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Descendants of Philip Eliot

Generation One

496. Philip1 Eliot;226 baptized 25 Apr 1602 at Widford, Hertfordshire, Eng;226 married Elizabeth Sybthorpe, daughter of Robert Sybthorpe and Anne Unknown, 20 Oct 1624 at at Nasing or Little Hallingbury, Essex, Eng; Extracts from marriage licenses granted by the Bishop of London, 1598-1639, Historical Collections ofthe Essex Institute, provides: "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;"226 died 22 Aug 1657 at Roxbury, MA, at age 55.226

He " COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT and wife, ELIZABETH SYBTHORPE, ELIOT, are our Emigrant Ancestors. They came from Nazing, Essex County, England to Roxbury, Massachusetts on the ship `Lion' 1631. The above ancestry is established from Vital Records, starting with the marriage record in Church of St. John Baptist, Widford, Hertfordshire, England, Parish Register `An Dom 1598 BENNETT ELIOT and LETTYE AGGAR were married the xxxth of October An Sup Dicto.' And is accepted as evidenced by the election of JOHN DEAN BACON to membership in "The Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts" May 15, 1944, by right of descent from COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT, a member at its formation in 1638.

From page 263, volume 10, N.E.H.&G. Register: "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass." prepared by William B. Trask, of Dorchester: "PHILIP ELLIOT, -- Boston 2 Feb. 1660. Power of Administration to the estate of the late PHILIP ELLIOT, as it is left by ELIZABETH ELIOT, his relict, is granted to Rich Withington, JOHN ALDIS, and In Smith, to make division thereof amongst themselves, according to the late will of the said Right of theire wiues.

Dedham 22: 11: 1660. An inventorie of that part of ye Estate sometimes PHILIP ELLIOTS, of Roxbury, deceased, which was in the possession of ye men thereafter named after the death of ELIZABETH ELLIOT, ye late wife of ye said PHILIP, taken by John Hunting, Eliezar Lusher, Daniel Fisher. Goods in possession of John Smith, of Dedham, JOHN ALDIS, of Dedham, & Rich Withington, of Dorchester. Mentions land near Daniell Ainsworth's, one bill in ye hand of John Watson. Richard Withington, JOHN ALDIS, and John Smith deposed 2 Feb. 1660."

COLONEL PHILIP ELIOT was the older brother of REV. JOHN ELIOT, the noted `Apostle to the Indians,' who recorded his virtues, etc. and death `PHILIP ELIOT he dyed about the 22 of the 8th month: 57.' in the Roxbury Church records. "226 He "PHILIP, Roxbury, br.

of the apostle, came prob. early in Apr. 1635, in the Hopewell, Capt.

Bundocke, tho. his name is not on the custom ho. list, for it contains his

w. Eliz. aged 30, and their ch. Mary, 13; Eliz. 8, Sarah, 6; and Philip, 2;

beside John Ruggles, 10, of wh. the ch. rec. says he was brot. over a serv.

by Philip Eliot. Mary had been bapt. 11 Mar. 1621; Eliz. 8 Apr. 1627; and

Sarah, 25 Jan. 1629. All were from Nazing, the seat of the fam. and we may

be sure, that, as a subsidy man, or for other good reason, he could not

obtain license to leave his native land, prob. fear. to ask for it, and

assum. the right of Eng. to come without. He was freem. 26 May 1636, a

deac. in the ch. of his br. at Roxbury rep. 4 yrs. 1654-7 and d. 22 Oct.

1657, says the ch. reg. but the less reliable town rec. has it 24, wh. may

have been the day of bur. leav. three ds. Eliz. Sarah, and ano. respective.

ws. of Richard Withington of Dorchester, of John Aldis, and of John Smith

of Dedham, as rememb. in his will of 21 Oct. 1657; but I think Mary wh. m. 1

Jan. 1642, Edward Payson, and liv. long, was also a d. So that we may

conject. that ano. d. had been b. on our side of the ocean, and that Mary

had rec. her share of f.'s prop. on her m. many yrs. bef. the will."61 He " PHILIP with wife and 4 (?) children came from Nazing, England in 1631 on the "Lion," and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he was a DEACON in the Church there, of his brother JOHN ELIOT, the noted Apostle to the Indians. A Freeman March 25, 1636; Deputy to the General Court, 1654-57; a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., 1638; a COLONEL of Massachusetts militia. His estate was inventoried at L810. Will proved Feb. 11, 1658, Roxbury, Massachusetts--see N.E.H.&G.Register volume 8, page 281.

Estate of widow ELIZABETH divided to her sons-in-law JOHN ALDIS, John Smith, of Dedham, and Rich.Withington of Dorchester, Feb. 2, 1660.

PHILIP'S virtues are thus recorded by his brother John in the Roxbury Church records:

"PHILIP ELIOT he dyed about the 22 of the 8th month: 57, he was a man of peace, and 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 and active for God, and his Cause. The Lord gave him so much acceptance in the hearts of the people yt he dyed under many of the offices of trust yt 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 Commissioner for the government of the towne, he was one of the five men to order the prudential affairs of the towne; and he was chosen to be Feoffe of the Publike Schoole in Roxbury." "226

Children of Philip1 Eliot and Elizabeth Sybthorpe were:

Generation Two

497. Mary2 Eliot (Philip1);61 born circa 1622 at Eng;61 married Edward Payson 1 Jan 1642;273 died 24 Mar 1697 at Roxbury, MA.273

She Note: She is referred to as both daughter of Philip and brother of noted John Eliot "Apostle to the Indians".

Savage has her "d. I presume, of Philip", and shows her age 13 in 1635 when came to colonies.

Richardson and Ellsworth volume has "Mary Elliot, dau of Philip and sister of

John the Apostle to the Indians"

and Clark and Worth genealogy has "Mary Eliot, sister of the noted Rev. John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians""

I believe that she was niece of John, the "Apostle to the Indians", doughter of Philip Eliot who was John's brother. This fits with Savage.

Children of Mary2 Eliot and Edward Payson were:




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