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When the colony received the name of New York, Willett was appointed the first mayor (June 12, 1665) and a commissioner of admiralty on August 23,<ref>Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace. (1999) ''[[Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898]]''. New York: Oxford. p. 78.</ref> with the approval of English and Dutch alike. The next year he was elected alderman, and became mayor a second time in 1667.
Shortly after he withdrew to Swansea, and here, after having lost his first wife, he married Joanna Boyse, the widow of clergyman, Reverend Peter Prudden. He was a member of the New York governor's executive council from 1665 to 1672 under [[
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