Henrietta Frances Whitney

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Henrietta Frances Whitney (Edwards)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Death: April 16, 1870 (83)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Hon. Pierpont Edwards, CT US Dist. Court, CT Rep. and Frances Edwards
Wife of Eli Whitney, Jr.
Mother of Frances Edwards Whitney; Elizabeth Fay Whitney; Eli Whitney, III and Susan Edwards Whitney
Sister of John Stark Edwards, 1812 War Vet.; Gov. Col. Henry Waggaman Edwards, U.S. Senator; Moses Ogden Edwards; Mary Edwards; Horace Hampden Edwards and 3 others

Occupation: Homemaker
Managed by: Private User
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About Henrietta Frances Whitney

  • Henrietta's birth, portrait, and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19431552/henrietta-frances-whitney
  • Henrietta's portrait is used courtesy of Sandra Markham, Find A Grave ID 47531629.
  • The following write-up is available at the above-mentioned URL:
    • "Find a Grave contributor, Silverfox (Norris Taylor), reports that Henrietta Whitney was the granddaughter of Jonathan Edwards, initiator of "The First Great Awakening" in the 1730's and 1740's: "This was a religious movement in America that had a great impact on the future of America."
    • "He also notes that her Edwards lineage was from William Edwards, the Puritan immigrant, one of the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut: Henrietta-6, Pierpont-5, Jonathan-4, Timothy-3, Richard-2, William-1."
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Henrietta Frances Whitney's Timeline

1786
June 28, 1786
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
1817
November 13, 1817
New Haven, New Haven, CT
1819
March 14, 1819
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
1820
November 24, 1820
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1821
December 8, 1821
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1870
April 16, 1870
Age 83
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
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Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States