Thomas Willet

Thomas Willett; b. circa 1620/21 at Bristol, England; m. Sarah Cornell, daughter of Thomas Cornell and Rebecca Briggs, 1 Sep 1643 at New Amsterdam, New Netherlands; 1st husband; d. circa 1645. He was a soldier. He resided at Bristol, England. He emigrated in 1643 to New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.

marriage

1643 01 Sep; Thomas Willet, jm. van Bristol in Engelt; Sara Cornell, jd van Essex in Engelt

Sarah Cornell resided at Essex, England. She resided at Cornell's
Neck, NY. She married Charles Bridges on 3 Nov 1647 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam; 2nd husband. She married John Lawrence Jr., son of John Lawrence and Susannah, on 20 Nov 1682; license, 3rd husband. She died between 1692 and 1698.

    Known children of Thomas Willett and Sarah Cornell were as follows:

1. Lt. William Willett; baptized 27 Jun or 6 Jul 1644 at New Amsterdam; d. 1701; no issue.
2. Col. Thomas Willett, bap. 26 Nov 1645 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam; m. Heiltie Elbertse Stoothoff; m. Charity Stevenson.

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Was one of the English soldiers in the employ of the West India Company. Emigrated from the Shire of Essex in England, he remained in New Amsterdam for several years, still apparently in the employ of the West India Company. He was one of those who took part in the massacre of the Indians, by Director Kieft's orders on the night of 25 February, 2643 at Pavonia. Upon the next day, he was one of the witnesses of the killing of the Dutchman, Dirck Straetmaker, and his wife, who in spite of warnings to the contrary had insisted on visiting the scene of the horrid butchery of the preceding night, where the bodies of the slain were still lying. [Dirck] and his wife were there murdered by some of the enraged Indians who had already begun to gather in the vicinity - the Dutch soldiers being too far away to afford relief - http://www.scribd.com/doc/300853/Willett-Family-History?query2=the%...

Although his ground-brief for the land on Hoogh Street was only obtained in 1645, there is evidence that he had built upon the plot before that time, his house occupying very nearly the site of the present building, No. 48 Stone Street, (now an old tea and coffee warehouse). He served under Governor Kieft.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd211.htm

Born: 26 DEC 1640      at:    Married: 26 NOV 1691      at:   

  Died: 11 JAN 1728      at:   

Father:John RODMAN

Mother:Elizabeth  

       Other Spouses:   UNKNOWN  Patience EASTON  

Generation One

1. Thomas Willett; b. circa 1620/21 at Bristol, England; m. Sarah Cornell, daughter of Thomas Cornell and Rebecca Briggs, 1 Sep 1643 at New Amsterdam, New Netherlands; 1st husband; d. circa 1645.

    He was a soldier. He resided at Bristol, England. He immigrated in 1643 to New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.

Sarah Cornell resided at Essex, England. She resided at Cornell's Neck, NY. She married Charles Bridges on 3 Nov 1647 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam; 2nd husband. She married John Lawrence Jr., son of John Lawrence and Susannah, on 20 Nov 1682; license, 3rd husband. She died between 1692 and 1698.

    Known children of Thomas Willett and Sarah Cornell were as follows:

                i. Lt. William Willett; baptized 27 Jun or 6 Jul 1644

                   at New Amsterdam; d. 1701; no issue.

    2.         ii. Col. Thomas Willett, bap. 26 Nov 1645 at Dutch

                   Reformed Church, New Amsterdam; m. Heiltie

                   Elbertse Stoothoff; m. Charity Stevenson.

==sources==

1. https://www.scribd.com/doc/300853/Willett-Family-History