Thomas Delavall in New York City and Kingston, along with a mill in Yonkers, and land in Gravesend. Delavall was first appointed Receiver-General of New York City in 1664. He was a member of the Governor's Council of Advisors in 1667, and a judge of the province in 1679. He was appointed the second mayor of New York City in 1666, succeeding Thomas Willett. He would be reappointed again in 1671, and lastly again in 1678. Delavall's daughter married William Dervall, another future mayor of the city. Delavall died in 1682 shortly after writing his will. Thomas Delavall Thomas Delavall (also spelled
John Willett Adye declared a lunatic, and Henry Ralph Willett, a barrister, to whom the estate passed. John Willett Adye John Willett Adye (1745–1815), in later life John Willett Willett, was an English plantation owner and politician. He was the second son of Stephen Adye of St Kitts and his wife Clara Payne, born 1 January 1745. He was adopted while still young by Ralph Willett, a first cousin of his mother. After education at Lincoln's Inn, he took to the gentlemanly life of a collector, following the example of his adoptive father Willett. Willett died in 1795. Adye was his principal heir,