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
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, where he also served as governor; the
New Haven Colony
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,
New Netherland
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, and later the
Province of New York
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, settling on
Long Island. Hired to train militia in New England, he is most noted for leading colonial militia in the
Pequot War (1636–1637) and
Kieft's War which the colonists mounted against two different groups of Native Americans. He also published an account of the
Pequot War.
Biography
Early life, military and marriage
John Underhill was one of three children of
John Edward Underhill (1574–1608) and
Leonora Honor Pawley. His great-grandfather
Sir Hugh Underhill
Sir Hugh Underhill (1518–1593) served as Wardrobe (government), Keeper of the Wardrobe under Queen Elizabeth I and was highly regarded among members of the Royal Household.
Biography
Early life
Sir Hugh Underhill was born the son of Thomas Unde ...
was
Keeper of the Wardrobe
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for
Queen Elizabeth at
Greenwich
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Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...
, and his grandfather
Thomas Underhill held the same position at
Kenilworth Castle
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for Elizabeth's favorite,
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.
John Underhill was born in 1597 in
Baginton,
Warwickshire
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, England. The family escaped to the
Netherlands
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after a failed plot by the
Earl of Essex
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to overthrow the Queen. There they stayed in
Bergen op Zoom
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Etymology
The city was built on a place where two types of soil meet: sandy soil and marine clay. The sandy soil ...
, a heavily fortified city. 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
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exiles in the Netherlands. While there he received military training as a cadet in the service of
Philip William, the
Prince of Orange
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The title ...
. He also married a
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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girl, Helena (''Heylken'') de Hooch on 12 December 1628 in the
Kloosterkerk,
The Hague
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, Holland. They had one child born in the Netherlands before emigrating,
Deborah Underhill, and two other children after emigrating: Elizabeth (born 1635) and John Underhill (1642–1692).
Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1630 Underhill was hired by the Massachusetts Bay Colony with the rank of captain and asked to help train the colony's
militia
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. He and his Dutch wife emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the
Arbella
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that year. In May 1634 he was appointed to the General Court, and in July was elected a
selectman for
Boston
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. He started the first construction of the fortification on
Castle Island at Boston.
Early in 1636 he was sent to
Salem to arrest
Roger Williams, considered a heretic by the Puritans. But, Williams had already fled to
Rhode Island
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. In August 1636 Underhill led an expedition to
Block Island.
Pequot War
Using the
Narragansett killing of a Plymouth Colony-exile and the mistaken killing of an English pirate by the
Pequot people
The Pequot () are a Native American people of Connecticut. The modern Pequot are members of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, four other state-recognized groups in Connecticut including the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, or t ...
as a pretext, the English colonists decided to go to war against the
Pequots
The Pequot () are a Native American people of Connecticut. The modern Pequot are members of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, four other state-recognized groups in Connecticut including the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, or t ...
who controlled the regional wampum trade and coastal lands desired by the Puritans. In September 1637 Underhill headed the militia as it undertook the
Pequot War. They first went to the fort at
Saybrook, in present-day
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
. Joining with
Mohegan
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allies and Connecticut militia under Captain
John Mason, they attacked the fortified
Pequot
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village near modern
Mystic. They set fire to the village, killing any who attempted to flee. About 400 Pequot died in what came to be called the
Mystic Massacre
The Mystic massacrealso known as the Pequot massacre and the Battle of Mystic Forttook place on May 26, 1637 during the Pequot War, when Connecticut colonizers under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to th ...
.
Underhill led other expeditions that joined in hunting down the surviving Pequot. He published an account of his service a
''Newes from America; Or, A New and Experimentall Discoverie of New England; Containing, A True Relation of Their War-like Proceedings These Two Yeares Last Past, with a Figure of the Indian Fort, or Palizado'' (London, 1638)
Wandering years
Within a year of these exploits, Underhill suffered from the Puritan drive for conformity. He had signed the
Boston Petition supporting minister
John Wheelwright, who had been censured for a sermon. Underhill was removed from office and disfranchised in 1637, banished along with
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson (née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual advisor, religious reformer, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her ...
in 1638, and excommunicated in 1640. After a fruitless trip to England in search of employment, Underhill returned to Boston. He sold his house and land and joined Wheelwright, who had settled in
Dover, New Hampshire
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. Underhill's mother and her second husband Morris also left Boston, moving to nearby
Exeter. In Dover, Underhill soon rose to the position of Governor, although Governor
John Winthrop
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had written letters to citizens of that community denouncing him.
In June 1641 Underhill's banishment was repealed. In September of that year he was acquitted of a charge of
adultery
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. Still finding no gainful employment in Boston, following the baptism of his son John III in April 1642, he leased a tobacco plantation in
Flatlands, Long Island, in
New Netherland
New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva P ...
. He never occupied that land.
Underhill moved to
Stamford, Connecticut, where he was named a Freeman in 1642, a Deputy to the General Court of the
New Haven Colony
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in 1643, and Justice of the Stamford Court. Following Indian raids in 1643, he was hired by the New Netherland
Board of Eight Selectmen to attack Lenape Indian settlements.
