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New England families, genealogical and memorial Vol 1
William Richard Cutter
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(The Willett Line).
Mary Willett, wife of Rev. Samuel Hooker, was a descendant of a distinguished clerical family of Leicestershire, England. Rev. Thomas Willett was born in 1510, died 1598. He was rector, vicar and canon of the established church at Barley, Leicestershire, England; sub-almoner to King Edward VI; deprived of his ministerial dignities by Queen Mary and forced by his conscience to forsake church promotion; was hidden in the house of a noble friend, who on the accession of Queen Elizabeth was appointed bishop of Ely, Thomas Willett being appointed prebend. He was a most scholarly divine, holding many degrees and positions of honor.
(II) Rev. Andrew Willett, son of Rev. Thomas Willett, was born in 1562, at Ely, England, died at Hadsden, England, September 4, 1621. He was a high dignitary of the church and died full of honors. He married, in 1589, Jacobeda Goad, baptized in 1592, died July 11, 1632, daughter of Thomas Goad, Doctor of Divinity and provost of Kings College.