UNDERHILL, John, Governor and Capt. [1609-1672] -- English-American soldier-of-fortune, wf

UNDERHILL, John, Governor and Capt. [1609-1672] -- English-American soldier-of-fortune, Immigrant: Winthrop Fleet

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Chronology
Selected Works
Bookmarks (off-site links)
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He came to MBC in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet, but he was no religious refugee. He was more like a loose cannon. His official role was to organize the militia, which he did quite capably. But he is chiefly remembered for his brutal treatment of the Indians in several conflicts. Many are of the opinion that his actions set the stage for the subsequent bad treatment of the Indians for the next three hundred years.

Nonagenarian Myron Luke, Professor emeritus of history at Hofstra University, has this to say of him:

He was a man of so many different colors. He's a man who you'll never be able to quite understand. He's known as an Indian fighter who devastated the Indians; that is what they did in those days. On the other hand, there is no evidence that he was bloodthirsty in any way. He's a terribly complex man, and that is why I like him.

Chronology

1628	Cadet of the Guard with the Prince of Orange (Holland)
1630	Came to MBC with the Winthrop Fleet directly from Holland, where he had been a captain in the military service
1637	Played a major part in defeating the Pequot
1638	Banished for unorthodoxy (with Anne Hutchinson)
1638-1640	Governor of Dover Colony (NH)
1643	Entered the service of the Dutch
1644	Underhill kills more than 120 Indian men, women and children in a great massacre (Battle of Ft Neck)
1652-1653	Back in English service for the Dutch War (1653)
1665	He represents Oyster Bay at the Hempstead convention

Selected Works

News from Americs (1638)

Bookmarks (off-site links)

Vivísimo - Clustered search on john underhill
Works by
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
Works about
- Biographical
  - Specific periods, events, aspects
    - The Pequot War (1637) The Pequot are rubbed out by Underhill and his men.
      - Mason's Narrative Written by Major John Mason, a principal Actor therein, as then chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut Forces.
      - Narragansett Stalking Horse: The English Role in the Pequot War Clayton E. Cramer
      - We Must Burn Them
    - Other adventures
      - A Man Hated and Hailed Underhill's brutaility to the Indians sets the course for Long Island history, and an example for future generations.
      - Wappinger Underhill inflicts terrible casualties on the Siwanoy and Wappinger Indians
      - Massachusetts Militia Roots: A Bibliographic Study Underhill was a key player in the development of the MBC Militia.
      - The First Long Islanders Underhill, hired out to the Dutch, inflicts a great massacre on the Indians in 1644.
    - Civic activites
      - The Oyster Bay Historical Society...Local History, Museum, Research Library, Tour Guide, L.I. History He represents Oyster Bay at the Hempstead Convention (1665)
  - Chronologies, synopses
  - ScarsdaleNet History Channel: March 1838 - Jottings of Joshua Underhill (Page 1) Recollections by a 3x great-grandson of Capt. Underhill. (archive)
  - Life and Activities of Capt. John Underhill
- Genealogy
  - Underhill Society of America - Family Founder Underhill genealogy
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
  - Suites
  - John Underhill A poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
  - Search engines
Collections, archives - Papers
Historical context, background
- Residences
- His relationship with Anne Hutchinson Due to his support of Hutchinson in the antinomian controversy, he was forced to leave MBC when she was exiled.
  - Underhill, John
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UNDERHILL, John, Governor and Capt. [1609-1672] -- English-American soldier-of-fortune, Immigrant: Winthrop Fleet

Chronology

Selected Works

Bookmarks (off-site links)

Services