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Joseph Underwood

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Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Death: February 16, 1691
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Underwood of Watertown and Mary Underwood
Husband of Elizabeth Bull - Underwood and Elizabeth Underwood
Father of Joshua Underwood; Mary Phipps; John Underwood; Elizabeth Clark; Joseph Underwood, III and 2 others
Brother of Elizabeth Underwood; Mary Ong; Martha Underwood; Thomas Underwood; Sarah Underwood and 1 other

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About Joseph Underwood

Wife: Elizabeth. Her surname may not be Bond. She married William Bull after Joseph Underwood died.

Children:

  1. Mary, b. June 13, 1673, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. February 14, 1754, Medway, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  2. Joseph, b. December 30, 1675, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. January 29, 1675/76, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts at age 1 month
  3. John, b. March 06, 1676/77, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. June 22, 1754, Natick, Massachusetts - of Needham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  4. Elizabeth, b. May 08, 1679, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  5. Sarah, b. February 09, 1686/87, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1715, Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts (listed as "Mary" by Lucien Marcus Underwood in error due to the confusion of the Watertown record)
  6. Joseph, b. May 28, 1681, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. January 29, 1761, Westford, Massachusetts - age 79
  7. Joshua, b. January 31, 1682/83, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. September 02, 1727, Holliston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  8. Jonathan, b. 1685, Reading, Massachusetts - or Watertown?; d. Reading, Massachusetts - of Boston , Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; m. Ruth Holland, September 1710. Christened: November 28, 1686, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  9. Hannah, b. Abt. 1690, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. August 23, 1778, of Sherborn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

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February 16, 1691; Will dated.

"I, Joseph Underwood though weake in body yet of sound mind and memory doo make this mi Last will my soule I doo commit unto the allmighty god my creator mi body to the earth to a comely buriall in assured hope of a joiful resurrection through the free purchase of christ my redy monie and dispose of the state god hat sent me as foloweth in primis I make and appoint my dear Lovinge wife and Thomas Hammond executors to this my will i give to mi wife the improvement of mi hole estate that i di seized of during the time of her widowhood and in case mi wife marri againe i give unto her ten pounds out of the moveabels to be for her proppur use in case the estate be leat out mi will is no tennant should cut ani wod of on mi discedent tel mi sons cum of age i give to mi tooe sons John underwood and joseph underwood my hoseing orchards and lands and meddows that i dide sesid of to be equalli divided between them twooe paiing to Joshua my son fifteen pounds and to mi son jonathan fifteen pounds and i give to mi daftor elisabeth fifteen pounds and i give to mi dafter hannah fifteen pounds all these paiments are to be suntri(?) pai and as thai cum of age mi will is in case ani of mi too sons that i give mi lands tooe di before thai cum of age mi will is that josua should have half of the above menshoned lands housing orchards and meaddows as in case joshua should di before he cum of age then jonathan should have the abov menshonied housing lands orchards and meaddows and if joshua or johnnathan poses my lands orchards housing meaddows above menshond they are to pai apoporeshon as above menshond in case john and joseph underwood should die before thai cum of age then mi will is that joshua and jonathan should have the abouve menshond housing orchards lands and meaddows paiing the above mentioned poreshons mi will is that in case joshua or jonathan shood di then thare poreshon shood be devided equalli betweene fouar above menshond dafters in case any of mi fourar dafters should di mi will is that thaare poreshon shood be equalli divided between the dafters that are liveing and joshua and jonithan mi will is that mi children mout be brout up in the knowlig and fare of god for thare eternul salvashon and mi will is that eaveri won of mi sons should have a trade and all deats and sumes truly chargie furst to be sattisfide out of the estate above menshoned.

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Joseph Underwood Jr.
Born about 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Joseph Underwood and Mary (Wilder) Underwood
Brother of Unknown Underwood, Mary (Underwood) Onge, Martha Underwood, Sarah Underwood, Elizabeth Underwood, Hannah (Underwood) Gibson and Thomas Underwood
Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Bull — married before 1673 (to 1691) in Watertown, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary Underwood, Joseph Underwood, John Underwood, Elizabeth (Underwood) Cutler, Joseph Underwood, Joshua Underwood, Jonathan Underwood, Sarah (Underwood) Bullen and Hannah (Underwood) Richardson
Died 16 Feb 1691 at about age 41 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Joseph Underwood, Jr
Birth: 1650 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage 1672, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Admitted Freeman: Apr 18, 1690
Death: 16 Feb 1691, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Burial: 7 APR 1691 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts[1]
Joseph and Elizabeth had the following children (all born Watertown, Mass, except for the 1st): [2]

Mary, b Jun 13 1673 Reading, Mass, died young, before May 1687
Joseph, b Dec 30 1675, d Jan 29 1676 Watertown
John, b Mar 6 1676/77, d Jun 22 1754, mar Rebecca Shattuck Nov 19 1701
Elizabeth, b May 8 1679, d 1708, mar Nathaniel Cutler May 24 1700
Joseph, b May 28 1681, d Jan 1761, mar Susannah Parker, 1707
Joshua, b Jan 31 1682/3, d abt 1730, mar Mercy Fairbanks Jan 13 1707
Jonathon, b abt 1685
Mary / Sary, b May 9 1687, mar John Bullen Aug 31 1709
Hannah, b Apr 13 1690, mar Daniel Richardson 1709
Will

Will Dated: Feb 16, 1691

Sources

↑ Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, NEHGS, Boston, 1860.
↑ Grover, Joel P. Ancestry and Genealogy of Our Thomas Grover Family (Inglewood, CA, 1966-67) Vol.2. Page 589
Underwood, Lucien Marcus. The Underwood Families of America (New Era, Lancaster, PA, 1913) Vol. 1, Page 6
Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 23157: Will

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3ZKZ-17P : accessed 2017-09-11), entry for Joseph /Underwood/ Jr.

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Joseph Underwood's Timeline

1649
1649
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1673
June 16, 1673
Reading, Middlesex, MA, United States
1676
March 6, 1676
Watertown, MA, United States
1679
May 8, 1679
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1681
May 28, 1681
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1683
January 31, 1683
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1687
February 9, 1687
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1690
April 13, 1690
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1691
February 16, 1691
Age 42
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA