Eli Whitney Blake was born 27 January 1795 in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States to Elihu Blake (1764-1849) and Elizabeth Fay Whitney (1767-1827) and died 18 August 1886 New Haven, Connecticut, United States of unspecified causes. He married Eliza Maria O'Brien (1795-1876) 8 July 1822 in Connecticut, United States.
Biography
Eli Whitney Blake, Sr - was an American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone-crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Elizabeth Blake (1823-1916) | |||
| Henrietta Whitney Blake (1825-1901) | |||
| Charles Thompson Blake (1826-1897) | |||
| Henry Taylor Blake (1828-1922) | |||
| Robert Pierrepont Blake (1830-1836) | |||
| George Augustus Blake (1832-1882) | |||
| Eliza Maria Blake (1833-1836) | |||
| Frances Louisa Blake (1835-1893) | |||
| Eli Whitney Blake (1836-1895) | 20 April 1836 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States | 10 January 1895 Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, United States | Helen Mary Rood (1832-1869) |
| Edward Foster Blake (1837-1862) | |||
| James Pierrepont Blake (1839-1865) | |||
| Eliza Maria Blake (1841-1917) | |||
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