Willets - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: WILLETS & BURTIS in Hempstead, NY

tjgtomas1 — 2009-10-02 03:19:25Z

Great to hear from you.

I would be delighted to get a copy of your photo of John Willets, and would be happy to pay for the same.

If you would like to contact me directly:
tjgtomas@gmail.com

Tom

Re: WILLETS & BURTIS in Hempstead, NY

memchiao — 2009-10-02 02:06:20Z

My grandfather was Frank Willets, son of Mary J. Burtis and John Willets. He is buried in Greenfield Cemetery with his wife Lena Randall Willets. I do have pictures of John Willets.

Re: Looking for Robin Willets

shadow13069 — 2009-06-24 05:24:47Z

I was ableto obtain a married name for you. Her married name is Robin Pearce, Age High 30's , from Franklin, NY which is last location known. She has a son named Bruce that was in the active army lat time i knew. Again,I hope all this information helps.

Re: Beal Family Bible - Florence A. Beal Willets

shadow13069 — 2009-06-24 05:11:28Z

Hi,
I may be of some help to you. My name is Jerry Willets and I have a relation connected to that last name. I can't be 100% sure. I good person to look up would be Charles Willets who may not be of too much help do to his memory loss. He currently resides in a nursing home in Chenango County In the state of New York State. I am not sure if he is still alive though. I hope this gives you a bit of a lead. He was married to a Jean Sutliff who is a live and was last known living in Windsor, NY. She may have some of these answers that you seek. I hope this helps you in your search and feel free to email me if you have anymore questions, and concerns.

Re: Looking for Robin Willets

shadow13069 — 2009-06-24 05:02:38Z

Hi there,
I may be the one with answers that you are searching for. I am Jerry Willets Jr. Son Of Jerry Willets Sr. and I have an aunt Named Robin Willets. She is married and i am unsure of her maiden name. Last place of me hearing her where abouts would be in Franklin, NY. I don't know much more than that. I hope this gives you a lead.

Re: Margaret (Willets) Custer, Looking for parents

rwillits186 — 2009-03-12 23:19:35Z

I have an Amos Willits (probably really Willets) born 11 Mar 1753, m. Dinah Rees. I have no children listed. I have record of some brothers for Amos, including John, but no sisters.
I have info on other Amos Willetses which may help the confusion.
You can reach me at rwillits at gmail.com for more detailed correspondence.

Re: Margaret (Willets) Custer, Looking for parents

donmatson63 — 2009-03-03 15:08:59Z

I have not solved my puzzle yet, as I haven't heard from anyone who knows. The Amos you speak of, is he the one whose wife was Diane/Diana? Can't think of her maiden name, but have it. I think it was Rees. If so, I think Amos is a brother of my Margaret (Willitts) Custer, instead of her father.
So Amos had a brother John & you are descended from him?

Re: Margaret (Willets) Custer, Looking for parents

rwillits186 — 2009-03-02 19:05:42Z

Did you ever find anything about Margaret? I would be interested in family of Amos Willets. I have his brother John's tree. I have no such Margaret.

Re: Willets of New Jersey

rwillits186 — 2009-03-02 18:51:01Z

If you are still working on this, I have a Jemima and a Henry Willets, of different dates from yours, and several Willson/Willets marriages, all in and around Warren County.
I am trying to get more details on these and other Willets things around NJ.

WILLETS & BURTIS in Hempstead, NY

tjgtomas1 — 2008-11-16 03:47:32Z

Mary J BURTIS was born cal 6 Apr 1833 in Cypress Hills, Kings, NY or Hempstead, Queens, NY, & died 2 Nov 1897 (State of NY d cert 44046) in Hempstead & was bur Nov 6, in Greenfield Cem, Hempstead.
RE: Cypress Hills – Mary’s birthplace
Per article in Brooklyn Eagle (newspaper), 24 July 1886, p two: "New Lots: An Historical Sketch of the Town…” (reworded): [to be precise, where the word village appears in the following paragraph, it should be replaced by hamlet (unincorporated areas). Villages were municipal corporations.]
New Lots was made a town on the 12 Feb 1852, having previously been a part of the town of Flatbush,& was known as 'The New Lots' to distinguish it from 'The Old Lots' near the present village of Flatbush. The town thus organized in 1852 comprised the villages of Brownsville, East New York, & Cypress Hills. East New York was in July 1886 the largest village of the three. Before the year 1835 the residents of the territory embraced within the limits of New Lots were farmers, & most of the dwellings were situated on the New Lots road. The village of Cypress Hills was situated in the northeastern portion of New Lots.

