Henry Elliot and Deborah Bell

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Henry Elliot was mentioned by James Savage as possibly being the son of Joseph Elliot. Henry married Deborah Bell 12 March 1679 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

Deborah was born 29 November 1650 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Thomas and Anne (Essex?) Bell and was baptized 1 December 1650 in Boston.

Deborah had married first James York Jr. 17 January 1669 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut (born 14 June 1648 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts to James and Johanna York). James received land grants in Stonington “for service in Indian Wars” and he was made a freeman in Connecticut in 1673. James died 26 October 1676 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

James and Deborah’s children are:

1	Deborah York, born 18 Jan 1670 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, died 21 Feb 1672 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2	James York, born 17 Dec 1672 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, married Hannah Stanton 13 Nov 1695 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. Wife: Hannah Stanton.
3	William York, born 24 Jul 1674 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, married Mary Alley or Utley 18 Dec 1695 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, died by drowning 17 Jun 1697 (death reported in Stonington, New London, Connecticut but it is unclear if he drowned there or perhaps at sea). Wife: Mary Alley or Utley.
4	Thomas York, born 14 Oct 1676 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, married Mary Brown 9 Jan 1704 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Wife: Mary Brown.

One Mary Yorks, who married Beriah Brooks 8 Apr 1698 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, is listed as a probable daughter in the History of the Town of Stonington. However, there is no primary record to support this and it is difficult to fit her into the family (James and Deborah married in 1669, had a child a year later, and had children every two years after that until 1676, with James dying twelve days after the birth of his youngest son). So, while technically possible (say, if Deborah gave birth to three children only about a year apart from each other), it is improbable.

Henry and Deborah’s children are:

5	Anna Elliot, born 28 Nov 1681 (twin) in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, baptized with Deborah, Mary, and Hopestill on 22 May 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
6	Deborah Elliot, born 28 Nov 1681 (twin) in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, baptized with Mary, Anna, and Hopestill on 22 May 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, married William Holdredge 4 Nov 1696 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Husband: William Holdredge.
7	Hopestill Elliot, (daughter) born 18 Aug 1684 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, baptized with Deborah, Anna, and Mary on 22 May 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
8	Mary Elliot, baptized with Deborah, Anna, and Hopestill on 22 May 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, married William Bentley 21 April 1703 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, owned the covenant at the First Congregational Church at Stonington, New London, Connecticut with her husband on 5 June 1704. Husband: William Bentley, chr. 12 April 1691 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, son of William and Mary (Houghton) Bentley.
9	Dorothy Elliot, baptized 15 Apr 1688 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
10	Elizabeth Elliot, baptized 3 Aug 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
11	Henry Elliot, baptized 16 Apr 1693 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
12	Joseph Elliot, baptized 21 Oct 1694 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, married Joannah Brooks 10 Apr 1720 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Wife: Joannah Brooks.

Summary of Sources

Stonington, CT: Index to the Records of the First Church of Stonington. Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database:AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003).
Stonington, CT: First Congregational Church Records, 1674-1874. (Online Database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008), Originally published as: History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874 with the Report of the Bi-centennial Proceedings, June 3, 1874. Richard A. Wheeler, T. A. David and Co., Norwich, CT, 1875.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
Wheeler, Richard, History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT, Norwich, 1875, extracts published on http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/ston_marr_grm.htm, retrieved Oct 2012.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Whitmore, William H. (Ed.) and Appleton, William S. (Ed.), Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Vol. 9, Boston, MA: Municipal Printing Office, 1908.
Brown, Coralynn (transcriber), Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852, http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/stonington_barbour_y.htm, retrieved Oct 2012.
Brown, Coralynn (transcriber), Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852,http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/stonington_barbour_b2.htm , retrieved Oct 2012.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Wheeler, Richard Anson, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, New London, CT: Press of the Day Publishing Co., 1900, p. 696.
Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk2/edmunds-elithorp.htm, transcribed by Warren C. Wetmore, 1999.
Ancestry.com. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Cutter, William Richard. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial. Vol. I. New York, USA: n.p., 1915, pgs. 41-42.

Records related to Henry and Deborah (Bell) Elliot but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

Harris, Gail Ion, "Thomas Bell, Boston Executioner, and His Son Thomas2 Bell of Stonington, Connecticut," The American Genealogist, Vol. 74, No. 4, Oct 1999, p. 281-291.

Source Materials

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History of the Town of Stonington

James York, Jr., b. June 14, 1648. He doubtless came to Stonington, Conn., with his father, when under age, for his name is mentioned in the town records several times before the date 1672, when Savage says, 'He sold his estate in Boston, Mass., where he was engaged in business, and came to Stonington,' for on the Stonington town records, under date of Jan. 15, 1667, '100 acres of land layed out to James York, Jr.' and he was also one of the men who received land grants for service in Indian Wars. He was made a freeman in Connecticut in 1673, and died Oct. 26, 1676, and his widow m. for her second husband Henry Elliot, March 12, 1670

James York, Jr., (No. 3) m. in Stonington, Conn., Jan. 19, 1669, Deborah Bell, daughter of Thomas and Anna Bell.

