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ELIOT - PAYSON


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Bennet Eliot ( — - 1621)

Bennett Eliot is the earliest known member of this family. He married in Widford, Hertsfordshire, England, 30 October 1598 to Letteye Aggar. Bennett removed from Widford and settled at Nazing, Essex, England, sometime between 1606 and 1610. Letteye was buried at Nazing 16 March 1620 and Bennett was buried there 21 November 1621.

Children:

  1. Sarah, baptized at Widford, Hertsfordshire, 13 January 1599. She married in Nazing 6 August 1618 to William Curtis. He was baptized in Nazing 12 November 1592. They emigrated to Boston, crossing the ocean aboard the Lyon, which landed 16 September 1632. William died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 8 December 1672. Sarah died in Roxbury 27 March 1673.
    Children:
    1. William, baptized in Nazing 21 June 1618. He died 1634.
    2. Thomas, baptized in Nazing 12 March 1619/20. He may have died in infancy.
    3. Mary, baptized in Nazing 11 March 1620/1.
    4. Thomas, baptized in Nazing 19 January 1622. He died 26 June 1650 “of a long and lingering consumption.”
    5. Elizabeth, baptized in Nazing 13 February 1624/5. She married 14 December 1659 to Isaac Newhall.
    6. Sarah, baptized in Nazing 5 August 1627.
    7. John, baptized in Nazing 17 July 1629. He married 20 December 1661 to Rebecca Wheeler. Rebecca died in Roxbury 16 March 1675 “of hydropycall humors [which] occasioned the more speedy burial of her, on the Sabath Evening.”
    8. Philip, baptized in Nazing 28 March 1632. He married 20 October 1658 to Obedience Holland. Philip was a lieutenant in King Philip’s War and was slain by the Indians 1675.
    9. Hannah, born in Roxbury. She married 1651 to William Cary (Geary).
    10. Isaac, born in Roxbury 22 July 1641/2. He married 1670 to Hannah Poly. Isaac died 31 May 1695.

  2. Philip, baptized at Widford, Hertsfordshire, 1602. He married 20 October 1624 to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Sybthorpe and Anne — of Little Hallingbury, Essex, England. Elizabeth was born 1605. Philip emigrated to New England, probably aboard the Hopewel 3 April 1635. Philip was a Deputy to the General Court (1654-7) and Deacon in the roxbury Church. He died about 22 August 1657. Elizabeth died 8 January 1659.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth, baptized in Nazing 8 April 1627. She married ca.1649 toRichard Withington. She died 18 April 1714.
    2. Sarah, baptized in Nazing 25 January 1628/9. She married 27 September 1650 to John Aldis. Sarah died 12 November 1686.
    3. Lydia (Lede), baptized in Nazing 12 June 1631. She married after 1657 to John Smith of Dedham, Massachusetts.

  3. John, baptized at Widford, Hertsfordshire, 5 August 1604. He emigrated to New England in 1631, crossing the ocean aboard the ship Lyon. He married in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 5 November 1632 to Hannah Mountford. John was the celebrated “Apostle to the Indians.” Eliot’s missionary efforts were grounded in Puritan beliefs and had a serious emphasis on conversion.

    The Pilgrims felt it was their duty to convert their “savage” and “primitive” neighbors, and the ability to preach to the indigenous population in their own language was considered useful. To this end, John sought out an interpreter to help him.

    John found a youth that had been taken prisoner in the Pequot War of 1637. This youth had learned English while in captivity and servitude to an English family. His native language being Algonquian, of which the Massachusetts language was a dialect, he was able to assist John. The result of this collaboration was the first Bible printed in North America (1663). Most remarkable, this Bible was a translation into the Massachusetts language.
    John’s wife, Ann, was born ca. 1603 and died 22 March 1687. John died in Roxbury 20 May 1690.
    Children:

    1. Hannah (Ann), born 17 September 1633. She married 4 May 1653 to Habakuk Glover.
    2. John, born in Roxbury 31 August 1636. Like his father, he was a missionary to the natives of Massachusetts. He settled at Newton, Massachusetts, where he died 13 October 1668.
    3. Joseph, born in Roxbury 20 December 1638 (1639). He settled first at Northampton, Massachusetts, later moving to Guilford, Connecticut. There he married ca.1664 to Mary Wyllys. Joseph also involved himself as a missionary to the Indians. He died at Guilford 24 May 1694.
    4. Samuel, born 2 June 1641. He died 1 November 1664.
    5. Aaron, born 19 February 1644. He died 19 November 1655.
    6. Benjamin, born in Roxbury 29 January 1646/7. He settled at Roxbury, dieing there 15 October 1687.

