Eli Whitney, Sr.

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Eli Whitney, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
Death: August 25, 1807 (67)
Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Whitney and Mary Whitney
Husband of Elizabeth Whitney (Fay) and Judith Whitney (Morse)
Father of Eli Whitney, Jr.; Elizabeth Fay Blake; Benjamin Whitney; Josiah Whitney and Unknown Whitney
Brother of Ephraim Whitney; Oliver Whitney; Mary Bradish; Anna Whitney; Amos Whitney and 4 others

Occupation: Prosperous farmer
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About Eli Whitney, Sr.

From the Find A Grave page for Eli Whitney Sr.:
Memorial ID: 35616719

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Whitney&GSfn=...

Birth: May 3, 1740 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Death: Aug. 25, 1807 - Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Parents: Nathaniel III & Mary Child Whitney

Son, Eli Jr, invented the Cotton Gin.

Family links:

Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Fay Whitney (1740 - 1777) Find a Grave Memorial ID: 35601735

Judith Morse Hazeltine Whitney (1737-1826) married Eli Whitney married 15 July 1779 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 115938256

Children:

  • Eli Whitney (1765 - 1825)

Burial: Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Created by: Joanne

  • Record added: Apr 07, 2009
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 35616719

This is Eli Whitney, of the cotton gin. http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney%2C_Eli_%281... also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney



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Eli Whitney, Sr.'s Timeline

1740
May 3, 1740
Watertown, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
May 3, 1740
Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
May 3, 1740
Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts
1765
December 8, 1765
Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (present USA)
1767
April 16, 1767
Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1768
September 13, 1768
Westborough, Worcester, MA
1770
March 31, 1770
Westborough, Worcester, MA
1807
August 25, 1807
Age 67
Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States