I have never claimed to be all that knowledgeable when it comes to matters of my family heritage. I did attend a really great family reunion about 10 years ago on my mothers side ( Willett), and a few years previous to that I went to a small reunion on my fathers side ( Brittain). However my ability to retain the history, heritage, and important phases of my family tree as never been my strong point. Now thanks to facebook I am becoming reconnected and in touch with more and more family members. Thankfully they seem to pay attention to the heritage of our names and have shared their knowledge with me. Recently i discovered that my great great great Grandfather on my mother's side, was a man named Captain Thomas Willett, the commissioner of New Netherland, and the first mayor of NYC.
Thats right folks, i have a political background..thank you very much!!
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