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	Marinus Willett: A Biography
		Marinus Willett was descendant of Thomas Willett, who arrived on The Lion in 1632.
		Marinus was born on July 31, 1730; he was the second child in a family of thirteen.
		Marinus left the family farm to seek his own fortune; instead, he got caught up in the events of 1758, and raised a company of militia from his Long Island friends and neighbors; Willett was commissioned as a lieutenant in Captain Thomas Williams' company.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/4171/willett.htm (1271 words)

	Revolutionary War - General Marinus Willett (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Marinus was born on July 31th, 1730; Marinus was the second child in a family of thirteen.
		Willett was at Fort Stanwix during the siege.
		Willett developed a plan wherein his troops would use "flying camps" and relocate their positions almost daily, hence the Loyalist and Indians were never sure where he was, hence were reluctant to launch raids.
	www.sons-of-liberty-sar.org /willette.html (1676 words)

	Pension Application
		Willett at the church hearing the fighting continuing knew that Rowley had reached his position and Willett rallied his men and returned to the field of battle.
		Willett and his men charged the cannon and recaptured it but not before the enemy had spiked it with a brass nail in the priming hole and blowing up the ammunition wagon.
		Willett's men were defeated but Rowley's soldiers made such a stubborn attack against three times their number that the enemy fled when Willett returned to the attack.
	morrisonspensions.org /hall.html (5194 words)

	Willett Diet -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Willette was a painter of Montmartre and a prolific contributor to the French illustrated press including ''fin de siècle'' publications such as ''Le Rire'', ''L'assiette au Beurre'', ''Courier Français'', etc. While Willette did publish under pseudonyms his work is usually attributed to his given name.
		Willetts rejoined as a session vocalist for the recording of ''Mercenary'' and left shortly thereafter because of financial reasons and lack of commitment.
		Willett struggled to an upright position, and, disregarding his painful wounds, he again engaged the enemy with his rifle to allow his squad to continue its movement and to evacuate several of his comrades who were by now wounded.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/176/willett-diet.html (1821 words)

	Marinus Willett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marinus Willett (July 31, 1740 – August 22, 1830) was an American soldier and political leader from New York City.
		Willett was successful and a delegation of Creeks under McGillvray visited New York City, then capital of the United States, resulting in the Treaty of New York.
		A memorial plaque commemorating Willett was fixed to a boulder in 1907 in the park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marinus_Willett (345 words)

	An H.P. Lovecraft Anthology: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Weird Tales, 1941): V. A Nightmare and a Cataclysm
		Willett reflected that since the original cellar was dug without knowledge of any catacombs beneath, the beginning of the passage would represent the strictly modern delving of young Ward and his associates, where they had probed for the ancient vaults whose rumour could have reached them by no wholesome means.
		Willett shuddered at the thought of what he had been pouring in and out of his hands, and for a moment felt an impulse to flee in panic from that cavern of hideous shelves with their silent and perhaps watching sentinels.
		Willett maintains that the hand which wrote those minuscules was able to wield stronger weapons as well; and that while Curwen was left to him to dispose of, the writer felt able to find and deal with Orne and Hutchinson itself.
	www.sacred-texts.com /nec/hpl/hpl66.htm (12553 words)

	Pension Application
		Willett married Jan 1800 Margaret, he died Aug 23, 1830 and son was allowed pension on an ap.
		Col. Marinus Willet was placed in command of protecting the settlers along the frontier and lived for a time in what is now called Fort Plain.
		Willett was an able commander who was protective of his men and didn’t simply give orders but led his men in the field.
	morrisonspensions.org /willett.html (2263 words)

	Marinus Willet - FREE Marinus Willet Biography \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		Marinus Willet - FREE Marinus Willet Biography
		Later Willett, a partisan of Aaron Burr and a Republican, held several local offices in New York City, where he served (1807-8) as mayor.
		Walter Butler was killed in a skirmish with patriot troops under Marinus Willet in the Mohawk valley.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Willet-M.html (445 words)

