Thomas Underhill

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name
Thomas Underhill
aka
[Thomas Underhill of Nine Partners]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Quaker farmer of the Purchase Meeting in Westchester County, New York, and later of Nine Partners, in Clinton, Dutchess County, where he died about 1801. Probably a son of Benjamin Underhill and Hannah Townsend, he married Mercy, daughter of Zebulon Dickinson of North Castle, and had nine children. Father of Sarah (Underhill) Frost, wife of George Frost.
born
date
6 Jun 1735
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
"born June 6, 1735" (Underhill Genealogy 2:138), with no record cited and no place.
died
date
bet. 15 Oct 1800 and 4 Dec 1801
place
Clinton, Dutchess County, New York
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
His will is dated "15, 10 mo., 1800" (after 1752 the 10th month is October) and was proved 4 Dec 1801 (Poughkeepsie, Liber B, p. 292, abstracted in the Underhill Genealogy 2:138). "He died in 1801 in Clinton, Dutchess County."
residences
date
1755
place
Purchase, Westchester County, New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
A Quaker of the Purchase Meeting, where his children were recorded from 1755.
date
1781
place
Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[article-baird-1872-harrison-friends-marriages]
note
His daughter Esther married William Cornell Jr. in 1781 as "Esther Underhill, of Chappaqua, daughter of Thomas."
date
1792
place
Clinton, Dutchess County, New York
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
Of Nine Partners in Clinton Township; bought land there in 1792 and died there about 1801.
father
id
benjamin-underhill-fl1728
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932, article-baird-1872-harrison-friends-marriages]
research
research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
note
"son of (41) Benjamin and Hannah (Townsend) Underhill" (Underhill Genealogy 2:138). Supported by the Purchase records: in 1771 "John Underhill, of New Castle, son of Benjamin" married Deborah Dickinson, sister of Thomas's wife Mercy.
mother
id
hannah-townsend-fl1728
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
research
research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
spouses
id
mercy-dickinson-1733
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
note
His will calls her "Wife Mary"; the Underhill Genealogy: "His wife at times is called 'Mary.'" No record of the marriage was found; it is not in the Purchase marriages of 1742-1785.

Father of Sarah (Underhill) Frost: a Quaker farmer of the Purchase Meeting in Westchester County and then of Nine Partners, in Clinton, Dutchess County, the son of Benjamin Underhill and Hannah Townsend. He married Mercy, daughter of Zebulon Dickinson of North Castle; his brother John married her sister Deborah.

Their children, "as taken from the Friends' Records of Purchase, N. Y." (after 1752 the 1st month is January): Hannah, born the 3rd of the 2nd month 1755, who married a Frost; Joyce, 10th of the 7th month 1757 (d. 1773); Joel, 7th of the 1st month 1759; Sarah, 6th of the 4th month 1761, who married George Frost; Esther, 16th of the 8th month 1763, who married William Cornell Jr. in 1781 as "Esther Underhill, of Chappaqua, daughter of Thomas" (source); Phebe, 1st of the 2nd month 1768; Mary, 13th of the 5th month 1770, who married Stephen Halsted; Elizabeth, 3rd of the 2nd month 1773, who married a Titus; and Deborah, 27th of the 5th month 1774 (source, 2:138). In 1792 he bought land from Nehemiah and Ann Carpenter (Poughkeepsie Deeds 14:135).

His will. "Thomas Underhill of Nine Partners, in Clinton Township, N. Y., made his will 15, 10 mo., 1800, which was proven Dec. 4, 1801 ... He mentions: Wife Mary, son Joel, daughter Deborah; Thomas Frost; son and daughter of daughter, Hannah Frost; daughters Sarah, Easter, Mary, Elizabeth," with his son Joel and son-in-law Stephen Halsted as executors. His daughter Deborah's will, proved the same day, names her "sisters, Sarah Frost, Esther Cornell, Mary Halsted and Elizabeth Titus" (source, 2:138-139). The two wills are the documentary proof that Sarah (Underhill) Frost was his daughter.

He is not the Thomas Underhill "of Phillipsburgh, Westchester county, son of Thomas," who married Sarah Weeks at Purchase in 1761 (source).

