The World of Grandpa Don
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The Underuood Family Line
This is their story, as I know it.
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In England Martin Underwood is believed to have born at Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1596. Martha Fisk was born September 9, 1602 at Laxfield, Suffolk, , England. The two were married in England and had at least one child, Joseph, before they sailed to America. Mary Wilder is listed as being born at Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England in 1623. Her father, Thomas Wilder, supposedly died at Shiplake in 1634 but her mother, Martha Higgs, died at Watertown, Ma. on December 13, 1658. It is unknown if the mother remarried and the new husband brought them to America or when and under what circumstances they made the trip. In America The first Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Massachusetts in 1620, the place of the first New England settlement. In 1630 the town of Boston was founded. |
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| Generation 1 | |
| Martin Underwood (1596-1672) & Martha Fiske (1602-1684) | |
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It is not known when Martin and Martha arrived in America with their son Joseph or if there were other children born in England or in America. They apparently settled in Watertown, MA where Martin died on November 17, 1672 and Martha on May 6, 1684. |
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| Joseph Underwood (1614-1675) & Mary Wilder (1623-1658) | |
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Joseph Underwood, born in England about 1614, married on May 16, 1676, Mary Wilder. She was born at Shiplake, England in 1623 and was living at the time with her mother in Hingham, Ma. The couple settled in Watertown, Ma We know of 1 child of this marriage; Joseph who was born in 1750. Mary died December 13, 1658. Some time after, Joseph married Mary Howe. Nothing is known of her or her family. There was at least one additional child, Hannah who is listed as being born in 1670. Joseph, the father, died at Watertown on February 16, 1676. . |
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| Joseph Underwood (1650-1691) & Elizabeth Bond (1656-1729) | |
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Joseph Underwood, Jr, born in 1650 at Watertown married in 1672, Elizebeth Bond, born in Watertown on November 30, 1656. She was the daughter of William Bond (1625-1695) and Sarah Biscoe (1626-1693) William and Sarah had immigrated from Suffolk, England and settled in Watertown. Between 1673 and 1690 there were 8 children;
Mary, Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Joshua, Jonathan,
Sarah, and Hannah. Joseph died at Watertown in April of 1691. Elizabeth died there on December 23, 1729 |
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| Generation 4 | |
| Sarah Underwood (1687-1757) & John Bullen (1686-1757) | |
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Sarah Underwood was born on February 9, 1687 and married John Bullen. To follow this line of our ancestors see the Bullen Family. |
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Postscript:
The information on this branch of the family was
taken mostly from a number of family trees found at Ancestry.com. Although care has been taken to include
reasonable information it is subject to further verification.
This line of our family, besides the Underwood surname, introduces us to the additional families of Wilder, Bond and Biscoe.
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aka Harry Ronald Cecora
January 5, 2010
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