'Hannah, his first born daughter, was born the 17th day of the 7th month, an. D. 1633.

"John, his first born son, was born in the 31st day of the 6th month, an. D. 1636.

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Joseph, his second son, was born in the 20th day of the 10th month, an. D. 1638.

"Samuel, his third son, was born the 22d day of the 4th month, an. D. 1641.

"Aaron, his fourth son, was born the 19th of the 12th, an. D. 1643. Benjamin, his fifth son, was born the 2d of the 11th, 1646.

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"Mrs. Ann Eliot, the wife of Mr. John Eliot,

“6th, 5m. 1662, Mrs. Sarah Eliot, wife to Mr. John Eliot Jun." [was admitted.]

The following appears to have been taken from other records :

and thou shalt see the good Yea, thou shalt see thy chilPs. 128 : 1, 4, 5, 6.

"The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion; of Jerusalem all the days of thy Life. dren's children, and peace upon Israel." "The Lord's Prayer, Math. 6 : 9, and Luke 11: 2, &c. [Here follows, in parallel columns, the Lord's Prayer in Indian and English,] and Corrigenda."

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Hereby he was enabled to educate his five sons then living, viz. John, Joseph, Samuel, Aaron, and Benjamin, in learning, both at the schools, and after in the college at Cambridge. But Aaron died soon after his entering the college. It was his great desire and earnest prayer to God, that he would incline and fit them all to engage with him in teaching the Indians; to which he was willing, as much as in him lay, to dedicate them to God for that work. And although God saw not meet to grant him his full desire in that respect, yet his prayers and endeavors were very graciously answered; for all his sons have given demonstrations, not only of their sufficiency in learning, but of their true piety. All of them became preachers of the gospel."

[Then follows an account of each of his sons; and is added:]

"I have been the larger in mentioning God's blessing upon this good man and his posterity, to set forth the gracious goodness and loving kindness of God extended to him, thereby making good what he hath said 'Them that honor me I will honor,' 1 Sam. 2: 30. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord, and walketh in his ways."

IV. JOHN ELIOT AND DESCENDANTS.

NOTE.—In the following genealogy, the families and individuals bearing the name of Eliot, are numbered. Individuals are numbered on the margin; and when they have families, or biographical notices are given, the same numbers are used for them as heads of families, &c., in the same order. The numbers in () after heads of families, refer back to preceding heads of families from whence they immediately descended. The small elevated figures after the names, denote the generations commencing at Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle. Abbreviations are used, b., for born; m., for married; d., for died; dau., for daughter, &c.

1. JOHN ELIOT, THE APOSTLE,

Minister at Roxbury, and missionary to the Indians, born in England in 1604; married Oct., 1632, Ann Mountfort. He died May 20, 1690, aged 86. Anna, his wife, died March 24, 1687, aged 84.*

Their children were

2) 1. Ann', born Sept. 17, 1633. A daughter of excellent character, who remained with her parents until their decease.t

3) п. John', b. Aug. 31, 1636; d. Oct. 11, 1668.

4) ш. Joseph', b. Dec. 20, 1638; d. May 24, 1694, at Guilford,

5) Iv. Samuel', b. June 22, 1641; d. 1664.

6) v. Aaron', b. Feb. 19, 1644; d. Nov. 18, 1655.

7) vi. Benjamin', b. Jan. 29, 1647; d. Oct. 15, 1687.

Minister at Newton, Mass. He received the first rudiments of a classical education at Harvard College, then established in Cambridge, and took his degree of B. A. in 1657. He continued his studies at that institution, till he became M. A. in 1659. He began to preach about 1658, or in his 22d year. After being employed some years as a preacher, he received an invitation to settle at Cambridge village, afterwards called Newton, which he accepted, and was ordained the first minister of that place, July 20, 1664. Mr. Eliot is described as being exceedingly well endowed, and accomplished for the office he assumed. He was a good classical scholar, and possessed considerable scientific knowledge for one of his age, and the period in which he lived. His abilities for the ministerial office are said to have been preeminent. His piety, faith, humility and zeal shone with distinguished lustre. Under the direction of his father, he attained considerable proficiency in the Indian language, and was an assistant to him in the missionary employed until his settlement at Newton. Even after he was ordained there, he imitated the example of his venerable parent, and devoted himself to the instruction of the sons of the forest, as well as of his own flock. He preached regularly once a fortnight to those who lived at Pequimet, (Stoughton,) and occasionally to those at Natick, He died Oct. 11, 1668, in the 33d year of his age. Apprehending those calamities which burst upon his country a few years after his death, he addressed some of his friends from his death-bed in these words-" My dear friends, there is a dark day coming upon New England. In so dark a day, how will you provide for your own security? My counsel to you is, secure an interest in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that will carry you safely to the world's end."

