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Eli Whitney

Ancestry of
Eli Whitney

Inventor of the Cotton Gin


The family tree for Eli Whitney is still in progress.

The family tree for Eli Whitney should not be considered exhaustive or authoritative. Oftentimes the family trees listed as still in progress have derived from research into famous people who have a kinship to this person. Research devoted solely to this person has either not yet taken place or it is currently in progress. As with all family trees on this website, the sources for each ancestor are listed on the family group pages so that you can personally judge the reliability of the information.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Eli Whitney

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Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers

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Samuel P. Goddard

12th Governor of Arizona

5th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

12th cousin 3 times removed
via Elizabeth Fitzalan

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

12th cousin 4 times removed
via Elizabeth Fitzalan

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Myron H. Avery

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

5th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Louis L'Amour

Western Author

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Louis L'Amour

Western Author

14th cousin 5 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Grace Slick

Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Grace Slick

Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane

14th cousin 5 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Charlie Munger

Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

15th cousin 6 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Charlie Munger

Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

14th cousin 6 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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John Ritter

TV and Movie Actor

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Nathaniel Philbrick

Author of In the Heart of the Sea

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Kelsey Grammer

TV and Movie Actor

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Richard Hatch

TV and Movie Actor

15th cousin 6 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Richard Hatch

TV and Movie Actor

14th cousin 6 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Scott Foley

TV, Stage and Movie Actor

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Kevin Spacey

TV and Movie Actor

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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John Ritter

TV and Movie Actor

4th cousin 6 times removed
via Thomas Lothrop

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Zach Snyder

Filmmaker

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Edmund Fitzalan

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Adrian Grenier

TV and Movie Actor

5th cousin 8 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

President and CEO of I.B.M.

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Taylor Lautner

TV and Movie Actor

4th cousin 8 times removed
via Daniel Warren

View entire list of famous kin for Eli Whitney

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