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1. Andrew^ Elliot of Beverly, was representative 1690-2, and wasone of the jurors on the witch trials. We feel sure that he was the" cordwainer," Andrew Elliot, Sen., of Beverlj'-, whose will is dated26 Feb., 1Y03-4. (Essex Wills, viii. 95.) He mentions relatives asfollows :—His wife Mary " for the love, care and faithfulness whichshe has always manifested for and towards mee for forty years pastand more."

I. Son William, his present wife Mary, and children Andrew, Wil-liam, John, Judith, Mary, Emma and Elizabeth.

' n. Son Andrew (deceased), and his children Andrew, Samuel,Mercy and Grace.

III. Dan. Mary Woodbury, relict of Nicholas W., dec'd, and herdaughter Judith.

IV. Dau. Emma Blower and her son Andrew Woodbury, andV. Gr. ch. Joanna and Andrew Woodbury, children of his son-in-

law Andrew Woodbury dec'd.We may sum up his family as being :* (2) I. Andrew,'^ sa-id to have been born at East Coker in Somer-

setshire, 1G51.

(3) IT. William.^'

III. Mary,? m. Nicholas Woodbury.IV. Emma,' m. 1st, Andrew Woodbury ; 2d, Blower.

" 2. Andrew^ Elliot, jr., m. Mercy Shattuck, 9 Dec, 1680, and had :Mercy, ^ b. , 1681.

' (4) Andrew.^'b. 11 Sept., 1683.Samuel, => b. 11 Feb., 1686.Grace."

He was drowned 12 Sept., 1688, and his widow m. Trask, be-fore nOO. (Essex Wills, vii. 209.)

3. William^ Elliot of Beverly had Andrew," William," John,"Judith," Mary," Emma" and Elizabeth."

Third Generation.

' 4. Andrew" Elliot, third of the name, was of Boston, and m. RuthSymonds of Beverly, by whom he had :

Andrew,* b. 19 Nov., 1706 ; d. 23 Nov., 1713.He m, 2d, Mary Herrick in 1707, and had :

Ruth,* b. 29 Sept., 1708 ; d. 7 Jan., 1710.

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Ruth.' b. 20 Sept., 1711 : m. Xathaniel Thaver : d. 1746.(5) Samuel.* b. 27 Sept., 1713.

Mercy.* b. 25 Aug., 1716 : d. S Jau., 171S.

(6 t Andrew,* b. 21 Dec., 171S. ^He was undovibtecly ore el tbe SubscribcrSj A.vi3iew jr. and Sam-

uel his sons being two others. , ;He d. 21 MaFGh> 1749, aged i^d. Hiswidvw d. 26 Sept.. 1760, age^ ?5.

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5. SAirrsi* E^ripi. ihe Sctscfiber. was a bojkscHer at Boston, andm. Elizat«eih Marshall, flrom the West Indies, 2S May, 1736. Theirchildren were :

Elizabeth,- b. 2S Feb., 1736-7 : d. 4 Jan., 1777.

(7) Samuel,' b. 25 Aug., 1739.Ruih.- b. f9 March, 1741 : m. 15 June, 1767, Jeremy

Belknap.An.irew,- b. 25 May, 1743 : d. 10 Sept., 1747.Sarah,' b. 17 Jan., 1744-5 : d. 16 March, 1771.

He d. 9 May, 1745, aged 32. His widow d. 26 Aug., 1767.

6. A^TDETw* Eloot, jr., the Subscriber, H. C. 1737, was the well-known minister of the Xew Xorth Church in Boston. He m. 5 Oct.,1742, Elizabeth, dan. of Josiah and Elizabeth (Sexton) Laugdon, andbad

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Andrew,^ b. 11 Jan., 1743, minister at Fairfield, Conn. He m.Marv Pvncbon. and had An-irew, minister at XewMiliord.*

Josiah." -b. 11 Jan.. 1745. weL.i to Georgia.Elizabeth.' b. 4 May, 1747 : d. 31 Dec., 17S0.Samuel,* b. 17 June, 174S, a merchant of Boston. He m. Eliza-

l»eth Greenleaf, 7 May, 1771, and had five children.E::ih,* b. 2 Oct., 1749 : m. Capt. Thomas Knox.Mary,* b. 24 Jan., 175«Ii-l : m. Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin.John.* b. 31 May, 1754, minister at Boston. He m. Anna

Treadwell, and had Andrew, John, Anna, George,Elizabeth and Mary. He was the author of the Bio-graphical Dictionary, Arc. : he d. 14 Feb., 1813.

Sarah,* b. 3 Nov., 1755 : m. Joseph Squire.Susanna,^ b. 25 Feb., 1759 : m. Dr. David Hull.Ephraim,' b. 29 Dec., 1761, H. C. 17S0, an apothecary at Boston

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m. Elizabeth Fleet, 6 Dec, 17S9.Anna,' b. 27 April, 1765 : m. Capt. Melzar Joy.

He died 13 Sept., 177 S, aged 60.

7. SamueP Eliot, of Boston, was a distinguished merchant, presi-dent of the Massachusetts Bank, &c. He was a liberal benefector toHarvard College, in which he founded a Professorship of Greek Litera-ture. He m. first, Elizabeth Barrell, , 1765, and had

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Elizabeth,* b. , 17*67 : d. , 1767.Charles,* b. : d. young.Frances,* b. 16 Jan., 1776, at Haverhill: m. Joseph Bray from

Engrland, 7 Jan., 1806, and d. in 1820, leaving one

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dau., Mary-Elizabeth, who m. John Henry Gossler ofHamburg', Sept., 1829, and has issue.

