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Marinus Willett

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Marinus Willett (July 31, 1740 – August 22, 1830) was an American soldier and political leader from New York. [1]

74 relations: Alexander McDougall, Alexander McGillivray, American Revolution, Ballston, New York, Battle of Fort Frontenac, Battle of Johnstown, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Oriskany, Battle of Quebec (1775), Battles of Lexington and Concord, Broadway (Manhattan), Canajoharie, New York, Catskill (town), New York, Charles Scott (governor), Continental Army, Cortland County, New York, Danbury, Connecticut, DeWitt Clinton, Fort Dayton, Fort Hunter, New York, Fort Ontario, Fort Plain, New York, Fort Stanwix, Fort Ticonderoga, French and Indian War, German Flatts, New York, Invasion of Quebec (1775), Jamaica, Queens, James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706), John Bradstreet, John Broome (politician), John Doxtader, John Ross (1744–1809), Johnstown (city), New York, Long Island, Mayor of New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mohawk Valley, Morristown, New Jersey, Muscogee, New York City Marble Cemetery, New York City Sheriff's Office, New York Line, New York State Assembly, New York State Library, Newbery Medal, Northwest Indian War, Oil painting, Oliver De Lancey (American loyalist), Onondaga (village), ..., Peter Gansevoort, Ralph Earl, Richard Montgomery, Saratoga, New York, Schoharie, New York, Shays' Rebellion, Sons of Liberty, Spontoon, Streets of Albany, New York, Sullivan Expedition, The Matchlock Gun, Treaty of New York (1790), Trinity Church (Manhattan), Tryon County militia, Turtle Bay, Manhattan, Wall Street, Walter Butler (Loyalist), Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York), Willet, New York, William Alexander, Lord Stirling, 1st New York Regiment, 3rd New York Regiment, 4th New York Regiment, 5th New York Regiment. Expand index (24 more) »

Alexander McDougall

Alexander McDougall (1732 June 9, 1786) was an American seaman, merchant, a Sons of Liberty leader from New York City before and during the American Revolution, and a military leader during the Revolutionary War.

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Alexander McGillivray

Alexander McGillivray, also known as Hoboi-Hili-Miko (December 15, 1750February 17, 1793), was a métis, son of a Scots trader and plantation owner and a Creek woman, also a métis.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Ballston, New York

Ballston is a town in Saratoga County, New York, USA.

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Battle of Fort Frontenac

The Battle of Fort Frontenac took place on August 26–28, 1758 during the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War in North America) between France and Great Britain.

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Battle of Johnstown

The Battle of Johnstown was fought in Johnstown, New York.

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Battle of Monmouth

The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778, in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

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Battle of Oriskany

The Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign.

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Battle of Quebec (1775)

The Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille de Québec) was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War.

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

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Broadway (Manhattan)

Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York.

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Canajoharie, New York

Canajoharie is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States.

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Catskill (town), New York

Catskill is a town in the southeast part of Greene County, New York, United States.

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Charles Scott (governor)

Charles Scott (April 1739 – October 22, 1813) was an 18th-century American soldier who was elected the fourth governor of Kentucky in 1808.

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Continental Army

The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America.

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Cortland County, New York

Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York.

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Danbury, Connecticut

Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York metropolitan area.

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DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist who served as a United States Senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth Governor of New York.

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Fort Dayton

Fort Dayton was an American Revolutionary War fort located on the north side of the Mohawk River at West Canada Creek, in what is now Herkimer, New York.

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Fort Hunter, New York

Fort Hunter is a hamlet in the Town of Florida in Montgomery County, New York, west of the capital at Albany, on the south bank of the Mohawk River and on the northeast bank of Schoharie Creek.

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Fort Ontario

Fort Ontario is a historic fort situated by the City of Oswego, in Oswego County, New York in the United States of America.

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Fort Plain, New York

Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States.

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Fort Stanwix

Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort whose construction commenced on August 26, 1758, under the direction of British General John Stanwix, at the location of present-day Rome, New York, but was not completed until about 1762.

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Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–63) comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63.

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German Flatts, New York

German Flatts is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States.

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Invasion of Quebec (1775)

The Invasion of Quebec in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

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Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706)

General James Abercrombie or Abercromby (1706 – 23 April 1781) was a British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War, best known for the disastrous British losses in the 1758 Battle of Carillon.

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John Bradstreet

Major General John Bradstreet, born Jean-Baptiste Bradstreet (21 December 1714 – 25 September 1774) was a British Army officer during King George's War, the French and Indian War, and Pontiac's Rebellion.

