The Underwood Families of America
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Gc 929.2 Un2601u V.2 1590257 REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION ii^'T'i,^f„,99,yMT,y PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01397 6623 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center http://www.archive.org/details/underwoodfamilie02unde THE Underwood Families OF America COMPILED BY LUCIEN MARCUS UNDERWOOD EDITED BY HOWARD J. BANKER v,;i IN TWO VOLUMES TMI MIW t«* P«!MT1KC CO«f*»T UKCASTtl. P*. »9I3 'U 15S0257 ILLUSTRATIONS. Underwood Arms, colored plate Frontispiece Benjamin F. Underwood Facing p. ^09 Joseph M. Underwood Daniel Underwood Rev. Enoch D. Underwood ........ Judge J. W. H. Underwood William Underwood John T. Underwood VI. The Rhode Island Family. Several families of Underwood trace their ancestral lines back to Rhode Island and its vicinity. These are probably nearly all descendants of Henry Underwood of Newport, R. I., who appears to have settled there about 1665 or earlier. Little is known of him or his ancestry. He is believed to have had brothers, Charles and William. According to the family tradi- tion he came from Yorkshire, England, about 1636. We have been able to trace his descendants only in part. There was also a Thomas Underwood in Rhode Island who m. 24 July, 1764, Sarah Lawless. Whether he was connected with the above family is not known. 726. Henry Underwood of Newport, R. I., (son of Under- u-ood of England), b. ; m. Jane and had children: i. Henry, b. 31 Nov., 1667; unm.; d. in 1733. ii. Jane, b. 17 March, 1670; m. John Weeden and had children: (i) John Weedeii, b. 9 Nov., 1687; (2) Sarah Weeden, b. 25 April, 1690; (3) Jane Weeden, b. I March, 1693; (4) Daniel Weeden, b. in 1696; (5) Hannah Weeden, b. 14 April, 1699. John Weeden, the father, d. 26 Aug., 1710. Jane Underwood Weeden d. in 1736. iii. William, b. 24 May, 1671. (See no. 727.) iv. John, b. 3 Aug., 1673. (See no. 768.) According to Savage the children were born at Canonicut. 727. William Underwood of Greenwich, R. I., (son of Henry 726) b. 24 May, 1671, at Newport, R. I. (?); m. Sarah and had children: i. William, b. 14 March, 1694. (See no. 728.) ii. Sarah, b. 7 Sept., 1698, iii. Thomas, b. about 1700; nothing further known. iv. (dau.), b. 27 Oct., 1703. 27 401 402 THE UNDERWOOD FAMILY IN AilERICA V. Tamsen, b. ; m. 15 Nov., 1735, Elias Pugh at James- town, R. I. vi. Henry, b. 29 Nov., 1707; nothing further known of him, William Underwood was an innholder in 1705, first constable, and from 1705-1714 town sergeant. He is named as a grantor of land 3 Feb., 1709/10, as being of Greenwich, R. I. He d. in 1744. 728. William Underwood of South Kingston, R. I., (son of William 727) b. 14 March, 1694; m. 19 Nov., 1743, Susannah, dau. of Henry Knowles, and had children: i. Joseph, b. 21 Oct., 1744; nothing further known of him. ii. Anne, b. 26 June, 1748; m. 4 Sept., 1791, Robert R. Hazard at South Kingston, R. I.? iii. Henry, b. 25 Jan., 1752. iv. Alice, b. 24 Aug., 1753. v. Samuel, b. 29 Jan., 1756. (See no. 729.) William Underwood is said to have been a saddlemaker. 729. Samuel Underwood of South Kingston, R. I., (son of William 728) b. 29 Jan., 1756; m. Susanna Tripp and had chil- dren: i. William, b. 3 May, 1779. (See no. 730.) ii. Perry Greene, b. (See no. 742.) iii. Weeden, b. iv. John Stanton, b. 25 Jan., 1785. (See no. 752.) v. Samuel, b. 3 Nov., 1792. (See no. 759.) vi. Susan, b. ; d. in infancy. vii. Hannah, b. ; m. in 18 15, Caleb Hill of East Green- wich, R. I., and had children: (i) Stukely Bowan Hill, b. 2 July, I8l6;m. (i) in Jan., 1835, EHza Ann Salisbury, (2) in May, 1841, Sarah Ann Thomkins, (3) 15 M?y, 1848, Emily Perry, and lived and died in East Greenwich, R. I.; (2) Afary Hill, d. young; (3) Sarah Olney Hill, b. ; m. 27 March, 1843, Maj. Henry O'Connor in East Greenwich, R. I., who was Attorney-General of Iowa from 1 868-1 872 and solicitor of Department of State, THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY 403 Washington, from 1872-1885; (4) Sylvester G. Hill, b. 10 June, 1820; m. 15 Oct., 1843, IVIartha J. Dyer in Cincinnati. He was a colonel in the Civil War and was killed at the battle of Nash- ville, 15 Dec, 1864. He was commissioned brigadier general the day he was killed. Samuel Underwood m. (2) Mary Hill* and had one son: viii. Stukely, b. 24 Feb., 1820. (See no. 767.) Samuel Underwood served as seaman on the privateer " Ladj' Washington" which wa§ commissioned by the governor of Rhode Island 24 Aug., 1776, "to proceed to sea against the country's enemies." Samuel Undenvood also served as Lieu- tenant in the " Kingston Reds" and his commission given him by Arthur Fenner, Governor of Rhode Island, is in the hands of his granddaughter, Mary Underwood Remley of Anamosa, Iowa. Samuel Underwood d. at South Kingston, R. I., in 1830. 