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- Source: The Genealogy of the Miller and Pursel Families page 149
CAPT THOMAS WILLET, afterwards Col Thomas Willet Jr., of Flushing (Son of Capt. Thomas Willet and Sarah Cornel Willet, of Amsterdam) born 1645, died about 1722, married Helena Stoothoff (Dutch) of Flanders. He was a brother-inlaw of Elbertse Stoothoff, who married a daughter of Johannes Nevius. Hence the Dutch name of Elbert in the family. The will of Thomas Willett of Flushing (N. Y. Liber. 9, page 336) dated Aug. 19, 1722 proven Oct. 11, 1722, mentions only eldest son William of Westchester Co., second son Thomas of Flushing, sons Abraham and John and daughters Sarah DeKay, Elizabeth Stephenson (Elizabeth of Flushing married May 24, 1711 Daniel Stephenson of N. Town) and youngest daughter, Maryn Willet. The children all were:
Issue:
1. W M . WILLET, of Westchester, 1725-1765, married Margaret Floyd (6 children)
2. THOMAS WILLET, 1679, of Flushing, married 1st Sarah Hinchman, married 1695. (10 children)
3. ELBERT WILLET, of Jamaica, born 1680, died 1706, married Joanna VanVarick (3 children)
4. CORHELIS WILLET, born 1712.
5. ABRAHAM WILLET, born 1676.
6. JOHN WILLET
7. SARAH WILLET
8. ELIZABETH WILLET
9. MARY WILLET
10. HELENA WILLET, bap. May 27, 1681 in Flanders.
It has always been claimed by the descendants of Abraham Willet, born 1759, who came to Northumberland about 1800, that we are descendants of the same line as Coll. Marinus Willet. I have studied this theory with all its possibilities pro and con and will give my hypothesis which I believe to be correct but have not been able to prove it to date. I am publishing this with a hope that someone may have some data to prove this or supply the correct ancestor of Abram b 1759 married Sara Brittain.
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1645 - 1722 (77 years)
, d. Abt 1646, New Amsterdam