Thomas Elliott (abt. 1651 - 1686)

Born about 1651 in Chipping, Essex, England

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1686 at about age 35 in Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Elliott was assessed in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, 30 Nov 1659, for fourteen tithables (tying his labor force for the county's fifth largest),^[1] and for twenty-one tithables (tied for the fourth largest), 15 Nov 1660.^[2] Later in the 1680s, 22 Nov 1668, Lancaster County assessed him for eleven tithables, on the county’s "southside,"^[3] i.e., the part of the county that was then south of the Rappahannock River.^[4]

Research Notes

• This profile has been on hold because of the questions surrounding Sarah, a widow of a Thomas Elliot who then married a Robert George but whose parents were incorrectly assigned by Ancestry and conflated through various websites. I adopted this early in my WikiTree work and want to ensure its' accuracy. Becky Elizabeth
• Fact: Immigration (1663-1679) Virginia, America from Port Bristol, England

Sources

1. ↑ 1659 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 30 Nov 1659. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 100-105. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 25 Jan 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
2. ↑ 1660 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 15 Nov 1660. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 131-132. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 10 Apr 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
3. ↑ 1668 Assessment. Assessment, 22 Nov 1668. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1, 1666-1680, pp. 86-87. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 1 Jan 2024.
4. ↑ Lancaster County today lies entirely north of the Rappahannock River. Until 1669, in which year Middlesex County was formed, Lancaster County straddled the river, thus leading the assessors to differentiate between the county's north and south sides. Sources:
   1. Wikipedia contributors, "Lancaster County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
   2. Wikipedia contributors, "Middlesex County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
   3. Iberian Publishing Company's On-Line Catalog: The Growth of Virginia, 1634-1895 (1651-1660). Available online here.

• History of surname Elliot; All English Elliot Immigrant Families from 16th-19th centuries: [1]

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 August 2021, 06:58), entry for Thomas Elliott (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KNBY-7FF ); contributed by various users.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 June 2017, 14:09), entry for Thomas Elliot (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTZZ-51D ); contributed by various users.

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