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     Samuel Bartlett married Elizabeth Wetherall on 5 November 1742.²

     Elizabeth Wetherall married Samuel Bartlett on 5 November 1742.¹

     Tabitha Bankes married Samuel Bragdon.¹

     Sarah Webster married Rev. Edward Thompson.¹

     Esther Willet is also recorded as Ester Willard.³ She was born on 6 July 1648 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, (or 1647).^4,5 She was the daughter of Captain Thomas Willett and Mary Brown.² Esther Willet married Rev. Josiah Flynt, son of Rev. Henry Flynt and Margery Hoar, on 24 January 1671/72 in Braintree ? the marriage is also said to have taken place in Swansea but does not appear in the vital records of that town nor of Dorchester.^4,6 Esther Willet died on 26 July 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts, at the age of 89.⁵

     Margery Hoar is also recorded as Margaret Hoar.² She was baptised in 1614 at St. Mary de Crypt, Gloucester, England.³ She was the daughter of Charles Hoar and Joanna Hincksman.² Margery Hoar married firstly John Matthewe on 25 December 1633 at St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester.⁴ Margery Hoar married secondly Rev. Henry Flynt, son of Thomas Flint and Dorothy Wood, on 17 March 1640 at Braintree, Massachusetts.⁴ Margery Hoar died on 10 March 1686/87 in Braintree, Massachusetts, buried in the Hancock Cemetery at Braintree (now Quincy) beside the body of her husband.
Her epitaph reads "She was a gentlewoman of piety, prudence, and peculiarly accomplished for instructing young gentlewomen, many being sent to her from other towns, especially from Boston."^5,6

      The first English mayor of New York City.^3,4 Captain Thomas Willett was born in August 1605 in the Rectory House, Barley, Hertfordshire, (Anderson gives a birth date of about 1610).^4,5 He was the son of Andrew Willett and Jacobine (Jacobeda) Goad.² Captain Thomas Willett was baptised on 29 August 1605 at Barley.⁵ He was but sixteen years of age when his father died, and he continued to live with his widowed mother and maternal grandmother until he had attained his majority. Shortly afterward he went to Leyden and joined the second Puritan exodus to the New Plymouth plantations, and Governor Bradford mentions him as "being discreet and one in whom they could place trust." He was admitted a freeman in 1633 after he had become a successful trader with the Indians, and soon became a large ship owner trading with New Amsterdam. He was elected one of the assistant governors of the Plymouth Colony, and as a proof of his worth of character and commanding abilities, he was frequently chosen to settle disputes between the rival colonies of England and Holland. He also became captain of a military company.

Early in 1660 he left Plymouth and establishing himself in Rhode Island became the founder of Swansea. Accompanying the English commander, Nicholls, he greatly contributed to the peaceable surrender of New Amsterdam to the English, September 7, 1664, and when the colony received the name of New York, Captain Willet was appointed the first mayor, June, 1665, with the approval of English and Dutch alike. The following year he was elected alderman, and became mayor a second time in 1667. Not long afterward he withdrew to Swansea, where he spent the remainder of his life. In his religious views he was an independent. His descendants were numerous and included Colonel Marinus Willet, the friend of Washington, who himself became mayor of New York, and the "Dorothy Q." of the poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes, was the great-granddaughter of Captain Thomas Willet, and the great-grandmother of the poet.⁶ He married first Mary Brown, daughter of John Brown Sr. and Dorothy Beauchamp ?, on 6 July 1636 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.⁷ Captain Thomas Willett received into his family the orphaned children, Mary and Priscilla, daughters of his brother-in-law, Peter Brown, of the "Mayflower." in 1644. He married secondly Joanna Boyse, daughter of Rev. John Boyse, on 19 September 1671 at Milford.⁷ Captain Thomas Willett died on 3 August 1674 in Swansea, Massachusetts.²

     Mary Brown was born in England.² She was the daughter of John Brown Sr. and Dorothy Beauchamp ?.¹ Mary Brown married Captain Thomas Willett, son of Andrew Willett and Jacobine (Jacobeda) Goad, on 6 July 1636 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.¹ Mary Brown died on 8 January 1669/70 in Swansea (or possibly a year earlier).^1,3

     John Matthewe married Margery Hoar, daughter of Charles Hoar and Joanna Hincksman, on 25 December 1633 in St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester.³ John Matthewe died before 1639.

