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Underhill often presided and shared his research with other family members. At one such meeting on February 22, 1892, Underhill read "an outline history of the Underhill family, tracing the line back to the year 804.". At the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society in 1906, David Underhill read a paper on Edward Underhill, an ancestor from England whose religious activities had him confined in the Tower of London.
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Caroline Fidelia Green of South Starksboro, Vermont, on July 29, 1873, in Chappaqua, New York. They had two children: Stephen Greene and Lucinda Harris. He lived at 247 Winthrop Street in Brooklyn. After his wife's death in 1934, he moved to live with his daughter permanently in Vermont.
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The David Harris
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Captain John Underhill who arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and was a leading figure in Colonial America. His interest in the family history is what likely led him to organize the Underhill Society of America in 1892. In early meetings of the
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Underhill Society and Townsend Society sought separate offices for their collections. The Underhill Society of America presently has offices and their archives in the basement of the
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Underhill Burying Ground : an account of a parcel of land situate at Locust Valley, Long Island, New York, deeded by the Matinecock Indians, February twentieth, sixteen hundred and sixty seven, to Captain John Underhill for meritorious service and known as the Underhill Burying
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Underhill history and genealogy was accumulated and maintained in his home until his death in 1936. The collection subsequently spent 45 years in storage. In 1981 space was leased by the Underhill Society of America along with the
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Secretary and Family Historian until his death in 1936. He was also an active author, editor, and compiler with several published works to his credit.
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