CHILDREN:

4          DEBORAH BELL, b. Jan. 8, 1670, d. Feb. 21, 1672.
5          JAMES, b. Dec. 17, 1672.
6          WILLIAM, b. July 24, 1674, m. Mary Alley Dec. 18, 1696.
7          7          THOMAS, b. Oct 14, 1676, m. Mary Brown Jan. 9, 1704 (No. 19), of Lynn Brown family.

A Mary York m. Beriah Brooks April 8, 1698, who was probably daughter of this James York, Jr., and wife, Deborah Bell.

The children of Mrs. Deborah Bell York and second husband, Henry Elliot, were:

1          DEBORAH ELLIOT, b. April 11, 1680.
la         ANNA ELLIOT, b. Nov. 28, 1681.
2          HOPESTILL ELLIOT, b. Aug. 18, 1684.
3          MARY ELLIOT, b. May 22, 1687, m. William Bentley (No. 2).
4          DOROTHY ELLIOT, b. April 16, 1688.
5          ELIZABETH ELLIOT, b. Aug. 3, 1690.
6          HENRY ELLIOT, b. April 16, 1693.
7          JOSEPH ELLIOT, b. Oct. 21, 1694.

Source: Wheeler, Richard Anson, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, New London, CT: Press of the Day Publishing Co., 1900, p. 696.

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England

Vol. 2
Elliot,
HENRY, Stonington, perhaps s. of first Joseph, m. 12 Mar. 1679, Deborah, wid. of James York, jr. had Deborah, b. 1680; and Ann, 1681.

JOSEPH, New London 1667, rem. to Stonington.

Source: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk2/edmunds-elithorp.htm, transcribed by Warren C. Wetmore, 1999.

Cutter's New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial

(The York Line).
(I) James York, the immigrant ancestor, was born in 1614, died in 1683, aged sixty-nine years. He came to this country in 1635, when he was twenty-one years of age, in the ship "Philip," which sailed June 20, 1635, from Gravesend, England, for Virginia. If they landed in Virginia, James York did not remain there long. He doubtless came north soon after his arrival, for the first record found of him is in Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1660 he settled in Stonington, Connecticut, when it was under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and called Southerton. He settled on grants of land which included the present farm of Gideon P. Chesebrough, east of Anguilla or Wequetequock brook, also the farm of Erastus D. Miner and the Simon Rhodes place: he built a house on the north side of the Indian path, now known as the old Post road, and there he lived the remainder of his life. He married Joannah, about 1637, and she died in 1685. Children: Abigail, born about 1638 or 1639; James, mentioned below.
(II) James (2) York, son of James (i) York, was born June 14, 1648, died October 26, 1676. He doubtless came to Stonington with his father when a boy, as his name is mentioned in several records before 1672. In that year he sold his estate in Boston, where he had been engaged in business, and settled in Stonington. "On January 15, 1667, one hundred acres of land were laid out to him and he also received land for services in the Indian wars. He was made freeman in Connecticut in 1673. He married, in Stonington, January 19, 1669, Deborah Bell, daughter of Thomas and Anne Bell. She married (second) March 12, 1679, Henry Elliot, and had seven children. Children of James and Deborah (Bell) York: Deborah Bell, born January 8, 1670, died February 21. 1672: James, mentioned below: William. July 26. 1674; Thomas, October 14. 1676.
(III) James (3) York, son of James (2) York, was born December 17, 1672. died in 1759. He married, November 13, 1695, Hannah Stanton, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Meade) Stanton, of Quonacontaug, now Westerly. Rhode Island. Children: Hannah, born March 28, 1697: Joannah, December 31, 1699; James, mentioned below; Anna. January 21, 1704; Edward. June 21, 1706; Stanton, March 14. 1708; Thankful, February 26, 1710.

Source: Ancestry.com. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Cutter, William Richard. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial. Vol. I. New York, USA: n.p., 1915, pgs. 41-42.

Index to the Records of the First Church of Stonington

BENTLEY
1704 June 5 William and wf Mary and dr Mary bapt.

ELLIOT-ELIOT-ELOIT
1687 May 22 Mary dr Henry bapt.
1687 May 22 Henry had ch. Deborah, Anna, Hopestill, Mary bapt
1688 Apr15 Dorothy dr Henry bapt.
1690 Aug 3 Elizabeth dr Henry bapt.
1693 Apr 16 Henry had s. Henry bapt.
1694 Oct 21 Henry had s. Joseph bapt.

Source: Stonington, CT: Index to the Records of the First Church of Stonington. Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database:AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003).
(Note: The names Mary and Mercy were sometimes interchangeable at this period of time.)

