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Eliot family (United States)

December 02, 2023

The Eliot family is a prominent American family hailing from Massachusetts. Long associated with Boston and Harvard University, the family are members of the Boston Brahmin class that historically formed the economic and political elite of New England.[1]

Bust of Charles William Eliot, President of Harvard University, at Eliot House on the campus

The family's membership includes several influential college presidents, writers, professors, bankers, and leaders of American professional associations. The writer T. S. Eliot, considered one of the 20th century's greatest poets, was a member of the family, as was Charles W. Eliot, the Harvard president credited with transforming the institution from a provincial college to a renowned research university.

Family history edit

Origins edit

The family's paternal ancestors emigrated from East Coker, Somerset, England. All family members descend from two men, both named Andrew Eliot, father and son, who emigrated from England to Beverly, Massachusetts between 1668 and 1670. The elder Andrew (1627 - March 1, 1704) served the town and colony in a number of positions and in 1692 was chosen as a juror in the Salem witch trials. His son Andrew (1651 - September 12, 1688) married Mercy Shattuck in 1680 in Beverly and died by drowning after falling off a ship.

The poet T. S. Eliot, who spent much of his life in England, titled the poem East Coker after the village of the family's origin. Upon his death, his ashes were interred in St Michael and All Angels' Church in East Coker, the birthplace of his Eliot ancestors.

Rise to prominence edit

Members of the Eliot family achieved success in a myriad of fields, including banking, politics, academia, and the arts. Samuel Eliot, born to modest circumstances, built one of the largest fortunes in Boston.[2] His granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Bray, married Johann Heinrich Gossler III, whose family owned Berenberg Bank; their descendants would be barons, senators, and consuls in Europe.

Charles W. Eliot's tenure as President of Harvard was monumental, leading Theodore Roosevelt to refer to him as "the only man in the world I envy."[3] Branches of the family migrated westward, and were instrumental in the founding of Washington University in St. Louis and Reed College.

Thomas Stearns Eliot, better known as T. S. Eliot, was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Throughout the 20th century, Martha May Eliot, Abigail Adams Eliot, and Clara Eliot achieved prominence in the fields of public health, early childhood education, and economics, respectively.

Other families with the surname Eliot edit

A number of Americans who share the last name Eliot descend from Reverend John Eliot of Roxbury, Massachusetts, a Puritan missionary known as the "Apostle to the Indians." These include the Reverend John Eliot's son John Eliot, Jr., who served as the first pastor of the First Church of Christ in Newton, Massachusetts, Joseph Eliot, a pastor in Guilford, Connecticut, and Joseph's son Jared Eliot, a pastor and agricultural writer. As Henry James noted in his biography of Charles W. Eliot, no connection has been traced between the two families.[2]

Notable members edit

Arts, architecture, and literature edit

Business and banking edit

Education and academia edit

Politics and diplomacy edit

Religion edit

  • Andrew Eliot, prominent Boston Congregational Minister during the Siege of Boston
  • Christopher Rhodes Eliot, Unitarian minister and author
  • Frederick May Eliot, President of the American Unitarian Association (1937 - 1958)
  • Samuel Atkins Eliot II, President of the American Unitarian Association (1900 - 1927)

Science and medicine edit

Other notable figures edit

Family tree edit

Descendants of Andrew Eliot (1627 - 1704) and his son Andrew Eliot (1651 - 1688) include:

