Thomas Willett Rev. Samuel Hooker, son of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Puritan divine and founder of Hartford, Connecticut. Some have claimed that his great-grandson was Marinus Willett, who also served as Mayor of New York, from 1807-08. This claim has been refuted by E. Haviland Hillman in an article published in "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record", Volume 47 at 119, published in April 1916. The descendants of Thomas Willett were numerous. The 'Dorothy Q.' of the poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes was Thomas Willett's great-granddaughter, and the great-grandmother of Holmes. Another of Thomas Willett's descendants is American musician Parthenon Willett Miller
Lord Mayor of Dublin Lord Mayor of Dublin The Lord Mayor of Dublin () is the honorific title of the chairman (, ) of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent is Independent councillor Nial Ring. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the Council. The office of Mayor of Dublin was created in June 1229 by Henry III. The office of "Mayor" was elevated to "Lord Mayor" in 1665 by Charles II, and as part of this process received the honorific The Right Honourable ("The Rt Hon.").