Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameCaptain John Underhill - Direct Ancestor (Family North American Pioneer) 
Birth5 Oct 1597, Baginton, Warwickshire, England
Death21 Jul 1672, Matinecock, Queens County, New York, BNA
FatherJohn Underhill - Direct Ancestor (~1574-1608)
MotherHonor Pauley - Direct Ancestor (~1575-~1658)
Spouses
Marriage12 Dec 1628, The Hague, Netherlands
BirthMay 1633, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, BNA
Death4 Nov 1675, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, BNA
FatherRobert Feake - Direct Ancestor (Family North American Pioneer) (1602-1660)
MotherElizabeth Fones - Direct Ancestor (Family North American {Pioneer) (1610-1673)
Marriageabt 1658, Flushing, Queens, New York, BNA
Notes for Captain John Underhill - Direct Ancestor (Family North American Pioneer)
-Captain John Underhill was born in 1609 in in the Netherlands, son of John Underhill and Honor Pawley. They had escaped in 1601 to Bergen op Zoom after a failed plot by the Earl of Essex to overthrow Queen Elizabeth.
His grandfather Thomas Underhill was Keeper of the Wardrobe of Kenilworth Castle under Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester in 1553. His father Hugh Underhill was Keeper of the Wardrobe at the King’s Manor of Greenwich in 1563. He was later elevated to the Wardrobe of Beds.
John Underhill’s mother and siblings lived with the Puritan exiles. He received training as a cadet in the service of William, the Prince of Orange. He married Heijlken de Hooch on 12 December 1628 in The Hague, Netherlands. They emigrated to New England 1630 on board the Winthrop Fleet. He along with a Mr. Patrick were given responsibility for training the Massachusetts Bay Colony militia forces in 1630. He was admitted to the Boston church in 1630. In 1630 he led the Massachusetts Bay Colony contingent to the Pequot War, along with the Connecticut, Narragansett and Mohegan warriors under Captain John Mason. The Pequot had allied with the Dutch. When they arrived at the Pequot fort the Chief and warriors were away on an attack on Hartford, Connecticut. Many native people were killed in the subsequent attack.
In 1638 He moved to New Hampshire where he was chosen Governor, but soon left due to his “liberal” views.
In 1639 he was on a list of freemen in the New Haven Colony, but did not stay long as he was not supportive of their policies because of the very strict requirements of the Puritans. On 30 August 1645 John was one of the signers at Fort Amsterdam of the articles of Peace between the Dutch and the River Indians.
He married, as his second wife Elizabeth Feake, daughter of Robert Feake and Elizabeth Fones, in 1658 in Flushing, Long Island. The Matinecock Indians gave him a large plot of land on Long Island in 1667. He died 21 September 1672 at Oyster Bay, Long Island.
Their daughter Deborah Underhill married Henry Townsend Junior. Their son Henry married Eliphal Wright, the daughter of John Wright and Mary Townsend.
His grandfather Thomas Underhill was Keeper of the Wardrobe of Kenilworth Castle under Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester in 1553. His father Hugh Underhill was Keeper of the Wardrobe at the King’s Manor of Greenwich in 1563. He was later elevated to the Wardrobe of Beds.
John Underhill’s mother and siblings lived with the Puritan exiles. He received training as a cadet in the service of William, the Prince of Orange. He married Heijlken de Hooch on 12 December 1628 in The Hague, Netherlands. They emigrated to New England 1630 on board the Winthrop Fleet. He along with a Mr. Patrick were given responsibility for training the Massachusetts Bay Colony militia forces in 1630. He was admitted to the Boston church in 1630. In 1630 he led the Massachusetts Bay Colony contingent to the Pequot War, along with the Connecticut, Narragansett and Mohegan warriors under Captain John Mason. The Pequot had allied with the Dutch. When they arrived at the Pequot fort the Chief and warriors were away on an attack on Hartford, Connecticut. Many native people were killed in the subsequent attack.
In 1638 He moved to New Hampshire where he was chosen Governor, but soon left due to his “liberal” views.
In 1639 he was on a list of freemen in the New Haven Colony, but did not stay long as he was not supportive of their policies because of the very strict requirements of the Puritans. On 30 August 1645 John was one of the signers at Fort Amsterdam of the articles of Peace between the Dutch and the River Indians.
He married, as his second wife Elizabeth Feake, daughter of Robert Feake and Elizabeth Fones, in 1658 in Flushing, Long Island. The Matinecock Indians gave him a large plot of land on Long Island in 1667. He died 21 September 1672 at Oyster Bay, Long Island.
Their daughter Deborah Underhill married Henry Townsend Junior. Their son Henry married Eliphal Wright, the daughter of John Wright and Mary Townsend.