Between him and the people of his charge, there subsisted a tender and inviolable affection. He was highly esteemed by his brethren. In estimating the character of Mr. Eliot, as

regarded by his contemporaries, it is only necessary to recur to the notices taken of him by those who were personally acquainted with him.

GOOKIN, his father-in-law, the friend of the red men, gives the following modest account of his worth :-" He was not only pastor of an English church at Cambridge village, and a very excellent preacher in the English tongue; but that beside preaching to his English church, he for several years preached the gospel at Pakemit, and sometimes at Natick, and other places, and that the most judicious Christian Indians esteemed him as a most excellent preacher in their language."

MORTON, the author of New England's Memorial, says :"He was a person excellently endowed, and accomplished with gifts of nature, learning, and grace; of comely proportion, ruddy complexion, cheerful countenance; of quick apprehension, solid judgment, excellent prudence; learned both in tongues and arts for one of his time, and studiously intense in acquiring more knowledge. His abilities and acceptation in the ministry did excell; his piety, faith, love, humility, self-denial, and zeal, did eminently shine upon all occasions. He had, under the conduct of his father, by his diligence, industry, and zeal, for the good of souls, attained to such skill in the Indian language, that he preached to the Indians sundry years; traveling many miles in a day once a fortnight to dispense the gospel to them. The Indians have often said, that his preaching to them was precious and desirable; and consequently their loss, and the obstruction in that work, much to be lamented. In a word, there was so much of God in him, that all the wise and godly who knew him, loved and honored him in the Lord, and bewailed his death."

The historian HUBBARD says: "For one of his years, he was nulli secundus as to all literature and other gifts, both of nature and grace, which made him so generally acceptable to all that had opportunity of partaking of his labors, or the least acquaintance with him."

Dr. COTTON MATHER, who was too young, when Mr. Eliot died, to have been acquainted with him, thus speaks of him,

in his life of Mr. Eliot's father:-" He bore his father's name, and had his father's graces. He was a person of notable accomplishments, and a lively, zealous, acute preacher, not only to the English at New Cambridge, but also the Indians thereabout. He grew so fast, that he was found ripe for heaven, many years ago; and upon his death-bed uttered such penetrating things as could proceed from none but one upon the borders and confines of eternal glory."*

He m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Thomas Willett, of Swansea, and first Mayor of New York. Her sister, Mary, was the wife of Rev. Samuel Hooker, of Farmington. She died; and he m. (2,) May 23, 1666, Elizabeth, dau. of Maj. Gen. Daniel Gookin,† of Cambridge. She afterwards, in 1680, m. Col. Edmund QUINCY, of Braintree, and was mother of Hon. Edmund Quincy, Harvard Col., 1699, who was the ancestor of Hon. Josiah Quincy, LL. D., President of Harvard College. She died in Nov. 1700.

Children, one by each wife,—

8) 1. Sarah', bapt. Sept. 21, 1662; m. Nov. 16, 1681, Rev. and Hon. John BowLES, of Roxbury, and had a son

John, d. March 28, 1737, aged 52.

9) 11. John', b. April 28, 1667; d. March 25, 1719.

4. JOSEPH' ELIOT, SON OF JOHN, (1)

Minister at Guilford. He graduated at Harvard Coll. in 1658. On the 23d of November, 1662, the people of Northampton unanimously expressed their desire to settle Mr. Eliot as a teacher; and fixed his salary at £50. In 1663 the town voted to give him £80, and £60 a year, and to build him a house. He continued in the town a year or two, but was not installed. He received ordination, Dec. 23, 1663; and in 1664, he was settled at Guilford, Conn. No detailed account of his life has been transmitted, but he is referred to by his contemporaries as a man of strong mind and ardent piety. + See Appendix G. See Appendix H.

*See Appendix F.