There are two Elliott lines of significance in the history of Rocks Village. Both lines reputedly hark back to the same immigrant ancestor, Edmund Elliott, from Amesbury/Salisbury. The Ephraim Elliott line is tied to the village starting in the 1700’s through land ownership, inheritance, and marriages to other local families, including to the other Elliott line. Ephraim Elliott, a saddler by trade, bought the Peaslee Garrison house from Amos Peaslee in 1758, and it remained in his family for many generations. The Samuel Elliot line enters our story later in the mid 1800’s when Samuel and his brother George came to the village, set up a store and a shoe factory on E. Main St. employing local shoe artisans. Their little factory grew into one of the first major shoe factories in downtown Haverhill (S&G Elliott). Samuel married a great-granddaughter of Ephraim Elliot, and built a large home on Elliot Rd near Northern Essex. Both the Garrison house and the Elliott homestead are still standing today.

Ephraim Elliott, born in 1725/6 in Amesbury to Thomas Elliott and Judith Worthen, was an early purchaser of land in Rocks Village and the immediate area. Ephraim married Mary Wingate in 1752, daughter of Rev. Payne Wingate. Mary is related by marriage to Mary Ingalls, of countess fame.

When Ephraim died in 1809 he left a considerable legacy of real estate in Haverhill including in Rocks Village and in New Sharon, ME., to his sons Thomas, Ephraim Jr., and James. Thomas married Sarah Swett, granddaughter of John Swett III, and together they ran the tavern on E. Main St. that was later split into two parts and moved, one part to Old Amesbury Line Road, the other to become 12 River Rd. Both Ephraim and later his son Thomas owned land on both sides of E Main St. Thomas and Sarah’s daughter Sally Elliott married the French exile from Guadeloupe Joseph de Poyen, and they also owned several properties in the village. Daughter Mary and her husband Francis Carr owned considerable land north of E. Main St. until they left for Maine in 1804. Daughter Elizabeth married Moses Moody who owned most of the woodland south of E Main St. for many years. Elizabeth and Moses Moody owned and probably lived at 34 E. Main St. in the 1820’s.

Ephraim and Mary’s daughter Abigail married Francis Swan and eventually moved to New Sharon, ME. Her sister Elizabeth Elliott Moody adopted the son of Abigail and Francis Swan named Moses. Moses changed his name to Moses Swan Moody and inherited his adopted father’s woodlands on the south side of E. Main St. Another daughter, Sophia married John Ayer who taught at the RV school.

The two Elliott lines came together when Sophia and John Ayer’s daughter Sophia Ayer married Samuel Elliot in 1844. Samuel Elliott (1817- 1890) along with his brother George were real estate developers as well as shoe manufacturers. Samuel and George Elliott are sons of David and Abigail (Estabrooks) Elliott. David Elliott (1787-1840) was a chaise/harness maker and owned land on the “Island of 4 acres”, property behind the Countess House, and lived in the house at 34 E Main St. His wife Abigail was the daughter of Samuel Estabrooks Jr.() a cooper, (1762-1793) and Hannah Silloway who lived for many years at 7 River Rd. Abigail Estabrooks Elliott maintained her own household next to her sons on E. Main St., where she brought up her other children alone after her husband David died in 1840. She was literally surrounded by family – in addition to her two sons, many Estabrook relatives also lived in the village.

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Ephraim Elliott Line

Edmund Elliott b abt 1629 England m Sarah Haddon b 15 Jan 1639/40 in Salisbury, MA. Married in 1654.

Children:

John Elliott b 25 Sep 1660 Salisbury d 27 Feb 1732 m Naomi Tuxbury b 18 Jan 1666/7 Newbury. Married in 1685. Children of John and Naomi:

Edmund Elliot (Elliott) (Eliot)(John, Edmund)  (30 Jul 1686 – 1733) in Amesbury, marries Deborah Huntington, Jan. 8, 1712. (probate 8744, 8745 and 8759 will and guardianship of his children to Thomas Hoyt.)

Edmond and Deborah Children (Amesbury):

1. Edmond Elliot, Nov. 28, 1716.m Mehitabel Warren Nov 5, 1741 Children in Amesbury:
   1. Abigail Elliott Oct 24, 1742
   2. Edman Elliott, Sep 17, 1744
   3. Ezekiel Elliott, Aug 10, 1746
2. Betty Elliot, Dec. 26, 1714.
3. John Elliot , July 23, 1722
4. Jonathan Elliot July 31, 1725.
5. Sarah Elliot , Sept. 29, 1719.
6. Debroah Elliot, Dec. 13, 1728.

Sarah Elliot (John, Edmund) b: 10 Oct 1688 in Amesbury m Daniel Lunt

Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Elliot (John, Edmund) b: 11 Nov 1691 in Amesbury, marries Jacob Colby in 1724 (Children:

1. Edmund Colby 1725,
2. Thomas Elliott Colby 1733
3. Valentine Colby 1728

John Elliot (Eliot) (John, Edmund) b: 25 Dec 1693 in Amesbury,

Thomas Elliot (John, Edmund) b: 26 Nov 1696 in Amesbury d 1731 m. Judith Worthen (1702- ) Thomas’ probate 8783 dated 1731.

