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Eli Whitney 1803–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1803

Birth Location: Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States

Death Date: 1880

Death Location: Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States

Father: Enoch Whitney

Mother: Eunice Newcom

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Eli Whitney was born in 1803 in Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States, the child of Enoch Whitney And Eunice Hannah Newcom. Eli Whitney passed away in 1880 in Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States.

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Biography

  • Eli Whitney was born in 1803 in Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States, the child of Enoch Whitney And Eunice Hannah Newcom.
  • Eli Whitney passed away in 1880 in Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States.

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Eli Whitney's Ancestors

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Eli Whitney
1803–1880
Birth Place: Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States
Parents
Enoch Whitney
1773–1857
Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Eunice (Hannah) Newcom
1772–1824
Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States
Grandparents
Moses Whitney
1739–1820
Biddeford, York, Maine, United States
Molly Page
1743–1791
Derbyshire, England
John Newcomb
1733–1817
Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Whitney
1709–1804
Hannah Day
1714–1800
Elizabeth Swift
–1790
Joshua Newcomb
1712–1749
Eunice Bullard
1712–1737
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Whitney
1680–1768
Sarah Ford
1684–1775
Joseph Day
1690–
Patience Hilton
1690–1757

Eli Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1803
1803
Birth of Eli Whitney in Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States
Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States
1880
1880
Age 77
Death of Eli Whitney in Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States
Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1803
    Event Place: Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Stow, Oxford, Maine, United States

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