Benjamin Underhill

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name
Benjamin Underhill
sex
male
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public
summary
A Quaker of Westbury Meeting on Long Island, who married Hannah Townsend in 1728 and was disowned in 1740 for strong drink; his wife and children later moved to the Purchase Meeting in Westchester. Probably the father of Thomas Underhill and grandfather of Sarah (Underhill) Frost. Possibly a son of David Underhill: on that step alone hangs the Frosts' descent from Capt. John Underhill.
father
id
david-underhill-1672
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
research
research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
note
The Underhill Genealogy (2:94) makes him a son of David Underhill, on George W. Cocks's reasoning: "Our knowledge of names of David Underhill's children is alike, indirect and fragmentary. The Deed of Gift before mentioned certainly fixes Peter as one of them and the appearance on the Oyster Bay records of the names of Benjamin and Samuel Underhill as property holders in the vicinity of Peter's grant, and the certainty that Benjamin and Samuel were not the descendants of John places them as children of David" (2:77-78). No record names his father. On this step alone hangs the descent from Capt. John Underhill.
mother
name
Hannah
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
The book's "Hannah (Forman)": David Underhill's wife Hannah of 1700, whose maiden name is a theory. Possible only, with his father.
spouses
id
hannah-townsend-fl1728
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
married
date
29th of 3rd mo. 1728
place
Westbury Monthly Meeting, Long Island, New York
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
Before 1752 the 3rd month is May: 29 May 1728. "The Westbury Friends' Records state their first intentions of marriage, dated 27, 1, 1728, and second, 24, 2, 1728; accomplished, 29, 3, 1728" (Underhill Genealogy 2:94). The record of the meeting where the marriage took place is not given.

Grandfather of Sarah (Underhill) Frost, through his son Thomas. A Quaker of Westbury Meeting on Long Island who married Hannah Townsend in 1728.

His parentage is only possible, and with it the family's descent from Capt. John Underhill. The Underhill Genealogy calls him "son of (9) David and Hannah (Forman) Underhill" (2:94), but the evidence, in the words of George W. Cocks quoted by the book itself, is that Benjamin and Samuel Underhill held property near the land David gave his son Peter, and were "not the descendants of John" (the Captain's elder son), which "places them as children of David" (2:77-78). Both of David's wives are theories too. So Capt. John Underhill, the soldier of the Pequot War, and Elizabeth Feake are only possible ancestors of the Frosts. The record that would settle it is the Westbury Friends' certificate of Benjamin's marriage in 1728, which may name his parents (source).

What the records do say of him (source, 2:94-95): he declared his intention of marrying Hannah, daughter of Thomas Townsend, at Westbury in March and April 1728 and married her on the 29th of the 3rd month (May). He witnessed the will of Ichabod Hopkins in 1730, and in 1731 "a Benjamin" bought 265 acres at Hempstead "adjoining the property of Thomas Townsend." The Westbury records show him paid for work "towards the stable" of the meeting house in 1730 and on a committee in 1731; "in 1738 he acknowledged too much strong drink, and again in 1740, when he was disowned for it." His wife and children moved to the Purchase Meeting in Westchester; in 1763 she took a certificate there, "having removed there some years ago."

His children, "order not known and probably others": Elizabeth, who married first a Hill and then, on the 15th of the 5th month 1771, David Tuthill of North Castle, the Purchase record calling her "Elizabeth Hill ... daughter of Benjamin Underhill" (source); Thomas, born 6 June 1735; John, who married Deborah Dickinson, daughter of Zebulon, on the 19th of the 12th month 1771, as "John Underhill, of New Castle, son of Benjamin"; and Daniel, who died at New Castle in 1824 aged 73. Thomas and John married sisters.

Research: The Long Island Quaker families of the Frost line.