1. Thomas Elliot b: 14 Feb 1723/1724 in Amesbury,
2. Ephraim Elliot (Eliot) b: 24 Feb 1725/1726 in Amesbury- 1809 Haverhill ,m Mary Wingate (1728-1800) Married Jan 9, 1752. See below.
3. Judith (Judeth) Elliot (Eliot) b: 31 May 1728 in Amesbury, marries Moses Goodwin in 1746

Mary Elliot (John, Edmund) b: 4 Aug 1699 in Amesbury

Hannah (Hanah) Elliot (Eliot) (John, Edmund)b: 7 Oct 1702 in Amesbury

David Elliot (Eliot) (John, Edmund) b: 12 Jul 1705 in Amesbury m Mary Carter of Salisbury int Jan 2, 1728-9 in Amesbury. Children:

1.  Dorothy Elliot b: 2 Mar 1729/1730 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
2.  Thomas Elliot (Eliot) b: 29 Dec 1731 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
3.  David Elliot (Eliot) b: 10 Dec 1733 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
4.  Richard Elliot (Eliot) b: 12 Dec 1735 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
5.  Jonathan Elliot (Eliot) b: 22 Mar 1738 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
6.  Thomas Elliot (Eliot) b: 24 Jan 1741/1742 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
7.  Joseph Elliot (Eliot) c: 8 Jul 1744 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
8.  Naomi (Neomia) Elliot (Eliot) b: 4 Nov 1745 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
9.  Joseph Elliot (Eliot) c: 6 Aug 1749 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
10.  Benjamin Elliot (Eliot) c: Oct 1753 in Newton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire

Naomi (Naomy) Elliot (John, Edmund)b: 13 May 1709 in Amesbury m John Calf of Newbury 31 Oct 1739.

Ephraim Elliott(1725-1809)  (Thomas, John, Edmund) m. Mary Wingate. They bought the Garrison house from Amos Peaslee. See below for probate. Children:

1. Mary Elliott 18 Jan 1755 – 25 Jun 1819 (Bangor, ME) m Francis Carr in 1772 and lived on E. Main St. near the corner of River Road. See Carr page.
2. Tabitha Elliott 3 Feb 1766 – 26 Sep 1840 m Joseph Lake (1762 – 1835) on 15 Oct 1785. Buried Walnut Cemetery. Children:
   1. Tabitha Lake (July 17, 1786 – 1805)
   2. Ephraim Elliott Lake (Sept. 5, 1790 – 1862), marries Fanny How.
      Children: Frances Ann b Aug. ––, 1834, Sarah Louisa b.May ––, 1832.
   3. Joseph W. Lake (1794 – 1873)
   4. Herman Joseph Lake (Nov. 10, 1796 – 1887)
   5. Oliver Putnam Lake (Feb. 26, 1800 – 1849), marries Lydia Mirick. Children: Harriet, Feb. 29, 1820
   6. Elijah G. Lake (Apr. 15, 1803 – 1854)
   7. Elizabeth M. Lake (Apr. 12, 1806 –
   8. Joshua Lake (Jan. 10, 1809 – 1882) cordswainer (shoemaker), married a Rhoda. Children: Nelson Newman, July 7, 1844
3. Elizabeth Elliott b 29 Feb 1760 m Moses Moody and lived at 34 E. Main St.. See Moody page. No natural children but they adopted Elizabeth’s sister’s child Moses Swan who changed his name to Moses Swan Moody. He seems to have inherited his adopted father (Moses Moody’s) land south of E. Main St. See Abigail Elliott below.
4. Ephraim Elliott Jr., 21 Oct 1763 – 26 Nov 1841 m Mehitable Haseltine b abt 1768 d 7 Jun 1843 Married on 13 Mar, 1788.Inherited property from his father Ephraim Sr.
   1. James Carr Elliott (b 1801/2 – 1875, Dec18) inherit 130 acres from father Ephraim Jr. after his death, inherited from his father Ephraim Sr.   the Garrison estate. Living between Hazen Kimball and Rufus K. Chase in 1860 with Sophia Ladd, Louisa Ladd, and Leverett C. Clark. Living with Theodore and Mary Ordway in 1850 between Hazen Kimball and Rufus K. Chase. land: 1876, May 1:Samuel H. Elliot, Clara H. Elliot, Betsy M. Fullerton, John Fullerton, Mary C. Ordway (sister) and Theodore Ordway, Robert N. Tullock, Clara M. Tullock, Sophia A. Elliot, Samuel Elliot, John H. Ayer, Mary W. Ayer to Warren Robinson and Frederick Kimball (954/29). Never married.
      
