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Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Mayor

  • Born December 19, 1731 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
  • Deceased January 19, 1821 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA,aged 89 years old
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WILLING, Thomas, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 19, 1731; completed preparatory studies in Bath, England; studied law in London at the Inner Temple; returned to Philadelphia and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1793; member of the common council in 1755; alderman in 1759; associate justice of the city court October 2, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas February 28, 1761; mayor of Philadelphia in 1763; associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania 1767-1777; member of the committee of correspondence in 1774 and of the committee of safety in 1775; served in the colonial house of representatives; Member of the Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776; president of the Bank of North America; first president of the Bank of the United States 1792-1807; resumed mercantile pursuits; died in Philadelphia, Pa., January 19, 1821; interment in Christ Churchyard.
--- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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                         _____|4_Thomas Willing 1679-1737/
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|2_Charles Willing 1710-1754
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|                     \                           _____|10_Charles Harrison †1682..1688
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|                       ¯¯¯¯¯|5_Anne Harrison /1684-1737/
|                                                \                          _____|22_John Mayne 1607..1609-1677
|                                                 ¯¯¯¯¯|11_Blanche Mayne †1688/
|                                                                           ¯¯¯¯¯|23_Dorothy Griffith †1682/
|--1_Thomas Willing, Mayor 1731-1821
|                                                  _____|12_Edward Shippen 1639-1711
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|                       _____|6_Joseph Edward Shippen 1678-1741
|                      /                        \
|                     /                          ¯¯¯¯¯|13_Elizabeth Lybrand †1688
|3_Anne Shippen 1710-1790
                      \                                                     _____|28_Clement Gross 1616-1683
                       \                           _____|14_Thomas Gross 1650-1692/
                        \                         /                         ¯¯¯¯¯|29_Mary Kinsley 1626-1666
                         ¯¯¯¯¯|7_Abigail Gross 1677-1716
                                                  \                         _____|30_Nicholas Phillips, Deacon 1611-1672
                                                   ¯¯¯¯¯|15_Elizabeth Phillips 1653-1725
                                                                             ¯¯¯¯¯|31_Hannah Salter