Thomas Willett - Wikipedia
WEBThomas Willett (c. 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.
Mayor and Captain Thomas Willett – Rhode Island Heritage Hall …
WEBDied: 1674. Founders of Rhode Island, Government & Politics. Captain Thomas Willett (1611-1674) was the principal early settler of Wannamoisett (present-day Riverside and northern Barrington) and the first English mayor of New York City.
WEBThomas Willett makes his first appearance on the historic stage in the narrative of Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth, in the year 1629. He was then about nineteen years old. The Plymouth colonists had joined. with other parties in the establishment of trading-houses, for traffic with.
Thomas Willett: The Story of New York’s First Mayor
WEBJun 6, 2023 · With the change in leadership, there was a need for local administration, and it was Thomas Willett who was elected to become the new city’s first mayor. Willett’s tenure as head of New York was marked by remarkable achievements.
Thomas Willett - Historical Society of the New York Courts
WEBAs mayor, Willett was chief magistrate of the Mayor’s Court and presided over the first jury trial in the New York colony. In 1677, Willett again served as Mayor and was a member of Governor Francis Lovelace’s Council, 1668-1673.
Thomas Willett (1605 — August 29, 1674), American politician, …
WEBpolitician mayor of New York City. Thomas Willett was a British-born American merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, magistrate of Plymouth Colony, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and was the 1st and 3rd Mayor of New York City, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New ...
Thomas Willett biographical notes (13) - RootsWeb
WEBThomas Willett served as mayor for two years, and in 1667 returned to his home in Swansea, Mass., west of Plymouth. Here he had been active in negotiating with the Indians for their lands, and "soon acquired som influence among them."
Biography of Thomas Willett
WEBMay 5, 2024 · Thomas Willett was a British-born American merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, magistrate of Plymouth Colony, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and was the 1st and 3rd Mayor of New York City, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York in 1898.
Thomas Willett - Wikiwand
WEBThomas Willett 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 …
New York City’s Earliest Mayors - NYC Department of Records ...
WEBNov 20, 2020 · New York City has a mayor-centric form of government. But it did not start out that way. In 1665, shortly after the English assumed control of the colony from the Dutch, governor Richard Nicolls appointed Thomas Willett as the first New York City mayor. Old City Hall, Wall Street.