Stonington, CT: First Congregational Church Records

The same day, William Bently and his wife Mary owned the Covenant, and their daughter Mary baptized.

Source: Stonington, CT: First Congregational Church Records, 1674-1874. (Online Database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008), Originally published as: History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874 with the Report of the Bi-centennial Proceedings, June 3, 1874. Richard A. Wheeler, T. A. David and Co., Norwich, CT, 1875.

Connecticut Church Record Abstracts

Name:    Mary Elliot
Father's name:    Henery Elliot
Baptism Date:    22 May 1687
Baptism Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    Anna Elliot
Father's name:    Henery Elliot
Baptism Date:    22 May 1687
Baptism Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    Hopestill Elliot
Father's name:    Henery Elliot
Baptism Date:    22 May 1687
Baptism Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    Dorathy Elliot
Father's name:    Henery Elliot
Baptism Date:    15 Apr 1688
Baptism Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    Elizabeth Elliot
Father's name:    Henery Elliot
Baptism Date:    3 Aug 1690
Baptism Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    Joseph Elliot
Father's name:    Hennery Elliot
Baptism Date:    21 Oct 1694
Baptism Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    Henery Elliot
Father's name:    Henery Elliot
Baptism Date:    16 Apr 1693
Baptism Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    William York
Marriage Date:    18 Dec 1695
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse Name:    Mary Utley
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Name:    Mary Brown
Marriage Date:    9 Jan 1704
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse Name:    Thomas York
Volume Title:    Volume 111 Stonington

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.

History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT

Thomas York & Mary Brown m. 9 Jan 1704 - by Rev. James Noyes
William York & Mary Utley m. 18 Dec 1695 - by Rev. James Noyes

Source: Wheeler, Richard, History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT, Norwich, 1875, extracts published on http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/ston_marr_grm.htm, retrieved Oct 2012.

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name:    Anna Elliott
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    28 Nov 1681
Birth Place:    Stonington
Parent:    Henry

Name:    Deborah Elliott
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    28 Nov 1681
Birth Place:    Stonington
Parent:    Henry

Name:    Hopestill Elliott
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    18 Aug 1684
Birth Place:    Stonington
Parent:    Henry

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name:    Deborah Bell
Marriage Date:    17 Jan 1669
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    James York Jr.
Spouse Residence Place:    Stonington

Name:    Henrie Elliott
Marriage Date:    12 Mar 1679
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Deborah York

Name:    William Bentley
Marriage Date:    21 Apr 1703
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Mary Eliot
(Text from image: William, m. Mary Eliot, Apr. 21, 1703, by Rev. James Noyes)

Name:    Mary Alley
Marriage Date:    18 Dec 1695
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    William York

Name:    Mary Brown
Marriage Date:    9 Jan 1703
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Thomas York

Name:    Deborah Elliott
Marriage Date:    4 Nov 1696
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    William Holdredge

Name:    Joseph Elliott
Marriage Date:    10 Apr 1720
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Joannah Brooks

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699

1650.
Town.
Deborah of Thomas & Ann Bell born 29th Nov.
...
First Church.
Deborah of Thos Bell's wife 1 day 10 mo. (1650)

Source: Whitmore, William H. (Ed.) and Appleton, William S. (Ed.), Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Vol. 9, Boston, MA: Municipal Printing Office, 1908.

Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

York, Yorke
Deborah, dau James Jr, b Jan 18, 1670; died Feb 21, 1672
Deborah, m Henrie ELLIOTT, Mar 12, 1679
James Jr, m Deborah BELL, b of Southington, Jan 17, 1669, by Thomas Minor, Comr.
James, son James, b Dec 17, 1672
James Jr, died Oct 26, 1676
Thomas, son James, b Oct 14, 1676
Thomas, m Mary BROWN, Jan 9, 1703/04, by Rev James Noyes
William, son James, b July 24, 1674
William, m Mary ALLEY, Dec 18, 1695, by Rev James Noyes
William, died June 17, 1697 (drowned)

Source: Brown, Coralynn (transcriber), Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852, http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/stonington_barbour_y.htm, retrieved Oct 2012.

Brooks,
Beriah, m Mary YORKS, Apr 8, 1698, by Rev James Noyes

Source: Brown, Coralynn (transcriber), Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852, http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/stonington_barbour_b2.htm , retrieved Oct 2012.

Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Name:    James Yorke
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    14 Jun 1648
Birth Place:    Braintree, Massachusetts
Father Name:    James York
Mother Name:    Johanna Yorke

Name:    Deborah Bell
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    29 Nov 1650
Birth Place:    Boston, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Thomas Bell
Mother Name:    Anna Bell

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Rhode Island Vital Extracts

Name:    James York
Marriage Date:    13 Nov 1695
Marriage Place:    Westerly, Rhode Island, USA
Spouse Name:    Hannah Stanton
Page Number:    61

Source: Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.