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

Open questions

  • His marriage (the Purchase or Nine Partners records), and where he was born.
  • His father Benjamin's parentage, on which the descent from Capt. John Underhill depends (only possible).
  1. ---
  2. name: Thomas Underhill
  3. aka: [Thomas Underhill of Nine Partners]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Quaker farmer of the Purchase Meeting in Westchester County, New York, and later of Nine Partners,
  8. in Clinton, Dutchess County, where he died about 1801. Probably a son of Benjamin Underhill and
  9. Hannah Townsend, he married Mercy, daughter of Zebulon Dickinson of North Castle, and had nine
  10. children. Father of Sarah (Underhill) Frost, wife of George Frost.
  11. born:
  12. date: 6 Jun 1735
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  16. note: '"born June 6, 1735" (Underhill Genealogy 2:138), with no record cited and no place.'
  17. died:
  18. date: bet. 15 Oct 1800 and 4 Dec 1801
  19. place: Clinton, Dutchess County, New York
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  23. note: 'His will is dated "15, 10 mo., 1800" (after 1752 the 10th month is October) and was proved 4 Dec 1801 (Poughkeepsie, Liber B, p. 292, abstracted in the Underhill Genealogy 2:138). "He died in 1801 in Clinton, Dutchess County."'
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "1755"
  26. place: Purchase, Westchester County, New York
  27. basis: compiled
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  30. note: "A Quaker of the Purchase Meeting, where his children were recorded from 1755."
  31. - date: "1781"
  32. place: Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York
  33. basis: inferred
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [article-baird-1872-harrison-friends-marriages]
  36. note: "His daughter Esther married William Cornell Jr. in 1781 as \"Esther Underhill, of Chappaqua, daughter of Thomas.\""
  37. - date: "1792"
  38. place: Clinton, Dutchess County, New York
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  42. note: "Of Nine Partners in Clinton Township; bought land there in 1792 and died there about 1801."
  43. father:
  44. id: benjamin-underhill-fl1728
  45. basis: compiled
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932, article-baird-1872-harrison-friends-marriages]
  48. research: research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
  49. note: '"son of (41) Benjamin and Hannah (Townsend) Underhill" (Underhill Genealogy 2:138). Supported by the Purchase records: in 1771 "John Underhill, of New Castle, son of Benjamin" married Deborah Dickinson, sister of Thomas''s wife Mercy.'
  50. mother:
  51. id: hannah-townsend-fl1728
  52. basis: compiled
  53. confidence: probable
  54. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  55. research: research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
  56. spouses:
  57. - id: mercy-dickinson-1733
  58. basis: compiled
  59. confidence: probable
  60. sources: [book-underhill-genealogy-1932]
  61. note: 'His will calls her "Wife Mary"; the Underhill Genealogy: "His wife at times is called ''Mary.''" No record of the marriage was found; it is not in the Purchase marriages of 1742-1785.'
  62. ---
  64. Father of Sarah (Underhill) Frost: a Quaker farmer of the Purchase Meeting in Westchester County and
  65. then of Nine Partners, in Clinton, Dutchess County, the son of Benjamin Underhill and Hannah Townsend. He
  66. married Mercy, daughter of Zebulon Dickinson of North Castle; his brother John married her sister
  67. Deborah.
  69. Their children, "as taken from the Friends' Records of Purchase, N. Y." (after 1752 the 1st month is
  70. January): Hannah, born the 3rd of the 2nd month 1755, who married a Frost; Joyce, 10th of the 7th month
  71. 1757 (d. 1773); Joel, 7th of the 1st month 1759; Sarah, 6th of the 4th month 1761, who married George
  72. Frost; Esther, 16th of the 8th month 1763, who married William Cornell Jr. in 1781 as "Esther Underhill,
  73. of Chappaqua, daughter of Thomas" ([source](/files/sources/article-baird-1872-harrison-friends-marriages/));
  74. Phebe, 1st of the 2nd month 1768; Mary, 13th of the 5th month 1770, who married Stephen Halsted;
  75. Elizabeth, 3rd of the 2nd month 1773, who married a Titus; and Deborah, 27th of the 5th month 1774
  76. ([source](/files/sources/book-underhill-genealogy-1932/), 2:138). In 1792 he bought land from Nehemiah and Ann
  77. Carpenter (Poughkeepsie Deeds 14:135).
  79. **His will.** "Thomas Underhill of Nine Partners, in Clinton Township, N. Y., made his will 15, 10 mo.,
  80. 1800, which was proven Dec. 4, 1801 ... He mentions: Wife Mary, son Joel, daughter Deborah; Thomas Frost;
  81. son and daughter of daughter, Hannah Frost; daughters Sarah, Easter, Mary, Elizabeth," with his son Joel
  82. and son-in-law Stephen Halsted as executors. His daughter Deborah's will, proved the same day, names her
  83. "sisters, Sarah Frost, Esther Cornell, Mary Halsted and Elizabeth Titus"
  84. ([source](/files/sources/book-underhill-genealogy-1932/), 2:138-139). The two wills are the documentary proof
  85. that Sarah (Underhill) Frost was his daughter.
  87. He is not the Thomas Underhill "of Phillipsburgh, Westchester county, son of Thomas," who married Sarah
  88. Weeks at Purchase in 1761 ([source](/files/sources/article-baird-1872-harrison-friends-marriages/)).
  90. Research: `research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md`.
  92. ## Open questions
  94. - His marriage (the Purchase or Nine Partners records), and where he was born.
  95. - His father Benjamin's parentage, on which the descent from Capt. John Underhill depends (only
  96. possible).
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