      1. Samuel H.
      2. Sophia wife of Samuel Elliot
      3. Betsy M. wife of John Fullington m 1841 (lives in Lewiston, ME)
      4. Clara M. wife of Robert M. Tullock
   2. Moses Haseltine Elliott 1789- 22 Sep 1822 of yellow fever in Pensacola, Florida, while treating patients with the disease. He was for a time the accepted lover of the eccentric and famous Harriet Livermore. He was an army surgeon. Buried with James C. in Greenwood.
   3. Sophia Elliott b abt 1799 d 5 Apr, 1841 m John Ayer [ Tercentenary ], on 23 Mar, 1819. s of Samuel Ayer and Sarah Chase, known as Captain John Ayer. b 1 Apr, 1788. John Ayer taught at the RV school. His children and the children of his daughter Sophie attended school there. See also Ayer page. Children:
      1. Sophia Elliot Ayer b 7 Jul 1821 m Samuel Elliott 27 Dec, 1844, a shoe manufacturer first on E. Main St. then later in downtown Haverhill. See Samuel Elliot Line below for their children.
      2. Mary Elliott Ayer 29 Oct 1825 – 24 Nov 1855 Lynn, MA. m Lyman B. Frazier of Lynn, shoemaker, s Hugh and Delia Frazier on 28 Sep 1845. They had 3 children Mary E. William H and Lyman Rhoderick. Lyman B. married 2 more times.
      3. John Hazen Ayer b Nov. 8, 1823. shoemaker, marries Mary W. Currier, a. 22 y., d. Beniah and Judith, June 12, 1845.* (administrator of father’s will)
      4. Samuel Haseltine Ayer b Apr. 16, 1832 d Dec. 5, 1837 at age 5 yrs.
      5. Ann Elizabeth Ayer, b July 29, 1819. marries John B. Nichols, Aug. 20, 1840.
   4. Paine Wingate Elliott, died young
   5. Mary Elliott, died young
   6. Mary Carr Elliott b. Aug 27, 1806, d Nov 6, 1884 bur. Haverhill, MA. marries Theodore Ordway May 3, 1828. The 1850 Haverhill census lists their household including their 5 children and also James C Elliott age 40, probably Mary’s brother. Located between John Osgood and John R. Estabrooks. Theodore was tollkeeper in 1858 and shoemaker. He took the last receipts collected. Children:
      1. (Mary) Elizabeth Ordway b 18 Sep 1832 W. Newbury or Haverhill died 6 Nov 1917 Haverhill m 10 Nov 1852 Haverhill Dea. James Davis Jr., s of James Davis and Lydia Morse who lived on the Davis farm on Merrimac St.and who briefly owned property on Wharf Lane  See Davis page. Mary and James had Mary, George, Fred, Annie.
      2. Ellen M Ordway d 8 Apr 1910 Hav m James L Odiorne
      3. Charles E. Ordway b 24 Jun 1847 d 19 Apr 1913 Hav , Took over tending the draw on the bridge. Listed in the Protector 3 company of the Hand Tub House in mid 1800’s.
      4. Hazen E Ordway b 24 Feb 1830 Haverhill or W Newbury, MA. d 17 Jan 1911 Hav Listed in the Protector 3 company of the Hand Tub House in mid 1800’s.
      5. (Ann/Anna) Frances Ordway b 17 Jun 1836 W Newbury, MA d 9 Oct 1911 Haverhill, MA m Daniel M. Davis.
      6. Mehitable Haseltine Ordway b 1834 W. Newbury, MA
   7. Samuel Elliott, became a dentist in Reading (administer of father’s will)
   8. Elizabeth Moody Elliott (Betsy Moody, ––– ––, 1811.) married Prof. Fullonton of Cobb Divinity School, Lewiston, ME. June 1, 1841.
   9. Hazen Elliott lived in Haverhill, listed in will

5. Thomas Elliott, 23 Sep 1752 – 6 Feb or Mar 1818 Sarah Swett ( – 5 Jun 1833) married Jan 14, 1778. May have built the Tavern on E. Main in 1800. Sarah is d of Timothy Swett and Anne Merrill, and granddaughter of John Swett III, ferryman. See Swett page.
   1. Sally Elliott 12 Jul 1781 – 1 Jul 1858 m Joseph Rochemont de Poyen 5 Mar 1805. They owned several properties in the village. See de Poyen page.
   2. Anna Elliott Crosby 1788 – 5 Apr 1859 Amesbury
   3. Phineas Elliott b 1790
6. Moses Elliott 19 or 30 Oct 1768- 18 Dec 1785, first person interred in Greenwood Cemetery, at that time a pasture owned by his father Ephraim Elliott.
7. Abigail Elliott b 26 Aug 1757 Haverhill d 24 Oct 1840 New Sharon, ME m Francis Swan b 1751 died 1817 New Sharon, ME. Married (his second) 26 Dec 1786 Haverhill, MA. In 1790 Haverhill census, but unclear where. Both are buried in Swan Cemetery, New Sharon, ME. Francis’ brother Daniel is believed to have owned land in the village. See Swan page. Children of Abigail and Francis:
   1. Frederick Swan, born May 08, 1787; died Oct 17, 1861 in New Sharon, ME. He married Patience D.; born Abt. Jan 1806; died Mar 17, 1864 in New Sharon, ME. They are both buried in Swan Cemetery, New Sharon, ME.
   2. Moses Moody SWAN, born Nov 27, 1788 in Methuen, MA; died Jan 09, 1862 in New Sharon, ME and buried in Swan Cemetery, New Sharon, ME. He was adopted by Abigail’s sister Elizabeth (Elliott) Moody in Haverhill when he was 2 years old. Changed his name to Moses Swan Moody. Took over his adopted father’s land on south side of E. Main St. after he died.
   3. Benjamin Swan: 15 Jan 1792 – moved to Maine in 1808, married Hannah Smith from Hollowell. Benjamin died in 1867 at age 75.
   4. Daniel SWAN, born Abt. Jan 1797; died Nov 17, 1813 in New Sharon, ME and buried in Swan Cemetery, New Sharon, ME.

