 Nathaniel Whitney, son of Nathaniel Jr. "Nathnial Jr. Whitney" WHITNEY* and Mercy ROBINSON.Born Jan 23, 1696 at Watertown, MA. see notes, died Jan 27, 1776 at Westboro, MA., 80 years He settled in Westborough, MA. whee he was admitted 'into the church' in 1728. He: BIR-MARR-DEA , Ross Andrews [vtandrews@aol.com]; Ross Adair [mladair @umcc.umich.edu], He and Mary owned the covenant. She: BIR-MARR-DEA from Ross Adair. Married Jun 20, 1721 at Weston, Middlesex, MA. (54 years married) to:  Mary ChildBorn 1699 at D/O John Child and Hannah French, died Dec 3, 1776 at Westborough, Worcester, MA, 76 or 77 years Children: 1. Ephraim WhitneyBorn Jun 2, 1722 at recorded in Weston, died Jul 8, 1797 at Upton, MA. age 75, 75 years 2. Oliver WhitneyBorn Dec 1, 1724 at Westborough, MA., died May 18, 1804 at Upton, MA. age 79, 79 years 3. David WhitneyBorn ± 1725 5. Nathaniel WhitneyBorn Jul 22, 1728 at Worcester, Worcester, MA., died May 1, 1776 at Grafton, Worcester, MA. age 47, 47 years 7. Amos WhitneyBorn Mar 17, 1732 11. Eli WhitneyBorn May 3, 1740 at Westborough, MA. -------------------- see notes, died Aug 25, 1807 at Westborough, MA. Age 66 could be 4-5-1807, 67 years He: Eli was the 11th and last child of Nathaniel Whtiney and Mary Child. In the American Revolution he was a member of Captain Baker's Company from Westborough. He was a prominent citizen, was a Jutice of the Peace and held other church and public offices. He had a large and well appointed farm, the finest in Worcester County. He was mechanically inclined and had a shop attached to one of his farm buildings where he made his equipment and developed new machinery for his farm work. It was here his son, Eli, received his first training for his later great achievements in the inventive field. He MARR: [Genserv submission by Mathew Adair.] He and Elizabeth Fay were admitted to the church. | |||