liot, from St. Paul's parish, were members of the Provincial Congress at Charleston. Benjamin Elliott was a member of the Council of Safety. In June, Bernard E. was appointed Captain in the South Car olina troops; and Thomas Elliott a Lieut. in the 2d Regiment.

Maj. BERNARD Elliott was appointed to take command of [1776 Craven's Bastion, Jan. 16, 1776; and July 1st, Mrs. Elliott, wife of Col. Bernard E., presented to the 2d Regiment a pair of colors, for the brave defense of Fort Moultrie, with the remark,—“I have no doubt you will stand by these colors as long as they waive in the air of liberty." Three Lieutenants died from wounds they received in trying to place them on the British lines at Savannah.

During the war, the names of Mrs. Charles Elliott, daughter of Mr. Thomas Ferguson, and Mrs. Sabina Elliott, in South Carolina, are mentioned in terms of the highest commendation for their devotion to the American cause. The former visited her father while he was a prisoner on shipboard, and gave him the most affectionate and noble consolation. "Oh! my father, sink not under this cruel stroke of fate. Let not oppression shake your fortitude; nor the delusive hope of gentler treatment cause you for an instant to swerve from your duty. The valor of your countrymen, aided by the friendly assistance of France, will speedily dissipate the gloom of our immediate prospects. We shall experience more propitious times; again meet and be happy." This lady very happily retorted on a British officer for the alliance of his countrymen with the negroes. "See, Major, one of your allies. Bow with gratitude for the services received from such honorable associates. Cherish them; the fraternity is excellent; and will teach us more steadily to contend against the results."

In council of war, at Charleston, Dec. 15, 1777, Lt. Col. Elliott is one of the staff of Gen. Moultrie. [1777

General orders of Maj. Gen. Moultrie, Nov. 29, 1778: "Cols. [1788 Pinkney, Marion, and Elliott are to attend the General to-morrow, at the State House, at 10 o'clock, to meet his excellency the President in council, at that hour."

WILLIAM and BERNARD Elliot, of Charleston, S. C.; John [1807 Elliott, of Savannah, Daniel R. Elliott, of Waynesborough, and John Elliot, of Liberty Co., Georgia, are subscribers to a life of Washington in 1807.

STEPHEN Elliott, LL. D., an eminent botanist, was born at Beaufort,

S. C., Nov. 11, 1771. He graduated at Yale College in 1791; and was early a member of the Legislature of his native State. He was president of several scientific and literary societies; and Professor of Natural History and Botany in South Carolina Medical College. In 1821 he published, in 2 vols., 8vo, a Botany of South Carolina and Georgia. He received the degree of LL. D. at Yale in 1819; at Harvard in 1822; and at Columbia in 1835. He died in Charleston, March 28, 1830, aged 58.

Among the subscribers for Garden's Anecdotes of the Revolution, are Stephen, Benjamin, and R. E. Elliott, and on the ladies' list, Amarintha and G. B. Elliott, of Charleston, S. C.

Rev. STEPHEN Elliott was to preach in Charleston in 1846.

JOHN Elliott, of Midway, Georgia, graduated at Yale College in 1794; and was Senator in Congress from Georgia. He died in 1827.

ELIOTS OF SCOTLAND,

Embracing the pedigree of the KNIGHT of STOBS, LORD HEATHFIELD, and the EARL OF MINTO.

Debrett, in his "Peerage," says

"The Eliots of Roxburghshire are said to have come from a village called 'Eliot,' in the north of Scotland, in the reign of James I, and settled at Stobs."

In Nisbit's "Heraldry," vol. I, p. 99, the arms of the several branches of the Eliot family are given; and that author says

"The surname of Eliot, in the south of Scotland, is said to have come from a village in the north called Eliot;' and with that name came to the south border in the reign of James I of Scotland."

BARONET OF STOBS.

GILBERT Eliot of Stobs, commonly known as "Gibby wi' the goudin gartins," married Margaret, daughter of Walter Scott, 2d baron. of Harden, called "Meggy Handy," by whom he had six sons, viz: 1. William', his heir;

2. Gilbert of Craigend;

3. Archibald' of Middlestead;

4. Gavin' of Orange, or Middleham ;

5. John of Godestree;

6. James' of Redheugh.

At his decease he was succeeded by his eldest son,

WILLIAM2 Eliot, Esq.; who was also succeeded by his eldest son, GILBERTS Eliot, Esq., of Stobs; who was created a knight banneret, and afterwards a baron of Nova Scotia, Sept. 3d, 1666. Sir Gilbert married (1) Isabella, second daughter of James, master of Cranston, and granddaughter, maternally, of Francis Stuart, (the first of that sirname,) Earl of Bothwell, by whom he had an only son. He married (2) Magdalene, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicholson, Baronet of Lasswade. Sir Gilbert was succeeded by his eldest

son,

Sir WILLIAM Eliot, who died in 1694; and was succeeded by his eldest son,

Sir GILBERT Eliot, who married Eleanor, daughter of William Eliot, Esq., of Wells, by whom he had eight sons; the youngest of whom was George Augustus Eliot, the celebrated LORD HEATHFIELD. Sir Gilbert died in 1764; and was succeeded by his eldest son,

Sir JOHN Eliot, who died in 1767; and was succeeded by his eldest son,

Sir FRANCIS Eliot, who married Miss Dixon; died in 1771; and was succeeded by his eldest son,

Sir WILLIAM Eliot; who, in 1790, married Mary, daughter of John Russell, Esq., of Roseburne, by whom he had the present baronet, and several other sons, and two daughters. Sir William died in May, 1813, and was succeeded by the present baronet,

Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS Eliot, of Stobs, in the county of Roxburgh, the seventh baron. He married, March 22, 1826, Miss Boswell, daughter of the late Alexander Boswell, baronet, (who died in 1836,) and has issue.