  4. Jacob, baptized at Widford, Hertsfordshire, 1606. He probably came to Boston with his brother John in 1631. He married Margery — soon abter her arrival in Boston 1632. She died 30 October 1661. Jacob was chosen Deacon in the Boston church 17 May 1640.
    Children:
    1. Jacob, born 16 December 1632. He married 9 January 1652 to the wodow Mary Wilcock. Jacob died 1693.
    2. John, born 28 December 1634. He died young.
    3. Hannah, born 29 January 1636. She married 4 June 1657 to Deacon Theophilus Frary.
    4. Abigail, born April 1639. She married 16 December 1657 to Thomas Wyborne.
    5. Susannah, born 22 July 1641. She married first December 1662 to Peter Hobart of Hingham, Massachusetts, and second to Thomas Downes. Susannah died 14 March 1688.
    6. Mehetabell, born 25 April, baptized 4 May, 1645. She married Seth Perry.
    7. Sarah , baptized 5 December 1647.
    8. Asaph, born 25 October, baptized 2 November, 1651.

  5. Lydia, baptized in Nazing 1 July 1610. She emigrated to Boston 1631 with her husband James Penniman. Lydia married second 15 September 1665 to Thomas Wight of Dedham, Massachusetts. Her will was proved 27 September 1676.
    Children:
    1. James, baptized 26 March 1633.
    2. Lydia, baptized 22 April 1635.
    3. John, baptized 15 March 1637.
    4. Joseph, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 1 October 1637.
    5. Sarah, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 6 July 1641.
    6. Samuel, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 14 January 1645.
    7. Hannah, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 26 May 1648.
    8. Abigaill, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 27 December 1651.
    9. Mary, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, 29 September 1653.

  6. Francis, baptized in Nazing 10 April 1615. He emigrated to America before 1641. Francis married Mary, daughter of Martin Saunders of Braintree, Massachusetts. Mary died 17 January 1697. Francis was made Deacon 12 October 1652. He assisted his brother John in his Indian work. Francis’ will is dated 30 October 1677.
    Children:
    1. Mary, born 27 January 1640. Thought to have died young.
    2. Rachel, born 26 October 1643. She married first 29 December 1662 to John Poulter of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She married second to John Whitmore of Medford, Massachusetts.
    3. John, born 27 April 1650. Died young.
    4. Hannah, born 8 January 1651. She married 3 August 1670 to Stephen Willis.
    5. Mary, born 25 December 1653. She is presumed to be the wife of Caleb Hobart.
    6. Abigail, born 12 January 1658.

  7. Mary, baptized in Nazing 11 March 1620/1.

    Mary Eliot (1620/1 - 1679) &
    Edward Payson (1613 - 1689)

    Mary Eliot was baptized in Nazing, Essex, England, 11 March 1620/1. She emigrated to Roxbury, Massachusetts, probably in the care of one of her brothers. She married in Roxbury 1 January 1642, as his second wife, Edward Payson.

    Edward was baptized in Nazing 13 October 1613. He emigrated to Massachusetts ca.1634 and settled in Roxbury. Edward married first 20 August 1640 to Anne Parke. Anne was buried in Roxbury 10 September 1641. Edward was a member of John Eliot’s Church in Roxbury. Mary, his second wife, died 24 March 1679 (1697?). Edward died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1689. His will was probated 3 September 1691.

    Children by Ann:

    1. Marah, born 2 September 1641.


    Children by Mary:

    1. John, born in Roxbury 11 June 1643. He married first Hannah —. John married second in Roxbury 18 February 1671 to Bathsheba Tilestone. He died in Roxbury 15 November 1719.
    2. Jonathan, born in Roxbury 19 December 1644. He died 15 November 1719.
    3. Ann, born in Roxbury 26 April 1646. She died in Roxbury 1650.
    4. Joanna, born in Roxbury 5 March 1649. She died in Roxbury 27 March 1688.
    5. Ann, born in Roxbury 3 November 1651.
    6. Susanna, born in Roxbury August 1650, baptized 28 August 1653. She died in Roxbury 29 September 1654.
    7. Susanna, born in Roxbury 27 June 1655. She married in Dorchester 9 April 1673 to Samuel Capen. Susanna died 3 February 1737.
    8. Edward, born in Roxbury 20 June 1657. He married first to Elizabeth Whitingham. He married second in Roxbury 7 November 1683 to Elizabeth Philips. Edward died 22 August 1732.
    9. Ephraim, baptized in Roxbury 20 February 1658/9. He married in Roxbury 29 May 1684 to Catharine Leadbetter. Ephraim died 18 October 1732.
    10. Samuel, born in Roxbury 21 September 1662. He married first Mary Wiswell. He married second in Roxbury 14 June 1688 to Mary Philips. Samuel died 24 November 1721.
    11. Mary, born in Roxbury 19 March 1665. She married first Samuel Williams. She married second in Dorchester 16 May 1682 to Preserved Capen. Mary died 20 October 1708.


    Ann Payson (1651 - —)

    Ann was born in Roxbury 3 November 1651. She married in Roxbury ca.1670 to Benjamin Tucker. (For more information on this family and their issue, see the entry for Benjamin Tucker (1646 - 1713/4).

    last updated 31 March 2001