Captain John Underhill – Warwickshire, England
Captain John Underhill, son of John Edward Underhill, was born in 1597 in Warwickshire, he fled along with his family to the fortified city of Bergen op Zoom in Holland. His father John Edward Underhill served as Sergeant in the company of Captain Roger Orme. Following his fathers death in October 1608, John Underhill, his mother and siblings lived with a group of Puritan exiles. He received military training as a cadet in service of Philip William, the Prince of Orange. Underhill married Helena de Hooch on December 12, 1628, in the Kloosterkerk, The Hague, Holland. John Underhill was hired to accompany a group of Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. There in New England, a new chapter in the story in the distinguished history of the Underhill family began.
I am thoroughly enjoying learning about my Underhill ancestors! From England to Holland, Holland to New England, and up into New Brunswick, Canada.
My mother is a direct descendant of captain john and elizabeth feake through their last son. I am fascinated by the wealth of history the underhill family is attached to. Our family is merged with Kemmerer, McCarty, Courtright, Hamlin, Preston, and whole host of interesting nobility and historical people. This is with keeping siblings and cousins out of it so far. There is Scottish and German history going way back. I am doing this research for the next generations to have an accurate and focused book of our history. I would live to talk with you about this