Thomas Willett

Thomas Willett
1st and 3rd Mayor of New York City
In office
June 1665 – June 1666
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byThomas Delavall
In office
June 1667 – June 1668
Preceded byThomas Delavall
Succeeded byCornelius Van Steenwyk
Personal details
Bornabout 1607
England or Holland
Died(1674-08-29)August 29, 1674
Swansea, Plymouth Colony (now approximately Riverside, Rhode Island)
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Thomas 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.


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