Thomas Willett (1611-1674) was a British merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, a magistrate of Plymouth Colony, and Captain of Plymouth Colony. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth or The Old Colony) was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691 New Netherland (Dutch Nieuw-Nederland, Latin Novum Belgium or Nova Belgica) 1614–1674 is the name of the former Dutch territory on the eastern coast He was appointed Mayor of New York on June 12, 1665, by Governor Richard Nicolls[1], and as a commissioner of admiralty on August 23. The Mayor of New York City is the head of the executive branch of the Government of New York City. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Richard Nicolls (born 1624 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire; died May 28, 1672 on the North Sea, off Suffolk) was the first British Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire He was a member of the governor's executive council from 1665 to 1672 under Richard Lovelace. Richard Lovelace (1618–1657 was an English poet in the seventeenth century He retired in 1673. Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely
His son Thomas Willett was a major in the militia of Queens County and a councillor under Governors Sir Edmund Andros and Henry Sloughter. Sir Edmund Andros ( December 6 1637 - February 24 1714) was an early colonial Governor in North America, and head of Henry Sloughter (died 1691) was briefly colonial Governor of New York in 1691 and he put down the Leisler's Rebellion.
His great-grandson was Marinus Willett, who served as Mayor of New York from 1807-1808. Marinus Willett ( July 31, 1740 &ndash August 22, 1830) was an American soldier and political leader from New York The City of New York Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
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- ^ Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace. (1999) Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. Gotham A History of New York City to 1898 is a nonfiction book written by Edwin G New York: Oxford. p. 78.
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