"Biographical Sketches, 1718
Elisha Lord was born in Hartford, Connecticut, March 15, 1700-01, the fifth child and eldest surviving son of Richard Lord, Jr., of Hartford, by his wife Abigail, daughter of John and Elizabeth Warren, of Boston. A younger brother graduated here in 1724, and two others in 1729. His father died in 1712, and four years later his mother became the wife of the Rev. Timothy Woodbridge (Harv. 1675), of Hartford. In accordance with the views of his step-father, young Lord became one of the Wethersfield students in 1716, and there received his degree.
He settled in Hartford, and married, May 2, 1723, his second cousin, Mary, second daughter of the Hon. John Haynes, and sister of Joseph Haynes (Y. C. 1714). Of this marriage the only issue was one son, John Haynes Lord, who graduated here in 1745.
Elisha Lord died in Hartford, April 15, 1725, at the age of 24. His estate was appraised at between two and three thousand pounds. His widow subsequently (April 6, 1727) married Captain Rosewell Saltonstall (Harv. 1720), of Branford, who died October 1, 1738; and again, February 5, 1741, the Rev. Thomas Clap (Harv. 1722), Rector of Yale College, who died January 7, 1767. She died in New Haven, September 23, 1769, in the 66th year of her age."