  • Andrew Eliot (c1683 - 1749)
    • Samuel Eliot (1713 - 1745) m. Elizabeth Marshall (1714 - 1767)
      • Samuel Eliot (1739 - 1820)
        • Francis Eliot (1776 - 1820) m. Joseph Bray
          • Mary Elizabeth Bray (1810 - 1886) m. Johann Heinrich Gossler III (1805 - 1879)
            • Baron Johann von Berenberg-Gossler (1839 - 1913) m. Juliane Amalie Donner (1843–1916)
              • John von Berenberg-Gossler (1866–1943)
              • Frances von Berenberg-Gossler (1868–1951) m. Baron Hans von Berlepsch
              • Baron Cornelius von Berenberg-Gossler (1874–1953) m. Nadia Clara von Oesterreich
                • Clara Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler (1899–) m. Emmo von Specht
                • Cornelius Johann Constantin von Berenberg-Gossler (1901–1942)
                • Cornelia Nadia Julie von Berenberg-Gossler (1905–)
                • Baron Heinrich von Berenberg-Gossler (1907–1997)
                  • Baron Cornelius von Berenberg-Gossler
                  • Heinrich von Berenberg-Gossler
                • Cornelius Johann Heinrich Hellmuth von Berenberg-Gossler (1909–) m. Irmgard Else Meyer
                  • Cornelius Johann Heinrich Gerhard von Berenberg-Gossler
                  • Clarita Irmela Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler m. Count Hartwig (Rabe) Joachim Cornelius Alexander von Bernstorff
                • Cornelius Paul Hellmuth von Berenberg-Gossler (1911–) m. Maria Luise Francke
                  • Johann David Rudolf Cornelius von Berenberg-Gossler
                  • Alexander John von Berenberg-Gossler
                • Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler
              • Andreas von Berenberg-Gossler (1880–1938) m. Agnes Victorina von Francois
                • Maria Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler (1908–)
              • Herbert von Berenberg-Gossler (1883–1918) m. Anna Jutta Sara Elisabeth von Mallinckrodt****Catherine Eliot (1793 - 1879) m. Andrews Norton (1786 - 1853)
          • Charles Eliot Norton (1827 - 1908)
        • William Havard Eliot (1796 - 1831)
          • Samuel Eliot (Historian) (1821 - 1898)
            • Emily Marshall (Eliot) Morison (1857 - 1925) m. John Holmes Morison (1856 - 1911)
              • Samuel Eliot Morison (1887 - 1976) m. Elizabeth S. Greene
        • Samuel Atkins Eliot (1798 - 1862)
          • Charles William Eliot (1834 - 1926) m. Ellen Derby Peabody (1836 - 1869)
            • Charles Eliot (1859 - 1897)
            • Samuel A. Eliot II (1862 - 1950) m. Frances Stone Hopkinson
              • Samuel Atkins Eliot Jr. (1893 - 1984)
              • Rosamond (Eliot) Rice (1895 - 1970) m. William Gorham Rice, Jr. (1891 - 1964)
              • Theodore Lyman Eliot I (1903 - 1996) m. Martha Bigelow
              • Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907 - 1991) m. Lois Jameson
    • Andrew Eliot (1718 - 1778)
      • Samuel Eliot (1748 - 1784) m. Elizabeth Greenleaf (1750 - 1841)
        • Elizabeth Eliot (1774 - 1847) m. John Ritchie (1768 - 1838)
        • William Greenleaf Eliot (1781 - 1853) m. Margaret Greenleaf (Dawes) (1789 - c. 1875)

References edit

  • The Family of William Greenleaf Eliot and Abby Adams Eliot of St. Louis, Missouri: 1811-1931 by Henry Ware Eliot, Jr. (c. 1931)
  • The Family of William Greenleaf Eliot and Abby Adams Eliot, as Chronicled by their Descendants, to 1988 by Henry Eliot Scott (1988)
  • Asticou Foreside, genealogy written by Charles W. Eliot II, 1981
  • The Genealogy of the Somerset branch of the American Eliot Family
  • Cynthia Grant Tucker, No Silent Witness: The Eliot Parsonage Women and their Unitarian World, Oxford University Press, 2010, 344 pp.
  • A Sketch of the Eliot Family by Walter Graeme Eliot, Press of Livingston Middleditch, New York, 1887 Online at the Library of Congress

Citations edit

  1. ^ T.S. Eliot: the modernist in history, (New York, 1991) By Ronald Bush, page 72
  2. ^ a b James, Henry (1930). Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University, 1869-1909, Volume 1. AMS Press. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Harvard Square Library".
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2007.

