Ancestry of
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
The family tree for Eli Whitney is still in progress.
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Eli Whitney
John Forbes Nash, Jr.
“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician
1st cousin 5 times removed
via Nathaniel Whitney
Melville Fuller
8th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Richard de Clare
Melville Fuller
8th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 4 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun
Melville Fuller
8th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
14th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard FitzAlan
Melville Fuller
8th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
5th cousin 2 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
15th cousin 4 times removed
via Henry II, King of England
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
19th cousin 2 times removed
via Isabel de Beaumont
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
13th cousin 7 times removed
via Hugh de Kevelioc
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
15th cousin 6 times removed
via Robert of Gloucester
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
17th cousin 4 times removed
via Robert de Beaumont
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
13th cousin 7 times removed
via Maud de St. Hilary
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
18th cousin 3 times removed
via Gundred de Warenne
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
15th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
14th cousin 6 times removed
via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Rev. John Whittingham
(c1616 - 1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637
15th cousin 5 times removed
via Ida de Tony
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
5th cousin 3 times removed
via John Warren
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