PHILIP ELIOT
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Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
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PHILIP
ELIOT
~ brother of Lydia Eliot Penniman ~
ORIGIN:
Nazeing, Essex
MIGRATION:
1635 on the Hopewell
FIRST RESIDENCE:
Roxbury
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP:
Admitted to Roxbury church as member #133 in 1635 ("Philip
Eliot he died about the 22nd of the 8th month: 57. He was a man
of peace, & very faithful, he was many years in the office of
a deacon which he discharged faithfully. In his latter years he
was very lively useful & active for God, & his cause. The
Lord gave him so much acceptance in the hearts of the people that
he died under many of his offices of trust that are usually put
upon men of his rank, for besides his office of a deacon, he was
a deputy to the General Court, he was a commissioner of the
government of the town, he was one of the 5 men to order the
prudential affairs of the town, & he was chosen to be Feoffee
of the Public School in Roxbury" [RChR 81]). Early in 1636,
"Elizabeth Eliot the wife of Philip Eliot" was admitted
to Roxbury church as member #153 [RChR 82].
FREEMAN:
25 May 1636 (second in a sequence of four Roxbury men) [MBCR
1:371].
EDUCATION:
His inventory included "books" valued at £2. In the
inventory of Philip Eliot's goods later in the hands of his
son-in-law John Smith were "one Bible and 6 other books most
being old" valued at 16s., and in the hands of his
son-in-law John Aldus were "6 books" valued at 8s.
On 27 July 1676, "John Eliot of Roxbury, aged about 73
years, do testify that my brother Phillip Eliot of Roxbury
deceased in my hearing at a public meeting of the town for the
settling of the school in Roxbury & making provision for the
same did engage to give eight shillings per annum towards the
said school forever and for the security thereof tendered the
engagement of his house [&] lands in Roxbury as others did
& would at the same time have subscribed his hand to the book
as others of the town did but in word did it as fully &
freely as was possible for him to do" [SPR 6:159].
OFFICES:
Deputy for Roxbury to Massachusetts General Court (as "Mr.
Phillip Eliott"), 3 May 1654, 23 May 1655, 14 May 1656, 6
May 1657 [MBCR 3:340, 373, 422, 4:1:181, 221, 255, 286].
Representative for Roxbury on Massachusetts Bay committee to evaluate livestock, 13 May 1640 [MBCR 1:295].
Admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638
[HAHAC 1:59]. In the inventory of Philip Eliot's goods later in
the hands of his son-in-law John Aldus was "one sword"
valued at 10s.
ESTATE:
In the Roxbury land inventory of about 1654, "Phillip
Eliot" held eight parcels: "his house, barn and home
lot three acres"; twelve acres of land; thirty-three acres
of land; nine acres of land; "six acres of salt marsh in
Gravelly Point"; "three acres and a half in Bear Marsh,
being the half of seven acres late Edward Porter's";
"in the second allotment, next William Curtis the four and
twentieth lot, being the last lot there, ninety-six acres,
three-quarters and thirty pole"; and "in the four
thousand acres three hundred thirty and three acres" [RLR
14-15].
On 22 April 1641, "Richard Callacot of Dorchester" mortgaged to "Phillip Eliott & William Parke executors of the last will & testament of George Alcocke deceased" "his house at Dorchester & his farm house & all other his lands lying in Dorchester" [Lechford 386, 388-89; SLR 1:24].
On 6 March 1647[/8?], John Ruggles of Roxbury mortgaged to "Phillip Eliot of Roxbury his dwelling house & four acres of land near adjoining within the fence & three acres near the Great Pond" [SLR 1:89]. On 15 February 1648[/9?], Daniel Ainsworth of Roxbury mortgaged to "Phillip Eliot of Roxbury ten acres of his homelot formerly bought of John Stowe, & seven acres & half of woodland which was formerly Rob[er]t Pepper's" [SLR 1:102]. On 24 February 1652]/3?], William Healy of Roxbury mortgaged to "Phillip Eliott of Roxbury" twelve acres in Roxbury [SLR 1:289].
In his will, dated 21 October 1657 and proved 11 February 1657/8, "Phillip Elliott of Roxbery" bequeathed to "the treasury of the Church of Roxbery," £5; "whereas my son Aldis oweth me £5 upon a late bargain my will is that his daughter Sarah Aldis have that"; to "my grandchild Henry Withington £5 towards the bringing him up in learning"; to "John Perry when his time is up," £5; to "my daughter Lydia for her portion equal with her other sisters," £60; to "all my children," moveables; "all my three daughters" to be residuary legatees equally "after my wife's decease"; wife to be sole executrix and residuary legatee during her life; "my brother John Elliott our teacher, Elder Heath, Deacon Parks, John Rugles Senior" to be overseers [SPR 1:299].
The undated inventory of the estate of "Phillip Elliott
deceased" totalled £554 1s. 10d., of which £270 was real
estate: "housing, orchard, homelot & swamp," £100;
"12 acres of land abutting upon Stony River arable &
meadow land," £48; "land near the Great Pond 10
acres," £22; "broken and unbroken lands 9 acres more
or less near Dan Ainsworth," £20; "6 acres more or
less at Gravelly Point," £30; "3 acres & a half
more or less at Bare Marsh," £10; and "96 acres 3/4
and 30 pole in the last division," £40 [SPR 3:121-22].
On 2 February 1660/1, "power of administration
to the estate of the late Phillipp Elliot as it is left by
Elizabeth Elliot his relict is granted to Rich[ard] Withington,
John Aldis and John Smith to make division thereof amongst
themselves according to the last will of the said right of their
wives" [SPR 4:2].
The inventory of "that part of the estate sometimes Philip
Elliot's of Roxbery deceased which was in the possession of the
men hereafter named after the death of Elizabeth Elliot the late
wife of the said Philip," taken 22 January 1660/1, was
untotalled, and was divided into several sections: "In the
possession of John Smith of Dedham"; "In the possession
of John Aldus of Dedham"; "In the possession of Richard
Witherington of Dorchester" [with no appraised amounts next
to the inventoried items]; "the houses and land late
deceased Philipp Elliot's of Roxbery deceased according as they
were formerly apprized in the inventory of his whole estate"
[the same items as in the inventory of Philip Eliot, with some
copying errors]; and "Remaining in the house at
Roxberey" [SPR 4:2].
BIRTH:
Baptized Widford, Hertfordshire, 25 April 1602, son of Bennett
and Lettice (Aggar) Eliot [Eliot Gen 3].
DEATH:
Roxbury 22 October 1657 ("Philip Eliot one of the deacons of
this Church" [RChR 176]).
MARRIAGE:
20 October 1624 (lic.) Elizabeth Sybthorpe, daughter of Robert
Sybthorpe of Little Hallingbury, Essex ("Philip Eliot of
Nasing, Essex, husbandman, a bachelor aged about 22, and
Elizabeth Sybthorpe of Little Hallingbury in Co. Essex, maiden,
about 23, daughter of Robert Sybthorpe, deceased; then appeared
William Curtis of Nasing aforesaid, husbandman, and testified the
consent of Anne Sybthorpe, widow, mother to the said Elizabeth;
at Nasing or Little Hallingbury" [EIHC 28:101]). She died at
Dedham 8 January 1660/1 (as "widow Elliott") [DeVR 8].
CHILDREN:
i ELIZABETH, bp. Nazeing 8 April 1627
(aged 8 in 1635 [Hotten 46]); m. by 1649 Richard Withington
(eldest known child bp. Dorchester 1 July 1649 [DChR 160]).
ii SARAH, bp. Nazeing 26 January 1628/9
(aged 6 in 1635 [Hotten 46]); m. Dedham 27 September 1650 John
Aldis [DeVR 126].
iii LYDIA, bp. Nazeing 12 June 1631
(aged 4 in 1635 [Hotten 46]); m. by 1658 John Smith (eldest known
child b. Dedham 18 October 1658 [DeVR 7]).
iv (possibly) PHILIP, b. about 1633
(aged 2 in 1635 [Hotten 46]); no further record. (The passenger
list record for this child may possibly be intended for the
immigrant Philip Eliot, who would have been about 32 at this date
[Eliot Gen 5-6].)
ASSOCIATIONS:
Brother of Rev. JOHN ELIOT {1632, Boston} [GMB 1:630-32], JACOB
ELIOT {1631, Boston} [GMB 1:626-30], FRANCIS ELIOT {1640,
Braintree}, Sarah (Eliot) Curtis (wife of WILLIAM CURTIS {1632,
Roxbury} [GMB 1:499-501]), Lydia (Eliot) Penniman (wife of JAMES
PENNIMAN {1631, Boston} [GMB 3:1426-30]), and Mary (Eliot) Payson
(wife of EDWARD PAYSON {1634, Roxbury}) [Eliot Gen 3-9].
COMMENTS:
On 3 April 1635, "Eliz[abeth] Elliott," aged 30,
"Lyddia Elliot," aged 4, and "Phillip
Elliot," aged 2, were enrolled at London for passage to New
England on the Hopewell [Hotten 46]. They were included in the
grouping headed by "Husbandman Isack Disbrough of Ell-Tisley
in co[unty] Cambridge," aged 18 [Hotten 46]. On the same
ship were "Marie Elliott," aged 13, enumerated under
"Husbandman Jo[hn] Astwood," "Sara Elliott,"
aged 6, enumerated under "Husbandman Lawrence
Whittimor" from Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire, and
"Elizabeth Elliot," aged 8, enumerated under
"Shoemaker Jo[hn] Ruggells" of Nazeing [Hotten 46].
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