Buried in the same cem plot with Mary J are her husband John WILLETS (Consistently spelled “ets.”) & two of their sons. John WILLETS was born in Hempstead cal 11 Oct 1823 (Oct 1823 per 1900 census), d 15 March 1911 (NY state d cert #13588) in Hempstead, & was bur 19 March 1911 Greenfield Cem, Hempstead. (Hempstead Sentinel, vol 53 # 42; Thurs, March 16, 1911; p eight, column four; four names up from bottom of p: "Willets- Hempstead, March 15th [Weds], John Willets in his 88th year. Funeral service Sunday [19th] from his late residence Fulton Ave and Cross street… Interment, Greenfield [Cemetery].") John WILLETS - carpenter & builder; was a Hempstead resident for 87 years. John’s father was Eliphalet WILLETS (b cal 23 Dec 1789 Suffolk County, NY; d 18 May 1869; buried Christs Presbyterian Church, Hempstead.) Eliphalet m John’s mother- Eliphalet’s first wife, Hannah Thurston ( b Hempstead), 4 Apr 1819. Hanah d sometime previous to Eliphalet’s second m on 21 Apr 1828 to Mary GILDERSLEEVE (d 31 Dec 1851). Both marriages occurred at Christs Presbyterian Church. Have not learned if there were any other children by Eliphalet’s first marriage. There were prob at least six children by the 2nd marriage.

Greenfield Cemetery burials- The initial owners of section four, lots 9 & 26 were Hannah WILLETS (ASSUME this is Mary J (Johanna?; wife of John WILLETS) & John WILLETS, owner of lots 10 & 25. These 4 lots were purchased, Oct 3rd, 1871. ASSUME the lots were bought then because a family member had died or was dying. The plot was not bought for one of Mary & John's five following children- Edward, John Wesley, Minnie M, Herbert, or Frank, as the earliest death among them was 1904. The graves were prob bought because of the d of a child named William, who was listed as being b in Apr on the 1870 census, but who is not listed on the Greenfield burial record.
A perpetual care fund of $600 was received from the Estate of John WILLETS, care of John R(andall) WILLETS, Elizabeth Building, Church & Pine Sts., Freeport, NY, Oct 15th, 1948 [sic].). ASSUME this was the estate of John Wesley WILLETS born abt 1858 who d in 1925- sic. He is the last person indicated to have been bur in this plot.
Buried lot 25- grave six: burial 14369, John Wesley WILLETS, died [sic] April 18, 1925
Buried lot 26- grave five: burial 6260, Herbert WILLETS, buried Dec 17, 1904
Buried lot 10- graves - sic - 2 & 3 - large brick vault & marker & monument: burial 7866, John WILLETS, March 18, 1911. Buried (burial 5032) adjacent to John in lot 9 grave one, is his wife, Mary J born BURTIS. (Comment on Queens & Nassau counties & Hempstead: Before annexation to New York City, Queens had six towns- one of which was Hempstead, plus the city of Long Island City. Within the towns were various villages. All units within the annexation were abolished on Dec 21,1897 & Queens County (Borough) was formed January 1, 1898. But only abt one quarter of Queens County was inside New York City. So Nassau County was formed January 1, 1899 from the parts of Queens County outside NYC. Also all of Rockaway Peninsula was taken from the Town of Hempstead & annexed to Queens County (Borough) in 1898. Before 1898, Hempstead went down to Breezy Point.) (Previously in 1886, the Lloyd's Neck peninsula in the Town of Oyster Bay had been transferred to the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County.