Samuel Elliott Line

This line is reputed to extend back to the same Edmund Elliot as the other Elliott line.

David Elliot (July 19, 1787 – July 3, 1840) marries Abigail Easterbrooks, June 7, 1812. David is purported to have died in the Whittier homestead. David Elliott was a chaise and harness maker. Abigail (Nov 12, 1788 – May 8, 1870) was the daughter of Samuel Esterbrooks Jr. a cooper, (1762-1793) and Hannah Silloway who lived at 7 River Rd. Both David and Abigail are bur Greenwood, marked by a large Elliott marker.[FindAGrave]

In 1820 he resided in Amesbury  but from 1824 to 1839 the family lived in half of 34 E Main St.  By 1840 they may have moved  near Corliss Hill since the census lists the household near Aaron Chase and Richard Stuart. David died in 1840 leaving Abigail with nine children: Sam (age 22), George, and seven girls. Census data indicates that Abigail ran her own household through at least 1865 in the village at 20-26 E. Main St., next to her sons’ shoe factory and store. She died in 1870.

Children of David and Abigail:

Samuel Elliott Mar. 19, 1817- 23 Sep 1890 Newburyport Bur. Greenwood (FAG] but not listed on Elliott marker. m Sophia Elliott Ayer (1821-1886), see Ephraim Elliott line above. 27 Dec. 1844.

In 1843 Sam bought property on the north side of E. Main St. probably the old Swett tavern at #28. He also bought a piece of land adjacent to it between the tavern and his mother’s house (located at about #20 or 24). This was the land that would later contain the store. In 1850 census Samuel and Sophia and children were sharing a house with another shoemaker and his wife, John and Martha Chase, in the village, possibly the tavern just before it was split and moved. Samuel’s real estate holdings were worth $2000.  In 1854 Samuel built a new house on the land where the tavern had been (#28 E. Main). An 1856 map shows Mrs. A Elliott west of a ‘store’ and Samuel Elliott east of the store, directly across E. Main from the Countess House, ie at #28.

According to the account below, Samuel ran the country store by day and cut shoes at night. Sam attended two winter terms of Hampton Academy, paid for by his own earnings.  Samuel appears in the census for 1860 as residing in the same vicinity of 20-28 E. Main St., likely to be also the location of his first shoe factory. George was living next door to Sam in his own household and engaged in the shoe business with Samuel. At that point Samuel owned $8000 worth of real estate. In 1865 Sam and George purchased 1 Wharf Lane but did not live there. By 1870 Sam owned $10,000 worth of real estate and had moved away from the village, somewhere closer to Amesbury Rd (probably 26 Elliott Street homestead by then, built in 1856). By 1881 Sam owned land all over East Parish as shown in 1881 map – by Country Bridge, Rte 110, Elliott Rd. and also downtown.

One account:

In his young manhood, Samuel opened a little store in Rocks Village, a country store with the usual variety of West India goods, clothes and small wares. But in the evenings he cut shoes, and so by industry and thrift he laid a sure foundation for a successful life. He early established himself at Rocks Village in the manufacture of slippers, and to some extent of pegged goods, where he became a large manufacturer for that time.

More at

https://www.stoutenburgh-teller.com/digital-collection/tercentenary-of-new-england-families-1620-1920.pdf

Sophia and Samuel Elliott’s Children

1. Emma Sophia Elliott b Mar 5 1853 m Rev. Thomas Cote (accent on e) Jul 31, 1901, son of Michael Cote and Julienne Lemieux. He died in Savannah, Georgia, April 27, 1906. A first Emma b Sep 20, 1848 died at age 1 of dysentery.

One account:

She attended the old Whittier School, graduated from the high school of Haverhill, and then attended Abbott Academy for one year. She was united in marriage with the Rev. Thomas Germain Alexandre Cote, who, at the time of their marriage, was pastor of the First French Congregational Church at Lowell. The Rev. Cote died in Savannah, Georgia, April 27, 1906. After his death, Mrs. Cote continued to live a year in Lowell, after which she took up her residence in her old ancestral home in East Haverhill, where four generations of her family have lived, and three have been born.(This refers to the Elliott home on Elliott Road)

2. Mary Rich (or Mary F.) Elliott, b Oct 16, 1860

One account:

She attended the old Whittier School and graduated from the Haverhill High School; she lives with her sister, Mrs. Cote, in the old ancestral home, which is known as “Maternal Acres,” on Elliott road, just off the Amesbury road in East Haverhill, Massachusetts.

        “The Ayer-Elliott Memorial Hall, added to the mansion, and dedicated June 16, 1917, was the gift of Mrs. Emma S. Elliott Cote and Miss Mary R. Elliott in memory of their father and mother, Samuel and Sophia (Ayer) Elliott (52)

Emma lived with her sister Mary, still single at age 46 in the 1900 Haverhill census, marked as Elliot St. so it must be the Elliot St. house.

