Elizabeth Whitney (Fay)

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Elizabeth Whitney (Fay)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westborough, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
Death: August 18, 1777 (36)
Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain Benjamin Fay, I and Martha Fay
Wife of Eli Whitney, Sr.
Mother of Eli Whitney, Jr.; Elizabeth Fay Blake; Benjamin Whitney; Josiah Whitney and Unknown Whitney
Sister of Martha Wood; Benjamin Fay, II; Ester Chamberlain; John Fay; Nathan Fay and 4 others
Half sister of Charles Fay and Joel Fay

Occupation: Homemaker
Managed by: Katie Mae Parker
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Whitney (Fay)

Link to grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35601735

Her eldest son (of 3), Eli was the inventor of the cotton gin.

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Elizabeth Whitney (Fay)'s Timeline

1740
December 9, 1740
Westborough, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
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
1777
August 18, 1777
Age 36
Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1890
February 18, 1890
Age 36
March 6, 1890
Age 36
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