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John Underhill (c. 1608/09 – 21 July 1672) [1] was an early English settler and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, where he also served as governor; the New Haven Colony, New Netherland, and later the Province of New York, settling on Long Island.
Sep 4, 2014 · Capt. John Underhill paid a steep price for crossing the early Puritan establishment in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was banished, and had to do some serious groveling to get back into the Puritans’ good graces. Underhill had been hired as a captain by the colony to help train the militia.
Feb 4, 2024 · John Edward Underhill was sergeant in the company of Captain Roger Orme. He died there in October 1608 and is buried in the Church of St. Gertrude. Following his father's death, John Underhill and his siblings lived with their mother and a group of Puritan exiles in the Netherlands.
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- September 21, 1672
Jul 4, 2022 · John Underhill (7 October 1597 – 21 July 1672) was an early English settler and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, the New Haven Colony, New Netherland, and later the Province of New York. He is most noted for publishing an account of the Pequot War of 1636-1637 and for participating in destructive attacks ...
The Society is often asked about the alleged portrait of Captain John Underhill of New York, first presented to the public in 1932 as the frontispiece to both Volume 1 of the Underhill Genealogy and Henry C. Shelley’s biography John Underhill Captain of New England and New Netherland. The portrait has since been reproduced in many other ...
Thus did Captain John Underhill, Massachusetts Bay Colony, justify the slaughter of hundreds of helpless Pequot women, children and the aged at Mystic, Connecticut Colony, in 1637.
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John Underhill (c.1608–1672) was born in the Netherlands to English parents and received military training in the service of William, Prince of Orange. In 1630 he was hired by the Massachusetts Bay Colony with the rank of captain to help train the colony's militia.
