Major William Underwood, III

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William Underwood III
January 1649–19 July 1718

When William Underwood III was born in January 1649, in Rushmere, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Col William Underwood Jr, was 24 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Moseley, was 20. He married Mary Butler before 1672. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 19 July 1718, in Lambs Creek, King George, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 69.

Spouse

William Underwood III
Male
1649–1718

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Male

Mary Butler
Female
1650–1682

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Female
Marriage
before 1672

Children (9)

John Underwood
Male
1673–1723

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Male

Mary Underwood
Female
1674–1748

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Female

William Underwood
Male
1675–1726

• 

Male

William Thomas Underwood lV
Male
1677–1726

• 

Male

Sarah Underwood
Female
1679–Deceased

• 

Female

Nathan Underwood Sr.
Male
1679–1715

• 

Male

Margaret Underwood
Female
1680–1717

• 

Female

Mary Underwood
Female
1680–1731

• 

Female

Elizabeth Underwood
Female
1681–1726

• 

Female

Spouse

William Underwood III
Male
1649–1718

• 

Male

Joane Moseley
Female
1649–1717

• 

Female
Marriage
about August 1682
Old Rappahannock, Virginia, British Colonial America

Children (1)

Mary Underwood
Female
1687–1743

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Female

Parents

Col William Underwood Jr
Male
1625–1662

• 

Male

Mary Elizabeth Moseley
Female
1629–1660

• 

Female

Siblings (6)

William Underwood III
Male
1649–1718

• 

Male

George Underwood
Male
1650–Deceased

• 

Male

Thomas Underwood
Male
1650–Deceased

• 

Male

Alice Underwood
Female
1651–Deceased

• 

Female

Ann Underwood
Female
1653–1680

• 

Female

Sarah Underwood
Female
1658–1777

• 

Female

• Residence: Virginia, USA - Between 1651 and 1776
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 16 2017, 2:36:22 UTC

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Richmond County, Virginia Wills and Inventories 1707-1719; {Robert K. Headley, Jr}:

p.344 - William UNDERWOOD, Sitt. Par.: Will, 19 Jul 1717; Probate, 7 Aug 1717:

son John the reversion and reversions of one water mill now in the hands of Richard TUTT and 300 ac. of land; son William all land and plant. within the isthmus or neck of land where I now live; dau. Mary TUTT 200 ac. beginning at the Rich Fork Point; dau. Sarah GILBERT; 200 ac. beginning at the Beaver Dam; grsons. John and William THATCHER 200 ac. of land; dau. Elizabeth THATCHER;

ex: sons John and William; wits: William PULLEN, Catherine PULLEN, Margaret BURKE.

p.346 - William UNDERWOOD, inv; 4 Sep 1717.

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Richmond Co., VA, Deed Book 1, 1692-1693:

11 Dec 1691. Deed. Whereas there is a tr of land formerly belonging to WARWICK CAMMOCK whereof 600 a. of the tr having formerly been conveyd over unto AMMAREE {Amory} BUTLER and from him conveyd unto WILLIAM UNDERWOOD Senr as marrying the sister of the said AMMAREE BUTLER, and from the said WILLIAM UNDERWOOD conveyd in the exchange of the thirds of lands belonging unto ELIZABETH COUMBS, with her consent, unto WILLIAM UNDERWOOD Junr, JOHN COUMBS & WILLIAM COUMBS, now the said WILLIAM UNDERWOOD Junr for a valuable consideration sold unto WILLIAM TOMAS of the parish of Washington, Westmoreland Co, 200 a. being his right in the 600 a.

Wit: THOMAS TYNWHITT, WILLIAM UNDERWOOD, JOHN PITTMAN. Ackn 4 May 1692. Attest: JO A EMOND dep clerk. (Bk 1:pg 4)* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 15 2020, 16:13:39 UTC

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 15 2020, 16:16:40 UTC

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Biography

William Underwood Sr. was a Virginia colonist.

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William Underwood was born about 1648/49 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony. He was included as a headright of his father, William Underwood, in a patent recorded 22 May 1650:

1650 - Same, [William Underwood], 600 acs. in Rappa. Riv. on N. side, beg. at a poynt nigh the mouth of Indian Cr., running N. E. by N. & above land of Mr. James Williamson. Trans. of 12 pers: Wm. Moseley, Wm. Underwood 4 tymes, Mary his wife, Wm. Underwood his son, Henry Succor & ux, George Bryer, Joseph Robins, Elizabeth Penn (or Prenn) 22 May 1650, p. 213.[1]
On 22 July 1663 a document was recorded:

William Underwood son and heir of William Underwood Senr. late of Rappahannock County in Virginia in this part of America appoint my uncle William Moseley as guardian and attorney for me to care for the estate bequeathed by my father's will. He to send to my uncle Edward Burton Gent. of Kedeminster in county of Worcestor to whom I have entrusted my education the income out of my estates in Virginia. I the said William Underwood am of the age of fourteen and one half years." 20 July 1663, signed by William Underwood; witnessed by Edward Giggs, Will Jenkins.[2]
1662 -William Underwood, sonn & heire of Coll. Wm. Underwood, 2561 1/2 acs. Rappa. Co., 11 Mar. 1662, p. 103 (598). ... 2784 granted Coll. Underood 10 Sept. 1658, whereof 238 sold to Samuell Nicholls & 15 1/2 acs. now adjoined. Due said William as sonn & heire of the abovesaid.[1]
Marriage & Children

William Underwood married Mary (Butler) Underwood before December 1672 in (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia Colony. On 24 December 1672 William, "with Mary his wife, of Rappahannock county stated that whereas Mr. John Catlett surveyed for Samuel Nicholls a tract of 688 acres of land ...." [2]

Known children (named in his will) include:

John Underwood
William Underwood
Mary Underwood, md Richard Tutt
Elizabeth Underwood, md Mr. Thatcher
Sarah Underwood, md Mr. Gilbert
Death & Legacy

William Underwood, Sr., of Sittenbourne Parish, Richmond County, wrote his will on 19 July 1717. Inventory of the estate was entered on the same day the will was probated, 7 August 1717.[3]

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William Underwood Sr. (1649 - aft. 1717) I

William Underwood Sr.

Born 1649 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginiam [uncertain]

Son of William Underwood and Mary (Moseley) Underwood

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Mary (Butler) Underwood — married before 1672 in Rappahannock County, Colony of Virginia

Father of William Thomas Underwood, John Underwood Jr., Thomas Underwood, Mary (Underwood) Tutt, Elizabeth Underwood and Sarah Underwood

Died after 19 Jul 1717 after age 68 in Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Underwood-851 created 13 Feb 2012 | Last modified 23 Nov 2021

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pages 191, 429
↑ 2.0 2.1 Fothergill, Augusta B. “Underwood Family of Virginia (Continued).” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 39, no. 1, Virginia Historical Society, 1931, pp. 70–75, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4244395.
↑ Fothergill, Augusta B. “Underwood Family of Virginia (Continued).” The Virginia Magazine of History and

Biography, vol. 39, no. 2, Virginia Historical Society, 1931, pp. 167–73, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4244410. Will on pp 171-173
Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
See also:

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.
Acknowledgments

Penny F created WikiTree profile Underwood-1219 through the import of Staton Family Tree .ged on Feb 3, 2013.
Underwood-1935 was created by Tammy Wamberg through the import of Tammy Wamberg Family Tree-1_2014-09-03_01.ged on Sep 3, 2014.

links

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Richmond County, Virginia Wills and Inventories 1707-1719; {Robert K. Headley, Jr}:

p.344 - William UNDERWOOD, Sitt. Par.: Will, 19 Jul 1717; Probate, 7 Aug 1717:

son John the reversion and reversions of one water mill now in the hands of Richard TUTT and 300 ac. of land;
son William all land and plant. within the isthmus or neck of land where I now live;
dau. Mary TUTT 200 ac. beginning at the Rich Fork Point;
dau. Sarah GILBERT; 200 ac. beginning at the Beaver Dam;
grsons. John and William THATCHER 200 ac. of land;
dau. Elizabeth THATCHER;

ex: sons John and William;
wits: William PULLEN, Catherine PULLEN, Margaret BURKE.

p.346 - William UNDERWOOD, inv; 4 Sep 1717.

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Richmond Co., VA, Deed Book 1, 1692-1693:

11 Dec 1691. Deed. Whereas there is a tr of land formerly belonging to WARWICK CAMMOCK whereof 600 a. of the tr having formerly been conveyd over unto AMMAREE {Amory} BUTLER and from him conveyd unto WILLIAM UNDERWOOD Senr as marrying the sister of the said AMMAREE BUTLER, and from the said WILLIAM UNDERWOOD conveyd in the exchange of the thirds of lands belonging unto ELIZABETH COUMBS, with her consent, unto WILLIAM UNDERWOOD Junr, JOHN COUMBS & WILLIAM COUMBS, now the said WILLIAM UNDERWOOD Junr for a valuable consideration sold unto WILLIAM TOMAS of the parish of Washington, Westmoreland Co, 200 a. being his right in the 600 a.

Wit: THOMAS TYNWHITT, WILLIAM UNDERWOOD, JOHN PITTMAN. Ackn 4 May 1692.
Attest: JO A EMOND dep clerk. (Bk 1:pg 4)