Eliot, Andrew, 1718-1778

Andrew Eliot was born in Boston on December 21, 1718. He received from Harvard an AB in 1737 and an AM in 1740. He was ordained the pastor of the New North Church of Boston on April 14, 1742, and began a lifelong career as a respected and well-known minister. In 1758 he was appointed the clerk of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, and was elected to the Corporation in 1765. Eliot weathered the Revolutionary War in Boston, and at the request of General Washington made the official thanksgiving sermon on March 28, 1776. He died on September 13, 1778. The first of his eleven children shared his name, and graduated from Harvard in the Class of 1762.

Eliot, a Boston clergyman, upheld the Congregational Church in opposition to the Church of England. He was a strong supporter of American independence.

Andrew Eliot (Harvard AB 1718) was born in Boston on December 21, 1718. He received his B.A. in 1718 and his M.A. in 1740. He became pastor of the New North Church of Boston in 1742. In 1758 he was appointed the clerk of Harvard's Board of Overseers, and was elected to the Corporation in 1765. He died on September 13, 1778.