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Col. Paul C. Whitin, (1767-1831) was born in the south Northbridge section of Uxbridge, Massachusetts which soon became Northbridge Massachusetts when Paul was five years of age.

Paul C Whitin and his descendents, built numerous mills along the river and dominated civic life in the area for over 150 years. Paul C. Whitin, who was a local blacksmith, and James Fletcher started a "shop" together in south Nortbridge, MA. In 1826 they started a separate company togehter, on the Mumford River at Northbridge. Eventually the WHitin Machine WOrks, the Whitin Family and its related industries, dominated the Blackstone Valley. Paul's sons, Paul Jr, John WHitin, and James Whitin, joined him in the enterprise. THe Whitin Machine Works became the largest manufacturer of textile machinery in the World. The "Shop" as it was called was prominent in the specialty of manufactuering machinery for the cotton porition of hte textile industry. The Slater Mills, at Pawtucket RI, and Sltersville RI, the Mills of Woonsocket, RI, Uxbridge, MA, Grafton, MA, and [[Millbury, MA, all contributed to make the Blacktone RIver and its tributaries, America's "hardest working River". THe Blackstone Valley is the birhplace of the Industrial Revolution in America as a result of Samuel Slater's first cotton mill at Pawtucket. The Blackstone Valley is the oldest industrialized region in the United States.

The village of south Northbrige, quickly came to be known as Whitinsville, MA, named after Colonel Whitin, and his family.