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Biography

Alexander Underwood was born in 1688 in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, son of Samuel Underwood (~1656 - <1723) and Mary (Wilcocks) Underwood (~1660 - >1734).
His siblings were:
  1. Samuel Underwood (1682 - 1746)
  2. Joseph Underwood (~1683 - ~1766)
  3. Benjamin Underwood (1686 - 1759)
  4. Thomas Underwood (1690 - 1766)
  5. Elizabeth (Underwood) Webster (1692 - <1766)
Alexander married Jane Harris[1][2][3], daughter of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton, on 14 Sep 1710 in New Castle, Delaware, Pennsylvania. Their children were:
  1. Mary (Underwood) Wells (1712 - 1794)
  2. Thomas Underwood (1715 - 1771)
  3. Samuel Underwood (~1715 - ~1774)
  4. Elizabeth (Underwood) Ailes (1718 - <1767)
  5. Ann (Underwood) Fraizer (1719 - >1767)
  6. William Underwood (1721 - 1785)
  7. Joseph Underwood (1722 - 1757)
  8. Olive (Underwood) Cox (1725 - 1767)
  9. Benjamin Underwood (1729 - <1803)
  10. Jane (Underwood) Smith (~1729 - >1793)
  11. Elihu Underwood (1732 - ~1785)
  12. John Underwood (1732 - 1776)
  13. Ruth (Underwood) Morthland (1736 - >1767).
Alexander married Sarah C Bowater , daughter of Thomas Bowater and Sarah Edge, and widow of John Beals on 28 Apr 1748[4]
Alexander Underwood settled in London Grove, (Warrington MM), Chester Co., PA in 1722 with his spouse and children.[5] He had the land in London Grove Twp. surveyed in 1720.
He also had land in Pennsylvania. [6]
Alexander got a certificate of removal to Monocacy Meeting in Prince Georges Co., Maryland on Sept. 2, 1745. [7] He returned to Sadsbury MM on Aug. 3, 1747 in York Co. where Alexander was recommended as minister. [8]
Alexander died on 31 Oct 1767 in Warrington, York, Pennsylvania aged ~79.[9] He is buried in Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Wellsville, Pennsylvania.[10][11]
Will of Alexander Underwood, York Co Will Book Vol B page 141-142.[12] Remainder equally divided among my nine children (to wit) Samuel Thomas Joseph William Benjamin & Mary Wells Ann Frazier Jane Smith & Ruth Morthland gave separate gifts of land to sons John and Elihu Letters testamentary granted to William and John on 30 Nov 1767
Alexander Underwood estate settlement, Orphans Court Volume B page 221, sons John and William come to court to settle.[13]

Autosomal DNA Connections

Triangulation Effort is underway. Seeking a triangulation group. The first two legs of a triangulation to Alexander Underwood and Jane Harris is established. Descendants Reba Duckett Mahaney T528972 and Larry Stephenson share three statistically significant segments of autosomal DNA:
  1. - An 8.8 cM segment on chromosome 1, from 242,450,461 to 245,683,659
  2. - A 30.3 cM segment on chromosome 5, from 26,329,557 to 64,561,227
  3. - An 18 cM segment on chromosome 5, from 99,058,528 to 121,046,449
Seeking another cousin with a distance of third cousin or further to complete this triangulation. Note that Reba's siblings and children also match to Larry.
If you are a descendant of Alexander Underwood and Jane Harry, please consider adding your GEDmatch kit number for triangulation study. Thank you.
I am a descendant and want to do triangulation study. GEDmatch AG1569878, James T. Ussery Jr. (unfortunately this kit does not match Larry Stephenson at all. Only matches Reba Mahaney on chromosome 10 with a 7.7 segment. Still looking for the third leg)
This is great information but it does not follow the DNA guidelines. See: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:DNA_Confirmation and https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/clarke11007/DNAconf.php

