1765 - 1825 (59 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
1765 - 1825 (59 years)
Birth |
8 Dec 1765 |
Died |
8 Jan 1825 |
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Father |
Eli Whitney |
Mother |
Elizabeth Fay |
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Family |
Henriette Frances Edwards |
Children |
+ | 1. Eli Whitney, Jr., b. 1820 |
| 2. Frances Edwards Whitney, b. 1817 |
| 3. Elizabeth Fay Whitney, b. 1819 |
| 4. Susan Edwards Whitney, b. 1819 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Pierrepont Edwards, b. 8 Apr 1750, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Frances Ogden |
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Family |
Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
Children |
+ | 1. Eli Whitney, Jr., b. 1820 |
| 2. Frances Edwards Whitney, b. 1817 |
| 3. Elizabeth Fay Whitney, b. 1819 |
| 4. Susan Edwards Whitney, b. 1819 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Elizabeth Fay |
Children |
+ | 1. Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Eli Whitney |
Children |
+ | 1. Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Pierrepont Edwards, b. 8 Apr 1750, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA |
Mother |
Frances Ogden |
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Family |
Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
Children |
+ | 1. Eli Whitney, Jr., b. 1820 |
| 2. Frances Edwards Whitney, b. 1817 |
| 3. Elizabeth Fay Whitney, b. 1819 |
| 4. Susan Edwards Whitney, b. 1819 |
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1820 - 1895 (75 years)
Birth |
1820 |
Died |
1895 |
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Father |
Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
Mother |
Henriette Frances Edwards |
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Family |
Sarah Perkins Dallibar, b. 1820 |
Children |
+ | 1. Eli Whitney, III, b. 1847 |
| 2. Susan Huntington Whitney, b. 1847 |
| 3. Henrietta Edwards Whitney, b. 1847 |
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1817 - 1859 (42 years)
Birth |
1817 |
Died |
1859 |
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Father |
Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
Mother |
Henriette Frances Edwards |
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Family |
NN Chaplain |
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1819 - 1852 (33 years)
Birth |
1819 |
Died |
1852 |
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Father |
Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
Mother |
Henriette Frances Edwards |
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1819 - 1852 (33 years)
Birth |
1819 |
Died |
1852 |
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Father |
Eli Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1765 |
Mother |
Henriette Frances Edwards |
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Name |
Eli Whitney |
Birth |
8 Dec 1765 |
Gender |
Male |
Prominent People |
USA |
business, inventor, rich |
Death |
8 Jan 1825 |
Person ID |
I363354 |
Geneagraphie |
Links To |
This person is also Eli Whitney at Wikipedia |
Last Modified |
22 Jan 2002 |
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Notes |
- Inventor, New Haven, Connecticut
Is best remembered for his invention of the cotton gin, the device which allowed a fast cleaning of raw cotton and thereby laid the basis of profitable cotton growing in America. For his invention, Whitney received a patent in 1794, and set up a partnership with Phineas Miller and the widow of Nathaneal Greene of Georgia, to exploit the invention. Unable to meet demand and too late in their decision to license the product, the partners lost out to patent infringers and never made money with the cotton gin, although they eventually got some compensation from certain Southern states. Eli Whitney was virtually bankrupt in 1798, when he was awarded a contract from the US Government for the manufacturing of 10'000 muskets. This saved him and allowed his machine shop near New Haven to become a pioneer in mechanical manufacturing, using interchangeable parts, a first in armory industry.
Eli Whitney secured other contracts with the Federal Governmant as well various State militias and Mill Rock, the site he had chosen to establish his factories, became Whitneyville. After a prolonged struggle and with the help of the Federal government, Eli Whitney prospered and became an important factor in New Haven, investing the wealth he derived from his machine shops in local banks, shipping enterprises and real estate. Eli Whitney married late in life and had a son and two daughters. At his death he left the management of his factories to his able nephew Eli Whitney Blake, until his son was old enough to succeed him.
Fortune: 100,000 $ 1825
Activity : Manufacturing
Main property: Whitney Arms Co
Other activities: investments
Associated properties: Local banks, shipping ventures and real estate.
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