1778, encamped at White Plains under command of Wash- ington; 1778-9, wintered at Camp Redding; summer, engaged on Hudson; 1779-80, wintered at Morristown. On the discovery of the treachery of Arnold, Major Leaven- worth was ordered to West Point. Owing to the consolidation of his regiment with others, he retired from the army in the spring of 1781. 50 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. He was brevetted Colonel on retiring and became a member of the Connecticut Society of the Order of Cincinnati. I. Sarah, b. May 10, 1780; d. May 17, 1840; m. John Jeffords. Their daughter Caroline Frances Jeffords, b. in Columbus, O., May 12, 1818, m. Mar. 21, 1838, Nathaniel Wilson Brooks. Children : John Wilson ; Caroline Frances (m. Edward Potter Cressy; children, Frances Brooks and Edward Wilson) ; Mary Hoar St. Clair (m. William Dudley Morton), and Margaret Perkins. -f- 44. iv. Richard Rosewell 5 , b. Oct. 8, 1752; d. Oct. 21, 1818. 45. v. Hannah 5 , b. Aug. 25, 1755 ; d. May 21, 1837. She married Nov. 4, 1784, Abel Porter of Kensington, bapt. Aug. 25, 1757 ; d. at Paris, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1850. He was in the Revolutionary war. CHILDREN. 1. Nancy. 2. Huldah. 3. Charlotte, b. Oct. 29, 1789; d. May 9, 1870; m. Sept. 17. 1808, Aaron Benedict of Waterbury, b. Aug. 9, 1785 ; d. Feb. 9, 1873. Children : a. Charlotte Ann, b. 1810. b. Frances Jeanette, b. 1812 ; d. c. George William, b. 1814; m. Caroline Steele. d. Charles, b. Sept. 23, 1817; d. Oct. 30, 1881 ; m. Oct. 1, 1845, Cornelia Johnson of Waterbury, dau. of John D. Johnson. Children : Amelia Caroline, b. 1847 ; Charlotte Bucking- ham, b. 1850 (m. May 30, 1878, Gilman Crane Hill ; child, Katharine, b. Mar. 9, 1879, m. Apr. 14, 1904, Dr. Nelson Asa Pomeroy) ; Cornelia Johnson, b. 1852. e. Mary Lyman, b. 1819; m. John Mitchell. 4. Frances, b. Oct. 29, 1789; d. May 13, 1867; m. Jan. 1808, William Leavenworth. He d. May 13, 1867. Child : a. Sarah Hannah, b. at Albany, N. Y., June 16, 1818; m. Oct. 11, 1839, Benjamin Pierson Watrous. Children: Sarah Frances, b. Oct. 23, 1840; William Edward, b. Aug. 18, 1844; John Pierson, b. Apr. 29, 1846; Charles Benedict, b. May 17, 1849; Mary Totton, b. Jan. 11, 1S53 (m. Apr. 3, 1877, Rt. Rev. Anson R. Graves, Bishop of Laramie; children: Frederick Daniel, b. July 21, 1878; Margaret, b. May 23, 1880 ; Eliot Varnum, b. Sept. 24, 1882 ; Gertrude, b. Sept. 10, 1886; David Watrous, b. Mar. 17, 1891 ; Paul, b. Mar. 23, 1893). DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 5 I Sarah Hannah Leavenworth, m. second, F. A. Vash. Child: Sarah Leavenworth, b. Sept. 24, 1857; d. Sept. 6, 1900 ; m. June, 1887, Rev. John A. Todd. As Hannah's posterity was not mentioned and Lydia's name was not included in the O. E. G., the following document, fur- nished by Mrs. Gilman C. Hill of Waterbury, will be interesting, as proving the connection of these two lines with the family. Middletown Land Records, vol. 28, p. 99, records a deed dated Aug. 30, 1785, from John* Eliot to his son-in-law, Abel Porter. Middletown Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 466, gives will of John 4 Eliot of Middletown, dated Sept. 21, 1790, and probated Dec. 6 following. In it he states that he had made a jointure with his wife Hannah before marriage, and mentions his eldest son John 5 and five other children, Richard, Rosewell Eliot, Mary Smith, Sarah Leavenworth, Hannah Porter and Lydia Ann Lee. Extract from Connecticut Journal, New Haven : Wednesday Aug. 13, 1794 speaks of appointing commis- sioners to receive and examine the estate of Lydia Eliot, formerly wife to John 4 Eliot Esq. which was represented insolvent, and giving notice to all creditors to present their claims within six months or they would be debarred a recovery, (a regular probate notice). 46. vi. William, b. July 29, 1757. Probably died before Sept. 21, 1790, as his name does not appear in his father's will of that date. It has been said that he was a physician. 47. vii. Lydia Ann, b. June 22, 1760; d. Sept. 17, 1836; mar- ried at Westerly, R. I., Feb. 4, 1784, Dr. Daniel Lee. He is said to have been the first Washington County (R. I.) physician. Previous to his time the ministers were the physi- cians. He died of yellow fever, contracted while visiting a patient on a vessel from a southern port. His tombstone recounts that "He was a physician of eminence, a universal philanthropist, and a friend to the distressed. His death is greatly lamented by all who knew him." Buried at first in Westerly, R. I., his remains were removed in 1856 to Grove street cemetery, New Haven, Conn. The tombstone of his wife 52 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Lydia is inscribed : "The grave of Lydia Ann Lee, Relict of Dr. Daniel Lee of Westerly, R. I., who died 17 Sept. 1836 Ae. 76 years. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." " 1. William Eliot, b. Nov. 5, 1784; m. first, Susan Smith, by whom he had nine children, the youngest being Susan Sophia, wife of Charles Dudley Warner of Hartford, Conn., the well known author. He married second, Mrs. Judge Tousley of Syracuse, N. Y. 2. Nancy Atwater, b. Apr. 30, 1787, at Lyme, Conn. ; d. Apr. 12, 1846, and is buried in New Haven, Conn. Monumental inscrip- tion ends : "Though dead, yet shall she live." She married John Bassett of Derby, Conn. Their son, William Eliot Bassett, graduated at Y. C. 1850. 3. Sophia, b. Feb. 20, 1789, at Lyme, Conn. ; d. April 14, 1833. 4. Harriet, b. Jan. io, 1791, at Westerly, R. I. 5. Fanny, b. Oct. 20, 1792, at Westerly, R. I. 6. Sophronia Spalding, b. Aug. 25, 1794, at Westerly, R. I. ; m. Harvey Gillett of Westfield, Mass. Their daughter Charlotte, b. 1826, d. Dec. 24, 1891, was married to Rev. John De Witt, D.D., of New Brunswick, N. J., in 1847. She was most enthusiastic and persevering in tracing her descent from John Eliot, "Apostle," which she accomplished in the discovery of Lydia Ann (dau. of John Eliot, 22), not in old Eliot Genealogy. 7. Benjamin Franklin, b. May 9, 1796, at Westerly, R. I.; m. Jane Riker Lawrence, niece of Recorder Riker of New York City. 8. Daniel Mather, b. Jan. 15, 1798, at Westerly, R. I. 9. Allen Campbell, b. Oct. 26, 1799, at Westerly, R. I. ; m. Jane Ann Pray, niece of Peter Mesier of New York City. Their daughter, Eliza Palmer Lee, m. W. G. Ward of New York City; issue, Alleine Ward, New York City. 10. Charlotte, b. Aug. 16, 1801, at Westerly, R. I.; d. Aug. 19, 1858. Gravestone in New Haven, Conn., says, "Ae. 56." 11. Sally, b. Mar. 10, 1803, at Westerly, R. I.; child, Sarah Maria, She became Mrs. Prof. Barrows, mother of Mrs. Prof. Hitch- cock of Dartmouth College. 27. AARON* (Jared\ Joseph 2 , John 1 ), Deacon, Colonel, and physician in Killingworth, member of the General Assembly nine sessions. He married, Feb. 14, 1745, Mary, daughter of Rev. William Worthington of Saybrook (Westbrook). Tem- perance, another daughter of Mr. Worthington, was the wife of DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 5 3 Rev. Cotton Mather Smith of Sharon, and mother of John Cotton Smith, Governor of Connecticut, President of the American Bible Society, etc. Mrs. Mary d. June 28, 1785. CHILDREN. 48. i. Hannah 5 , b. Aug. 31, 1746. She was highly educated, and m. Nov. 23, 1773, Gen. Reuben Hopkins, b. in Amenia, N. Y., June 1, 1748, son of Stephen Hopkins, who was born in Hartford. Mr. Hopkins was a lawyer in Goshen, N. Y., and clerk of the court. He d. in 1819 in Edwardsville, 111. The following notice is taken from the Edwardsville Spectator, Aug. 17, 1822: "Another Revolu- tionary hero gone" ! Died yesterday morning in this town in the 75 th year of his age, Gen. Reuben Hopkins, formerly of Orange Co., New York. General Hopkins was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., in June, 1748. At the commencement of the Revolution he left the practice of the law, in which he was engaged, and joined the army which was contending for freedom, and never ceased to assert with his sword the rights of man until the independence of our country was achieved. At the battle of Bunker Hill he served as adjutant, as well as at Peeksville and White Plains. Our information is too limited to give in detail his military career, but that he performed his duty as a soldier is well authenticated. At the close of the war he returned to his professional duties, but not possessing a ready utterance, though distinguished for sound legal knowledge and discriminating judgment, he accepted the clerkship of the Circuit Court of Orange County, which he held for many years. During the late war (1812) he again appeared in arms at the call of his country. His conduct on that occasion is attested by the newspapers of the day to have been highly meritorious. Besides the military offices which he has held in regular grade up to that of brigadier-general, he has frequently represented the citizens of Orange County both in the Senate and the lower house. But however praiseworthy his patriotic zeal, we have the satisfaction of recording a fairer trait in his character. He was a pious, humble Christian. As he was free from that wild zeal which is "not according to knowledge," so was he free from fearing to "confess Christ before men." How well his 54 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. life accorded with his profession we need not say. Those who knew him can bear witness to the constant zeal with which he strove to adhere to the divine precept, "Whatever ye would that men should do unto you/' etc. In the last trying scene his mind was calm, for his faith was bright, his hope was strong. In his own language, ''Death had no terrors, his sting was drawn, he kneii' in whom he believed." "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." CHILDREN. 1. Eliot, b. in Charlotte, Dutchess Co., Sept. 12, 1774; printer and editor ; m. Julia Howell, and d. in Cincinnati, O.. Jan. 16, 1815, leaving six children. a. William H. b. Henry. c. Edward. d. Caroline. e. Stephen, etc. 2. Benjamin Bronson, b. in Charlotte, Mar. 16, 1776; d. in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 22, 1852; m. Eliza Skelton of Princeton, N. J. Children : a. Margaret. b. Adelaide. c. Caroline. 3. Mary (Polly), b. Dec. 2, 1777; d. 1820 in Cincinnati, O. 4. Adelaide, b. in Sharon, Conn., Mar. 3. 1780; d Mar. 3, 1846; m. Samuel Hull of Sussex Co., N. J. They left a family. 5. Rebecca, b. in Goshen, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1782; d. in Ontario Co., N. Y., Apr. 3, 1816; m. Samuel Seeley. 6. William Hector, b. in Goshen, Nov. 12, 1784; d. at St. Louis, Mo., 1840. He m. Frances Gardner Ruffin of Cincinnati. Children : a. Eliot R., m. Mary De Lisle Le Fevre; children. William, Frances, Theresa. b. Ashley Carr, m. Mary Chouteau of St. Louis. c. Adelaide Hull. d. Laura Gardner. e. Mary Frances, m. Luther T. Woods of St. Louis. f. Wm. Ruffin, m. Laura Hobbs of Baltimore; children, Warner Miller, Frances, Elizabeth Dorsey, Louisa. g. Richard Rockwell, m. ; children. Charles, Adelaide, Grace Miller, Alice, Abbie. h. Eliza Oliver, m. Wm. B. Miller; children, Isabelle, Mary Hopkins, Kate Tracy. 7. Hannibal Mason, b. in Goshen. Aug. 8, 1788, and lived in the old homestead ; m. Mary Steward. 8. Delinda, b. in Goshen, Mar. 25, 1792; d. May 28, 1823, in Madison, Morgan Co., Ga. ; m. Dr. Wm. Johnson of Madison. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 55 49. ii. Mary 5 (Polly), b. July n, 1752; married about 1798 Dr. Christopher Ely of Lyme ; d. about 1810, without issue. + 50. iii. Samuel Smithson 5 , b. July 2, 1753 ; d. Apr. 22, 1812. + 51. iv. William 5 , b. June 26, 1755 ; d. Sept. 1829. + 52. v. Aaron 5 , b. Aug. 15, 1758; d. Aug. 5, 181 1. 53. vi. Joseph 5 , b. Nov. 9, 1760 ; graduated at Yale Coll. 1784 ; physician at Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., then called Ward's Bridge, and had extensive practice. He married McKinster ; d. about 1798, leav- ing no children, -f- 54. vii. Benjamin 5 , b. Dec. 9, 1762 ; d. Nov. 1848. In the New Haven Gazette from Oct. 6 to Nov. 23, 1785, is an advertisement as follows : "Balloon Hats to be sold, by Aaron and Benjamin Eliot, at their store on Church st. opposite the church, where Ladies and Gentlemen may be supplied with" (a long list of articles a column in length follows). 55. viii. Elizabeth 5 (Betsey), b. Dec. 9, 1762; resided with her brother Aaron in St. Genevieve ; d. unmarried. 29. JOSEPH 4 , (Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). A.B. Yale Coll. 1742, Merchant in Killingworth (Clinton), Deputy to the General Assembly of Connecticut 1752, 1760, 1762. He married June 7, 1748, Sarah Walker, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Marshall) Walker of Boston, b. July 4, 1727, d. Nov. 19, 1769. CHILDREN. + 56. i. Augustus 5 , b. June 15, 1749, d. March 31, 1774 in K. 57. ii. Sarah 5 , b. July 24, 175 1, d. Jan. 1818. She married first, April 24, 1766, Rev. Eliphalet Huntington, successor of Rev. Jared Eliot, at Killingworth (Clinton). He was b. in Lebanon; A.B. Yale Coll. 1759; was settled Jan. 11, 1764, and d. Feb. 8, 1777. CHILDREN. i. Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1768, d. 1840. She m. Dec. 26, 1804, John Wilcox of Killingworth. Child : a. Eliphalet Huntington, b. Jan. 1806, m. 1st, , child Maurice; m. 2d, Clarissa Hull. 4 56 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 2. Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1770, d. 1853. She m. Dec. 23, 1805, Jonah Rutty of Killingworth, who d. Dec. 21, 1819. Child: a. Elizabeth Mansfield, b. April 1808, d. May 29, 1887. She m. first, Asa M. Bowles of Killingworth. Children: David Huntington. Ellen Mansfield, m. Aug. 13, 1852, Oliver Nichols Payne of Southold, L. I. Children: Edward Townsend, b. Oct. 10, 1853; Ellen, b. Aug. 1855; Anna Grace, b. Mar. 13, 1857 (m. Frank Hamilton Bartlett and has Eleanor Hamilton and Emily Eliot) ; Ernest Bolles, b. Aug. 6, 1862 ; Hugh Huntington, b. Mar. 28, 1870. Married 2d, Nov. 29, 1841, Rev. Owen Street, pastor of the High St. Cong. Church at Lowell for thirty years. He died May 27, 1887, two days before his wife. They had a single funeral service and were buried at Lowell, Mass. Children: Elizabeth Mansfield (m. George S. Dickerman, pastor of Church at Amherst, Mass.) ; and Edward Payson. 3. Joseph, b. Jan. 15, 1776, d. May 20, 1847. Mrs. Sarah Huntington married second, March 10, 1779, Rev. Achilles Mansfield, successor of Rev. Mr. Huntington in Kil- lingworth (Clinton). Mr. Mansfield was born in New Haven, graduated at Yale Coll. in 1770 ; was settled Jan. 6, 1779, and d. July 22, 1814. CHILDREN, BY SECOND HUSBAND. i. Elizabeth, d. Apr. 20, 1808. She m. May 6, 1807, Austin Olcott, a physician at Killingworth, Conn. Child : a. Elizabeth Mansfield, b. Mar. 24, 1808, d. Apr. 25, 1871, m. Aug. 8, 1827, William Crane Willcox of New York, now (1904) of Phila. Children, Austin Olcott, William Henry, James Freeland, Charles Edward, Oliver, Elizabeth • Mansfield. 2. Nathan, b. Aug. 6, 1784, A.B. Yale Coll. 1803, studied medicine, and d. April 6, 1813 in Killingworth. 3. Susan, b. Jan. 31, 1786, d. Dec. 4, 1823. Soon after her death a book of "Memoirs" was written by Rev. Ben- jamin Wisner, pastor of the "Old South Church," Boston, which went through several editions in this country, and several in England and Scotland. James Montgomery, the poet, wrote an "Introductory Essay" for the third edition, and an original poem for the same. Some extracts from the "Memoirs" follow. "Mrs. Susan Huntington was a daughter of Rev. Achilles Mansfield of Killingworth (now Clinton) Conn. In this place her father was ordained in the year 1779 and continued the pastor of the first church until his death, in 1814. Her mother was Sarah Eliot, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Walker) Eliot and granddaughter of Rev. Jared Eliot of Kil- lingworth, who stood in great esteem throughout the country for his learning, philosophical researches and acquirements." DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 57 "Susan Mansfield was the youngest of three children. Her childhood was marked by sensibility, sobriety and tenderness of conscience, and a taste for reading. Her education was chiefly under the paternal roof, and at the common schools in her native town. The only other instruc- tion she received was at the classical school kept in Killingworth during two seasons. Her parents however devoted much of their time and attention to her instruction, and as her constitution was delicate from infancy, she was suffered to gratify her inclination in devoting most of her time to the cultivation of her mind, by reading and efforts at composition." "She was married at eighteen years of age to Rev. Joshua Huntington, a young minister of great promise, who had just been settled as pastor of the 'Old South Church' of Boston. One of her first letters written from that place says : " 'Our ride was very pleasant, I am delighted with the country around Boston, and think the town is handsomely situated. But, my dear friend, flattering as is the prospect before us, I cannot contemplate the responsi- bility of the station in which I am placed, its total dissimilarity to that to which I have been accustomed, and the arduous duties resulting from it, together with my own inability to perform them as I ought, without feeling a degree of anxiety lest I should be found wholly unqualified for the situation. Did I not believe that the bounds of our habitations are not accidental, but determined by the Providence of God, I should sink under the weight of responsibility which now rests upon me.' "God placed her when young and inexperienced in a most responsible and difficult station, where her character and conduct would be scruti- nized by multitudes, where hundreds of her own sex would be looking to her example for a model to imitate. "But this was not the only discipline which fitted her for her high destiny. Though not thirty-three years of age, when herself removed from this state of trial, most of her connections and early intimate acquaintances had been taken from her. At the age of twenty-eight she was written widow. An infant son, born two months after his father's death, and most tenderly beloved, was taken from her at the age of twenty months." She died of consumption in 1823. She married May 18, 1809, Rev. Joshua Huntington of Boston, who d. Sept. 11, 1819. Children: a. Susan Mansfield, b. Sept. 10, 1810; m. first, Charles Henry Strong ; children, George Augustus, Mary Huntington ; m. second, Dr. Wolcutt Richards of Cincinnati ; children, Harriet De Witt, Susan Huntington. b. Joseph Eckley, b. Feb. 11, 1812. A.B. Yale 1832. His name was changed to Joshua on the death of his younger brother. He was a man of high scholarly attainments. He never married. c. Sarah Ann, b. June 23, 1813 ; m. June 1832, Edward Boylston Huntington, a cousin, and a merchant in Boston. They 58 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. were for years members of the Eliot Church in Roxbury. She was living in 1894. Children, Peter Lanman, Susan Mansfield, Edward Trumbull, Edward Norton, Mary Lan- man, Frederick Jabez, Elizabeth Moore. d. Elizabeth Moore, b. Mar. 6, 1815. e. Mary, b. Sept. 3, 1816; m. Jedediah Vincent Huntington, a cousin. f. Joshua, b. Dec. 2, 1819. 58. iii. Mary 5 , b. Aug. 16, 1756, d. Aug. 20, 1856. 30. NATHAN 4 (Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), merchant and farmer in Kent, Conn. He was a member of the General Assembly fourteen sessions. He married Oct. 22, 1754, Clarina (or Clarissa) Griswold of Blackhall, Lyme, daughter of Governor Matthew Griswold and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold. She was b. Feb. 9, 1733; d. Feb. 11, 1811. He d. Mar. 20, 1798. CHILDREN. 59. i. Lucy 5 , b. at New Preston, Sept. 17, 1755 ; married Sept. 7, 1781, Rev. Seth Swift of Williamstown, Mass. He was born in Kent, Sept. 30, 1749, graduated at Yale Coll. in 1774, was settled at Williamstown in 1779, and d. Feb. 13, 1807. Mrs. Lucy d. June 14, 1845, at Killingworth (Clinton). CHILDREN. i. Ephraim Griswold, b. Aug. 14, 1782; d. Aug. 1857. Graduated from Williams College in 1804, and was ordained to the min- istry at Stockbridge, Mass., in 1810. He preached there as assistant to the famous Dr. Stephen West until 1818. He then settled at Oxford, Conn., and soon after married Miss Sarah Beach, a lady of great beauty and many accomplishments. Their happy married life was of short duration. She died in 1821, her last wish being "Bury me by my child," the infant whose life was measured by months. Mr. Swift preached for many years at Killingworth, Conn., and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was a man of superior attain- ments, dignified and courtly in manners and appearance, a true gentleman of the "old school." 2. Clarinda S., b. Apr. 23, 1785; d. Feb. 7, 1856. She m. Mar. 11, 1809, Philo Clark of Washington, Conn. About 1822 they removed to Ohio with the intention of becoming missionaries to the Indians in the Northwest; but Mr. Clark becoming inter- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 59 ested in the church at Vermillion, remained there to be both financially and spiritually a veritable pillar of the church. He was also mayor and member of the legislature. He d. Sept. 2, 1851, at Sandusky, O. Mrs. Clark then went to live with her daughter in Iowa. Children : a. Seth Swift, b. June 2, 181 1; d. Sept. 12, 1825. b. Joseph B., b. Feb. 24, 1817; d. Apr. 11, 1891. He m. first, Austria Logan of Washington, Conn. She died May 9, 1864. Children: Laura Frances, b. Sept. 13, 1848; d. Sept. 20, 1848. Edward Logan, b. Sept. 18, 1850; m. June 28, 1881, Mary L Drake of Oberlin, O. Clara Helena, b. Feb. 25, 1852; m. Feb. 26, 1889, Henry W. S. Wood of Cleve- land, O. Laura Austria, b. Nov. 13, 1853. — Joseph B. m. 2d, Sept. 2, 1865, Fannie M. Thomson. Children: Edith Margaret, b. May 28, 1868; Carl Thomson, b. Jan. 28, 1875 ; m. Nov. 15, 1902, Miriam E. Price of St. Louis, Mo. Child: Frances Marguerite, b. Nov. 11, 1903. c. Clarina H., b. Oct. 3, 1819; d. Apr. 23, 1901. She married Dec. 1846, John Johnston of Scotland. Children: Ida Adeline, b. Feb. 28, 1849; m. Sept. 29, 1867, Melancthon H. Welton of Madison, Wis. Children: Rena Belle, b. July 26, 1869 (m. June 4, 1895, Harry S. Simpkins ; child, Melancthon H, b. July 13, 1901). Clarina M., b. Feb. 2, 1874 (m. Sept. 29, 1890, Elbert G. Ashcraft of Chicago. Children: Welton, b. Nov. 30, 1893; Adeline, b. Sept. 20, 1897). Walter P., b. Sept. 2, 1852. Clark B., b. Nov. 27, 1853 ; m. Jan. 24, 1808, Gertrude Wade. Ella May, b. May 22, 1856; m. Aug. 31, 1887, Edward J. Goodrich. Child: Robert James, b. Aug. 6, 1895- John Lincoln, b. June 22, 1861 ; m. Oct. 25, 1889, Emma H. Hanna. Children : Harold C, b. Apr. 2, 1891 ; Wendell H., b. Oct. 9, 1893 ; Lawrence J., b. Aug. 24, 1897. Lucy Eliot, b. May 18, 1788; d. Dec. 23, 1862. She m. June 1, 1813, Rev. Sylvester Selden, b. Oct. 19, 1786 ; d. Oct. 4, 1841 ; A.B. Williams Coll. 1807. He was a Congregational clergy- man. He preached at Westbrook and Hebron, Conn., where he died. Children : a. Henry Thornton, b. May 4, 1815; d. May 11, 1853; m. Dec. 25, 1842, Emily M. Stevenson. Child: Henry Sylvester, b. Oct. 1844; d. Mar. 1885; soldier in Civil War. b. Cynthia Elizabeth, b. Dec. 19,1817; d. Aug. 19, 1879; m. Jan. 13, 1853, Selden Townsend May. c. Sarah Gertrude, b. Aug. 15, 1825 ; d. May 22, 1890 ; m. Sept. 14, 1848, Sylvester Wooster Turner. Children: Henry Selden, b. May 22, 1851 (m. July 19, 1870, Gertrude S, Clark; child, Paul, b. Oct. 2, 1883). Gertrude May, b. Mar. 2 9> J 855. Jessie, b. Aug. 22, i860. 60 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 4. Nathan Eliot, b. July 10, 1790; d. 1852. He was in the War of 1812. After the war he, with his brother Joseph, went with many other New England people to settle in the "Western Reserve," about forty miles from Cleveland, O. He never married, but lived with his brother until his death at Bir- mingham, O. 5. Elisha Pope, D.D., b. in Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 12, 1792; d. in Allegheny in 1865 at the age of seventy-three. He was edu- cated at Williams College and Princeton Theological Seminary and ordained to the ministry at Boston in 1817. He offered himself to the American Board as a foreign missionary, but the Board being unable to send him, his long ministry of almost fifty years was spent in the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. During his pastorate in Pittsburgh he originated the "Western Missionary Society," which afterwards developed into the ' "Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions." He was a man of exceptional gifts and of rare consecration, and the fruits of his ministry are being gathered to-day all over the world. He married Oct. 2, 1817, Eliza Darling Beach of Hanover, N. J., a great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Abraham Pierson, the first President of Yale College. She d. Jan. 30, 1871. Children : a. Henrietta Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1819; d. June 3, 1895; m. Oct. 23, 1839, Rev. Edward W. Wright, b. Sept. 27, 1816; d. Sept. 16, 1866. Children : Rev. Williamson Swift, b. Aug. 7, 1840; m. May 22, 1866, Annie M. Davis; d. Jan. 24, 1904. Children: Edward W., b. Feb. 5, 1868; d. June 21, 1887; Henry Hall, b. Apr. 6, 1870; Will Eliot, b. Apr. 18, 1875; (m. June 29, 1904, Mary de L. Vincent). Rev. John Eliot, b. Dec. 17, 1842; m. May 27, 1869, Ellen M. Kerr. Chil- dren : Anne Bakewell, b. Aug. 29, 1870 ; d. June 5, 1871 ; Mary Swift, b. June 30, 1872; Gifford King, b. Mar. 19. 1874 (ni. Apr. 19, 1900, Elizabeth Ball) ; Naomi, b. Feb. 14, 1877; Euphemia, b. Mar. 15, 1882; d. Aug. 8, 1883 Janette Eliza, b. July 3, 1846; s. Edward Elisha, b. Mar 28, 1853; m. May 5, 1874, Agnes M. Alston; she d. 1896 Children: Archie Gilmore, b. May 8, 1875; d. Jan. 24 1895; Bertrand Edward, b. Mar. 25, 1877 (m. Sept. 1898 Margaret Mitchell ; child, William Stone, b. Aug. 3, 1899) Agnes Alston, b. June 2, 1884; d. July 8, 1892; Fitch Perkins, b. Mar. 8, 1888. Lucy Henrietta, b. Jan. 9, 1858 m. May 31, 1894, Albert H. Gerwig. Children: Henrietta Swift, b. Aug. 30, 1895; Mark Albert, b. Sept. 21, 1897. Elisha Pierson Swift, b. Feb. 25, 1862 (m. Sept. 6, 1883, Carrie Ellen Whippo. Children: Janette, b. June 13, 1886; Marguerite, b. June 28, 1888; Elisha Pope Swift, Jr., b. Aug. 25, 1897). b. Ashbel Green, b. 1821 ; d. in infancy. c. Samuel Beach, b. 1822; d. in infancy. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 6l d. Rev. Eliot Elisha, b. Sept. 8, 1824; m. first, June 5, 1849, Mary A. Huston. Child: Susan M., b. July 24, 1850; d. Aug. 1850. — Rev. Eliot E. m. second, Aug. 12, 1857, Frances L. Damon. Children by second marriage : George Damon, b. June 20, 1861 (m. June 30, 1885, Eleanor M. Blague. Children : Frances Damon, b. June 13, 1886 ; Carolyn, b. Feb. 18, 1888). Elisha Pope, b. Jan. 15, 1865 (m. June 20, 1900, Mary Clark. Child : Eliot Elisha, b. Sept. 22, 1901). Mary Huston, b. Nov. 1, 1866 (m. June 8, 1893, William F. Greenwood. Child : Eleanor Gray, b. Oct. 10, 1897). e. Henry Martyn, b. May 4, 1827 ; d. Nov. 1853. f. Catherine Wilhelmina, b. Jan. 14, 1829; m. Sept. 15, 1852, Hon. Williamson Wright. Children : Mary Williamson, b. Aug. 2, 1853; d. Feb. 2, 1857. Kate Eliot, b. May 2, 1855; m. Oct. 8, 1884, Edgar Page Tucker of Chicago. Children : Mary Wright, b. Sept. 23, 1887; Florence Henrietta, b. Sept. 20, 1893. Williamson Swift, b. Jan. 11, 1857. Eliza- beth Green, b. Oct. 25, 1858; m. Nov. 10, 1881, William Howard Barnhart. Children : Williamson Learning, b. May 17, 1883; Elisabeth, b. May 25, 1887; Allan Wright, b. Aug. 13, 1899. Anna Lucy, b. Aug. 10, 1861 (m. Oct. 18, 1887, Charles Wilkes Graves). Ettie Darling, b. Nov. 24, 1862. Elisha Pierson Swift, b. Aug. 1, 1864; d. Nov. 10, 1885. g. Joseph Patterson, b. 1831 ; d. in infancy. h. Rev. Edzvard Payson, b. Dec. 2, 1834 '» rn- May 30, 1872, Emily Griffin, who with their infant son d. 1873. i. Lucy Elizabeth, b. Mar. 16, 1838; m. June 15, 1865, J. C. McCombs. They live at Avalon, Pa. Joseph, b. Dec. 20, 1794; d. Feb. 12, 1893, at Grass Lake, Mich., at the age of ninety-nine years. He left his home at an early age, his father, a minister, having died. He enlisted in the army when about seventeen years old and served in the War of 1812. At the close of the war he and his older brother, Nathan Eliot Swift, with many other New England people, went West, settling' in the "Western Reserve," about forty miles from Cleveland, O. He took a large tract of land and lived there nearly fifty years, building a beautiful home, and was a man of strength in all good things. He was prominent in building up churches and schools and in all that makes for the public good. He m. Aug. 22, 1818, Elizabeth Root of West- field, Mass., b. Feb. 22, 1798, d. Feb. 22, 1888. Children: a. Joseph, b. Aug. 24, 1819; m. Aug. 1843, Electa Phelps Elder. Children: Ephraim Griswold, b. Dec. 9, 1844; m. July 23, 1867, Charlotte Janet Goodrich. Child, Theodore Tenney, b. Nov. 20, 1871. Ella Mary, b. Nov. 9, 1848; m. Feb. 30, 1879, Dr. Fletcher Rose Ross. Children : Joseph Swift, b. 62 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Nov. ii, 1880; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Apr. 28, 1883 (m. June 4, 1902, George Loomis Spence). b. Tryphenia, b. Feb. 5, 1822 ; d. Feb. 5, 1834. c. Heman, b. Oct. 28, 1824 ; d. Sept. 26, 1849. d. Elisha Ephraim, b. May 16, 1827; m. Jan. 5, 1853, Margaret C. Wells. Children: Mary Elizabeth, b. June 24, 1854; m. Nov. 5, 1879, James Byron Corwin. He died Apr. 6, 1895. Children: Edith Swift, b. Aug. 22, 1880; Walter James, b. May 17, 1882; Margaret Elisabeth, b. Nov. 3, 1889. Margaret Gertrude, b. Oct. 7, 1856; m. Oct. 7, 1875, William S. Winegar. Children : Frederic S., b. Mar. 19, 1878; d. Mar. 20, 1879; Clayton Swift, b. Dec. 17, 1879; d. July 15, 1881 ; Claus Smith, b. July 24, 1881 ; d. Oct. 2. 1882; Swift Wells, b. July 16, 1882; Edward William, b. Aug. 10, 1889. Lucy Alice, b. Dec. 27, 1858; m. Dec. 28, 1887, Wm. A. Boland. Children : Ruth Wells, b. Feb. 10, 1889; d. Apr. 12, 1890; Gertrude Woodward, b. Mar. 18, 1892; Margaret Wells, b. Mar. 1, 1894. Josephine, b. June 20, 1861 ; m. Nov. 9, 1882, C. J. Peck. Children : Lucy Christina, b. Dec. 24, 1886; d. Jan. 31, 1890; Theodore Sherman, b. Nov. 27, 1891 ; d. Sept. 1, 1892; Robert Virgil and Roland Wells (twins), b. June 10, 1895. Theodore Wells, b. June 10, 1864; m. Mary Leland Miller. Children: Leland Miller, b. May 12, 1896; Gertrude, b. Sept. 28, 1901. Sarah Cooley, b. May 15, 1867. Grace Eliot, b. Oct. 13, 1869; m. Sept. 28, 1888, Arthur L. Watkins. Children: Kenneth Wells, b. Aug. 8, 1889; Fanny Margaret, b. May 4, 1892. Frances Mason, b. May 1, 1871. e. Lucy Elizabeth, b. Mar. 20, 183 1 ; m. Jan. 27, 1848, Stephen Griggs, physician, at Detroit, Mich. Children : Stephen Adelbert, b. Nov. 16, 1849; m. Minnie W. Langley. Children: Louise, b. Mar. 29, 1878; Edna Swift, b. May 8, 1882 ; Elihu Cooley, b. Jan. 23, 1886. Frances Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1851. Heman Swift, b. Nov. 19, 1857; m. May 25, 1886, Louise. (Thompson) Clark. Lucy Eliot, b. Aug. 23, 1864; m. Dec. 10, 1894, Harvey Farrington. Children: Harvey and Helen (d.), b. April 11, 1896; Eliot Griggs, b. Sept. 11, 1898; Edward Chandler, b. Dec. 18, 1900, and son, b. Feb. 20, 1904. f. Sarah Aurclia, b. Oct. 21, 1833; m. Sept. 7, 1854, Elihu Cooley. Child: Elizabeth Swift. g. Mary Amelia Bradford, b. Mar. 22, 1836; d. Apr. 17, 1872; m. Nov. 6, 1855, Frederic William Swift. Children: Anne Kitchcl, b. Mar. 13, 1859; m. Sept. 27, 1888, Adoniram Judson Burt. Frederic William, Jr., b. June 5, 1865; d. Oct. 4, 1865. Louise Bradford, b. Oct. 13, 1867; m. June 30, 1902, Walter Robbins. Caroline Brooks, b. Jan. 23, 1870. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 63 7. Sabrina Eliot, b. Nov. 2, 1798; d. 1868. Mrs. Sabrina Swift Logan was a woman of preeminent faith and godliness. She united with the church at the age of about sixteen years, in Saybrook, Conn, (now Westbrook). Her prayers, many and fervent, were presented with unwavering confidence in a sure answer. Her attachment for God's earthly house was beautiful, and her place there was never vacant except when she was providentially hindered from attendance. She loved the ministry; her home was open to them always and her hospitality was enlarged greatly. A former pastor says: "I can never forget the kind, encouraging words in the beginning of my ministry and I shall always feel that much of my success in this church was in answer to her effectual, fervent prayers." Her mould of mind was that of her giant brother Elisha. She had a sound, discriminating judgment; she thought deeply before assuming a position. Her laws were principles and the fear of God. Then she was firm as a rock in maintaining what she believed to be right. She married in 1826, Major Joshua Logan, b. 1794 at Dublin, Ireland, d. 1854 at Pittsburgh, Pa. He was a merchant, but served in the War of 1812, and was made lieutenant-colonel of volunteers in the service of the United States at Fort Meigs. Children : a. Julia Szvift, b. June 10, 1826 ; d. Mar. 5, 1900 ; m. 1848, John Rogers Blaine of Beaver, Pa. Children: John Eliot, b. Oct. 4, 1850; m. May 26, 1873, Ella L. Stow. Children: Augusta M., b. Aug. ir, 1875; Julia F., b. Mar. 27, 1877; m. June 1902, B. L. Thane of Juneau, Alaska; Roger Eliot, b. Sept. 20, 1879; m. Dec. 31, 1903, Ottilie Jones. Sabrina Swift, b. Feb. 28, 1854; m. Aug. 9, 1879, Charles M. Hobbs. b. Emily, b. Oct. 12, 183 1 ; d. Feb. 12, 1904; m. 1851, Thomas Allison. Children: Edward J., b. Feb. 8, 1852; m. Oct. 2, 1889, Margaret M. McGaughey. Children : Dwight Moody, b. Feb. 18, 1891; Margaret M., b. Sept. n, 1895; James, b. Oct. 12, 1898; Agnes McGaughey, b. Sept. 25, 1900; Ruth, b. Sept. 2, 1903, died. c. Louisa, b. Nov. 14, 1833; d. 1878. d. Rev. David Swift, b. Jan. 9, 1834; d. 1864; m. 1859, Elizabeth Speer. e. Henry Eliot, b. June 4, 1837; d. 1862. 60. ii. Nathan 5 , b. Feb. 3, 1757 ; d. Apr. 28, 1757. 61. iii. Nathan 5 , b. Mar. 1758; d. Nov. 1759. 62. iv. Clarina 5 , b. July 13, 1759; d. Aug. 14, 1802. She married Feb. 23, 1790, Jonathan Warner, Esq., of Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., b. Dec. 4, 1747 ; d. Apr. 8, 1823. 64 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. i. Griswold Eliot, b. Mar. 19, 1791 ; d. Mar. 6, 1873; banker, presi- dent of Second Nat. Bank of Pittsburgh, Pa., also lumber and iron merchant. He m. at Geneseo, N. Y., Nov. 10, 182 1, Maria Sheffield, b. June 18, 1794. Children : a. Henry Clay, b. Aug. 18, 1824; d. Aug. 26, 1826. b. Augustus Eliot, b. Nov. 10, 1826; d. Sept. 12, 1837. c. James Sheffield, b. Apr. 29, 1828 ; grad. Union Coll., Schenec- tady, N. Y. ; d. Jan. 31, 1883. d. Maria, b. Sept. 7, 1829; d. Sept 12, 1830. e. Henrietta Williams, b. Oct. 16, 1831 ; educated at Packer Institute, Brooklyn. She m. at Allegheny, Pa., Dec. 4, 1851, Franklin Osburn, b. in London Co., Va. Children : James Warner, b. Mar. 6, 1853; Frank Chew, b. Dec. 20, 1854; Clarina Eliot, b. Dec. 25, 1856, d. ; Henry Augustus, b. Oct. 8, 1858, d. ; Jennie Maria, b. Mar. 28, i860 (m. Wm. H. Olmsted ; children, Mary Warner, Roger Wolcott, Franklin Osburn, Margaret Stanley, Emelyn Stanley, Wm. Pitkin, Henrietta Eliot) ; Mary Eliot, b. Aug. 3, 1861 ; Adelina Beatrice, b. Mar. 13, 1864, d. ; Harry Griswold, b. Feb. 18, 1866 (m. Edna Howard; children, Mae Marian, Henrietta Warner, Edna Howard) ; Robert Dudley, b. April 20, 1867 (m. Bertha Howell; child, Virginia Wyllys) ; Wm. War- ner, b. Oct. 4, 1871 (m. Rosa Schley Chaplin; children, Laura Schley, Robert Dudley) ; Clara Louise Williams, b. Apr. 15, 1874 (m. Samuel Roberts Wilson ; children, Samuel Roberts, Franklin Osburn). f . Maria Jane, b. Jan. 25, 1836 ; d. Sept. 4, 1864. 2. Thomas, b. Nov. 30, 1792 ; d. June 6, 1848. 3. Nathan, b. Apr. 4, 1795; d. Apr. 2, 1828. 4. John Eliot, b. Apr. 25, 1797; d. Feb. 10, ,1842. 5. Clarina, b. July 19, 1799, at Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y. ; m. at Allegheny, Pa., Rev. Hart Talcott of Killingworth, Conn. Children : a. Hart, m. Emma Munson. b. Clarina Eliot. + 63. v. John 5 , b. Nov. 3, 1760; d. Dec. 13, 1845, in Penn. + 64. vi. Matthew 5 , b. Dec. 1, 1761 ; d. June 26, 1827, in Ky. 65. vii. Lydia 5 , b. Oct. 5, 1763 ; d. May 24, 1836. She married Jan. 4, 1785, Daniel Sherman Brinsmade, Esq., of Washington, Conn., son of Rev. Daniel and Rhoda (Sher- man) Brinsmade, of the Judea Society in Washington. He was Justice of the Peace for many years and d. Jan. 31, 1813. CHILDREN. 1. Rebecca, b. Feb. 22, 1786; d. June 14, 1864. She m. June 13, 1821, John Mosely of Southbury, Conn., and was his third wife. X HftW. IBlLISiHIA MlTCTICEILiILi, IDJD). FRATFENNOR OF CKEATCSTRY, MINERALOGY AN n fiEOLOKT, BB THE OMJ.TEE.SITT CXF NORTH CAIUVTJNA . 1816, in Killingworth. 33. JOHN 4 (Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Guilford; member of the General Assembly fourteen sessions. He mar- ried Oct. 19, 1762, Experience, dau. of Robert Hempsted of Southold, L. I. She was born Mar. 6, 1742, and d. Mar. 22, 1807. 70 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. 