Welcome to our Elliott Family Tree.This website is a collaberation of a lot of folks  efforts, not just mine. We are constantly searching and researching in an effort to  uncover the Elliott/Elliot/Eliot family tree. I am the author of "The Unproven Theory  of Daniel Elliott", that theory differs greatly from the speculation you will read in  the below paragraphs, and this hypothisis may change again as more new information  comes to light. I would especially like to thank my cousin Richard Elliott and most  especially his wonderful wife, Linda Elliott, who is tirelessy helping to put this  information together so that it is correct with sources that can be proven.  Enjoy and let me know if you find a mistake that you can prove, or if we need to add  anything that you think would be pertinent to this family.

Linda Elliott has brought this to my attention as well and thought it pertinent to  what we are trying to accomplish here:
 "A group of people who felt they were related to Daniel of the trials had their DNA  done and most matched including 2 Irish families that came over in late 1700's.  The  DNA coordinator feels now that we, as well as other Scotish families,  might have  been kicked out of Scotland in late 1500's and mirgrated to Ulster Plantation in  Ireland.  This group of Scotch Irish families always felt a direct connection to  their Scottish roots and when Cromwell entered Scotland in 1650 this group of men re- entered Scotland for the fight. "

The first mention of Daniel Elliott in Massachusetts seems to be about 1661, in the  Sudbury records, he,listed as "Mr. Elliot", with a list of other townfolk are asking  the governer of Massachusetts to forgive the taxes on their land "until the Indian  uprisings can be stopped." The only other written mention of him is from Savage's  Book where he states "father and son of the same name, from Sudbury-Marlboro area". A  Daniel Elliott was killed in Casco Bay Maine, by Indians in 1690 along with George  Ingersoll and some other men "most who were away from their homes".  What does all this mean?? Although there are many theory's on the 'net about Daniel  Elliott, my current theory is this:
 Daniel Elliot captured by Cromwell in Scotland at the Battle of Dunbar or the Battle  of Worcester, those wars being a year apart, 1651 and 1652, respectively. He with  5000 of his fellow scotsmen were marched to either Durham and Newcastle by way of  Berwick and given unto the keeping of Sir Arthur Heselrig in 1651 or marched up to  London and confined at the artillery grounds of Tuthill fields, about half a mile  west of Westminster Palace in 1652.

In researching the ships lists for Daniel Elliot (various spellings) he has not been  found. The ships that carried Scottish prisoners to New England were the ships "John  and Sarah", "The Unity" and "The Liberty". "John and Sarah" ship list includes no  Elliott's (various spellings) but does include a Daniel but the pages are torn and  the last name is unreadable. The Unity ship list does not exist or has not been found  to my knowledge. The Liberty ship list I have not seen nor do I know if it exists.

In the LDS IGI (I find this database to be very unreliable) there is listed Mrs  Daniel Elliott died in Salem Massachusetts 1680. It lists no other information so  whether or not this can be taken as fact still remains to be proven or disproven.  That Daniel Elliott married and had children in New England is of course true as his  son Daniel married in Salem to Hannah Cloyce and we find many records of young Daniel  in not only Salem but Framingham, Oxford as well as Sutton where he is said to have  died. He is quoted in the Salem witch trials as giving testimony to the fact that the  girls were lying about seeing witches, making a remark in front of Daniel that "they  must have some sport". He and his father-in-law, Peter Cloyce, as well as other  families removed to Framingham as early as 1693 to escape the absurdity of the witch  trials. He lived in Oxford beginning early 1700's and was a propietor there and built  a grist mill,which he is shown as owning with his son's James and Ebenezer. He later  removed to Sutton where it is presumed he died.

Please check out the stories link and read on about the new information that has come  to light.