Andrew ELLIOTT

NOTE: CP and L L Forbes both report him as marrying ElizabethPlumsteadbut Pennsylvania University, below, has him marrying,first I wonder, Eleanor, the daughter of George McCall andsister of Samuel McCall._________________________________________________________From Pennsylvaia Univeristy's web site (in 2004:http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/elliot_andrew.html)Andrew Elliot (1728-1797) Trustee 1762Member of Philadelphia City Council Port of New York Customs CollectorLieutenant-Governor of New York LoyalistAndrew Elliot was born and educated in Scotland. In 1746 he leftScotland and headed for Philadelphiawith an advance of £700.Soon after his arrival in Philadelphia he established himself intrade and gained a reputation as an honest and agreeable man. In1754 he married Eleanor, the daughter of George McCall andsister of Samuel McCall. Elliot engaged in Philadelphia's sociallife on agrand scale, earning seats on the Dancing Assembly andthe City Councilas well as on the Board of Trustees of theCollege of Philadelphia (nowthe University of Pennsylvania). In 1763, while visiting Scotland, Elliot was appointed Collectorof the Port of New York, and then Receiver General of New York.As a result, when Elliot returned to America he movedfromPhiladelphia to New York, ending his service as trustee of theCollege of Philadelphia.When the war broke out with Britain, Elliot remained loyal tothe crown, and under the British occupation New York he servedthe monarch. First he was made head of the military court ofpolice, then collector of customs, and finallyLieutenant-Governor of New York. Asthe war wound down in 1783,and it was clear that the Americans had won, Elliot was madepart of a British delegation that met with General Washingtonand other American envoys. At that meeting he was treated wellbythe Americans, and he was assured that neither his life orhis propertywere at risk. Despite these assurances, Elliot felthe would not be safe in America and later in the year movedhimself and his family to Scotland. In 1790 he declined a proposal to serve as British Minister toAmerica. He died at his home in Scotland in 1797. _________________________________________________________

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