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Elias Whitney1716–

Name: Elias Whitney

Given names: Elias

Surname: Whitney

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Birth	November 14, 1716 35 34 Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a sister	Mehetable Whitney December 27, 1718 (Age 2 years) Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a brother	George Whitney August 12, 1721 (Age 4 years) Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Death of a paternal grandfather	Benjamin Whitney March 26, 1723 (Age 6 years) Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Marriage	Elizabeth Mellen — View this family February 6, 1746 (Age 29 years) Holliston, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a daughter #1	Abigail Whitney March 19, 1747 (Age 30 years) Holliston, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a son #2	Elias Whitney June 15, 1750 (Age 33 years) Holliston, Middlesex, MA
Christening of a son	Elias Whitney July 1, 1750 (Age 33 years) Milford, Worcester, MA
Death of a brother	George Whitney September 26, 1752 (Age 35 years) Holliston, Middlesex, MA
Death of a sister	Susannah Whitney before February 2, 1753 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter #3	Ann Mellen Whitney June 1, 1753 (Age 36 years) Holliston, Middlesex, MA
Christening of a daughter	Ann Mellen Whitney June 3, 1753 (Age 36 years)
Death of a father	Jonathan Whitney January 16, 1754 (Age 37 years) Holliston, Middlesex, MA
Death of a brother	Jonathan Whitney January 28, 1755 (Age 38 years) Milford, Worcester, MA
Birth of a son #4	Jonathan Whitney January 25, 1760 (Age 43 years) Framingham, Middlesex, MA
Death of a sister	Mehetable Whitney before December 1768 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a child	Elias Whitney — Lucy Barnes — View this family April 10, 1772 (Age 55 years) Hingham, Plymouth, MA Shared note: Hingham VR's not yet transcribed.
Death of a wife	Elizabeth Mellen before June 1774 (Age 57 years)
Death of a son	Jonathan Whitney February 2, 1780 (Age 63 years) In Revolutionary War
Death of a sister	Mary Whitney July 9, 1788 (Age 71 years)
Death of a son	Elias Whitney May 22, 1828 (Age 111 years) Milford, Worcester, MA
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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susannah Fairbanks Susannah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Kezia Whitney Dorathy Whitney Mary Whitney Lydia Whitney Jesse Whitney Hannah Whitney Elias Whitney Mehetable Whitney George Whitney Jonathan Whitney Birth: 1681 37 34 Death: January 16, 1754 — Holliston, Middlesex, MA
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jonathan Whitney Susannah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Kezia Whitney Dorathy Whitney Mary Whitney Lydia Whitney Jesse Whitney Hannah Whitney Elias Whitney Mehetable Whitney George Whitney Susannah Fairbanks Birth: March 17, 1682 — Medfield, Norfolk, MA Death:
	Marriage: January 14, 1701 — Medfield, Norfolk, MA
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gershom Eames Gershom Eames Susannah Eames Martha Eames Patience Eames Susannah Whitney Birth: January 29, 1703 22 20 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death: before February 2, 1753
21 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lydia Jones Susannah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Jesse Whitney Lydia Whitney Sarah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Ruth Whitney David Whitney Jonathan Whitney Birth: October 17, 1704 23 22 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death: January 28, 1755 — Milford, Worcester, MA
21 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Jones Kezia Whitney Birth: July 31, 1706 25 24 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death:
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ebenezer Hunt Dorathy Whitney Birth: August 28, 1708 27 26 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death:
21 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Jones Mary Whitney Birth: May 28, 1710 29 28 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death: July 9, 1788
21 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Isaac Hill Lydia Whitney Birth: March 3, 1712 31 29 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death:
23 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jesse Whitney Birth: February 8, 1714 33 31 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death: March 1, 1714 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
1 year elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joseph Cozens Hannah Whitney Birth: February 11, 1715 34 32 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death:
21 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Mellen Abigail Whitney Elias Whitney Ann Mellen Whitney Jonathan Whitney Elias Whitney Birth: November 14, 1716 35 34 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death:
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse David Cutler Mehetable Whitney Birth: December 27, 1718 37 36 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death: before December 1768
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Couzens Isaac Whitney Hannah Whitney Marcy Whitney Sarah Whitney George Whitney Birth: August 12, 1721 40 39 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death: September 26, 1752 — Holliston, Middlesex, MA

