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'''Thomas Willett'''([[1611]]-[[1674]]) was a [[Britain|British]] [[merchant]], [[Plymouth Colony]] trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of [[New Netherlands]], and a magistrate of Plymouth Colony. He was appointed [[Mayor of New York]] on [[June 12]], [[1665]], by Governor Richard Nicolls, and as a commissioner of admiralty on [[August 23]]. He was a Councillor under [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Richard Lovelace]]. He [[retire]]d in [[1673]] when [[New York]] fell to the [[Holland|Dutch]]. |
'''Thomas Willett''' ([[1611]]-[[1674]]) was a [[Britain|British]] [[merchant]], [[Plymouth Colony]] trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of [[New Netherlands]], and a magistrate of Plymouth Colony. He was appointed [[Mayor of New York]] on [[June 12]], [[1665]], by Governor Richard Nicolls, and as a commissioner of admiralty on [[August 23]]. He was a Councillor under [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Richard Lovelace]]. He [[retire]]d in [[1673]] when [[New York]] fell to the [[Holland|Dutch]]. |
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His son was Major '''[[Thomas Willett (son)]]''' of the militia of [[Queens County, New York|Queens County]], and a councillor under Governors [[Sir Edmund Andros]] and [[Henry Sloughter]]. |
His son was Major '''[[Thomas Willett (son)]]''' of the militia of [[Queens County, New York|Queens County]], and a councillor under Governors [[Sir Edmund Andros]] and [[Henry Sloughter]]. |
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Thomas Willett (1611-1674) was a British merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherlands, and a magistrate of Plymouth Colony. He was appointed Mayor of New York on June 12, 1665, by Governor Richard Nicolls, and as a commissioner of admiralty on August 23. He was a Councillor under Governor Richard Lovelace. He retired in 1673 when New York fell to the Dutch.
His son was Major Thomas Willett (son) of the militia of Queens County, and a councillor under Governors Sir Edmund Andros and Henry Sloughter.
His great-grandson was Marinus Willett (1740-1830), who was a lieutenant in General James Abercrombie's expedition to Fort Ticonderoga in 1758. Also a leader of the Sons of Liberty in New York city, he became Captain in General Richard Montgomery's force, then as lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd New York Regiment. He was a member of General Washington's army in New Jersey (1778) and General John Sullivan's in (1779). Elected to the State Assembly for the terms 1780-1784, and as sheriff of New York for 1784-1792. He was appointed as brigadier-general, but declined. He then became Mayor of New York after De Witt Clinton was removed from office, for the period 1807-1808. Willett later became Lieutenant-governor.