Edward Elliston

1696 - 1747  (50 years)

• Name	Edward Elliston
  Born	30 Aug 1696	London, England   [1]
  Christened	31 Aug 1696	Christ Church, Greyfriars Newgate, London   [1]
  Died	08 Jun 1747	Brentwood, Essex   [2]
  Buried	13 Jun 1747	St. Mary, Putney, Surrey   [2]
  Person ID	I00339	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Oliver Elliston,   b. Bef. 17 Apr 1664,   d. Bef 10 Jul 1706  (Age < 42 years)
  Mother	Hester Gibbon,   b. Bef 14 May 1676,   d. Bef 07 Apr 1713  (Age < 36 years)
  Family ID	F00110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Catherine Gibbon,   b. Bef 11 May 1710,   d. 24 Feb 1743/44  (Age > 33 years)
  Marriage Settlement	26 Dec 1733  [3]
  Married	27 Dec 1733	St. Paul's Cathedral, London   [4]
  • "London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (City of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, 1697-1740, 123): Edward Elliston of the parish of St. Peter Cornhill London, Bachelor, and Catharine Gibbon of Putney in the County of Surrey, Spinster, were married with a License from the Archbishop's Office in this Cathedral Church the 27 day of December 1733 by me (Williams Gibbon) . . . present Wm. Reyner
  Children	1. Catherine Elliston,   b. 04 Aug 1735, Charterhouse Yard, Parish of St. Sepulchre, Holburn, London ,   d. 23 Feb 1804, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 68 years)   2. John Elliston,   c. 27 Apr 1740, St. Michael's, Bassishaw, London ,   bur. 24 Mar 1740/41, St. Michael's, Bassishaw, London  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F00109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "London Journal" 31 May 1729: . . . and the Lynn, Capt. Edward Eliston, bound for China. --- "Daily Journal" 6 Jul 1730: LONDON. Yesterday Morning the Purser of the Lynn, Capt. Elliston, from China, arrived in Town, having left the said Ship the Day before near Dover. --- "Kentish Weekly Post" 30 Oct 1731, page 1: From the Whitehall Even. Post Oct. 28. Yesterday the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company were pleased to appoint Capt. Brown Commander of their Ship the Lynn in the room of Capt. Edward Ellistone, who hath resign'd. --- "General Advertiser" 11 Jun 1747, page 1: On Monday last died, at his Seat near Brentwood in Essex, after a tedious Indisposition, Edward Elliston, Esq; a Gentleman possess'd of a very plentiful Fortune, which he chiefly acquir'd with very great Credit and Reputation, in the Service of the East-India Company. --- "Dundee Courier" 5 Jan 1933, page 12: Men and Women of To-Day Dundee M.P.'s Bride. In marrying a member of Parliament from Cornwall Miss Dorothy Elliston, whose wedding to Mr. Dingle M. Foot takes place at Ipswich on Saturday, is repeating a chapter in her own family history. Catherine Elliston, daughter of Captain Edward Elliston of Overall Manor, near Sudbury, Suffolk, married in 1756 Edward Eliot, M.P. for Cornwall. He afterwards became the first Baron Eliot of St. Germans, and his son was the first Earl of St Germans. This Catherine Elliston's mother was Catherine Gibbon, aunt of the famous historian of the Roman Empire. Many politicians will attend the wedding on Saturday, and Dundee guests will include Lord Provost Buist and Mrs Buist, Mr Harry Johnston and Mrs Johnston, and Mr and Mrs John Martin. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- "Records of Fort St. George Diary and Consultation Book, 1726, Madras Record Office: Fort St. George, February 1725-1726 page 17: "Paid Captain Elliston for Ten Soldier's Diet that came from Vizagaptam . . . 7 28 page 22: "Feb. 20 Ship Lynn Capt. Edward Elliston Commander sailed for London and Carried a paequet for ye Honble Court of Directors. --- "Private Trade Between England and China in the Eighteenth Century" by Earl H. Pritchard, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1957, page 221: The Export Trade . . . The private trade of Captain Elliston of the Lynn (480 tons) in 1729-30 consisted of 886 ounces of gold (2,500 pounds), 58 piculs of tea (450 pounds), chinaware (318 pounds), arrack (120 pounds), 300 bundles of rattans (15 pounds), 90 cwt. of mother-of-pearl (130 pounds), 50 handkerchiefs (40 pounds), and fans, pictures, lacquered ware, etc (171 pounds), a total of 3,744 pounds --- tls. 11,232. --- https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4911020 Live Auction 1828, 22 May 2007 Lot 169 A Very Fine George II Silver Salver, Mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1739. Price Realised: $240,000 Lot Essay: Edward Elliston was in the Marine Service of the East India Company. From 1714 to 1721, he served on Dartmouth as 5th, 3rd, and finally 1st mate. He became Captain of the ship Lynn in 1724, serving intermittently until 1732. . . .

  
  

• Sources

  [S00003] FamilySearch.org. "London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (Wandsworth, St Mary, Putney, 1735-1760, 62). [S8] Edward Gibbon's Will (d. 1736). "London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (City of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, 1697-1740, 123).