Person:Joseph Underwood (9)

Name^[2]	Joseph Underwood
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1614	London, London, England
Marriage	1644	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Wilder
Marriage	26 Apr 1665	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary How
Death^[1]	16 Feb 1676/77	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
Vol. 1, p. 41.

[81]1676.
Joseph Vnderwood Deceassed the 16 of the 12 m'o aged abought 62 yeares.
[Note: In old-styles dates, the twelfth month is February. For comparison to the modern calendar, it corresponds to the following year. More info may be found here.]
↑ Underwood, Lucien Marcus. The Underwood families of America. (Lancaster, Pa.: New Era Printing Co., 1913)
p. 4.

Joseph Underwood, b. about 1614 based on age at death, came from England 1637, settled in Hingham, then moved to Watertown, d. 16 Feb 1676/7, m. (1) Mary Wilder, m. (2) 29 Apr 1665 Mary How of Dorchester. Children: Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Thomas and Martha "evidently not mentioned in the order of their ages".
[Note: includes transcription of inventory dated 3 Mar 1676/7, original here, only document found in Middlesex Probate documents. The "court records" naming children not located yet. Note: Joseph's children are named in will of his brother Thomas, and perhaps they are named in birth order there.]