Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Elliott ki Hagerstown, Maryland. Ko te whare o tona tamarikitanga, ko te Whare Elliot-Bester, i whakauruhia ki te Rehita a Motu mo nga waahi hitori i te tau 1975. I uru ia ki te US Navy hei kaitiaki i te Paenga-whāwhā 1804 ka kite ia i te mahi i te Moana Mediterranean i nga Pakanga Barbary
I waenganui i te tau 1805 me te tau 1807, e mahi ana i runga i te USS "Essex" i raro i te Commodore James Barron. I te Pipiri 1807, i runga a Elliott i te USS "Chesapeake" i te wa i akina ai a Commodore Barron ki te tuku i te tirotiro o te kaipuke e HMS "Leopard".