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Marinus Willett (geboren am 31. Juli 1740 in Jamaica, Long Island; gestorben am 22. August 1830 in New York) war ein amerikanischer Revolutionär, Militär im Unabhängigkeitskrieg und in der frühen Republik dann Politiker der Demokratisch-Republikanischen Partei. 1784–88 sowie 1792–96 war er Sheriff, 1807–08 Bürgermeister der Stadt New York . Leben.
Colonel Marinus Willett (July 31, 1740 – August 22, 1830) was an American military officer, politician and merchant who served as the mayor of New York City from 1807 to 1808.
Marinus Willett. Fort Stanwix National Monument. An oil painting of Willett circa 1791, by artist Ralph Earl. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum. Quick Facts. Significance: Marinus Willett ground-led much of the efforts of the Continental Army in New York.
Learn about the life and service of Marinus Willett, a descendant of the first English Mayor of New York and a Patriot leader in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Read about his role in the siege of Fort Stanwix, the trial of Walter Butler, and the Sullivan-Clinton expedition.
Marinus Willett was a Jamaican-born soldier who fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He was a leader of the Sons of Liberty, a commander in the Mohawk valley, and a sheriff and mayor of New York.
20. Juni 2021 · The portrait above is of Marinus Willett as a young man; a soldier who fought on the western frontier and became known as “The Hero of the Mohawk Valley.” Below are reflections of the hero through the eyes of his sons, Marinus and William. From William.
In order to create a diversion that would help Herkimer get through to the fort, Lt. Col. Marinus Willett (second in command of the 3rd NY) was ordered to make a sortie against the enemy's camp. With 250 men (half NY, half MA) and a 3-pound gun, Willett charged out of the main gate and struck the Indian and loyalist camps by the Mohawk River.
