Ancestry of
Eli Whitney

Inventor of the Cotton Gin

Elizabeth Fay

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• • Mother of Eli Whitney — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Fay 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Miles   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Dec 1740 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Aug 1777 
  • Death Location:
  • Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eli Whitney
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Feb 1765 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Eli Whitney (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Elizabeth Fay

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/13/2013).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Westborough Births, Vol. 1, Page 106, Birth record for son Eli Whitney.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Westborough Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 257, Death record for Elizabeth Whitney.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Westborough Births, Vol. 1 Page 39, Birth record for Elizabeth Fay.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Westborough Marriages, Vol. 1, Page 148, Marriage record for Eli Whitney and Elizabeth Fay.
  • ⁶ Johnson, George Henry, One Branch of the Fay Family Tree: An Account of the Ancestors and Descendants of William and Elizabeth Fay, Columbus, Ohio: The Champlin Press (1913), 28-29.
  • ⁷ Whitney, Henry Austin, A Brief Account of the Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown, Mass., Boston: Henry W. Dutton and Son, Printers (1857), 15.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Eli Whitney", (accessed 09/22/2011).