Philip Eliot (1602 - 1657)

Born 25 Apr 1602 in Widford, Braughing, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Sybthorpe) Eliot — married 28 Oct 1624 in City of London, England

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1657 at age 55 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Philip Eliot migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 413) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Birth and Origins

Philip Eliot was baptized at Widford, Hertfordshire on 25 April 1602, the son of Bennett and Lettice (Aggar) Eliot at St. John the Baptist Church, Widford, England^[1]

Immigration

He and his brother John were on the passenger list for the Lyon that arrived in Boston in Nov 1631. If he sailed, he soon returned to England. His wife and children emigrated on the Hopewell in 1635; Philip was either missed on the list or sailed earlier. The family made their residence in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

He was a freeman March 25, 1636; a member of the Artillery Co., 1638; Deputy to the General Court 1654-1657; Deacon in the Roxbury Church; one of the five men to order the prudential affairs of the town; and Feoffee of the Public School in Roxbury.^[2]

Marriage and Children

He marred Elizabeth Sybthorpe, daughter of Robert and Anne Sybthorpe on 28 Oct 1624 St Andrews by the Wardrobe, City of London,^[3] and together they had the following children:^[4]

1. Elizabeth baptized Nazeing 8 April 1627. Married by 1649 Richard Withington.
2. Sarah baptized Nazeing 26 Jan. 1628/9. Married John Aldis on 27 Sept. 1650 in Dedham.
3. Lydia baptized Nazeing 12 June 1631. Married John Smith by 1658.
4. possibly a Philip born about 1633^[5]

Family members

1. Rev. John Eliot, brother
2. Jacob Eliot, brother
3. Francis Eliot, brother
4. Sarah Eliot, sister, wife of William Curtis
5. Lydia Eliot, sister, wife of James Penniman
6. Mary Eliot, sister, wife of Edward Payson

Death

Philip died 22 October 1657.^[6] It should be noted that Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts reports 24 October 1657.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Genealogical Gleanings in England." citing the Paris Register of St. John the Baptist, Widford, Hertfordshire, England. Extracted in 1893, in the language of the 1893, by Rev. John Traviss Lockwood, Rector. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 48:402. (1894)
2. ↑ Wilimena H. (Eliot) Emerson, et al.Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot “Apostle to the Indians” 1598-1905 (New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1905); image of p. 4 at InternetArchive.org.
3. ↑ Ref. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AND1/A/002/MS04503 - image 22 by subscription https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1624/images/31281_a100891-00023?pId=4910104
4. ↑ Wilimena H. (Eliot) Emerson, et al.Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot “Apostle to the Indians” 1598-1905 (New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1905); image of p. 5 at InternetArchive.org.
5. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), images of pp. 413-16, entry for Philip Eliot by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
6. ↑ A Report of the Record Commisioners, Containing the Roxbury Land and Church Records (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1884), image of p. 176 at InternetArchive.org.
7. ↑ Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849; Volume II - Marriages and Deaths (Boston: The Essex Institute, 192_), image 574 of 742, p. 520 at Hathitrust.org; his death is also mentioned on p. 81, "Philip Eliot he dyed about the 22d of the 8t month : 57."

See also:

• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), images of pp. 413-16, entry for Philip Eliot by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1862)
• Hobart, L. Smith. William Hobart: His Ancestors and Descendants,p. 3-22, 52-63, Author: , S.G. Otis & Company, Springfield, Mass., 1886
• Thwing, Walter Eliot. History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 (W.A. Butterfield, Boston, 1908) Page 44
• Case, Wilford V., The Descendants of Rev. John Eliot, Capt. James Parker, Capt. Thomas Prentice from New England and Pulteney, New York, 1620-1967: Including references to the families of Mullins, Southworth, Bradford, Bridge, Stanton, Lord; compiled by ; (Syracuse, NY, December 15, 1967)