Col. William Underwood

Seen as son of John Underwood & Alice Underwood

Col. William Underwood

• Birth: Jan 2 1599/00 / abt 1606 - St Bride Fleet St, London, England
• Death: Jan 1643/44 / 1637 St Olave, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
• Parents:
• Wife: Margaret

William Underwood, of Isle of Wight and Lancaster counties, was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1632.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Underwood-172

Son of Edmond Underwood and Alice (Papworth) Underwood (is this proven?)

William married c. 1625 at London to Margaret Mason (1610 in St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, MIddlesex, England).[1]

Children:[1]

1. Anne/Ann Underwood b c.1620 in Kent, England
2. William Underwood b c.1623 in England
3. Mary Underwood b c.1626
4. Elizabeth Underwood b 1632 in Old Rappahannock Co., VA
5. Sarah Underwood b 1632 in VA
6. Margaret Underwood b c. 1633

Children not included in source:

• Thomas Underwood
• George Underwood

Property

In 1658, William patented 883 acres in Westmoreland County; later inherited by his granddaughter, Margaret Williamson who married William Ball (Westmoreland County Virginia, edited by Walter Brisco Norris, pg 227).[1] "Ingleside" was built on this land in 1834.[1]

Death and Legacy

William died before 1645 at England.[1] Alternate death information is 1637 at London, county Middlesex, England.

On 18 Nov 1630, Captain John Upton and Margaret his wife conveyed unto William Underwood of Isle of Wight 400 acres of land. The will of John Upton, proved 16 Dec 1652, bequeathed land at Rappahannock to William, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Margaret Underwood.

Research notes

Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 15 2020, 16:24:02 UTC

William UNDERWOOD ( I ) seems to be the same William UNDERWOOD who was the 2nd surviving son of Edmund UNDERWOOD, Grocer of London, and ROSE (FAIRCLOUGH), his wife. This William may have been born as early as 1606, and probably in County Kent, or somewhere outside of London, due to yet another plague infestation. If he is the same child, then he was not christened until he was 6 years old at St. Stephen Walbrook in London in 1612, or possibly earlier in a different church that researchers have yet to confirm.

This William UNDERWOOD seems to have died between the years 1637 and 1644, and a tentative approximate date is given as circa 1642. His birth and death are both current mysteries of sorts.

(Biography a work in progress.)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Underwood-172#Marriage_.26_Children

Unconfirmed dates and citations. No verification that the christening date and marriage to Margaret Mason apply to this William Underwood.

No verification that Edmund Underwood and Alice Papworth are his actual parents. There are several William Underwoods born about 1606+/- in various parts of England who could be our William. More research is needed to determine his correct parents.

William was born in 1606 at Kent, England.[7] He was christened on 19 April 1612 at St. Stephen, county Middlesex, England.[7] He was a son of Edmund Underwood[7][8] and Alice Papworth.[citation needed]

Marriage to Margaret Mason about 1625.[9]

A HISTORY OF TWO VIRGINIA FAMILIES TRANSPLANTED FROM COUNTY KENT, ENGLAND, by Dr. and Mrs. William Carter Stubbs: Capt. William Underwood, Sr., mar. Margaret ___, name unknown. "Untangling the Underwood - A Combs &c. RootsWeb Research Report", researched by Sherrill Underwood Williams: Another possiblity, of course, is that the William Underwood of St. giles had been married earlier and Col. William Underwood (and also his sister, Ann?) were issue of the earlier marriage.

GEDCOM Note

Reference:

HYPERLINK: http://www.combs-families.org/combs/assoc/u-1.htm 2 Nov 1659. Old Rappahannock. "I, Will UNDERWOOD of Rappahannock County with the consent of Mary my wife," for the sum of 120 pounds Sterling money paid according to the tenor of a contract dated 30th May 1659 conveyed unto Capt. Richard LOES and Rice JONES a plantation lying on the north side of Rappahannock River.....uppermost half of the lowermost half whereof I formerly sold unto ........eads (mutilated) dec'd this land adjoining the land of Coll FAUNTLEROY known by the name of Mangorick and on the eastermost side of Bushwood Creek and runneth for length into the woods NE and by E and by the River NW and by W, to hold the said plantation thereto with all houses, outhouses Edifices thereon erected (the Courthouse excepted), containing 650 acres or thereabouts, and all gardens, orchards and fences -unto the said Capt. Richard LOES and Rice JONES. Teste: John CATLETT and Tho. GOODRICH (Vol. 1656-64, p. 70, Rappahannock Records).

