Elliott, John, Dd

Elliott, John, D.D

a Congregational minister, was born at Killingworth, Connecticut, August 24, 1768, graduated at Yale College 1786, entered the ministry 1791, and was installed pastor in East Guilford November 2, 1791, in which place he remained until the close of his life, December 17, 1824. Dr. Elliott was made fellow of Yale College 1812, and one of the prudential committee 1816. He published An Oration on the Death of Thomas Lewis (1804), and a few sermons. — Sprague, Annals, 2:321.