	The Story of Old Fort Plain
		Willett had just been appointed to the command of one of the two new regiments formed by the consolidation of the remnants of five New York regiments, and it was with reluctance that he left the main army for so difficult and harassing an undertaking as the defense of the Mohawk region.
		Marinus Willett, who made his headquarters at Fort Plain for the last three years of the war and who was connected with so many of the valley military operations and almost all the patriot successes in the valley, deserves mention here.
		Marinus Willett was born in Jamaica, Long Island, in 1740, the youngest of six sons of Edward Willett, a Queens county farmer.
	www.fortklock.com /greene1781.htm (4622 words)

	Fort Stanwix National Monument - Patriot Leaders of New York (U.S. National Park Service)
		Marinus Willett was born on July 31, 1740 in Jamaica, Long Island.
		During the British siege of Ft. Schuyler in August 1777, Willett led a successful attack against the Indian and loyalist camps that greatly demoralized the Indian forces with the British.
		Marinus Willett died on August 22, 1830 at the age of 90.
	www.nps.gov /fost/historyculture/patriot-leader-of-new-york.htm (2784 words)

	Reid's Old Fort Johnson - Colonel Marinus Willett - Battle of Dorloch (Sharon Springs).
		Intelligence of this fact reached Willett at the moment when a dense smoke, indicating the firing of a village, was seen from Fort Plain in the direction of Currytown.
		Willett, together with Lieutenant Stockwell, left the fort on a dangerous secret expedition at midnight, skirting the Indians' camp stealthily as Indian scouts, and with the skill of a forest runner evaded the prowling savages.
		Willett did not bury his slain, but a detachment of militia, under Colonel Veeder, who repaired to the field after the battle to care for the slain, fortunately discovered and proceeded to bury the bodies of the prisoners who were murdered and scalped near the camp.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nyherkim/johnson/Chap10.html (2563 words)

	Walter Butler: Loyalist Leader
		Marinus Willett found Butler guilty of spying, and sentenced him to death.
		According to Willett's journal, Walter Butler was shot in the head at a ford of West Canada Creek, NY, on Oct. 30,1781.
		Willett's journal is also distorted on this event: he says he recognized the mutilated Butler by the commission in his pocket, the same commission Butler presented upon capture back in 1778.
	www.nyhistory.net /~drums/wbutler.htm (973 words)

	Willett Family Papers (1733-1974) - Finding Aid (NYSL)
		Willett was born July 31, 1740, at Jamaica, Long Island, attended King's College, and served in the French and Indian War, participating in Abercromby's unsuccessful expedition against the French at Ticonderoga and in General John Bradstreet's campaign against Fort Frontenac.
		Willett joined the Sullivan-Clinton expedition against the Indians in 1779, and later in the war, he accepted command of a regiment of levies on the Tryon frontier, where in October 1781 he conducted a triumphant attack upon the British at Johnstown.
		Willett to (Gen. Washington), 28 December 1782; re: plans for an expedition against the British at Oswego, hopes for new desertions, etc. The cover is addressed to "Col. Willett on the Mohawk River" with the notation "Reccmd to the particular care of Lord Stirling".
	www.nysl.nysed.gov /msscfa/sc16670.htm (2011 words)

	Fort Ontario - Marinus Willett
		Willett had procured a young Oneida Indian, called Captain John, and two other guides, whose purpose was to lead the party to within sight of the post.
		Willett’s attention was then given to encouraging the men on the march, especially those who were carrying ladders because of the freezing temperatures, depth of the snow and difficulties of navigating through the woods at night; not having the slightest worry that the guides would not lead them to their purpose, with time to spare.
		In a letter dated March 5, 1783 to Colonel Marinus Willett, General George Washington said of the expedition, “The failure, it seems, must be attributed to some of those unaccountable events which are not within the control of human means;....
	www.fortontario.com /History/George2/Willett.html (1293 words)