730. William Underwood of South Kingston, R. I., (son of Samuel 729) b. 3 May, 1779, at South Kingston, R. I.; m. 12 Nov., 1 801 Elizabeth Sherman of that place and had children: i. William, b. (See no. 731.) ii. Eliza, b. ; m. Dennis Brown, and has three chil- dren: (i) Peleg Brown, b. ; lives at Narragansett Pier, R. I.; (2) Mary Brown, h. ; (3) Robert Brown, b. iii. Peter Boss, b. 15 March, 1803. (See no. 732.) William Underwood was a farmer at South Kingston, R. I. 731- William Underwood of , (son of William 730) b. ; m. Mary Peckham and had one daughter: i. Mary Elizabeth, b. ; m. William J. Underwood of Newport, R. I. (see no. 745.) Mary Elizabeth Underwood d. in 1901. 732. Peter Boss Underwood of Newport, R. I., (son of William 730) b. 15 March, 1803, at South Kingston, R. I.; m. Ruth Peckham, b. 13 Sept., 1801, sister of Mar>' Peckham who m. his brother, William Underwood (no. 731), and had children: * Also given as Sallie Hill. 404 THE UNDERWOOD FAMILY IN AMERICA i. Horace P., b. 10 Sept., 1825. (See no. 733.) ii. Caroline Cornelia, b. 6 April, 1827; d. 14 Nov., 1837. iii. Sarah Eddy, b. 9 Dec, 1828; d. 11 Feb., 1829. iv. William H., b. 8 Dec, 1829. (See no. 734.) V. Peter Arnold, b. 17 Feb., 1831. (See no. 735.) vi. Sail\h Ann, b. i Jan., 1833; rn. Benjamin Blivin of New- port, R. I.; no children. Sarah Undenvood Blivin d. 2 Jan., 1903. vii. Albert Francis, b. 14 May, 1835. (See no. 738.) v-iii. Joshua Perry, b. 2 June, 1838. (See no. 740.) ix. Caroline Cornelia, b. 10 May, 1840; unm.; d. 2 May, 1889. X. Ruth M., b. 2 Oct., 1843; m. Frank Barker of 105 Broadway, Newport, R. I.; no children. Peter B. Undenvood was a farmer living for a time at Middle- town, R. I., and afterwards removed to Newport, R. I., where he d. 14 Sept., 1856. P. Underwood of (son of Peter B. 733. Horace , 732) b. 10 Sept., 1825; m.* and had children: i. Joseph, b. ii. Stephen, b. iii. Abbie, b. Horace Underwood d. 2 Jan., 1893. His family now resides at Newport, R. I. of 734, "William H, Underwood , (son of Peter B. 732) b. 8 Dec, 1829; m. ; no children. William Underwood d. 26 Oct., 1905. 735. Peter Arnold Underwood of Newport, R. I., (son of Peter B. 732) b. 17 Feb., 1831 ; m. and had children: i. John, b. (See no. 736.) ii. George, b. (See no. 737.) Peter Arnold Underwood is at Newport, R. I. * A Horace F. Underwood of Middletown, R. I., m. 7 Jan., 1850, Sarah Ann Marsh of Newport, R. I. : THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY 4O5 736. John Underwood of Brooklyn, N. Y., (son of Peter 735) b. ; m. and had children: Underwood of (son of Peter 737. George , 735) b. ; ni. and had children 1. Charles, b. , ii. Leroy, b. iii. Gladys, b. George Underwood d. in 1893. 738. Albert Francis Underwood of Providence, R. I., (son of Peter B. 732) b. 14 May, 1835; m. 24 Dec, 1866, Ann Frances Bowen and had children: i. Warren Francis, b. 15 April, 1872. (See no. 739.) ii. Ethel B., b. 28 Jan., 1876; lived at North Attleboro, Mass., until 1892; then at Providence, R. I., until 1903; and is now a bookkeeper at Dorchester, Mass., (72 Glendale St.). Albert F. Underwood was a farmer living at North Attleboro, Mass., 1 864-1 892. He then rem. to Providence, R. I., where he d. 28 Dec, 1902. 739. Warren Francis Underwood of Dorchester, Mass., (son of Albert F. 738) b. 15 April, 1872, at North Attleboro, Mass.; m. 5 Sept., 1898, Annie Gertrude Sonster; no children. Warren F. Underwood is proprietor of a restaurant in Dorchester, Mass., living at 72 Glendale St. 740- Joshua Perry Underwood of North Attleboro, Mass., (son of Peter B. 732) b. 2 June, 1838, at Newport, R. I.; m. 25 Dec, 1868, Julia Kemp Whorf and had children: i. Charles, b. i Oct., 1869. (See no. 741.) ii. Marion, b. 14 May, 1872; m. Charles E. Wright, iii. Florence, b. 24 Sept., 1875; m. H. B. Cornell and has three children: (i) Raymond F. Cornell; (2) TJiomas Cornell; (3) Irving Cornell. iv. William, b. 6 Oct., 1880; unm. Joshua Perry Undenvood is engaged in farming at North Attleboro, Mass., where he has resided since 1865.