3. Herbert Elliott b Nov 17. 1849 d June 17, 1852. d 3 yrs. Living with parents 1850 census.
4. Samuel Ayer Elliott, b July 11, 1856 d 3 mos. Bur Greenwood.
5. George Hazzen Elliott. b Sept 19, 1845 d Mar 6, 1916. He died at almost the same time as his uncle George. Living with parents 1850 census

One account of George Hazzen Elliott:

He attended the old Whittier School near the poet’s homestead, and finished his education at Atkinson and Colby academies and New London, New Hamp- shire. He became associated with his father in the boot and shoe industry, but retired from active business after his father’s death, his time then being occupied in managing the Elliott estate. He was preeminently a Haverhill boy, its legends and traditions he cherished from their very foundation. The traits of a patriotic, progressive and intellectual ancestry were found in his character. He was gracious and urbane, dignified, but not austere, and withal a man of affairs. He did not take part in public matters, but those with whom he came in contact knew him to hold strong and decided views, and he was well read and an original thinker. He was a member of the Pentucket Club, and popular with his fellow clubmen. He was an attendant at the Second Church in Rocks Village, was ever interested in its welfare and assisted the church financially. He died March 6, 1916, loved and respected by all who knew him.

 

George Evans Elliott 1829-1916. m Mary Clement 30 Sep 1856 Amesbury. Mary b 27 Jul 1831 Merrimac – 2 Jan 1910 Hav d of Moses Clement and Betsey George. George died Feb 3, 1916. Bur. Linwood.

Boston Globe obituary: Though not taking part in public life he privately gave generously to charity, both through institutions and directly to private needy families. Was a member of Sagahew Lodge of Masons, Haverhill Commandery, K.T., and the Pentucket Club.

In 1855 George age 26 was still living with his mother Abigail and his siblings, at 20-28 E. Main St. next door to his brother Samuel. He married in 1856.  In 1860 Sam and George were living next to each other in the village each in his own household and engaged in the shoe business. In 1865 George was still fabricating shoes in the village and his mother was still living nearby (she would die 5 years later).  In 1865 Sam and George purchased 1 Wharf Lane but did not live there. By 1880 George is listed as a ‘retired shoe manufacturer’ at age 50 and living on Harvard St. in Haverhill. He seems to own considerable real estate up by Amesbury Rd (Rte 110). By 1910 he had moved in with his son George Clement Elliott and his family, where he died in 1916.

G E Elliott is on a 1881 map owning considerable acreage surrounding JG Whittier birthplace both sides of 110,

Children of George and Mary: [FAG]

1. Carrie C. Elliott Spaulding 1858-1934 Boston bur Linwood m Leonard H. Spaulding (1857-1926)  Jan 18, 1881 Haverhill. Graduated from Bradford Female Academy June 18, 1879 (FAG) Their child:
   1. Helen Elliott Spaulding 1882-1947 Bur Linwood. m Francis Hastings JR 17 Nov 1908 Winchester, MA
2. George Clement Elliott 1862-1941 m 13 Jun 1888 Nelly A Kelly b 27 Jan 1863 to Jerome Kelly and Ellen E. Wheeler of Salem NH d 3 Jul 1936 Bur Linwood Cemetery[FAG]
   1. Marion Kelly Elliott b 7 May 1889 Haverhill d 19 May 1969 Palm Beach Florida

Mary Jane Elliott b Aug 28, 1821 – 1872 Living with mother Abigail 1855 census. Buried Greenwood Elliott marker.[FindAGrave]. May J. Elliott (48) no employment listed living with sister Annette and her husband William Sawyer 1870, see below.

Lydia E. Elliott b .July 17, 1826 m William Sawyer 5 Dec 1850 Haverhill. Living with mother 1850 census. William Sawyer owned the Sawyer store on E. Main St, see Annette Elliott below. Not found in FAG. Probably died bef 1862 when William married her sister Annette. Children:

1. Abby Flora Sawyer b 19 Sep 1856 to Wm and Lydia Elliot Sawyer in Amesbury. m 21 Jun 1876 Hav to Charles H Peaslee b abt 1854, s of Richard.
2. Frank Howard b 11 Dec 1851 Amesbury d 3 Aug 1855 age 3 Amesbury.

Annette Elliott, b 18 Mar, 1832 m William Sawyer 11 Dec 1862 Hav. William b 27 Dec 1825 to Moses Sawyer and Abigail Colby in Newbury/Newburyport d 21 Mar 1897 age 71 occupation Sale Stable, married. Buried Merrimac.  Annette living with mother Abigail 1855 census on E Main St. [family search] 1865 MA census lists Antoinette and William Sawyer after Elvira Maynard and before Ann M. and John L. Estabrooks hh, Diana Prebble, John Osgood, Wm Elliott. This could be 47 E. Main St. Sawyer hh includes Abby D age 8 and Willie age 1. They probably lived at 47 E Main, and ran the store at 42. Wm and Annette in 1870 census with both children at apparently that location. They sold 47 E Main in 1871. William married Abby H. Williams 1874. In 1880 census Haverhill William, occupation listed as “sales livery stable” residing with wife Abbie age 50 and child Willie age 15 on Auburn St. (unfamiliar names in vicinity). Children

1. Willie Sawyer b 16 Aug 1864 Hav
2. Abbie D.Sawyer b abt 1856-7

Abigail Elliott b Amesbury 27 May 1819.  d 17 Jul 1844 Haverhill of consumption. Single, dressmaker. Bur Greenwood listed on Elliott marker.

