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- Excerpt from Autobiography of Isaac Newton Bassett
My Mother's Family:
My Mother's sister Nancy was married to Samuel Willets. She was his third wife and somewhat advanced in age before she was married - over forty I think.
Shortly after the marriage Samuel Willits moved to Mercer Co Ill. - about 1839-1840 and settled near New Boston on a farm. Sam L. Willets had six children by his former wives but my Aunt Nancy never had any children.
Samuel Willett's children were Sarah, by his first wife, married to Davis who died leaving her a widow with some five children. She never married again. I think she died about ten years ago. One of her daughters, Levinia, is the wife of Leonidas Volney Willets and nephew of Sam L. Willets and lives at Watsonville, California. Nancy another daughter of Sarah David died shortly after marriage.
I do not know what has become of her three sons. Sam L. Willet's second daughter Jane married Sam L. Sheriff who resided in New Boston. She died soon after not leaving any children.
George, oldest son of Sam L. Willets married a girl named Iris. He died about 1850 not leaving any children.
Charles Willets, another son married Rachel Thornton a sister of Hiram W. Thornton of Millersburg, Illinois and Aunt of GeorgeThornton. He had several children who are mostly living in Iowa. Rachel died and he was married a second time, and has several children by his second wife. Charles was a prosperous farmer here in Illinois, afterwards in Iowa. He is now living at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and at this writing April 11th he is expected to live but a few days (he died in April 1897).
Jesse Willets, another son of Samuel Willets, married Mary A. Shields and resided in Mercer co until his death about 8 years ago. His widow still lives in New Boston (died 1899) and he has several children living in Mercer co. Ill.
Job Willets, youngest son of Sam L. Willets married first a Miss Prentiss, sister of Stanton V. Prentiss in New Boston, afterwards a Craft. He moved to Chicago a number of years ago and died there leaving his widow and several children.
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