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From: kisermus <>
Subject: Re: [UNDERWOOD] Re: DE to WV
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 14:33:51 -0700


I'd like to get in on this as well. According to the Quaker records at Duck
Creek, Joseph married Rachel Cureton. I believed that Isaac, son of William and
Elizabeth married a Rhoda aka Rhody. Do you have info on Elizabeth Dixons
parents, William and Ann Gregg, and her gr grandparents, Henry and Rose?

Linda

wrote:

> Hi Fred. With you leaving on the 27th, I'd better get busy! Here's what I
> have. Thomas Underwood Sr. born c1625 in England to Anne Arundle, Md in
> 1650. There are some early records which provide pretty solid evidence that
> he was married to Elizabeth Meeres born 1627 (VERY probably of England also).
> Their son, Samuel Underwood born 1655 married Mary Ann Wilcocks. Samuel
> died in 1722 in Christiana Hundred, Delaware. Mary Ann was born in Maryland.
> Samuel and Mary Ann had two sons, Joseph born 1684 in Middle Neck, Anne
> Arundle Country, Md who married Rachel ?. Joseph died November 27, 1744 (or
> 1766 Death Records from Bible). The other son, William Underwood born 1780
> married Hannah Willis. Our ancestor was Joseph Underwood (above). Joseph
> and Rachel ? had:
>
> .1 William Underwood born December 10, 1733 in New Castle, Delaware. He
> married on April 27, 1757 Elizabeth Dixon (have lots more on this line) at
> the Central Meeting of Quakers. William died April 13, 1801 (See Joseph
> Underwood Bible Records). I have lots more lines from Dixons.
>
> .2 Mary Underwood born November 9, 1735
>
> .3 Susania Underwood born May 29, 1738
>
> .4 Ann Underwood born August 20, 1740
>
> .5 Sara Underwood born August 30, 1742
>
> I have a copy of the Bible records if you're interested
>
> William Underwood and Elizabeth Dixon: William born December 10, 1733 in New
> Castle, Delaware married Elizabeth on April 27, 1757 at Central Meeting of
> Quakers Bible Record. William died April 13, 1801. Elizabeth was born in
> Delaware 1727 and died March 11, 1832. She was the daughter of William Dixon
> and Hannah Hollingsworth. William and Elizabeth had:
>
> .1 Rachel Underwood born May 1, 1758
>
> .2 Isaac Underwood born September 23, 1760 died 1816 married Margaret ?
>
> .3 Joseph Underwood born October 3, 1762 in New Castle married Sara ? on
> April 16, 1791 in Delaware
>
> .4 William Underwood born December 10, 1764
>
> .5 Samuel Underwood born January 26, 1767 in New Castle married Elizabeth
> Barkhouse. Died 1836 in Tyler County, West Virginia (our ancestor)
>
> .6 Hannah Undewood born March 22, 1770 married Joseph Davis. Hannah died
> April 22, 1833
>
> .7 Elizabeth Underwood born May 1, 1772
>
> Samuel Underwood born January 26, 1767 married Elizabeth Barkhouse had Samuel
> Underwood born December 25, 1793 in Delaware. He married 1822, Margaret
> George . Samuel died June 18, 1865. I have more on George family-this is
> our ancestor.. Will close for now and pick up later.
>
> There's a book on Thomas Underwood Sr. and Elizabeth Meeres. It's titled
> "Thomas Underwood, (1650) Immigrant, & His Descendants (Including Kin with
> Royal Ancestry) by Billie Redding Lewis. UNFORTUNATELY...it's still
> copyrighted and not available for circulation from Salt Lake. I found a copy
> in the Quaker College in Richmond, Indiana and need to go back there and
> painstakingly copy it page by page. It offers the theory that Thomas
> Underwood and Thomas Meeres, a friend or relative, went to Md. soon after
> landing in Virginia. They were probably Quakers. Thomas Underwood is listed
> in Skardos's EARLY SETTLERS OF MARYLAND as "immigrant", meaning he paid his
> own transportation, but Elizabeth was "transported"; evidently, Thomas paid
> for her transportation probably to Maryland. (I'm quoting the text of the
> book here and make no judgement).
>
> Well will continue on before the 27th if you like.....or I can xerox my
> descendancy chart and notes-----would need your address to send it to you
> though (: Best to another cousin. Kay
> P.S. Hope I haven't made any typos in going so fast!
>
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