Open questions

  • His father: the Westbury Monthly Meeting marriage of the 29th of the 3rd month 1728 (Hinshaw, vol. 3, or the original at Swarthmore) may name him.
  • His birth and death.
  1. ---
  2. name: Benjamin Underhill
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. A Quaker of Westbury Meeting on Long Island, who married Hannah Townsend in 1728 and was disowned
  7. in 1740 for strong drink; his wife and children later moved to the Purchase Meeting in
  8. Westchester. Probably the father of Thomas Underhill and grandfather of Sarah (Underhill) Frost.
  9. Possibly a son of David Underhill: on that step alone hangs the Frosts' descent from Capt. John
  10. Underhill.
  11. father:
  12. id: david-underhill-1672
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: possible
  15. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  16. research: research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
  17. note: 'The Underhill Genealogy (2:94) makes him a son of David Underhill, on George W. Cocks''s reasoning: "Our knowledge of names of David Underhill''s children is alike, indirect and fragmentary. The Deed of Gift before mentioned certainly fixes Peter as one of them and the appearance on the Oyster Bay records of the names of Benjamin and Samuel Underhill as property holders in the vicinity of Peter''s grant, and the certainty that Benjamin and Samuel were not the descendants of John places them as children of David" (2:77-78). No record names his father. On this step alone hangs the descent from Capt. John Underhill.'
  18. mother:
  19. name: Hannah
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: possible
  22. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  23. note: 'The book''s "Hannah (Forman)": David Underhill''s wife Hannah of 1700, whose maiden name is a theory. Possible only, with his father.'
  24. spouses:
  25. - id: hannah-townsend-fl1728
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: proven
  28. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  29. married:
  30. date: 29th of 3rd mo. 1728
  31. place: Westbury Monthly Meeting, Long Island, New York
  32. basis: documented
  33. confidence: proven
  34. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  35. note: 'Before 1752 the 3rd month is May: 29 May 1728. "The Westbury Friends'' Records state their first intentions of marriage, dated 27, 1, 1728, and second, 24, 2, 1728; accomplished, 29, 3, 1728" (Underhill Genealogy 2:94). The record of the meeting where the marriage took place is not given.'
  36. ---
  38. Grandfather of Sarah (Underhill) Frost, through his son Thomas. A Quaker of Westbury Meeting on Long
  39. Island who married Hannah Townsend in 1728.
  41. **His parentage is only possible, and with it the family's descent from Capt. John Underhill.** The
  42. Underhill Genealogy calls him "son of (9) David and Hannah (Forman) Underhill" (2:94), but the evidence,
  43. in the words of George W. Cocks quoted by the book itself, is that Benjamin and Samuel Underhill held
  44. property near the land David gave his son Peter, and were "not the descendants of John" (the Captain's
  45. elder son), which "places them as children of David" (2:77-78). Both of David's wives are theories too.
  46. So Capt. John Underhill, the soldier of the Pequot War, and Elizabeth Feake are only possible ancestors
  47. of the Frosts. The record that would settle it is the Westbury Friends' certificate of Benjamin's
  48. marriage in 1728, which may name his parents ([source](/files/sources/book-underhill-genealogy-1932/)).
  50. What the records do say of him ([source](/files/sources/book-underhill-genealogy-1932/), 2:94-95): he declared
  51. his intention of marrying Hannah, daughter of Thomas Townsend, at Westbury in March and April 1728 and
  52. married her on the 29th of the 3rd month (May). He witnessed the will of Ichabod Hopkins in 1730, and in
  53. 1731 "a Benjamin" bought 265 acres at Hempstead "adjoining the property of Thomas Townsend." The Westbury
  54. records show him paid for work "towards the stable" of the meeting house in 1730 and on a committee in
  55. 1731; "in 1738 he acknowledged too much strong drink, and again in 1740, when he was disowned for it."
  56. His wife and children moved to the Purchase Meeting in Westchester; in 1763 she took a certificate there,
  57. "having removed there some years ago."
  59. His children, "order not known and probably others": Elizabeth, who married first a Hill and then, on the
  60. 15th of the 5th month 1771, David Tuthill of North Castle, the Purchase record calling her "Elizabeth
  61. Hill ... daughter of Benjamin Underhill" ([source](/files/sources/article-baird-1872-harrison-friends-marriages/));
  62. Thomas, born 6 June 1735; John, who married Deborah Dickinson, daughter of Zebulon, on the 19th of the
  63. 12th month 1771, as "John Underhill, of New Castle, son of Benjamin"; and Daniel, who died at New Castle
  64. in 1824 aged 73. Thomas and John married sisters.
  66. Research: `research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md`.
  68. ## Open questions
  70. - His father: the Westbury Monthly Meeting marriage of the 29th of the 3rd month 1728 (Hinshaw, vol. 3,
  71. or the original at Swarthmore) may name him.
  72. - His birth and death.
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