For almost 60 years, John Eliot was the pastor of the Puritan church at Roxbury, Massachusetts. He established the Roxbury Latin School in 1645 and served as an Overseer of Harvard College from 1642 to 1685.
In addition, Eliot also wrote several books: The Christian Commonwealth (1659), Unbosom Psalmes (1663), The Communion Of Churches (1665), The Indian Primer (1669), and The Harmony of the Gospels (1678) and was a major contributor to the Bay Psalm Book.
John died on May 20, 1690. He is buried in the Eliot Burying Ground in Roxbury.