     Nathan Parker was the son of Peter Parker and Ruth Eaton. Nathan Parker married Catharine Murdock.

     Catharine Murdock married Nathan Parker, son of Peter Parker and Ruth Eaton.

     Peter Parker was the son of John Parker and Experience Cloyes. Peter Parker married Ruth Eaton.

     Ruth Eaton married Peter Parker, son of John Parker and Experience Cloyes.

     John Parker married Experience Cloyes.

     Experience Cloyes married John Parker.

     Sydney Gask was born in 1867 in South Mimms the birth was registered in the December quarter in the Barnet district. He was the son of Henry Gask and Elizabeth Styles. Sydney Gask married Beatrice Cowell Davies, daughter of W. Cowell Davies, on 4 October 1913 in St. Leonard's Church, Streatham.¹ Sydney Gask died on 22 December 1948 in Brampton House, Marlow, Buckinghamshire.²

     Percy Tillson Gask was born in 1869 in South Mimms the birth was registered in the September quarter in the Barnet district. He was the son of Henry Gask and Elizabeth Styles. The marriage of Percy Tillson Gask and Janet Reid M. Clarke was registered in the quarter ending June 1908 in the Paddington, London Registration District.¹ Percy Tillson Gask died in 1959.²

     Paymaster Rear-Admiral Walter Gask C.B. was born in 1870 in South Mimms the birth was registered in the December quarter in the Barnet district. He was the son of Henry Gask and Elizabeth Styles. Paymaster Rear-Admiral Walter Gask C.B. married Edith Ethel Winter, daughter of James Irving Winter and Caroline Pettett, on 28 December 1907 in St. James's, Paddington.²

     Kate Mary Gask was born in 1872 in South Mimms the birth was registered in the June quarter in the Barnet district though the transcription of the record simply shows a female. She was the daughter of Henry Gask and Elizabeth Styles. Kate Mary Gask married Lt. Colonel Pulteney Charles Gabbett on 25 November 1901 in Colombo.^1,2

     Eleanor Gask was born in 1873 in South Mimms the birth was registered in the September quarter in the Barnet district. She was the daughter of Henry Gask and Elizabeth Styles. Became the Lady Almoner of St. Bartholomew's Hospital and was awarded an M.B.E. for her work in World War One.¹

      Linen and woollen draper.² Charles Gask was born in 1795 in Lincolnshire.² He was the son of John Gask and Ann (Unknown).¹ Charles Gask was christened on 30 October 1795 at Burgh-Le-Marsh, Lincolnshire.¹ He married Rebecca (Unknown). Charles Gask died in 1828.²

     Rebecca (Unknown) was born in 1795 calculated from age at death. She married Charles Gask, son of John Gask and Ann (Unknown). Probably the Rebecca's whose death was registered in the quarter ending September 1874 in the Marylebone, London registration district.¹

     Joanna Ross married Hugh Duff.

     Henry DeQuincy Sewell III was born in 1916.² He was the son of Henry Charles DeQuincy Sewell.¹ Henry DeQuincy Sewell III died in 2003.²

     Elizabeth Youl was born circa 1819 in Wales.² She was the daughter of Rev. John Youl and Jane Stroud.¹ Elizabeth Youl married James Webster. Elizabeth Youl appears on the census of 4 April 1881 at 21 Longridge Street, London, as a widow aged 62, with three daughters. Her daughter Helen is obviously visiting together with her three children. The household employs a cook, housemaid and a nurse.²

     Elizabeth G. Webster was born circa 1853 in Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of James Webster and Elizabeth Youl.¹

     Clementina Webster was born circa 1856 in Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of James Webster and Elizabeth Youl.¹

     Robert Morgan married Elizabeth (Unknown).

     Elizabeth (Unknown) married Robert Morgan.

     Clement I.S. Gosset was born on 23 May 1860 in Greywell, Hampshire.^1,3 He was the son of Rev. Clement Hammond Gosset M.A. and Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds.¹ Clement I.S. Gosset appears on the census of 4 April 1881 at Langton Herring Rectory House, Langton Herring, Dorset, aged 20, living with his parents. Clement's death was registered in the quarter ending June 1934 in the Weymouth, Dorset registration district.²