Mary Eliot

Family

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Elliot-689 and then edited.

Jacob Eliot was born 13 October 1632 in Boston, a son of Jacob Eliot (bef.1606-1651) and Margery (Unknown) Eliot (abt.1613-1661). Jacob was christened on 16 December 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Marriage
Jacob married Mary Wilcock on 9 January 1654 in Boston, Massachusetts. [1]

Mary (Powell) Elliot (abt.1633-1707) was the widow Mrs Mary Wilcock. These sources give the marriage date as 9 November. [2][3]

Children

1. Mary (Elliot) Holyoke (1655-1721) Born 5 Oct 1655 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay. Married Elizur Holyoke Jr.
2. Joseph Elliot Born 13 Jan 1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Married Silence Baker.

Disputed

1. Jacob Elliot, born 1673 died on 27 March 1786

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Biographical notes

Michael Powell must have had some schooling in England as a youth as he showed signs of being well educated, and this opportunity could only be afforded by those of the upper class of people. He lived in the northern part of Boston where the better homes were built. Most of the daughters married into prominent families of that day. Elizabeth's third marriage was to Governor Robert Treat; Mary, to Jacob Eliot, Jr. nephew of John Eliot, early minister of the First Church of Boston and the famed missionary to the Indians, and the youngest, Abigail, to our Great Grandfather, John Howlett.

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Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.

William Wilcocks married at Cambridge 22 Jan 1650/1, Mary Powell, daughter of MICHAEL POWELL {1639, Dedham}. She married (2) at Boston, 9 Jan 1654/5, Jacob Eliot, son of JACOB ELIOT {1631, Boston}. No children were recorded of either marriage. [??]

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From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 29 1875 By New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff. Page 25. GoogleBooks “The Wilcox Family.”

”William Wilcox of Cambridge, died Nov 28, 1653, wrote his will two days before, mentioning his wife then sick ... From the Rev. Lucius R. Page I learn that William Wilcox m Mary Powell Jan 22 1650 ... Mary Wilcock, widow, m Jacob Eliot 9:11:54 [9 January 1654-5] by Capt Humphrey Allerton ...”

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From History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called ..., Volume 1 By Oliver Ayer Roberts. Page 245. GoogleBooks

William Davis (member in 1677), son of William Davis (member in 1643), was born in Boston, June 25, 1653. He was a brother of Major Benjamin Davis (member in 1673), and a member of the Old South Church. He probably married Abigail Eliot, daughter of Jacob. William (1677) died Jan. 23, 1706-7.
Judge Sewall wrote: "Feb. 25, 1706-7; . . . After that I visit the widow Eliott who dwells with her daughter Davis."

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From An Historical Catalogue of the Old South Church (Third Church) Boston By Old South Church (Boston, Mass.), George Frederick Bigelow. Page 252. GoogleBooks

Mary Eliot, daughter of Michael and Abigail Powell; married, first, William Wilcox, and, second, Deacon Jacob Eliot (member 1669). Her daughter, Abigail (member 1685), married William Davis, and she had a daughter Abigail (1713), wife of Henry Lowder. Silence Eliot (member 1697) was the wife of her son Joseph.
Dec. 12, 1707; "Mrs. Mary Eliot, widow of my dear friend Capt. Jacob Eliot, and her self a very good woman. Scarf and Gloves. 75." "Bearers to Mrs. Eliot, widow of D[eacon] Jacob Eliot: Sewall, B1omlield; Hill, Williams; Checkly, Mr John Hubbard. Was buried from her daughter Davis's. At the Return to the house, I said to M' llolyoke, it was a happiness that our Condolance for the departure of our friend, was join'd with Congratulation for her being gon to her Rest and Reward."—Sewall

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From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 23 Page 336 GoogleBooks

Jacob1 Eliot, brother of Rev. John, had sons Jacob* and Asaph* (of whom Asaph had an only son John,' b. 1683).
Jacob' Eliot, jr., captain and deacon, m. widow Mary Willcock, and d. 17 Aug., 1693, aged 61. His widow d. 9 Dec, 1707, in her 75th year. Savage gives his children with one notable exception: Benjamin. A division of the estate of Jacob was made 5 June, 1701, and was between the following heirs: the widow Mary; the four children of Joseph' Eliot, deceased, oldest son of Jacob; the sons Jacob3 Eliot (mariner), and Benjamin' Eliot (bookseller); and the daughters Mary,' wife of Elizur Holyoke, and Abigail Davis.
Of these three sons, it seems that Jacob' the mariner made his will 14 July, 1698, proved 26 April, 1713, leaving all his estate to his brother " Benjamin Eliot, bookbinder." He d. unmarried, evidently.

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From The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County ..., Volume 2 edited by Justin Winsor, Clarence F. Jewett Page 550 GoogleBooks

72. The Eliots are certainly entitled to mention here, although that old landmark, Eliot Street, is likely to lose its name. The famous " Apostle to the Indians," the Rev. John Eliot,1 had brothers Philip, Jacob, of Boston, and Francis, of Braintree. John left descendants now mostly in Connecticut. Philip had only daughters married to John Smith, Richard Withington, and John Aldis; Francis had only daughters married to Caleb Hobart, John Poulter, John Whitmore, and Stephen Willis. Jacob had sons Jacob and Asaph, and daughters who married Theophilus Frary, Thomas Wyborne, Peter Hobart, and Thomas Downes. Asaph Eliot married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Davenport, and had Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Royall, and John, who married Sarah Downes. Jacob Eliot, Jr., married Mary, widow of William Wilcox of Cambridge, and had, with daughters married to Elizur Holyoke and William Davis, three sons, Joseph, Benjamin, and Jacob. The last two died without issue.

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References

1. West, Randy A., Michael1 Powell of Dedham and Boston, Massachusetts: An Update, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Pages 112-115. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
2. https://archive.org/details/diaryofsamuelsew01sewaiala/page/52 As Mrs Eliot was alive when Abigail, the widow of Michael Powell, wrote her will in 1677, we may reasonably assume that she (Mary Powell, widow of William Wilcox, wife of Jacob Eliot) and her sister Mrs Dwight (Sarah Powell, 2nd wife of Timothy Dwight) were omitted from it because they were children of Michael Powell by an earlier wife.
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79804035/mary_eliot