GEDCOM Note

Life Sketch

Find a Grave States:

William Underwood

BIRTH 1610

Kent, England, United Kingdom

DEATH 1640 (aged 29–30)

Lancaster County, Virginia, USA

BURIAL Unknown

MEMORIAL ID 125182295·

William Underwood was born around 1600, probably in England. He married a woman named Margaret about 1630, in England. Her family name might have been Masan. They came to Virginia, where William died in Lancaster County about 1640. Margaret then married Capt. John Upton of Isle of Wright. Upton died in 1651, and she later married Capt. Thomas Lucas. Margaret died sometime after 1656.

Family Members

Children Elizabeth Underwood Butler 1632–1673

From England, Sir William Bekkeley granted William Underwood gentleman, 1400 acres near Rapahanook River in 1650

Capt. William Underwood of Isle of Wight and Lancastershire. Member of the House of Burgess in 1632. This generation and his children is conjecture on my part from traditions passed down in this family combined with patterns of early Underwoods living in America. It's entirely possible that the family that includes William as a child is simply a different branch of Underwoods that does not include our Thomas directly. However, as they have his first wife marrying him in 1621 and they do not have any listed children before 1629, I'm suggesting that Thomas and George also belong in this family. They came over on the same ship at the same time... and both disappeared from Old Rappahonnak Co, VA records after their arrival. There is a tradition passed down in the family that Thomas was one of 3 brothers that migrated together, with all 3 dispersing in different directions after they arrived. Margaret Mason, his wife, married John Upton after William's death. John Upton's will only names their children William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Underwood which accounts for all the children still living in the area except for Mary.

Possible christening date and place: 18 Apr 1606, 19 Apr 1612, St. Stephens, Walbrook, London, London, England (IGI (International Genealogical Index)) Both list the father as Edmund or Edmond Underwood.

Alternate death date: 17 May 1673 (IGI (International Genealogical Index))

St. Giles Cripplegate London Wall, EC2 The first church here dates to 1090. John Milton is buried at St. Giles.

(website:/www.britainexpress.com/London/london-churches.htm)

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Record about William Underwood Name: William Underwood Year: 1654-1663 Place: Virginia Source Publication Code: 943 Primary Immigrant: Underwood, William Annotation: From the archives of Bristol, England, with the title, "Servants to Foreign Plantations." Emigrants to New England, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. The information was transcribed by R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley... Source Bibliography: BRISTOL AND AMERICA; A RECORD OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN THE COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA, 1654-1685, Including the Names with Places of Origin of More Than 10, Item000 Servants to Foreign Plantations Who Sailed from the Port of Bristol to Virginia, Maryland, and Other Parts of the Atlantic Coast, and Also to the West Indies from 1654 to 1685. London: R.S. Glover, [1929]. 182p. Reprinted, with index of 16 pages bound in, by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. Repr. 1978. Page: 99

(website: www.ancestry.com)

References

• London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812; Reference Number: P69/STE2/A/001/MS08319/001. Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed 10 November 2018, amb
• Fothergill, Augusta B. "Underwood Family of Virginia." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 38, no. 3 (1930): 267-70. Accessed August 8, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4244334.
• Top of the Underwood line for the ancestry of President James Madison. See https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=9339+james+madison&ahnu... cites
• 1 The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Virginia Historical Society, JAN 1932, Vol. 40, No. 1, Page 94.
• 2 Boddie, John Bennett, Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight , Virginia, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Law Printing Company (1938), 92.
• 3 Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American P residential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 257.
• 4 Miller, Joseph Lyon, The Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of Barford, Lancaster County, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia: Whittet and Shepperson Printers (1912), 101.
• 5 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, editor, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography: Vol I, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1915), 360.
• http://www.combs-families.org/combs/assoc/u-1.htm
• Underwood Family of Virginia (Continued) Augusta B. Fothergill The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul., 1931), pp. 272-276 Published by: Virginia Historical Society https://www.jstor.org/stable/4244421 Page Count: 5
• Augusta B. Fothergill, Underwood Family of Virginia. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 38, No. 3 (July 1930), pp. 267-370.
• Hamm, Tom, William Underwood RootsWeb Ham/m, February 23, 2015, accessed March 3, 2015
• London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812; Reference Number: P69/STE2/A/001/MS08319/001. Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed 10 November 2018, amb
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