83. i. Hannah 5 , b. Aug. 11, 1763; married Feb. 12, 1785, Samuel Landon of Guilford. She d. Sept. 9, 1847. He was b. Oct. 17, 1765, d. Aug. 23, 1793, and was the son of Daniel and Rebecca (Ruggles) Landon. CHILDREN. 1. Nancy, b. Oct. 13, 1787, at Guilford; d. Nov. 6, 1869; rn. at Guilford, Sept. 27, 1897, George Griswold, son of Ezra and Mehitabel Griswold. He was b. Apr. 9, 1781 ; d. Feb. 7, 1843. Children : a. George Cleveland, b. Oct. 31, 1809; m. Julia Chapman. b. Roger, b. Jan. 3, 1812 ; m. Sarah Coan. c. Hetta, b. May 25, 1814. d. Fitz Edward, b. May 15, 18 16. e. Hetta, b. Sept. 12, 1819 ; m. Wm. R. Hunter. f. Fanny, b. Oct. 27, 1823; m. Lewis R. Elliott (373). g. Nancy, b. June 18, 1826 ; died Jan. 30, 1892 ; m. Worthington W. Bartholomew. 2. Hannah, b. Nov. 4, 1789. 3. Henrietta, b. Nov. 4, 1789; d. July 16, 1861 ; m. Elihu Hill, son of Noah and Caroline (Parmelee) Hill. He was b. Apr. 30, 1782 ; d. Jan. 10, 1852. They lived at Osceola, Tioga Co., Pa. 4. Mary Ann, b. June 29, 1795 ; m. Michael Thorp. + 84. ii. John 5 , b. Oct. 3, 1765 ; d. Sept. 30, 1794, in Guilford. + 85. iii. Joseph 5 , b. Apr. 13, 1767; d. Jan. 11, 1829, in G. 86. iv. Deborah 5 , b. Apr. 5, 1769; d. Nov. 1802; married Uriah Spencer of Guilford, son of Uriah and Olive (Stow) Spencer, b. Mar. 4, 1770, d. at Washington, D. C. Uriah Spencer seems to have been a man of note in Tioga Co., Penn., and held some public office at Wellsboro, the county seat. After Deborah Eliot's death he married again, and had sons, George and Charles. CHILDREN OF DEBORAH ELIOT AND URIAH SPENCER. i. Fanny, m. Vail. Children : a. William, murdered in Mountain Meadow massacre. b. Augusta, and (c) Augustus (twins). d. Eleanor. e. Henrietta. 2. Horace. 3. Nancy, b. Apr. 18, 1792; d. Sept. 21, 1873; m. John Maine, b. Nov. 29, 1779; d. Dec. 14, 1857. Children: a. Alexander, b. July 13, 1810. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 7 I b. Horace S., b. May 14, 181 1. c. Celia, b. Jan. 23, 1813. d. Samuel R., b. Aug. 16, 1816. e. Harriet, b. June 15, 1817. f. Uriah, b. Aug. 4, 1819. g. Deborah, b. Oct. 8, 1821. h. John A., Jr., b. Jan. 24, 1824. i. George D., b. July 24, 1826. j. Fanny A., b. May 24, 1828. k. Edwin R., b. Feb. 28, 1830. 1. Sarah A., b. June 13, 1833; m. Richards. m. Eleanor M., b. Apr. 18, 1835. n. Charles, b. Sept. 4, 1839. 4. Mary, called Polly, m. Elijah Welch. Children: a. Olivia. b. Uriah. c. Jefferson. d. Herrick. e. Amanda. f. Elmedia. g. Marietta. h. Phoebe. 5. Harriet, m. Alford. 6. Amanda, m. Ellis. + 87. v. Edward 5 , b. May 28, 1771 ; d. Jan. 28, 1852. 88. vi. Youngs 5 , b. June 6, 1773 ; d. Nov. 3, 1774. + 89. vii. Youngs 5 , b. Dec. 31, 1775; d. Nov. 13, 1852. 90. viii. Catharine 5 , b. Aug. 19, 1777; d. Nov. 5, 1843. She married Mar. 6, 1800, Amos Fowler of Guilford, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Fowler. He was b. Aug. 27, 1773 ; d. Aug. 8, 1853. CHILDREN. 1. Sarah, b. July 2, 1801 ; d. Jan. 14, 1840. 2. John Eliot, b. July 24, 1803 ; d. July 29, 1838. He m. Nov. 29, 1837, Harriet, dau. of Ambrose and Katharine (Ward) Leete. She was b. Feb. 14, 1808. 3. Amanda, b. Sept. 19, 1805; d. Apr. 27, 1881, at Scranton, Penn. She m. Nov. 21, 1832, Deacon William Russel Stone, son of Bille and Rachel Ward, b. Sept. 18, 1806, at Scranton, Penn.; d. Dec. 5, 1889. Children, born at Mount Pleasant, Wayne Co., Pa. : a. Henry Augustus, b. Nov. 24; 1835. b. Charles Russel, b. Dec. 6, 1837. c. Henrietta Fowler, b. Dec. 12, 1839. d. John Ward, b. Apr. 10, 1842. 5 72 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. e. Catherine Eliot, b. July 20, 1844. f. Catherine Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1845. g. George Eliot, b. Jan. 21, 1850; m. Martha J. Kays. Children: Eliot Kays, James Kays ; reside in Philadelphia. 4. Henrietta, b. July 4, 1808; d. Oct. 2, 1846. 5. Catharine, b. May 30, 1810; d. Sept. 24, 1828. 6. Henry, b. June 30, 1812; m. 1st, Dec. 7, 1837, Sally Amelia Hart, b. Aug. 20, 1815; d. May 4, 1855; dau. of Wm. and Lydia (Griffing) Hart; m. 2d, June 19, 1856, Widow Maria Halleck (Griffing) Hart, b. Mar. n, 1820; d. Feb. 20, 1861 ; dau. of Wm. H. and Anna (Young) Griffing; m. 3d, Feb. 11, 1863, Julia Eliot Simmons, dau. (94 xii) in O. E. G. Children, by first wife: a. Catherine Eliot, b. Sept. 15, 1839. b. Clarissa Hart, b. May 15, 1842; m. Geo. L. Griswold. Chil- dren: Robert Eliot, Katherine Linsley, Charlotte Griffing (m. Oct. 12, 1904, Charles Newton Dudley). c. Henry Eliot, b. Mar. 13, 1848; m. Sarah Brown of Guilford, daughter of Samuel Wm. Brown and Hannah Humphreys. d. Amos, b. Aug. 13, 1853 ; d. July 1, 1903 ; m. Marie Washburn. Children : Elihu Washburn, John Eliot, Sallie. (Child, by second wife) : e. Annie Griffing, b. June 19, 1857 ; m. Geo. S. Davis. Children : Henry Fowler, Elizabeth Griffing, Annie Cornelia. 7. Elizabeth, b. May 26, 1815; d. Oct. 18, 1846. 8. Amos, b. Apr. 16, 1818; d. May 24, 1841. 91. ix. Experience 5 , b. Dec. 31, 1778; d. May 12, 1803. She married Jan. 1803, George Leete, son of Pharez and Ruth (Savage) Leete, b. Mar. 29, 1782. After her death he married again, and d. in North Haven Dec. 26, 1826. + 92. x. Robert 5 , b. Feb. 28, 1781 ; d. Mar. 10, 1844. 93. xi. Fanny Ledyard 5 , b. June 3, 1783 ; d. July 26, 1828. She married Apr. 3, 1800, Daniel Benton of Guilford, who d. Feb. 11, 1853. CHILDREN. 1. Daniel Smithson, b. Jan. 22, 1801, at Guilford, Conn.. ; d. Feb. 16, 1855, at Geneva, Wis. In 1844 he removed with his family to Wisconsin. A new prairie farm was bought, and on that the family lived. In 1851 the farm was bought by the son- in-law, John G. Flack, and is still owned by him. He m. at Windsor, Conn., Oct. 3, 1825, Sarah Marie Adams, b. Apr. 8, 1808 ; d. June 17, 1849. Children : a. Ellen M., b. Feb. 23, 1827 ; m. John G. Flack. b. Elliott H., b. Aug. 26, 1828; served in Civil War. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 73 c. Abigail Lindley, b. Mar. 31, 1831. d. Daniel, b. Dec. 8, 1832; lives in New York City. e. Benjamin, b. Dec. 17, 1834. f. Elihu Hill, b. Dec. 31, 1835; d. on the battlefield at Chat- tanooga, Tenn., June, 1865. g. Matthew Henry, b. July 2, 1838. h. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 31, 1840; served in the Civil War. i. Jennette Elizabeth, b. July 4, 1843. j. Harriet Arabella, b. Sept. 14, 1847. 2. Urbane Wilf ord, b. July 2, 1802 ; d. 1826, at sea. 3. Abigail Lindley, b. Aug. 1, 1804; m. in 1830, Lyman Hanks of Allegheny City, and died a few weeks after. 4. Jared Taintor, b. Feb. 4, 1806, at Guilford, Conn.; d. Oct. 28, 1873, at Auburn, N. Y. His boyhood days were passed under the parental roof, but on attaining manhood, he engaged in mercantile pursuits, first in Ovid, N. Y., in partnership with his brother, and subsequently in Pulteney, N. Y. He early developed a capacity and taste for public affairs. From 1830 he was a prominent citizen of Steuben Co., holding the office of postmaster of Pulteney for twenty-three years, that of Justice of the Peace sixteen years, Supervisor of his town nine years, and various other offices of honor and trust, in all of which he discharged his duties with fidelity and credit, and established for himself a character for integrity and worth, that reflected honor on his name. For four years he was connected with the Custom House of New York City, and later held office at the Auburn State Prison, to which city he removed in 1857. His personal appearance was attractive and commanding, and he had originally the finest physique in a large family circle. He married in 1838, at Pulteney, N. Y., Lucy Ann Ball, b. Mar. 27, 181 1. Children: a. Abigail Lindley, b. May 18, 1839. b. Emma Virginia, b. Sept. 1, 1840; m. John Sym Bedell. c. Charlotte Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1843; d. Jan. 25, 1905. d. Urban Sherzvood Wilf ord, b. Jan. 25, 1845. e. Jared T. Julian, b. Dec. 25, 1846. f. Julia Ida, b. July 25, 1849. g. Lucy Manuela, b. Dec. 29, 1851 ; m. John R. Ross. h. Frances May, b. Sept. 23, 1854; m. Arthur G. Bedell. 5. Youngs Eliot, b. at Guilford, Conn., June 8, 1807; d. July 2, 1890; m. Jan. 16, 1828, Mary Anne Ely, b. June 26, 1809; d. Nov. 5, 1900. He was a farmer and lived at Linden, Genesee Co., Mich. Children : a. Fanny Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1829; m. Edward Eliot Simmons (94 xii 2). b. Ledyard Ely, b. June 24, 1831 ; m. Emily P. Moore. Children : George D., Anna Eliot, Edward Emerson, Fanny Ledyard, Abner Ely, Hurbert Winfield, and Willie P. 74 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. c. Mary Lord, b. Sept. 16, 1833; m. Francis Sackner. Children: Eda Ethelinda, Minnie Arabella, and Musa Viola. d. Youngs Elliott, b. July 18, 1837 ; m. Alice Chapin. Children : Youngs Elliott, Mary Olive, Herbert Lester, Charles Elliott, and Reuben Howard. e. Sarah Fowler, b. Jan. 9, 1840. f. Lydia Griswold, b. Mar. 19, 1842. g. Laura Ely, b. Sept. 22, 1844; m. Theodore Crandall. Chil- dren : Floyd G., Lulu, Lottie, h. Cornelia Amanda, b. June 1, 1847; m - Alonzo B. Hyatt. Children : Wallace, Claude Elliott, Maud Ely, and Josie Benton. i. Joseph Augustine, b. Dec. 14, 1849. j. Jessie Augusta, b. Jan. 2, 1855. 6. Fanny Ledyard, b. Feb. 10, 1810; d. Nov. 9, 1882. She married Dec. 31, 1829, William Prentiss of Steuben Co., N. Y., b. May 10, 1801 ; d. Mar. 18, 1875, at Lancaster, Mass. Children : a. Cornelia Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 183 1 ; m. Charles N. Wixom. Children : Ella Frances, Fanny Augusta, Harriet Prentiss, Charles Frederic, Cornelia Elise. b. Catherine Fowler, b. Mar. 17, 1833. c. Harriet Augusta, b. Apr. 17, 1835; m. Monmouth H. Ganong. Children : Wm. Gilbert, Jessie Reynolds, Fanny Maria, Lillian Augusta. d. Luther Wright, b. Mar. 18, 1837 '■> m. Elsie Ann Van Syckle. e. Lillian Gertrude, b. Aug. 7, 1839; m. Norman Hunt. Chil- dren : Caroline Blanche, Floyd Prentiss. f. Wm. Augustine, b. Mar. 6, 1844; m. Jane T. Parker. Chil- dren : Mabel Irene, Charles Stanley. g. John, b. July 27, 1851; m. Adele E. Parker. Children: Stella Irene, Bertha P., Wm. Wright, Joanna E., Fanny Louise, Leon L. h. Martha Bridge. 7. Elizabeth, b. at Guilford, Conn., Nov. 20, 1812; d. June 17, 1899. She married April 17, 1829, at Pulteney, N. Y., Marsena Baker, b. Nov. 6, 1803; d. Mar. 17, 1859. Children: a. Susan Eliot, b. June 14, 1832 ; m. Judge Nelson Cobb. b. Helen Elisabeth, b. May 24, 1838; m. Henry Wade. Chil- dren : Milton Henry, Helen Cecille. c. Frances Larnira, b. Dec. 31, 1840; m. Frank Gilbert. d. Winfield Scott, b. Nov. 20, 1846. e. Julian Benton, b. Nov. 6, 1848. f. Maria Antoinette, b. Dec. 28, 1852; m. Dr. Putnam Francis Peet. 8. Experience Hempsted, b. at Guilford, Conn., Dec. 15, 1816; d. Mar. 10, 1875. She married, first, June 21, 1835, Edward Judson Hotchkin, b. Oct. 8, 181 1; d. Aug. 28, 1840. Child, by first husband : DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 75 a. Amanda Simmons, b. May 10, 1837; m. first, Rev. Wm. A. Wolcott. Child: William E. ; m. second, Dr. G. F. Case. Child: George E. ; m. third, Samuel P. Marvin. Experience married, second, June 9, 1844, Nelson Ball, who d. at Ovid, N. Y., May 29, 1871. Children, by second husband : a. George Nelson, b. Dec. 6, 1845 ; killed 1864 at City Point. b. Edward Judson, b. Feb. 3, 1848; m. Clarinda Clark. Chil- dren : Wm. George, Julian Nelson. c. Julia Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1849; m. David Roff. d. Sherwood Salle, b. Feb. 5, 1852; m. Alicia Church. Child: Lillian. e. Eliot Augustine, b. Dec. 22, 1853; m. Rose A. Lealbetter. Children : Maggie S., Harrie C, Guy J., Edward J. f. Harrison Cleon, b. Feb. 6, 1856; m. Rose E. Horton. Chil- dren: Lloyd Benton, Ivan Horton. 9. Joseph Augustine, b. at Guilford, Conn., May 7, 1818; d. Apr. 8, 1892. He graduated with the highest honors at Yale Coll. in 1842, and at Yale Theological Seminary in 1846. He went to California in July, 1849, to preach the Gospel, and to help build into this new land Christian life and civilization. He was organist and pastor of the church in Sacramento for thirteen years, editor of "The Pacific," and senior professor of the Pacific Theological Seminary. He was for more than fifteen years a member of the Home Missions Committee, and a writer of missionary hymns. He was devoted to the cause of educa- tion, and one of the foremost in founding the College of Cali- fornia, and of the academy that preceded it. He made a trip around the world in 1859, and was pastor of the Plymouth Church in San Francisco for five years from 1863. After this date he devoted himself chiefly to teaching theology, received from Yale the degree of S.T.D. in 1870, and was a member of the International Council of Congregational Churches in Lon- don in 1891. He married July 7, 1863, Frances Sargent, who died June 27, 1899. No children. 10. John Eliot, born at Guilford, Conn., Oct. 24, 1820; d. Feb. 1888. He graduated at Oberlin College, studied theology at the New York University, and was a clergyman at Oakland, Cal. He married Nov. 8, 1850, Mary Park Seavy. Child : a. Mary Frances Eliot, b. Mar. 8, 1852. 11. George Robert, b. 1822; d. Mar. 1827. 12. Robert George, b. at Guilford, Conn., Sept. 14, 1827; d. July 5, 1901. He lived at Oakland, Cal., and m. Jan. 23, 1855, Lydia A. Armstrong. Children : a. Lucilia Elizabeth, b. July 24, 1857. b. Mary Fannie, b. Oct. 27, 1859; m. Jesse A. Baldwin of Chicago. Children : Louise (m. June 13, 1904, Cecil Price Squires), Jesse R. (d.), Fannie L. (d.), Theodore W., Norman L. and Storrs. 76 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. c. Silas Wright, b. Mar. 19, 1863. d. Joseph Augustine, b. May 30, 1865. e. Hadley George, b. July 7, 1867. f. Harriet Eliot, b. Sept. 23, 1870; m. Rev. Loyal L. Wirt. Children: Joseph Benton, George Boynton, Williston, Monica Alexandra. g. Acker son Eliot Armstrong, b. Sept. 29, 1872. h. Elizabeth Sara, b. Oct. 24, 1875. 94. xii. Amanda 5 , b. June 27, 1787, at Guilford, Conn. ; d. June 30, 1 829. She married June 7, 1 82 1 , Tillinghast, son of Deacon Abel and Ruth (Wood) Simmons, of Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y. He d. Nov. 6, 1861. CHILDREN. 1. Julia E., b. at Paris, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1822; m. Feb. II, 1863, Henry Fowler (90 viii 6). 2. Edward Eliot, b. at Paris, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1826; d. Aug. 7, 1903; m. Fanny Elizabeth Benton, dau. (93 xi 5). Children: a. Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 16, 1854; m. George L. Brown. She died Jan. 18, 1905. b. Frederick Henry, b. Sept. 6, 1857 ; m. Josephine Helen Dike. c. Lincoln Fennimore, b. Nov. 17, 1864; m. Mattie May Brenner. d. William Benton, b. Sept. 3, 1868; m. Lulu Davison. 3. Frederick, b. at Paris, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1829; d. Oct. 8, 1900; m. Oct. 31, 1854, Elizabeth Anna, dau. of Henry and Anne (Thornton) Carr. Children: a. Edzvard Elliott, b. Jan. 9, 1858; m. Sarah Jane Dygert. Children : Leslie Elliott, Gertrude Elizabeth. b. Henry Fowler, b. Aug. 12, 1863. c. Charles Abbott, b. Nov. 8, 1865; m. Mary Ann Lowell. 34 GEORGE 4 (Jared 3 , Joseph 2 ,' John 1 ). Farmer and deacon of the church in Killingworth. He married July 27, 1766, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Ely of Lyme, Conn. She died in 1820. children. + 95. i. George 5 , b. Jan. 27, 1767 ; d. Oct. 31, 1828, in K. 4- 96. ii. John 5 , b. Aug. 24, 1768; d. Dec. 17, 1824, in Mad. (See O. E. G., page 96.) -f 97. iii.. Samuel 5 , b. Apr. 3, 1770; d. in 1817, aged 42. 98. iv. Isaac 5 , b. Sept. 8, 1771 ; d. Oct. 17, 1794. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 77 99. v. Timothy 5 , b. Mar. 20, 1773. He married Mary (Polly) Darrow of Greenwich. Was a physician at Unadilla, N. Y. He died at Oxford, Chenango Co., on his way to Connecticut, Nov. 2, 1796. 100. vi. Mary 5 (Polly), b. Jan. 24, 1775; d. Oct. 9, 1858. She married, Nov. 4, 1813, Othniel Williams of Wethersfield, Conn. He graduated at Yale Coll. in 1810, and was a lawyer of prominence in his profession. They settled at Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he died Dec. 7, 1832. CHILDREN. i. Othniel Strong, b. Nov. 27, 1814; d. May 20, 1880. He gradu- * ated at Hamilton Coll. in 1831, was a lawyer, surrogate of Oneida Co., Judge of the Supreme Court, and treasurer of Hamilton Coll. He married Sept. 1, 1843, Delia, dau. of Prof. Chas. Amery. Children f a. Eliot Strong, b. July 5, 1845 ; m. Rachel Wood Squires. Children: Charles Eliot, Othniel, Ruth Delia, Mary, Delia Amery, Rachel, Sophie. b. Mary Delia, b. May 28, 1847; m. Henry Everett Daniels of Cayuga, N. Y. Children: Harriet McDonab, Williams, Janet Williams. c. Sophie Louise, b. Apr. 18, 1852 ; m. Abel Grosvenor Hopkins, Prof, of Latin in Hamilton Coll. Child: Mary Delia. 2. Mary Louisa, b. Nov. 11, 1816; d. Aug. 28, 1837. 101. vii. Hannah 5 , b. May 30, 1777; d. Oct. 9, 1819. She married, Oct. 7, 1801, Rev. John Niles. He graduated at Yale in 1797, and was a Congregational clergyman at Prattsburg, N. Y. In July, 1808, he was installed as pastor of the church in Bath, N. Y. He died suddenly, Sept. 13, 1812, while preaching an ordination sermon at Angelica, N. Y. George, b. Sept. 4, 1803 ; d. 1863. He married Mary Russell of Hamburgh, Conn. They removed to Michigan, where he died. Saloma, b. July 9, 1805 ; d. Sept. 2, 1854. She married, Nov. 7, 1830, Abel Babcock of Chester, Mass. Children : a. Mary, b. 1831 ; d. 1845. b. Edward, b. 1834; educated at Hamilton College; removed to Avoca, Iowa, where he died. 78 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 3. Mary Anne, b. Aug. 7, 1807. She m. first, John Stannard of Lyme, Conn., second, Feb. 19, 1829, Similias Brockway Ely (her mother's first cousin). Child, by second husband: a. John Eliot, b. May 3, 1830 ; m. Nancy Holmes Warner of Lyme. Children : Eliot Warner, Joseph Niles. 4. Thomas, b. Nov. 14, 1809; d. in infancy. 5. Susan, b. Aug. 26, 1811; d. in infancy. + 102. viii. Achilles Henry 5 , b. July 26, 1781, in Killingworth ; d. Jan. 9, 1856. 103. ix. Ely 5 , b. Feb. 14, 1784; d. May, 1789. 35. NATHANIEL 4 (AbieP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Guil- ford. He married Jan. 3, 1754, Beulah, daughter of Joseph Parmelee of Guilford. She was born Aug. 30, 1732, and died Sept. 16, 1818. No very satisfactory records have been obtainable of the Parmelee family. John Parmelee, one of the first settlers of Guilford, and one of the twenty-five signers of the plantation covenant in 1639, married Hannah ; son, John Parmelee, Jr., b. about 1620, married (3d) Hannah ; son, Isaac, b. Nov. 21, 1665, who married 1689, Elizabeth Hiland, or Highland ; son, Joseph, b. Sept. 14, 1694, married Abigail Kimberly (daughter of Natl. Kimberly, Jr.), and their daughter Beulah married Nathaniel Eliot. CHILDREN. + 104. i. William 5 , b. Feb. 10, 1755 ; d. Feb. 14, 1833, in Guil- ford. 105. ii. Mary 5 , b. May 1, 1762; married Sept. 20, 1787, Israel Halleck of Dutchess Co., N. Y., a descendant of Peter Halleck (or Hallock), who came over with their pastor, Rev. John Youngs, and landed at New Lon- don, Conn., in Nov. 1640. The Hallecks went the same year to Long Island, and some of their descend- ants still reside in the vicinity of Aqueboque and else- where. Mary died Sept. 10, 1819. Israel died Nov. 7. 1839, aged 84. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 79 CHILDREN. i. Maria, b. July 19, 1788; d. Apr. 21, 1870, in G. 2. Fitz-Greene, b. July 8, 1790; d. Nov. 19, 1867, in G. It is difficult to write an estimate of the life and work of Fitz-Greene Halleck or to explain the charm of the man unless we recall the flavor of the times he lived in and the names of his contemporaries. The early part of the nineteenth century following the war of 1812 was marked by strong literary tendencies. There was a demand for poetry and belles letters, and it was at the beginning of this epoch, whose greatest brilliancy was not attained until after the Civil War, that Fitz- Greene Halleck flourished. The period produced such men as Wash- ington Irving, Cooper, Channing, Richard H. Dana, N. P. Willis, James Rodman Drake (author of the "Culprit Fay"), Prescott, Percival, Haw- thorne, and Bryant, and was the forerunner of the years when Whittier, Longfellow and Emerson reached the zenith of their fame. In England Byron and Scott, Dickens and Thackeray were making their great reputations and Browning and Tennyson were beginning to astonish the world with their genius. Fitz-Greene's career reads like a romance — the only link lacking to complete the chain was "the one woman," for though loving women with delicacy and sentiment and beloved by them in turn, he lived and died unmarried. He was born in Guilford in 1790, and his earlier as well as his later years were passed in that historic town. As soon as he was taught to write he took to rhyming and to reciting pieces. He was a pupil of that period which produced Gray's Elegy, the Lady of the Lake, and the Pleasures of Hope, and was a voracious reader of the four hundred volumes the Guilford Library then possessed. At the age of fifteen he entered the store of his kinsman, Andrew Eliot, with whom he remained as clerk six years. He was noted during his whole business life, which lasted till 1850, for celerity, correctness and courtesy. The long confinement in a country store did not prevent him from composing many pretty verses, for "it was his nature to blossom into song as it is a tree's to leaf itself in April." When twenty-one years old he left his native village for the wider life of New York, then a city of ninety thousand people. He entered the counting house of Jacob Barker, one of the leading bankers of the town, and began that career which brought him into contact with all the famous men of his day. His Life and Letters, edited by James Grant Wilson, are good read- ing and give a vivid picture of the life of those times. His many talents and his winning ways soon procured for him a host of friends, and later his merit as a poet won ready recognition. He was one of the members of the "Iron Greys," organized in New York in 1814, and including in its ranks one hundred and twelve of the leading young men of New York; also a charter member of the "Ugly Club," a convivial club composed of very handsome young men and of which he was "poet laureate" ; he took part in all the best social life of 8o DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. the period. Later in life the poet remarked that in those days his New Year's calls were with a single exception made below Canal street, the exception being Mrs. Stuyvesant, whose residence was so remote (the present Stuyvesant Square) that a carriage was always taken to go there. One of his lodging houses was 29 Wall street. A letter written home in 1816 describes a trip he took to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Mt. Vernon. In March, 1819, "The Croakers" first appeared, a series of satirical and quaint chronicles on people and things of local interest written in rhyme and anonymously contributed to the New York Evening Post. This was the joint pro- duction of Halleck and Drake. Next "Fanny," and in 1827 "Alnwick Castle, and other Poems," comprising all of Halleck's published work up to that time, was printed in a single volume. "Marco Bozzaris," of which James Grant Wilson said in 1869, "no finer martial lyric has been produced" and of which the then Greek minister said, "It is the link between America and Greece," was written in 1823, after a visit to Europe, which included travels in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, and Germany. It was tossed off one day and left at the lodgings of a friend to whom he was accustomed to show, his poetic work with the simple question, "Will this do?" It was first published in the New York Review and attained instant popularity, yet so unconscious was the writer of its real merit that his own family did not know of it till several years later. It has been translated into many languages besides the Greek, and is possibly the best known lyric of that period. In 1837 an Authors Club was formed in New York, of which Washington Irving was president and Fitz-Greene Halleck vice presi- dent. He became well acquainted with Dickens during his first visit to America, also with Prince Louis Napoleon and Lafayette, Thackeray, the Keans, Macready, and every man of distinction of the time. He was one of the most popular "diners out" in New York. In 1837 Columbia College conferred on him the title of A.M. After he left the service of Jacob Barker, when the latter retired about 1831, he became confidential secretary to John Jacob Astor, and when John Jacob died in 1848 he left the poet a legacy of forty pounds a year. This with the royalties derived from the sale of his poems gave him a comfortable if not a large income for the rest of his days. Wilson says his literary labors brought him in altogether only seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ! He spent the last fifteen years of his life in dear old Guilford with his sister, making frequent visits to New York at first, but becoming more and more fond of privacy and solitude. His work appeared only a few times during the last years when he gave us "Connecticut" and "Young America," but they added little to his fame. The writer of this sketch has in her possession a copy of "Young America" with his name written on the flyleaf, which he gave her as a child, and she well remembers his white beard, his kindly, twinkling blue eyes, his courtly bow and the great reverence with which she DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 8l regarded him. The relation between his sister and himself was most tender and pathetic. She gave the intimate feminine touch to his life and followed him to the grave. A beautiful shaft in Alderbrook Ceme- tery, Guilford, marks his consecrated resting place. An estimate of the poet is difficult to frame. We feel the charm but cannot analyze it. Halleck did not belong to the school of rapid writers nor did he belong to the prolific school who write too much. Twenty years nearly covers the period of his literary productiveness. He excels in playful humor, light satire and tender sentiment. In an article written about him Bryant the poet says : "In the midst of a strain of harmonious diction he surprises by a a stroke of ridicule . . . " "He venerates the past and laughs at the present . . ." "His poetry is remarkable for the melody of its numbers, it is con- structed to please an ear naturally fine . . ." "In no poet can be found passages which flow with more sweet and liquid smoothness." . . . Poe wrote of him, "There is something, too, in the bonhommie of certain of his compositions altogether distinct from poetic merit, which has aided to establish him, and much also must be admitted on the score of his personal popularity which is deservedly great." "With all allowances, however, there will still be found a large amount of poetical fame to which he is entitled." For grace, natural wit, refinement of fancy, and that delicate handling which is called true art, we may among all the poets of the first forty years of the nineteenth century award the palm to Halleck. Wilson says, "Is it too much to say of Halleck as he said of Burns" : "There have been loftier themes than his And longer scrolls and louder lyres And lays lit up with Poesy's Purer and holier fires. Yet read the names that know not death, Few nobler ones than his are there And few have won a greener wreath Than that which binds his hair." [W. H. E. E.] 3. Nathaniel E., b. Nov. 1792; d. Sept. 29, 1793. 36. WYLLYS 4 (AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Guilford. He married July 20, 1763, Abigail, widow of Dr. Giles Hull and dau. of Col. Andrew Ward of Guilford. Abigail was born Apr. 22, 1731 ; d. Apr. 18, 1801. After Mr. Eliot's death Abigail m. Samuel Parmelee. 82 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN, BY WYLLYS. + 106. i. Samuel 5 , b. Mar. 25, 1764; d. Sept. 12, 1843, m G. 107. ii. Abigail 5 , b. Mar. 25, 1764; d. May 4, 1764. 108. iii. Abigail 5 , b. Aug. 8, 1765; d. Sept. 18, 1769. 109. iv. Elizabeth 5 , b. Dec. 29, 1766; married Jan. 16, 1790, Preserved Betts, son of Samuel Comstock and Mary (Tyler) Betts, of Richmond, Mass., and subsequently of New York City. He was b. Aug. J 3> x 759; d. Jan. 31, 1818. Mrs. Betts d. Dec. 1, i853- CHILDREN. i. Laura, b. Oct. 23, 1791 ; d. Sept. 21, 1875. 2. Maria E., b. Apr. 22, 1803 ; d. Nov. 30, 1865. Laura and Maria were Principals of a Female Boarding School in Brooklyn, N. Y. + no. v. Reuben 5 , b. Aug. 23, 1768; d. Oct. 18, 1844, in G. -f- in. vi. Andrew 5 , b. July 11, 1770; d. July 25, 1824, in G. 112. vii. Sarah 5 , b. Feb. 29, 1772 ; married Oct. 21, 1798, John Scoville, Esq., son of John of Waterbury and New Haven. She d. Feb. 12, 1852. He was born Aug. 12, 1770, and d. Aug. 17, 1816. CHILDREN. 1. Charles Montgomery, b. Dec. 23. 1807; d. Sept. 15, 1808. 2. Charles Eliot, b. Aug. 10, 1810; d. Feb. 4, 1859. 3. Mary Ward, b. Dec. 18, 1812; d. July 2, 1868, at New Haven; buried at Woodlawn, N. Y. ; m. Aug. 15, 1833, Frederic J. Betts, son of Uriah Betts of New York City and Newburgh, N. Y. He was b. July 2, 1803 ; d. at Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1879; buried at Woodlawn. Frederic Betts was born in Guil- ford, received the degree of A.B. from Williams College in 1821, at the age of 19 years, and studied law with Aaron Burr and others. He began the practice of law in Orange Co., N. Y., soon came to New Haven, removed to Newburgh, N. Y., after marrying and remained there many years. For twenty years he was clerk of the U. S. District Court of N. Y., under his brother, Judge S. C. Betts, and in this position amassed a fortune. He was at one time Judge of the Superior Court at Lynchburg, Va. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a member and vestryman of St. Paul's Church, New Haven, for several years. Children of Frederic and Mary Ward (Scoville) Betts : DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 83 a. Charles Scoville, b. Nov. 7, 1834. b. Mary Eliot, b. Apr. 9, 1837. c. Sarah Eliot, b. Jan. 7, 1841 ; m. Wm. E. Foster of Buffalo, N. Y. Children : Mary H., Frederic B., Louise H. d. Frederic Henry, b. Mar. 8, 1843 ; an eminent lawyer in New York ; m. Louise Holbrook. Children : Louis, Frederic Holbrook, Mary Eliot, Wyllys Rosseter. e. Charles Wyllys, b. Aug. 13, 1845; lawyer of New York City, graduate of Yale, Chorister of Trinity Church, N. Y., where there is a memorial tablet. In Memoriam Caroli Wyllys Betts Obit Mdccclxxxvii Aet. xli. Qui ad Dei Gloriam Atque in Pace. Anima Sua Multa inter hujus domus domini cantatores sua sponti diutius stetit Beati mundo corde quoniam deum videbunt. Matt. v. viii. 113. viii. Abigail 5 , b. Dec. 15, 1773; married Feb. 10, 1793, Levi Gregory, Esq., son of Ezra Gregory of Milton. He was b. Aug. 12, 1767; d. Oct. 5, 1807. CHILD. I. Eliot Wyllys, b. Feb. 13, 1794; d. July 3, 1863. He m. Nov. 13, 1851, Charlotte, dau. of Wm. Sellick, Esq., of Milton. She was b. Sept. 15, 1813; d. Oct. 27, 1895, in N. Y. 114. ix. Ruth 5 , b. Oct. 2, 1776; d. Feb. 22, 1856. She mar- ried Jan. 16, 1816, Rev. David Baldwin of Litch- field and Guilford. He was b. Feb. 4, 1780; d. Aug. 2, 1862. CHILDREN. I. William Ward, b. May 7, 1818 ; d. Jan. 24, 1902, in N. Y. He m. Jan. 24, 1846, Catharine, dau. of Henry Van Schaick of Lan- singburgh, N. Y. Children : a. Henry Van Schaick, b. June 21, 1848; d. b. Catharine Lansing, b. Sept. 23, 1850; d. 38. TIMOTHY 4 (AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in North Guilford. He married May 26, 1772, Rebecca, dau. of Jacob Rose of North Branford. She was b. July 16, 1747, and died Aug. 30, 1827. + 115- l. + n6. ii. + tvj. iii 118. IV. 84 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. Timothy 5 , b. July 1, 1772 ; d. Oct. 30, 1848 in Durham. William Rose 5 , b. Nov. 23, 1773 ; d. July 29, 1858. Wyllys 5 , b. Jan. 30, 1779 ; d. Feb. 25, 1856, at G. Henry 5 , b. June 2, 1782 ; d. Dec. 20, 1864. He was a farmer in Guilford ; married Nov. 23, 1823, Nancy, dau. of Daniel Hitchcock of Prospect. She was b. Jan. 23, 1803 ; d. Apr. 14, 1866. 119. v. Harvey 5 , b. Nov. 23, 1784, at North Guilford, Conn.; d. Feb. 3, 1824. He was prepared for Yale College by his kinsman, the Rev. John Eliot of East Guilford, Conn., from which he graduated in 1805. After leaving college he kept private schools in New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, N. Y., at the same time pursuing medical studies. At first he practised his profession by the authority of a license from the State of New Jersey. In 1817 he received the degree of M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City. He was the leading physician in Harlem and the adjacent country on Manhattan Island and in Westchester Co., N. Y. He was buried in Harlem, where his gravestone recounted that "he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of a large and respectable community, by whom his loss is deeply regretted." In 1867 his remains were removed to his native parish of North Guilford. By his will he left a valuable library and surgical instruments to the first of his nephews who, having graduated in the art, should become a physician. These were inherited by Dr. Ellsworth Eliot of New York City. 42. JOHN 5 (John*, John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ). He is said to have been educated at either Yale or Harvard, to have entered the ministry, and to have taught school in New Haven when young. The Connecticut Journal (New Haven, Conn.) of March 31, 1808, has this, under the heading of deaths: "At the Alms House in this city, John Eliot, aged 63, descended from a respectable and opulent family in this city, and well known in most parts of the country for his perambulating and wandering disposition." From this, and other facts in his life which have come down to us, he would in our time unquestionably be pro- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 85 nounced insane, although then not so considered. His marriage, Jan. 21, 1795, was thus announced in the Connecticut Journal: "Entered into the connubial circle, Mr. John Eliot, late an instructor of youth in New Haven, with Mrs. Sarah Harlow of Branford." In regard to Mrs. Harlow, the Connecticut Journal, April 2.2., 1802, contains an interesting obituary sketch, "Died in her Mansion house in North Branford, Mrs. Sarah Eliot, by some called Mrs. Harlow, on the 7 th inst. She was found dead in her bed about seven o'clock in the morning, the particular cause being unknown, aged sixty-one years. She was a woman whose fortitude and resolution had been thoroughly tried, by a long series of bodily pains and infirmities, and whose philan- thropy, generosity, integrity, and honesty, were generally and happily experienced, and always well known, by her numerous acquaintance." 44. RICHARD ROSEWELL 5 {John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ) He was a minister at Watertown, Mass. He was graduated at Harvard Coll. in 1774. After leaving college he taught school at Woodstock, Conn., and studied divinity under Rev. Mr. Leonard of that place. In 1779 he was appointed a tutor in Harvard College, and held that office until he received a call to Watertown, March 13, 1780. He was ordained June 21. His published writings are as follows : "A Discourse delivered at Athol, at the consecration of a Lodge, Oct. 13, 1803"; "A Discourse delivered at Dedham, at the consecration of Constella- tion Lodge, Oct. 19, 1803" ; "Two Sermons preached at Water- town, Sept. 30, and Oct. 7, 1810" ; "Two Sermons preached at Watertown, Sept. 22, 1816." He married at Lyme, Conn., Oct. 5, 1780, Catherine Johnson. For a more extended notice of 44, see O. E. G., page 81. 50. SAMUEL SMITHSON 5 (Aaron 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant and farmer in Sharon, Conn. A man of large stature, which is rather a peculiarity of the race. He married first, March 28, 1779, Margaret, b. Mar. 17, 1752, d. Oct. 27, 1802, dau. of Col. John Williams of Sharon, son of Park Williams of Lebanon, and prominent among the settlers of Sharon. He was 86 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. a physician and sustained, besides his military honors, the offices of deacon, judge, etc., and often represented his town in the General Assembly. He married second, July 17, 1803, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Bailey of Sharon, b. Dec. 19, 1765 ; d. Apr. 4, 1834, in Michigan. CHILDREN (EIGHT), BY FIRST WIFE. + 120. i. Samuel Williams 6 , b. Mar. 31, 1780; d. Aug. 30, 1 83 1, in New York, -f- 121. ii. William Worthington 6 , b. Apr. 21, 1782; d. Oct. 13, 1839, m Michigan. 122. iii. Hannah 6 , b. May 12, 1784; d. May 12, 1830. She married about 181 4, Daniel B. Stowe, tanner and shoemaker, Claverack, N. Y. CHILD. 1. Chauncey Eliot, b. Jan. 19, 1821 ; harness maker, resided at one time in Buchanan, Berrien Co., Mich. 123. iv. Margaret 6 , b. June 19, 1786; d. in Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1836. She married Sept. 6, 181 1, Salmon Hunt, son of Phineas Hunt of Sharon. He d. Jan. 7, 1876; buried at Paw Paw, Mich. He resided in Northampton, N. Y., and afterwards in Rochester. CHILDREN. i. Margaret Emily, b. Sept. 4, 1813, in Sharon, Conn. ; d. May 29, 1879. She m. July 17, 1846, at Paw Paw, Mich., Nathan Pugsley of Ilfracombe, England, b. Aug. 21, 1816; d. Nov. 21, 1893. Children : a. George Henry, b. July 30, 1847; rn. Sarah Tuttle. Children: Lynn, Bertha Margaret, Grace. b. Jennie Eliot, b. Sept. 18, 1850. c. Ella Louise, b. Feb. II, 1852. d. Emma Margaret, b. Aug. 2, 1855; m. Samuel C. Andrews of Ann Arbor, Mich. Children : Lorrin Claudius, Mabel Pugsley, Louisa Alcott, Howard. 