From "Ye OLD BURYING GROUND OF FAIRFIELD, CONN." by Mrs. Kate Perry, p. 228: "Rev. Andrew Elliot, Jr. was called 1774, and remained until 1805. It was during his pastorate that the meeting house, together with all the principal buildings of the town were burned by the British, July 8th, 1779, and his account of that terrible day is, to my mind, the most truthful and fraphic in history. Although Mr. Eliot's ability commanded a more remunerative field (i.e. financially,) he worked on here at a salary of three hundred dollars per annum, and as is stated, 'hard to get, at that'. He lived on Holland Hill, and used to walk down in all weathers, not only to lead the meetings, but to build with his own hands the fires in the great wood stoves of the period."
From "Ye OLD BURYING GROUND OF FAIRFIELD, CONN." by Mrs. Kate Perry, p. 228: "Rev. Andrew Elliot, Jr. was called 1774, and remained until 1805. It was during his pastorate that the meeting house, together with all the principal buildings of the town were burned by the British, July 8th, 1779, and his account of that terrible day is, to my mind, the most truthful and fraphic in history. Although Mr. Eliot's ability commanded a more remunerative field (i.e. financially,) he worked on here at a salary of three hundred dollars per annum, and as is stated, 'hard to get, at that'. He lived on Holland Hill, and used to walk down in all weathers, not only to lead the meetings, but to build with his own hands the fires in the great wood stoves of the period."
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Rev. Andrew Eliot born in Boston Jan. 11, 1743. Ordained pastor of First Church of Christ in Fairfield June 22, 1774 in which station he served God until September 26, 1805 when he rested from his labors in the 63rd year of his age and 32d of his ministry.
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