Sources

  1. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 618.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LCD
    Ancestry Record 7836 #1249100 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Jane Underwood in 1710.
  2. ↑ "Family Data Collection - Marriages"
    Ancestry Record 5774 #1078074 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Name: Jane Harris; Spouse: Alexander Underwood; Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 1710; City: New Castle; County: Delaware; State: PA.
  3. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 55.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BB1
    Ancestry Record 7836 #1249103 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Jane Harris in 1722.
  4. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #1107353910 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Sarah Beals in York, Pennsylvania.
    Name: Alexander Underwood
    Event Type: Marriage
    Marriage Place: York, Pennsylvania
    Residence Date: 16 Apr 1748
    Residence Date on Image: 16 1748 Second
    Spouse: Sarah Beals
    Monthly Meeting: Warrington Monthly Meeting
  5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/twohundredthanni00soci/page/n203/mode/2up Two hundredth anniversary of the founding of London Grove Meeting by the Society of Friends at London Grove, Pennsylvania, tenth month third, 1914. page 99.
  6. ↑ 1742 Legal Record: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952"
    Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2350 #114308 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Name: Alexander Underwood; Warrant Date: 6 May 1742; Warrant Place: Manchester, Lancaster.
  7. ↑ Removal: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #2988030 (accessed 28 July 2022)
    Name: Allexander Underwood; Event Type: Removal; Residence Date: 2 Sep 1745; Residence Date on Image: 2 1745 Seventh; Residence Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Monthly Meeting: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting; Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Meeting State: Pennsylvania; Meeting County: Lancaster.
  8. ↑ Removal: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #2881694 (accessed 28 July 2022)
    Name: Alexander Underwood; Event Type: Removal; Residence Date: 3 Aug 1747; Residence Date on Image: 3 1747 Sixth; Residence Place: Sadsbury; Monthly Meeting: Uwchlan Monthly Meeting; Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Meeting State: Pennsylvania; Meeting County: Chester.
  9. ↑ Death: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #8084042 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood death 31 Oct 1767 (age 79) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42142305/alexander-underwood: accessed 27 July 2022), memorial page for Alexander Underwood (1688–31 Oct 1767), Find A Grave: Memorial #42142305, citing Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Wellsville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Ann (contributor 47025073).
  11. ↑ Death: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #8221092 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood death 31 Oct 1767 (age 79) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  12. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-KCTG?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-FM9%3A268493601%2C270202601 : 3 July 2014), York > Wills 1749-1779 vol A-D > image 254 of 647; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  13. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-2SRV?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-JWP%3A268493601%2C268508701 : 3 July 2014), York > Orphans' Court dockets 1749-1781 vol A-D > image 278 of 593; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
See also:
  • "Boyd Trees" John H. Boyd (Removed for privacy) who references cite "Underwood Families of America, The Delaware Family" and "The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton" by Robert Jesse Harry (1987) (c) Mabel L. Schneider, 3708 Bamboo Terr., Bradenton, FL 33507 (1986).

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Underwood-1141 created through the import of short family tree file for wikitree.ged on Dec 27, 2012 by Randy See.

