John Underhill, Captain

Abt 1608 - 1672  (64 years)

• Name	John Underhill  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Title	Captain
  Suffix	I
  Birth	Abt 1608	Baginton, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LZ4F-4LQ  [4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]
  Burial	1672	Nassau, New York, United States   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7]
  	Underhill Cemetery
  Death	21 Jul 1672	Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I45206	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Feake,   b. May 1633, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States d. 4 Nov 1675, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States (Age 42 years)
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Underhill,   b. 6 Dec 1666, Long Island, New York, United States d. 23 Aug 1757, Long Island, New York, United States (Age 90 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F24917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He came with John Winthrop and his 900 immigrants to Boston in 1630. After successfully fighting the Indians in New England the Dutch Government invited him to come to New Amsterdam in 1649 to help them. In 1653 the MA Goverment allowed him and Capt. Edward Hull to come and fight the Indians in Long Island. In 1657 he bought a place in 1657 at Southold and in 1658 bought his family there in 1658. His wife, whom he had married in Holland, died soon after and he sold out and moved west and settled at Oysterbay which he named Kenilworth

  
  

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