Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

Eccles, Richard, resided for a time on the westerly side of the Common, and afterwards on the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets. By his w. Mary he had Timothy, b. 15 Mar. 1644-5, d. 21 Nov. 1656. Mary, m. John Watson of Roxbury Anna (or Hannah), m. Gershom Brooks of Concord; Martha, m. Thomas Andrew 30 Oct. 1673. His w. Mary d. 23 Aug. 1675, and he m. Susanna Carter 4 June 1677. Mr. Eccles was a weaver, and d. before 10 Mar. 1696-7, when the estate was sold by his daus. Mary and Anna (both widows), and Martha, whose husband, Thomas Andrew, joined in the sale.

Eldred, Samuel, by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 26 Oct. 1642; Samuel, b. 26 Oct. 1644; Mary, b. 15 June 1646;; Thomas, b. 8 Sept. 1648; no further trace of the family is found here.

Eliot, John, styled the ‘Apostle to the Indians,’ was for nearly sixty years minister at Roxbury, where he d. 20 May 1690. By his w. Ann (or Hannah), he had Hannah, b. 17 Sept 1633; John, b. 31 Aug. 1636; Joseph, b. 20 Dec. 1638, grad. H. C. 1658, minister at Guilford, Conn., where he d. 24 May 1694; Samuel, b. 22 June 1641, grad. H. C. 1660, Fellow of the College and candidate for the ministry, d. Nov. 1664; Aaron, b. 19 Feb. 1643-4, d. 18 Nov. 1655; Benjamin, b. 29 Jan. 1646-7, grad. I. C. 1665, assisted his father in the ministry, and d. 15 Oct. 1687.

2. John, s. of John (1), grad. H. C. 1656, was ordained 20 July 1664, the first minister at Cambridge Village (now Newton), m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Willett of Swansea (first English mayor of New York); she d. 13 June 1664 (or 1665, as Jackson says), and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Daniel Gookin, 23 May 1666. By his first wife he had Sarah, bap. 21 Sept. 1662, m. John Bowles of Roxbury 1 Nov. 1681; and by his second wife, John, b. 28 April 1667, who was educated by his grandparents, grad. H. C. 1685, and res. in Windsor, Conn. John the f. d. 11 Oct. 1668; his widow Elizabeth m. Col. Edmund Quincy 8 Dec. 1680. Mr. Eliot ‘was a person of notable accomplishments, and a lively, zealous, acute preacher, not only to the English at New. Cambridge, but also to the Indians thereabout.’ Mather.

3. Ebenezer, parentage not ascertained, m. Susanna Soden 2 May 1745, and had Susmanna, b. 19 Mar. 1745-6, m. Aaron Swan 19 Sept. 1765; Hannah, b. 18 Jan. 1747-8; Ebenezer, b. 18 Aug. 1749; Lovisa, b. 20 Aug. 1751; Marqaret, b. 30 June 1753; Elizabeth Prentice, b. 27 Sept. 1755; Thomas, b. 3 , Jan. 1758; Rebecca and Abigail, twins, b. 4 Feb. 1760. Before 1770 Mr. Eliot removed with his family to Royalston.

Elmer, Edward, was here in 1635 and owned several tracts of land; but removed to Hartford before 1639.

Ely, Nathaniel (or Elly), in 1635 res. on the westerly sidle of Garden Street, nearly opposite to the Botanic Garden. He rem. with the first company to Connecticut, and was one of the purchasers of Norwalk from the Indians in 1651. At Hartford, he was ‘a Constable in 1639. Townsman in 1644, also in 1649, Juror in 1643, was in the division of land in 1639. He was one of the settlers (f Norwalk, but afterwards rein. to Springfield. He was a loss to the Colony.’ Hinman.

Emmons, Thomas, by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 26 Nov. 1683. Mary, m. Mephibosheth Bigsbee of Andover 28 May 1713. Thomas, m. Hannah Cutter 17 Nov. 1726. Hannah, m. Daniel Champney, Jr., 22 Sept. 1746.

Ensign, James, in 1635, owned an estate on the easterly side of Brighton Street, extending from Mt. Auburn Street to Winthrop Street. He rem. with the first company to Hartford, where he was Constable in 1645 and 1618, and died 1670. See Hinman.

Errington, Ann (otherwise written Erinton, Arrington, Herrington, and Harrington), a widow, died here 11 Dec. 1653; or according to the inscription on her gravestone, the most ancient now standing in our burial around, 25 Dec. 1653, a. 77. She was formerly of Newcastle-upon — Tyne, as appears by a document recorded Mid. Reg. Deeds, i. 87. It is not known at what time she came here, nor whether she was at that time a widow. She left children, Abraham; Rebecca , who m . John Watson; and possibly Robert of Watertown.