Person:Thomas Willet (1)
Captain Thomas Willet
b.Est 1610 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
d.3 Aug 1674 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Captain Thomas WilletEst 1610 - 1674
  2. Richard WilletsAbt 1620 - Bet 1662 & 1665
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Thomas WilletEst 1610 - 1674
  • W.  Mary BrownAbt 1615 - 1669
m. 6 Jul 1636
  1. Mary Willet1637 - 1712
  2. Martha Willett1639 - 1678
  3. John Willett1641 - 1663/64
  4. Sarah Willet1643 -
  5. Rebecca Willett1644 - 1652
  6. Thomas Willett1646 -
  7. Hester Willett1648 -
  8. James Willet1649 -
  9. Hezekiah Willet1651 - 1651
  10. Hezekiah WillettAbt 1653 -
  11. David Willett1654 -
  12. Andrew Willett1655 - 1712
  13. Samuel Willett1658 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Thomas WilletEst 1610 - 1674
  • W.  Joanna BoyseAbt 1616 - 1683
m. 19 Sep 1671
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Facts and Events
Name Captain Thomas Willet
Alt Name Capt. Thomas Willett,
Gender Male
Birth[2] Est 1610 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Immigration[2] 1630
Residence[2] 1630 Penobscot, Hancock, Maine
Marriage 6 Jul 1636 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusettsto Mary Brown
Residence[2] Bef 1665 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Residence[2] Bef 1665 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Residence[2] 1665 New York
Residence[2] 1668 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Marriage 19 Sep 1671 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Joanna Boyse
Death[1][2] 3 Aug 1674 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Reference Number? Q3525671?


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Thomas Willett (~1607 – August 29, 1674) was a Plymouth Colony fur trader, merchant, land purchaser and developer, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia, Magistrate of the colony, and was the 1st and 3rd Mayor of New York, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York in 1898.

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References
  1. ↑ Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992)
    408.

    Capt Thomas Willett the 3 day of August 1674
    Dated Swansey the 26 of the 12th month 1674

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Thomas Willett sketch, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland
    MIGRATION: 1630
    FIRST RESIDENCE: Penobscot
    REMOVES: Plymouth, Rehoboth, New York 1665, Swansea 1668

    BIRTH: About 1610 (possibly son of Thomas and Alice (_____) Willett of Norwich and Leiden [NEHGR 61:157-60]).
    DEATH: Swansea 3 August 1674 [SwVR 408] (according to Burgess, his gravestone says he died at Swansea on "August 4, 1674, in the 64th year of his age" [NEHGR 61:159]).

  3.   Thomas Willett, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  4.   Inventory of Estate of Thomas Willet is online at Plymouth Colony Archive Project
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