Mary J WILLETS born BURTIS & John WILLETS in censuses & directories
-1860 census (film 844, p 248) listed in the same house as Johanna MOORE (b BURTIS) & Alfred H MOORE in Hempstead, Queens. Johanna MOORE (b BURTIS) was the sister of Mary J WILLETS (b BURTIS) & the wife of Alfred H MOORE.

FHL film 1930448 (all vols include Hempstead): 1864/65-Boyd's Directory of Astoria, East New York .... (subsequent editions are published by Curtin) thru 1871/1872. 1864/65, 1865/66, 1867/68, 1868/1869= all list only one WILLETS: -John WILLETS, carpenter, home Fulton near Attorney.
1871/72 was published, but had no WILLETS listed. Not published: 1866/67, 1869/70, 1870/71, 1872/1873 thru 1880/1881. Curtin's Long Island directory of 1868-1869- Hempstead: John WILLETS, carpenter, Fulton near Attorney

-1870 census enumerated June 16 in Hempstead, Queens, film 1079, p 406 (stamped) p 50 B [B as in Boy], lines 19-25, dwelling 389, family visited 410: all born in NY
-WILLETS, John, 47, carpenter, personal property $6,000, real property $4,000, United States citizen.
-Mary J, 37, housekeeping; Edward, 13; John W, 12; Minnie, 10; Herbert, 8; William, 2/12, male, born in April ["April" is on the census p.] A dau of Johanna BURTIS & Alfred H S MOORE had the first name Minnie. Minnie presumably is a name in earlier Burtis ancestry.
Benjamin Reeves family & a Dickens living in the same house as John & Mary J WILLETS. The Reeves & the Dickens are no known relation to John or Mary.
The son- Wesley- in 1860 census is John W(esley) in the 1870 census. Based on age, William born APRIL in the 1870 census is Frank in the 1880 census. BUT there is confusion because the 1900 census indicates the Frank then living was born SEPTEMBER 1875.
-1880 census, enumerated June 16-17 in Hempstead, Queens; film 917: John WILLETS and Mary J WILLETS (born BURTIS) have only their children living with them; vol 81, ed 270, sheet 46, line 3, dwelling 322, family 339, no street address mentioned
-WILLETS, John, 55, b NY, carpenter, married; parents b in NY; Mary J, wife, 45, b NY, married, keeping house; parents b in NY; all children b in NY: John, son, 21, clerk in store; Minnie M, daughter, 18, at home; Herbert, son, 17, clerk in clothing house; Frank, son, 10, attending school.
-1892 state census for Queens. Did not find John WILLETS & his wife, Mary J listed.
-1900 census enumerated June 14 Hempstead, Nassau; film 1079, supervisor's district 2, ed 696, p 68 B [B as in boy]-, line 71, __, 80-95; Clinton [sic] Street:
John WILLITS [sic], head, 76, b Oct 1823, widow, carpenter, b Hempstead; father b Suffolk [County]; mother b Hempstead; Hirbert [sic], son, b Nov 1862, 38 [sic], b Hempstead, writer; father b Hempstead; mother b Kings [County]; Frank, son, b Sep 1875, 25 [sic], b Hempstead, father b Hempstead; mother b Kings [County].
Comment: New York is written over the Hempstead, Kings, & Suffolk birth places. The census confirms the county of Mary’s birth – given on her d cert- as Kings County. Added to the 1840 Flatbush (Kings County) census listing for Joseph BURTIS- Mary’s father- this makes it very likely Mary’s parents lived in Kings County when Mary J was b. At present, Brooklyn & Kings County share identical boundaries. However, when Mary was b this was not the case, & Cypress Hills was a distinct area within Kings County.

