Captain John Underhill, I

Captain John Underhill, I

Male Abt 1608 - 1672  (64 years)


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  • Name John Underhill  [1, 2, 3
    Title Captain 
    Suffix
    Birth Abt 1608  Baginton, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    FSID LZ4F-4LQ 
    Burial 1672  Nassau, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Death 21 Jul 1672  Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I40708  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Family Elizabeth Feake,   b. May 1633, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1675, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Underhill,   b. 6 Dec 1666, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1757, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F22073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • He came with John Winthrop and his 900 immigrants to Boston in 1630. A fter successfully fighting the Indians in New England the Dutch Governm ent invited him to come to New Amsterdam in 1649 to help them. In 1653 t he MA Goverment allowed him and Capt. Edward Hull to come and fight the I ndians in Long Island. In 1657 he bought a place in 1657 at Southold a nd in 1658 bought his family there in 1658. His wife, whom he had marr ied in Holland, died soon after and he sold out and moved west and sett led at Oysterbay which he named Kenilworth
      He came with John Winthrop and his 900 immigrants to Boston in 1630. A f ter successfully fighting the Indians in New England the Dutch Governm e nt invited him to come to New Amsterdam in 1649 to help them. In 1653 t h e MA Goverment allowed him and Capt. Edward Hull to come and fight the I n dians in Long Island. In 1657 he bought a place in 1657 at Southold a n d in 1658 bought his family there in 1658. His wife, whom he had marr i ed in Holland, died soon after and he sold out and moved west and sett l ed at Oysterbay which he named Kenilworth
      He came with John Winthrop and his 900 immigrants to Boston in 1630. A fter successfully fighting the Indians in New England the Dutch Governm ent invited him to come to New Amsterdam in 1649 to help them. In 1653 t he MA Goverment allowed him a nd Capt. Edward Hull to come and fight the I ndians in Long Island. In 1657 he bought a place in 1657 at Southold a nd in 1658 bought his family there in 1658. His wife, whom he had marr ied in Holland, died soon after and he sold out and move d west and sett led at Oysterbay which he named Kenilworth
      He came with John Winthrop and his 900 immigrants to Boston in 1630. A f ter successfully fighting the Indians in New England the Dutch Governm e nt invited him to come to New Amsterdam in 1649 to help them. In 1653 t h e MA Goverment allowed hi m and Capt. Edward Hull to come and fight the I n dians in Long Island. In 1657 he bought a place in 1657 at Southold a n d in 1658 bought his family there in 1658. His wife, whom he had marr i ed in Holland, died soon after and he sold out an d moved west and sett l ed at Oysterbay which he named Kenilworth

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  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVVB-N7RH : Thu Apr 03 05:21:02 UTC 2025), Entry for John Underhill.

    2. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QPSZ-KLP6 : Wed Apr 02 08:20:31 UTC 2025), Entry for John Underhill.

    3. [S77] Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:FCWK-FV7 : 14 January 2020), John Underhill in entry for Elizabeth Underhill, 1635.