Author: Elliot, Samuel
Biography:
ELLIOT, Samuel (1777-1845: ancestry.com)
Second son of James and Martha (Day) Elliot, brother of James Elliot (q.v.). He was born on 16 Aug. 1777 at Gloucester MA and worked as a clerk in a general store in Guilford VT before moving to Brattleboro VT where he was called to the bar in 1804 and set up a joint practice with his brother. (His one book of poetry was published before he left Massachusetts in 1803. A committed republican, he sent a copy to Thomas Jefferson.) As a respected lawyer, he held many public positions, such as State Attorney and Judge of Probate (1829-30), and was elected to the State legislature 1813-15, 1822-3, 1828-9. He married three times and had twelve children, nine of whom survived him. He died at Brattleboro VT on 10 Dec. 1845 and was buried at Prospect Hill cemetery. (ancestry.com 24 Oct. 2025; Marcus Davis Gilman, The Bibliography of Vermont [1897] 86-7; "To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Elliot, 30 November 1802" Founders Online, National Archives, 7 Nov. 2018) HJ