Mary Elliott b 17 Mar 1816. Bur Greenwood listed on Elliott marker. Living with her sister Annette Sawyer in 1870 census.

Sally A. Elliott b 10 Feb 1824 d 13 May 1843. Buried Greenwood Elliott marker

Adeline Elliott b 13 May 1813 d 13 Sep 1816.

Another Adeline b abt 1813 Hav d 28 Sep 1898 E Haverhill, widowed, buried Newburyport m Moses Brookings, shoe manufacturer 30 Jul 1835 Amesbury. Moses b abt 1815.-1820 Moses and Adeline owned Colby Lane Lot 8 and sold it to F. F. Maynard in 1858. Other mortgages around village in mid 1800’s.(14 Wharf). Bought 49 E Main Brick store from Daniel and Eliza Hall in 1856, sold it in 1857 to John and Sarah Ladd. In 1840, 1850, 1855 state censuses living in Haverhill; 1860 and 65 census in Newburyport Children:

1. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Manning Brookings b 10 Aug 1845 Hav d 1 Aug 1944 m 19 Jan 1876 Newburyport Lorenzo S  Leavitt, s of Cyrus Leavitt and Sophronia Sylvester
2. Walter Brookings b 3 Dec 1836 Salisbury
3. Abby b abt 1843 – missing in 1855 census

Other Elliotts who lived in the village:

Mary E. Elliott b 1844, Raymond, NH d of Jacob and Martha (Waita) Elliott m 29 May 1865 John Levirett Estabrook b 25 May 1845, son of John R and Ann M. who lived on River Rd. See Estabrook Page.  

William Elliott, b abt 1830 Concord  NH living at Johnson/McQuestin hotel 1850,and  with John Osgood family in 1855 at 12 River Rd. (preceded by Jacob Nichols, McFee, followed by Sam Estabrook, Rich Thompson, John Ladd.) In own household in 1860 census with wife Elizabeth, both age 27 and daughter Mary E. btw Wm Willis, Simeon Chase and George Quested. In 1865 census he is a butcher living after Prebble, John Osgood and before Frank Centre?, Nichols Andrews J Osgood Jr.

PROBATES

Ephraim Elliott Sr., h of Mary Wingate, dies in 1809, probate # 8750:
property:
House Place with 150 acres
21 acres called Swan’s place
23 acres with barn and 2/3 of house called Paten Place
House and barn and 1/2 acres bought from brown
100 acres with house and barn in town of New Sharron
Pew in Rev. Tomkins meeting house
Named in Will:

Son Thomas: house where he now lives and 30 acres of land near Kelly
Daughter Mary Carr (Francis Carr), 1 dollar plus what I have already given her out of my estate.
Betsy Moody (Moses Moody): 1 dollar plus what I have already given her out of my estate.
Nabby Swan ( Francis Swan): 1 dollar and gets about 100 acres in New Sharon
Tabitha Lake (Joseph Lake): 1 dollar plus what I have already given her out of my estate.
son Ephraim, gets 130 acres as long as he lives and then James (son of Ephraim Jr.) gets it

Ephraim Elliott Jr. m Mehitabel Haseltine
Probate 38385 dated 1842: Fullington, Hazen Kimball, and Moses George are on committee.
Real Estate:  Moody pasture and Peat Meadows
Mehitabel requests that his son James C. Elliott is the executor. Posted in William Brown inn holder. And Ebenezer Fullington store. And Essex banner printed in Haverhill

David Elliott h of Abigal Estabrooks

Probate # 8742 dated 1840

Lot of Tillage and woodland and barn worth $230. 2 pews in Baptist meeting house: $18.00

Abigail is executrix. Widow allowance $225

DEEDS

Ephraim Elliot Deeds

1763: Amos Peaslee of Dover sells to Ephriam Elliot 150 acres near Jamaco Way. (114/102)

Samuel Elliott Deeds:

1842 487/70 Samuel S and Eunice Chase to Abigail Elliott, widow. From Main St. n 6R on land of Enoch Foot, w by land of John Johnson 2 R 10l , s by Jacob Nichols 6R then by road to start. (#20 E Main)

1843, Jul 24: Poyen to Samuel Elliott (340/260) Land and buildings bounded on east by Thomas S. Chase (34 East Main) 8R, North by John Johnson 8R, west by Enoch Foot (22-24 east main), 6R and south by road 8R. (This is the old Swett tavern. Chase’s half of tavern moved to OAL Rd, other half to heirs of John Osgood, became 12 River Rd.  (Perhaps Poyen has this through his wife Sally Elliott, d of Thomas Elliott and Sarah Swett who ran the tavern, but Thomas’ father Ephraim might have owned the land from that original sale by John Swett that carved out a piece around Elliott land)

1844, Aug 7: Enoch Foot to Samuel Elliott (487/71) corner of Samuel Elliott and road, northerly 6R) to land of Johnson, Westerly 28 feet to land of Abigail Elliott (6R), and southerly to road 28′ along road back to corner of road and S. Elliott. (This could be the store)

1854: #28 built by Samuel Elliott in same spot where John Swett Tavern used to be after it was split apart.