Arms. Gules, on a bend, engrailed, or, a baton, azure. In chief, a canton, charged with an open hand, proper. Crest, a dexter arm, holding a cutlass, proper. Motto, Peradventure. Supporters, on the dexter, a ram; and on the sinister, a goat; both proper.

Created a baronet of Scotland, (though not a peer,) in 1666.

LORD HEATHFIELD.

Major Gen. George Augustus Eliot, Lord Heathfield, was the youngest son of Sir Gilbert Eliot of Stobs, who married Eleanor,. daughter of William Eliot, Esq., of Wells; and was born in 1717, educated at Leyden, and bore arms in Prussia; but in 1735,—at the solicitation of his sovereign,-returned to Scotland, and entered the engineer corps, and afterwards the horse grenadiers. He distinguished himself at Dettingen, and during the seven years war in Germany.. His principal honors, however, were won at Gibralter, of which fortress he was appointed Governor in 1775; and where he withstood a siege perhaps unparalleled in the history of civilized warfare. The title of Lord Heathfield, and the order of the Bath, were conferred upon him as rewards of merit; and an addition was made to his coat of arms, of the Castle of Gibralter, in chief, with the words, 'plus ultra' underneath, as an augmentation.

Arms.-Gules,-on a bend, argent, a baton azure; and, on a chief, azure, the fortress of Gibralter; under it, Plus Ultra, as an augmentation. He died in 1790; and was succeeded by his son,

FRANCIS AUGUSTUS Eliot, Baron Heathfield, who died without issue in 1813, and the title became extinct.

EARL OF MINTO.

The Earl of Minto, Lord Heathfield, and Baronet of Stobs, have a common ancestor, viz., GILBERT' Eliot, Esq., of Stobs.

The Earl of Minto is descended from his fourth son, viz., GAVIN2 Eliot, of Middleham, who was the father of

Sir GILBERTS Eliot, first baronet of the Minto line. He was made one of the ordinary Lords of the Session, in North Britain or Scotland. On his promotion he received the title of LORD MINTO. He was afterwards appointed Lord Chief Justice's Clerk, and created baronet in 1700. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Andrew Cane, of: Cavers, in the County of Roxburg; and had issue,

Sir GILBERT* Eliot, the second baronet. He also was appointed Lord Chief Justice's Clerk, and on his promotion, assumed the title of LORD MINTO, as his father had done. He married Helen, daughter of Robert Stuart, of Allenbanck, in the county of Berwick; and hadissue,

1. Gilbert', the third baronet;

2. Robert, who died in the army;

3. Andrew, who was appointed collector; and afterwards Lieut. Governor of the province of New York;

4. John', who was an admiral in the royal navy;

5. Archibald, who was also an admiral in the royal navy; and died;

6. Eleanor, who married John Rutherford, Esq., of Edgarston; 7. Jane; 8. Marianne'; 9. Anne.

Sir GILBERT Eliot, third baronet, was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in 1756; Treasurer of the Chambers in 1762; Keeper of the Signet for Scotland in 1767; and Treasurer of the Navy in 1770. He married Agnes Murray Kynynmond, heiress of Melgrund, in the County of Forfar, and of Lochgelly and Kynynmond in the County of Fife; and had issue,

1. Gilbert, born April 23d, 1751, the first Baron and Earl;

2. Hugh, late Governor of Fort St. George, Madras;

3. Alexander;

4. Kynynmond", who died in the East Indies;

5. Robert, rector of Wheldale, in the County of York;

6. David, who died young;

7. Isabella";

8. Eleanor, who married, Sept. 26th, 1776, Wm. Eden, the first Lord Aukland.

Sir GILBERT Eliot, fourth baronet, and first Baron and first Earl of Minto, succeeded his father in 1777. He was appointed Viceroy of the Kingdom of Corsica in June, 1795; and on his return to England, was created Lord Minto of the County of Roxburg, Oct. 20, 1797; and by the King's particular command, had the distinction granted him of bearing, with his family armorial bearings, in chief, the arms of the island of Corsica. In 1799, his lordship was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to Vienna; and in 1806, was appointed President of the Board of Control for the affairs of India. In 1807-8, he was appointed Governor General of Bengal; in which office he was succeeded by Francis, Marquis of Hastings, K. G., Nov. 18, 1812. On the 10th of Jan. preceding, he received the unanimous thanks of both Houses of Parliament, for the wisdom and ability with which the resources of the British Empire in India, under his lordship's government, had been applied, in the reduction of the power of the enemy in Eastern seas.