	Hasenpfeffer
		But in fact, Willetts had been American as long as there's been an America, and at least some of them fought long and hard to help create America (although others, as the large number of Willetts in the Maritimes makes clear, were British Empire Loyalists).
		The most famous Willett to be involved in the War of Independence was Marinus Willett (and yes, he was a "two-T" Willett, despite the misspelling beneath the picture at left, taken from an 1877 Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
		Marinus Willett was born July 31, 1740, in Jamaica, New York.
	ewillett.livejournal.com (4645 words)

	Knights in Central Park \| Explore & Learn \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
		One of the highlights of the Metropolitan's American arms collection is a sword once owned by a hero of the American Revolution, Colonel Marinus Willett (1740–1830).
		Willett was a wealthy New York merchant and landowner.
		Marinus Willett (1740–1830); Ralph Earl; American; oil on canvas; 91 1/4 x 56 in.
	www.metmuseum.org /explore/knights/america_1.html (232 words)

	Thomas Willett
		WILLETT, Thomas, merchant, born in England in 1611; died in Barrington, Rhode Island, 4 August, 1674.
		He came with Isaac Allerton from Leyden in 1630, and became a trader and sea-captain of Plymouth colony, but lived much of the time in New Amsterdam, and in 1650 acted as a commissioner on behalf of the New Netherlands to settle boundary disputes with New England.
		He was sent by President Washington in 1794 to the south on a mission to the Creek Indians, and brought Alexander McGillivray and his principal chiefs and warriors to New York, where they signed a treaty of peace.
	www.famousamericans.net /thomaswillett (836 words)

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		Marinus Willett was born on Long Island in 1730.
		Later in the year, Willett served as judge in the trial of Walter Butler, found him guilty of spying, and sentenced him to death.
		In 1780, Willett accepted an offer made by New York Governor Clinton to command the levies and militia on the Mohawk, and he worked on this task diligently, supplying and provisioning the area's garrison's.
	www.house.gov /boehlert/NFP/wbbiographies.htm (946 words)

	The Battle of Sharon Springs Swamp
		Willett quickly gathered up a small group of 16 militiamen, commanded by Capt. Robert McKean, and gave them orders to immediately go to Currytown and find out what was going on there.
		Willett then gathered a larger force of 100 men and headed south to the swamp.
		Willett was joind by the forces of Gross, McKean, and some volunteers from Currytown.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/810710.htm (464 words)

	Washington Park Conservancy
		Marinus Willett's memorial is a 33,000-pound granite boulder the size of a compact car that sits on a traffic island at the east corner of Washington Park.
		In 1907, the Sons of the American Revolution placed the rock next to Willett Street, which was named in his honor, at the entrance to Washington Park.
		According to the plaque, the rock's rough lines and solid mass were supposed to reflect Willett's "rugged character," and came from "the scenes of conflict" where he fought.
	www.washingtonparkconservancy.com /tu_colmar_move.htm (420 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Marinus Willett to James Madison, December 16, 1812.
		Marinus Willett to James Madison, December 17, 1812.
		Marinus Willett to James Madison, December 3, 1813.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleM.html (805 words)

	Willett Street at LoHo10002
		The Namesake: Colonel Marinus Willett, a leading pre-Revolution radical, Revolutionary army officer, sheriff of New York (1784-88 and 1792-96) and mayor (1807).
		Two streets were named for Willett, but one of them, Sheriff Street, which ran south from Houston Street in the vicinity of Hamilton Fish Park, has been obliterated by new construction (Hillman Housing and Masaryk Towers).
		Willett moved on to the Fifth New York, serving as it’s Lieutenant Colonel, and then it’s commanding Colonel (after the resignation of Lewis Dubois).
	www.loho10002.com /wordpress/?p=548 (1358 words)