1865 750/32 1 Wharf sold by Abby McQuesten to Samuel and George Elliott. They seemed to have owned the house for many years but did not live there. An 1881 map shows R. Thompson living there. At one point Joseph Estabrook’s daughter Isabella Currier, cousin of Mary Elliott and Joseph Estabrook Jr., seemed to live there but defaulted on her mortgage from George Elliott and he sold it at public auction in 1899 to himself. In 1902 he sold to Francis True.

See

https://books.google.com/books?id=OcIzAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA76&lpg=RA2-PA76&dq=s%26g+shoe+manufacturers+Haverhill&source=bl&ots=ER8YFMQMky&sig=G7lSJXvlL4tYlUgNope-9eAQHVk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5usyxjr3YAhUq5IMKHTvMCGkQ6AEIfTAG#v=onepage&q=s%26g%20shoe%20manufacturers%20Haverhill&f=false

1868, Oct 1: Samuel Elliott and Sophia Elliott sells to Stephen Noyes of West Newbury (889/234). bounded easterly by land of widow L. Colby (1/2 of Moses George House), northerly by John Johnson (56′ – about 4R), westerly by Samuel Elliott (8R) (This is house at #28 E Main)

The following is Abigail Elliott’s (David’s wife) house. She died in 1870:

1870, Nov 8:  Samuel Elliott, George G Elliott, Adeline Brookings, Mary J. Elliott. Mary C. Elliott, William Sawyer & Anette Sawyer, George E. Elliott, Sophia A. Elliott, and M. P. Brookings  to Joseph Emond (818/65) $600.00. Bounded by road on south (2R 10L), John B. Nichols on west (6R), John Johnson Jr. on North (2R 10L), and E. Foot (6R) on east.  Being the same land conveyed to Abigail Elliott from Samuel Chase (487/70)

1872, Feb 1:  Samuel (son of David Elliott) and Sophia (Elliott Ayer) Elliott one half to Gustaves L. Davis , one quarter to Jackson B. Swett, and one quarter to Phillip Currier Swett (847/211) $1000.00. A certain lot of land with buildings bounded by Noyes on East 6R, John Johnson on North (50′), West by Samuel Elliot 6R, and along road 50′. (24 or 26 E. Main St.)

1887, May 26: Samuel Elliott (widower) to Mary A. M. Ordway (1198/136) $50.00 and taxes for 1887. Road on south, Young on east, John Johnson Jr. on North and Emond  on west. (Could be shoe factory)

David and Abigail Elliott Deeds:

1815, June 26 (207/66) Joseph and Betsy Moody to David Elliott, w 7R+ on widow Elizabeth Moody, ne 6R+, e 2R+ also on Moody, 34 rods total, signed John Ingersoll JP.

1815, Sept 18: (211/299) : David Elliott, chaise maker, and Abigail Elliott to Moses Chase of Kingston, NH tanner and currier bounded by widow Moody and a passage way, near the Rocks’ Bridge. Same land I bot of Joseph Moody. 34 rods.(abt ¼ acre) (207/66) (This may be Moses son of Moses Chase and Sarah Flanders)

1822, Feb 22: Moses S. Moody (Moses Swan Moody??) of New Sharron in Kennebec County Maine (Gentleman) to David Elliott (315/240). From Joseph Estabrook to Moses Moody Land 33R. by Moses moody 11R to E. Foot’s land. Running northerly 5R to land of Elias Weld then westerly 55 rods by Weld and Daniel Swan, southerly 12R by driftway. Reserving privileges to Moses Chase, Benjamin Chase and Enoch Foot to pass and re pass as necessary.

(Moses S. Moody probably got this land from Elizabeth Moody, his aunt and adopted mother.  From later deeds it appears David Elliott continued to own this land at least until 1831. It is behind 23 and 29(Countess house) on the south side of E Main St., just west of 14 Colby Ln. Probably a woodland.)

1824, Jun 22: Moses S. Moody to David Elliott (Harness maker) (315/240). North 8R, east 1.5 Rods to land of Frederick Parker, southerly 8 R, then West 1.5 rods with 1/2 of undivided dwelling house. (This is half of 34 E. Main St.)

1832, Mar 13th: Daniel C. Bailey (Amesbury) and Lois T. (Barnard) Bailey to David Elliott (Haverhill) (309/244).   8R land + blacksmith shop. Starting at the “crotch of the roads” going 70′ nw along the road to the Baptist church (Ames Line Rd) to Poyen then s. 50′ on Poyen to the road to the school house, 70′ e along that road to start. (This is small triangle: Lower School House)

1838: David and Abigail to Haverhill School District (309/244) same description.

Moses Brookings Deeds:

1856, May 22: Daniel Hall and Eliza Hall to Moses Brookings (533/101) “Intending to convey the brick store formerly owned by Enoch Foot deceased and the back store therewithin connected and the land under the same and one foot beyond. Bounded on the south by land held in trust by Abby F. Tompkins and on the west formerly owned by Benjamin Chase Esq. deceased and North and East by road and lane.

