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John UNDERHILL[1]

Male 1608 - 1672


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  • Born  Sep 1608  Holland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Gen and Family History states that he was descended from the Underhill's of Huningham, Warwickshire, England and probably born between 1595 and 1600, but spent much of his youth in Holland.
    Gender  Male 
    Immigration  7 Apr 1630  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • He was part of the Winthrop Fleet.
    freeman  18 May 1631  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence  1640  Stamford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Will  18 Sep 1671  [4
    • He left his entire estate to his widow, unless she married again.
    _UID  DBB7A22231E544C2B5FBB62B5FC02C0F5D5F 
    Died  21 Sep 1672  Killingworth, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried  Oyster Bay, L.I., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • The Underhill Burying Ground (U.B.G.) is located on land granted to Capt. John Underhill by the Indians in 1667, in the area then called Matinecock and now within the Village of Lattingtown, in the Town of Oyster Bay, NY, on Long Island. The cemetery has been in continuous use since the burial in 1672 of Capt. John Underhill, whose grave is marked by the imposing monument (above) erected by the Underhill Society and dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt. Eleven generations of his descendants now rest there.
    Person ID  I419  OuthouseLine2014
    Last Modified  18 Jan 2012 

    Family 1  Elizabeth FEAKE,   b. 1633, Watertown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1675, Killingworth, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1659  Flushing, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Children 
    >1. Deborah UNDERHILL,   b. 29 Nov 1659, Killingworth, Matinecock, L.I., NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1698
    >2. Nathaniel UNDERHILL,   b. 22 Feb 1653, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1710, Westchester Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Hannah UNDERHILL,   b. 2 Dec 1666, Newton, L.I. NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1757, Newton, L.I. NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Elizabeth UNDERHILL,   b. 2 Jul 1669, Killingworth, Matinecock, L.I., NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >5. David UNDERHILL,   b. Apr 1672,   d. 1708
    Last Modified  29 Aug 2004 
    Family ID  F185  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Living 
    Last Modified  29 Aug 2004 
    Family ID  F188  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • He was the son of John and Honor (or Lenore) PAWLEY UNDERHILL.

  • Sources 
    1. [S278] Winthrop Woman, Seton, Anya, (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1958).

    2. [S165] Underhill Society.

    3. [S10] Gen & Fam History of New York, Pelletreau, A.M., William S., (NY: Lewis Pblg co, 1907), pg 1277 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S272] Genealogical and Family History of NY, Cutter, William Richard, (New York: Lewis Historical Pub Co, 1912), pg 1248 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S15] Internet, Ancestry.com World Tree (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S94] Rootsweb GEDCOM, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ddoranwood/fam0072 2.htm Email: derek@igc.org (place) (Reliability: 3).