Direct descendant is highlighted in red
| Captain Thomas Willet | Immigrant Ancestor | see Family Tree |
Born: England |
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| Died: 04 Aug 1674 Rehoboth, MA | |
WIFE
Joanna Boyce m. 1671
CHILDREN with Mary Brown
1. Mary Willet b. Nov 1637
2. Martha Willet b. 06 Aug 1639
3. John Willet b. 21 Aug1641
4. Sarah Willet b. 04 May 1643
5. Rebecca Willet b. 02 Dec 1644
6. Thomas Willet b. 01 Oct 1646
7. Esther Willet b. 10 Jul 1648
8. James Willet b. 23 Nov 1649
9. Hezekiah Willet b. 1651
10. Hezekiah Willet b. 17 Nov 1653
11. David Willet b. 01 Nov 1654
12. Andrew Willet b. 05 Oct 1655
13. Samuel Willet b. 27 Oct 1658
Successor of Capt Miles Standish in command of the Plymouth Militia and also
first English mayor of the City of New York (1663-67)
From Adam and Anne Mott, by Cornell, 1890
"He arrived in the Puritan Colony of Plymouth in 1632, in the ship Lion, with
other immigrants from Leyden. - He had made considerable stay in Leyden and had
made friends among the Puritans there, and had acquired the Dutch language. - He
was nearly 22 years old, and sought to establish himself in business. He made a
venture on an attempt to found a trading house on the Penobscot - where fur
abounded - and long after this date he appears to have retained business
relations with the coast of what we now call Maine."
He traded with the Dutch of New Amsterdam and he was often called upon to settle
disputes. After the English took over the governing of New York, Thomas Willet
was made the first Mayor.
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