December 02, 2023
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The Eliot family is a prominent American family hailing from Massachusetts Long associated with Boston and Harvard University the family are members of the Boston Brahmin class that historically formed the economic and political elite of New England 1 Bust of Charles William Eliot President of Harvard University at Eliot House on the campusThe family s membership includes several influential college presidents writers professors bankers and leaders of American professional associations The writer T S Eliot considered one of the 20th century s greatest poets was a member of the family as was Charles W Eliot the Harvard president credited with transforming the institution from a provincial college to a renowned research university Contents 1 Family history 1 1 Origins 1 2 Rise to prominence 1 3 Other families with the surname Eliot 2 Notable members 2 1 Arts architecture and literature 2 2 Business and banking 2 3 Education and academia 2 4 Politics and diplomacy 2 5 Religion 2 6 Science and medicine 2 7 Other notable figures 3 Family tree 4 References 5 CitationsFamily history editOrigins edit The family s paternal ancestors emigrated from East Coker Somerset England All family members descend from two men both named Andrew Eliot father and son who emigrated from England to Beverly Massachusetts between 1668 and 1670 The elder Andrew 1627 March 1 1704 served the town and colony in a number of positions and in 1692 was chosen as a juror in the Salem witch trials His son Andrew 1651 September 12 1688 married Mercy Shattuck in 1680 in Beverly and died by drowning after falling off a ship The poet T S Eliot who spent much of his life in England titled the poem East Coker after the village of the family s origin Upon his death his ashes were interred in St Michael and All Angels Church in East Coker the birthplace of his Eliot ancestors Rise to prominence edit Members of the Eliot family achieved success in a myriad of fields including banking politics academia and the arts Samuel Eliot born to modest circumstances built one of the largest fortunes in Boston 2 His granddaughter Mary Elizabeth Bray married Johann Heinrich Gossler III whose family owned Berenberg Bank their descendants would be barons senators and consuls in Europe Charles W Eliot s tenure as President of Harvard was monumental leading Theodore Roosevelt to refer to him as the only man in the world I envy 3 Branches of the family migrated westward and were instrumental in the founding of Washington University in St Louis and Reed College Thomas Stearns Eliot better known as T S Eliot was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature Throughout the 20th century Martha May Eliot Abigail Adams Eliot and Clara Eliot achieved prominence in the fields of public health early childhood education and economics respectively Other families with the surname Eliot edit A number of Americans who share the last name Eliot descend from Reverend John Eliot of Roxbury Massachusetts a Puritan missionary known as the Apostle to the Indians These include the Reverend John Eliot s son John Eliot Jr who served as the first pastor of the First Church of Christ in Newton Massachusetts Joseph Eliot a pastor in Guilford Connecticut and Joseph s son Jared Eliot a pastor and agricultural writer As Henry James noted in his biography of Charles W Eliot no connection has been traced between the two families 2 Notable members editArts architecture and literature edit Charles Eliot landscape architect Charles Eliot Norton scholar and man of letters Samuel Atkins Eliot Jr novelist son of Samuel Atkins Eliot II Theodore Lyman Eliot I president of San Francisco Art Institute and brother in law of Navy Commander Albert Bigelow the peace activist Thomas Stearns Eliot better known as T S Eliot Nobel laureate poet playwright literary critic and publisherBusiness and banking edit Henry Ware Eliot businessman and President of the Academy of Science St Louis Samuel Eliot Boston banker and merchant President of Massachusetts Bank one of the richest men in BostonEducation and academia edit Charles William Eliot President of Harvard University Clara Eliot economist at Barnard College Ida M Eliot writer educator philosopher and entomologist John Eliot co founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society with Jeremy Belknap the first such historical society of its kind Samuel Eliot historian educator trustee of Massachusetts General Hospital Museum of Fine Arts Boston the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Massachusetts Historical Society Samuel Eliot Morison historian Rear Admiral United States Naval Reserve Rev Thomas Lamb Eliot seminal in the founding of Reed College where he served as Regent and Trustee William Greenleaf Eliot co founder and third Chancellor of Washington University in St LouisPolitics and diplomacy edit Andrew Eliot Rice key force behind the creation of the Peace Corps and founder of the Society for International Development Samuel Atkins Eliot Senator Mayor of Boston Treasurer of Harvard University served in the United States House of Representatives Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate Thomas Dawes Eliot U S Congressman from Massachusetts brother of William Greenleaf Eliot Thomas H Eliot Chancellor of Washington University in St Louis 1962 1971 U S Congressman 1941 1943 Theodore Lyman Eliot II diplomat