Andrew Willet (1656 - 1712)

Born 5 Oct 1656 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Holbrook) Willett — married 6 Mar 1693 in Braintree, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1712 at age 55 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Andrew was born in 1655. Andrew Willett ... He passed away in 1712.

Andrew Willet of Boston married Susanna Hollbrook of Braintree, 7 [no month shown] 1692-3 at Braintree.^[1]

Andrew Willett was dismissed from the service bell ringer and grave digger at the North, January 5, 1714 at Boston, Massachusetts.^[2]

Research Note

There is a conflict in my research because there are two Andrew Willetts with the same birth and death dates. One has a wife who is Susannah Holbrook, (1672 -1705) of Braintree, Massachusetts, married March 6, 1693, recognized by genealogists such as Anderson as his only proven wife. The other wife is Ann Coddington (1653 -1751) of Rhode Island; Married 30 May1682. I have listed sources for both including the ones following this note. He could not have been married to both in series because of their marriage and death dates. (Danbrook-3)

Names of children are possibly incorrect and should be attributed to Ann Coddington.

• Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. I

Lists parents as Thomas Willett, first mayor of New York and his mother Mary Browne a prominent Plymouth daughter. He is noted as the 14th child and his marriage to Ann Coddington and his children are recorded. [1]

• Susannah Willett in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

Name: Susannah Willett [Susannah Holbrook] Alternate Surnames: WILLET

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Marriage

Andrew Willet in the Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1700-1800 Note: Shows that Susannah was married to Andrew and also the name of one of their children, Joseph. Name: Andrew Willet Gender: Male Spouse: Susana Willet Child: Joseph Willet ^[4]

Andrew Willet in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Gender: Male Birth Year: 1658 Spouse Name: Susannah Holbrook Spouse Birth Place: MA Spouse Birth Year: 1658 Marriage Year: 1693 Number Pages: 1 ^[5]

Andrew Willett in the U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Note: On the same record there is an Andrew Willetts and Ann Coddington married May 30, 1682 Gender: Male Marriage Date: 6 Mar 1693 Marriage Place: New England, USA Spouse: Susannah Willett

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Event

June 2, 1684 Property transferred from Andrew Willett, merchant of Newport, Rhode Island to Elisha Cook Andrew Willett in the Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 Event Type: Deed Record Date: 2 Jun 1684 Record Place: Plymouth Colony Residence: Newport, Rhode Island ^[7]

Died

Andrew Willett in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Event Type: Death Death Date: 1712 Death Place: Boston, Massachusetts ^[8]

Capt Andrew Willett in the Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave Index, 1663-2013 Capt Andrew Willett Note: Ann Coddington 1663-1751 is listed as his wife Daughter Martha Willett Pease Birth 1656 Death 6 Apr 1712 (aged 55–56) Burial Willett - Carpenter Cemetery North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Memorial ID 26974979 · URL: http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26974979/Andrew.Willett Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave Index, 1663-2013 [database on-line]. Original data: Find A Grave.

Andrew, Capt Willett in the Web: Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008

Name: Andrew, Capt Willett Birth Date: 1656 Death Date: 6 Apr 1712 Burial Place: Rhode Island, USA Cemetery: WILLETT-CARPENTER LOT Cemetery Number: NK068 Condition: fair Stone Material: slate Shape: fancy top Carving: winged cherub/other Legibility: fair Number of Graves on Stone: 1 Grave Last Seen Date: 2012 Carver: STEVENS SHOP Notes: FS "Capt Andrew Willett 1712" LICHEN COVERED Son of Thomas Willett, 1st mayor of NY, one of the original landholders in area. Thomas died in 1674 in Barrington, now Riverside, RI, formerly part of Massachusetts. He is buried in Little Neck Cemetery in Transcribed by: JNA:057;BUR:034;LRC URL: http://www.rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=158680

Web: Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008 [database on-line]: Ancestry.com: Original data: Gravestone Search. Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission. http://www.rihistoriccemeteries.org/webdatabase.aspx: accessed 12 November 2015.

Andrew Willett was born October 5, 1656 at Plymouth, Massachusetts ^[9]. His father was Thomas Willett Thomas Willett and his mother was Mary Browne Mary Browne^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Jackson, Edward Evarts, "Records of the First Church at Braintree, Massachusetts" New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume 59 (1905). Reference page 154
2. ↑ Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department, Records relating to the early history of Boston. Reference page 198
3. ↑ New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
4. ↑ Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1700-1800 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Original data: Boston Registry Department. Boston Births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800. Boston, MA, USA: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894.
5. ↑ Source number: 9402.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
6. ↑ Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
7. ↑ Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 [database on-line]: Ancestry.com Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Deeds and Probates: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1994.
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Brown Family Genealogy pg.1073 - 1075 https://archive.org

Robert Wayne. Genealogical Material On The Willet and Saffin Families From The Notebook of John Saffin, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2008) Vol. 162, WN 648, Page 265, 268. John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1887) Page 428. Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793 (Daniel H. Huxford, Randolph, Mass., 1886) Page 721. Marriage record. 8 Mar 1693/4. See also:

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.[2]

Andrew WILLETTS 1682

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

WILLETTS, Andrew (1655-1712) & Ann CODDINGTON (1663-1751); 30 May 1682; Newport/Kingstown, RI {Austin: GDRI 278, 428; Noyes-Gilman 72; Bosworth 141; Carpenter (1901) 62, 63; Mott (,6) 233, 251B; Reg. 87:76; Noyes-Gilman 48; Brown (1951) 5; Coddington 7} Marriage

• Find A Grave: Memorial #26974979
• RI cemetery commission

Andrew, Capt Willett

Birth Date: 1656

Death Date: 6 Apr 1712

Burial Place: Rhode Island, USA

Cemetery: WILLETT-CARPENTER LOT

[3]

• J.R. Cole; History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island; New York : W. W. Preston & Co.; 1889. History of Washington, Co., RI; page 63-65: Willett farm of North Kingstown, RI.