Person:Abraham Underhill (10)

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ID: I18930
Name: Abraham UNDERHILL
Given Name: Abraham
Surname: Underhill
Sex: M
Birth: 28 AUG 1679
Death: 27 JAN 1713

Father: John UNDERHILL
Mother: Mary PRIOR

Marriage 1 Sarah TOWNSEND b: 10 JUN 1679
Married: 1702
Children

Sarah UNDERHILL

Abraham Underhill was born in 1679 as the fifth child of John and Mary Underhill. Abraham was very well regarded in his town, and was rewarded by rising to the prestigious status of Justice of the Peace. On November 27, 1713, Abraham died at the young age of 34.

Sarah Townsend was born June 10, 1679. The marriage was said to have occurred in 1702 between Sarah and Abraham. She survived him by nineteen years and eventually died in 1732. They were the parents of three children, Thomas, William, and Sarah.

1. ↑ Society of Friends. Flushing Monthly Meeting (Flushing, New York). Monthly meeting records, 1640-. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950)
   124.

   The Children of John and Mary Underhill of Killinworth
   ...
   Abraham Underhill was borne ye 28th of ye 6th mo [Aug] 1679.

2. ↑ "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of New York and Vicinity, from 1640 to 1800", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
   Vol. 7, p. 41.

   Abraham Vnderhill their son [i.e., of John and Mary "Vnderhill"] dyed 27 day 11 mo. 1713.
   [Note: In old-styles dates, the eleventh month is January. For comparison to the modern calendar, it corresponds to the following year. More info may be found here.]