"9. … John3 (Eliot), b. Apr. 28, 1667; d. Mar. 25, 1719."
"9. John3 (John2, John1), Guilford and Windsor, Conn.; lawyer and statesman; A.B. H. C. 1685. He was a deputy from Guilford to the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut in 1696-7. In 1701 and for many subsequent years he was a deputy from Windsor, the last time in 1718. He was Speaker not less than eight times, for which he was allowed special compensation. During many sessions he was upon important committees. For many years he was appointed Justice of the Peace and Quorum for Hartford Co. In 1708 he was granted a monopoly to manufacture tar and pitch. He also accepted an offer from the town of Windsor to work iron ore. … According to the inscription on a horizontal slab over his grave in Windsor, he died, 'March ye 25. Anno Christi 1719. Aetatus suae LII.'