Philip Eliot (1602-1657)

Biography
Philip Eliot was a brother of famous Puritan missionary John Eliot (1604-1690) together with whom both sailed to America in 1631.

1631 Migration to America
He was a passenger on the English ship Lyon. The Lyon left Bristol, England August (23) 1631 with her Master, William Peirce, arriving in Nantasket November 02 1631, Completing its 3rd of 4 voyages to the new world. It sank after the 4th voyage. John sailed with his older brother Philip.

After Hooker was forced to flee to Holland, John Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arranging passage as chaplain on the ship Lyon and arriving on November 3, 1631. Eliot became minister and "teaching elder" at the First Church in Roxbury.