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John Broome (politician)

John Broome (July 19, 1738 – August 8, 1810) was an American merchant and politician who was Lieutenant Governor of New York, from 1804 to 1810.

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John Doxtader

John Doxtader (1760–1801) was a Loyalist in the American Revolution and an officer in British forces.

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John Ross (1744–1809)

John Ross (1744–1809) was a British Army officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.

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Johnstown (city), New York

Johnstown is a city and the county seat of Fulton County in the U.S. state of New York.

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Long Island

Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Mayor of New York City

The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.

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Mohawk Valley

The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains.

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Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown is a town and county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Muscogee

The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Creek and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, are a related group of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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New York City Marble Cemetery

The New York City Marble Cemetery is a historic cemetery founded in 1831, and located at 52-74 East 2nd Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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New York City Sheriff's Office

The New York City Sheriff's Office (NYSO), officially the Office of the Sheriff of the City of New York, is the primary civil enforcement agency for New York City.

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New York Line

The New York Line was a formation within the Continental Army.

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New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, the New York State Senate being the upper house.

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New York State Library

The New York State Library was established in 1818 to serve the government of the state.

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Newbery Medal

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA).

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Northwest Indian War

The Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), also known as the Ohio War, Little Turtle's War, and by other names, was a war between the United States and a confederation of numerous Native American tribes, with support from the British, for control of the Northwest Territory.

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Oil painting

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder.

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Oliver De Lancey (American loyalist)

Major-General Oliver De Lancey, also known as Oliver De Lancey Sr. (September 17, 1718 – October 27, 1785), was a merchant and Loyalist politician and soldier, during the American Revolutionary War.

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Onondaga (village)

Onondaga was a village that served as the capital of the Iroquois League and the primary settlement of the Onondaga nation.

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Peter Gansevoort

Peter Gansevoort (July 17, 1749 – July 2, 1812) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

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Ralph Earl

Ralph Earl (May 11, 1751 – August 16, 1801) was an American painter known for his portraits, of which at least 183 can be documented.

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Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1738 – December 31, 1775) was an Irish soldier who first served in the British Army.

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Saratoga, New York

Saratoga is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States.

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Schoharie, New York

Schoharie is a town in Schoharie County, New York.

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Shays' Rebellion

Shays Rebellion (sometimes spelled "Shays's") was an armed uprising in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787.

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Sons of Liberty

The Sons of Liberty was an organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies.

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Spontoon

A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European polearm that came into being alongside the pike.

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Streets of Albany, New York

The streets of Albany, New York have had a long history going back almost 400 years.

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Sullivan Expedition

The 1779 Sullivan Expedition, also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, was an extended systematic military campaign during the American Revolutionary War against Loyalists ("Tories") and the four Amerindian nations of the Iroquois which had sided with the British.

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The Matchlock Gun

The Matchlock Gun is a children's book by Walter D. Edmonds.

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Treaty of New York (1790)

The Treaty of New York was a treaty signed in 1790 between leaders of the Creek people and Henry Knox, then Secretary of War for the United States, under president George Washington.

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Trinity Church (Manhattan)

Trinity Church is a historic parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of New York located near the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway in the lower Manhattan section of New York City, New York.

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Tryon County militia

The creation of the Tryon County, New York militia was authorized on March 8, 1772, when the Province of New York passed a bill for the establishment of organized militia in each county in the colony.

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Turtle Bay, Manhattan

Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan.

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Wall Street

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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Walter Butler (Loyalist)

Walter Butler (1752 – October 30, 1781) was a British Loyalist officer during the American Revolution.

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Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York)

Washington Park in Albany, New York is the city's premier park and the site of many festivals and gatherings.

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Willet, New York

Willet is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States.

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William Alexander, Lord Stirling

William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (1726 – 15 January 1783), was a Scottish-American Major General during the American Revolutionary War.

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1st New York Regiment

The 1st New York Regiment was authorized on 25 May 1775 and organized at New York City from 28 June to 4 August, for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Alexander McDougall.

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3rd New York Regiment

The 3rd New York Regiment was authorized May 25, 1775, and organized from June 28 to August 4 from the counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, and Suffolk under the command of Colonel James Clinton for five months service in Canada.

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4th New York Regiment

The 4th New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775, and organized from June 28 to August 4 from Westchester, Dutchess, Kings, Queens, and Richmond counties for service with the Continental Army under the command of James Holmes.

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5th New York Regiment

The 5th New York Regiment was authorized on November 30, 1776, as part of the New York Line for service with the Continental Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_Willett

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