- Jared Eliot
Jared Eliot (
November 7 ,1685 –April 22 ,1763 ) was a Connecticut minister, physician and agriculture writer, who was born inGuilford, Connecticut , the son of the Reverend Joseph Eliot and his second wife, Mary (Wyllys) Eliot, and the grandson of famedMassachusetts missionary John Eliot and his wife, Ann (Mumford) Eliot.He was educated at Collegiate School of Connecticut (now
Yale University ), ordained in 1709, and appointed pastor of the Congregational Church in Killingworth,Connecticut . He served in that position until his death in Killingworth.In 1722, along with
Timothy Cutler , Eliot questioned Congregationalism and professed respect forAnglicanism , though he would ultimately remain a loyal Congregationalist. In 1740, he was an unsuccessful Connecticut gubernatorial candidate.His "Essays on Field Husbandry in New England" was the first
agriculture work printed in America. He is credited, along withEzra Stiles , with introducingsericulture (the production of silk) to American agriculture. As a farmer, Eliot was a slave owner [http://www.yaleslavery.org/Endowments/e3libe.html] . His work in agriculture and medicine would earn him a reputation as one of the finest American scientists of his era.ee also
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