Willett Bronson
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| Relationship to the Speculation Lands: |
| Peter Stephen DuPonceau, as an appointed trustee for the estate of
Tench Coxe, assigned the
Augustus
Sacket mortgage, known as the 'Speculation Lands,' to a group of
investors on July 12, 1825. Included among
the investors were Arthur Bronson's father,
Isaac
Bronson, a wealthy banker and land speculator
from New York, Gould Hoyt, another banker, James Thompson, and
James B. Murray. The investors
remained in New York, and sent Jacob Hyatt and
Joshua
Forman to western North Carolina in 1825 and 1829 to manage and
oversee the lands. |
| Biography: |
| The information, at present, found for
Willett Bronson is a marriage record from Manhattan. He married Margreat
Brown in 1871. The Willett name might be a connection to Caroline
Bronson, the fifth child of Anna Olcott and Isaac Bronson. Caroline
married Dr. Marinus Willet of New York. Dr. Willet was the son of the
revolutionary officer and mayor of New York City, Col. Marinus
Willet. |
| Bibliography: |
| Bronson, Henry Bronson, M.D., History of Waterbury. (Bronson
Brothers: 1858)
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