Person:Francis Eliot (1)
Deacon Francis Eliot
chr.10 Apr 1615 Nazeing, Essex, England
d.23 Oct 1677 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Oct 1598
  1. Sarah Eliot1599/00 - 1673
  2. Deacon Phillip Eliot1602 - 1657
  3. Rev. John Eliot1604 - 1690
  4. Elder Jacob Eliot1606 - 1651
  5. Lydia Eliott1610 - Bef 1676
  6. Deacon Francis Eliot1615 - 1677
  7. Mary Eliot1620/21 - 1697/98
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Deacon Francis Eliot1615 - 1677
  • W.  Mary Saunders1619 - 1696/97
m. Bef 1641
  1. Mary Elliot1640/41 - 1675
  2. Rachel Eliot1643 - 1722/23
  3. John Eliot1650 -
  4. Hannah Eliot1651 -
  5. Abigail Eliot1658/59 - 1682
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Deacon Francis Eliot
Gender Male
Christening[2][3] 10 Apr 1615 Nazeing, Essex, England
Emigration[1] 1637
Residence[1] 1637 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence[3] 1638 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1641 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Mary).
to Mary Saunders
Other[2][3] 24 Jun 1641 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay (as "ffrancis Eliot").
Will[2][3] 20 Oct 1677
Death[2][3] 23 Oct 1677 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[2][3] 12 Nov 1677 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Francis Eliot, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    105.

    "Eliot, Francis: [Origin] Nazeing, Essex; [Emigration] 1637; [Resided] Boston [BTR 1:19, 31; NEHGR 3:127, 160:181-84, 161:85-91, 186-98, 250-59, 162:65-72, 128-39, 300-1; MBCR 1:378; BrVR 633]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 12. BennetA Eliot, in Fiske, William Wyman. Ancestry of Bennet Eliot of Nazeing, Essex, Father of Seven Great Migration Immigrants to Massachusetts. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr, Jul, Oct 2007, Jan, Apr 2008)
    162:136.

    "Francis1 Eliot, bp. Nazeing 10 April 1615; d. 23 Oct. 1677, probably at Braintree, Mass. … Francis Eliot was made a freeman 24th month [June] 1641. He left a will, dated 20 Oct. 1677 and proved 12 Nov. 1677, naming daughters Mary Hubart, Rachell Poulter, and Hannah Willis; son Stephen Willis; daughter Abigail Eliot; beloved wife Mary (to be sole executrix); beloved friends Capt Richd Bracket, Bro Robert Parmenter, and Edmund Quinsey to be overseers."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 [1557] Francis Eliot, in Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain, comp. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1640-1850: including the Modern Towns of Randolph and Holbrook and the City of Quincy. (Boston, Massachusetts: Published in cooperation with the Quincy Historical Society by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1983)
    518-19.

    "[1557] Francis Eliot was son of Bennett & Lettice (Agar) Eliot of Widford Co. Herts & Nazing, Co. Essex, England, baptized Apr. 10, 1615 at Nazing, Co. Essex, England was brother of the famous Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury and of Philip of Roxbury and Jacob of Boston. When he came over is not known, but it was probably shortly before Jan. 29, 1637 (8) when he received a land grant 'a great lot' for four heads in his family at Braintree. … He was ordained deacon of the church Oct. 12, 1653 (Rev. John Hancock's Century Sermons, 1739, p. 21). About 1650 he became schoolmaster to the Indians under his brother Rev. John Eliot. He was made a freeman Jun. 2, 1641.

    [1558R] … Dea. Francis Eliot died Oct. 23, 1677 says the list of deacons given in the church records. …

    [1558] … S.P.6:213: Will of Francis Elliot, Oct. 20, 1677, presented Nov. 12, 1677 'being upon a bed of sickness,' To daughters Mary Hubart, Rachell Poulter & Hannah Willis what they have already received £40 apiece, and to these two now living Rachell & Hannah 10/ apiece. Son Stephen Willis £6 paid by my wife in a convenient time which was for 6 acres formerly granted to my son Willis, the whole was 20 acres he assured of only the 4 acres. To daughter Abigail Eliot £40 at marriage, at her mother's pleasure. Rest to wife Mary and she to dispose of it at death to my surviving daughters or my grand children, and she executor. Capt. Richard Brackett, brother Robert Parmenter, and Edmund Quincv overseers. Wit: Edmund Quincy, Robert Parmenter. 12:171, Inventory: House and land adjoining £100. £191/7/ Due from estate £5/9, Oct. 29, 1677. Total £185/17/10."

  4.   Francis Eliot, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:108-109.

    "Francis (Eliot), Braintree, youngest br. of the apostle John, b. in Eng. freem. 2 June 1641, m. Mary, d. of Martin Saunders, had Mary, b. 27 Jan. 1641, d. young; Rachel, 26 Oct. 1643; John, 17 Apr. 1650; Hannah, 11 Oct. 1651, but ano. reading of the Arabic numerals in the official transcr. of rec. prob. erron. makes it 8 Jan. 1652, as in Geneal. Reg. XII. 110; Mary, again, 25 Oct. 1653; and Abigail, 12 Jan. 1659. He was made deac. 12 Oct. 1653, and d. 1677. In his will of 30 Oct. of that yr. he names w. Mary, ds. Abigail, Mary, Rachel, and Hannah. Mary m. Apr. 1662, Caleb Hobart, and d. early; Rachel m. 1662, John Poulter of Cambridge, and next, deac. John Whitmore of Medford; and Hannah m. 3 Sept. 1670, Stephen Willis.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 2:581] [Vol. 2] Page 109, l. 4, aft. Jan. ins. or 11 Feb. (as in Geneal. Reg, XIII. 213)"

  5.   Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
    3:188.
  6.   Deacon Francis Elliot, in Find A Grave.

    No image provided; no actual evidence of burial presented.

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