This branch of the Elliot family is probably
descended from the Scottish
Borders family, Elliot of Falnash. The earliest known Elliot
ancestors were born in
Roxburghshire. Following the Jacobite Rebellion, the family
migrated a short distance to
Langholm, Dumfrieshire and were probably associated with the
tweed-cloth industry.
By 1810, the old lawless traditions of the family surfaced as John
Elliot ran into some
trouble by poaching on the Duke of Bucleuch's estate. John's
flight south to escape
justice ended in Blackburn, Lancashire where he took up tailoring.
John Elliot's
descendants in Blackburn included iron foundry workers, weavers
and saddle-makers. There
may still be many living descendants of John in the Blackburn area
although the last known
survivor was Constance the daughter of Thomas the saddlemaker who
married into the Cooper
family in 1926.
The spelling of the name Elliot (with one "t") is the traditional
spelling used
by the Elliot's of Minto. Scottish records use the single "t" but
all known
English family documentation, including signatures, up to 1893 use
two "t's".
Beginning with Thomas and Ellen's marriage certificate of 1893,
the name Elliot (with one
"t") comes back into use but not with complete consistency. The
name
"Elliot" has persisted to recent times in other branches of the
family as a
middle name, as with Duncan Elliot Pickup (b.1960) and Gabriel
Elliot Cooper Jackson
(b.2000).
There is a strong possibility of an Elliot family connection with
the famous road and
bridge engineer, Thomas Telford (1757-1834). Telford's paternal
aunt is believed to have
married into this Elliot line around 1763.
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