An American Family History

from Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1  by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs

John [Eliot], son and only child of Edmund and Sarah (Haddon) Eliot, was born in Salisbury, New-town, Massachusetts Bay Colony, September 25, 1660. He followed the occupation of his father, and is so described as a "yeoman" at the time he took the oath of fidelity and allegiance to the government in 1677, on arriving at military age, and before reaching his majority he was made a member of the trainband in 1680. His will was dated on February 22, 1733, and probated the following March, which would indicate that it was made on his sickbed and probably deathbed. One record of his death names February 27, 1633, which no doubt is not exactly correct.

He married, 1685, Naomi, daughter of Henry Tuxbury, born in Newbury, January 18, 1667, and survived her husband, as she is mentioned in his will. The children of John and Naomi (Tuxbury) Eliot were born at the Eliot homestead in Amesbury, Massachusetts, as follows:
1. Edmund, July 30, 1686 (q. v.).
2. Sarah, October 10, 1688. married Sylvanus Carr, December 7, 1738.
3. Elizabeth, November 11, 1691, married Jacob Colby, December 20, 1724.
4. John, December 25, 1693, married Sarah Colby, December 20, 1721, and had children: Mary, born September 23, 1722; and John, born September 19, 1724.
5. Thomas, November 26, 1696, married Judith Worthen, December 21, 1721, and had children: Thomas, born February 14, 1724; and Ephraim, born February 24, 1725 CO.
6. Mary, August 4, 1699, married Ezekiel Colby, December 24, 1724.
7. Hannah, October 7, 1702, married Robert Corn, March 16, 1732.
8. David, June 12, 1705, married Mary Carter, January 2, 1728, and late in life removed to Newton, New Hampshire.
9. Naomi, May 13, 1709, married John Calfe, October 31, 1739.

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont edited by Hiram Carleton

The progenitor of the family in America was Jeffrey Estey, who was one of the original inhabitants of Salem in 1651. His wife's name was supposed to be Elizabeth Esticke. Isaac Estey, said to have been a son of Jeffrey Estey, was united in marriage to Miss Mary Town, daughter of William Town, of Topsfield;

Jacob Estey, fifth son of Isaac and Mary Estey, was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Eliott;

Isaac Estey, second son of Jacob and Lydia Estey, settled the first place west of the common, near the foot of Jacob's hill. He was one of the eight persons who "embodied" with the First Baptist church of Royalston, Massachusetts, in 1768, and became its first deacon. He was a man of considerable property and a highly respected citizen. His aged mother came to town with him, rode in a chaise which it required several men to steady and help over the obstructions of the way, and was the first adult female that died in Royalston.