In February 1644, working for the Dutch, Underhill slaughtered an estimated 500 to 700 Lenape, thought to be of the Siwanoy and Wechquaesgeek bands of the
Wappinger Confederacy. The killings occurred at a winter village of the natives, the site of which has not been identified with certainty. Some researchers believe it may have been located at what are now the sites of
Pound Ridge or
Bedford, New York.
Service in New Netherland
In May 1644 Underhill took up residence in
New Amsterdam. His plot of land at the southern end of the island was later developed as the site of
Trinity Church in
Manhattan
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. Later that year he led New Amsterdam's forces in a reprise of his attack during the Pequot War. The Indians on
Long Island built a fort called
Fort Neck in what is now
Massapequa
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. Underhill attacked and burned the Massapequan fort, killing about 120 Indians. The war started because the leader of the Indians, Tackapausha, claimed he sold the Dutch use to the land, but not the land itself. This was related to differing cultural ideas about land and its use and ownership.
Upon returning to Manhattan, in 1645 Underhill was elected a Selectman to the Council of New Amsterdam. That same year he was named one of
Eight Men
The council of Eight Men was an early representational democracy in New Netherland. It replaced the previous Twelve Men and was followed by the Nine Men.
Council
In 1643 Abraham Pietersen Van Deusen who had served on the council of twelve men was ...
to adopt measures against the Indians. While preparing to occupy
Bergen Island
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, he was assigned to
Flushing
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by Governor
Peter Stuyvesant. He was appointed sheriff of Flushing in 1648 and magistrate from 1651 to 1653.
In 1653 Underill turned against Stuyvesant, accusing him of being a tyrant. As Flushing's leader, Underhill issued a proclamation calling for the overthrow of the government: "We declare that it is right and proper to defend ourselves and our rights, which belong to a free people, against the abuses of the above named government." Just as many of his descendants would enumerate
George III's wrongdoings, so he described Stuyvesant's; he had, for example, imposed magistrates on the people of Flushing "without election or voting." In conclusion, Underhill declared, "This great autocracy and tyranny is too grievous for any brave Englishman and good Christian any longer to tolerate Accept and submit ye, then, to the Parliament of England." This was a precursor to the
Flushing Remonstrance
The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 petition to Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant, in which some thirty residents of the small settlement at Flushing requested an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship. It is considered a pre ...
of 1657, that questioned and challenged Dutch authority.
Return to English service
After being imprisoned by the Dutch for a brief time, Underhill was released. Upon hearing of Dutch plans to ally with some tribes to attack the English settlements, Underhill brought word of this to the colonies in Connecticut. The General Assembly of Rhode Island named him Commander-in-Chief and authorized him to seize a Dutch settlement named the House of Hope at
Hartford, Connecticut. Fearing an attack by troops led by Underhill, Stuyvesant ordered that a high stockade and a small breastwork be constructed across the northern border of New Amsterdam. Thus Wall Street was built. When the
First Anglo-Dutch War
The First Anglo-Dutch War, or simply the First Dutch War, ( nl, Eerste Engelse (zee-)oorlog, "First English (Sea) War"; 1652–1654) was a conflict fought entirely at sea between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Province ...
was finally resolved in 1654, Underhill returned to Long Island.
He lived in
Southold,
Setauket, and finally settled in the Town of
Oyster Bay, where he lived out the remainder of his years. This place was on the eastern edge of New Netherland and far enough out of reach of Massachusetts Bay and other colonies to give Underhill a respite from war, conflict, and religious intolerance.
Retirement to Oyster Bay
Underhill eventually retired to a large estate (Kenilworth or Killingworth) at Oyster Bay on Long Island. He served as the Delegate of Oyster Bay to the
Hempstead Convention in 1665. Delegates from all the towns on Long Island were asked to send two representatives. There they sought to establish laws. Underhill agreed on passage of a law that settlers could make no land purchases from the Lenape in the future without the government's consent. At the close of the convention, Underhill was named High Constable and Surveyor-General. The following year as Chief Advisor to the
Matinecock Indians (a Lenape band named by the English for their location), Underhill presented a petition to the
Council of Assizes in 1666. The Matinecock conveyed of land in Oyster Bay to Underhill.
Following the death of his first wife and his mother in 1658, Underhill married his second wife
Elizabeth Feake
Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett (21 January 1610 – c. 1673) was an early settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1640 Fones, with her then-husband Robert Feake, were founders of Greenwich, Connecticut. Wolfe (2012)
She married her t ...
on 2 December 1658, in Oyster Bay. Feake was a
Quaker and converted John to Quakerism before he died.
Elizabeth Feake and her family, much like Underhill, had an important role in the shaping of colonial America. She was the daughter of
Elizabeth Fones
Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett (21 January 1610 – c. 1673) was an early settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1640 Fones, with her then-husband Robert Feake, were founders of Greenwich, Connecticut. Wolfe (2012)
She married her ...
and her second husband
Robert Feake
Robert Feake (1602-c.1661) was early New England settler, soldier, goldsmith, and founder of what is now Greenwich, Connecticut. Biography
Feake was a goldsmith and likely came to New England with the Winthrop fleet of 1630. Governor John Winthrop ...