KNOWN CHILDREN OF Mary J (born BURTIS) & JOHN WILLETS
Edward B WILLETS
B from Aug 1856 to 1857 in Hempstead; died btwn 5 Jun 1920 & 1930 “of” Freeport, Nassau, NY.
-1892 state census for Hempstead, Queens; FHL film 1976731- item two; p 5, 4th ed of the town of Hempstead, column two; 16 Feb 1892: [US= United States; C= citizen; WILLETS= last name of all listed in this family]: Edward B, 30, born US, c; occupation= express; Elizabeth, 30, US, C; William A, 13, US, C; Charles, 12, US, C; Archer, male, 10; Bertie, male [sic], 7; Leroy, 5; Minnie, 3
-1910 census
Hempstead District 4, Nassau; enumerated Apr 28- all WILLITTS-sic- in Ancestry index
Edw B, 53, born NY; father & mother b NY; wife & children & all parents born NY; Elizabeth,49; had eight children & eight were living; number of years of present marriage = 31; Charles, 29, single, express wagon; Bert, 24, single, no occupation; Roy, 23, single, driver hack; Marine [ = in Ancestry index; actually Minnie] , 20, single, no occupation; Jeanette, 10, single, no occupation

- 1920 census, Freeport, town of Hempstead, Nassau; film 1127, p 5A, ed 13 (image 285); enumerated 12 January 1920; lines 32-37, Church St; all listed below are WILLETS:
Edward B [Willet in Ancestry index], 64, b Hempstead [sic]; parents b Hempstead [sic[] rent, able to read & write; general trucking; Elizabeth A, wife, 55, b Freeport [sic], NY; father b Pennsylvania; mother b Freeport [sic], NY, no occupation; Charles, 37, single, son, b Freeport [sic] NY [as all other children listed]. father b Hempstead, NY & mother b Freeport, NY [parents' birthplace = same for all children listed] general trucking;
Bert, 36, son, single, truck driver; Minnie, 28, dau, single, no occupation; Janette, 19, dau, single, no occupation; --[next family listed:] Leroy WILLETS, 33, married, head, trucking - crate yard; Addie, wife, 24, b Hempstead [sic], NY, parents born Ireland; no occupation; Dorothy, dau, age 8/12; born Freeport, NY
-1930 census
Freeport, Nassau, film 1458, p 11 B [B as in Boy] ed 32 (image 265), enumerated Apr 15th, house # = 25 Smith Street, lines 76-82
Found: (all b NY and all parents b NY)
Charles WILLETS, 47, rent, $30, single; proprietor- trucks, did not serve in military
Burtis Willets, brother, 45, single, proprietor- trucks, did not serve in military
Minnie WILLETS, sister, 30, single; no occupation
Jeanette WALKER, sister, 30, married, 21 when married, no occupation
Gladys M WALKER, niece, 7; Kenneth A WALKER, nephew, 4 & 3/12
Comment: Found no Edward WILLETS in Queens.

Re: Willetts of Cape May

tybis9 — 2008-07-11 21:47:27Z

I don't think so. I have some evidence that David's parents were John Willits and Mary Wilson, but the trail ends there, and I want to know where they were from.

David's first wife was Catharine Drake (1779-1800), and I believe her family was in NJ. Their children were Mary (b. 1797) Catharine (b. 1799) and Edward (b. 1800).

I think he ended up in VA(WV) because his second wife, Mary Chrislip's family was there. Their children were David (b. 1809) and Sarah (b. 1818). I believe Mary died c. 1870, and I don't know if she remarried.

Re: Willetts of Cape May

rwillits186 — 2008-07-11 21:00:14Z

I am wondering if this could be the same David Willets who pops up in Ontario, Canada, with a wife Catharine and a daughter of same name, but born 1817?
I am trying to link him into the NJ family. He was born there and married there in 1799 according to One World Tree.

