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Jonathan Underwood

Jonathan Underwood

Male 1716 - 1794  (78 years)Deceased

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  • Name Jonathan Underwood  [1, 2
    Birth 22 Jan 1715/16  Westford,Middlesex,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Membership Affiliation DAR Patriot# A117955  [2
    War Conflict Revolutionary  [2
    Link to Find-A-Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134535632 
    Find-A-Grave ID 134535632 
    Death 1 Oct 1794  Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Aft 1 Oct 1794  Marlboro Center Cemetery,Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Jonathan is reported to have been buried at Marlboro Center Cemetery but apparently no marker exists. No other known burial site, so burial at Center Cemetery is presumed.
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    Notes 
    • Johnathan4 Underwood married his cousin Hannah Richardson, and settled in his native town Westford where he lived until his removal to Suffield, Conn., probably about 1760, although his name does not appear upon the records there until 1763.
      The last record of him in Suffield is in 1773, but he was there later than that being a soldier of the Revolution from Suffield.
            In the Adjutant General's record of Continental troops from Conn. his name appears upon the "Lexington Alarm Roll" comprising men who marched to Cambridge upon receipt of the news from Lexington and Concord in April 1775.
            He was a member of Capt. Elisha Kent's company of 70 men, all of whom were from Suffield.
            After his service as a soldier he removed to Marlboro, Vt. probably in 1776, the first record of him at that place being his election as moderator of a town meeting in 1777. He was selectman and representative to the General Court and many times
      moderator of town meetings.
            His last recorded service in the town of Marlboro was upon a committee to build a court house in Windham County.
            His sons Jonathan, John M. and Thadeus, settled in Marlboro, the former taking the freeman's oath in 1778.
            Rev. E. Mewton, in his manuscript history of Marlboro, now in the State Historical Library at Montpelier, states that in an Indian scare Nov. 1, 1780, the citizens of Marlboro fled from home and passing the house of Jonathan Underwood, urged him to flee with them.  This he declined to do and went into his sugar house, built a fire and heated his large kettles full of water determined to fight the Indians single handed with hot water.
            The alarm proved to be a false one, however, and the next day the frightened inhabitants returned to their homes unmolested, and the hot water was never used.  Jonathan Underwood and his wife Hannah both died in Marlboro, Vt. the former on Oct. 1, 1794 aged 78, and the latter on May 26, 1813 aged 95 years.
             Hannah Richardson, wife of Jonathan Underwood, was his cousin, being the daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Underwood) Richardson, her mother being a sister of Joseph2 Underwood, her husband's father.
             Her father, Daniel3 Richardson was the son of John2 and Rebecca (Clark) Richardson and grandson of John1 and Hannah (Truair) Richardson.
             Hannah Underwood was born at Medway, Mass. Dec. 25, 1718.

      Was a minute man from Suffield, Conn. a member of Capt. Elisha Kent's company
      of 70 men, all from Suffield. [3]
    Person ID I5991  Rgstrong Family genes.
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2023 

    Father AncestorsJoseph Underwood,   b. 28 May 1681, Reading,Middlesex,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1761, Westford,Middlesex,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother AncestorsSusanna Parker,   b. 1687, Reading,Middlesex,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1707  Reading,Middlesex,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsHannah Richardson,   b. 25 Dec 1718, Medway,Suffolk,Massachusetts Bay Colony,British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1813, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jun 1739  Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    Married1. Hannah Underwood,   b. 27 Oct 1740, Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Jonathan Metcalf Underwood,   b. 10 Sep 1744, Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1801, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Susanna Underwood,   b. 22 Sep 1747, Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1845, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. John M. Underwood,   b. 30 Jul 1752, Suffield,Hartford,Colony of Connecticut,British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1816, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Samuel Underwood,   b. 22 Jul 1754, Suffield,Hartford,Colony of Connecticut,British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Married6. Thadeus Underwood,   b. 17 Sep 1760, Suffield,Hartford,Colony of Connecticut,British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1840, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2022 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Jan 1715/16 - Westford,Middlesex,Massachusetts,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Jun 1739 - Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Hannah Underwood - 27 Oct 1740 - Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Jonathan Metcalf Underwood - 10 Sep 1744 - Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Susanna Underwood - 22 Sep 1747 - Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - John M. Underwood - 30 Jul 1752 - Suffield,Hartford,Colony of Connecticut,British Colonial America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Samuel Underwood - 22 Jul 1754 - Suffield,Hartford,Colony of Connecticut,British Colonial America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Thadeus Underwood - 17 Sep 1760 - Suffield,Hartford,Colony of Connecticut,British Colonial America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Oct 1794 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 1 Oct 1794 - Marlboro Center Cemetery,Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 27 Sep 2005, 1724-1803, pg. 115 & 1681-1761 & 1716-1794, Pg. 118, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1154] Find A Grave, database and images, (https://www.findagrave.com: 2022), 23 Jun 2023, accessed 23 Jun 2023, Jonathan Underwood, 134535632. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 28 Sep 2005, 1716-1794, Pg. 120 & 121, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 27 Sep 2005, 1716-1794, Pg. 120, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).