. Her mother was known to have married her third husband William Hallet while her second husband Robert Feake was still alive. Robert Feake had abandoned Elizabeth, and was considered mentally ill, but the couple had not obtained a divorce.
Hannah Feake, the second daughter of Robert Feake and Elizabeth Fones and sister of Elizabeth Feake, became an important figure in the fight for religious freedom in colonial America. Governor Peter Stuyvesant banned the rights of Quakers to assemble and worship. On 27 December 1657, thirty townspeople of Flushing signed the
Flushing Remonstrance
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protesting this ban. The ban was later tested when Hannah, a Quaker minister herself, held services in her own home. Her husband
John Bowne
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Born i ...
was arrested and returned to England, only to be released and allowed to return. The events contributed to the principles codified a century later in the
First Amendment
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in the
Bill of Rights
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, granting religious and political freedom to all citizens.
Captain John Underhill and Elizabeth Feake had five children: Deborah (1659–1697), Nathaniel (1663–1710), Hannah (1666–1757), Elizabeth (1669–1704), and David (1672–1708). Son
Nathaniel Underhill settled in
Westchester County, New York
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, where he became a prominent citizen and the progenitor of a large number of descendants. Several streets in Nassau County (Locust Valley and Syosset), and Westchester County are named for Underhill and his descendants.
Captain John Underhill died on 21 July 1672 and is buried in the
Underhill Burying Ground
The Underhill Burying Ground is a cemetery located within the Village of Lattingtown, in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. The cemetery has been in continuous operation since the burial of Captain John Underhill in 1672. The Und ...
in
Locust Valley, New York
Locust Valley is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 3,406 at the 2010 census.
History
The rolling h ...
.
Some of John Underhill's many descendants formed the
Underhill Society of America
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.
Arms
''Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book'', published in 1907, describes the arms of Captain John Underhill as follows:
Captain John Underhill, 1597–1672, of Boston, 1630, Governor of Piscataqua Plantation. He had previously served in the British Army in the Netherlands, in Ireland, and at Cadiz. Arms - Argent
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, on a chevron
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* Chevron (anatomy), a bone
* '' Eulithis testata'', a moth
* Chevron (geology), a fold in rock ...
sable, between three trefoils slipped vert, as many bezants. Crest - on a mount vert a hind lodged or.
Writings
Underhill wrote numerous accounts; his most notable was ''Newes from America; Or, A New and Experimentall Discoverie of New England; Containing, A True Relation of Their War-like Proceedings These Two Yeares Last Past, with a Figure of the Indian Fort, or Palizado'', considered the most complete contemporary account of the Pequot War of 1636–1637.
An excerpt of a letter from Captain Underhill to
Hanserd Knollys appears in
The Algerine Captive' by
Royall Tyler published in 1970 by
Rowman & Littlefield.
Tributes and memorials
* The
Underhill Burying Ground
The Underhill Burying Ground is a cemetery located within the Village of Lattingtown, in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. The cemetery has been in continuous operation since the burial of Captain John Underhill in 1672. The Und ...
is located on land granted by the Lenape to Captain John Underhill in 1667. The cemetery has been in continuous use since Underhill's burial in 1672.
* "John Underhill" is the title of a poem by
John Greenleaf Whittier, published in ''Hazel Blossoms'' in 1875.
* An obelisk memorial honoring Underhill was dedicated at the Captain John Underhill gravesite in 1908 by President
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
.
* A New York State marker notes the site of Council Rock - "Here George Fox, 1672, met with Wrights, Underhill and Feeke (sp.) at Quaker gathering."
* Underhill Blvd in Syosset was named after Captain John Underhill.
Modern interpretations
John Underhill has been the subject of a recent trend toward
historically revised accounts of the Pequot War. (''See:
Pequot War#Historical accounts and controversies''). He has been described as a mercenary in service to the English and the Dutch. He was a professional soldier who was paid for his service. He served in the army of the Prince of Orange before coming to New England and was married to a Dutch woman. Ultimately he rejected these affiliations with the Netherlands and strongly asserted his patriotic commitment to England and English claims to North America.
Notable descendants
*
Myron Charles Taylor, a leading American industrialist and a key diplomatic figure before, during, and after
World War II
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. He is an eighth-generation descendant of Captain John Underhill.
*
Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer, pilot, and author, who disappeared on a flight planned across the Pacific.
*
Tom Selleck
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, American actor
*
Johnny Depp, American actor
*
John Forbes Kerry
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, US
Secretary of State and American politician
*several members of the Kean American political family through
Hamilton Fish Kean
*
Winthrop Jordan, American professor of history
*Rev. Dr. Gregg D. Townsend, Presbyterian minister
*
Rod Underhill, Cofounder of MP3.com, author
External links
More information on Captain John Underhill in the Underhill Society of America website
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