His wife d. in 1783, and he m. second, Catherine Atkins of Xewbury,May, 1786, and had:

Mary-Harrison,* b. 15 May, 1788 : m. Edmund Dwight, 19 April,1809, and had ten children.

Elizabeth,® b. 2 March, 1790 : in. Benjamin Guild, March,1817, and had six children.

Charles,® b. 8 Nov., 1791 ; d. unm., 28 Sept., 1813.Catherine,® b. 7 Sept., 1793; m. Andrews Norton, 15 May,

1821, and had seven children.

(8) William-Havard,® b. 12 Dec, 1795.(9) Samuel-Atkins,® b. 5 March, 1798.Anna,® b. 23 Sept., 1800 : m. George Ticknor, 13 Sept., 1821, and

had three children. Samuel Eliot d. 18 Jan., 1820.

8. William-Havard® Eliot, m. 30 Xov., 1820, Margaret-Boies, dau.of Alden Bradford, who was b. 28 May, 1796. They had three child-ren, viz. :

I, Samuel,^ b. 22 Dec, 1821 ; m. Emily-Marshall, dau. of William-Foster Otis, 7 June, 1853 (b. 13 March,- 1832), andhad:

William-Samuel," b. 16 March, 18.54.Emily-Marshall,' b. UFeb., 1857.George Otis, b. 2 Sept., 1861 : d. 11 March, 1864.

n. William-Prescott,^ b, 2 July, 1826 ; m. Eleanor, dau. of HarveyChapin, 17 Aug., 1855, and had :

Amory,' b. 26 May, 1856.George,' b. 8 Dec, 1865.

ra. Margaret-Bradford,' b. 25 Dec, 1830.William-H. Eliot was active in developing the musical tastes and

resources of Boston. He built the Tremont House, then far in ad-*vance of hotels here or abroad, and in other ways showed a strongpublic spirit. He was a representative, and at the moment of his un-timely death, 6 Dec, 1831, was a candidate for the Mayoralty, whichhe would undoubtedly have received. His widow d. 31 Oct., 1864.

'9. Samuel-Atkins® Eliot, m. 13 June, 1826, Mary, dau. of TheodoreLyman (who was b. 9 Oct., 1802), and had five children, viz.

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I. Mary-Lyman,' b. 10 March, 1827 ; m. Charles-Eliot Guild,22 Nov., 1854.

n. Frances,' b. 27 Sept., 1829 ; d. 4 June, 1832.m. Elizabeth-Lyman,' b. 8 Dec, 1831; m. Stephen H. Ballard, 26

May, 1859.IV. Charles-William,' b. 20 March, 1834 : m. Ellen-Derby, dau. of

Rev. Ephraim Peabody, 27 Oct., 1858, andhad :

Charles,' b. 1 Nov., 1859.Francis,' b. 18 May, 1861 ; d. 9 Oct.,

1861.

Samuel-A..^ b. 24 Aug., 1862.Robert-P.,* b. 8 July, 1866: d. 14 Dec,

1867. His wife d. 13 March, 1869.

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V. Catherine-Atkins/ b. 27 April, 1836.

VI. Frances-Anne/ b. 22 May, 1838 ; m. Eev. Henry-W. Foote,9 July, 1863.

Hon. Samuel-A. Eliot was treasurer of Harvard College, 1842-53?Mayor of Boston, 1837-9 ; State Senator ; and Representative in Con-gress, 1850-1. He d. 29 Jan., 1862. His son, Charles-William, hasrecently been elected President of Harvard College, and his nephew,Samuel, has been President of Trinity College, Hartford.

NOTES.

Eliot Family. In tracing the Boston Eliots we have found a fewindividuals who seem not to be connected with the main families, andwe therefore record the data for other investigators.

1. Joseph Eliot, of Boston, by wife Sarah, had Joseph, b. 10 July,1698, and Benjamin, b. 23 May, 1700.

2. Capt. John Eliot, by wife Maria, had John, b. 25 Feb., 1714 ; Bar-tholomew, b. 1 June, 1716 ; Maria, b. 5 May, 1718 ; and John,b. 5 June, 1721. His wife d. 21 Sept., 1721, aged 27 years, 11mos., 8 d. He d. 9 June, 1727, aged 32.

3. William Eliot, by wife Isabella, had Isabella, b. 22 Sept., 1716.4. John Eliot, m. Martha Clark, 13 April, 1725, and had a son Clark,

b. 26 Dec, 1732.5. Joseph Eliot, by wife Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 20 Sept., 1728.6. Simon Eliot, by wife Jane, had Margaret, who d. 10 May, 1752,

aged 17. Simon d. 7 Jan., 1761, aged 49,7. Administrator of estate of John Eliot, tin-plate worker, was

granted 26 June, 1727, to his widow Sarah, who m. 2d,Dolbear. In 1729, Wm. Downes was guardian of the children,Rebecca, aged 7, and John, aged 5.

8. Administrator of estate of William Eliot, of Annapolis Royal,granted 9 Nov., 1711, to his cousin, Walter Eliot.

9. Joseph Eliot, m. Mary Bowden, 1 March, 1721. Joseph Eliot m.Esther Curtis, 20 May, 1734. Henry Eliot m. Mercy Lee, 26May, 1742.

10. John Eliot, of Windsor, Conn., will 18 April, 1719, mentions wifeMaiy, son John, and daus. Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, and Sarah.

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