United States Ambassador to Afghanistan 1973 1978 Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State 1969 1973 Religion edit Andrew Eliot prominent Boston Congregational Minister during the Siege of Boston Christopher Rhodes Eliot Unitarian minister and author Frederick May Eliot President of the American Unitarian Association 1937 1958 Samuel Atkins Eliot II President of the American Unitarian Association 1900 1927 Science and medicine edit Edward Samuel Ritchie inventor and physicist great grandson of Andrew Eliot the Boston minister Joan R Rosenblatt nee Joan Eliot Raup statistician at the National Institute of Standards and Technology daughter of Clara Eliot Martha May Eliot a pediatrician and expert in public health she served as director of the Children s Bureau s Division of Child and Maternal Health in the 1920s and 1930s and is credited with drafting language on women and children in the Social Security Act Martha May Eliot lived a quiet but public life as a lesbian with her lifelong domestic partner Ethel Collins DunhamOther notable figures edit Edward Cranch Eliot 4 President of the American Bar AssociationFamily tree editDescendants of Andrew Eliot 1627 1704 and his son Andrew Eliot 1651 1688 include Andrew Eliot c1683 1749 Samuel Eliot 1713 1745 m Elizabeth Marshall 1714 1767 Samuel Eliot 1739 1820 Francis Eliot 1776 1820 m Joseph Bray Mary Elizabeth Bray 1810 1886 m Johann Heinrich Gossler III 1805 1879 Baron Johann von Berenberg Gossler 1839 1913 m Juliane Amalie Donner 1843 1916 John von Berenberg Gossler 1866 1943 Frances von Berenberg Gossler 1868 1951 m Baron Hans von Berlepsch Baron Cornelius von Berenberg Gossler 1874 1953 m Nadia Clara von Oesterreich Clara Nadia von Berenberg Gossler 1899 m Emmo von Specht Cornelius Johann Constantin von Berenberg Gossler 1901 1942 Cornelia Nadia Julie von Berenberg Gossler 1905 Baron Heinrich von Berenberg Gossler 1907 1997 Baron Cornelius von Berenberg Gossler Heinrich von Berenberg Gossler Cornelius Johann Heinrich Hellmuth von Berenberg Gossler 1909 m Irmgard Else Meyer Cornelius Johann Heinrich Gerhard von Berenberg Gossler Clarita Irmela Nadia von Berenberg Gossler m Count Hartwig Rabe Joachim Cornelius Alexander von Bernstorff Cornelius Paul Hellmuth von Berenberg Gossler 1911 m Maria Luise Francke Johann David Rudolf Cornelius von Berenberg Gossler Alexander John von Berenberg Gossler Nadia von Berenberg Gossler Andreas von Berenberg Gossler 1880 1938 m Agnes Victorina von Francois Maria Nadia von Berenberg Gossler 1908 Herbert von Berenberg Gossler 1883 1918 m Anna Jutta Sara Elisabeth von Mallinckrodt Catherine Eliot 1793 1879 m Andrews Norton 1786 1853 Charles Eliot Norton 1827 1908 William Havard Eliot 1796 1831 Samuel Eliot Historian 1821 1898 Emily Marshall Eliot Morison 1857 1925 m John Holmes Morison 1856 1911 Samuel Eliot Morison 1887 1976 m Elizabeth S Greene Emily Morison Beck 1915 2004 m Brooks Beck Samuel Atkins Eliot 1798 1862 Charles William Eliot 1834 1926 m Ellen Derby Peabody 1836 1869 Charles Eliot 1859 1897 Samuel A Eliot II 1862 1950 m Frances Stone Hopkinson Samuel Atkins Eliot Jr 1893 1984 Rosamond Eliot Rice 1895 1970 m William Gorham Rice Jr 1891 1964 Andrew Eliot Rice 1922 2010 Theodore Lyman Eliot I 1903 1996 m Martha Bigelow Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr 1928 2019 Thomas Hopkinson Eliot 1907 1991 m Lois Jameson Andrew Eliot 1718 1778 Samuel Eliot 1748 1784 m Elizabeth Greenleaf 1750 1841 Elizabeth Eliot 1774 1847 m John Ritchie 1768 1838 Edward Samuel Ritchie 1814 1895 William Greenleaf Eliot 1781 1853 m Margaret Greenleaf Dawes 1789 c 1875 Thomas Dawes Eliot 1808 1870 Ida M Eliot 1839 1923 William Greenleaf Eliot 1811 1887 m Abigail Adams Cranch Eliot 1817 1908 Mary Rhodes Eliot 1838 1855 namesake of Mary Institute Thomas Lamb Eliot 1841 1936 William Greenleaf Eliot Jr 1866 1956 Clara Eliot 1896 1976 m Robert Bruce Raup 1888 1976 Joan Raup Rosenblatt 1926 2018 Henry Ware Eliot 1843 1919 m Charlotte Champe Stearns 1843 1929 Thomas Stearns Eliot 1888 1965 better known as T S Eliot Christopher Rhodes Eliot 1856 1945 m Mary Jackson May Frederick May Eliot 1889 1958 Dr Martha May Eliot 1891 1978 domestic partner Ethel Collins Dunham 1883 1969 Abigail Adams Eliot Edward Cranch Eliot 1858 1928 References editThe Family of William Greenleaf Eliot and Abby Adams Eliot of St Louis Missouri 1811 1931 by Henry Ware Eliot Jr c 1931 The Family of William Greenleaf Eliot and Abby Adams Eliot as Chronicled by their Descendants to 1988 by Henry Eliot Scott 1988 Asticou Foreside genealogy written by Charles W Eliot II 1981 The Genealogy of the Somerset branch of the American Eliot Family Cynthia Grant Tucker No Silent Witness The Eliot Parsonage Women and their Unitarian World Oxford University Press 2010 344 pp A Sketch of the Eliot Family by Walter Graeme Eliot Press of Livingston Middleditch New York 1887 Online at the Library of CongressCitations edit T S Eliot the modernist in history New York 1991 By Ronald Bush page 72 a b James Henry 1930 Charles W Eliot president of Harvard University 1869 1909 Volume 1 AMS Press p 5 Harvard Square Library I14 Edward Cranch ELIOT 3 JUL 1858 2 APR 1928 Archived from the original on 2 December 2008 Retrieved 21 October 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eliot family United States amp oldid 1186149919, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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