Edward Willett

Male 1702 - 1794  (92 years)


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  • Name Edward Willett  [1
    Born 1702 
    Gender Male 
    Died 08 Dec 1794 
    Buried Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, Queens County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I2565  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2020 

    Father Elbert Willet,   b. 1680,   d. 10 Aug 1706  (Age 26 years) 
    Mother Joanna VanVarick 
    Married 07 May 1701 
    Family ID F939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alletta Clows,   b. 1704,   d. 03 Oct 1780  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 09 May 1722 
    Children 
     1. Edward Willet,   b. 1731,   d. 1774  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 
    Family ID F926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68903151/edward-willett has a photo of his stone.
      Inscription: In memory of Edward Willett who died the 8th of December 1794 Aged 93 years the husband of one wife 58 1/2 years.
      Source: Genealogy of the Miller and Pursel Families, page 150.
      EDWARD WILLETT, born 1702, died Dec. 8, 1794, age 93 married May 9, 1722
      Alletta Clows, born 1704, died Oct. 3, 1780, age 76. According to their tombstone they were husband and wife 58J^ years, in Grace Episcopal Church yard, Jamaica, L. I.
      1. ALETTA WILLETT, born 1723-1741.
      2. ELBERT WILLETT, 1724-1738.
      3. SAMUEL WILLETT, 1726-1767 (one son Edward Samuel, born 1750, died 1810)
      4. JOHANNA WILLETT, 1726-died.
      5. JOHANNA WILLETT, 1728-1749.
      6. EDWARD WILLETT, 1731-1744 (Albany, married Elizabeth Bodine, 2nd Mary Gale, Aug. 27, 1762.)
      7. LT. ISAAC WILLETT, 1732-1759, lost at sea.
      8. CATHERINE WILLETT, 1734-1746.
      9. MARGARET WILLETT, 1736-1811.
      10. ELBERT WILLETT, 1738-1828.
      11. COL. MARINUS WILLETT, 1740-1830, married a widow, Mrs. Margaret Banker.
      12. CATHERINE WILLETT, 1747-1772.
      13. JOANNA WILLETT, 1750
      14. ALETTA WILLETT, 1732-1795.
      (Observe Edward did not name one son Thomas.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S44] Genealogy of the Miller and Pursel Families, Pursel, Mrs. Vida (Miller), (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005731772).