1857, Sept 2: Moses Brookings and Adeline Brookings to John w Ladd and Sarah E Ladd (558/39) bounded on south by Enoch Foot deceased, on west by Ben chase (deceased), east main and wharf lane.

1850, Aug 16:  Samuel C. Foot and Betsy H. Foot to Moses Brookings (453/116). $150.00 Parcel of land Starting at land of Moses Atwood (Lot 8 Colby lane) and running west by Daniel Hall and Joseph Estabrook’s land 21R 15L to land of Mrs. William Smith, then running northerly by Smith land 21R 3L to road leading to Merrimac Bridge, then easterly by road 16R 18L to land of Edward Sealy, then south by Sealy land 5.5R, then easterly by Sealy, Jaques, and Kinnesen, 12 R to land of Atwood, then south on Atwood 6R 8l to the bound first mentioned.  (lot 4) Also 76 rods of land with barn bounded as follows, starting at northwest corner of land above and running south 7R, then running easterly 7R by the land of Daniel Hall, then northerly 5 Rods to land of Kinneson and westerly by Kinneson about 7R to bound first began (second piece is Lot 8) Mortgage?

1858, May 26: Moses and Adeline Brookings to F. F. Maynard (573/260). Starting at land of Moses Atwood (Lot 8 Colby lane) and running west by Daniel Hall and Joseph Estabrook’s land 21R 15L to land of Hiram Lord, then running northerly by Lord land 21R 3L to road leading to Merrimac Bridge, then easterly by road 16R 18L to land of Patrick Riley then south by Riley land 5.5R, then easterly by Riley, Jaques, and Kinnesen, 12 R to land of Brookings, then south on Brookings 6R 8l to the bound first mentioned. Also 76 rods of land with barn bounded as follows, starting at northwest corner of land above and running south 7R, then running easterly 7R by the land of Daniel Hall, then northerly 5 Rods to land of Kinneson and westerly by Kinneson about 7R to bound first began (second piece is Lot 8) reserving the right for Hall, Simeon Chase, and Enoch Foot to pass and repass.

-end Deeds

Other information:

Ephraim Elliott purchases items from Zebulon Ingersoll in 1793/94 (Ingersoll account book)

In 1798 census

Elliot, Ephraim                                     110                        Joseph Lake

Elliot, Ephraim                                     450

Elliot, Thomas                                     450

CENSUS

1850 Hav census Samuel age 33 in same house as John Chase shoemaker, Samuel occ. Shoe manufacturer worth $2000 real estate. Preceded by Stephen Crosby trader, Jos Easterbrooks carpenter, Moses George $1200 re, Horace More? Shoemaker. Followed by Daniel and Elliza Hall worth $1200 re, Abigail Elliott age 62 $300,(is this their mother? George is living with her age 21), Thomas and Eliza Bailey, Moses Jaques, David Silloway joiner, Tim Kinison physician $3000 re, Lydia Fowler, John Easterbrooks carpenter, Simeon Chase shoemaker $400, Eustis Chase $1200, John Bradley shoemaker, Chris Tompkins none $900, Rufus Knowles shoemaker $1800, Augustus and Maria Chase, Sam Foote, John Ladd $2000, John Chase

1855 George age 26 living with Abigail and siblings. Samuel in own hh, shoe mfr, preceded by Jos Estabrook, Stephen Crosby, Simeon Chase, Tim Kinnison and followed by Abigail Elliot, Moses Jaques, Margaret Murphy, John B Nichols. No street given.

1860 Hav census has Samuel and George E next to each other, preceded by John Osgood, Theo. Ordway, John R. Estabrooks carpenter, Abby?L.  George and Daniel Goss and followed by Moses Gile (Inc Hannah Esterbrooks), Jos Estabrooks, William Frye? William Willis, Simeon Chase, William Elliott, George Quested, John Johnson. 1860 Samuel is ‘farmer” worth 8000 in real estate, George is shoe manufacturer

1865 George E age 36 shoe business preceded by James Davis, Moses Gile, Abigail Elliot with George H age 20. Followed by Thomas Orne, Abigail George, Jos Estabrooks, John B. Nichols, Samuel Davis, Nellie Bohannan, Jordan Getchell, Daniel Getchell, Wm Willis, Dolly Little, Patrick Riley, etc. all known names.

Can’t find George in 1870.

1870 Hav Census Samuel is 53, shoe manufacturer worth $10000, Emma and Mary living with them, preceded by John Ayer, Leach Banj?, Betsey Hoyt, Charles Hill, Shattuck Kendall, mostly all farmers, followed by Daniel Dwinell, John Hunking, Lydia Hoyt, Wm Davis and John Nichols $2000

1880 census George E ‘retired shoe manufacturer age 50 liv with wife, Carrie, Georgie, surrounding people unknown, but margin note says Harvard St.

1910 census George E living with son George C age 47 and wife Nellie A. George E is 81.

RESOURCES

In addition to hyperlinks in the text above:

Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search

FindAGrave

Reference for Mehhitable Hazeltine Elliott Portrait: https://haverhill.pastperfectonline.com/photo/B090CC37-C3D7-415E-9F80-759699166020

Reference for 26 Elliott Street: https://haverhill.pastperfectonline.com/photo/2794B306-232C-4B05-AC40-853418201591