Sii wad qodobkan - Elliott wuxuu ku dhashay Hagerstown, Maryland. Gurigiisa carruurnimada, Guriga Elliot-Bester, waxaa lagu taxay Diiwaanka Qaranka ee Goobaha Taariikhiga ah 1975. Waxa uu ku biiray ciidanka badda ee Maraykanka bishii Abriil 1804 waxaana uu ka qayb qaatay dagaalkii Barbary ee badda Mediterranean-ka.
intii u dhaxeysay 1805 iyo 1807, wuxuu ka shaqaynayay Markabka USS "Essex" oo uu hogaaminayay Commodore James Barron. Bishii Juun 1807, Elliott wuxuu saarnaa USS "Chesapeake" markii Commodore Barron lagu qasbay inuu u oggolaado baaritaanka markabka HMS "Leopard".