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tastes. lit- married Phoebe Higbie, and turc, considerable wealth according to the
died at Babylon, Long Island, where he standards of the day, whose progeny have
was buried, October 25. 1879. Henry never relinquished the prestige and prom-
Lispenard and Phoebe (Higbie) Suydam inence of the earlier generations of the
were the parents of one child: Louise, family in the affairs f New York. The
mentioned below. Underbills intermarried with some of the
(VII) Louise Suydam, daughter of foremost f the old Dutch and English
Henry Lispenard and Phoebe (Higbie) families of New York, among them the
Suydam, was born August 17, 1853, at Suydams.
Babylon, Long Island. She married, Feb- (I) Captain John Underbill, immigrant
ruary u, 1S74. at Xew York City, Rev. ancestor and founder, came to America in
Carter officiating. Denning Duer. who 1630, settling first on Long Island. He
was born September 15, 1850. at Wee- was a man of excellent education, evihawken,
New Jersey, son of Denning and dently a keen observer and scholar, for in
Caroline (King) Duer, of Xew York. 1638 he published his "Newes from Amer-
Mrs. Duer resides at Xo. 691 Whitney ica." This valuable comment on the life
avenue, New Haven. Connecticut, and is and manners of the times has been pre-
well known in the more conservative of served and printed in book form by his
the social circles of the city. Mr. and descendants, and is among the most in-
Mrs. Duer were the parents of two chil- teresting documents which come down to
dren: 1. Caroline Suydam, born in 1876, us from early Xew York. Captain John
married George Xavier McLanahan, of Underhill was a prosperous planter and
Washington, D. C, where she now re- farmer, and after a short period became
sides. 2. Louise, born in 1882, died in
November, 1890.
UNDERHILL FAMILY,
Anceitral History.
one of the leading figures in the affairs of
Matinnecock. He died in 1672, and was
buried in the Underhill burying ground
at Matinnecock (Locust Valley), Long
Island. Captain Underhill married Eliz-
abeth Feke, daughter of Robert Feke (or
Underhill Arms—Argent a chevron sable be- Feak). They were the parents of sev-
tween three trefoils slipped vert eral children, among them Xathaniel,
Crest-On a mount vert a hind lodged or.
mentioned below.
The Underhill family in America dates (II) Xathaniel Underhill, son of Capfrom
the year 1630, when Captain John tain John and Elizabeth (Feke) Under-
Underhill, its founder, came to America, hill, was born on Long Island, February
Since the time of the early Dutch settle- 22, 1663, and passed the early years of his
ments in Xew Amsterdam, and along the life at the home of his parents on Long
Hudson river, in what is now the State Island. He removed later to Westchester
of New Y r
ork. the old Westchester coun- county, Xew York, and was the founder
try has been the home of descendants of of the Westchester branch of the family,
the pioneer Underhills. The family has He was a farmer on a large scale there,
been prominent in official life in this sec- and one of the leading men of the sur-
tion of Xew York since the middle of the rounding country. Xathaniel Underhill
seventeenth century. Captain John Un- married Mary Ferris, December 2, 1685 ;
derhill, the progenitor, was a man of cul- she was the daughter of John and Mary
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