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Mellen Abigail Whitney Elias Whitney Ann Mellen Whitney Jonathan Whitney Elias Whitney Birth: November 14, 1716 35 34 — Sherborn, Middlesex, MA Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elias Whitney Abigail Whitney Elias Whitney Ann Mellen Whitney Jonathan Whitney Elizabeth Mellen Birth: August 21, 1721 — Prob. Holliston, Middlesex, MA Death: before June 1774
	Marriage: February 6, 1746 — Holliston, Middlesex, MA
13 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Abigail Whitney Birth: March 19, 1747 30 25 — Holliston, Middlesex, MA Death:
3 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lucy Barnes Abigail Whitney Mellen Whitney Rebecca Whitney Elias Whitney Hannah Whitney Elias Whitney Birth: June 15, 1750 33 28 — Holliston, Middlesex, MA Death: May 22, 1828 — Milford, Worcester, MA
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ann Mellen Whitney Birth: June 1, 1753 36 31 — Holliston, Middlesex, MA Death:
7 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jonathan Whitney Birth: January 25, 1760 43 38 — Framingham, Middlesex, MA Death: February 2, 1780 — In Revolutionary War

Generation 1
1. Elias Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney and Susannah Fairbanks, was born on November 14, 1716 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA. He married Elizabeth Mellen on February 6, 1746 in Holliston, Middlesex, MA. She was born on August 21, 1721 in Prob. Holliston, Middlesex, MA and died before June 1774.
  Children of Elias Whitney and Elizabeth Mellen:
  1. Abigail Whitney (1747–)
  2. Elias Whitney (1750–1828)
  3. Ann Mellen Whitney (1753–)
  4. Jonathan Whitney (1760–1780)
Generation 2back to top
1. Elias Whitney, son of Elias Whitney and Elizabeth Mellen, was born on June 15, 1750 in Holliston, Middlesex, MA and died on May 22, 1828 in Milford, Worcester, MA at the age of 77. He married Lucy Barnes on April 10, 1772 in Hingham, Plymouth, MA. She was born about 1751 in Of Hingham, Plymouth, MA and died on October 15, 1818 in Milford, Worcester, MA.
  Children of Elias Whitney and Lucy Barnes:
  1. Abigail Whitney (1773–)
  2. Mellen Whitney (1774–)
  3. Rebecca Whitney (1776–)
  4. Elias Whitney (1780–1797)
  5. Hannah Whitney (1788–1805)
Generation 3back to top
1. Abigail Whitney, daughter of Elias Whitney and Lucy Barnes, was born on March 6, 1773 in Mendon, Worcester, MA. She married Bernard Boyden on November 22, 1798 in Milford, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1773 in Of Milford, Worcester, MA.
2. Mellen Whitney, son of Elias Whitney and Lucy Barnes, was born on December 9, 1774 in Mendon, Worcester, MA. He married Jane Richardson on January 7, 1796 in Shirley, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1775 in Of Shirley, Middlesex, MA.
  Children of Mellen Whitney and Jane Richardson:
  1. Lyddia Whitney (1797–)
  2. Eliza Whitney (1799–)
  3. Nancy Whitney (1802–)
3. Rebecca Whitney, daughter of Elias Whitney and Lucy Barnes, was born on December 14, 1776 in Mendon, Worcester, MA. She married Amos Hayward on June 22, 1797 in Milford, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1775 in Of Milford, Worcester, MA.

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Family with parents
father Parents Benjamin Whitney Jane …	Jonathan Whitney 1681–1754
mother Parents (unknown)	Susannah Fairbanks 1682–
elder sister Family Gershom Eames Gershom Eames Susannah Eames Martha Eames Patience Eames	Susannah Whitney 1703–1753
elder brother Family Lydia Jones Susannah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Jesse Whitney Lydia Whitney Sarah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Ruth Whitney David Whitney	Jonathan Whitney 1704–1755
elder sister Family Abraham Jones	Kezia Whitney 1706–
elder sister Family Ebenezer Hunt	Dorathy Whitney 1708–
elder sister Family John Jones	Mary Whitney 1710–1788
elder sister Family Isaac Hill	Lydia Whitney 1712–
elder brother Family (none)	Jesse Whitney 1714–1714
elder sister Family Joseph Cozens	Hannah Whitney 1715–
himself Family Elizabeth Mellen Abigail Whitney Elias Whitney Ann Mellen Whitney Jonathan Whitney	Elias Whitney 1716–
younger sister Family David Cutler	Mehetable Whitney 1718–1768
younger brother Family Sarah Couzens Isaac Whitney Hannah Whitney Marcy Whitney Sarah Whitney	George Whitney 1721–1752
Family with Elizabeth Mellen
himself Parents Jonathan Whitney Susannah Fairbanks	Elias Whitney 1716–
wife Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth Mellen 1721–1774
daughter Family (none)	Abigail Whitney 1747–
son Family Lucy Barnes Abigail Whitney Mellen Whitney Rebecca Whitney Elias Whitney Hannah Whitney	Elias Whitney 1750–1828
daughter Family (none)	Ann Mellen Whitney 1753–
son Family (none)	Jonathan Whitney 1760–1780

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