Andrew Eliot

Andrew Eliot (1718 – 1778) was a prominent Boston Congregational minister of the New North Church (now St. Stephen's in Boston's North End).

[1] He graduated from Harvard University in 1737 and received his masters in 1740.

[2] In 1768, Eliot was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

[3] Eliot's father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all named Andrew.

Eliot had an extensive collection of New England silver coins.

Built a year after the North Square was destroyed by fire in 1676, the Mather-Eliot House was the home of Rev Increase Mather , pastor of the Second Church in North Square, until his death in 1723. It was then occupied by the Reverend Andrew Eliot, then by his son John Eliot, ministers successively of the New North Church. Increase Mather was also the seventh President of Harvard College (1685-1701).