2. William E., b. Sept. 19, 1815; d. Dec. 10, 1898; m. Dec. 1842, Adelaide Clark. 3. Olive Jane, b. Oct. 28, 1817, at Northampton, N. Y. ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1865. She married Nov. 15, 1839, Horace R. Fletcher, b. 1814, Alstead, N. H. He was a builder at Rochester, N. Y., and afterwards a grocer at Brooklyn, N. Y. Children: a. Frank Elliott, 1>. Apr. 17, 1841. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 87 b. George Horace, b. Apr. 21, 1845 ; d. 1879. c. Luella, b. Mar. 25, 1847; m. in 1868 Jerome L Bigelow of Brooklyn, N. Y. Children : Josephine H., George Fletcher, Florence Jerome, Lelia Elliott. d. Florence G., b. 1855 ; m. 1879 Fred W. Jackson of Brooklyn, N. Y. Children: George F, Frank F. e. Minnie, b. 1859; d. i860. 4. John Philo, b. Aug. 10, 1820; d. in 1889; cooper; settled in Paw Paw, Mich., in 1846; m. Adelia Thompson; d. May 19, 1849. 5. Mary Samantha, b. July 25, 1826; d. Aug. 11, 1848; m. Oct. 18, 1847, Charles Ingersoll of Niles, Mich. 6. George A., b. Sept. 13, 1830; d. Nov. 19, 1897. -f 124. v. John Aaron 6 , b. Oct. 16, 1788; d. Dec. 17, 1864. 125. vi. Mary (Polly) Ely 6 , b. at Sharon Apr. 13, 1791 ; d. at Goshen, O., Dec. 1827. She married about 1814, Festus Dunning- of Goshen, N. Y., and after- wards of Goshen, O. He was a member of the Legislature. CHILDREN. i. William, b. Jan. 7, 1815; d. Nov. 19, 1843. He was a wagon maker in Goshen, O. ; m. Matilda McNeall, and left children : a. George Stephen, b. 1839; m. and d. b. Amelia Jane, b. 1841 ; m. Wm. H. Myers. Children: Frank, Ada, Forest Marion. c. Edward Eliot, b. 1843. 2. Frances Louisa, b. Jan. 22, 1817. She m. John Smith of Goshen, O. Children : a. Mary Jane, b. June 20, 1835 ; m. Jackson Long. Children : Frank, m. Georgia Simpkins, and had children : Dolly, and son. Flora, who m. August Ellbreeder, and had child : Daisy. b. Albert, b. Oct. 19, 1837; m. Lydia Wainwright. Children: Fanny, m. John Mizelle. J. Edwin, m. Edna Edgington. (Children : Clyde Bernice, Charles Bertram.) Mary Alberta, m. Charles Rybolt. Laura, m. D. L. Runyan. (Children: Bertha Lydia Smith, Frances Elizabeth Smith, Daniel Albert Smith, Charles L., who m. Elizabeth Simkins, and had child Laura.) c. Ann Eliza, b. Aug. 14, 1842; m. Bart. Skinner. Children: Abby, Daisy May, d., Raymond, d. d. Austin E., b. Feb. 12, 1840; m. Lizzie Clark. Children: W. Austin, Lyman, d. e. Caroline, b. Oct. 9, 1844; d. f. John Lyman, b. Jan. 19, 1847 ; m. Annie Cazzade. Child : Hermon. 6 88 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 3. Lewis, b. May 5, 1820; wagon maker in Farmington, Iowa. 4. Mary Jane, b. June II, 1821 ; m. Jonas Houghton of Mass.; merchant in Iowa. Children: a. William Albin. b. Lyman. c. Oliver, b. 1845. d. unnamed child. e. Albert and Albin (twins). Albert d. 1850. 5. Ann Eliza, b. Apr. 11, 1823; m. Henry Benson, tailor, Goshen, O. Children : a. Mary Caroline. b. William. c. Charlotte, d. d. Henry, d. 6. Asa, b. Aug. 1, 1825 ; d. Mar. 24, 1853 ; wagon maker with his father. -}- 126. vii. Joseph Benjamin 6 , b. July 23, 1794; d. Dec. 20, 1820, in New York. 127. viii. Elizabeth 6 (Betsey), b. at Sharon, July 22, 1799; d. about 1866. She married May 22, 1838, Rev. Noah Cook of Bertrand, Mich. He was after- wards a missionary at Mineral Point, Wis. On the failure of his voice he went into the practice of medicine in Woodville, 111. No children. CHILDREN OF SAMUEL SMITHSON, BY SECOND WIFE. -\- 128. ix. Isaac 6 , b. July 9, 1806; d. Feb. 2, 1881. 129. x. Sarah 6 , b. in Sharon, Apr. 14, 1808; d. 1822. 51. WILLIAM 5 (Aaron 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). A.B. Yale Coll. 1774; studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin Gale, and was a physician and druggist. He removed in 1801 from Killing- worth to Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. He married Ethelinda, dau. of Doct. and Col. John and Sarah (dau. of Rev. William Worthington of Saybrook) Ely. She d. Aug. 14, 1829, aged 65. CHILDREN. -f- 130. i. Horace William 6 , b. in 1788; d. Sept. 21, 1863. 131. ii. Sarah (Sally) Ethelinda 6 , b. 1790; d. 1820. She married in 1817 Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve, Mil- ledgeville, Ga. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 89 CHILD. I. William Eliot, d. at Goshen, N. Y., aged 4. 132. iii. Charlotte 6 , b. 1792; d. 1820, at Milledgeville, Ga. 133. iv. Elizabeth 6 (Betsey), b. 1794; married in 1826, Zechariah N. Hoffman, judge, postmaster, etc., Redbrook, Dutchess Co., N. Y. CHILDREN. I. Mary Ethelinda, b. 1828 (prob. Mrs. Milton Woolcott). 2 William Henry, b. 1830; d. 1849, by accidental discharge of a gun in his own hands. 3. Eda Elizabeth, b. 1834 (prob. Mrs. John Osbrey). 4. One child died in infancy. + 134. v. Henry William 6 , b. Aug. 14, 1797; d. Dec. 7, 1871. 135. vi. Frances Maria 6 , b. 1798; d. June 6, 1880; buried at Greenwood Cemetery. She married Doct. Hudson Kinsley, b. 1769, in Torringford, Conn. 52. AARON 5 (Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Physician, settled at St. Genevieve, Mo., before 1810. He married Jan. 15, 1782, Gloriana Austin, sister of Moses Austin, founder of Texas. She was born Dec. 18, 1758; d. Sept. 9, 181 1. CHILDREN. + 136. i. Henry 6 , b. Oct. 5, 1782 ; d. before 1826, in Mo. 137. ii. Ellas Austin 6 , b. Apr. 12, 1784; d. Aug. 25, 1822, in St. Genevieve, Mo. He was a lieutenant in a troop of horse, and was frequently out in repelling the incursions of the Indians. 138. iii. Charles 6 , b. Dec. 15, 1786; d. Feb. 12, 1811, in St. G. 139. iv. Ann Maria 6 , b. Aug. 31, 1788; d. Aug. 11, 1826. She was amiable and lovely in disposition, a devoted and faithful wife, mother, and friend, conducting a large household with gentleness and care. She married, Nov. 17, 1807, Judge William Chiles Carr of St. Louis, Mo. He was an educated and refined man, especially fond of flowers. He had a beautiful place, "Hazlewood," now the Protestant Hospital of St. Louis. Many of his flowers and plants were used in starting Shaw's 90 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Garden, now a show place in St. Louis. He gave a park to the city, and was known as a public-spirited citizen. CHILDREN. 1. William Henry, b. Oct. 23, 1809; d. Oct. 11, 1821. 2. Ann Maria, b. Mar. 19, 1812; d. May 27, 1875. She married, first, at St. Louis, George Washington Kerr; second, Ralph Peters, son of Judge Richard Peters of Philadelphia. Children by first husband (Kerr) : a. Isabel Rippey, b. in St. Louis, Feb. 28, 1836; m. Wm. Austin Clendennin of Louisville, Ky. Children : Washington Kerr, Ellen (m. H. B. Miltenberger), Anne Eliot, Mildred, Eliza. b. George Washington, b. Apr. 9, 1838; m. Annie Ewing Mitchell. Child by second husband (Peters) : c. Kathcrine , d. in infancy. 3. Charles Eliot, b. June 28, 1814, at St. Louis, Mo.; d. Sept. 22, 1826. 4. Virginia Eliot, b. Dec. 8, 1816, at St. Louis, Mo. ; d. Mar. 1899. She married in 1S34 at St. Louis, Mo., John Charles Cabanne, b. in St. Louis in 1807. Children : a. Joseph Charlcss, b. Oct. 17, 1846; m. Apr. 23, 1868, Susan Preston Christy Mitchell. Children: John Pierre, Vir- ginia Eliot (m. E. W. Little), Martha Mitchell (m. Robert Lee Kayser), Susan Mitchell (m. J. Sheppard Smith), Mary Mitchell, Fannie Mitchell (m. A. L. Pearson, Jr.). Arthur Lee. b. Sarpy Carr, b. Dec. 1848; m. Apr. 1869, Julia Goode. Chil- dren: Lucian Duteil, Frances Goode (m. Sylvester Scovel), Charles Gratiot, Julia Goode, J. Goode, Virginia Eliot, William Christy, Sarpy Carr, Emily Maffit. 5. Cornelia Chiles, b. July 15, 1819; d. Nov. 6, 1898, St. Louis. She married June 26, 1844, at St. Louis, Mo., Thomas Bickley Dyer, b. Albemarle Co., Va., May 3, 1814; d. Aug. 23, 1897. Children : a. William Carr, b. June .22, 1845, in St. Louis; m. Emma Willis Rankin. Children: Jane Rankin, John Rankin, Thomas Eliot, William Cornelius, Charles Austin, Cornelia Carr. b. Samuel, b. Apr. 7, 1848, in St. Louis; d. c. Nancy Eliot, b. Apr. 27, 1851 ; d. d. Cornelian Trevilian, b. Nov. 5, 1853, in St. Louis. e. Charles Austin, b. Nov. 29, 1855 ; m. Alice Maude Simmons. Children: Marguerite Simmons, Charles Austin, Beverly Carr, Alice Maud. f. Thomas Bickley, b. Apr. 1, 1858, in St. Louis; m. Elizabeth Lawson. Children: Trl Bickley, Feo, Virginia Carr. g. Beverly Allen, b. June 15, i860; m. Cclia Bickley Mason. Judge Carr married for his second wife, Dec. 10, 1829, Dorcas Bent, by whom he had six children. He d. Mar. 31, 1851. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 9 1 54. BENJAMIN 5 (Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Physician, first settled in Ulster Co., N. Y., then near Richmond, Va., and d. at Little Rock, Ark. He married Frances Panca (or Panky), b. near Richmond, Va., d. at Little Rock. CHILDREN. 140. i. Mary Worthington Watkins 6 , b. Mar. 1798; d. May 25, 1865. She married at St. Genevieve, Mo., July 4, 182 1, Hon. Chester Ashley, b. June 1, 1791, at Amherst, Mass. ; d. Apr. 29, 1848, in Washington, D. C. He lived as a boy at Hudson, N. Y., gradu- ated at Williams College in 1813, studied law and was admitted to the bar in Hudson. When he was twenty-seven he went West, and in 1820 settled in Little Rock, Ark. He was a very able lawyer and later formed a partnership with Robert Crittenden. Mr. Ashley was the acknowledged head of the bar in that state as long as he remained in practice. He was United States Senator from 1845 un til the time of his death. CHILDREN. 1. William Eliot, b. Aug. 6, 1823, at Little Rock, Ark.; d. Aug. 12, 1868; m. Oct. 26, 1846, Frances E. Grafton of St. Genevieve, Mo., b. Feb. 5, 1828; d. July 24, 1898 (see 165 ii 2). Children: a. Chester Grafton, b. Aug. 15, 1847. b. Francis Freeman, b. May 29, 1853. c. Frances Ann, (d) Harriet E., died, (e) Wm E., died (triplets). Frances Ann m. first, Dr. Clifton Sidney Gray of Little Rock, Ark., Mar. 4, 1886; m. second, Col. B. S. . Johnson of Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Johnson is a Colonial Dame of Arkansas. 2. Frances Ann, b. Jan. 3, 1825; d. 1852. She m. 1851 Rev. Andrew Freeman of Little Rock, Ark. Child : a. Mary Ashley, m. 1872 Sterling Robertson Cockrill of Little Rock, Ark. Children: Ashley, Annie, Sterling Robertson, Mary, Emmet, Garland, Freeman. 3. Mary Van Alstyne, b. Oct. 13, 1826. 4. Chester Pomeroy, b. June 26, 1828. 5. Henry Charles, b. Mar. 1831. 6. Mary Van Alstyne, b. Feb. 20, 1833. 141. ii. Eliza 6 , married Henderson. CHILDREN. i. Margaret F. 2. Catharine E. 92 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 142. Laura 6 , b. Dec. 12, 1813; d. Nov. 9, 1899; married Aug. 2, 1 83 1, Edward Cross of Welsh descent, a lawyer whose history was intimately interwoven with territorial and early Arkansas days. He was Colonel of Militia, Surveyor General of Public Lands, sole Representative to the United States Congress for Arkansas in 1836; later special Judge of the Supreme Court. During the Civil War he was Confederate Depository for Trans- Mississippi Funds. He died in 1886. Eight children were born to them, of whom only two reached maturity. 1. Mary Frances, b. Mar. 12, 1835; d. Mar. 5, 1884; m. Nov. io, 1859, James Lafayette Witherspoon, lawyer, a lineal descendant of John Knox. He died June 9, 1890. Children: a. Laura Ann; b. James Pinckney; c. Edzvard Cross; d. Kate Frances; e. Margaret Welch; f. John, All of these are dead but John of Fort Smith, Ark., who was b. Mar. 27, 1868; m. Laura Davis, Mar. 30, 1898. Daughter, Sara Cross, b. Jan. 22, 1899. 2. Edward, b. Nov. 1837; m. Kate Cloud of Paris, Texas; is a physician in San Antonio, Texas ; has four living children : a. Edward William; b. James Lafayette; c. Benjamin Elliott, and d. Theodore Hartman. 3. Nancy, d. aged 15. 4. Benjamin. 5. Frank, and others. 143. iv. Charles Watkins 6 , d. in Missouri, Feb. 7, 1846. 56. AUGUSTUS 5 (Joseph*-, J ared*, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Killingworth. He married Nov. IO, 1771, Mary Lewis. CHILD. 144. i. Joseph 6 , b. Aug. 22, 1772 ; d. in infancy. 63. JOHN 5 (Nathan 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Linleytown, Steuben Co., N. Y., and in Lawrence, Tioga Co., Pa. He came to the latter place in 181 1 and owned what is the central portion of the present village. In 1816 he exchanged this property for a tract of 193 acres of land near what is now known as Rising Station on the N. Y. C. R. R. He was a leader and steward in the M. E. Church. He married, Aug. 7, 1799, Parena Walter, dau. of Peter Walter, of Kent, b. Mar. 11, 1777 ; d. Aug. 29, 1870. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 93 CHILDREN. 145. i. William Hillhouse 6 , b. at Linleytown, Dec. 3, 1803 ; d. Dec. 9, 1874. He was sent to Connecticut for his schooling; entered into business with his uncle, Augustus G. Eliot, by whom he was adopted as a son, and afterwards continued in business in Frank- linville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where he studied law, and was justice of the peace. 146. ii. Augustus J. 6 , b. Jan. 17, 1808, at Linleytown; d. Mar. 1, 1849. He was an active business man. 147. iii. Julia Peninah 6 , b. July 27, 1810, at Linleytown ; d. July 27, 1878. She was an eccentric woman and lived a life of single blessed- ness. During the latter part of her life she was a recluse and died at an advanced age, possessed of a fine property. She was noted for her good looks and good business qualities, and was respected by her neighbors, who knew little of her socially. She is buried in the Lawrenceville Cemetery, by the side of her parents. + 148. iv. Homer 6 , b. Aug. 30, 1813 ; d. Dec. 19, 1894. 149. v. Nathan 6 , b. Mar. 1, 1819; d. Mar. 17, 1819. + 150. vi. John 6 , b. May 27, 1820; d. July 11, 1898. 64. MATTHEW 5 (Nathan 4 , Jaretf, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Kent. He married, March 1, 1804, Mary Ann, dau. of Nathaniel Farrand of Washington, b. May 23, 1780; d. Nov. 10, i860. CHILDREN. + 151. i. William Farrand 6 , b. Dec. 10, 1804; d. Aug. 1, 1881. + 152. ii. Matthew Griswold 6 , b. Nov. 16, 1805; d. Apr. 17, 1892. 153. iii. Mary Ann 6 , b. Jan. 16, 1807 ; d. Aug. 25, 1896. She married, Aug. 6, 183 1, Hon. Hiram Howard Barney of Cincinnati. He was State Commissioner of Schools of Ohio, and a man of prominence in educational matters. He d. July 28, 1879. CHILDREN. 1. Mary Louisa, b. Dec. 1, 1832; m. Dec. 26, 1856, William D. Yocous of Brooklyn. He d. Jan. 5, 1895. Mrs. Yocous lives (1904) in Brooklyn. 94 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 2. Roderick Douglas, b. Nov. 6, 1835. He is President of the Robert Clarke Publishing Co. of Cincinnati, O., is a mem- ber of the Ohio Branch of the Society of Colonial Wars, and a man of weight and influence. He lives (1904) at Wyoming, O. He m. Aug. 17, 1875, Clara A. Yates of Newark, N. J. Children: a. Clara Louise, b. Feb. 7, 1878. b. Ethel IVyllys, b. Apr. 20, 1884. 3. Howard, b. Sept. 10, 1840. He is Secretary of the Robert Clarke Publishing Co. of Cincinnati, and a member of the Ohio Branch of the Society of Colonial Wars. He lives (1904) in Cincinnati. He married Oct. 18, 1881, Sarah Ann, dau. of Hon. H. J. Yates of Newark, N. J. Children: a. John Eliot, b. Aug. 21, 1883, student (1904) at Yale. b. Mildred Griswold, b. Mar. 7, 1886. c. Sarah Adele, b. Jan. 17, 1888. 154. iv. Nathan Augustus 6 , b. July 11, 1810; d. Mar. 13, i837- 155. v. Clarina 6 , b. Sept. 12, 1813; d. Oct. 4, 1863, at Wood- bury, Conn. 156. vi. Rebecca 6 , b. Jan. 17, 1815 ; d. Jan. 4, 1875. She married Apr. 18, 1847, Erasmus D. Kinsley of Marietta, O. He was largely interested in educational matters and was superintendent of schools. He is now (1904) living in Columbus, O. CHILD. 1. Mary Louisa, b. Mar. 16, 1850; d. Nov. 28, 1863. 67. NATHAN 5 (Nathan', Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Graduated at Yale Coll. 1789. He was editor of "The American Eagle," a newspaper published in Catskill, N. Y., and was also a book- seller and publisher of that place, where he is buried. He mar- ried Mary Murdock of Lyme. She was b. Mar. 22, 1771 ; d. June 28, 1850. CHILDREN. -j- 157. i. James Guernsey 6 , b. 1804; d. in New York, Feb. 13, 1862. 158. ii. Nathan G. 6 , b. about 1806. Shipwrecked in the Gulf of Mexico on his way to Galveston, Aug. 7, 1837. 159. iii. John Matthew 6 , d. May 8, 180S. a o s o DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 95 70. RICHARD JACKSON 5 (Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer and merchant at Boardman, Trumbull Co., O., whither he removed from Kent, Conn., in 1805. He was a man of worth and consequence, a member of the Ohio Legislature in 1808-9. At his last election he received every vote cast in his district, an honor probably never accorded to any other candidate before or since. His epitaph in the cemetery at Boardman, O., is as follows : "Maj. Rich d Jackson Eliot Born at Kent Conn. Died Feb. 12. 1814. Aged 42 years. The tender husband, Affectionate parent, And friendly companion were eminently displayed." He married, 1793, Joanna, only child of Samuel Hill of Kent. She afterwards married Jared Kirtland of Poland, O., and died Oct. 5, 1852. CHILDREN. + 160. i. Daniel 6 , b. Oct. 14, 1795 ; d. Sept. 2, 1832. + 161. ii. Horace 6 , b. June 11, 1802; d. Sept. 10, 1841. 162. iii. Samuel 6 , b. Aug. 27, 1805 ; d. ( ?) + 163. iv. Richard Jackson, Jr. 6 , b. Oct. 29, 1813 ; d. Mar. 18, 1851. 72. JARED 5 (Jared*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Kil- lingworth, Justice of the Peace and member of the General Assembly. He married, Jan. 30, 1785, Clarissa, dau. of John Lewis of Killingworth, b. 1773 ; d. June 4, 1842, aged 79 years. CHILDREN. 164. i. Amelia Zipporah 6 , b. 1790; d. Sept. 14, 1846. 165. ii. Mary Lewis 6 , b. Jan. 18, 1792 ; d. Nov. 14, 1838. She married first, Jan. 31, 1813, Henry Eliot (136) of St. Genevieve, Mo., and second, Gen. Joseph D. Grafton of Little Rock, Ark., from Newton, Mass. He was a prominent lawyer 96 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. and remarkably handsome. He was urged to go to the United States Senate on the Democratic ticket, but declined, being a Whig. (Children by first husband under 136.) CHILDREN, BY SECOND HUSBAND. i. Harriet, b. at St. Genevieve, Mo., 1826, a woman of superb mind and character; m. at Little Rock, Ark., to Richard Fatherly. Children : a. William Ashley, b. 1850; d. 1887; m. at Little Rock, Addie Ward. Children: Worthen Eliot; Ward, b. July 29, 1881. 2. Frances Eliot (or Eliza), b. Feb. 5, 1828; m. Wm. Eliot Ashley (see 140 i 1). She was one of the most beautiful women of her day, with an intellect equal to her beauty, noted for her grace of heart and manner and well-balanced Christian character. 3. Joseph Dana, b. 1830, at St. Genevieve, Mo. He was in the U. S. Navy (then the Confederate Navy), and was later a surgeon. He was drowned off the coast of Brazil, after heroically saving a sailor. In the July Century 1898, is an account of the Florida and a Mr. Sinclair. The article contains a mention of the death of Dr. Grafton, and states that a peculiar coincidence was the fact that Dr. Grafton and Mr. Sinclair lost their lives in the same way, rescuing the same man. Dr. Grafton was witty and highly cultivated with the Eliot talent for languages, this linguistic talent being very marked. 166. iii. Caroline Elizabeth 6 , b. in Killingworth, Mar. 17, 1796; d. Mar. 29, 1866. She married Mar. 29, 1825, John Stanton of Killingworth (Clinton), b. Apr. 5, 1783. CHILDREN. 1. John Adam, b. June 28, 1826, at Killingworth (Clinton), Conn. Formerly merchant, now retired; is a collector of antiquities. A picture of his rare old house adorns this book. The Stanton House, Clinton, Conn. At the venerable homestead of John A. Stanton and Lewis Eliot Stanton, in the center of Clinton, Conn., and completed by their grand- father in 1791, may be found a large collection of antique furniture, pottery, porcelains and other works of art, illustrating early New England life. The Court Cupboard here shown is entirely of oak, no metals used in construction, everything pinned with wooden pegs, all work hand- made, and carved from riven timber, before the day of saw mills, the workmanship fine, and the cupboard probably made about 1670. The Corner China Closet was built into the mansion in 1791, and with the variety of wares exposed, presents an attractive feature. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 97 This house stands upon the former home lot of Rev. Abraham Pierson, the second pastor of the church in Killingworth, Conn., now Clinton. He was the first Rector of "ye College in Connecticut." In his house at this place, the earliest senior classes of the college, afterwards named Yale College, were instructed by him from 1701 to 1707. Adam Stanton bought the property in 1701, while the rector's house was still standing, and took it down and placed part of the great oak timbers, a foot square, in the foundation of the chimney of his new house. They are there to-day, with solid mouldings worked upon the corners, odd mortices, bored pinholes and framing marks, the timbers nearly black with age, but still in fairly good condition. In the year 1868 a monu- ment to mark this location was erected near it, by the college authorities, and completed by the late Gen. Wm. S. Pierson of Windsor, Conn. 2. Elizabeth Mary, b. July 23, 1829; d. May 4, 1868. 3. Lewis Eliot, b. July 19, 1833. Fitted for college at Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn., 1849, 1850 and 1851. Entered Yale Coll. July, 1851, and graduated in 1855. Taught school as Principal of Shaw Academy, East Cleveland, O., and Select School for Boys, Cleveland, O., 1855 and 1856. Admitted to the Bar in New Haven in April, 1859. Practiced law in Norwich, Conn., i860 to 1865. Removed to Hartford, Conn., Sept. 1865. Formed partnership of Day & Stanton (John C. Day, Yale 1857), which continued six years. While in Norwich, was Assistant Clerk of Superior Court of New London County, and Recorder (Judge City Court) of the City of Norwich. Since 1871 has practiced law alone. In 1870 was appointed assistant to U. S. Attorney for Dist. of Conn. In 1885 was promoted to office of U. S. District Attorney for the District of Connecticut; held office three years, serv- ing under Presidents Arthur and Cleveland, resigned in April, 1888. Representative from town of Hartford in the General Assembly of Connecticut, and House Chairman of Committee on Judiciary, from January to July, 1880. Published an "Account of the Dedication of Morgan School at Clinton, Conn., 1871." His name appears in State and Federal Law Reports for about thirty years. 75. RICHARD 5 (Jared*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in Washington, D. C. He married, Feb. 2, 1804, Agnes Gregory of Philadelphia. She d. July 7, 1850. CHILDREN. 167. i. Jared Lay 6 , b. June 24, 1805, at Washington, D. C. d. Apr. 16, 1881. 9& DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. His boyhood and early youth were spent on the sea. He studied at the Academy at Princeton, then under Dr. Bacon. United with the First Presbyterian Church Dec. 16, 1828. Graduated at Princeton (Coll. of N. J.) 183 1, and at Auburn Theological Seminary in 1833. Was at Princeton Theological Seminary 1833-4. Licensed by N. J. Presbytery in 1834, and ordained in 1835. He was at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1834-5; Mariner's Church, Philadelphia, in 1835-6; stated supply First and Second churches in Washington, and also Frederick City, Md., 1836-39; chaplain U. S. Navy, 1838-42, and U. S. Army, 1844-49; acting master U. S. Navy, 1849-61 ; chaplain U. S. A., 1861-81. During his career in the navy he made long sea voyages. He established a scholarship in Prince- ton Theological Seminary in 1871. A man of generous impulses, a faithful follower and servant of Jesus Christ. He is buried in the old cemetery (Presbyterian), 33d and Q streets, Georgetown, near his sisters. 168. ii. Maria Josepha 6 , b. June 24, 1805 ; d. Mar. 28, 1880. 169. iii. Elizabeth 6 , b. 1807; d. Feb. 17, 1816. 170. iv. Richard 6 , b. 1810; d. Jan. 14, 181 1. + 171. v. Edward Gregory 6 , b. Mar. 1, 1812; d. at Cruses, New Granada, Jan. 5, 1849. 172. vi. Florida E., b. 1814 ; d. June 22, 1879. 7&. LYNDE 5 (Jared\ Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in Georgetown, D. C. He married, May 7, 1807. Statira, dau. of Timothy Gates of East Haddam, b. Dec. 28, 1764; d. Aug. 10, 1831. CHILD. 173. i. Emma 6 , b. Feb. 24, 1809, at East Haddam. Conn; d. Dec. 20, 1853, at Higganum, Conn. She married Apr. 14. 1835, John May of Haddam, b. Aug. 8, 1792; d. Aug. 27, 1859. CHILDREN. i. Lynde Eliot, b. Jan. 31, 1836; d. Sept. 13, 1859, at Worthington, Iowa. 2. Elizabeth, 1). June 9, 1837; d. June II, 1864; was a teacher. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 99 3. Henry Edwin, b. Feb. 17, 1839, in Higganum, Conn.; m. Sept. 3, i860, Sophia A. Brainard. Children: a. Dorothy Catharine, b. Jan. 22, 1861 ; m. Winfield Scott Hotchkiss of Yalesville, Conn. Children: Agnes May, Dwight Edwin, Roy Francis, Emily Sophia. b. Edzvin Selden, b. Nov. 26, 1865; m. Hattie Tarbell of Meriden, Conn. Children : Ethel Durrie, Eliot John, Ruth Hubbard, Dorothy Emma, Lynde Henry. c. Lynde Eliot, b. Apr. 23, 1870; m. Annie Florence Pimm of Newington, Conn. Child: Edwin Hyland. d. Henry Alexander, b. June 17, 1876; m. Jennie May Hartman of Middletown, Conn. Child: Charles Huntington. 4. Statira Emma, b. Dec. 29, 1840, at Higganum, Conn. ; m. Nov. 6, 1861, David Huntington, who d. Dec. 8, 1894. The ancestors of the Mays and Huntingtons were under John Eliot's ministry at Roxbury. The Mays came over in 1640, the Huntingtons in 1633. 5. Richard Edwards, b. Mar. 28, 1843, at Higganum, Conn. ; m. Apr. 5, 1866, Viola E. Bailey. Child: a. Eva Leora, m. Earle Myron Pease of Richland Center, Wis. He was in the Civil War in Co. D, 20th Reg. Conn. Vol., and was with Sherman in his March to the Sea. 6. Sarah Boardman, b. Mar. 18, 1845 ; d. Mar. 21, 1853. 7. John, b. Oct. 10, 1846; d. May 12, 1888; m. Apr. 8, 1868, at Killingworth, Conn., Fannie O. Stevens. Children : a. Flora Emma, b. Nov. 29, 1870; m. John C. Conely of Wichita, Kan. Child : Elliott Raymond. b. Fannie Elisabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1875 ; m. Frank Jewett Emmons of Higganum, Conn. 8. Dorothy Catherine, b. Feb. 26, 1849; d. July 3, 1853. 79. RUFUS 5 (Jared 4 , Jared\ Joseph 2 , John 1 ), of Washington, D. C. He married in 1807, Elizabeth Miller of Nixonton, N. C, b. June 24, 1788 ; d. July 27, 1871. CHILDREN. + 174. i. Lynde 6 , b. at Norfolk, Va., May 14, 1808; d. at Washington, D. C, Oct. 3, 1856. 175. ii. Mary Anne 6 , b. July 3, 1810; d. Mar. 31, 1853. She married Jan. 12, 1836, John C. Rives, b. in Franklin Co., Va., May, 1795; d. Apr. 10, 1864. He was editor of the Washington Globe. LofC. IOO DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. i. Wright, b. Jan. 25, 1838; graduated from West Point, 1861 ; served in the war of the Rebellion until 1864, when he was relieved on account of ill-health ; is now retired. He m. Isabelle F. Maury, Oct. 6, 1864. Child: a. Wright, Jr., b. Sept. 22, 1873 ; d. Apr. 2, 1898. He graduated in medicine June 1896, at Columbian University, went to Garfield Hospital as resident physician 1897. His brilliant and useful career came to a sad close, by his death one year later. 2. Caroline, b. June 2, 1840 ; d. Oct. 28, 1889. 3. Franklin, b. Jan. 17, 1842; m. July 21, 1864, Jeannie M. Tree. Children : a. John C. (3d), b. May 28, 1865. b. Frank Blair, b. Dec. 11, 1866; m. Delia King of St. Johns- bury, Vt. c. Isabel, b. Dec. 16, 1868. d. Ellen Tree, b. July 13, 1870; m. Percival L. Waters of Washington, D. C. Child : Percival L., Jr. 4. Lucy, b. June 7, 1845 ; d. Nov. 22, 1882. 5. Jefferson, b. July 4, 1847; m - Aug. 24, 1871, Clara Vickers of Chestertown, Md. He d. Dec. 20, 1874. 6. John Cook, b. Nov. 16, 1848 ; d. June 5, 1885. 7. Blair, b. Dec. 19, 1849; d. Apr. 3, 1869. 176. iii. Caroline 6 , b. Feb. 26, 1815 ; d. Aug. 5, 1895, in Washington. She married, Aug. 15, 1848, William Flinn of Pittsburgh, Pa., clerk in Washington, D. C. CHILDREN. 1. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 15, 1849; m. Dec. 19, 1894, Edward F. Fane of New York City. 2. Sarah Emily, b. June 28, 1851 ; d.. Feb. 25, 1885. She m. Oct. 28, 1878, John F. Ancona, of Reading, Pa. Children: a. John F. b. Carrie, m. Jas. A. Robertson. c. Mary A. 177. iv. Harriet 6 , b. Feb. 4, 1817 ; d. Mar. 1, 1892. She mar- ried, Aug. 11, 1840, Josiah Goodrich of Pittsfield, Mass., b. May 8, 1805 ; d. Jan. 24, 1874. He was a clerk at Washington, D. C. CHILDREN. 1. Mary Lay, b. June 23, 1841 ; ra. July 24, 1862. Dr. William M. Mew, b. in Isle of Wight. England; d. Sept. 19, 1902, at Washington, D. C. He came to this country in 1858, living DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. IOI in Warren, Pa., until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted a company, being appointed Captain in August 1861. Owing to exposure on the Peninsula in the spring of 1862, his health was so impaired that he was on account of this honorably discharged from the Army; he filled several positions under the Government, doing signal service as Chemist in the Army Medical Museum, holding this office up to the time of his death, a period of nearly thirty years. He also practiced medical electricity with great success in his private capacity as a physician. Child: a. Emily Goodrich, b. May 6, 1863. 2. Elizabeth Eliot, b. Sept. 26, 1843; d. July 14, 1880, at Wilming- ton, Del. She married Jan. 22, 1879, Thomas K. Porter of Wilmington. Child: a dau., b. and d. July 10, 1880. 3. Josepha Franklin, b. Mar. 28, 1845, at Washington, D. C. ; d. Sept. 1, 1871, at Wilmington, Del. She m. Feb. 14, 1865, Rev. George H. Smyth of New York. Children: a. Alexander Goodrich, b. Dec. 8, 1867, died. b. Elisabeth Eliot, 3d, b. June 22, 1869, died. c. Josepha Franklin, b. Aug. 31, 1871 ; lives at E. Orange, N. J. 4. John C. Rives, b. July 13, 1847; d. June 16, 1848. 5. John Howard, b. July 19, 1849. Bank clerk in Washington, D. C. 6. Edward Payson, b. Sept. 10, 1851; m. Oct. 7, 1879, Lizzie Maury Warnall. Child: a. Charles Edward, b. Dec. 26, 1880. Graduate of Cornell 1904. 178. v. William Rufus 6 , b. 1824. No account has been obtainable of this line, though repeated attempts have been made through letters. He is said to live in Idaho. 82. AUGUSTUS 5 {Jared\ Jared\ Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Killingworth. He married, Dec. 26, 1809, Mary Deborah, dau. of Abner Kirtland of Saybrook, b. July 21, 1789. CHILDREN. 179. i. Gustavus John 6 , b. Nov. 6, 1810 ; d. May 6, 1846. He was a merchant in Saybrook, afterwards removed to Mississippi, where he died. 180. ii. Susan Ann 6 , b. at Clinton, Conn., Nov. 18, 1812; d. at Meriden, Conn., June 1, 1875. She married, Sept. 18, 1831, Hiram Bradley of Meriden, Conn., b. Apr. 11, 181 1 ; d. Aug. 17, 1873. 102 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. 1. Augustus Eliot, b. Jan. 19, 1834; d. July 2, 1837. 2. Augustus Eliot, b. Jan. 7, 1841, at Meriden, Conn. He went to the front during the Civil War as clerk to Col. Dexter Wright, 15th Conn., but only stayed a few months on account of illness. He moved to San Francisco in 1890; m. Nov. 19, 1867, Alice Eliza Bushnell of Westbrook, Conn. Child: a. Frank Eliot, b. Oct. 30, 1870; joined the navy in 1894, served in the Baltimore during the battle of Manila, transferred to Olympia, and came home with Dewey around the world as Admiral's orderly; is now (1904) on battle- ship Iowa. 3. Elisha Kirtland, b. at Meriden, Conn., May 25, 1842. He lived at home until he was sixteen ; attended the Academy for a time ; worked on a farm ; as a clerk for his father, and in the grocery business. He was in the army during the last two years of the Civil War, as a cavalryman, under Wilson, Custer, and Sheridan. He was never sick or off duty a day, was in all the engagements of the regiment, including Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864, and Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864, the famous "Sheridan Raid," never received a scratch, and came home in perfect health. He has never used tobacco in any form, does not know the taste of liquor yet, and has not been sick a month in his life all put together. He has been in various kinds of business, and is at present (1904), with the Hart- ford Life Insurance Co. at Meriden. From 1893-98, he traveled on the Pacific Coast, and through the west and northwest. 4. Gertrude Elizabeth, b. Aug. 11, 1847. She lives at present (1904) in Bridgeport, Conn. 5. Lucy Maria, b. June 12, 1851. She lives at present (1904) in Meriden, Conn. 6. Hattie Eliot, b. at Meriden, Conn., Oct. 10, 1852; d. May 1, 1882 ; graduated with honors at State Normal School, New Britain, Conn. 7. Fernando Wood, b. Nov. 3, 1854; d. July 12, 1855. + 181. iii. Charles Augustus 6 , b. June 27, 1815, in Baltimore; d. Sept. 14, 1902, at Round Valley, Mendocino Co., Cal. 84. JOHN 5 (John*, Jared*, Joseph", John 1 ). Farmer in Guil- ford. He married Sarah (Sally), dau. of Hooker and Ruth (Parmelee) Bartlett of Guilford. She was b. July 6, 1766; d. Sept. 6, 1838. o o C H O c DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 103 CHILDREN. 182. i. Ruth 6 , b. at Guilford, June 7, 1791 ; d. at Cheshire, Conn., Feb. 27, 1861. She married Oct. 25, 1824, William, son of Wm. and Sarah (Hotchkiss) Law, b. Aug. 24, 1781 ; d. Jan. 2, 1862. Wm. Law was the brother of Mary Law, who married Wm. Horace Eliot. (See 211.) He was also the great-grandson of Governor Jonathan Law. (See No. 11 for Law marriages.) CHILDREN. i. Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1825; d. Aug. 20, 1873, a t Cheshire. 2. William, b. Feb. 11, 1828; M.D. ; lives (1904) in Washington, D. C, and Cheshire. 3. John Eliot, b. Aug. 12, 1832 ; d. Sept. 16, 1885, at Cheshire. 183. ii. Julia 6 , b: Oct. 18, 1793, in Guilford; d. July 10, 1872, in Cheshire, and is buried in Guilford. 85. JOSEPH 5 (John 4 , Jared s , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Sea captain in Guilford. He married first, June 22, 1788, Mindwell, dau. of Obadiah and Mindwell (Griffing) Spencer, b. Aug. 7, 1769 ; d. June 12, 1794. He married second, Sept. 5, 1796, Nancy, dau. of Lewis and Mehitabel (Waterous) Fairchild, b. Oct. 2, 1778; d. Dec. 27, 1834. The following is copied from tombstones in West Cemetery, Guilford, probably removed from the Green : "Joseph Elliott, died Jan. 11, 1829. aged. 62. Mindwell, wife of Joseph Elliott, died June 12, 1794, aged. 25. Nancy, wife of Joseph Elliott, died Dec. 27. 1834, aged. 56." CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. -f- 184. i. Harvey Spencer 6 , b. Feb. 27, 1789, at Guilford, Conn. ; d. Mar. 27, 1819, at New Albany, Ind. 185. ii. Mortimer Smithson 6 , b. Mar. 30, 1793 ; d. May 4, 1799. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. 186. iii. Nancy 6 , b. June 8, 1797 ; d. Aug. 16, 1869. She mar- ried, Oct. 22, 1822, Henry, son of John and Hannah (Dudley) Griswold of Guilford, Conn., b. Nov. 6, 1795 ; d. Jan. 19, 1874. 7 104 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. i. John Eliot, b. Dec. 31, 1825; d. May 24, 1899; m. Jan. 24, 1852, Mary Deborah, dau. of Daniel and Laura (Frisbie) Goldsmith, b. June 13, 1829. Children : a. Henry Daniel, b. Mar. 7, 1853; m. first, Jennie L. Dudley; second, Caroline A. Parker. b. Russell Eliot, b. May 3, 1855. c. Lydia Goldsmith, b. Oct. 3, 1857 ; m. Robert E. Davis. d. Frank Russell, b. Jan. 30, i860; m. Lucy M. Woodruff. e. Edward Eliot, b. Feb. 27, 1862; m. first, Jennie M. Dudley; second, Abbie L. Leete. f. Jennie Frisbie, b. Mar. 7, 1864. g. John Lezvis, b. Jan. 23, 1866. h. Walter Slocum, b. June 13, 1868 ; m. Carrie Limont. i. Minnie May, b. Mar. 2, 1871 ; m. Newton Hine. 2. Joseph, b. Aug. 5, 1826 ; d. July 18, 1830. 3. Ellen, b. Apr. 5, 1831 ; d. Mar. 18, 1903. 187. iv. Deborah 6 , b. Dec. 7, 1802; d. Jan. 18, 1841. She married, May 18, 1824, Sylvanus Clark of Haddam, afterwards of Guilford, Conn. He was b. Mar. 20, 1800; d. Apr. 9, 1882. CHILDREN. 1. Charles Goodwin, b. Apr. 27, 1826, at Guilford, Conn.; d. Mar. 8, 1889, at Allston, Mass. Having gained an excellent place as school teacher, he ended a most successful career as Master of the Gaston School, South Boston, which position he held for mo're than a quarter of a century. His school- boy days were spent in preparing for Yale College, and for the life of a lawyer. He was known as a thorough, accurate scholar. Adverse circumstances compelled a change of plan, and without at first giving up hope for a college education, he began his career as a teacher in the central district school in North Guilford. In subsequent years he was at the head of schools, in Elizabethport, and Newark, N. J., and in New Haven, Conn. As a student and teacher in the Normal School of Connecticut, under John D. Philbrick, LL.D., he increased his equipment for a higher position. He was wanted as a public school teacher in Boston, where at first he was sub-master in the Bigelow School, and soon master, then he was master in the Lincoln School, and when the Gaston School was organized, he became its Principal. The memorial tributes at his funeral in Allston, Mass., where he resided, before "an audience of teachers and friends, such as has been rarely gathered hereabouts," bore abundant testimony to his superiority as a teacher, and his worth as a man. The Head Master of the Normal School characterized him as "one of God's noblemen." After DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 105 speaking of his great efforts to magnify the office of a teacher, he adds, "As a result, he grew in wisdom, power, and influence, till the day of his death." The Master of the Emerson School said : "He was ambitious to make his own school the best possible, but he was not contented to stop there. All over the city, youths and maidens, men and women in the prime of life, fathers and mothers, rise up and call him blessed. They remember with grateful hearts, his kind care, his fatherly counsels, and his faithful teaching." The Master of Dwight School remarked, that when depressed, Clark's "lambent wit and happy humor would restore him" to his normal condition. And then he adds, "Endowed by nature with per- sonal presentability, gifted with a charming power of statement, and a gracious manner, what wonder that our hearts went out to him." Other acquaintances were not lacking in words of praise. He married in 1850, Rosalin Loper, dau. of James and Content (Davis) Loper. Children : a. Wilma Eliot, b. at Guilford, Oct. 4, 1851 ; d. Feb. 1, 1904; m. F. F. Moore, M.D b. Eugene Loper, b. at Guilford, July 13, 1855 ; m. Edith Gardner. c. Robert Eliot, b. at Schenectady, Mar. 12, 1859; m. Florence Coffin. d. Gertrude Rosalin, b. in Boston, Feb. 24, 1861 ; m. Orville Coffin. 2. Caroline Francis, b. May 13, 1828; d. Jan. 26, 1866; m. Daniel C. Auger. 3. William Henry, b. Feb. 17, 1831 ; d. Dec. 28, 1901. He was a farmer and stock raiser at Sheridan, Mo. He m. about 1857, Judith M. North. Children: a. Amanda Ann, b. Dec. 29, 1858, in Marshall Co., Kan. ; was m. b. Caroline North, b. Nov. 5, i860, in Marshall Co., Kan. ; was m. c. Syhanus Henry, b. Jan. 26, 1863, in Marshall Co., Kan. ; was m. d. Charles Elliott, b. Nov. 26, 1867, in Nodaway Co., Mo. e. Mary May, b. Oct. 1, 1869, in Nodaway Co., Mo. ; was m. f. George Erasmus, b. June 3, 1873, in Nodaway Co., Mo. g. Bert Opsie, b. Mar. 19, 1877, in Nodaway Co., Mo. h. Leonora Naomi, b. Nov. 30, 1880, in Nodaway Co., Mo. 4. Amanda Frisbie, b. July 4, 1835, at Guilford; m. May 5, 1856, Harvey G. Brown; lives (1904) in New Britain, Conn. Children : a. Sara Hale, b. June 27, 1857; d. b. Eliot Clark, b. Mar. 17, 1S59; d. c. Sara Hale, b. May 26, 1861 ; m. June 15, 1886, Frank J. Porter. Children: Eliot Hale, b. June 22, 1887; Maxwell Stoddard, b. Sept. 18, 1895. 106 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. d. Lillian Clark, b. May 24, 1869. e. Mary, d. in infancy. f. Ruth, d. in infancy. 5. Joseph Eliot, b. Apr. 23, 1838; lost at sea, Jan. 1857. 188. v. Harriet , b. July 10, 1806; d. Aug. 19, 1882. She married, Jan. 1, 1838, Davis Lee of Guilford, Conn., son of Joel and Mary (Davis) Lee, b. Oct. 11, 1798; d. Nov. 2, 1867. CHILDREN. 1. Henry Eliot, b. Dec. 6, 1838; d. Oct. 3, 1902. While painting on the Conn. River bridge he fell from the staging and was drowned. He was a veteran of the Civil War, Co. E. 15th Conn. Vol. He m. Apr. 28, 1890, Mrs. Caroline E. (Stannard) Fowler. Child : a. Iva May, b. Aug. 1, 1891. 2. Edwin Davis, b. July 22, 1840; d. Feb. 10, 1856. 87, EDWARD 5 (John*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Clinton, N. Y. He married, Nov. 20, 1803, Betsey, dau. of Lewis and Mehitabel (Waterous) Fairchild of Guilford, Conn., b. June 2, 1785 ; d. July 26, 1856. CHILDREN. 189. i. Eliza 6 , b. Aug. 1, 1807; d. June 3, 1866, at Clinton, N. Y. 190. ii. Susan 6 , b. Sept. 17, 1812 ; d. Oct. 6, 1815. 191. iii. Mary 6 , b. Oct. 3, 1814, at Guilford, Conn. ; d. Sept. 27, 1874. She married, Aug. 26, 1842, Rev. George Nelson Todd of Marcellus, Onondaga Co., and Dundaff, Pa., son of Caleb Todd of Wallingford. He was b. Apr. 3, 1810; d. Apr. 1, 1887. CHILDREN. I Edward Elliott, b. at Phoenix, N. Y., July 14, 1844; d. July 13, 1897. He m, July 5, 1866, Emma Faster. Children: a. Mary Elliott, b. Mar. 1867. b. George Faster, b. Dec. 8, 1868. c. Edzvard Herman, b. Feb. 21, 1872. d. Louie Augusta, b. Sept. 1874; d. in infancy. e. Ammi Backus, b. 1878; d. young. f. Albert, b. Oct. 1881. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 107 2. Adelaide Stoyell, b. Sept. 18, 1847, at Ararat, Pa. ; m. June 21, 1868, Morris N. Holly, b. May 7, 1842; d. June 9, 1891. Children : a. Ethel May, b. Mar. 18, 1873 ; d. in infancy. b. William Todd, b. June 6, 1881 ; d. in infancy. c. George Morris, b. July 18, 1886. 3. Herman Adelbert, b. June 5, 1850, at Ararat, Pa. ; m. Apr. 1882, Dora Rose. 192. iv. Susan 6 , b. Mar. 23, 1817, at Paris Hill; d. Apr. 7, 1894, at Clinton, N. Y. She married, Apr. 30, 1844, Rollin, son of Eleazar and Electa (Patton) Root of Clinton, N. Y. He was b. in Farmington, Conn., Dec. 18, 1817 ; d. at Clinton, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1888. CHILDREN. 1. Charlotte Smithson, b. June 20, 1845. 2. Hubert Arthur, b. Feb. 15, 1847; m. July 13, 1869, Matilda Shonten. Children : a. Arthur Rollin, b. Nov. 22, 1870 ; m. Lou Loomis. b. Frederick Shonten, b. Mar. 19, 1873. c. Frank Elliott, b. Apr. 8, 1878; m. Ruby Nelson. d. Edward, b. Feb. 5, 1882. e. Emma Susan, b. July 12, 1887. 3. Frederick Augustine, b. May 23, 1848; m. Dec. 7, 1871, Mary Sutton. Children : a. Lizzie, b. Mar. 1, 1875 ! d. young. b. Percy Ray, b. May 16, 1884. 4. Susan Eliot, b. June 7, 1856. + 193. v. John Edward 6 , b. Jan. 1, 1821 ; d. July 6, 1880. 194. vi. Joseph 6 , b. Feb. 9, 1828 ; d. Feb. 25, 1831. 89. YOUNGS 5 (John", Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Locksmith and farmer in Washington, Conn. He married, Aug. 12, 1799, Sarah (71), daughter of Nathan (30) and Clarina (Griswold) Eliot of Kent, Conn., b. Aug. 27, 1776 ; d. Nov. 2, 1840. CHILDREN. 195. i. Fanny Griswold 6 , b. May 19, 1800; d. Jan. 6, 1881. She m. at Washington, Conn., Dec. 18, 1822, Ithiel, son of Curtiss and Sally (Brown) Hickox, b. June 9, 1799; d. Jan. Io8 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 19, 1870. He was one of the leading democrats of Washington, for many years Judge of Probate, and was sent to the Legis- lature. As he belonged to the minority party, liberal support from the republicans was necessary to elect him. He was prominent in all progressive movements in his town, a public- spirited and liberal citizen. CHILDREN. 1. Frances Amelia, b. Nov. 2, 1823, in Washington, Conn.; d. Nov. 2, 1856, in Buffalo, N. Y. ; m. Jan. 9, 1855, Caleb Jewett. Child : a. Frances Hickox, b. Oct. 26, 1856, in Buffalo, N. Y. 2. George Augustus, b. June 11, 1830, in Washington, Conn.; d. June 7, 1903. He graduated from Trinity Coll. in 185 1 with high honors, and later from the Yale Law School. He settled in the historic town of Litchfield, Conn., the county seat and a place celebrated for its intellectual and social life. There he became prominent in his profession and through his excep- tional character and strong mind a loved and honored citizen. In 1866 he assumed proprietorship of the Litchfield Enquirer, and was for twenty-five years its editor, making his paper an educational and political power throughout the State. He was a man of rare gifts, intellectual and moral, and was highly cultivated in the arts of music and literature. He m. Apr. 22, 1856, at Charleston, S. C, Mary Catherine, dau. of Wm. and Julia (Lowndes) Brisbane, b. Jan. 13, 1832. She is a great-granddaughter of Rawlins Lowndes, a successful lawyer in Charleston, S. C. Lowndes was member of the Council of Safety in 1775, in 1776 was one of a committee to draught a constitution for the province and was a member of the legis- lative council created by the constitution. In 1778, he was elected president of the province. Children : a. Wm. Brisbane, b. Mar. 18, 1863; m. Zaydee B. Keese of Brooklyn. Children : Zillah Keese, Frances Eliot. b. Frances Eliot, b. Apr. 1, 1864. 196. ii. John Spalding , b. Feb. 8, 1802; d. June 30, 1806. 92. ROBERT 5 {John*, Jared*, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Druggist, and afterwards postmaster in Albany, N. Y. He married, Nov. 7, 1809, Rachel, dau. of Isaac Denniston, b. Apr. 18, 1789; d. Apr. 27, 1843. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 109 CHILDREN. 197. i. Isaac Denniston 6 , b. Aug. 10, 1810; d. Oct. 17, 1842. 198. ii. Ellen Elizabeth 6 , b. July 29, 1812 ; d. July 2, 1838. She married Apr. 1836, Rufus ■ King, Esq., of Albany, N. Y. 199. iii. Edward 6 , b. Jan. 29, 1814; d. Feb. 2, 1837, at St. Croix, W. I. 200. iv. Frances 6 , b. Aug. 9, 1816; d. May 16, 1884, at Montreal, Canada. She married in 1836, Charles L. Austin, who d. in 1866. He graduated at the Univ. of Vermont and was a lawyer at Albany, N. Y. CHILDREN. i. Edward, b. Feb. 1837; m. ; d. without issue. 2. Ellen, b. Mar. 12, 1839; m. Edmund Barnard, a lawyer of Montreal. Children : v a. Fanny A., b. May 29, 1859; m. Hon. Jules Tessier of Quebec, a life senator of the Dominion of Canada. b. Archibald, b. Nov. 10, i860; lawyer in San Francisco, Cal. c. Ellen, b. Apr. 1862; m. J. A. Richard, a merchant of Montreal. Child : Elodie. d. Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1863, a Sister of the Sacred Heart. e. Kate, b. Mar. 12, 1865; m. Hon. C. J. Doherty, Judge Superior Court of Montreal ; one son and one daughter., f. Charles A., b. Aug. 12, 1866, lawyer in Montreal ; m. Marie Lamotte. Child : one son. g. Edward, b. Oct. 8, 1869. h. Juliette, b. Apr. 1872; m. J. P. Cassidy of Albany, N. Y., Mrs. Cassidy is now Ste. Agathe des Monts, of Quebec, Canada. Children: Clinton, b. Dec. 31, 1893; Frances, b. June 2, 1895. i. Elodie, b. Jan. 16, 1875. j. Madelaine, b. Nov. 5, 1876. 3. Charles, b. 1841 ; d. 1845. + 201. v. John Denniston 6 , b. Feb. 7, 1818; d. Feb. 2, 1885, at Schenectady, N. Y. 202. vi. Hugh Denniston 6 , b. Mar. 29, 1820; d. May 2, 1849, at Schenectady, N. Y. 203. vii. Susan McKnown 6 , b. June 29, 1826, at Albany, N. Y. ; d. at Lausaune, Switzerland, Feb. 14, 1892. She was educated at Albany Female Academy ; m. Nov. 9, 1843, Gen. Rufus King, b. at No. 3 Pearl street, New York City, Jan. 26, 1814; d. Oct. 13, 1876. He was one of the star IIO DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. graduates of West Point, class of 1833, an d served as lieutenant of engineers a few years. He then resigned, to accept the position of civil engineer in charge of one of the divisions in the survey of the New York and Erie Railway. He was appointed Adjutant General of the State of New York, Jan. 1, 1839, by Governor Seward, and served until Jan. 1, 1843. At the same time he was editor of the Albany Daily Advertiser, and later, associate editor, with Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Journal until the fall of 1845, when he moved to Milwaukee to take charge of the Milwaukee Sentinel. In 1861 he was appointed Minister to the Pontifical States at Rome, Italy, but resigned at the outbreak of the Civil W'ar, that he might tender his services to his country. He was appointed May 17, 1861, Brigadier-General of volunteers, and commanded a division of the Army of the Potomac until 1863, when failing health compelled his resignation. He was at once reappointed Minister to Rome, serving there until the summer of 1867, when he returned to America, and resided in or near New York City until his death. CHILDREN. I. Charles, b. Oct. 12, 1844, at Albany, N. Y. Charles King, the military hero and well known story-teller, is surely a figure of which any family may be proud. Those who know him say that one discerns in him the best traits of character in the bravest heroes which he has pictured. His great-grandfather on his father's side was Rufus King, signer of the Declaration of Independence, one of the shapers of destiny of New York State at that period, twice United States Minister to England. His grandfather, Charles King, was one of the early presidents of Columbia College, a scholar of noble attainments. His father's fine career is noted above. Charles was a lad at school in New York when the war of the Rebellion began. The guns of Fort Sumter fired his soldier's blood — he made his way to Washington and became drummer boy to the Wisconsin Volunteers and busily engaged in teaching the art to others. He was promoted to the post of mounted orderly, and in time, in 1862, when his abilities were recognized, was given a cadetship at West Point by President Lincoln. After his graduation he was removed in succession to posts at New Orleans, Fort Hamilton, and in 1871 to Arizona. In New Orleans he met the lady who became his wife, Miss Yorke, the daughter of a southern gentleman. In his fights with the Apaches he displayed that coolness and recklessness and indifference to danger DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Ill which have made of him the ideal leader. He was seriously disabled in the historic fight at "Sunset Pass" in Nov. 1874, but recovered suffi- ciently to take part in the Big Horn and Yellowstone expeditions and later, in the Nez Perces campaign. By this time, 1878, he was Captain, but the old wound in the right arm giving him serious trouble, he retired from the service and returned to Wisconsin, where he became instructor in military matters in the Madison University and Colonel and Aide-de-Camp in the State military organizations. In 1895 he was appointed Adjutant General of Wisconsin. After this we are not surprised to know that when the war with Spain broke out he was ready to go. Renewed health enabled him to respond to his country's call and he accepted the post of Brigadier General of Volun- teers. He left for the Philippines June 1898, where he commanded the men of the First Washington, First California, and First Idaho. But he counted too much on his health, and after a series of exciting adventures, was forced to retire in Aug. 1899; not, however, until he had done such signal service to his country and shown such conspicuous bravery that he was recommended for promotion, in March 1899, to the position of Major General of Volunteers. Since his last two experiences he has devoted himself to the writing of stories and magazine articles, which he turns off in rapid succession, having accumulated the material during his active and eventful life. "Between the Lines" and the "General's Double" are his favorite stories. His first book "Kitty's Conquest" was written in the seventies. "The Colonel's Daughter" appeared in 1881. The writer of this sketch having asked him for a list of his books, he replied : "I have written forty-five books — forty more than I would have written if — ; don't ask me for their names!" He married Nov. 20, 1872, at Avoca Plantation, Carroll Parish, La., Adelaide L. Yorke. CHILDREN. a. Adelaide Patton, b. Dec. 25, 1873, at Avoca, La. b. Carolyn Merritt, b. Aug. 30, 1877, at Fort Russell, Wyo. c. Elinor Yorke, b. Sept. 24, 1881, at Madison, Wis. d. Rufus, b. Jan. 16, 1885, at Nemahlin Place, Wis. 2. Frances, b. Oct. 11, 1846, at Milwaukee, Wis.; educated partly in New York, partly at Rome, Italy; m. Oct. 16, 1869, at Staten Island, N. Y., Edmund A. Ward. She lives at present (1904) in Lausanne, Switzerland, though her American home is at Richfield Springs, N. Y. Children: a. Edward, b. Oct. 28, 1870 ; d. b. Henrietta King, b. Apr. 29, 1872, New York. c. Anne Williston, b. Dec. 26, 1873. d. Susan Eliot, b. Feb. 5, 1877; m. Oct. 10, 1902, Thomas A. Airey of London, England. e. Frances, b. Nov. 18, 1880, at Biarritz, France. 112 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 204. viii. Julia French 6 , b. Apr. 26, 1828; d. June 4, 1903. She married first, at Albany, N. Y., in 1846, Patrick Smythe; d. at Milwaukee, July 5, 1857. Child: a. Rufus King, b. Oct. 2, 1847. Married second, March, 1859, Charles A. Hamilton, grandson of Gen. Alexander Hamilton, d. Nov. 1901. He served with distinction during the Civil War, was lieutenant-colonel of 7th Wis., commanded regulars during latter part of engagement and was severely wounded at Gainesville. In 1880 he was elected Circuit Judge of Milwaukee County and served six years. Child : b. Daughter, d. 1876. + 205. ix. Robert , b. Jan. 14, 1830. 95. GEORGE 5 (George*, Jared z , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Killingworth, a man of weight in the community, filling many public offices, and for several years representing his native town in the Legislature. He was courtly and dignified in manner, known by the title "Esquire George." He married, Dec. 23, 1790, Patience, dau. of Noah Lane of Killingworth. She died Oct. 6, 1852. CHILD. -f- 206. i. Ely Augustus 6 , b. Sept. 18, 1791 ; d. Jan. 7, 1870. 96. JOHN 5 (George 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). A.B. Yale Coll. 1786 ; S.T.D. Yale Coll. 1822 ; pastor of the church in Madison. He married Sarah, dau. of Lot Norton of Salisbury. After his death she married Hon. Elisha Sterling and d. July 9, 1841. Dr. Elliott is thus described by the Rev. Dr. John Todd : "He was a tall, very thin and slim man. His legs, always dressed in black stockings and small clothes, seemed too slender to hold him up. How neatly he was always dressed — not a spot or wrinkle on his garments! What a broad-brimmed hat DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 113 he wore — renewed just once in two years. His manner and bearing were most gentlemanly. He was a fine scholar, a genuine lover of study, a capital preacher, a wise and shrewd man, never trying to be rich or known, but well-known, and all his life long he received the enormous salary of four hundred dollars a year. He was the life and soul of the village library, and ready for every good work. How we boys and girls were wont to look upon him with awe and reverence, unable to believe that the common frailties of human nature hung about him ! I never dared to enter his front door till I had been a member of college a year or two. I have never since met the minister who seemed to me so great." One instance of his wise foresight was the establishment of the Ministerial Fund in Madison, Conn. Prior to 1818 the institutions of the Gospel were supported by taxing all the inhabitants within the bounds of a society. By a provision of the constitution then adopted, the support of religion was made entirely voluntary. Dr. Elliott was so appre- hensive of the failure of this plan that he determined a minis- terial fund should be raised for the benefit of the church and society. It should be kept at interest until it amounted to $10,000. It became available in 1855. In 1901 it amounted to about $12,000. Dr. Elliott's grave is surrounded by the graves of those to whom he ministered. It is marked by an obelisk, upon which is inscribed : Sacred to the memory of the Rev' d John Elliott D.D. Fellow of Yale College & Pastor of the church & Society in this place. After having faithfully discha- -rged the duties of the ministry 33 years, he died Dec. 17, 1824 Ae 56 Much beloved by the people of his Charge, & respected by all who knew him. After his death, his widow returned to her native Salisbury, Conn., and married again. The inscription upon her grave- stone shows the pride she felt in her first husband. 114 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Sally, Relict of the Hon. Elisha Sterling formerly the Wife of the late John Elliott, D.D. late of Madison Con deceased and daughter of the late Lot Norton Esq. died July 9, A. D. 1841 : aged 75 years. My flesh shall rest in hope. In the Reports of the Treasurer of Yale University, in the List of the Funds of the Theological Department, is the "Elliott Fund." This fund amounted in 1901 to $1,780.80. The origin of this fund was as follows: "Rev. John Elliott of Madison, Conn, (formerly called East Guilford), bequeathed to the College 'The Neck Lot,' subject to two conditions: i. That the lot should be sold and the proceeds used for the benefit of the Theological Department, ii. That the interest should be spent for books except one per cent which should be added to the permanent fund." One of these days it will amount to "something handsome." In the Catalogue of Relics exhibited at the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Guilford, Conn., Sept. 8th, 9th and 10th, 1889, is : "Profile Picture of Rev. Dr. John Elliott and wife, taken nearly 100 years ago." The picture was owned and loaned by Miss Lucy Norton of Madison. For other material relating to Rev. John, see O. E. G., pages 96, 97, 98, 99. 97. SAMUEL 5 (George*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Sea captain in Killingworth. He married Mrs. Jane Towner, dau. of J. Crane of Killingworth. She d. Mar. 1802, aged about 34. CHILD. 207. i. Louisa 6 , b. Feb. 23, 1800. She married first, Mar. 17, 1823, Daniel Hewitt of Lansing- burgh, N. Y., who died in 1826. She married second, Jan. 19, 1830, John W. Turner of Oswego, N. Y., b. Feb. 23, 1800. He removed in 1846 to Northampton, Saginaw Co., Mich., where he was extensively engaged in the lumber business. In 1852 he was a member of the Michigan Legislature. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 15 CHILDREN, BY SECOND HUSBAND. John Eliot, b. Oct. 10, 1831 ; d. May 17, 1838. Mary Louisa, b. Jan. 24, 1834. Jane Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1836 ; d. Feb. 5, 1842. Ellen Calista, b. Jan. 31, 1839; d. Jan. 2, 1842. Ada Frances, b. Jan. 13, 1844. 102. ACHILLES HENRY 5 (George', Jaredr, Joseph-, John 1 ). He graduated at Yale Coll. in 1802, and settled in Clinton, Conn., where he was a farmer, and for many years postmaster. He married, Sept. 5, 181 1, Mary, dau. of William Stannard of Saybrook, b. Oct. 6, 1790. CHILDREN. 208. i. Miriam Jerusha 6 , b. July 6, 1812; d. Aug. 7, 1815. 209. ii. Miriam Jerusha 6 , b. Sept. 10, 1815; d. Sept. 15, 1850. She married, Oct. 4, 1845, Justin A. Bliss, a merchant of New York. + 210. iii. John Henry 6 , b. Jan. 31, 1819; d. Feb. 17, 1864. 104. WILLIAM 5 (Nathaniel*, Abiel 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Guilford. It is said that he loved to write and to make rhymes. The rhyming faculty is strong in this branch of the family. He kept a diary — part of this is still in existence, and many of its rambling accounts are quaint and full of interest. He married, Nov. 26, 1780, Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel and Deborah (Fowler) Rossiter of Guilford. Ruth was born Apr. I 7> I 757 5 d. July 19, 1814. Nathaniel Rossiter was born in 1716, and Deborah in 1722. He was the son of Ensign Nathaniel Rossiter and Anna Stone (daughter of Lieutenant Nathaniel and Mary (Bartlett) Stone), and this Nathaniel Rossiter was the son of Josiah Rossiter (d. Jan. 31, 1716) and Sarah (Mitchell) Sherman of Woodbury. Josiah was one of eleven children and was himself the father of seventeen ! Josiah's father was Dr. Bryan (or Bray) Rossiter, who came to America with his father, Edward Rossiter, in the "Mary & John" in June, 1630. Edward Rossiter came as Governor Il6 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Winthrop's assistant, and died the same year. Dr. Bryan was the chief promoter of the Dorchester Colony in 1631, whence he removed to Windsor, Conn., in 1639, where he was first town clerk. He removed to Guilford in 165 1 and died Sept. 30, 1672. His wife was Elizabeth Alsop, dau. of John Alsop and Temperance Gilbert of Alsop-in-the-Dale, England. She came over with her brothers Timothy and George, and joined the church in Milford, Conn., in 1642. Mrs. Emerson of Detroit has a deed signed by both William and Ruth Elliot, also by Nathaniel Rossiter, in regard to property coming from Deborah (Fowler) Rossiter (later, Mrs. Nathaniel Ruggles). It is dated 1812. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND RUTH ELLIOT. + 211. i. William Horace 6 , b. Sept. 13, 1781 ; d. Feb. 10, 1865. + 212. ii. Charles 6 , b. July 29, 1787 ; d. May 14, 1870. -j- 213. iii. George Augustus 6 , b. June 6, 1792 ; d. July 23, 1870. 106. SAMUEL 5 (Wyllys\ Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in Guilford. He married, Aug. 10, 1817, Mary Butler, dau. of William Baldwin, Esq., of Litchfield, and sister of Rev. David Baldwin of Guilford. She was b. Mar. 11, 1791 ; d. Mar. 1, 1882. CHILDREN. 214. i. George Wyllys 6 , b. Dec. 18, 1818; d. Aug. 31, 1863, at Guilford. He was a merchant in Albany. 215. ii. John Scoville 6 , b. Dec. 25, 1820; d. Nov. 21, 1903. Farmer in Guilford. 216. iii. William Henry 6 , b. Sept. 3, 1823 ; d. Aug. 24, 1897, at Guilford. He was a merchant in California and Guilford; married Mar. 26, 1883, Sarah Augusta, dau. of David K. and Mary E. (Stone) Parmelee of Guilford, b. Jan. 11, 1843. 217. iv. Andrew Ward 6 , b. Jan. 28, 1826 ; d. Feb. 9, 1890. He was a merchant in New York and a member of the N. Y. Produce Exchange. None of the brothers left anv issue. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 117 110. REUBEN 5 (Wyllys\ AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in Guilford, and for several years Judge of Probate and Post- master. He married, Aug. 17, 1794, Grace, dau. of Asher and Thankful (Hubbard) Fairchild of Guilford. She was b. Feb. 26, 1775; d. July 28, 1 841. CHILDREN. 218. i. Clarissa Betsey 6 , b. Feb. 17, 1795 ; d. Nov. 8, 1831. She married first, Dec. 30, 1818, Elisha Parmelee of Guilford; b. May 21, 1795; d. July 21, 1821 ; second, Apr. 11, 1827. David Parmelee of Guilford, b. Oct. 3, 1784; d. Apr. 6, 1870. CHILDREN, BY FIRST HUSBAND. i. Edward Fairchild, b. Aug. 11, 1819, of Trenton, X. J. 2. Elizabeth Hart. b. Jan. 29, 1821 ; d. Aug. 25, 1898. She was a school teacher in Philadelphia. CHILD, BY SECOND HUSBAND. 3. Clarissa Emma, b. Feb. 25, 1828; m. Oct. 10. 1847, Horace Redfield of Meriden, Conn. He was b. Apr. 4, 1821 ; d. Feb. 28, 1889. 219. ii. Caroline Ruth 6 , b. Jan. 26. 1797; d. Jan. 7, 1881. She married, Sept. 18, 1817, John Hart Bartlett of Guilford, b. Sept. 4, 1796; d. Jan. 7, 1881. CHILDREN. 1. John, b. July 26, 1818; d. Aug. 2, 1818. 2. Caroline Ruth, b. May 18, 1821 ; d. July 26. 1851. She m. Samuel King of Albany and left a family ( ?) -|- 220. iii. Richard Samuel 6 , b. June 22, 1799; d. Olmstead, O., Aug. 18, 1869. -f- 221. iv. Xelson James 6 , b. May 11, 1801 ; d. Feb. 13, 1864. 222. v. Harriet Ward 6 , b. Apr. 22, 1803 ; d. Aug. 17, 1843. She married, Oct. 12. 1823. Lewis Leete of Guil- ford, son of James Leete and Zibeah (Richards) Miller. CHILDREN. 1. Elizabeth Heaton, b. Sept. 30, 1827. at New Haven, Conn.; d. Feb. 18, 1896; m. Feb. 18, 1845, at Philadelphia. Pa., John Strickland Struthers (son of the John Struthers who presented Il8 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. to the Washington family the marble sarcophagus wherein the remains of the first President of the United States now repose). He was, during the entire war of the Rebellion, a captain in the Pennsylvania Cavalry, and for three months was a prisoner in Libby prison, Richmond, Va. He d. Oct. 26, 1901. Children: a. Helen, b. Feb. 28, 1847, at Tuscarora, Pa. b. William, b. Oct. 14, 1854, at Tuscarora, Pa. c. Mary Leete, b. June 18, 1857, at Germantown, Pa. ; m. Aug. 1899, Edwin Starr Ward of Germantown, Phila., Pa. d. Agnes Marion, b. Jan. 17, i860, at Newark, N. J. 2. Ellen Augusta, d. 1851. 3. Mary Chittenden, b. June 10, 1832, at Guilford, Conn. ; d. July 12, 1903, at Germantown, Pa. She m. Feb. 1856, at German- town, Pa., Charles Witman Otto, b. Feb. 27, 1824, at Pottsville, Pa. ; d. Nov. 22, 1901, at Germantown, Pa. He was a person of great worth and prominence in Germantown and was con- nected with the National Bank of Germantown for over fifty years as cashier, vice president and president. In 1901 a jubilee was given in his honor in commemoration of his fifty years of service in the bank. Child : a. Elizabeth Leete, b. Sept. 30, 1859, at Germantown, Pa. 4. Lewis Eliot, d. Apr. 29, 1853, at Pottsville, Pa. 223. vi. Cornelia Maria 6 , b. May 6, 1806; d. June 5, 1895, at Guilford. 224. vii. Grace Fairchild 6 , b. Mar. 19, 1810; d. Aug. 21, 1858. She married Oct. 16, 1834, Abraham Coan of Guilford, b. Mar. 30, 1809; d. in Mobile, Ala., Aug. 18, 1 841. CHILD. i. Grace Eliot, b. Mar. 4, 1841 ; d. at Orange, N. J., Mar. 17, 1889; buried at Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Conn. She was a teacher. 225. viii. Jane Augusta 6 , b. Feb. 1, 1812; d. Oct. 18, 1858, at Guilford. + 226. ix. Franklin Reuben 6 , b. in Guilford, Conn., Apr. 27, 1817; d. Cleveland, O., Jan. 10, 1878. 111. ANDREW 5 (Wyllys 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in Guilford. He married Sept. 22, 1796, Catharine, dau. of Henry Hill, Esq., of Guilford, b. July 19, 1776; d. Feb. 8, 1862. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 119 CHILDREN. 227. i. Catharine Hill 6 , b. May n, 1799; d. May 3, 1854. She married, Sept. 9, 1824, Rose well Woodward of Georgetown, D. C, later of New York City, b. Sept. 7, 1795 ; d. Sept. 3, 1869, at Guilford. CHILDREN. 1. John Ruggles, b. June 17, 1825; d. Sept. 14, 1898, at Stamford, Conn. 2. Elizabeth Eliot, b. July 15, 1827; d. July 10, 1899, at Milton, Mass. 3. Richard Hill, b. Feb. 14, 1830; m. Dec. 14, 1858, at Clinton, Conn., Julia A. Brooks, dau. of Nathan and Nancy Brooks of Guilford, b. Aug. 30, 1832, at Clinton, Conn. Children : a. Catherine Eliot, b. Aug. 30, i860. b. John Brooks, b. May 9, 1864; m. Helen L. S. Pettit of Chicago. k c. Charles Rosewell, b. Sept. 15, 1865. 4. Catharine Virginia, b. July 23, 1832. 5. Charles Henry, b. Aug. 14, 1835 ; d. Mar. 30, 1900, in Wash- ington, D. C. 6. William Rosewell, b. Aug. 21, 1840; d. July 5, 1890, at Brooklyn. He m. Mar. 5, 1867, Mary Louise, dau. of Sylvanus S. Town- send, of Brooklyn. Children : a. William Townsend, b. Apr. 16, 1868; d. b. Edward Sylvanus, b. Mar. 22, 1871 ; m. Mabel C. Richards. 228. ii. Wyllys Henry 6 , b. June 11, 1801 ; d. Mar. 9, 1802. 229. iii. Abigail Ward 6 , b. Dec. 24, 1803 ; d. Mar. 7, 1838. -f- 230. iv. Henry Hill 6 , b. Aug. 30, 1805 ; d. Sept. 2, 1868. 231. v. Elizabeth Betts 6 , b. Nov. 16, 1807 ; d. May 30, 1878. She married Sept. 9, 1827, Samuel Edmund Foote of Guilford, later of Cincinnati and New Haven, b. Oct. 29, 1787; d. Nov. 1, 1858. CHILDREN. 1. George Augustus, b. Mar. 2, 1829 ; d. Nov. 3, 1834. 2. Frances Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1835; d. Apr. 12, 1875. She m. July 29, 1859, Edwin Lawrence Godkin, b. Oct. 2, 1831, at Moyne, County Wicklow, Ireland; d. May 21, 1902, at Green- way House, Brixham, Devonshire, England. He was the son of Rev. James and Sarah (Lawrence) Godkin. He was admitted to the English Bar, and went to the Crimea as war correspondent for the London Daily News. He came to the United States in the autumn of 1856, and traveled through 8 120 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. the Southern states to make a study of the economic and social conditions of the South. He afterwards studied law in the office of David Dudley Field in New York, and was admitted to the New York Bar. He started the "Nation" in 1865, and later became one of the editors of the New York Evening Post, which position he held until shortly before his death. Children : a. Lawrence, b. May 31, i860; graduated at Harvard College 1881, Columbia College Law School 1883; lives (1904) in New York. b. Elizabeth Eliot, b. May 3, 1865 ; d. May 30, 1878. c. Ralph, b. July 10, 1868; d. Sept. 12, 1868. 3. Katharine Virginia, b. Aug. 9, 1839 ; d. Mar. 24, 1902 ; m. June 20, 1865, Gen. Alfred Perkins Rockwell, son of John Arnold and Mary W. (Perkins) Rockwell, b. at Norwich, Conn., Oct. 1834; d. at New Haven, Conn., Dec. 24, 1903. He graduated from Yale in 1855 '> studied mining engineering in London and Freiburg; became professor of mining engineer- ing in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, and later held the same position in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. He was president of the Eastern R. R. from 1876-79, and later, head of the Fire Department of Boston. Before becoming professor in the Sheffield Scientific School, he went into the War of the Rebellion, as Captain of the First Conn. Artillery, and was afterwards Colonel of the Sixth Conn. Infantry. He saw service in South Carolina and Vir- ginia, and took part in many battles, and in the siege of Petersburg. His last exploit was the capture of Fort Fisher in North Carolina, which took place on the last day of his term of service, and his service was so conspicuous that he was brevetted Brigadier General. He retired from business about seventeen years before his death. Children : a. Mary Foote, b. May 5, 1868 ; d. Aug. 2, 1868. b. Frances Beatrice, b. Jan. 25, 1872; d. Mar. 5, 1886. c. Samuel Edmund Foote, b. July 28, 1873 ; d. Mar. 18, ) 1884. r twil ' s - d. Katharine Diana Ward, b. July 28, 1873. ) 4. Harry Ward, b. Aug. 5, 1844; d. June 28, 1873, at New Haven. 232. vi. Charles S. 8 , b. 1809; d. Jan. 3, 181 1, aged 16 mos. (See tombstone at Guilford.) 233. vii. Sarah Hart 6 , b. July 5, 1814; d. Feb. 4, 1885. She married, Dec. 17, 1834, Rev. James H. Perkins of Cincinnati, O. He was b. in Boston, July 31, 1810 ; d. Dec. 14, 1849. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 12 1 CHILD. I. Charles Elliott, b. Nov. 24, 1840. Charles Elliott, for twenty years president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and on both the paternal and maternal sides is descended from ancestors who were of old Puritan stock, and were prominently identified with the early history of the New England colonies. The first family to settle in America was Edmund Perkins, who emigrated from England in 1650, and was a member of the Salem Colony of Massachusetts, and from him descended a line of ancestors of the Perkins family, who have ever been distinguished, not only in the New England States, but in the western country, in which many of them subsequently made their homes. Our subject takes his middle name from his mother's family, the Eliots, who were no less distinguished in the early annals of New England. Their first ancestor also landed in Massachusetts, but the family afterward removed to Connecticut. Charles E. Perkins was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, until sixteen years of age, when he engaged as clerk in a store, where he learned practical bookkeeping and business methods. After some years' service in that line, he came to Burlington, Iowa, in August, 1859, and was given a clerkship in the office of Charles R. Lowell, the assistant treas- urer of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad, at the munificent salary of $30 a month. He was soon made paymaster under Mr. Lowell, and filled that position until late in the autumn of i860, when Mr. Lowell, having accepted the position of manager of the Mt. Savage Iron Works, at Cumberland, Md., left the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad service, and Mr. Perkins, who was only twenty years of age, was promoted to the office of assistant treasurer. Until January, 1865, Mr. Perkins continued to serve as assistant treasurer, when Hans Thielsen (the superintendent of the road at that time) was called to Nebraska to serve as chief engineer in making a survey of the road to be built from Plattsmouth to Kearney Junction, and Mr. Perkins was made acting superintendent, to fill the vacancy. Some months later, it having been determined to extend the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad to the Missouri River, and that Mr. Thielsen was to devote his attention to that part of the work, Mr. Perkins was promoted to be superintendent of the road, which at that time extended only from Burlington to Ottumwa, a distance of seventy-five miles. During the period of construction of the road through to the Missouri River, he served both as superintendent and vice president. In the meantime he had been active in promoting the organization of the Bur- lington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska, of which he was one of the incorporators and a member of the first board of directors, being chosen to that position October 28, 1869. On the 26th day of July, 1871, he was elected a director of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Iowa; the Nebraska road was opened through to Kearney Junction in the summer of 1872, and 122 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. November 4th of that year Mr. Perkins was chosen vice president of that company. Upon the consolidation of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company of Iowa with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad of Illinois, on January I, 1873, he was deprived of his official connection with the former company through the changed condition of affairs. On the 2d of April, 1875, Mr. Perkins was chosen a member of the board of directors of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, then owning and operating the original road in Illinois and the newly acquired extension in Iowa; and on the 2d day of March, 1876, he was elected vice president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company, still retaining the vice presidency and general management of the road west of the Missouri River. On the 5th day of May he was elected president of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Iowar and on the first day of January, 1880, the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska became consolidated with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, throwing the whole under one corporate management, Mr. Perkins remaining as vice president until September 29, 1881, when he was chosen president. He has been re-elected at each succeeding election, and is now serving his eighteenth year in that capacity. Mr. Perkins is also officially connected with several other railroad corporations which are connected with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and is director and president of the Hannibal & St. Joseph and the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroads, the two named being maintained as distinct and separate corporations. When Mr. Perkins first came to Burlington, nearly thirty years ago, in August, 1859, he was not quite nineteen years of age, so that it may be said of him that he began his connection with the important corporation of which he is now chief executive officer, or rather with a constituent part of it, while but a boy, and that he has earned and won, by superior executive ability, energy and fidelity to the trust reposed in him, an honorable promotion through all the grades of ser- vice, from that of a clerk in the treasurer's office to his present prominent and responsible position, as chief executive officer of one of the greatest railway systems of the country. It may be an item of interest to make some mention of the places of abode and the manner of Mr. Perkins' way of living in his early days in Burlington. He first made his home with Mr. Lowell and Leo Carper, both of whom were connected with the railway company. They lived together in what was known as Patterson's hollow, now Agency street, until the fall of i860, when they removed to Shepard Leffler's farm, now West Burlington. Mr. Lowell had taken a lease of Mr. Leffler's farm and house, which he transferred to Mr. Perkins when he left Burlington for Mt. Savage. The following spring (1861) Mr. Perkins succeeded in getting Mr. Leffler to take the farm off his hands and thus escaped becoming a granger. He then returned to the city, and for a while boarded at the Barrett House, and later with Mrs. Fletcher, on North Hill, in the house owned and occupied by DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 12 3 R. M. Raab. Remaining there until the fall of 1862, Mr. Perkins then rented a house on South Hill, of Mr. Nelson Dills, which he afterwards purchased, and in which he now resides. There were originally sixty acres in the place, but he has sold off several tracts until he now has but twenty acres, which, with the commodious residence, beautiful groves and lawns, makes an elegant and pleasant suburban home. At the time of his marriage, in the autumn of 1864, he established his residence on the place now owned by Mrs. Erastus Chamberlain on North Hill, remaining there until the spring of 1867, when he sold to Mr. Chamber- lain, and purchased the Dills farm, to which he removed at once. While Mr. Perkins and his family spend some months each year in Boston, Burlington is their home. Mr. Perkins is a republican in his political sentiments, but is not in any sense a politician. His important business relations, both private and official, leave him no time, even were he so disposed, to win promi- nence in the political arena. As a rule, large corporations recognize superior ability and integrity of character in their employes, and reward true merit with promotion, and while the motive on the part of the corporation may be purely selfish, the success of the individual officer is none the less creditable. This is well illustrated in the career of Mr. Perkins in Burlington. Beginning before reaching his majority as a clerk at $30 per month, he has steadily risen through all the grades. — (From "Progressive Men of Iowa," published in 1899.) He m. at Milton, Mass., Sept. 22, 1864, Edith, dau. of Com. Robert B. and Rose G. Forbes, b. Mar. 4, 1843. CHILDREN. a. Robert F., b. Aug. 9, 1865 ; m. Annie R. Bowditch. Children : Francis Bowditch, Edith Forbes, Anna Bowditch. b. Alice F.j b. July 2, 1867; m. Wm. Plooper. c. Edith F., b. Jan. 1, 1873 ; m. Edward Cunningham. Child : Edward. d. Margaret F., b. July 8, 1876; m. Geo. T. Rice. Children: Margaret, Geo. T., Jr. e. Charles Eliot, b. Feb. 21, 1881. f. Mary R., b. Nov. 22, 1883. g. Samuel G., b. May 3, 1889; d. 2. William Channing, b. Sept. 1, 1842; d. Feb. 8, 1884; m. Annie Edith Taylor of Club Orchard Spring, Ky. 3. Edward Cranch, b. in Cincinnati, Feb. 25, 1844; A.B. Harvard Coll. 1866. He went to Texas and was clerk for three years to Alexander H. Todd, and later a partner. He went to Boston in 1869, was admitted to the Bar in 1872, and has since practised law. Pie m. June 10, 1869, Jane Sedgwick, dau. of Robert S. and Mary (Hathaway) Watson. Children: a. Thomas Nelson, b. May 6, 1870 ; A.B. Harv. Coll. 1891 ; m. Louisa, dau. of Charles Francis Adams. Children: Elliott, James Handasyd. 124 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. b. Elliott, b. Oct. 23, 1873 ; d. c. James Handasyd, b. Jan. 11, 1876; A.B. Harv. Coll. 1898; m. Alice Mandell, dau. of Henry B. Stone. Child : Eleanor. d. John Forbes, b. Mar. 6, 1878; A.B. Harv. Coll. 1899. 4. Henry Hill, b. Aug. 7, 1845. 5. James Handasyd, b. Feb. 20, 1848; d. Dec. 3, 1889; m. Mary Longworth Stettinius. + 234. viii. Charles Wyllys 6 , b. May 2j, 1817; d. Aug. 23, 1833, at G. 115. TIMOTHY 5 (Timothy 4 , Abial z , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Durham. He married, Dec. 18, 1799, Lydia, dau. of Samuel and Irene (Munson) Bartholomew of Northford, b. Jan. 25, 1777 ; d. Oct. 18, i860. CHILDREN. -f- 235. i. Alexander McGilvrae 6 , b. in Middlesex Co., Conn., Jan. 24, 1802 ; d. at Lewis Centre, O., Mar. 19, 1861. 236. ii. Lucy Rose 6 , b. Aug. 5, 1803; d. June 14, 1861. She married in Durham, Feb. 22, 1826, Erastus Jones of Wallingford, b. Mar. 14, 1801, in Prospect, New Haven Co. ; d. May 4, 1858. CHILDREN. i. Jennett Eliza, b. Mar. 2, 1827; m. first, Apr. 21, 1856, Henry L. Baldwin of Meriden, Conn. He d. Oct. 24, 1862. Children : a. Eda L. J., b. Oct. 26, i860; d. 1862. b. Henry L., b. Mar. 4, 1863 ; d. 1865. Married second, Sept. 30, 1872, James R. Mershon. He d. July 19, 1901. 2. Frances Maria, b. June 18, 1828; d. Sept. 14, 1886; m. June 17, 1862, Frederick Ives of Meriden, Conn. Children : a. Rosa J., b. Sept. 4, 1864; d. 1867. b. Nettie A., b. Jan. 8, 1867. c. Fannie A'., b. July 23, 1868. 3. Henry Elliott, b. Nov. 13, 1832; m. Sept. 1872. America Becca. Lives (1904) at Clifton Forge, Va. 4. Adolphus Erastus, b. Aug. 5, 1844; m. May 1869, Annie Gay. Child : a. Harry !■'... h. June 1877. Lives ( 1004) at New Haven, Conn. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 25 -f 237. iii. Lucius 6 , b. July 9, 1807; d. Mar. 31, 1873. 238. iv. Jennette 6 , b. March 2, 181 1, at Durham, Conn.; d. Aug. 23, 1888, at Maysville, Ky. She married Aug. 15, 1836, William Robinson of Durham, later of Sharpsburg, Bath Co., Ky., b. Oct. 31, 1806; d. at Maysville, Ky., Apr. 16, i< CHILDREN. i. Ellen Maria, b. Apr. 22, 1837; d. Apr. 1874; m. Hon. F. B. Trussell. 2. Eliot Kelly, b. July 16, 1843, at Sharpsburg, Ky. ; m. Dec. 10, 1874, at Augusta, Kan., Mary Alice Yowell. Children: a. Baker Trussell, b. Nov. 8, 1875, at Benton, Kan. b. Ellen Imogene, b. Oct. 15, 1877, at Benton, Kan. 3. Eugene Algernon, b. Feb. 2, 1849, at Sharpsburg, Ky. ; m. Nov. 27, 1873, Laura Anderson Stockton ; d. Tan. 23, 1899. Children : a. Jeannette Elliott, b. Sept. 24, 1874; m. Rev. John C. Molloy. Children : Laura Stockton, Jeanette Elliott Robinson. b. Roberta Stockton, b. Apr. 25, 1878; m. Frank O. Barkley. Children : Eugene Robinson, Frank Owens, b. June 14, 1904. -f- 239. v. Luzerne 6 , b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. Oct. 26, 1884, at New- ton, Iowa. 240. vi. Lydia Maria 6 , b. June 16, 1818, at Durham, Conn. ; d. June 16, 1897, at Caldwell, Kan. She married, Oct. 6, 1844, Peter Jackson Mann, b. June 20, 1817, at Forest Retreat, Nicholas Co., Ky. ; d. July 29, 1901, at Caldwell, Kan. Lived at Warsaw, Hancock Co., 111. CHILDREN. i. Adelaide Rebecca, b. Aug. 22, 1845, in Nicholas Co., Ky. ; m. Oct. 15, 1868, in Knox Co., Mo., James Jackson Browning, b. Aug. 20, 1847, i n Hancock Co., 111. Children : a. Anna Lee, b. Dec. 23, 1869, in Knox Co, Mo. ; m. William C. Myers. Children : Paul Browning, William Russell, Mary Helen. b. Connie May, b. Feb. 27, 1874; m. Wm. B. McKinney. Children : Ivan Browning, Wanna Jannita, William Wendell. 2. Virgil Alexander, b. Sept. 8, 1852, at Warsaw, 111. ; farmer and stock raiser at Caldwell, Kan. 3. Miriam Annette, b. Sept. 6, 1855, at Warsaw, 111. ; school teacher and poetess ; m. Oct. 2, 1893, a * Caldwell, Kansas, David Nelson Sayrs. 126 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 116. WILLIAM ROSE 5 (Timothy*, AbiaP, Joseph-, John 1 ). Farmer in North Guilford, and built a "fair house" on his land, which was a part of the grant from the original town of Guilford to Joseph Eliot in 1665, and devised by him to Abial. (See will of Joseph Eliot, O. E. G., page 145.) He married, Nov. 3, 181 1, Sarah (Sally), dau. of Jonah and Hannah (Tyler) Clark of North Branford, b. Sept. 25, 1782; d. Feb. 8, 1851. For many graces of person and disposition she was known as "the prettiest lady in Northford," and was teacher in the village school, when few women essayed such a position. That she was well educated and accomplished much in advance of the woman of her time is proven by her letters, still preserved by some of her descendants. CHILDREN. + 241. i. Frederick Tyler 6 , b. Aug. 15, 1812; d. Apr. 20, 1888. + 242. ii. John Harvey , b. Mar. 16, 1816 ; d. Aug. 10, 1898. 243. iii. Gustavus Rose 6 , b. July 5, 1822 ; d. Nov. 25, 1869. His youth and early manhood were spent at home, and devoted to the care of his mother, who was for many years an invalid. He managed, however, to secure a thorough education, and developed fine literary taste. He studied law at home, driving many miles to New Haven for recitations and exami- nations, which he passed with honors. He received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Yale College in 1858. He spent some years in England as the American representa- tive of a manufacturing business in which he had become interested. Upon his return to this country he settled in New Haven and pursued the practice of law until his death. In personal appearance he was to an unusual degree of marked Eliot type. Over six feet in height, but well proportioned, with fine complexion, dark hair, straight nose, and a steady blue gray eye that bespoke great reserve power, he impressed all who met him as a man of distinct character and ability. Upon his decease, resolutions of respect were passed by the members of the New Haven County Bar. He married, Apr. 9, 1863, Josephine W.. daughter of Dr. Sheldon C. and Hannah (Stoddard) Johnson of Seymour, Conn. She was born Oct. 10, 1838; d. Oct. 22, 1900, and is DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. I 27 buried beside her husband at Seymour. She was of kindly and charitable disposition, and was for many years a devoted mem- ber of Trinity Episcopal Church at Seymour. 117. WYLLYS 5 (Timothy*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in North Guilford. He married, Feb. 19, 1823, Lucy, dau. of Nathan O. and Phoebe Camp of Durham, b. Dec. 1799 ; d. July 4, 1891. CHILDREN. + 244. i. Whitney 6 , b. Nov. 24, 1823. 245. ii. Ruth 6 , b. Sept. 16, 1826; d. Oct. 29, 1826. + 246. iii. Ellsworth 6 , b. Sept. 15, 1827. + 247. iv. Harvey 6 , b. Aug. 12, 1830; d. Nov. 23, 1890. 248. v. Laura Maria 6 , b. May 6, 1842, in North Guilford, Conn. ; married Apr. 3, 1867, in New York City, Ralph Ladd Cutter, son of Ralph Cross and Hannah Hurd (Ladd) Cutter, a successful merchant in New York City. CHILDREN. 1. Laura Eliot, b. June 17, 1868, in Brooklyn; m. June 8, 1893, Bryan Herbert, son of Bryan Hooker and Elizabeth (Buckley) Smith of Brooklyn, N. Y. Child : a. Cyrus Porter, b. Mar. 12, 1896, in Brooklyn. 2. Ralph Eliot, b. Jan. 4, 1870; d. Apr. 26, 1876. 3. Miriam, b. Jan. 5, 1874; d. Feb. 19, 1874. 4. Eliot, b. May 10, 1877; Ph.B. Yale Coll. 1901. 5. Anna Ladd, b. Apr. 18, 1878. 6. Guilford Eliot, b. Dec. 6, 1882 ; d. Dec. 10, 1882. 120. SAMUEL WILLIAMS 6 (Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, Jared*, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer, Northampton, Montgomery Co., N. Y. About 1830 he removed to Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y. He married, Jan. 31, 1809, Sarah (Sally), dau. of Josiah and Freelove (Canfield) Bierce of New Milford. She was b. Dec. 2j, 1781 ; d. Apr. 29, 1864. After Mr. Eliot's death she married Clark Wymans of New London, Huron Co., O., and removed with her children to Lorain Co., O. In 1840 Harvey and Joseph 128 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. came to Steuben Co., Indiana, and began carving out a home in the wilderness. In a few years Horace, the mother, Chauncey and family, John and Alonzo Sage and family came and founded homes. They and their descendants have for the most part con- tinued to reside in Steuben Co., and those who have gone else- where still call it home. The family were raised under the strictest code of morals and kindliness to each other, and as a result there has always existed an unusually strong tie between all the branches of this line. CHILDREN. + 249. i. Chauncey Smithson 7 , b. July 6, 1810; d. Apr. 30, 1879. 250. ii. Horace Bierce 7 , b. Nov. 3, 181 1 ; d. Aug. 13, 1863, at the home of his brother Joseph in Steuben Co., Ind. He was a farmer. 251. iii. Hannah Polina 7 , b. Aug. 8, 1813 ; d. 1897, in Foster, Ind. She married Sept. 1839, James Johnson McClellan of Rochester, Lorain Co., O. CHILDREN. 1. Child, unnamed; d. 2. Amelia Maria, d. 1891 : m. James Connor; had two children, who d. in infancy. 3. William, d. 4. Child, unnamed, d. 5. Alwilda Medora, d. 1894; m. Mr. Woodbury of Danville, 111. Child: a. Fanny. No further record. 6. Mary Jane, d. 7. James Johnson of Foster, Ind. ; m. ; has a large family. No record. 8. Lucy, m. ; d. 252. iv. Sarah (Sally) Amanda 7 , b. Dec. 27, 1814; d. Apr. 19, 1887, in Steuben Co., Ind.; married Jan. 1, 1843, George Austin (born in Ireland) of Hunt- ington, Lorain Co., O. 253. v. Belinda Maria 7 , b. May 9, 1816; married Mar. 27, 1833, Isaac Vosburgh, blacksmith, of New London. Huron Co., O., b. Nov. 26, 1809. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 29 CHILDREN. 1. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 19, 1835, in Huntington, O. ; lived in New London, O. 2. William Henry Harrison, b. in Huntington, O., Oct. 20, 1837; d. May 8, 1865. He served in the Civil War three years and a half, and died in the hospital at Newark, N. J., where he is buried in the "Soldiers' Plot," Fairmont Cemetery. He m. at Janesville, Wis., Ruth M. Warner, b. Sept. 10, 1839, in Sutton, Canada. Children : a. Charles Hiram, b. in Shopiere, Wis., Dec. 14, 1858; d. 1880. b. Harriet B., b. in Shopiere, Wis., July 14, 1863; m. Byron T. Buck. Child : Glen W. Buck. 3. Jacob Harvey, b. Feb. 26, 1841 ; d. May 19, 1841. 4. Melissa, b. in Huntington, O., Sept. 23, 1843; d. in New London, O., Nov. 23, 1895 ; m. Harry M. Phipps, Jan. 13, 1872. 5. Child, unnamed, b. 1845 ; d. 6. George Washington, b. June 28, 1847 ; d. May 17, 1852. 7. Horace B., b. in New London, O., Apr. 14, 1849; d. in Mt. Sterling, 111., Oct. 12, 1873. 8. Zorada Medora, b. Sept. 5, 185 1 ; d. May 31, 1852. + 254. vi. Samuel Harvey 7 , b. Aug. 29, 1818; d. Sept. 8, 1895. 255. vii. Mary Elizabeth 7 , b. May 1, 1820, at Northampton, N. Y. ; d. June, 1899. She married Feb. 14, 1838, Alonzo Blossom Sage of Homer, Medina Co., O., d. Sept. 11, 1869. CHILDREN. 1. Freelove Maria, b. Feb. 3, 1839 ; d. Apr. 24, 1867 ; m. Oct. 2, 1856, Darwin Soule. Children : a. Freelove Mary, d. in infancy. b. Alonzo B., d. in infancy. c. David, d. in infancy. d. Willard D., b. June 9, 1865; m. Viola Woodworth. Child: Lillian Maud. 2. Amine V. Blaker, b. June 29, 1840, in Ohio; m. June 23, 1857, Sylvester Marquis La Rue, b. Sept. 7, 1832, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. ; d. Feb. 20, 1885. Children : a. Minnie B., b. Nov. 21, 1859; m. first, George C. Taylor. Children: Pierce C, Morris L. ; m. second, Edward R. Walker. Child : Vernon. b. Aggie W., b. Sept. 15, 1863; d. 1880. c. Mary E. Hayes, b. Dec. 29, 1869. d. Ollie R., b. Mar. 15, 1871, in Steuben Co., Ind.; m. James Curtis Austin. Children: Mildred Imogene, Charles Herschel, William Sylvester. 130 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. e Bidd Orley, b. Nov. 21, 1879. 3. Mary Louisa, b. July 12, 1842 ; m. first, Sept. 29, 1861, David Soule; killed Aug. 25, 1864, in the battle around Atlanta, Ga. Child by first marriage : a. Ellen L., b. Jan. 18, 1863 ; m. first, Charles M. Young. Chil- dren : Roy Alonzo, Willis Milton ; m. second, Wm. T. Gurley of Battle Creek, Mich. Mary Louisa m. second, May 25, 1866, John Dotts. Children by second marriage : b. John D., b. Feb. 3, 1867; d. 1873. c. Mary E., b. Mar. 7, 1870; m. Sherman Cole of Angola, Ind. Children : Wavel, Ora, Wilma. d. William Elmer, b. July 18, 1875; m- Ruth A. Klock. Chil- dren : Lois Esther, Leon Elmo. e. Eva Lena, b. Apr. 1, 1877; m. Jay Swift of Hillsdale, Mich. Child: Oscar Don. f. Carl Milton, b. Dec. 21, 1884. 4. Polly Munson, b. July 23, 1849; m. Jan. 1, 1874, James W. Dotts of Angola, Ind., b. Nov. 4, 1844. Children : a. A. J., b. Nov. 26, 1874. b. George Elmer, b. Aug. 12, 1876; d. 1893. c. Mary Ethel, b. May 25, 1878; m. Charles Wilkinson. d. Edna Rebecca, b. Apr. 20, 1881 ; m. Jesse Alfred Brown. e. Earl Elliott, b. Feb. 3, 1893. 5. George A., d. in infancy. + 256. viii. Joseph Canfield 7 , b. in Montgomery Co., N. Y., June 20, 1822; lives (1904) in Reading, Hillsdale Co., Mich. 257. ix. William Aaron 7 , b. Sept. 1, 1826; d. in early youth in Northampton, N. Y. 4- 258. x. John Harmon 7 , b. Apr. 26, 1828, in Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; d. Sept. 13, 1900, at Angola, Ind. 121 WILLIAM W. G {Samuel S. 5 , Aaron 4 , Jared\ Joseph-, John 1 ). Farmer in Northampton, N. Y. He removed in 1821 to Ballston Springs, and in 1836 to Niles, Mich. He was an Elder in the church in both places. He married, Jan. 12, 1809, Eunice Thomas of Ballston, N. Y. ; d. June 24, 1854 ; buried at Niles, Mich. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 131 CHILDREN. 259. i. Eunice Harriet 7 , b. Mar. 12, 1810, in Sharon, Conn.; d. July 27, 1 85 1, at Niles, Mich. A Christian char- acter in the highest sense. She married, June 12, 1834, Allen G. Kellogg, b. Mar. 4, 181 1, in New York. He resided in Niles, Mich., was an officer in the church and a colporteur of the Tract Society. He went to the war, and was supposed to have been killed in battle. CHILDREN. 1. Caroline Eliot, b. Aug. 19, 1835; d. July 30, 1888, at Michigan City, Ind. She m. June 15, 1862, Thomas Dawson of Michigan City, Ind., b. May 2, 1836, at Alba, Scotland; d. Aug. 3, 1900. Children : a. John William, b. Jan. 18, 1864, at New Albany, Ind. ; m. Effa D. Harlan of Chicago, 111. b. Allen, d. c. Mary, and (d) Harriet (twins), d. 2. William Allen, b. Dec. 20, 1841 ; died. 3. Sarah Amanda, b. Oct. 26, 1843 ; d. July 7, 1845 ; and two others who died. -f- 260. ii. William Sidney 7 , b. Jan. 18, 181 3, in Northampton, N. Y. ; d. Oct. 17, 1899, at Chicago, 111.; buried at Niles, Mich. 261. iii. Caroline Elizabeth 7 , b. Jan. 5, 181 5, at Northampton, N. Y. ; d. Mar. 24, 1890, at Michigan City, Ind. A woman of noble character. She married, Jan. 18, 1842, at Milton, Cass Co., Mich., John Orr, b. Nov. 30, 1816, in Scotland ; d. May 16, 1873, at Michigan City, Ind. CHILDREN. 1. James William, b. May 14, 1843; d. May 27, 1862. 2. John Sidney, b. Sept. 5, 1845, at Michigan City, Ind. ; d. May 29, 1901. He was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, and in private life obtained the respect of all who knew him. He m. Oct. 11, 1871, Emma Jane Hulbert of Ann Arbor, Mich., b. Sept. 9, 1846. Children : a. William Hulbert, b. Aug. II, 1874; ,d. in infancy. b. John Sidney, b. May 10, 1876 ; d. in infancy. 3. Louisa Fanning, b. July 16, 1848; d. Oct. 21, 1849. 132 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 4. George Coan, b. Aug. 28, 1851, at Michigan City, Ind. ; d. Feb. 23, 1892. One of the kindest of men. He m. Dec. 2, 1880, Fanny Elizabeth Niemer, b. Aug. 14, 1857. Children : a. George Raymond, b. Mar. 28, 1886. b. Margaret Amelia, b. June 16, 1889. c. John Eliot, b. Jan. 16, 1891. 5. Chauncey, b. Jan. 1855 ; d. May, 1855. 124. JOHN AARON 6 {Samuel S. 5 , Aaron 4 , Jared\ Joseph 2 , John 1 ), of Sharon. He was at first a printer, afterwards a watchmaker and goldsmith. He lived in Redhook, N. Y., where he was an officer in the church ; also in Michigan, but finally returned to Sharon. He married first, June 4, 1809, Joanna, dau. of Joseph Bailey of Sharon, b. June, 1789; d. Jan. 11, 1848 ; second, Nov. 8, 1848, Hannah Eliza, dau. of Benjamin Janes of South Canaan. She d. Dec. 17, 1864. CHILDREN, BY HIS FIRST WIFE. 262. i. Anna Maria 7 , b. Sept. 8, 1810, at Sharon; d. Sept. 30, 1884. She was for several years a teacher and an active and ardent member of the Congregational Church at Sharon. She married first, Sept. 12, 1833, George, son of Henry, and grandson of Thomas Heath of Sharon, of Hamburg, N. Y., and afterwards of Michigan. He lost his health, and returned to Sharon in 1840, traded at Gaylord's Bridge, and died Jan. 5, 1843. His widow taught school in Sharon, and in Eutaw, Ala., assisted by her daughter. She married second, Sept. 21, 1862, Henry Cowles of Sharon ; d. May 28, 1870. CHILD, BY FIRST HUSBAND. i. Ann Eliza, b. Aug. 24, 1837, in Michigan; d. Aug. 17, 1859, at Grove Hill, Ala. She was educated in Connecticut, and m. July 20, 1859, Mr. Williams of Alabama. 263. ii. Margaret Elizabeth 7 , b. June 25, 1812, at Redhook, N. Y. ; d. Sept. 18. 1846. She taught school for several years with great success in Sharon, in Indiana, and in Michigan. She married, Jan. 1839, Robert H. Getty of Sharon, 111., b. Feb. 28, 1810. Schools being very much needed, she established one in her own house. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 133 CHILDREN. i. Frances Maria, b. July 5, 1840; m. 1867, Horace R. Fletcher of Geneseo, 111. Child : a. Horace Elliott, b. 1870, in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; d. 1903. 2. Ann Eliza, b. Jan. 31, 1842, at Sharon, Conn.; m. Sept. 23, 1869, Philando Curtis Langdon of Geneseo, 111., b. July 14, 1836, at Monterey, Mass. Children : a. Robert Getty, b. Nov. 22, 1870, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Columbia Law School 1892 ; m. at Montclair, N. J., Mary A. Marvin. Children : Katherine, Florence. b. Camilla Louise, b. Mar. 10, 1872 ; d. at Naples, Italy, in 1898. c. Frederick Harmon, b. Nov. 1, 1873. d. Annie Elliott, b. at Monterey, Mass., June 30, 1879 ; A.B. Vassar 1901 ; m. Edwin Lee Allen, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y. e. Philip Cuyler, b. Mar. 26, 1881 ; Princeton 1902. 3. Robert Eliot, b. Apr. 1845 ; d. Aug. 4, 1845. 4. Child, b. Sept. 16, 1846; d. next day. + 264. iii. John Williams 7 , b. Oct. 18, 1814, at Sharon; d. June 17, 1888. 265. iv. Mary Amelia 7 , b. Dec. 20, 1816, at Sharon; d. Dec. 16, 1819. 4- 266. v. Henry 7 , b. Feb. 27, 1819; d. May 11, 1868. + 267. vi. Joseph Bailey 7 , b. July 21, 1821, at Sharon; d. July 4, 1898. + 268. vii. Samuel Worcester 7 , b. Apr. 4, 1824, at Sharon ; d. May 11, 1868, at Yonkers, N. Y. 269. viii. George Webster 7 , b. Sept. 17, 1826, at Sharon; d. Feb. 13, 1832. -f- 270. ix. Charles Frederick 7 , b. Dec. 27, 1830, at Sharon ; d. Mar. 13, 1859. 271. x. Frances Amelia 7 , b. Aug. 27, 1835, at Sharon, Conn. ; married May 23, 1870, Rev. Edwin Lines Janes, b. Apr. 27, 1807, at Sheffield, Mass. CHILD. i. Amelia Elliott, b. May 23, 1872, at Flushing, L. I.; m. Oct. 10, 1893, Wm. C. Roberts. Child : a. Ruth Elliott, b. Nov. 6, 1898, at Melrose, Mass. 126. JOSEPH BENJAMIN 6 (Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Northampton, N. Y. He married, in 1814, Hannah, dau. of Deacon Samuel Waldo of Chatham, N. Y. 134 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. 272. i. Hannah Cornelia 7 , b. Jan. 16, 1817, at Sharon; mar- ried Feb. 10, 1839, Sylvester Reynolds of Chatham. CHILDREN. 1. Gilbert E., b. Feb. 2, 1841. 2. Albert N., b. Nov. 26, 1846 ; d. Aug. 1847. 3. Ira, b. July 8, 1849. 4. Hannah C, b. June 28, 1852. 273. ii. Samuel Waldo 7 , b. Sept. 21, 1819. 128. ISAAC (Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., Mich., whither he went with his mother in 183 1. In 1853 he removed to Ann Arbor, where he held many places of trust in the church and town. He married at Saline, Mich., March 11, 1834, Sarah, dau. of Arba Hurd of Ann Arbor, b. Jan. 28, 1816, in Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; d. Sept. 29, iJ CHILDREN. 274. i. Daughter 7 , died at birth, Apr. 1835. 275. ii. Harriet Ann 7 , b. June 7, 1838, at Ann Arbor, Mich. ; d. Sept. 8, 1899. She married Dec. 31, i860, Dr. P. C. Lacey of Laceyville, Pa., later of Aberdeen, S. D. CHILDREN. i. Clarence Eliot, b. Dec. 30, 1861. He is a druggist in Aberdeen, S. D. (1904). 2. Mytie Eliot, b. Mar. 12, 1863 ; d. Jan. 28, 1891. 276. iii. -Samuel Hurd 7 , b. May 13, 1840; d. May 21, 1841. 277. iv. Elizabeth (Betsey) Maria 7 , b. Nov. 21, 1842, at Ann Arbor, Mich. Lives (1905) at Ann Arbor. + 278. v. Samuel Hurd 7 , b. Mar. 7, 1846, at Ann Arbor, Mich. 279. vi. Sarah 7 , b. Sept. 1, 1846, at Ann Arbor, Mich. ; married Nov. 22, 1870, Charles Ely Latimer of Bloomfield, Conn. CHILD. 1. Florence Eliot, b. June 9, 1875. Graduated at the Lake Forest University in 1896; Musical Conservatory 1897. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 35 . HORACE WILLIAM 6 (William 5 , Aaron 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. He kept a drug store and the post-office. In 1836 he was appointed first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, was Justice of the Peace from 1832 to i860, and a director in the Orange Co. Mutual Fire Ins. Co., and continued in this office till October, 1863. He was six feet two inches tall. He married, about 1825, Charlotte, dau. of Col. David M. and Keziah Westcott, b. Apr. 16, 1804 ; d. at Goshen, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1880. (David M. Westcott m. Keziah Gale, who was probably a descendant of Abel Gale of Jamaica.) (See Hannah 25.) CHILDREN, BESIDES THREE WHO DIED YOUNG. 280. i. Ethelinda 7 , b. Jan. 13, 1827; d. Oct. 11, 1879. She married Mar. 5, 1846, Wm. H. Beers, son of Cyrenius Beers of New York, b. Apr. 12, 1823; d: Mar. 21, 1880. Both buried at Goshen, N. Y. CHILD. i. Cyrenius Eliot, b. Mar. 5, 1847; lives (1904) in Philadelphia. "Mrs. Wm. H. Beers ("Ethel Lynn"), whose new volume, "All Quiet Along the Potomac, and Other Poems," had just been published, died a few days ago in Orange, N. J. She was for many years a valued con- tributor to the New York Ledger. She possessed an uncommonly cheerful and sunny nature, but even in her cheerfulness she was subject to strange premonitions, one of which was that as soon as she printed her poems she should die." — New York Ledger, Nov. 15, 1879. Extract from a sermon delivered at a service in memory of Mrs. Beers : "On both sides her ancestors were of Puritan stock and remarkable for their strong religious convictions. This fact had a ruling influence over the life of our sister. Who can tell what a power on human destiny is the entail of a moral character embalmed in records of heroic deeds. 'A good man leaveth an inheritance unto his children's children.' There is force in the purpose not to dishonor our shield. Mrs. Beers was especially fond of tracing her pedigree back to Eliot the Indian Apostle, whose Bible now untranslatable by mortal man (?) lies on the shelves of Cambridge, and whose wonderful success in the conversion of the Natick Indians was celebrated in that famous letter written by the first President of the College to Dr. Leusden of Utrecht— a letter translated into five different languages, and of which it was said, 9 136 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 'It affords great consolation to all souls who thirst after holiness and are inflamed with a zeal ibr the glory of God.' In one of her poems Mrs. Beers describes John Eliot as he stood on the quarter deck of the good ship 'Lyon' at the moment when she dropped her anchor in the Boston harbor : ' He did not know He saw his kingdom stretched before him ; His crown beneath New England's snow. Ah ! how my pulse leaps to remember More than two hundred years have gone And still within this wrist-vein purple. That blessed Pilgrim blood flows on.' That his blood did flow on in the veins of that delicate wrist is evident from what Cotton Mather says in his Magnalia : 'He that will write of Eliot must write of charity or else "say nothing. His charity was a star of the first magnitude in the bright constellation of his virtues. With marvellous alacrity did he embrace every opportunity of relieving others. He could not persuade himself that he had anything but what he gave away. He had a heart full of good wishes and a mouth full of kind blessings for all.' These words, written 200 years ago, are as applicable to many of his descendants, as they were to the man of God of whom they were penned. From her girlhood Mrs. Beers drew attention for more than ordinary powers of composition. When in school her teacher felt great pride in her. At one time, when a prize had been offered to the first class, this teacher found herself obliged to say, 'I cannot give the prize to any among you, for that child there upon the lowest form has done far better.' In later life this talent displayed itself in the increasing value and beauty of her poetic productions, the collections of which — what she her- self so modestly calls, 'a handful of white clover and daisies' — fixes her name on the permanent list of American authors. Mrs. Beers cherished the warmest attachment to all the people of God. Especially was her church relation most sacred. The sweetest spiritual experiences of her life were enjoyed in our assemblies. From the first she was indefatigable and untiring in her efforts to build up this church. Never pastor had more devoted communicant. Her seat was near the pulpit. Always was her pleasant, thoughtful face turned upward toward the speaker. Always was felt that silent sympathy that knits one to an appreciative listener. Always some kind word or tender personal inquiry followed, with a warm handshake, the service. Nor was she only the churchwoman. She was the private friend as well. Admirably did she merit the epithet of the good neighbor. A dear brother said to me on the ferry-boat but a day or two ago, 'When my dead baby was sick, she came in at dusk, took the child in her arms, and held it till daybreak.' Said another, bursting into tears, 'She has been a mother to me ever since I came to this town.' " DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 137 From the New Englander, New Haven, Conn., Mar. 1880: "All quiet along the Potomac." The first line of the little poem which has been given as a title to this whole collection, will recall to the minds of many one of the most affecting of the shorter poems which were inspired by the sad events of the Civil War, near twenty years ago. But these are not the only lines which will be recognized as familiar. In the days when the thoughts of all were daily following the blue coats in the far distant field, there were few who read "Company K." or "On the Shores of Tennessee" without emotion. Few can read them now unmoved. The author, "Ethel Lynn Beers," has not neglected during all these subsequent years the talent of which she gave then such satisfactory proof, and in these pages will be found the evidence of a poetic insight, and a skill of versification on other themes, which make the collection one of far more than ordinary interest. Her publications were "General Frankie," a story for little folks; i2mo, pp. 149; "The Burnt Overcoat," i2mo, pp. 70; "All Quiet Along the Potomac, and Other Poems," published in 1879; i2mo, pp. 352. In 1864 a book was published in New York entitled "A Selec- tion of War Lyrics," with illustrations on wood by F. O. C. Darley. Of the seven poems deemed worthy of a place in this publication, two are by Mrs. Beers, "All Quiet Along the Potomac" and "On the Shores of Tennessee." 281. ii. Charlotte 7 , b. 1829; d. Jan. 24, 1893, at Orange, N. J. She married July 19, 1854, Marshall B. S. Ellinger. CHILD. 1. William Elliott, b. Feb. 21, 1856; d. Aug. 7, 1869; buried in Goshen. 282. iii. Catharine 7 , b. 1833 ; living in 1904. 283. iv. Charles Goodrich 7 , of Goshen, b. 1836; living in 1904; Justice of the Peace 1871-79; Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, 1880; Trustee of School; Elder of the Presbyterian Church and director in the Goshen Savings Bank. He married Lavinia Strong of Goshen. 284. v. Sarah Westcott 7 , b. 1842; married first, July 19, 1872, at Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., James E. Dill, d. Oct. 1872; married second, Mar. 24, 1902, John Wilberforce Carlin of New York. 285. vi. Henrietta 7 (Duer), b. 1849; d - Feb - 2 4> l8 95- 138 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 134. HENRY WILLIAM (William 5 , Aaron 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in New York and later pharmacist and chemist in Elmira, N. Y. He married, Feb. 1, 1844, Sarah Wickham, dau. of Edward and Elizabeth (Tooker) Hulse. She was b. Oct. 30, 1824, near Goshen, N. Y. ; d. Sept. 15, 1878. 286. i. Sarah Elizabeth 7 , b. Feb. 7, 1845, at Goshen, N. Y. She married Oct. 12, 1864, Charles Oscar Durland, b. Apr. 6, 1839; d. Jan. 19, i< CHILD. I. Grace Eliot, b. Feb. II, 1874; m. June 16, 1897, Frederick Eugene Westlake, b. Nov. 21, 1869. Child : a. Frederick Eliot, b. Nov. 3, 1900. 287. ii. Henry William 7 , b. July 16, 1849, at Elmira, N. Y. He is a druggist in Elmira. 288. iii. William Hoffman 7 , b. at Elmira, Aug. 27. 1850; d. Oct. 1, 1867, at Owego, N. Y. 136. HENRY 6 (Aaron 5 , Aaron*, Jared*, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Ste. Genevieve, Mo. He married Jan. 31, 1813, Mary Lewis (165), daughter of Jared Eliot of Killingworth. He was commander of a steamboat on the Mississippi river, took yellow fever and died on the passage up from New Orleans. He was a man of indomitable energy of character. CHILDREN. 289. i. Charles Augustus 7 , b. Oct. 28, 1813 ; d. Dec. 5, 1813. 290. ii. Clarissa 7 , b. at Ste. Genevieve, Feb. 8, 181 5 ; d. at New Orleans, Mar. 1847; buried in New Iberia, La. She married in 1835 Roswell Beebe of Little Rock, Ark., b. Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. 22, 1795 ; died New York, Sept. 21, 1856. CHILDREN. i. Roswell, b. July 6, 1837; d. June, 1864; m. Nov. 29, i860, Eliza Tucker. Children : a. Eliza Clarissa, d. b. Hartwell, d. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 39 2. Mary Frances, d. young. 3. Frangois G., d. young. 4. Emma Clarissa, b. July 21, 1841 ; m. May 8, 1866, Judge Joseph W. Martin of Little Rock, Ark. He died Dec. 25, 1904. 5. Anna Mary Ashley, b. Mar. 17, 1843 ; d. young. 6. Cora Frances, b. at Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 23, 1845 ; d. Dec. 28, 1881 ; m. Oct. 26, 1869, John William Faust, b. at Graham, N. C, 1829. Children: a. Katharine Clarissa, b. July 28, 1871. b. Emma Beebe, b. Sept. 13, 1872. c. John William, b. July 4, 1874; m. Naomi Rogers. Children: Marguerite, Frances Rogers, Cora Florence. d. Frances Eliot, b. May 19, 1876. e. Cora Clapp, b. Oct. 4, 1877 ) d. 1882. f. Roswell Beebe, b. Nov. 19, 1878. g. Henry Eliot, b. Apr. 4, 1880. All b. in Little Rock, Ark. 7. Augusta Gilbert, b. Sept. 1846; d. young. 291. iii. Mary Lewis 7 , b. at Ste. Genevieve, Jan. 18, 1818; died Feb. 11, 1873 ; married Sept. 9, 1837, Leon De Lassus of Perryville, son of Governor DeLassus of Mo. CHILDREN. 1. Mary Matilda, b. May 23, 1839; m. Sept. 1, 1857, Francis Rice. Children : a. Francis L., b. July 2, 1858; d. Aug. 15, 1866. b. James R., b. Mar. 20, i860 ; d. Apr. 7, i860. c. Mary M., b May 19, 1861 ; d. Apr. 3, 1874. d. Laurence H., b. Mar. 28, 1863 ; d. Apr. 18, 1872. e. Charles J., b. Mar. 4, 1865 ; m. Dec. 7, 1899, Katherine Hagar. f. Francis L., b. Jan. 1, 1867; m. Oct. io, 1893, Zora Binz. Children: Mary E., b. Sept. 21, 1894; Henry William, b. Nov. 14, 1896; Leon F., b. Sept. 3, 1899. g. Mary A., b. July 1, 1869; d. Aug. 31, 1870. h. Mary Cora, b. Mar. 5, 1871 ; m. Sept. 2, 1890, John J. Schimmiert. Children: Charles J., b. June 11, 1891 ; Reginald R, b. Feb. 7, 1893; Richard E., b. Jan. 8, 1895; Irene M., b. Apr. 30, 1897; Cora M., b. Oct. 21, 1901. 2. Mary L., b. Sept. 6, 1841 ; m. first, Charles C. Brown ; second, James Rice. 3. Elliott L., b. Nov. 16, 1843 ; d. Feb. 9, 1867. 4. Louis C, b. Jan. 1, 1846. 5. Caroline Emily, b. Mar. 3, 1851 ; m. Sept. 6, 1871, Wm. P. Faherty. Children : a. Mary M., b. Feb. 13, 1873. 14° DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. b. Leon P., b. Mar. 17, 1875 ; m. Nov. 20, 1900, Teresa Bleckle. Child: Iola B., b. Aug. 31, 1901. c. Linette /., b. July 21, 1878; m. May 26, 1898, Louis J. Mat- tingly. Child : Kathleen M., b. Feb. 22, 1899. d. William IV., b. Aug. 31, 1880. e. Blanche C, b. Aug. 18, 1882. 6. Mary Clara, b. Apr. 3, 1856; d. June 24, 1898; m. Oct. 19, 1879, Dr. Robert C. Waters. Children : a. Robert D., b. Nov. 8, 1880. b. Mary Elma, b. Nov. 13, 1882 ; d. June 18, 1889. c. Leon W., b. Mar. 26, 1885 ; d. June 20, 1889. d. Bernardo C, b. Apr. 27, 1887. e. Mary Zita, b. May II, 1890. 7. Mary Leon, b. Apr. 3, 1858. 8. Mary Louise, b. Oct. 20, 1861 ; d. Aug. 12, 1862. 292. iv. Charles Jared 7 , b. Mar. 26, 1819; dead. 293. v. Caroline Amelia 7 , b. Mar. 22, 182 1. She married David Fulton of Philadelphia. CHILDREN. 1. Isabel, b. 1848; d. 2. Henry Ashley, b. 1852; m., has six children. 3. Clara, b. 1853 ; m. Jack Leslie of New York. 4. Mary Ashley, b. 1857; m. Mr. Morris of Philadelphia, and has three children. [No further record obtainable.] 294. vi. Henry Austin 7 , b. Sept. 7, 1822; d. Mar. 15, 1823. 143. CHARLES WATKINS 6 (Benjamin*, Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He married, Nov. 30, 1840, Francenia Wynkoop. CHILDREN. 295. i. Edward Benjamin 7 , b. Nov. 24, 1841 ; was in the army. 296. ii. William Hkxdf.rson 7 , b. May 23, 1844; d. Nov. 15, 1863. He was in the army. 297. iii. Charlks W. 7 , b. Oct. 18, 1846. No further record obtainable. bUatf^^&si: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 141 148. HOMER 6 (John , Nathan 4 , Jared*, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer, storekeeper, and lumberman, Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., Pa. He married, Dec. 20, 1845, M rs - Hannah Clark of New York State, who died Aug. 18, 1881. CHILDREN. 298. i. Oscar H. 7 , of Haneyville, Clinton Co., Pa., b. Nov. 14, 1846; d. May 17, 1895. + 299. ii. Charles Lucius 7 , b. May 8, 1848. 300. iii. Mary Janette 7 , b. June 7, 1852, at Lawrenceville, Pa. ; married Nov. 17, 1870, at Jersey Mills, Pa., Elijah Callahan, lumber dealer and farmer. CHILDREN. i. Cora M. B., b. Aug. 17, 1871, at Jersey Mills, Pa.; m. Sept. 9, 1890, Fred J. Weaver.' He was b. Apr. 19, 1864. Children : a. Florence, b. Mar. 19, 1896; d. 1896. b. Elijah J., b. Sept. 11, 1899, at Caldwell, Pa. c. Mary Lcona, b. June 16, 1902, at Haneyville, Pa. d. Anna May, b. Feb. 18, 1904. 2. William H., b. Dec. 15, 1873; m. Maria Packard, Sept. 1895. Child : a. Mary Ethel, b. July 3, 1896. 150. JOHN 6 (John 5 , Nathan 4 , Jared z , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer, Vermilionville, Lasalle Co., 111. He married first, July 30, 1845, Fidelia S., dau. of Zebina Orcott of Rutland, Vt., after- wards of Rutland, Pa. She was a school teacher in Tioga Village. They removed, with her mother's family, to Bristol, Kendall Co., 111., where she died April 17, 1846, aged 23, without living issue. He married second, Feb. 22, 1848, Sarah, dau. of John Clark, who in 1839 removed from Grafton Co., N. H., to Vermilionville. Sarah was b. Oct. 10, 1821, in Grafton Co., N. H. ; d. Jan. 25, 1890. children. + 301. i. William Augustus 7 , b. Nov. 25, 1848. + 302. ii. Homer 7 , b. Sept. 20, 1850, at Vermilionville, 111. 303. iii. John 7 , b. Feb. 21, 1853; d. Mar. 16, 1856. 304. iv. Justin 7 , b. Oct. 4, 1855. 142 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. + 305. v. Arthur 7 , b. Sept. 13, 1857. 306. vi. Son 7 , b. Dec. 16, 1859; d. June 1, i860. + 307. vii. Elmer E. 7 , b. June 2, 1861, at Vermilionville, 111; d. Feb. 18, 1892. 308. viii. Henry H. 7 , b. Jan. 23, 1863 ; d. Aug. 25, 1863. 309. ix. Sarah 7 , b. May 5, 1864, at Vermilion, 111. ; married Aug. 12, 1884, John Simeon Mugg, b. Dec. 26, 18 — , in Owen Co., Ind. CHILDREN. i. Arthur James, b. Dec. 8, 1888. 2. Sarah Katherine, b. Jan. 23, 1891. 151. WILLIAM FARRAND 6 (Matthew 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant, Otto, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. He married first, April 3, 1830, Hannah Maria, dau. of John Brown of Guilford, Chenango Co., N. Y., and widow of David P. Eliot of Otto, N. Y. She was b. June, 1807 ; d. Sept. 4, 1839. He married second, Oct. 21, 1840, Ellen, dau. of Dr. Elisha John- son of Otto, N. Y. She was b. Oct. 5, 1819; d. Sept. 28, 1899. children, by first wife. 310. i. Augustus Barney 7 , b. Jan. 8, 1835 ; d. Jan. 10, 1836. 311. ii. Franklin Frederick 7 , b. Oct. 28, 1836; d. Oct. 10, 1898. He was in business in Syracuse, N. Y. He married Dec. 25, 1877, Lina Storms of Port Byron, N. Y. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. 312. iii. Ellen Maria 7 , b. Apr. 26, 1844. 313. iv. Matthew Griswold 7 , b. Dec. 14, 1844. He is gen- eral manager of the U. S. Edge Tool Co. of Catta- raugus, N. Y. He married May 23, 1871, Martha, dau. of State (N. Y.) Senator John P. Darling (b. Feb. 25, 1815; d. June 17, 1882) and Abiah J. Darling (b. Feb. 18, 1813; d. Feb. 15. 1889).. 314. v. William Farrand 7 , b. Feb. 8, 1848; d. Dec. 31, 1884. He married June 8, 1880, Louisa Kelsey of Columbus, O. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 43 -j- 315. vi. Burdett Johnson 7 , b. July 5, 1854. 316. vii. Emmons Jewett 7 , b. Apr. 12, 1858; d. Sept. 11, 1870. 317. viii. Elmer Elisha 7 , b. Nov. 13, i860; d. Nov. 13, 1861. 152. MATTHEW G. 6 (Matthew 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in New Haven; at one time President of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. ; member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society ; life director of the General Hospital Society of Connecticut in 1876; chosen alderman and judge at the annual meetings of New Haven in 1850 and 1851. He was a man of prominence and filled many positions of trust. He married first, Oct. 1836, Mary Ann, dau. of William Brintnall of New Haven, Conn. She was b. Apr. 17, 1812; d. 1865. He married second, July 5, 1870, Frances H. Bulkley of New Haven, Conn. She d. Sept. 14, 1891, at Waterbury. children, by first wife. . 318. i. Charles 7 , b. Aug. 1837 ; d. Aug. 1837. 319. ii. Rosalia 7 , b. July, 1839; d. Feb. 1846. 320. iii. Frederick 7 , b. Mar. 1845 > d. Mar. 1870. 321. iv. Theodore 7 , b. ; d. in infancy. 157. JAMES GUERNSEY 6 (Nathan 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He graduated at Hamilton Coll., N. Y., in 1823. He was a broker and agent, and lived in Mobile, Ala., New York City, and Catskill, N. Y., where he is buried. He married, June 3, 1840, Charlotte Frances Hammill (O'Callaghan), b. in Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 12, 1819; d. in New York City, Dec. 20, 1877. children. 322. i. Mary Murdock 7 , b. May, 1842, in Mobile, Ala. ; d. in infancy. 323. ii. Adele Sera 7 , b. 1847 ; d. Jan. 3, 1889. 144 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 160. DANIEL 6 (Richard J. 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ) . A successful farmer at Poland, Ohio. He married, Jan . 1816, Elizabeth Stanley of Poland. CHILDREN. + 324. i. Jared Kirtland 7 , b. June 9, 1817 ; d. Dec. 1, 1890. + 325. ii. Oscar Fitzallan 7 , b. June 5, 1819; d. Aug. 25, 1893. 326. iii. Eliza 7 , married Mr. Taylor of Philadelphia, a man of prominence. CHILD. I. Anna. 161. HORACE 6 (Richard J. 5 , Nathan 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer near Poland, O. A man of worth and consequence in the community. He married first Hannah Chamberlain of Poland. He married second, Mar. 1, 1831, Isabella Rose Justice of Poland. She died June 30, 1838. He married third, Sept. 7, 1838, Elizabeth Justice. children, by second wife. 327. i. Johanna 7 , b. Nov. 23, 1832 ; d. Jan. 28, 1844. 328. ii. Robert 7 , b. Feb. 3, 1834; d. Feb. 16, 1834. 329. iii. John 7 , b. Feb. 2, 1835. [Married and has a family, but has sent no record.] 330. iv. Emily 7 , b. Jan. 4, 1837. She married Mar. 4, 1856, Seth Brockway, a farmer of Orangeville, O. CHILD. i. May, b. Dec. 14, 1857; m. Nov. 28, 1878, J. E. Wade of Orange- ville, O. Children: a. Donna C, b. Dec. 19, 1879; m. June 7, 1900, R. N. Fell of Salem, Mercer Co., Pa. Child: Mildred. b. Clifford B., b. Aug. 15, 1881. c. Seth R., b. Oct. 31, 1896. 331. v. Isabella 7 , b. June 23, 1838. She married, Feb. 8, 1865, Joseph Haas of Poland, a farmer. CHILDREN. i. Robert E., b. Feb. 7, 1867; m. Oct. 1. 1893. Margaret Jones. They live (1904) at Youngstown, O. Children: a. Mabel, b. Apr. 9, 1895. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 145 b. Erma, b Aug. 1, 1897. c. Myron, b. July 15, 1898. d. Leona, b. Dec. 2, 1901. e. Lida, b. Dec. 4, 1902. 2. Frances, b. Dec. 19, 1869; m. Nov. 4, 1886, Henry E. Mentzer of North Lima, O. Children : a. Edith, b. June 4, 1889. b. Horace, b. Dec. 3, 1892. c. Lola, b. Apr. 10, 1895. 3. Horace Burt, b. Apr. 18, 1871 ; m. June 22, 1896, Jennie Lyons. He is a car inspector at Youngstown, O. Children: a. Carson, b. Mar. 15, 1897. b. Raymond, b. Dec. 7, 1903. 4. Mary, b. Apr. 24, 1873; m. Oct. 19, 1893, Henry Hartman of Poland. Children : a. Horace, b. Feb. 1, 1895. b. Florence, b. Aug. 10, 1897. c. Mason, b. Apr. 4, 1899. 5. Edna, b. May 23, 1875; m. Dec. 26, 1894, Charles Smith, of Struther, O. Children : a. Freda, b. June 21, 1896. b. Ruby, b. Aug. 4, 1898. c. Clifford, b. Aug. 9, 1899. d. Roth, b. June 22, 1901. 6. Lida, b. Mar. 16, 1878; m. Dec. 24, 1903, Francis J. Somers, a merchant of Poland. CHILDREN, BY THIRD WIFE. + 332. vi. Robert Justice 7 , b. July 14, 1839. 333. vii. Catharine 7 , b. Feb. 23, 1841 ; d. Mar. 7, 1887. She married, Oct. 4, 1864, William Reed of Pittsburg, Pa. He was a merchant, but has now (1904) retired. CHILDREN. i. Frank Eliot, b. Feb. II, 1868; d. May 24, 1872. 2. Emma Maud, b. Apr. 12, 1874; d. Feb. 21, 1899. 3. Edda Pearl, b. July 22, 1876; m. Oct. 15, 1903, James A. Burke of Pittsburg. 4. Mary Blanche, b. Mar. 9, 1878. 5. Ray Eliot, b. Dec. 8, 1880 ; m. July 9, 1903, Carrie Louise Luebbe. They live (1904) in Pittsburg. 146 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 163. RICHARD JACKSON Jr. 6 (Richard J. 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He moved to Champion, O., where he was a farmer, and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. He married. Feb. 1836, Lucinda McCombs of Poland. She died May 28, 1877, at Warren, O. CHILDREN. 334. i. Sarah Johanna 7 , b. July 30, 1839. She married, Apr. 18, 1876, Lyman S. Cline of Niles, O., d. Nov. 10, 1 90 1. He was a merchant, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. 335. ii. Julia 7 , b. Apr. 11, 1843. She married, Apr. 18, 1865, Samuel Horace Pew, a manufacturer at Warren, O. CHILDREN. 1. Kirtland Eliot, b. Apr. 23, 1866. He is (1904) with the Monarch Electric Co. of Warren, O. He m. July 29, 1897, Nettie L. Thayer of Warren. Children : a. Marion, b. July 20, 1898. b. Richard Kirtland, b. Mar. 25, 1903. 2. Adelaide L., b. Jan. 19, 1871. 3. Frederic Cline, b. May 28, 1875. He is a manufacturer at Steu- benville, O. ; m. July 29, 1897, Donna Smith of Youngstown, O. Children : a. Julia Caroline, b. Aug. 23, 1899. b. Walter Eliot, b. Jan. 3, 1901. 171. EDWARD GREGORY 6 (Richard 5 , Jared 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph-, John 1 ), Washington City He was in the United States Army as second lieutenant, 4th Infantry, 1838 ; first lieutenant, Nov. 29, 1844; captain, Jan. 1, 1848; captain and quartermaster, Mar. 3, 1847; resigned 1848, and died on his way to California with funds to organize there the quartermaster's department. He married, Aug. 29, 1848, Asenath M. Miller of Washington City. CHILD. 336. i. Edward Gregory 7 , b. June 12, 1849. He is dead, leav- ing a widow and children. No further record obtainable. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 147 174. LYNDE 6 (Rufus 5 , Jared i , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Printer and editor, of Pittsburg, Pa. Lived also in Washington, D.C. He married first, in 1829, Emma Clark, of Washington. He married second, Jane Dyke of Manchester, England, who died in 1847. He married third, Sept. 18, 1848, Jane, dau. of William Robinson of Bloomsburgh, Columbia Co., Pa. She was b. Jan. 13, 1819; graduated at Steubenville (O.) Ladies' Seminary. CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. 337. i. Jonathan Lay 7 , d. in infancy at Washington, D. C. 338. ii. Henry Clay 7 , b. Apr. 18, 1831 ; d. Apr. 16, 1893. Clerk in the Navy at Washington, D. C. 181. CHARLES AUGUSTUS 6 (Augustus 5 , Jared*, Jared % , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Carpenter and farmer. Lived in Western- port, Md., until 1857, when he moved to Ohio. In 1869 he located a homestead on the Little Blue River, Thayer Co., Neb. In 1888 he moved to Hebron, Neb., and later lived with his daughter in Fairbury, Neb., and with his son in California, where he is buried at Round Valley, Mendocino Co. He mar- ried first, Feb. 5, 1846, at Baltimore, Md., Eliza Jane Swain. She was b. June 18, 1826, at Newport, Del. ; d. June 27, 1856. He married second, in 1859, at Athens, O., Eunice Pemelia Polter, b. Apr. 27, 1827, in New York; d. Mar. 1897, at Hebron, Neb. children, by first wife. 339. i. Mary Amanda 7 , b. Dec. 31, 1846, at Whitehaven, Va. ; d. Feb. 22, 1847. 340. ii. John Augustus 7 , b. June 12, 1848, at Baltimore, Md. ; d. Apr. 26, 185 1. 341. iii. Maria Araminta 7 , b. Feb. 25, 1850, at Baltimore, Md. She married Apr. 18, 1872, at Meridian, Neb., H. M. Ryburn. CHILDREN. i. Maud, b. Sept. 29, 1873; m. May 20, 1895, H. A. Jarvis. 2. Husfert S., b. Jan. 31, 1874; d. May 17, 1874. 148 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 342. iv. Harriet Virginia 7 , b. Nov. 17, 1851, at Westernport, Va. ; d. Sept. 30, 1872. 343. v. Richard Harreton 7 , b. Sept. 10, 1854, at Western- port, Md. Farmer and stock-raiser. He has lived in Kansas, Nebraska and California. For the last fifteen years has lived in the neighborhood of Bear Valley, Tchachapi, Kern Co., Cal. He m. Oct. 22, 1899, Mrs. Marguerette Williams. 344. vi. Charles Augustus 7 , b. June 4, 1856 ; d. Oct. 4, 1856. CHILD, BY SECOND WIFE. 345. vii. Charles Gustavus 7 , b. June 21, 1861, in Athens Co., O. ; d. Oct. 13, 1888, at Hebron, Neb. ; farmer. 184. HARVEY SPENCER 6 (Joseph 5 , John 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He removed to New Albany, Ind. He married, Nov. 1, 1816, at New Albany, Martha Eliza, dau. of James and Philazania (Waltham) Gallion of Baltimore, Md. She was b. Sept. 10, 1799; d. 1863. CHILD. 346. i. Philazania Waltham 7 , b. at New Albany, Ind., Nov. 10, 1818; d. Apr. 8, 1900. She married, Sept. 4, 1839, at New Albany, Ind., John George Hoff, son of John and Anna Mary (Boyer) Hoff of Lancaster, Pa. He was b. Mar. 12, 1812 ; d. Jan. 29, 1893, at Waterloo, Iowa. CHILDREN. 1. John Elderkin, b. June 12, 1840, at New Albany, Ind. He is a lawyer (1904) in Fort Dodge. Iowa. He m. June 30, 1870, at St. Louis, Mo., Sallie Campbell Wilson. Children : a. Harvey Wilson, b. Oct. 31, 1873; m. Aug. 16, 1899, Wilhel- mina Christene Meyer. Child : Alexandria Mary, b. Mar. 28, 1904. b. Anna Campbell, b. May 18, 1879. 2. Martha Eliza, b. May 3, 1843, at New Albany. 3. George Atlee, b. Apr. 7, 1845, at New Albany; served during Civil War in 66th Indiana Infantry; m. June 17, 1879, at Philadelphia, Pa., Margaret Hoff Atlee. Child : a. Atlee Heber, b. Oct. 2, 1881, at Waterloo, Iowa. 4. Heber, b. Sept. 15, 1859, at Orleans, Ind.; d. Oct. 1, 1890. w ■M yi t~~i -J i 1 — It"*--? — M • vw ■F^V^PT^ '■* B-^ r "1 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 149 193. JOHN EDWARD 6 (Edward 5 , John 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. He married first, May 7, 1844, Eliza M., dau. of William Marsh of Kirk- land, Oneida Co., N. Y. She was b. Jan. 21, 1826; d. May 24, 1852. He married second, Nov. 24, 1853, Lavinia, dau. of Calvin Kellogg of Clinton. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. + 347. i. Frank Augustus 7 , b. Jan. 21, 1855, at Clinton, N. Y. + 348. ii. Edward 7 , b. May 17, 1864. 201. JOHN DENNISTON 6 (Robert 5 , John 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), Schenectady, N. Y. Civil engineer; general super- intendent Harlem R. R. ; paymaster N. Y. C. R. R. He mar- ried, May, 1845, Wilhelmina Kuper of Chambly, Canada. She d. Sept. 16, 1899. CHILDREN. 349. i. Robert 7 , b. Feb. 23, 1846; d, July 14, 1862. 350. ii. Lucy 7 , b. Nov. 28, 1848; m. Nov. 3, 1875, George W. Featherstonaugh, lawyer. CHILDREN. 1. George W., b. May 28, 1878. 2. Emily C, b. Apr. 4, 1886. 351. iii. Edward 7 , b. Jan. 13, 1850; m. Clara, dau. of Governor H. Ludington of Wisconsin. They have five chil- dren. They have sent no further record. 352. iv. Alice 7 , d. young. 353. v. Blanche 7 , d. young. 354. vi. Laura 7 , d. young. 205. ROBERT 6 (Robert 5 , John 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He left school at fifteen and shortly afterwards obtained employ- ment in the store of Hammond & Co., Crown Point, N. Y. In 1849 ne started for California, overland by southern route, passing through the country of the hostile Indians, Comanches, 15° DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Navahoes and Apaches. He had two years' experience of mining and trading in California. He returned in 185 1 to his old situation at Crown Point. In 1855 he moved to Milwaukee, Wis., where he started without capital as a produce commission merchant, building up a large and prosperous business, from which he retired in 1900, when over seventy. He married, Oct. 15, 1864, at Milwaukee, Wis., Eliza Whetten. CHILDREN. 355. i. Eliza W. 7 , b. Aug. 15, 1865 ; married Dec. 7, 1887, Grant Fitch, b. Sept. 22, 1859 (Yale 1881) ; descended from the Fitches of Saybrook, Conn. CHILDREN. i. Ruth, b. Aug. 18, 1890. 2. Eliot Grant, b. Mar. 12, 1895. 356. ii. Robert 7 , b. Nov. 16, 1867; d. May, 1903. 357. iii. Mary 7 , b. Jan. 8, 1870; married Oct. 11, 1893, Frank- lin Taylor Smith, b. July 14, 1864 (Wesleyan Univ. 1884). CHILDREN. 1. Mary Eliot, b. Dec. 21, 1894. 2. Robert Eliot, b. May 24, 1899. 3. Augustus Ledyard, b. Oct. 18, 1901. 358. iv. Charles Hamilton 7 , b. Feb. 23, 1874; d. Dec. 2, 1898. 206. ELY AUGUSTUS (George 5 , George*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He was for many years a merchant in Clinton, Conn., but retired from business and devoted himself to more leisurely pursuits. He collected a considerable library, and devoted also much time and attention to the cause of agriculture. He delivered an address before the Agricultural Society of Middle- sex County, which was published at the time and is now a rare pamphlet. He was active in originating and carrying on the construction of the New Haven and New London Railroad, and was president of the road for many years. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 151 He filled with distinction the office of Brigadier-General of Artillery, being a popular and efficient officer. He was elected by the Legislature Judge of the County Court of Middlesex County. In 1839 he was elected a member of the State Senate. Courteous and dignified in manner, refined and scholarly in his tastes, his last years were passed largely in devotion to his invalid wife, to whom he was deeply attached. Their deaths occurred within two days of each other and they were laid in one grave. He married, July 14, 1818, Susan Maria, daughter of Humphrey Pratt of Saybrook. She died Jan. 9, 1870. CHILDREN. + 359- i- George Edwin 7 , b. Apr. 16, 1819. + 360. ii. Henry Augustus 7 , b. Apr. 17, 1821 ; d. July 16, 1904. + 361. iii. Charles Alexander 7 , b. Jan. 6, 1831. 210. JOHN HENRY 6 (Achilles H. 5 , George 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Clerk in the Registrar's office in the City of New York for many years. He married, Oct. 7, 1839, Margaretta, dau. of John Hornung of New York. CHILDREN. + 362. i. Henry Achilles 7 , b. Oct. 31, 1840; d. Mar. 27, 1878. + 363. ii. George F. 7 , b. Feb. 14, 1842. 211. WILLIAM HORACE 6 (William 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ) was a native of Guilford. He and his brother George early left the parental roof to seek a wider field for their energies. He became a merchant in New Haven, and during the forty years of an active business career gained a high repu- tation for tact, shrewdness and general business ability. He constantly gave assistance to others less fortunate than him- self, even before his own success was established, and accumu- lated what in those days was considered a "snug fortune." He retired from his regular business in 1840 and later invested in manufacturing and other enterprises, "taking his chances" and making or losing largely, as the case might be. He 10 152 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. remarked late in life that if, on retiring from business, he had invested his capital at a low rate of interest and let it accumu- late, he would have been a much richer man. But such a conservative course would have suited neither his inclination nor his instincts. In our day he would have been called a "self-made" and a "public-spirited" man, ever ready to serve his community. He was the first president of the New Haven County Bank, which he piloted through the financial depression of 1836-7, and was one of three gentlemen who, during the same period, backed the construction of the New Haven & Hartford Railroad. He was a vestryman in Trinity Church in 1836 and was actively identified with the founding of St. Paul's Church. Mr. Eliot was a handsome man. Also his brothers George and Charles were handsome, well-made men — all three tall, with dark hair and blue eyes. His granddaughter well remembers the fine appearance he created as he rode through the streets in his open carriage, then called a "barouche," behind two high- stepping horses and a liveried coachman, — the pleasant smile and the courtly bow as he greeted his friends. It was a glimpse of a generation of whom, alas ! barely a trace now remains. He married first, May 16, 1809, Mary, daughter of William Law, Esq., of Cheshire, and great-granddaughter of Hon. Jonathan Law, Governor of Connecticut. (See No. 16.) She was b. Sept. 10, 1785 ; d. Feb. 2, 1828. He married second, Aug. 31, 1829, Hannah, daughter of Daniel Hubbard, Esq., of Guilford, and widow of Timothy Stone, Esq., of Guilford. She was b. Feb. 16, 1797; d. Dec. 24, 1851. CHILDREN, ALL BY FIRST WIFE. 364. i. William Rossiter 7 , b. Apr. 27, 1810; d. Oct. 31, 1811. 365. ii. Elizabeth 7 , b. Nov. 17, 1812 ; d. Sept. 10, 1813. 366. iii. William Frederic 7 , b. Aug. 20, 1814; d. Aug. 10, 1815. 367. iv. Henrietta Maria 7 , b. Jan. 16, 1817; d. May 3. 1834. 368. v. Mary Elizabeth 7 , b. Apr. 16, 1819, at New Haven, Conn.; d, Dec. 21, 1874, in Milwaukee, Wis. She married July 18, 1838, in New York City, Dr. John Knowlton Bartlett of Portsmouth, N. H.. later of Milwaukee, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 153 Wis. He was b. Feb. 28, 1816, at Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. Nov. 26, 1889, in Berkeley, Cal. He graduated at Yale Coll. in 1838 and in its medical department in 1841. He was president of the Wisconsin State Medical Society at one time, an active member of the American Medical Association, and a successful practitioner in Milwaukee. In compliance with a direction in his will, his body was cremated at Los Angeles, Cat, and the ashes sent to Milwaukee for interment in the family burying ground. CHILD. 1. Ellen Dodd, b. July 31, 1839, at Portsmouth, N. H. ; m. April 2, 1868, at Milwaukee, Wis., Geo. W. Bacon, b. Aug. 12, 1838, at Great Barrington, Mass. They live at present (1904) at Seattle, Wash. -L. 369. vi. George Augustus 7 , b. Aug. 9, 1820 ; d. Sept. 16, it 370. vii. Jane Matilda 7 , b. Aug. 26, 1822 ; d. Apr. 18, 1842. -f 371. viii. William Horace 7 , b. Dec. 30, 1824; d. Dec. 8, 1852. 212. CHARLES 6 (William 5 , Nathaniel*, Abial*, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Guilford. He married, Oct. 15, 181 5, at North Madison, Conn., Chloe, dau. of James Pardee of East Haven. She was b. Apr. 5, 1785, at East Haven; d. July 6, 1838, at Guilford. CHILDREN. 372. i. Adeline 7 , b. June 28, 1816, at Guilford, Conn. ; d. Jan. 11, 1905, at Guilford. She married first, May 12, 1839, Josiah Griswold of Guilford. He was b. Nov. 15, 1812 ; d. Dec. 2, 1842. She married second, at Detroit, Mich., Nov. 14, 1853, Leverett Camp Stone, b. June 4, 1819, at Guilford, Conn.; d. June 12, 1892. One of the rare women of her times. A blessing to everyone who knew her. Perhaps no fitter tribute can be paid to her memory than is contained in the following lines by Edward Howard Griggs: "In the effort to appreciate various forms of greatness let us not underestimate the value of a simple good 154 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. life. Just to be good : to keep life pure from degrading elements, to make it constantly helpful in little ways to those who are touched by it, to keep one's spirit always sweet, and avoid all manner of petty anger and irritability — that is an ideal as noble as it is difficult." CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE. 1. Anna Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1854. Lives in Guilford. 2. William Leete, of Guilford, b. Dec. 13, 1857; m. Feb. 18, 1866, Elizabeth Morrell of Holmdell, N. J., b. Sept. 1, 1862. Children : a. Adeline Eliot, b. Apr. 8, 1887. b. William Morrell, b. Feb. 28, 1890. c. Lever ett Camp, b. Dec. 10, 1891. d. Eliot Wyllys, b. Apr. 22, 1894. -L. 373. ii. Lewis Rossiter 7 , b. Jan. 23, 1819; d. June 8, 1893. 374. iii. Edward 7 , b. Mar. 25, 1820; d. Nov. 8, 1880, at Detroit, Mich. He married Nov. 18, 1842, Harriet Louisa, dau. of David Dorman of New Haven. She was b. Feb. 21, 1820. He was a merchant at Detroit, Mich. 375. iv. Sarah Ann 7 , b. Nov. 3, 182 1, at Guilford, Conn. She married Dec. 31, 1843, Henry Reeves Spencer, b. Sept. 22, 1820; d. June 19, 1898. CHILDREN. 1. Charles Eliot, b. Dec. 2, 1844, at Guilford, Conn.; m. Nov. 11, 1869, at Guilford, Lydia Lucretia Davis. Children: a. Fits Henry, b. May 29, 1872 ; d. Aug. 27, 1872. b. Charles Eliot, b. Aug. 27, 1873; d. Aug. 8, 1881. c. Ruth Davis, b. Mar. 20, 1876, at Mount Kisco, N. Y. ; m. Evander J. Mclver. Child : Ruth Janet. d. Robert Henry, b. Nov. 21, 1878, at Mount Kisco, N. Y. e. Frank Roger, b. Feb. 23, 1880, at Mount Kisco, N. Y. ; d. Mar. 7, 1880. 2. Henry Edward, b. Nov. 3, 1847 ; d. Apr. 5, 1848. 3. Harvey Walter, b. Jan. 5, 1851 ; d. Nov. 28, 1894, at Guilford, Conn. He m. May 29, 1878, Alice Hill of Westbrook, Conn., b. June 1851. 4. Robert Tuttle, b. June 24, 1853, at Guilford, Conn.; m. Apr. 17, 1879, at New Haven, Abby Beers Blackman. Children : a. May Blackman, b. Nov. 10, 1880, at New Haven. b. Ethel Kimbcrly, b. Mar. 11, 1888, at Brooklyn, N. Y. c. Flarvey, b: July 31, 1897, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 5. Daniel Reeves, b. Apr. 8, 1855, at Guilford, Conn. ; m. Feb. 26, 1878, Hattie Benton Davis, b. Apr. 15, 1855, at Guilford, Conn. Children, all born at Guilford: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 155 a. Sara Eliot, b. Dec. 17, 1878. b. Frank Davis, b. Mar. 17, 1881. c. Annie Griffing, b. Jan. 17, 1884. d. Henry Leete, b. June 30, 1887. e. Samuel Leslie, b. June 10, 189 1. 6. James Henry, b. Oct. 7, i860; d. Sept. 12, 1864. + 376. v. Charles Morgan 7 , b. Dec. 8, 1824; d. Dec. 18, 1892, at New Britain, Conn. 277- vi. Ruth 7 , b. Nov. 23, 1829. She married at Guilford, Conn., Apr. 23, 1848, Samuel A. Wilcox, b. July 9, 1819, at Madison, Conn. ; d. at New Haven, Dec. 13, 1876. CHILDREN. Lewis Edward, b. Mar. 12, 1849, at Guilford. Caroline, b. July 22, 1850; d. Aug. 22, 1850, at Guilford. Charles Augustus, b. July 22, 185 1 ; d. Oct. 17, 1884. Stella Eliot, b. June 5, 1853, at Guilford. Frank Mortimer, b. Apr. 18, 1855, at Guilford; m. July 15, 1876, at New Haven, Margaret Sarah Rhodes. Children : a. Clara Louise, b. Aug. 17, 1877, at New Haven. b. Louis, b. May 9, 1879. Sarah Adeline, b. Sept. 1, 1857, at Fenton, Mich. ; m. Feb. 8, 1888, at New Haven, Conn., Edwin Wheatley Jones of Hamilton, Bermuda, b. at Paget, Bermuda, June 24, 1855. 213. GEORGE AUGUSTUS 6 (William 5 , Nathaniel*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He graduated at Yale Coll. in 1813, studied law with Seth P. Staples of New Haven, and after admission to the bar in New Haven in the autumn of 181 5 settled in Erie, Pa., where he early took a prominent position. He practiced his profession until 1855, when he retired from active business and engaged in managing a fancy farm. He died of paralysis in 1870, aged 78. (See Obituary Records Yale Coll.) He married at Erie, Pa., Nov. 12, 1818, Sarah, dau. of Robert Brown. She was b. Mar. 12, 1800; d. May 20, 1874. children. 378. i. William H. 7 , b. June 14, 1823; d, Oct. 7, 1845. + 379- u - John 7 , b. March 7, 1825, at Erie, Pa. ; d. Sept. 2, 1898. 156 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 220. RICHARD SAMUEL 6 (Reuben 5 , Wyllys 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ), Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., O. He married first, Sept. 28, 1826, Elizabeth, dau. of John Coates of Royalton, a native of Yorkshire, England. She was b. Mar. 30, 1805 ; d. Sept. 12, 1841. He married second, Aug. 20, 1847, at Cleveland, O., Mary Ann, dau. of John Warner of Cleveland, a native of England. She was b. Nov. 27, 1829; d. 1855. CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. 380. i. Cornelia Maria 7 , b. Aug. 27, 1827 ; d. Nov. 2, 1867. She m. at Parma, O., 1866, George M. Spence. 381. ii. Grace Ann 7 , b. Feb. 8, 1830; d. June 24, 1830. 382. iii. Nelson James 7 , b. Jan. 4, 1832; d. Sept. 12, 1841. -f- 383. iv. Reuben Thomas 7 , b. Oct. 21, 1834, at No. Royalton, O. 384. v. Jane Eleanor 7 , b. June 14, 1837, at No. Royalton, O. She attended the Brooklyn Academy, and Miss L. T. Guilford's Academy in Cleveland, O. ; has been (1904) correspondent of the Ohio Farmer for several years ; is the author of "Women of Tennyson," "Coates Family History," and a "Series of Parlor Lectures" ; also has ( 1904) private classes in literature. She married Dec. 31, 1854, Wm. C. Snow, who d. Jan. 12, 1892. CHILDREN — ALL BORN AT PARMA, OHIO. i. Frank H., b. Feb. 27, 1856. He was educated at Berea and Oberlin Colleges, and is a farmer (1904). He m. Nov. 8, 1882, Clara Jeanette Fitch. Children : a. Orlo, d., and (b) Rollo (twins), b. Jan. 6, 1884. c. Clifton F., b. May 11, 1885. d. William D., b. Oct. 3, 1887. e. Dell B., b. Mar. 24, 1889. f. Warren Clare, b. Jan. 22, 1891. 2. Addie, b. Aug. 18, 1858. 3. Bertha L., b. Aug. 31, 1864, at Parma, O. ; m. Nov. 18, 1886, Charles W. Brainerd, a prominent business man of Cleveland, O., and member of the Chamber of Commerce. Children : a. Eva M., b. Dec. 11, 1887, at Cleveland, O. b. Genevieve R., b. Feb. 26, 1890, at Warren, Pa. 4. Albert W., b. Apr. 14, 1872, at Parma, O. He is a merchant at Cleveland; m. Oct. 14, 1896, at Cleveland, O., Julia A. Vollkopf. Children : a. Chester Wilbur, b. Feb. 8, 1898, at Cleveland, O. b. Irving Albert, b. May 12, 1903, at Cleveland, O. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 57 385. vi. Eugene Wyllys 7 , b. Sept. 19, 1840, at No. Royalton, Ohio. He served in the Union army nearly four years, and was in the following battles : With the 7th O. V. I. under Col. Tyler, "Cross Lanes" ; under Gen. Lander, "Blue Gap" ; under Gen. Shields, "Winchester" ; with the 124th O. V. I. at "Thompson's Station," "Chickamauga," "Lookout Mountain," "Rockyfaced Ridge," "Mission Ridge," "Resaca," "Pickett's Mills," "Frank- lin" and "Nashville." He was wounded at "Cross Lanes," "Chickamauga" and "Nashville." He married in 1895, Eldora Palmer Bond of Cleveland, O. She d. Oct. 1901. No issue. CHILD, BY SECOND WIFE. 386. vii. Harriet Sophia 7 , b. July 31, 1849, at Cleveland, O. She married Feb. 15, 1900, at Los Angeles, Cal., Horatio Nelson Rust, a native of Amherst, Mass., but now (1904) living in So. Pasadena, Cal. He is a well-known archaeologist. 221. NELSON JAMES 6 (Reuben 5 , Wyllys*, AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in New York City, where he died suddenly in 1864. He is buried in Guilford. In 1832-3 his name appears in the New York directory as doing business at 42 Exchange Place and living at 10 State Street. He married, Jan. 19, 1831, Catherine Hunt, dau. of Wm. and Catherine (Hunt) Peek of New York City. She was b. May 7, 1807; d. at Westfield, N. J., Aug. 10, 1879, an d is buried in the East burying ground at Guilford. children. 387. i. Grace Fairchild 7 , b. Oct. 22, 183 1 ; d. Feb. 9, 185 1. She married Oct. 22, 1850, Rev. Geo. S. Slattery of Saco, Maine. + 388. ii. William Peek 7 , b. Jan. 3, 1834. 389. iii. Eliza 7 , b. Sept. 11, 1835 ; d. Apr. 7, 1862. 390. iv. Laura 7 , b. July 24, 1837 ; d. Oct. 21, 1853. 391. v. James Henry 7 , b. Sept. 29, 1839; d. suddenly at Westfield, N. J., June 29, 1870 ; buried at Guilford. 158 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 392. vi. Catherine Cecelia 7 , b. Nov. 3, 1841 ; d. Sept. 14, 1844. + 393- vii. Samuel 7 , b. Apr. 11, 1844; d. July 25, 1893. 394. viii. Sidney 7 , b. Sept. 22, 1850 ; d. Feb. 7, 1859. 226. FRANKLIN REUBEN 6 (Reuben 5 , Wyllys 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He went from Guilford to Cleveland, O., in 1844. Horticulturist and editor. His publications were: "The Western Fruit Book. ... By F. R. Elliott. New edition, revised, enlarged and improved. . . . New York, 1867, pp. 528" ; "Popular deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. . . . New York . . . 1868, pp. 125" ; "Hand book for fruit growers . . . Illustrated. Rochester, N. Y. . . . 1876. Small 8vo, pp. 128"; Handbook of practical landscape gardening . . . con- taining designs for lots and grounds . . . Rochester, N. Y. . . . 1877. 8vo, cloth, pp. 96" ; an article on "Fruit culture in Ohio," in the New York State Agricultural Society Transac- tions, Albany, N. Y., 1850, pp. 405-411. He married, Feb. 17, 1846, at Rockport, O., Sophia Appolonia. dau. of Henry and Theodosia Hopkins of Pompey Hill, N. Y., b. June, 1824; d. June 25, 1885, at Lakewood, O. CHILDREN. -|- 395. i. Henry Wood 7 , b. Nov. 13, 1846, at Cleveland, O. 396. ii. Frank 7 , b. Mar. 31, 1848; d. Nov. 14, 1876. 397. iii. Ward 7 , d. young. 398. iv. Kate 7 , b. Aug. 16, i860; married W. H. Rankin, 1878. 399. v. Carrie 7 , b. Oct. 10, 1862 ; married S. W. Roberts, 1881. 400. vi. Cora 7 , b. Nov. 19, 1864; married John S. Luther, 1880. 230. HENRY HILL 6 (Andrew 5 , Wyllys\ Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in New York City. He was called "the handsomest man in New York." He married Nov. 9, 1829, Elmira, dau. of Samuel and Jane (Tileston) Whittemore of New York City. She was b. Feb. 18, 1806; d. Dec. 22, 1875. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 159 CHILDREN. 401. i. Frederick Betts 7 , b. Sept. 25, 1830; married Dec. 16, 1869, Susan, dau. of Wm. and Louisa C. (Hoyt) Scott of New York. She was b. Aug-. 18, 1834. + 402. ii. Henry Hill 7 , b. Sept. 24, 1833, in New York. 403. iii. Elmira Julia 7 , b. Feb. 13, 1837; lives (1904) in New Haven. 404. iv. Jeannie Whittemore 7 , b. Feb. 29, 1840. She married, Apr. 17, 1871, Rev. Wm. Graham Sumner of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was born in Paterson, N. J., Oct. 30, I1840, of English parents, his father, Thomas Sumner, having come to this country in 1836. He graduated at Yale Coll. in 1863, studied theology at Gottingen and Oxford, was ordained in New Haven, and is now (1904) Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. He is the author of "History of American Currency," "Essays in Politi- cal Economy," "Protectionism," "What Social Classes Owe to Each Other," "History of Banking in the United States," "Life of Alexander Hamilton," "Life of Robert Morris," and "Life of Andrew Jackson." CHILDREN. 1. Eliot, b. Mar. 2, 1872; d. July 4, 1872. 2. Eliot, b. Oct. 18, 1873; A.B. Yale Coll. 1896; Asst. Supt. of Motive Power. Penn. R. R., Altoona, Pa. 3. Graham, b. Oct. 25, 1876; A.B. Yale Coll. 1897; Harvard Law- School 1900. He m. Mar. 18, 1903, Laura Woolsey, dau. of Henry A. and Jane (Woolsey) Yardley of Newport, R. I. 234. CHARLES WYLLYS 6 (Andrew 5 , Wyllys*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). After a boyhood spent in Guilford, he went to New York about 1835, where he worked as a clerk until 1838-9, when he took up the study of horticulture and landscape gardening with A. J. Downing at Newburgh, N. Y. After an apprentice- ship with Mr. Downing,, he went to Cincinnati in 1840. Here were living his sister, Elizabeth, married to Samuel E. Foote, and his youngest sister, Sarah, married to Reverend James H. Perkins ; and through their influence he selected Cincinnati as a place in which to practice his profession. He remained there 160 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. until 1848, when he returned to New York and went into busi- ness again. Commercial life, however, never had much attraction for him, for his great interest was in nature, and in the great questions of the day that were discussed so much a few years before the war. His principal friends were men outside of commercial life, like Mr. Charles Loring Brace, with whom he was associated in founding the Children's Aid Society in 1853, of which he was one of the first trustees. Among his closest friends were Mr. Frederic Law Olmsted, the famous landscape gardener, and Mr. Calvert Vaux, the architect, and in 1857 he was appointed one of the original commissioners for laying out Central Park in the city of New York. His association with this type of men brought him in contact with prominent New England people, and at Cambridge, Mass., where Mr. James Russell Lowell and Dr. Estes Howe were living, he met his future wife, the sister of Mrs. Lowell and Mrs. Howe. They were married at Cambridge and lived in New York and New Haven until 1869. Three children were born to them. All, except Howard, died young. While living in New York he was engaged in commercial business, but was always more interested in literary and artistic pursuits, and wrote much, and was associated with newspaper and literary men. In 1869 he and Mrs. Elliott and the boy Howard went to England for something over a year. For some time he had been much interested in the general question of improving the type of the American home, and in the movement that was under way in England under Eastlake. On his return from England in 1870, he established in Boston the Household Art Company, which paid particular attention to more sensible and artistic home fitting and furnishing. In 1873-4 his health failed somewhat, and he went abroad again, partly on business and partly for rest. He lived in Cambridge, Mass., until about 1879, interested in the Household Art Company, and in literary matters, giving some lectures, — one course before the Lowell Institute. His health not being good, he spent considerable time, from 1878 until the time of his death, in the west, where he had inter- / /*. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. l6l ests in both Nebraska and Kansas in cattle and sheep, making his headquarters while in the west at Ashland, Neb. While on a visit to Guilford in the summer of 1883, he passed away suddenly and peacefully on August 23, about ten o'clock in the evening. As a young man Mr. Elliott was very spirited and handsome, and to the end of his life was a very fine looking man. He was versatile, brilliant in conversation, full of anecdote, with much personal magnetism, and extremely fond of people, especially children. The beauties of nature appealed to him, and for recre- ation he used to sketch and paint. He wrote much all through his life, and the following is a statement of his principal works : "Cottages and Cottage Life, Containing Plans for Country Houses." Cincinnati and New York, 1848. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, pp. 226. "Mysteries ; or Glimpses of the Supernatural." New York. Harper & Brothers. 1852. pp. 273. "Saint Domingo, Its Revolution and Its Hero, Toussaint L'Ouverture." 1855. i2mo, pp. 83. "The New England History, From the Discovery of the Continent, A. D. 986, to the Time When the Colonies Declared Their Inde- pendence, A. D. 1776." In two volumes. New York and London. 1857. Vol. I, pp. 497. Vol. II, pp. 492. 8vo. "Remarkable Characters and Places of the Holy Land." Illustrated. Hartford, Conn., and San Francisco. 1868. pp. 640. "The Book of American Interiors," prepared from existing houses. Illustrated. Boston. 1876. Quarto,' pp. 235. "Pottery and Porcelain." 1878. 8vo, pp. 358. In addition to the above, he wrote innumerable articles for magazines and newspapers, the largest and most valuable col- lection being in "Putnam's" Magazine, and the "Galaxy," both published years ago in New York City. He married, July 25, 1855, Mary Green White, daughter of Abijah and Ann Maria (Howard) White. She was born at Watertown, Mass., Dec. 29, 1826. CHILDREN. 405. i. Paul 7 , b. in New York, June 8, 1856; d. at New Haven, July 25, 1858. 406. ii. Wyllys 7 , b. in New Haven, Mar. 2, 1858 ; d. in New York, Apr. 22, 1865. -+- 407. iii. Howard 7 , b. in New York, Dec. 6, i860. 162 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 235. ALEXANDER McGILVRAE 6 (Timothy 5 , Timothy 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Worthington, O. Moved to Orange Township. He married first, Jan. i, 1835, Julia Ann, dau. of Simon and Sarah (Clark) Tyler of Chester. She was b. Mar. 17, 1808; d. May 3, 1838, aged 30. He married second, at Orange Township, June 6, 1839, Mrs. Margaret Williams, dau. of Thomas Smith of Columbus, O. She was b. Dec. 22, 1812, in Maryland ; d. Aug. 29, 1866. CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. 408. i. Julia Jeanette 7 , b. at Worthington, O., Jan. 4, 1836 ; d. Sept. 2, 1894. She married, Oct. 29, 1864, at Detroit, Mich., Hiram H. Clark, b. Feb. 29, 1824, in Chester, Conn. CHILDREN. 1. Eliot Albert, b. Dec. 23, 1866, at Winthrop, Conn.; grad. Wesleyan Acad. 1883 ; m. Oct. 31, 1890, at Higganum, Conn., Mary Ellen Hotchkiss (Gladding). Child: a. Luella Julia, b. May 10, 1891. 2. Charles Henry, b. June 23, 1874; d. Aug. 1, 1890. 3. Julia Ann, b. Oct. 16, 1876, at Chester, Conn. She m. Dec. 25, 1897, Capt. Henry Davis Goken. Children : a. Marguerette Julia, b. June 13, 1899. b. Helen Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1904. 409. ii. Samuel Arnold 7 , b. Apr. 15, 1838; d. Sept. 2, 1840. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. -f- 410. iii. Alexander Lucius 7 , b. Mar. 22, 1840, Orange Town- ship, O. 411. iv. Margaret Maria 7 , b. Mar. 12, 1842, Orange Town- ship, O. ; d. Sept. 23, 1887. She married, Nov. 13, i860, Horace F. Smith. CHILDREN. 1. Franklin Eliot of Lewis Centre, O., b. Dec. 3, 1861, in Del. Co. ; m. Aug. 1885, Anna Withrow. Children: a. Lila May, b. Nov. 21, 1886. b. Josephine, b. May 1888; m. Aug. 1903, Frank Holt of Columbus, O. c. Mamie, b. May 1890. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 163 2. Lewis Michael, b. July 9, 1864, in Del. Co. ; m. Feb. 1893, Minnie Lowery. Children : a. Frederick Horace, b. Sept. 1895. b. Lewis Whitney, b. Jan. 19, 1901. c. Alice Marie, b. Sept. 1902. 3. Jane Belle, b. Nov. 1, 1865, in Del. Co. ; d. Feb. 1885. She m. July 1884, Douglas Boyd. Child : a. James Franklin, b. Dec. 14, 1884. 412. v. Henry 7 , b. Nov. 27, 1844, Del. Co. ; d. July 27, 1846. 413. vi. Emily Jane 7 , b. Oct. 10, 1847, Del. Co. ; d. Apr. 23, 1893. 414. vii. Eveline 7 , b. Sept. 24, 1849, Del. Co. 415. viii. Eli Emery 7 , b. Jan. 6, 1852, Del. Co. He is (1904) a clerk in Columbus, O. 237. LUCIUS 6 {Timothy 5 , Timothy*, AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Branford. He was one of the original trustees of the Methodist Church in Guilford, Conn. He married, at Guilford, Dec. 22, 1839, Mary Jane, dau. of Luzerne and Lois (Foote) Bartholomew of Northford, and widow of Mr. Frisbie of Bran- ford. She was born Sept. 21, 1810, and was still living (July, 1903), aged 93 years. CHILD. 416. i. Jane Cornelia 7 , b. Dec. 7, 1840. 239. LUZERNE 6 (Timothy 5 , Timothy 4 , Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Durham. He married, Sept. 24, 1839, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer Robinson of Durham. She was b. Nov. 6, 1814; d. Nov. 1, 1*888. CHILDREN. + 417. i. Edgar Timothy 7 , b. July 1, 1840; d. Nov. 16, 1897. -j- 418. ii. James Kelley 7 , b. Nov. 24, 1845. 241. FREDERICK TYLER 6 (William Rose 5 , Timothy 4 , Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Durham, Conn., occupying land inherited from his ancestors. Date of deed 1716, confirmed to 164 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Joseph Eliot's heirs in 1699. He was a man of strong moral con- victions, and his conduct was guided by what he believed to be right and just. He was possessed of much breadth of mind and took a deep interest in the affairs of the state and nation. He served in the Legislature of his state in 1849. He married, Sept. 2.7, 1835, Ann Augusta, dau. of Nathaniel and Sally (Todd) Bunnell, and granddaughter of Nathaniel Bunnell, a Revolutionary patriot. She was b. Apr. 8, 1815; d. Feb. 13, 1901. Mrs. Eliot was a devoted wife and mother, amiable and unselfish. She lived for others, and numbered among her friends all who knew her. She closed a long life of practical Christianity in 1901 at Middletown, Conn. CHILDREN. 419. i. Harriet Augusta 7 , b. July 6, 1836. She married, Oct. 24, 1857, Samuel Ward Loper of Guilford, b. July 3> i834- Professor Loper is an enthusiastic geologist, and for original research has won the degree of M.A. from Trinity College. He has been in the geological service of the Government for many years, and now (1904) occupies the chair of lecturer on geology, and is curator of the museum, of the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. In 1894 he published a volume of poems entitled "Echoes from the Home of Halleck and Other Poems." CHILDREN. i. Annie Brewster, b. Feb. 7, i860; m. Oct. 22, 1885, Franklin T. Smith of Durham. Children : a. Mildred Loper, b. Oct. 7, 1887. b. Gladys Eliot, b. Mar. 24, 1890. c. Ward Loper, b. Apr. 22, ,1893; d. Dec. 5, 1900. d. Malcolm F., b. Jan. 31, 1896; d. May 6, 1896. e. Evelyn Annie, b. Apr. 22, 1899. 2. Grace Eliot, b. Dec. 30, 1862; m. Mar. 4, 1886, Wilbur Austin Ailing of Durham. Child; a. Hilda Loper, b. Feb. 5, 1888. 420. ii. Mary Jane 7 , b. April 19, 1838; d. Feb. 28, 1872. She married, Oct. 18, i860, Charles Coe of Durham. 421. iii. Sarah Clark 7 , b. July 20, 1840; lives (1904) in New York City. She married, Oct. 18, i860, Frederick J. Coe of Durham. He died Sept. 19, 1893. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 165 CHILDREN. i. Eliot Halleck, b. Sept. 22, 1861 ; d. Apr. 10, 1872. 2. Henry Eliot, b. Sept. 1, 1873; now (1904) in business in New York City; m. Oct. 8, 1898, Blanche Southmayd Macdonald. Children : a. Harry Macdonald, b. Dec. 28, 1899. b. Marian Eliot, b. Oct. 19, 1902. c. Blanche Eleanor, b. Feb. 12, 1904, at New York City. 422. iv. Evelina Ann 7 , b. Aug. 21, 1844; d. Sept. 4, 1895. She married, in 1862, James W. Wadsworth of Durham. CHILDREN. 1. Frederick Eliot, b. Apr. 9, 1868; in business in Detroit, Mich.; m. Feb. 26, 1895, Katherine Luella Peck of Kalamazoo. Children : a. Helen Evelyn, b. Feb. 17, 1896. b. Horace Eliot, b. Dec. 29, 1898. 2. Evelyn Eliot, b. June 30, 1872 ; m. Apr. 22, 1900, Frederick K. George, of Detroit, Mich. 242, JOHN HARVEY 6 {William Rose*, Timothy*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Having acquired a good education, he taught for a few years in New Haven County. In 1841 he went to Bath County, Ky., and established an academy. He removed in 1855 to Bloomington, 111., and continued to reside there, except for a few years ( 1858- 1 861), spent in Connecticut, until his death. He married, Oct. 16, 1845, Ann Eliza, dau. of Dr. Alvin Wilson and Mary Nelson (Sims) Bills of Millersburg, Ky. She was b. June 25, 1827; d. Dec. 9, 1893. CHILDREN. 423. i. Florence Verilla 7 , b. Apr. 28, 1847 ; teacher in Bloomington. 424. ii. Alice Ophell\ 7 , b. Aug. 29, 1850. She married first, Apr. 19, 1870, Elias Ellis, from whom she obtained a divorce. She married second, Louis M. Ticknor of Chicago, 111., who d. in 1892. Mrs. Ticknor is (1904) a portrait painter of much talent and lives in Bloomington. l66 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILD, BY FIRST HUSBAND. I. Jessamine, b. June 28, 1871 ; m. Jan. 19, 1887, Grant Reddick of Chicago, 111. Children : a. Eliot, b. Apr. 13, 1888. b. Pauline Genevieve, b. Aug. 31, 1890. 425. iii. Laura Ada 7 , b. July 22, 1853 ; d. Oct. 13, 1855. 426. iv. Carrie 7 , b. Dec. 12, 1856; d. Aug. 13, 1857. 427. v. Emma Elinora 7 , b. Aug. 10, 1859; married June 7, 1899, J. F. Hayes. She was for several years previous to her marriage a court reporter at Evans- ville, Ind. She now lives in Bloomington (1904). CHILDREN. 1. Eliot, b. July 22, 1900. 2. Marguerite, b. Aug. 9, 1902. 428. vi. John Harvey 7 , b. Mar. 9, 1863; d. Feb. 7, 1866. 429. vii. Bernice 7 , b. Aug. 30, 1865; d. Feb. 23, 1866. 430. viii. Mabel 7 , b. May 26, 1867. She is a graduate of the Bloomington High School and lives (1904) in Bloomington. 244. WHITNEY 6 (Wyllys 5 , Timothy*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). School teacher and farmer. He began teaching school in Guil- ford in the autumn of 1844. Afterwards taught in North Branford, where he bought a home and lived until 1854, when he returned to his father's home in Guilford. He also taught for a time in Fair Haven. In 1856 he returned to North Haven, where he has since lived. He has served as School Visitor, Selectman, Town Agent and Justice of the Peace in Guilford, North Branford and North Haven. He was one of the Deacons of the Congregational Church in North Haven for thirty-five years, and superintendent of the Sunday School of the same church for eleven years. He was chairman of the Republican Town Committee for sixteen years, and was also a member of the State Central Committee. In 1867 he was elected a member of the Senate of the State of Connecticut, and served for one year as a member of the Corporation of Yale College. He married, Mar. 14, 1846, at North Branford, Emma Elvina, dau. of J. Wm. Benton. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 167 CHILDREN. 431. i. Virginia Augusta 7 , b. June 22, 1847; d. Nov. 3, 1854, in Guilford. + 432. ii. Gustavus 7 , b. Mar. 27, 1857, in North Haven. 433. iii. Henry Whitney 7 , b. Feb. 27, 1866, in North Haven; received the degree of M.D. from the University of Vermont in 1898; served at Montauk Point during the summer of 1898; was at Government Post, Wil- let's Point, in 1899; transferred to Madison Bar- racks, from whence he was ordered to Manila, P. I., where he is now (Jan. 1905) Medical Inspector of the Insular Board of Health. 434. iv. Mary Wyllys 7 , b. Nov. 23, 1868. 246. ELLSWORTH 6 ( Wyllys 5 , Timothy 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). A.B. Yale Coll. 1849. and lat er A.M. M.D. Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons N. Y. 1852. Having served as junior and senior assistant and house surgeon in Bellevue Hospital 1852-3, for which he received a diploma, he began his career as a prac- ticing physician in that city. He has filled the position of attending physician in the Northern and Northeastern Dispen- saries, has been Trustee and Registrar in the Coll. of Physicans and Surgeons, has been twice president of the Medical Society of the County of New York, twice president of the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, and vice president of the Medical Society of the State of New York. He is a member of the principal medical societies of New York City, is a life member of the New York Historical Society, and of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Societies, having been for several years vice president of the latter. Such is the mere outline of the successive steps in his career and the well-deserved honors of a long and useful life. He has been called by one of his kinswomen the ''Chief of our Tribe," and in another part of this work reference will be made to his untiring services to the Eliot family. He married, May 7, 1856, Anna, dau. of Joshua and Ruth Shaw (Sumner) Stone of Boston, Mass., b. Dec. 13, 1825, died Jan. 23, 1905. Benjamin P. Shillaber, in The New England Magazine, new series, vol. 1 68 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. ix, p. 158, says of her: "Among the soloists of the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston) was one who has hardly been excelled since, and who gave the greatest delight. This was Anna Stone, a Boston girl, who in oratorio would be to-day the peer of any female vocalist. To have heard her sing T Know that my Redeemer Liveth,' and 'Let the Bright Seraphim,' the latter accompanied by a trumpet, by John Bartlett, I feel even now to have been a great privilege. Miss Stone was a tall, pale girl, with brilliant eyes, and as she sang, she seemed transfigured by the spirit of the music she was rendering." CHILDREN. 435. i. Anna 7 , b. July 30, 1858, N. Y. ; d. Apr. 24, 1898. [ tw - ns 436. ii. Ellen 7 , b. July 30, 1858, N. Y. ; d. Aug. 8, 1859. ) 437. iii. Grace 7 , b. Nov. 30, i860, N. Y. ; d. Mar. 20, 1865. 438. iv. Laura 7 , b. June 20, 1862, N. Y. -\- 439. v. Ellsworth 7 , b. June 6, 1864, N. Y. 247. HARVEY 6 (Wyllys", Timothy*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in North Guilford. He married Jane, dau. of John and Catherine Coulter of Guilford. She was b. in England, Oct. 10, 1838; d. of pneumonia, Feb. 1, 1887. She and her husband are both buried in Alderbrook Cemetery. CHILDREN. _|- 440. i. Frederick Wyllys 7 , b. June 28, i860, at No. Guilford. -)- 441. ii. Harry Lewis 7 , b. Jan. 13, 1862, at No. Guilford. 442. iii. Jennie Louise 7 , b. July 21, 1863, at No. Guilford. 443. iv. Fannie Laura 7 , b. Apr. 16, 1865, at No. Guilford. She married Jan. 30, 1892, Henry H. Baldwin of Bran ford. CHILD. I. EHot Harrison, b. Aug. 15, 1895; d. Nov. 2, 1901. 249. CHAUNCEY SMITHSON 7 (Samuel W.\ Samuel SS, Aaron*, Jared'\ Joseph 2 , John 1 ), of York, and Rochester, Steuben Co., la., Clearlake and So. Milford, Ind, and Ransome, Hills- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 169 dale Co., Mich. He married, Feb. 16, 1840, in New London, O., Sarah Day. She was b. May 3, 1816, in Athens, Greene Co., N. Y., and is still living (1904) at Ransome, Hillsdale Co., Mich. CHILDREN. 444. i. Sarah (Sally) Winans 8 , b. Sept. 14, 1841, in Rochester, O. ; d. Aug. 29, 1877, in Ransome, Mich. She married Jan. 11, 1869, Bernard P. McKenny, d. 1900. CHILDREN. 1. Sarah J., b. Nov. 9, 1870, at Ransome, Mich. 2. Catherine N., b. Jan. 27, 1871, at Ransome, Mich. 3. Mary A., b. Sept. 4, 1874, at Wright, Mich. 4. James P. Elliott, b. May 9, 1876, at Wright, Mich. 445. ii. Eunice S. 8 , b. at Rochester, Jan. 23, 1843. She mar- ried June 3, 1862, Benjamin Chase, b. in New York ; d. May 10, 1883, in Mattoon, 111. Lived at Grand Rapids, Mich. CHILDREN. 1. Marcia, b. Feb. 12, 1863 ; m. first, Jan. 19, 1883, Albert Frey, who d. Aug. 20, 1888 ; m. second, Oct. 5, 1895, Thomas McQuirk. Child: a. Nellie, b. Dec. 29, 1903. 2. Kittie F., b. June 15, 1866; m. July 16, 1888, Frank Anderson of Grand Rapids, Mich. 446. iii. Amanda Malvina 8 , b. at Rochester, Nov. 18, 1844. She married, Mar. 15, 1863, Palmer Lindsay, b. July 6, 1828, at Amherst, Erie Co., N. Y. CHILDREN. 1. Eulalie (Phelee), b. Dec. 9, 1864; m. Sept. 1, 1889, Edward Roney, b. Feb. 26, 1859. Children: a. Charles P., b. Aug. 24, 1890. b. Earnest Hugh, b. Aug. 9, 1892. c. Reuben S., b. Sept. 10, 1895. d. Reginald, b. Dec. 27, 1898; d. Jan. 15, 1899. e. Harold E., and (f) Hazel E. (twins), b. Feb. 8, 1904. 2. Charles H., b. Mar. 22, 1867; d. May 1, 1872. 3. Eugene, b. Jan. 14, 1869 ; d. June 29, 1869. ) twJns 4. Irene, b. Jan. 14, 1869; d. Feb. 14, 1869. ) 17° DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 5. Alice Bertha, b. Sept. 19, 1873; m. Sept. 20, 1888, Peter Roney (brother of Edward), b. Dec. 9, i860. Child: a. Inez May, b. Feb. 19, 1897. 6. Agnes May, b. July 20, 1875; m. Apr. 20, 1893, Wiley A. Carmack. Children : a. Alice Caroline, b. May 18, 1896. b. Anna Marie, b. Mar. 25, 1898. c. Amy, b. Aug. 19, 1899. 7. Sylvia Ida, b. Mar. 25, 1877; a teacher. 8. Ethel Emma, b. Dec. 31, 1879; m. Gustave Thonert. Children: a. Augusta Evelina, b. Oct. 18, 1900. b. Alice Bertha, b. Mar. 15, 1902. c. Albert H., b. Feb. 18, 1904. 447. iv. Adelia Jane 8 , b. June 30, 1847 5 d. Aug. 23, 1879. 448. v. Agnes M. 8 , b. Rochester, May 12, 1850. She married Feb. 10, 1876, Abram Greenwood, of English parentage, lived at Coldvvater, Mich. CHILD. 1. Elliott Abram, b. June 25, 1889. 449 450 451 452 453 vi. Alice J. 8 , b. Rochester, O., Dec. 11, 185 1. Lives (1904) Ransome, Mich, vii. Mary E. 8 , b. So. Milford, Ind., Jan. 1, 1854. Lives (1904) Ransome, Mich, viii. Helen M. 8 , b. Clearlake, Ind., Jan. 11, 1856; d. May 19, 1857. ix. Samuel J. 8 , b. Clearlake, Ind. July 13, 1858. Lives (1904) Ransome, Mich. x. Chauncey Smithson A. L. 8 , b. Clearlake, Ind., Apr. 2, 1861. Lives (1904) Ransome, Mich. 254. SAMUEL HARVEY 7 (Samuel W.\ Samuel S.\ Aaron*, Jared z , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer and carpenter in Steuben Co., Ind. He enlisted in Co. K. 44th Reg. Ind. Vol. Inf. and served in the Civil War with distinction two and a half years. He was a genial man, of noble character and splendid abilities. He married, Jan. 1, 1846, at Scott, Ind., (Mrs.) Jane Smiley Edwards, b. Mar. 18, 1821. Mrs. Edwards had a son, Danford G. Edwards, b. Jan. 31, 1842; killed Dec. 27, 1863, near Dres- den, Tenn. He was in Co. E. 7th Ind. Cavalry. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 171 CHILDREN. + 454. i. John Harvey 8 , b. Nov. 26, 1846. 455. ii. Clark Robert 8 , b. Sept. 9, 1848; d. in infancy. 456. iii. Emma Celestia 8 , b. Dec. 9, 1850. She married June 26, 1870, at Mancelona, Mich., Harvey James Wilson. CHILDREN. 1. Jennie Josephine, b. Apr. 4, 1871 ; m. Feb. 24, 1901, Sylvester Morton Richmond, b. Oct. 26, 1865. 2. Cora May. 457. iv. Frances Mary 8 , b. May 27, i860. She married Sept. 2, 1874, John Clark, who died in Arkansas of yellow fever, July 15, 1880. After the death of her husband, she taught school, entered college at Angola, graduated in 1888, studied music, graduated National School, Detroit, 1893 ; New Schools method, Chicago, 1900. She was Supervisor of Music, Monmouth, 111., 1891 ; Ottumwa, la., 1896-1903; now (1904) supervisor in Mil- waukee, Wis. CHILDREN. i. Maggie Myrtle, b. Nov. 22, 1877; d. Oct. 13, 1878. 2. John Carl Elliott, b. Feb. 23, 1881 ; grad. Ottumwa (Iowa) High School 1899; now (1904) in senior year at Drake Univ., Des Moines, Iowa. 256. JOSEPH CANFIELD 7 (Samuel W. G , Samuel S. 5 , Aaron\ Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Fremont, Ind. He married, Dec. 18, 1854, at Reading, Mich., Sarah Garrett, b. in Berks Co., Pa., Dec. 20, 1831. CHILDREN. 458. i. Josephine 8 , married Francis Story. CHILDREN. 1. Heman. 2. Jeanette. 3- Guy. 4. Ola. 5. J. C. and G. C. (twins). 172 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 459. ii. Jeanette 8 , b. Dec. 20, 1858 ; d. Apr. 27, 1876. + 460. iii. Frank F. 8 , b. May 20, 1862, at York, Ind. + 461. iv. John Harvey 8 , b. Jan. 24, 1866, at York, Ind. 462. v. Jessie 8 , b. Oct. 24, 1871, at York, Ind. She married, Feb. 14, 1893, Clem C. Brattin. CHILDREN. i. George Elliott, b. Nov. 20, 1893, at Hamilton, Ind. 2. Bernice Mae, b. Oct. 4, 1895, at Greenwich, O. 3. Sarah Blanche, b. Mar. 30, 1898, at Greenwich, O. 4. Ralph Waldo, b. Mar. 9, 1901, at Fremont, Ind. 258. JOHN HARMON 7 (Samuel W.\ Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Angola, Ind. He married, Feb. 19, 1854, Avis Naomi La Rue (of French parentage), b. Jan. 26, 1831, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. children. + 463. i. George Perry 8 , b. Jan. 5, 1856. + 464. ii. Granville 8 , b. May 7, 1858. 465. iii. Harriet Elizabeth 8 , b. Jan. 29, i860. She married first, May 28, 1878, Rev. Myron M. Gleason, b. Apr. 7, 1847 ! d. Feb. 25, 1887. He was a minister of the Christian Church, a finely educated and powerful preacher. She married second, Mar. 13, 1895, Charles A. Reed, b. Sept. 3, 1856. CHILDREN, BY FIRST HUSBAND. 1. Roy Elliott, lives at Three Rivers, Mich., b. Mar. 5, 1879; m. Feb. 15, 1897, Gertrude Buck, b. Feb. 17, 1878. Child: a. Harriett Lucille, b. Aug. 6, 1903. 2. Maude M., b. Feb. 15, 1881. 3. Mabel Naomi, b. Nov. 23, 1882. 4. Chilla, b. Aug. 11, 1884; d. Aug. 13, 1884. 5. Bernice Marion, b. July 7, 1887. + 466. iv. Henry Ellsworth 8 , b. Mar. 10, 1862. + 467. v. Alphonso Byron 8 , b. July 2, 1865. + 468. vi. John Fremont 8 , b. May 10, 1871. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 73 260. WILLIAM SIDNEY 7 (William W .\ Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, J area 1 *, Joseph 2 , John 1 ) was born in North Hampton, Mont- gomery Co., N. Y. In 1819 his parents removed to Ballston Spa, New York, and remained there till 1836. In 1833 he became school teacher in Rochester in a free school supported by General Riley. At this time the slavery agitation was the question of the day. The first anti-slavery convention ever held in New York State met in 1835 at Utica, and Mr. Elliott was a delegate to that meeting. After this he became fully imbued with the idea that the great West was the place for the full fruition of free thoughts and actions and where the death of slavery would be worked out. He soon after removed to Michigan, locating at Niles. Here he became familiar with the fact that the negroes were helping themselves to freedom, and he lent a helping hand on every opportunity, so that two hundred escaped bondsmen via the Indiana, Ohio and Michigan underground railway had to thank Mr. Elliott, whose section of the road covered a distance of twenty miles, for aid rendered them in their flight. About the time the Civil War broke out he removed to Chicago and later to Quincy, 111. Later he again returned to Chicago, where he continued to reside, an honored and respected citizen, up to the day of his death. He is buried at Niles, Mich. A beautiful granite monument, erected by his son, A. R. Elliott, adorns the cemetery lot, which was cleared out of the primeval forest by himself in early man- hood. There also repose the remains of his father and mother, his wives and several children. He married first, Oct. 1, 1836, Louisa Carrington of Huron, O., b. May 8, 181 1 ; d. Sept. 17, 1837. He married second, Nov. 30, 1844, at Cleveland, O., Caroline Matilda Morse, b. May 5, 1823, at Wells, Me. ; d. Dec. 28, 185 1 ; buried at Niles, Mich. He married third, May 17, 1854, at Phelps, N. Y., Arthaline Howell, b. Dec. 22, 1830, at Newark, N. Y. ; still living (1904). CHILD, BY FIRST WIFE. 469. i. Louisa Carrington 8 , b. Sept. 13, 1837 ; d. Mar. 17, 1844. 174 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. 470. ii. Elbridge Gerry 8 , died. 471. iii. Daniel Morse 8 , died. -f 472. iv. William Sidney Jr. 8 , b. May 1, 1849, at Niles, Mich. + 473. v. Ashbel Riley 8 , b. Oct. 29, 1851, at Niles, Mich. children, by third wife. 474- vi. Charles Sumner 8 , b. Mar. 3, 1855 ; d. Jan. 27, 1856. 475. vii. Caroline Louisa 8 , b. Jan. 15, 1858. She has been for over twenty years Reference Librarian in the Chicago Public Library. 476. viii. Edward Everett 8 , b. Feb. 8, 1861, at Quincy, 111. He is (1904) a merchant in Chicago. 477. ix. Nellie 8 , b. Aug. 10, 1864; d- July 27, 1866. 264. JOHN WILLIAMS 7 (John Aaron 6 , Samuel S.*, Aaron 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), watchmaker, etc., at Eutaw, Green Co., Ala. His parents designed him for the ministry, but he preferred to learn his father's trade, and on the offer of a liberal salary went to Tuscaloosa, Ala. There he became interested in religion and began to study for the ministry while working at his trade. On account of weakness of the eyes he was obliged to give up his design, and established himself in busi- ness in Eutaw. He married first, Jan. 25, 1843, Louisa Eliza- beth Towner, b. in Wallingford, Vt., Apr. 20, 1815; d. Mar. 25, 1853. He married second, Feb. 4, 1858, Blanche Smith Chapman. children, by first wife. 478. i. Luella Elizabeth 8 , b. Feb. 17, 1844, at Eutaw, Ala. She married, Apr. 25, 1866, Charles F. W. Brown, b. Dec. 29, 1830, at Salem, Mass. CHILDREN. i. Elizabeth Millet, b. Oct. 21, 1867, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. Oct. 8, 1890, Henry Searing. Children : a. Luella Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1892. b. Emily Morton, b. Mar. 26, 1896, at Brooklyn. 2. Louisa Towner, b. Sept. 17, 1869; d. Jan. 14, 1881. 3. Luella Belle, b. Jan. 1, 1871, at Brooklyn. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 175 479. ii. Henry Towner 8 , b. July 29, 1846, at Eutaw, Ala. ; d. April, 1865. -f 480. iii. Charles Norman 8 , b. Jan. 15, 1849, at Eutaw, Ala. 266. HENRY 7 (John Aaron 6 , Samuel S. 5 Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant of Bridgeport. He received a classical education, and designed to study a profession ; but from lame- ness he relinquished his plans, and engaged in merchandizing at Gaylord's Bridge in company with George Heath. He married, Oct. 14, 1850, Anna, dau. of Daniel and Rosanna Gaylord, b. at Gaylordsville, Conn., Aug. 12, 1818; d. Mar. 3, 1886. CHILDREN. 481. i. Anna Grace 8 , b. Aug. 24, 1852 ; d. May 27, 1872. -f 482. ii. Henry Gaylord 8 , b. Dec. 2, 1859, at Bridgeport, Conn. 267. JOSEPH BAILEY 7 (John Aaron 6 , Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He graduated from the Yale Medical School. Practiced in New Hartford, Conn. In 1848 he was appointed assistant physician at the Trenton (N. J.) State Lunatic Asylum. He subsequently practiced medicine in Brook- lyn, N. Y., and became a leading homeopath. He was for many years a member and earnest supporter of the Church of the Messiah in Brooklyn, and at the time of his death was junior warden of the church. He married, at Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 21, 1854, Elizabeth Annette Mullikin, b. in Philadelphia Dec. 25, 1828 ; d. Nov. 4, 1892. children. 483. i. Delia Marie 8 , b. Mar. 14, 1857. Lives (1904) New York. 484. ii. Cora Bell 8 , b. Nov. 25, 1859, at Brooklyn, N. Y. She married Oct. 18, 1888, in Brooklyn, Frank Tilton Morris. 485. iii. Emily Josephine 8 , b. Aug. 28, 1864; married June 19, 1890, at Brooklyn, Charles Addison Miller. 486. iv. Bessie 8 , b. Dec. 12, 1871. She married in Brooklyn, Apr. 16, 1895, Harry Nevins Dunham. 176 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 268. SAMUEL WORCESTER 7 (John A.\ Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ) He came to Salisbury, Conn., at the age of twenty-one years. He was a tanner and currier for about fifteen years, and afterwards was a harness-maker until 1882. Since then he has been successfully engaged as a nurseryman and small fruit grower. He married in Salis- bury, Oct. 10, 1848, Lucy Ann, dau. of Henry Belcher. She was born Mar. 10, 1824, and is still living (1904). CHILDREN. 487. i. Mary Anna 8 , b. Nov. 17, 1851, at Salisbury, Conn. 488. ii. Lucy Emma 8 , b. May 9, 1855, at Salisbury, Conn. ; d. May 21, 1874. + 489. iii. Robert Samuel 8 , b. Oct. 24, 1868, in Salisbury, Conn. 270. CHARLES FREDERICK 7 (John A.\ Samuel S.\ Aaron 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant of Brooklyn. He went west for his health and died in Kalamazoo, Mich., where he is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery. He married, Sept. 13, 1852, Jane Alletta Miles, b. Sept. 3, 1833. After Mr. Eliot's death she married' George Hunt, who died. She is living (1904) in Brooklyn. CHILDREN. 490. i. Marion Miles 8 , b. July 11, 1853, in Brooklyn ; d. Aug. 22, 1854. 491. ii. Charles Henry 8 , b. July 10, 1855, in Brooklyn; d. Aug. 2, 1900. He married first, Nov. 23, 1881, Elinor Johnson, who died Feb. 16, 1883 ; second, May 6, 1888, Dora Snow. 492. iii. Jennie Isabelle 8 , b. Apr. 8, 1857, in Brooklyn. When a young girl she learned the printer's trade, and went to Hillsdale, Mich., to take charge of the college paper. She married, at Paw Paw, Mich., July 18, 1883, Rev. Samuel Solon Schnell, b. at Liverpool, O., graduated from the theological department of Hillsdale Coll. CHILDREN. 1. Charles Elliott, b. Aug. 9, 1885, at Leslie, Mich. 2. Viola Katharine, b. July 17, 1887, at Leroy, O. 3. Winifred Amant, b. July 19, 1889, at Potter Centre, N. Y. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 177 273. SAMUEL W. 7 {Joseph Benjamin , Samuel S. 5 , Aaron 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Clothier. He married, Oct. 13, 1838, Phoebe, daughter of Whitney Park of Sand Lake, N. Y. CHILDREN. 493. i. Hannah 8 , b. Dec. 13, 1842. 494. ii. Anna Park 8 , b. Sept. 30, 1844. 495. iii. Almira H. 8 , b. July 26, 1846. 278. SAMUEL HURD 7 (Isaac 6 , Samuel S. 5 , Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Columbia, S. Dakota. He mar- ried, Nov. 27, 1869, at Ypsilanti, Mich., Tamar Speechley of Ann Arbor. CHILDREN. 496. i. Norma A. 8 , b. May 6, 1872; d. Mar. 23, 1878. 497. ii. Raymond S. 8 , b. Sept. 10, 1874. 498. iii. Geneva Bessie 8 , b. Sept. 1, 1877. 499. iv. Imogene Jennie 8 , b. May 11, 1882. 292. CHARLES JARED 7 (Henry*, Aaron 5 , Aaron*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), Pulaski County, Ark. He married Apr. 14, 1846, Elizabeth, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Stuart of Kentucky. CHILD. 500. Mary Christina 8 , b. Jan. 25, 1847. 299. CHARLES LUCIUS 7 (Homer 6 , John 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer at Goldenrod, Pa. He married, at Lindon, Pa., Aug. 22, 1873, Hannah E. Kline, b. Nov. 22, 1854, at Charlestown, Clinton Co., Pa. CHILD. 501. i. Carrie 8 , b. June 22, 1874, at Haneyville, Pa. She mar- ried, Nov. 5, 1892, at Johnsonburg, Frank Oliver Bonnell, b. Nov. 2, 1868, at Waterville, Pa. CHILD. i. H. Elliott, b. Oct. 9, 1894, at Johnsonburg, Pa. 301. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS 7 (John 6 , John 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer at Onarga, 111. He married, Jan. 19, 1870, at Eagle, 111., Mary Isabell Galloway. 178 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN. 502. i. Frances Julia r , b. Jan. 20, 1871 ; d. Aug. 17, 1872. + 503. ii. Harry Cook 8 , b. Apr. 4, 1873. 504. iii. Clara Bell 8 , b. July 15, 1877. She married, Jan. 19, 1898, in Danforth Township, Philip M. Amerman. CHILDREN. i. Richard Elliott, b. Oct. 12, 1898. 2. Robert Philip, b. Aug. 22, 1900. 505. iv. Roy G. 8 , b. Mar. 14, 1881. 506. v. Ruth 8 , b. Aug. 23, ii 302. HOMER 7 (John*, John 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Retired farmer, Kankakee, 111. He married, Feb. 4, 1873, at Farm Ridge, Fannie Crawford. children. 507. i. Arthur James 8 , b. at Gilman, 111., Oct. 18, 1875 ; graduated from Northwestern University at Evans- ton, 111., in 1902. He took up work as secretary of the Y. M. C. A. ; married, Oct. 8, 1902, Marie Louise Kemon of Washington, D. C. 508. ii. Ethel Jane 8 , b. Sept. 17, 1878. She is a musician. 305. ARTHUR 7 (John*, John 5 , Nathan 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer and shipper of live stock at Wilsman, 111. He married, Sept. 29, 1886, Nettie Hoffman. CHILDREN. 509. i. Charles John 8 , b. Apr. 28, 1889. 510. ii. Gertrude 8 , b. Mar. 4, 1891. 511. iii. Arthur Roland 8 , b. Mar. 6, 1895. 307. ELMER E. 7 (John*, John 5 , Nathan 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer at Wilsman, 111. He married, Feb. 29, 1884, at Lareica, 111., Viola Emigh. children. 512. i. Hattie 8 , b. Sept. 30, 1886. 513. ii. Mabel 8 , b. May 14, 1889. ? -I S O | O DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 79 315. BURDETT JOHNSON 7 (William F.\ Matthew 5 , Nathan*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He married, Aug. 16, 1886, Belle Hartwell of Cattaraugus, N. Y. CHILD. 514. i. William Farrand 8 , b. June 18, 1887. 324. JARED KIRTLAND 7 (Daniel 6 , Richard J. 5 , Nathan 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer at Poland, O. Removed about 1870 to Knoxville, Iowa, where he died. He married Mary Jane Brown of Poland. She d. May 18, 1895. CHILDREN. 515. i. James Brown 8 , b. Apr. 14, 1842 ; d. Jan. 1844. 516. ii. Mary Jane 8 , b. Nov. 6, 1844; d. Oct. 4, 1890. She married, Mar. 16, 1871, Newton F. Miller. 517. iii. Eliza Ellen 8 , b. Aug. 27, 1846. She married, Feb. 18, 1880, Edson Dorr Dewitt, a farmer of Knox- ville, Iowa. CHILDREN. 1. Gerald Eliot, b. Dec. 24, 1880. 2. Mary Blanche, b. July 11, 1883. 3. John Lamont, b. July 15, 1886. 4- 518. iv. Henry Mansfield 8 , b. Nov. 26, 1848. + 5 I 9- v - John Brown 8 , b. Jan. 2, 1852. 520. vi. Lucy Alice 8 , b. Sept. 26, 1853 ; d. Feb. 10, 1859. + 521. vii. Jared Robert 55 , b. May 12, 1856; d. Mar. 17, 1894. 325. OSCAR FITZALLEN 7 (Daniel 6 , Richard J. 5 , Nathan', Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He married first, 1839, Martha Gillespie; second, Dec. 12, 1841, Hannah Armstrong; third, Mrs. Maggie Davison of Eddyville, la.; fourth, Mar. 4, 1871, Mrs. Harriet E. Rathbun Colvin ; fifth, Mrs. Elizabeth Shiners,/ living (1904). ai , *^ CHILD, BY FIRST WIFE. 522. i. Martha 8 , b. 1840; d. 1865. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. + 523. ii. Jared 8 , b. Jan. 23, 1843. + 524. iii. Milton 8 , b. Jan. 23, 1846. + 525. iv. John 8 , b. Aug. 3, 1855. 526. v. Waldo E. 8 , b. Apr. 9, 1858. He is a farmer at Clemons, Iowa. He married, Jan. 1, 1879, Cynthia Bacon. CHILD, BY FOURTH WIFE. 527. vi. Harriet Lovina s , b. May 20, 1872. 332. ROBERT JUSTICE 7 (Horace 6 , Richard J. 5 , Nathan 4 , Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer at Lexington, 111., where he removed from Ohio in 1863. He served in the Civil War in the 134th Reg. Vol. Inf. He married, Nov. 1, 1864, Emeline Flesher of Lexington. CHILDREN. + 528. i. George Horace 8 , b. Feb. 13, 1866. + 529. ii. William D. 8 , b. Mar. 8, 1868. 530. iii. Peter W. 8 , b. Feb. 9, 1870 ; d. Oct. 27, 1902. 531. iv. Frank L. 8 , b. July 30, 1872. + 532. v. Arthur Corral 8 , b. Aug. 2, 1874. 533. vi. Grizola B. 8 , b. Feb. 15, 1880. She married, Feb. 20, 1902, Robert E. Vaughan of Chenoa Township, 111. He is a farmer at Lexington, 111., extensively engaged in breeding fine registered stock. CHILD. 1. Viola May, b. Dec. 30, 1903. 534. vii. Alwilda May 8 , b. Nov. 1, 1882. She married, Dec. 4, 1 901, Homer Jones of Lexington, 111. 347. FRANK AUGUSTUS 7 (John Edward 6 , Edtvard 5 , John*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Accountant in Clinton, N. Y. He married Annie Carpenter of Clinton. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 535- 536 537 538 539 540 54i 542 CHILDREN, ALL BORN AT CLINTON. i. Mildred 8 , b. Feb. 14, 1879; m - Nov. 4, 1902, Charles F. Alexander, ii. John Edward 8 , b. Dec. 12, 1880. iii. Whitney 8 , b. Sept. 19, 1883. iv. Edna 8 , b. Sept. 3, 1885. v. Burton 8 , b. Aug. 24, 1887. vi. Helen s , b. Aug. 20, 1890. vii. George 8 , b. Apr. 4, 1894. viii. Leslie 8 , b. Jan. 1, 1898. 348. EDWARD 7 (John Edward 6 , Edzvard 5 , John*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Musician at Utica, N. Y. He married, Oct. 10, 1889, Evelyn Armstrong of Rome, N. Y. child. 543. i. Edward Armstrong 8 , b. Dec. 3, 1892, at Clinton, N. Y. ; d. Feb. 11, 1903. 359. GEORGE EDWIN 7 (Ely Augustus 6 , George 5 , George*, Jared 3 , Joseph , John 1 ). He was educated at Amherst and entered a business life, first at New Haven, and afterwards at Clinton. He was a member of the Legislature in 1853. A man of position and influence in town and state. Since 1872 he has been widely connected with educational interests as the head of the Board of Trustees of the "Morgan School," a largely endowed school at Clinton. His residence is on the spot occu- pied by that of his great-great-grandfather, Rev. Jared Eliot. He married, Sept. 25, 1844, Chloe Cornelia, dau. of David Redfield of Clinton, Conn., a lineal descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. She was born Nov. 20, 1822. CHILDREN. 544. i. Mary Cornelia 8 , b. Mar. 23, 1850. 545. ii. Grace Redfield 8 , b. Feb. 7, 1852. She married, June 27, 1882, Henry Gustavus Rogers of Naples, Italy. 1 82 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. < 546. iii. Ely Augustus 8 , b. Mar. 18, 1854. He is engaged in business in New Haven, Conn., where he now (1904) lives. He married, Dec. 27, 1881, Ellen Montgomery, dau. of George and Philena (Stanley) Hunt of Providence, R. I. 547. iv. George 8 , b. Aug. 12, i860; d. Feb. 20, 1861. 548. v. George Edwin Jr. 8 , b. June 1, 1864. He graduated at Yale in 1886, and received the degree of A.M. for a post-graduate course. He then became master of English at the Morgan School, Clinton, of which he is at present (1904) the principal. 360. HENRY AUGUSTUS 7 (Ely Augustus 6 , George 5 , George*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He was for many years a farmer on a large scale, but later entered a business life. He was a man of exemplary piety, the senior deacon of the church over which his ancestor, Rev. Jared Eliot, presided for many years. He married, Sept. 20, 1846, Phoebe Elizabeth, dau. of Levi Hull of Clinton. She was b. Feb. 20, 1820. CHILDREN. 549. i. Susan Elizabeth 8 , b. July 27, 1848; d. Feb. 21, 1853. 4- 550. ii. William Henry 8 , b. Feb. 13, 1853. 361. CHARLES ALEXANDER 7 (Ely Augustus 6 , George 6 , George*, Jared"', Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He is (1904) in business in Clinton and holds a position of prominence, not only in the vil- lage, but in the state. He is treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Morgan School, sat for one term in the Legislature, was subsequently placed on the Board of Prison Directors, and has served as County Commissioner. He married first, Aug. 14, 1852, Adelaide Augusta, dau. of John Wilcox of Clinton. She died Aug. 4, 1867. He married second, June 16, 1869, Mary Augusta, dau of John Leffingwell of Clinton. CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. 551. i. Fanny Cornelia 8 , b. Nov. 8, 1853. 552. ii. Infant Son 8 , b. Apr. 5, 1858; d. Aug. 28, 1858. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 183 CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. 553. iii. John Leffingwell 8 , b. Aug. 22, 1870. 554. iv. Susan Pratt 8 , b. Feb. 8, 1873. 555. v. Sara Genevieve 8 , b. July 5, 1875. 556. vi. May Easter Leffingwell 8 , b. Mar. 28, 1880. 362. HENRY ACHILLES 7 (John Henry*, Achilles H. 5 , George*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He was a lawyer in New York City, where he died. He married, Nov. 22, 1866, Rosalia A. Fanning of Aquebogue, L. I. child. + 557. i. Henry Clinton 8 , b. June 6, 1869. 363. GEORGE F. 7 (John Henry 6 , Achilles H. 5 , George*, Jared 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He served in the Civil War with distinction, and afterwards settled at Stamford, Conn., where he now (1904) lives. He married, Sept. 1, 1870, Mary E. Lockwood of Stamford. children. 558. i. Eva Margaretta 8 , b. Feb. 8, 1873. She married, Nov. 10, 1891, George Elmer Jones of Stamford. CHILD. 1. Miriam Eliot, b. Oct. 25, 1892. 559. ii. Rosalia Adele 8 , b. Jan. 28, 1876. She married, Nov. 6, 1902, Joseph H. Cook of Stamford. CHILD. 1. Dorothy Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1903. 369. GEORGE AUGUSTUS 7 (William Horace, 6 William 5 , Nathaniel 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Merchant in New York City and afterwards farmer in Newburgh, N. Y. He married first, May 23, 1849, Harriet Reeves, dau. of Hon. John W. 184 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Brown of Newburgh. She was born May 23, 1830; d. June 9, 1850. He married second, Jan. 4, i860, at Newburgh, Harriette Rode Francis, b. Aug. 5, 1830, in New York. CHILDREN. 560. i. Francis 8 , b. Nov. 13, i860; d. Nov. 13, 1862. 561. ii. William Horace 8 , b. Feb. 16, 1862. He married, Oct. 18, 1893, at Benton Harbor, Mich., Mary J. Fairchild. 562. iii. Gertrude A. 8 , b. Nov. 3, 1865. She is (1904) a trained nurse in New York City. 563. iv. George Augustus 8 , b. Dec. 6, 1867 ; d. Nov. 7, 1868. 371. WILLIAM HORACE 7 (William Horace 6 , William 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). A.B. Yale 1844; A.M. and LL.B. Yale 1847. Lawyer in New Haven. He took high honors in college ; was a Phi Beta Kappa and a Skull and Bones man. After his admission to the Bar he began the practice of law, and married in 1849. He is described by those who remember him as an unusually attractive and promising young man, bound to achieve success and make himself a name. He was an active worker in the church and superintendent of St. Paul's Sunday School. His daughter, the editor of this revision, has many beautiful tributes to his character in her possession. But alas ! He died of yellow fever in the West Indies, whither he had gone to recover from an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, Dec. 8, 1852. Such is the outline of the short career of one who, though early called, had accomplished much. Through the compilation of the "Genealogy of the Eliot Family," published after his death by his father (211) and others of the family, he placed himself in the forefront of early American genealogists, and thereby rendered a service to his family which they recognize in this Revised Edition by placing his portrait as the frontispiece. He married, June 5, 1849, Sarah Frances Sawyier, daughter of Nathaniel and Pamela (Anderson) Sawyier of Cincinnati, O. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 85 Nathaniel Sawyier was one of the leading- lawyers of that city in its early days — a descendant of Deacon Moses Sawyier of Salisbury, N. H., and a second cousin of Daniel Webster. Pamela Anderson's ancestors came from Pennington, N. J., and were among the first settlers of Kentucky. She lived to the ripe old age of ninety-six. Mrs. Sallie Elliot later married Lebeus C. Chapin of New Haven (Yale 1852) and had by him four children. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM HORACE AND SARAH SAWYIER ELLIOT, ALL BORN IN NEW HAVEN. 564. i. William Horace 8 , b. June 5, 1850; d. Aug. 30, 1850. 565. ii. George Augustus 8 , b. Sept. 22, 185 1 ; d. Aug. 1, 1852. 566. iii. Wilimena Hannah 8 , b. Jan. 30, 1853 ; A.B. Vassar 1872 ; A.M. Vassar 1877 ; M.D., Med. Coll. N. Y. Infirmary 1877. She was born in her grandfather's house in New Haven, and lived there until her mother married again in 1859. She was a delicate child, and did not go to school regularly until she was ten years old, but studied Latin and mathematics with her step- father, who was then tutor at Yale. In 1866 Dr. Chapin's health being broken by the War of the Rebellion, and scholastic pursuits being interdicted, the family moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., whence, in 1868, at the age of fifteen, Wilimena went to Vassar College, which had been opened three years previously. She was poet of her class for the last three years, and had both a Class day and a Commencement appointment, receiving also (in later years, when a Vassar Chapter was inaugurated) the Phi Beta Kappa. After a year's travel in California and a half year's post-graduate course at Vassar, she began the study of medicine in New York City at the Woman's College of the New York Infirmary, and was thus one of the medical pioneers of her sex. She was the assistant of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi for two years in Materia Medica. She graduated in the spring of 1877, and in Kalamazoo, Dec. 26, 1877, married Justin Edwards Emerson, formerly of the Hawaiian Islands, a graduate of Williams College 1865; H. C. Med. School 1868; and the son of John S. Emerson and Ursula Newell, early missionaries to the Islands. After a year and a half in the old world, Dr. 186 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. and Mrs. Emerson chose Detroit as their home and settled there in October, 1880. Mrs. Emerson is actively identified with the social, philan- thropic and religious interests of her adopted city, is a Daughter of the Revolution, a Colonial Dame, and State Chairman of the Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, of which she has six in her ancestry. She had the honor of delivering a poem at the first Eliot gathering at Guilford in 1875 and again at the Natick reunion in 1901. CHILDREN. i. Paul Eliot Emerson, b. July 14, 1880, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; graduated at Williams College 1902; in business in Detroit. 2. Philip Law Emerson, b. Nov. 7, 1882, in Detroit; student in mechanical engineering at Cornell University. 3. Ralf de Pomeroy Emerson, b. June 8, 1885, in Detroit; student at Williams College. 373. LEWIS ROSSITER 7 (Charles 6 , William 5 , Nathaniel*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Farmer in Guilford. He married first, Dec. 5, 1847, Fanny Griswold, b. Oct. 27, 1823 ; d. Dec. 24, 1856. He married second, Nov. 17, 1858, Catherine, dau. of Sherman and Anna (Griswold) Graves, b. May 16, 1824. CHILD, BY FIRST WIFE. 567. i. Fanny Maria 8 , b. Mar. 26, 1853, in Guilford. She married, June 11, 1885, Herbert L. Benton. CHILDREN. 1. Eliot Herbert, b. Sept. 16, 1889. 2. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1892. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. 568. ii. Mary Elizabeth 8 , b. Apr. 27, i860. + 569. iii. Edward 8 , b. Oct. 14, 1861. 376. CHARLES MORGAN 7 (Charles*, William 5 , Nathaniel*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Mechanic in Meriden. He married first, July 20, 1847, at Meriden, Caroline E., dau. of Benjamin DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 187 Upson. She was b. Mar. 14, 1826; d. Sept. 21, 1872. He married second, Nov. 15, 1877, Mrs. Mary J. (Fenn) Cowdrey. She was b. Sept. 1, 1833. CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. 570. i. William Nathaniel 8 , b. Apr. 28, 1854, at Meriden. 571. ii. Caroline Redfield 8 , of Springfield, Mass., b. Apr. 1, 1864, at Detroit, Mich. + 572. iii. Benjamin Upson 8 , b. May 25, 1867, at Detroit, Mich. 379. JOHN 7 (George Augustus 6 , William 5 , Nathaniel- 1 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He married first, May 18, 1854, at Geneva, N. Y., Eliza Johnson of Pittsburg, Pa., b. 1832 ; d. Apr. 20, 1861. He married second, Mrs. Elizabeth N. Trissler, widow of Dr. Trissler of Buffalo and dau. of Joseph Kelsey. She was buried May 6, 1898, at Erie, Pa. children, by first wife. 573. i. Sarah Mariah 8 , b. Dec. 31, 1855, at Erie, Pa. She married, Dec. 23, 1880, Harry Richards, a farmer. Lives (1904) at Perley, Minn. CHILDREN. ■1. John Eliot, b. Nov. 10, 1881, at Fargo, N. D. 2. John Stevens, b. June 16, 1886; d. Feb. 17, 1891. 3. Ruth Eliot, b. Oct. 20, 1897, at Perley, Minn. 574. ii. Ruth Rossiter 8 , b. Apr. 6, i860. She married, Apr. 8, 1884, at Erie, Pa., George Tibbals Jarvis, b. Aug. 26, 1859, in New York City. 575. iii. George Augustus 8 , b. Apr. 14, 1861 ; d. Jan. 16, 1865. 383. REUBEN THOMAS 7 (Richard Samuel 6 , Reuben 5 , Wyllys\ Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). School teacher. He married first, Jan. 25, 1863, at Brooklyn, O., Ann M. Spence, b. in England, d. Feb. 8, 1883. He married second, Feb. 21, 1884, at North Olmstead, O., Ellen L. Henry. 1 88 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. + 576. i. Archie H. 8 , b. Nov. 17, 1863, at Brighton, O. + 577. ii. Will Nelson 8 , b. Jan. 27, 1869; d. Aug. 8, 1901. 578. iii. Albert Spence 8 , b. Sept. 8, 1870, at No. Olmstead ; d. Aug. 5, 1901. He graduated in medicine at the Western Reserve University in 1892. He was appointed house physician at St. Vincent's Hospital and remained there until 1893. He had an extensive general practice, and was fast winning an excellent reputation as a physician and surgeon when he died. 388. WILLIAM PEEK 7 (Nelson James 6 , Reuben 5 , Wyllys 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Was educated for college, but owing to financial reverses was obliged to go into business early. During many years he was in the dry goods business, both in the country and in New York. Later he became secretary of the United States Mortgage Co., later the United States Mort- gage and Trust Co. of New York City. He retired in 1903. He was a member of the Seventh Regiment Militia of the State of New York and was in the Civil War. He has lived at Rutherford, N. J., for many years, and has been School Trustee, and Warden and Vestryman of Grace Episcopal Church. He married Sarah Agnes Love, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (McGown) Love. She was b. Dec. 5, 1835. Thomas Love was born in Salisbury, England, and Sarah (McGown) Love in Paisley, Scotland. children. • 579. i. Grace Love 8 , b. Sept. 14, 1865. 580. ii. Thomas Nelson 8 , b. Jan. 31, 1867 ; d. June 1, 1872. 581. iii. Agnes Elizabeth 8 , b. Mar. 22, 1869; d. July 7, 1872. 582. iv. Kate Condit 8 , b. July 3, 1872; d. Feb. 27, 1875.$ -f 583. v. William 8 , b. Jan. 28, 1875. 584. vi. Ellsworth 8 , b. Dec. 25, 1877. 393. SAMUEL 7 (Nelson James 6 , Reuben 5 , Wyllys 4 , AbiaP, Joseph 2 , Johu^). He married Sarah C. Shott of Carbondale, Pa., b. Nov. 16, 1846. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 1 89 CHILDREN. 585. i. Mabel 8 , b. Aug. 4, 1878; d. Jan. 27, 1879. 586. ii. Bessie 8 , b. Apr. 15, 1880. She married, June 19, 1901, William Locke of Cranford, N. J., b. Mar. 13, 1869. 587. iii. Maude 8 , b. Oct. 27, 1882. 588. iv. Josephine 8 , b. Oct. 26, 1885. 395. HENRY WOOD 7 (Franklin Reuben 5 , Reuben 5 , Wyllys\ AbiaP, Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Artist, naturalist and literary man. He was educated in the Cleveland public and private schools, and in the Smithsonian Institute at Washington 1861-69. He was the artist of that establishment, and the private secre- tary to Joseph Henry, its Director, 1861-72. He was the artist of the United States Geological Survey, 1869-71 ; U. S. Special Commissioner to the Seal Islands of Alaska, 1872-74 ; and prepared the "Monograph of the Seal Islands of Alaska," published by the Tenth Census U. S. A. and the U. S. Fish Commission in 1882. He was again sent to the Seal Islands under act of Congress in 1890, and urged and secured the modus vivendi of 1891-93, which shielded the fur seal herd of Alaska from ruinous slaughter. He is the author of numerous magazine articles on the life and habits of wild men and animals ; also of "Our Arctic Province," published by Charles Scribners' Sons, New York, 1886, and editorial and other newspaper writings, too numerous to mention, from 1879 to date. For thirty years he has also been actively engaged in fruit growing and culture at Lakewood, near Cleveland, O., where he now (1904) resides. He was secretary of the Cleveland Centennial Commission 1895-96, and secretary of the Municipal Association of Lakewood, 1898- 1900. His publications are as follows: "Report on the Prybilov Group, or Sea Islands of Alaska (plates), 4to, Wash. 1873"; "Report on the Seal Islands of Alaska, Wash. 1884, 29 plates and two maps, 4to, pp. 188" ; "Our Arctic Province, Alaska and the Sea Islands. Illustrated by many drawings from nature and maps. New York, 1887, 8vo, cloth decorated, pp. 473" ; "Report upon the present condition of the fur seal rookeries of the Pribilov Islands of Alaska, dated Nov. 17, 1890. Wash. 1896, 8vo, pp. 240. Illustrated." 190 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. He married, July 22, 1872, at St. Paul's Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, Alexandra Meloviedor, a Russian girl of fifteen. CHILDREN. 589. i. Grace 8 , b. Mar. 19, 1873, on St. Paul's Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. 590. ii. Flora 8 , b. Aug. 14, 1875, at Lakewood, O. She married, Sept. 19, 1900, J. N. Dodd of London, England. CHILD. 1. Dorothy, b. in England. 59i- 111. 592. iv. 593- v. 594- vi. 595- vii. 596. viii. 597- ix. 598. X. Marsha s , b. Dec. 10, 1877, at Lakewood. Frank 8 , b. May 3, 1880, at Lakewood. Ruth 8 , b. Sept. 17, 1883, at Lakewood. Edith 8 , b. Mar. 16, 1886, at Lakewood. Narene 8 , b. May 10, 1889, at Lakewood. Lionel 8 , b. Dec. 26, 1891, at Lakewood. John 8 , b. Jan. 19, 1893, at Lakewood. Louise 8 , b. Mar. 14, 1899, at Lakewood. 402. HENRY HILL 7 (Henry Hill 6 , Andrew 5 , Wyllys\ Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He served in the Civil War, First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, 9th N. Y. Vols., 1861, stationed at Newport News, Va. He was detailed on the staff of Brigadier-General Thomas Williams, who was killed in the battle of Baton Rouge, 1862, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Louisiana (white) Volunteers, stationed at New Orleans. He was also in charge of the Texas and Opelousas Railroad. Resigned in 1863. He is (1904) a merchant and broker in New York City. He married first, Jan. 28, 1864, Helen Gertrude, dau. of John Tyng and Ann Maria (Hyde) Adams of New York City. She was b. May 19, 1840; d. May 29, 1879, in Cambridge, Mass. He married second, Mar. 26, 1883, Mary Leavenworth, dau. of George S. and Laura L. (Cook) Fitch, and widow of J. Frank Russell. She was born Dec. 16, 1845 > d. Dec. 2 6, 1891. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 191 CHILDREN, BY FIRST WIFE. 599. i. Amy 8 , b. Apr. 12, 1865, in New York. 600. ii. Helen Gertrude 8 , b. May 28, 1879, ^ n Cambridge. CHILDREN, BY SECOND WIFE. 601. iii. Henry Hill 8 , b. Dec. 17, 1884. 602. iv. Douglas Fitch Guilford 8 , b. May 2, 1887. 407. HOWARD 7 (Charles Wyllys 6 , Andrew 5 , Wyllys*, Abial 3 , Joseph-, John 1 ). Railroad official. He was educated in the Cambridge High School and the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, where he was graduated C.E. in 1881. His first active employment was as rodman in the northwestern part of Missouri, where, on July 5, 1880, he entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. After graduation he returned to this corporation, and served as a clerk in various departments until Nov. 15, 1882, when he was appointed auditor and assistant treasurer of two branch lines of the same company at Keokuk, Iowa. On Jan. 1, 1887, he was advanced as general freight and passenger agent; and on May 1, 1891, was made general freight agent in St. Louis, Mo., for all the lines operated by this company in the State of Missouri. On May 1, 1902, he was elected second vice president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co., and on Oct. 21, 1903, was elected president and director of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. He was thus actively engaged in railroad work for twenty- two years with the same corporation, and in connection with his work has become interested in the general development of the West. He has been a director in various subsidiary cor- porations of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. ; a member of the directory of the Union Depot Companies at St. Joseph, Atchison and Kansas City, and president of the St. Joseph Union Depot Co. For many years he has been a director in the St. Louis Union Trust Co. Mr. Elliott is a member of the Business Men's League, the Mercantile, Noonday, University, St. Louis, Commercial, and Country Clubs of St. Louis ; the Chicago and Athletic Clubs of 192 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Chicago ; the Benton and Commercial Clubs of St. Joseph, and the Kansas City Club. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Railway Association, the Missouri Historical Society, and the New England Society of St. Louis. His residence is now at St. Paul. He married, Oct. 12, 1892, Janet, dau. of Derrick Algernon and Julia (Churchill) January of St. Louis. She was b. Sept. 8, 1865. CHILDREN. 603. i. Janet 8 , b. Oct. 17, 1893, in St. Louis. 604. ii. Edith January 8 , b. Nov. 29, 1895, in St. Louis. 605. iii. Howard 8 , b. Nov. 26, 1899, in St. Louis. 410. ALEXANDER LUCIUS 7 (Alexander McG.\ Timothy 5 , Timothy*, Abial 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). He lived on the farm on which he was born until 1880. He has always lived within the county and has been an industrious citizen, taking the usual interest in educational and political matters. He married, Dec. 19, 1861, in Berlin Township, O., Emma Carrie Adams, b. Mar. 16, 1840, in Del. Co. Lives (1904) at Marlborough Township, Del. Co., O. CHILDREN, ALL BORN AT ORANGE TOWNSHIP. 606. i. Eddie M. 8 , b. Sept. 9, 1862 ; d. Dec. 18, 1866. 607. ii. Eva Delia 8 , b. June 8, 1866, in Del. Co. She married, in 1885, Alfred T. Hiteshaw. CHILDREN. 1. Julia Lulu, b. Dec. 4, 1885, at Constantia, O. 2. Emma Frances, b. Sept. 16, 1887, at Constantia, O. 3. Helen Margaret, b. June 23, 1904. 608. iii. Mary Lulu 8 , b. Mar. 3, 1868; d. Sept. 14, 1882. + 609. iv. Harry Eli 8 , b. Mar. 18, 1870, in Del. Co. + 610. v. Herbert Luzerne 8 , b. May 31, 1874, in Del. Co. 611. vi. John Adams 8 , b. Mar. 28, 1876, in Del. Co. He is a ranchman at Medora, N. D. 612. vii. Julia Maria 8 , b. Aug. 11, 1878, in Del. Co. She married, Nov. 25, 1897, Harry B. Wilson. PHrrrrissAVUHt 80^ of 0&trfef-> amvo *£afna edith. caT&SDrtr "fV $"£ & a&t o$$ md^\ [ft-i-* {fy& to $*xrt- of o Jw\ &oh, )6b4 Ifc Modern/ eAftKO ^cmtni I &0/J- Jofrn tttiolf- fa fem o-f ftanneff Pjlivff- 4 On another side is an open Bible, carved, and on one of its pages is Up Biblum God 1663 7. Four tablets are affixed to the Congregational House, Boston, Mass. One of these, signifying philanthropy, is a representation of John Eliot preaching to the Indians. 8. The Chancel window in the Church of St. John Baptist, Widford, Hertfordshire, England, is a Memorial to John Eliot, the inscription being: — To the Glory of God, and in pious memory of John Eliot, A.B. Cantab, called "The Apostle to the Indians," who was baptized in this Parish, Aug. 5, 1604: 272 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Emigrated to New England, 1631 : died in Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, May 21, 1690. The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. Erected by his descendants 1894. The following circular was the beginning of this admirable memorial : To the descendants of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians." The early years of our ancestors were passed in Widford, County of Hertford ; in Nazeing, County of Essex ; at Little Baddow in the same county, and at Jesus College, Cambridge University. In the Parish Register of the Church of St. John Baptist at Widford, his baptism is thus recorded: John Elliott the sonne of Bennett Elliott was baptized the fyfte daye of Auguste in the yeare of o r Lord God, 1604. The baptism of his sister Sarah in 1599, his brother Phillip in 1602, and his brother Jacob in 1606 are also recorded in this Parish Register. Among the marriages is this : Bennett Eliot and Letteye Aggar were married the 30 th of October, 1598. Subsequently to 1606 and prior to 1610 the family doubtless removed to Nazeing, as in the Parish Register of the Church of All Saints in that Parish are recorded the baptisms of Lydia in 1610, of Francis in 1615, and of Mary in 1620. The Register also shows that in the church- yard there are the graves, unmarked and unknown, of Letteye Eliot, who died in 1620, and Bennet Eliot, who died in 1621 — the father and mother of our apostolic ancestor. In the library of Jesus College, Cambridge University, is a copy of the Indian Bible presented by John Eliot, as his inscription on the fly-sheet shows. This priceless volume has been but recently discovered. Widford is about twenty-five miles north from London, and four and one-half miles east from Ware. It contains about 500 inhabitants, and probably presents about the same appearance as when our ancestor was born there. The Church of St. John Baptist is an ancient structure, built, no one can tell when and how. Parts of it are probably about 800 years old, dating from the days of the Normans. Venerable in appearance, it looks as if it had stood for ages and would continue for centuries undilapidated. Archbishop Richard Whately and our ancestor, as well, were baptized at the stately font which stands just within the entrance of the church. Charles Lamb was a frequent worshipper there, and his beautiful verses, in which he refers to the grave of his grand- mother in its churchyard as "On the green hill-top Hard by the house of prayer, a modest roof," have brought, and will continue to bring, many pilgrims to this delight- ful locality. The tower of the church, built at a later date than the main building, but still not far from 500 years old, contains a peal of six bells of exceptional sweetness and purity. Some of them are of great antiquity, to which John Eliot must have listened. Their melodious ringing on a clear Sunday morning once heard can never be forgotten. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 273 Through the kindness of the Rector, the Rev. John Traviss Lockwood, arrangements have been made to erect a stained-glass window to the memory of our ancestor. Mr. Lockwood has kindly consented that the chancel window, the most desirable one in the church, may be used for this purpose. Messrs. Burlinson & Grylls, 23 Newman Street, London, are preparing a design, a copy of which will soon be received. It will be an appropriate and beautiful memorial. The Rector of the church is thoroughly acquainted with this kind of work, and will give it his unremitting attention. The inscription will be : To the Glory of God and in Pious Remembrance of John Eliot, A.B., Cantab.,* called "The Apostle to the Indians," who was Baptized in this Church, Aug. 5, 1604: Emigrated to New England A.D. 1631 ; and Died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, May 21, 1690. This window was erected by his descend- ants A.D. 1893 (or 1894). "The Righteous shall be in Everlasting Remembrance." The object of this circular is to ask contributions of $1 and upwards from every one who claims descent from John Eliot, and from those who have married descendants. There are a few who will pay the entire amount, if necessary. As some are unable, and others may be indifferent, large contributions must be made by others to meet the expenses, which will be about $1,000. It is suggested that contributions be made, by those who are able and willing, in the names of deceased members of the family, or in behalf of those too poor to contribute, so as to make the number of contributors, directly or indirectly, as numerous as possible. Contributions sent to E. Eliot, 48 West 36th Street, New York, N. Y., will be promptly acknowledged. It will give me pleasure to show a large number of maps and photo- graphs of churches and places identified with the life of John Eliot in England to any who may desire to see them. When the work shall have been finished there will be a dedicatory service. This may take place early next spring. Then, or at any other time, descendants of John Eliot will have a cordial welcome at the church, rectory, and village of Widford, in Hertfordshire, England. Ellsworth Eliot. 48 West 36TH Street, New York, N. Y. September 25, 1893. 9. A Memorial Window, made by the Tiffany Glass Company, New York City, from a design by F. D. Millet, was placed in Memorial Hall, Harvard College, in 1889. It is described as "a well designed and richly colored picture of Eliot presenting the Gospel to the Indians". * Cantab., in the inscription, is the usual abbreviation of Cantabrigia, the Latin of Cambridge. 274 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 10. Memorial to John Eliot at Tucson, Arizona, by Laura Eliot Cutter. [See illustration in this volume.] "The Pumping Plant is the property of the Indian Training School at Tucson, Arizona. It is the only means of irrigating our forty-five acre ranch, which is situated one mile west of the School. Our School is for the Pima and Papago Indians and these tribes alone are benefited by this plant. Its use so far has been confined entirely to the School lands. Water rights, which we had from the river ditch, were partly taken away from us some years ago. Last year we would have had no crop had it not been for this pump plant, for all the water was taken away from us. The want of rains in this climate makes irrigation an absolute necessity for vegetation. The inscription for the plant is cut in native marble, taken from a mountain about twenty miles southwest of Tucson. The stone stands outside of the Well building at the southeast corner." [A portion of a letter written by the Superintendent of the Training School.] Churches, halls, public squares, streets, various institutions, and other Memorials without number bear the name of Eliot in recognition of his praiseworthy character. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. 275 7. FAMILY RELICS. THIS LIST MIGHT BE LARGELY EXTENDED. Chair belonging to the Unitarian Church, Dorchester, Mass. A picture of this chair is in the New England Magazine, vol. xv, P- 273. Chair belonging to ex-Mayor Henry E. Cobb, Newton, Mass., Pictures of both of these chairs are in the "Eliot Anniversary 1646-1896. City of Newton", Mass. Court cupboard, or sideboard, belonging to Edward Eliot, Guilford, coming from Joseph Eliot. [See picture in this book.] Autographs and other handwriting of John 1 , Joseph 2 , Jared 3 and AbiaP Eliot, and of many of their descendants, owned by Ellsworth Eliot, New York City. [A few of these are repro- duced in this volume.] Indian Bible, owned by Mrs. Laura Eliot Cutter, Brooklyn, N. Y. Indian Bible, owned by Ellsworth Eliot, New York City. Cotton Mather's Life of John Eliot, once owned by his son, Joseph 2 Eliot, Guilford, Conn., now owned by Ellsworth Eliot. Henry Smith's Sermons, dated 1592. This book has the autograph of Benjamin Eliot, son of John 1 , by whom it may have been brought from England. Owned by Ellsworth Eliot, New York City. Portraits of Jared 3 Eliot and wife, owned by George E. Eliot, Clinton, Conn. [See Jared Eliot's portrait in this volume.] There is an excellent engraving of the portrait of Jared Eliot in the Century Magazine, New York City, vol. xxvii, New Series, p. 437. Gold medal awarded to Jared 3 Eliot, for producing malleable iron from the American black sand. Owned by Charles G. Eliot, Goshen, N. Y. For a picture of this medal, see the Century Magazine, New York City, vol. xxvii, p. 448. Photographic copy of the Logick Primer from the original in the Library of the British Museum, London. Owned by Ellsworth Eliot, New York City. Whitney Elliott of North Haven, Conn., has the first dollar Dr. Harvey Eliot (No. 119) took in his practice — "a Spanish mill dollar". 276 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ELIOT. Also the gig he used in practice ; it is still in running order. Also his picture, in a gold case painted on ivory. Deacon William Maltby of Northford, Conn., has a silver porringer said to belong to Joseph and Mary Wyllys Eliot. It descended through the Hart family. Alexander Lucius Elliott of Delaware Co., O., has a watch belonging to Dr. Harvey Eliot (119). John A. Stanton of Clinton owns the following : Two Kensington embroideries by Amelia Z. Eliot and Mary L. Eliot, nieces of Nancy Eliot, sister of Jared Eliot 3d. A round top mahogany table of the eighteenth century, with spider legs, which belonged to Elizabeth Lord of Lyme, Conn., who married Jared Eliot 2d in 1760, and was his second wife. Two fiddle-back, rush-seated parlor chairs, with Spanish feet. A small globular china teapot, finely decorated and perfect. Silver pepper box and spoons marked J. E. A very ancient engraving, "Duchess of Marlborough," from painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bart., and another entitled "Study of Geography". A light drab colored gig body, with Eliot coat-of-arms, painted on back, and elephant's heads on side panels. In this carriage Jared Eliot 2d and Elizabeth Walker made their wedding jour- ney from Boston to Killingworth in May, 1757. Full life-size portraits of Jared Eliot 3d and his wife, Clarissa Lewis, upon one canvas. A fine Kensington embroidery, "Persian Lady worshipping the sun", by Nancy Eliot, sister of Jared Eliot 3d. MARY ^ c L« CI Pi B 987= Lady A of Provence Rf ,val Descent) d e (ias Hardies i) of Stanstead re, 1597 ; Gov. dlys of Ct. Line 3. Charlcn.ag.R- Emp'. of the West = Lady Hildegonde ... Saxony Louis I. King of France - Lady [udith of Bavaria Charles II. Kim of France Lad) Richildis (ad wife) Prim ess Judith of France = Baldwin 1. Count Of Flanders Baldwin II. Count of Flanders ROYAL ANCESTRY OF MARY WYLLYS, WIFE OF REV. JOSEPH ELIOT. Richard de Claire ; John de Otiincy ; Roger Bigod and son Hugh Bigod; John FitzRobert ; Godfrey de Say; Robert de Vere ; Henry de Bohun ; and Guilbert de Claire were all Sr.re- Ues for Magna Charts and all were ancestors of Mabel Harla- kenden and Mary \V\ llys. . .it through the. Saxon Kings to Henr descent from Edward I. through Edward 11. -111., etc. Line . and Line j reunite in Lady Catherine Fienes. [.iae3ShowsdeSCentofBaldwu1II.fr. Alfred the Great, King of Eng'. = Alswitba (or Elswitha) Etl.elwida= Baldwin II. Count of Flanders Arnolph, Conn, of Flanders = Lady All* of Vermandois Baldwin III. Count of Flanders = Lady Matilda of Saxony Arnolph II. Count of Flanders = Lady Susanna d'Inree of Italy Baldwin IV. Count of Flanders = Lady Agiva of Luxembourg - Baldwin V. Count of Flande L,irie 1. Hugh Capet elected King of France r: Ladj \,!,l,,,( A.,. .it, in. ders = Lady Adela ; d. of Robert the Pious of Fran, e = Ladj il tm I B Lad] Matilda of Flanders = William the Conqueror, King of Eng", Duke of Normandy •I Henry I., King of Eng''. = Matilda, d. of Malcolm III. of Scotland - Margaret Princess of Eng J M Hid, Empress of Germany = Geoffroi, fount of Anjou 1. Henry II, King of Eng*. - Eleanor, Duchess of Aqultaine .2 John, King of Eng 1 . = Lady Isabel de Tailblei 13 Henry III. of Eng J . = Lady Eleanor of Provence 14 Edward I. of Eng' 1 . = Eleanor, d. of Ferdinand III. of Castile 15 Princess Joan D'Acre = m*. I", Gilbert de Cla.e, Earl of Hertford and Glou. 16 Lady Margaret de Clare = m d . 2', Hugh, 2'' Baron d'Audley and created 1337 Earl of Gloucester 17 Lady Margaret d'Audley = Sir Ralph Stafford, 2' Baron Stafford, created 1351 Earl of Stafford (of Roy;, is Lady Margaret deStafford = Sir Ralph de Neville, K.G., 1 reati d [397 Earl of Westmoreland (of R. D.i 1 , Lady Phillipa de Neville = Thomas d'Acre of Gillisland, (."' Baron de Acre, died 1457 20 Thomas D'Acre of Gillisland = Elizabeth, d. of Sir Richard Bowet = Amy D'Uff'ord (of R. D.) 21 Lady loan D'Acre, heiress = m' 1 ., ante 1457. Sir Richard Fienes (of R. D.I, Constable Tower of Londo 22 Sir lohn Fienes (eldest son) = m'. Lady Alice, d. of Henry Baron Fit/hugl. of Ravensworth, d. 147=, a Sit Thomas Fiet.es. heir to Gd. father, Sir Richard Fienes ; Baron DA, re of (he South, etc. = Annie. .1 24 Lady Catherine Fienes, sister of Thomas, heir, d. v.p. ante 1531. father of Thomas, who succeeded to = She nv 1 . Richard Londenoys of Briade, Sussex, an. I had es Mary Londenoys, heiress = Thomas Harlakenden of Worthon. Kenr ; will dated 1502, probated 1564 20 Roger Harlakenden, of Earle's Colne, Essex, etc., 3" son (.535-1003) - m". .", Elizabeth, d. of Thorn,. 27 Richard Harlakenden (heir of Earle's Colne) = Margaret (or Mary), ,1. of Edward Hobart (or Hubbarl: .,. m ,,„ i M.irL.k. inden, b. Earle's Colne, 27 Sept., 1614, came to New Eng'. with bro. Roger, ru 35 = m''. f 1 (his second wife). Col. John II tyn. [636, I.. Coddicot, Hertfordshire Gov. Ct. Colony i(>39 2 o Ruth Haynes, .639-.6SS = m". .654-5. Samuel Wyllys of Hartford (,632-, 70,), son of Gov. Geo. Wyll „, Wyllys (.656-17*9)= ■»"■ ««4 0* * »«<=>' R "' >°^ h EU< " °' Guil, ° rdl ^ {l63 '' lt ^ 1 Descent) >n; Lord Ch arnberlain— Ed* rard IV.. etc. md Lady Ali ml,. Neville-(o f R, D.) 1. Tit f Sir Hun le, hangei .phrey Bouchiei ! for treason 1 : 1 -(c f R, D.j Hardies ,1 Stanstead, 1597 ; Gov s of Ct. Line j. Egbert, King of Wessex I idj Redin Ethelwuli = Osburga Alfred the Great, King of Eng d = Alswitha F.dward the Elder, King of Eng J = Edgiva.