	Flanders Family Story: Revolutionary Soldiers- JACOB FLANDERS - AncientFaces.com
		Colonel Marinus Willett at Fort Rensselaer on seeing smoke in the direction of Currytown sent Robert McKean to investigate the cause of the fires and he sent Captain Lawrence Gros to scout about Bowman's Creek to search for signs of the enemy.
		Willett and his men now proceeded to Sharon Springs where the enemy had encamped and they arrived in the morning of July 10th.
		Willett and his men now fired into the Indians although they were not completely in the trap but if they had waited Lieutenant Sammons and his men would all have been killed.
	www.ancientfaces.com /research/story/386819 (739 words)

	Fort Stanwix, Rome, NY -- A Site on a Revolutionary War Road Trip
		Another young officer in the 3rd N. J., Joseph Bloomfield, kept a diary of his experiences in the Mohawk Valley and went on to become a General in the War of 1812 and Governor of New Jersey.
		In the meantime, Gansevoort had sent a detachment of soldiers under Lt. Colonel Marinus Willett, to create a diversion on the militia's behalf.
		Marinus Willett Aug. 6th conducting the sortie to relieve the enemy pressure upon Gen. Nicholas Herkimer’s Militia ambushed in Oriskany’s Forest.
	www.revolutionaryday.com /nyroute5/ftstanwix/default.htm (1059 words)

	Marinus Willett Collections Management & Education Center, Fort Stanwix, Rome NY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Marinus Willett Collections Management and Education Center, Fort Stanwix, Rome NY Grand Opening of the Marinus Willett Collections Management and Education Center at
		The dedication ceremony for the Marinus Willett Collections Management and Education Center will be held on Saturday, July 2 at 7:00 p.m.
		The $6 million Willett Center embodies the mission of the National Park Service at Fort Stanwix National Monument; to preserve our national resources and to provide an enjoyable educational experience for this and future generations.
	www.romechamber.com /willettctr_opening.html (425 words)

	Timeline for 1781
		New York Governor George Clinton appoints Col. Marinus Willett commander of the New York militia on the frontier.
		Willett thought that was what Ross would do and marched to intercept him.
		Willett, in his report to Governor Clinton, stated, “he (Butler) was not dead when found by one of our Indians, who finished his business for him and got a Considerable Booty”.
	hortonsarticles.org /timeline1781.htm (2098 words)

	The Battle of Johnstown (Second)
		Marinus Willett had his 400-man American force march all through the night to catch up with Ross.
		Willett sent Col. Aaron Rowley to envelop the British with a force of New York troops and militia while his main body made an attack on the British front.
		Willett thought that he had the upper hand until the British captured his one cannon and stripped its ammunition cart before the Americans could retake it.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/811025.htm (276 words)

	The American Revolution on the New York Frontier: Selected Bibliography
		Apparently Willett didn't feel the reader would be interested in his post war career,as his 'narrative' focuses on military activities.
		Willett, William M. A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken Chiefly from his own Manuscript.
		Wager's phamplett was probably one of the earliest analyses of Willett's accomplishments.
	www.nyhistory.net /~drums/biblio2.htm (802 words)

	Sketches Of The Mayors Of New York From 1665 To 1834 Part I
		On the conquest of this city by Col. Nichols, in 1664, it was the policy of that officer to conciliate the Dutch inhabitants by the appointment of magistrates as nearly as possible unobjectionable to the Dutch, for which purpose Captain Willett was chosen as the head of the magistracy.
		Captain Willett had married, July 6, 1636, Mary, a daughter of John Brown, of Plymouth, by whom he had the following children: Thomas, Hester, Rebecca, James, Andrew, Samuel, and Hezekiah, the last of whom was murdered by the Indians during King Philip's war, in 1676.
		It is said that Mayor Willett lies buried in an humble graveyard in the town of Seekonk, at a place seldom visited by the footsteps of man; a plain monument marking the spot where his ashes repose.
	thehistorybox.com /ny_city/nycity_sketches_mayors_1665-1834_pt_I_article00786.htm (804 words)

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