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Marinus Willett, one of the six sons of Aletta Clowes and Edward Willett, descendant of Thomas Willet (or Willett) of Flushing, was born on July 31, 1740 at Jamaica, Queens.
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Title: A narrative of the military actions of Colonel Marinus Willett. Author: Marinus Willett Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP03708700 CollectionID: CTRG01-B2862 PublicationDate: 18310101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: "The following pages contain a plain and unadorned narrative of the principal military actions in which Col. Willett was engaged during the French and Revolutionary wars: together with an account of his mission to the Creek Indians. The whole narrative is little more than a transcript of what he himself wrote, after he had attained his seventieth year."--Dedication, p. 1, 2nd count. Collation: 162 p., 2 leaves of plates : 1 port., 1 plan ; 24 cm
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Marinus Willett, one of the six sons of Aletta Clowes and Edward Willett, descendant of Thomas Willet (or Willett) of Flushing, was born on July 31, 1740 at Jamaica, Queens.
He attended King's College in New York City.
For the greater part of his life he was a resident of New York City, in which place he worked at cabinet making, and thereafter became a merchant of means and the owner of considerable real property. In 1758, he obtained a commission as second lieutenant in Oliver De Lancey's New York regiment; he served with General Abercromby in his unsuccessful expedition against the French at Fort Ticonderoga; and later participated in Col. John Bradstreet's campaign against Fort Frontenac.
He aided in the attack on the arsenal, April 23, 1775, and on June 6, he and his associates seized arms from the British forces which were evacuating the city, an act which was disavowed by the Provincial Congress. From June 28, 1775, to May 9, 1776, he served as a captain in Alexander McDougall's first New York regiment. Participating in 1775 in the invasion of Canada under General Montgomery, he was left in command of Fort St. Johns, captured on November 3. Returning after a brief period to New York City, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, 3rd New York Regiment, on November 21, 1776, and placed in command of Fort Constitution. In May 1777 he was ordered to Fort Stanwix, where he was second in command under Colonel Gansevoort. During an attack on the fort by the British under Col. Barry St. Leger, Willett distinguished himself by leading a successful sortie against the enemy. For his bravery on this occasion, Congress voted, October 4, 1777, to present him with an "elegant sword. "
In 1778 he joined Washington's army, and fought at Monmouth, under General Scott. The next year he took part in the Sullivan-Clinton expedition against the Indians. On July 1, 1780, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant, 5th Regiment of New York. After the consolidation of the five New York regiments into two, Willett was prevailed upon by Governor Clinton to accept command of a regiment of levies on the Tryon frontier, where, on October 25, 1781, he led the attack in the successful battle of Johnstown. At the close of the war, Willett was elected to the Assembly, but vacated his seat to accept, in 1784, an appointment as sheriff of the city and county of New York, which office he held until 1788. He failed of election as an anti-Federalist to the New York convention of 1788.
In 1790, he was sent by Washington to treat with the Creek Indians, and so successful was his diplomacy that he returned, bringing with him the half-breed chief, Alexander McGillivray. After a succession of festivities, including a reception by President Washington and Governor Clinton, Willett witnessed the conclusion of a treaty with the Creeks, August 7, 1790. Offered an appointment as brigadier-general in the United States Army in April 1792, he declined to serve on the ground that he considered it unwise for the United States to engage at that time in any Indian war. He was reappointed sheriff in 1792 for another term of four years.
In politics a Republican and long a supporter of Gov. George Clinton, he turned to Burr, was appointed mayor of New York City in 1807 to succeed DeWitt Clinton, and four years later, as candidate for lieutenant-governor in opposition to DeWitt Clinton, he was defeated. He died at his home at Cedar Grove, New York.
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During the period before the Revolution, he was an outstanding Son of Liberty and a leader of the radical patriots in New York City.
Willett was married on April 2, 1760, in Trinity Church, to Mary Pearsee, who died on July 3, 1793. He next married, on October 3, 1793, Mrs. Susannah Vardill, the daughter of Edward Nicoll of New York, and the widow of Joseph Jauncey and of Thomas Vardill. This marriage proving an unhappy one, a divorce was obtained by Mrs. Willett. Willett married, for his third wife, probably in 1799 to 1800, Margaret Bancker, daughter of Christopher and Mary Smith Bancker, by whom he had five children.
