GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
3410
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-3642)
Name
Matthew Elliston
Gender
Male
Lived
b. d. 1686-07-26 (new)
Linked Sermons
The Hapyness of being with Christ
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data
Catherine Evans
Biographical Sources Consulted
CCEd (Person ID: 162857); H. Smith, The Ecclesiastical History of Essex (1900), p. 373; ACAD (Venn) ID: ALSN629M (as Alliston).
Other note
From a Cloggeshall family, he was the 5th son of John Elliston of Black Notley. He was educated at Emmanuel and Queens' College Cambridge, gaining his BA in 1632/3 and MA in 1636. He was rector of Stanford Rivers from 1646 until he was ejected in 1662 (although Smith says ejected in 1660). He was perpetual vicar at Tillingham from 1667 and Rector at Dengie from 1678 until his death. He took out a license in 1672 to preach at his house, the Grange, Little Coggeshall.
GEMMS record created
September 27, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024