Willets of Westmoreland/Indiana Co.,Pa

ireneone — 2008-07-03 04:03:51Z

Mary Ann Willet or Willets married Henry Libengood abt 1840. Her parents may have been Abner Willet and Hannah Schimer Willet. Any Pa. Willets or Schimers out there with info to share? Irene

Beal Family Bible - Florence A. Beal Willets

sug53 — 2008-06-06 00:47:21Z

I recently came across the wonderful old bible belonging to Byron and Hattie Beal from New York. The front cover of the bible has imprinted "Byron A. and Hattie A. Beal June 21, 1871. There's a nicely handwriten inscription inside and it looks like it was a wedding present. In the family information the following is documented:

Births:

Florence Augusta Beal April 19, 1872
Arthur Washington Beal Febuary 14, 1876
Byron E. Beal Nov 3, 1883
Lester Arnold Beal July 11, 1889

Robert Leonard Beal son of Lester Arnold Beal, Feb. 2, 1917
Margaret Vaughan Beal wife of Robert L. Beal, Born March 19, 1916

Marriages:

Robert L. Beal & Margaret Vaughan Nov 30, 1947

Deaths:

Hattie A. Beal, January 2, 1907

Byron Edward Beal, June 12, 1911 (obituary included)

Florence A. Beal (Willets) January 20, 1952.

I'm interested in helping this Bible find its way home to family. I'll also scan and send information - the handwriting is beautiful!

Sue sug53@earthlink.net

ALVIRA E. WILLETS m. Anthony Burdick

Bawden4 — 2008-01-09 23:25:28Z

Their daughter, Edna, born in Davenport, Scott, IA is in my tree. They settled somewhere in Illinois, then moved to Davenport and had Edna.
Anthony was born 29 Mar 1837 in Cambridge Spgs, Crawford, PA and died 5 Jun 1911 in Davenport.
Alvira was born 9 Aug 1837 in Indiana - I have no location - I got this from the IGI. She died in Davenport 11 Jun 1910. Can someone provide me with her middle name and birthplace? I can provide some anecdotal history and a couple photos.
bawdengenes@yahoo.com if Alvira's in your tree.

Willetts Brewood Staffordshire

thepearcefamily — 2007-10-08 21:23:33Z

Looking for info on William Willetts b 1816 Brewood Wife Ann b1818 Coven. Also John Willetts Brewood b1807

Re: Willetts of Cape May

tybis9 — 2007-07-26 20:11:39Z

I'm looking for ancestors of Catharine Willets Thompson b. 1799 in NJ, d. 1800 in Barbour Co WV. Census of 1880 for Barbour Co WV says her parents were born in NJ also.

They are possibly David Willets and first wife, name unknown. Possible siblings of Catharine are Edward b. 1800 and Mary b. 1797. Catharine's mother died before 1802 and her father, David, remarried to Mary Crislip.

Re: Willets of New Jersey

jody1700letters — 2007-04-27 13:04:30Z

Dear Susan.....Please write to me if you see
this. I would be very interested in exchanging
information with you regarding the Harper family
in Peoria, Illinois.

Your posted e-mail doesn't work.

Jody.....

Joseph Willits/Willetts - W Ham UK

2005-07-18 03:56:34Z

Anyone connected to Joseph Willits/Willetts who married Charlotte Brownfield, 1897 W Ham UK.

Rhonda McKinnon

Margaret (Willets) Custer, Looking for parents

2005-07-05 16:29:40Z

Looking for siblings & parents of Margaret (Willets) b. ca. 1750/51 in or near Berks Co.,Pa. married in a Quaker M.M. (which one?) ca. 1775 to William Custer, son of Paul & Sarah (Ball) Custer.
Think she had a brother Amos Willets b. 1753 d. 1795 whose wife was Dinah Rees, but some people have Amos has her father, but he was only about 2 or 3 yrs. older than Margaret.
Margaret had a son Amos Custer, so she names him after her brother Amos?

Re: Willet family from nebraska

2005-05-06 17:20:35Z

Hi, did you ever get my reply back to you? I have Willet's in Dawson, Custer, Counties in Nebraska. Charles Edward could be a child of one of the older Willet's. I havn't researched that far back.

Willet family from nebraska

2005-04-13 00:01:14Z

Seeking information on William J. Willet and his family. Born 1863 in Buchana Iowa, son of Amos R. Willet.born 1831 in Ohio.

