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| | Thomas Willett |
 | | WILLETT, Thomas, merchant, born in England in 1611; died in Barrington, Rhode Island, 4 August, 1674. |
 | | When the Dutch retook the colony in 1673, his property in New York was confiscated, and he retired to New England.--His son, Thomas, soldier, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1 October, 1646, was major commanding the militia of Queens county, and summoned them to meet the French under the Marquis Denonville in 1687. |
 | | He was one of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty in New York city, and on 6 June, 1775, prevented the sending of arms from the arsenal to the British troops in Boston harbor. |
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