William J Willet and Amos moved to Nebraska about 1880

My email address

2005-03-30 21:34:17Z

You can send direct to me at Danncinanna@msn.com with any information about my sibblings or parents. Willets is my birth name, Laferne Balling is my adopted name. I was born March 15,1922 in Bpt. Ct. One of my brothers name was Ralph Willets. I believe my mothers name was also Elsie Willets.

Searching for birth parents & sibblings

2005-03-30 21:29:15Z

I was born with the name Elsie Dorothy Willets. I was born in Bridgeport,Ct. on March 15, 1922. I know one of my brothers names was Ralph Willets and I believe 4 other brothers in the Norwalk, Bpt. Fairfield area. I was put up for adoption an I long to meet some kin that may be blood line to me. Any info would be much appreciated. Thank you, Laferne(my adopted name).

Willets of New Jersey

2004-06-14 18:25:51Z

Recently I was able to locate my gr.gr.gr. grandmothers name through a very old letter, I was hoping that some one might be able to help me fill in some of the information on her line.
My gr.gr.gr. grandmother Jemima or Jemmiah Willets Born- October 20, 1787
Her parents were
Henry Willets b-March 17, 1745/46 d-February 20, 1816
(I have no further information on his line at all)
Charity Willson b-November 06, 1749 Allamuchy Twp., Warren Co, NJ
They had a total of 12 children all of which were born in Allamuchy Twp., Warren Co, NJ
Married- July 14, 1768 Warren co., Nj
Their children
Sarah b-1769
Gabriel b-January 06, 1771
Ann b-November 21, 1772
Elizabeth b-April 04, 1776
Margaret b-April 05, 1778
Newell b-May 18, 1780
Achsah b-November 17, 1782
Mary b-September 21, 1785
Jemima / Jemmiah (I hav found her name spelled both ways) b-October 20, 1787
Joseph b-October 25, 1789
Henry b-March 19, 1792
Charity b-January 02, 1798

I would love to find anyone who is related to this line and share info, So far i have found little info on this line and no one had any info. on my ggg. grandmother. I would like to be able to trace her family line back further
Thank you, Susan

WILLETS London U.K.

2004-02-11 02:45:42Z

Seeking info on my WILLETS ancestors/descendants (the name has also been spelled as "Willetts"). My great great grandmother Mary Ann WILLETS was married to Charles Woods and in 1881 they lived in Poplar. They gave their son, John, at his birth in 1861, his mother's maiden name as a second Christian name: "Willets". Their marriage cert was 29 July 1855 at St. Clement Danes Parish Church, Middlesex. Charles was listed as a Seaman and their address given as "Strand". Charles' father was given as Richard Woods, Seaman. Mary Ann Willets' father was John WILLETS, Lighterman. Witnesses on the marriage cert for Mary Ann were John Willets and Eliza Willets.

Other siblings to Mary Ann: Elizabeth christened Apr 1828, Celia christened Feb 1835 and Margaret christened Oct 1831 - all at Saint Saviour, Southwark. The mother of Mary Ann was apparently Elizabeth.

Any info much appreciated.
Kind regards
Margaret
Canada

Samuel B. Willets of Florence, Michigan

danbren2007 — 2006-04-21 23:25:04Z

Samuel B. Willets, age 53 years, 9 months, died on December 29, 1867, at his residence in Florence, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. Mr. Willets was born in Pennsylvania, the son of William N. and Jane Willets. Mr. Willets was a farmer and was survived by his wife.
(Date of Record was July 3, 1868)

solomon willetts/willets

nhuitson — 2005-08-02 18:11:00Z

hallo-i am having trouble tracking down a solomon willetts who had a daughter called mary-she was married 27 nov 1887 to arthur lowe-these are all facts,and her father is named as solomon.however,the only solomons i can find do not seem to have the right daughter of the right age!! my uncle says the willetts were from wales,although by the time they married mary was in rowley regis.dont know if we are looking same or different directions but all help appreciated!!i have seen the solomon in laurence lane and I am 90% sure it not him!!!!(but i still could be wrong!)
nicky

Re: Ben Willets

LuLu291 — 2005-01-02 01:25:59Z

What I've been able to determine is he was from Kansas and Missouri.

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