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OLD Biography

Alexander Underwood was born in 1688 in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland to Samuel Underwood and Mary Wilcocks. His siblings are Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas and Elizabeth. He married Jane Harris 14 Sep 1710 and their children were Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Ann, William, Joseph, Jane, Olive, Elihu, John, Benjamin, and Ruth Underwood. Then Alexander married Sarah (Bowater) Underwood (Boatwater Beals) about 1748 in Maryland.
Alexander Underwood, born in Maryland, settled in London Grove, (Warrington MM), Chester Co., PA in 1722, multiple years after his marriage to Jane Harry.[14] He had the land in London Grove Twp. surveyed in 1720. He obtained a deed for the land in 1722 after his father's death. He was a witness to multiple marriages in the Chester Co., PA region, in 1728 at a Nottingham marriage, in 1731, 1734, 1735 and 1738 in London Grove MM, and lastly in 1734 in New Garden MM. (C-942)
He was a devout Quaker, a Friends Minister for 22 years and named an Elder on Nov. 31, 1735. In 1742 he sold his land to William Boyd. They then moved to Warrington, York Co., PA (Sadsbury Monthly Meeting Territory) in 1743.
His wife, Jane, died shortly after this move. On the 3rd month, 28th, 1743, he, Robert Conners, William Underwood and their families requested a Certificate of Removal from the Sadsbury MM (then including York Co. PA). Needs complete Source and citation.
Alexander got a certificate of removal to Monocacy Meeting in Prince Georges Co., Maryland on Sept. 2, 1745. Needs complete Source and citation.
He returned to Sadsbury MM on Aug. 3, 1747 in York Co. where Alexander was recommended as minister. Needs complete Source and citation.
He married Sarah Bowater Beals, widow of John Beals, after Sarah had gotten her children's permission.
They married after he received a certificate from Warrington to Fairfax Meeting dated 2mo. 16, 1748. Needs complete Source and citation.
Sarah was probably in her 60's at the time. Sarah died prior to Alexander as she was not mentioned in his will. She is last recorded on Sept. 12, 1761 when she was succeeded as "overseer". He, Samuel and William Underwood (probably his sons) pledged money to help buy the land for the Warrington Monthly Meeting while attending Sadsbury MM in 1745. (C-429) His will, dated May 28, 1767 is likely filed at York Co., Pennsylvania. It is or is not, there is no likely Copy and Paste from Genealogy.com
Some of Alexander and Jane's children moved to Delaware and their records may be found in the northern County of a Quaker Record Holding Place. The Book "The Underwood Families of America, Vol. 2:" carries the males lines forward sometimes to the 1900's. As for Alexander's ancestry, it states that it descended from Samuel Underwood of New Castle Co., Del. in the late 1600's. It is fairly definite Samuel was from Maryland, descended from Thomas Underwood of Anne Arundel County, Md. (C-260). Needs complete Source and citations. Copy and Paste from Genealogy.com
There is some controversy on his daughter, Mary's mother. One out of six major works on the Underwood families believes that Alexander had an unknown wife before he married Jane Harry by whom he had Mary. CD-100 gives his only wife's name as Mary Jane Underhill. This is actually the wife of his grandson Alexander. (C-533) Cite it or take it out, no-one has access to that CD. Copy and Paste from Genealogy.com
The mix up in number of wives is due to a literal translation of a Quaker eulogy on Alexander Underwood. However, all other major sources disagree with parts of the eulogy. It was written by friends of his and approved on the 5th mo. 7, 1768, many months after his death when all of his children lived elsewhere and his wife had passed away. It is poorly written with another blatant error, that his parents' weren't Quaker. They feel they confused his adulthood move with the time of his marriage.
The eulogy from which this confusion rises follows: Alexander Underwood was born in the Province of Maryland in the year 1688. His parents who were not members of the religious Society of Friends, removed when he was young and settled in New Castle on the Delaware (when Alexander was about four years old). Here he continued to reside until he reached the thirty-fourth year of his age, when he married and removed to London Grove Township, Chester County (Pennsylvania). Here he became acquainted with Friends and in a few years afterwards he became convinced of the Truth of the principles professed by them, and was received into membership with them. (The timing of these last two statements is not accurate when checked against the time he was a recorded member verses his marriage and move. [C-635, p.21]) By faithfulness to that which led him into the way of the Truth, he grew in religious experience, and became a valuable member of the Church Militant. In a very few years he was appointed Elder, in which he conducted himself with reputation. Needs complete Source and citations. Copy and Paste from Genealogy.com
About the year 1743, he believed it right to remove to Warrington, where he resided the rest of his life. In a year or two thereafter, a gift in the Ministry of the gospel was committed to him, in which he endeavored to be faithful. Besides his earnest labors among neighboring meetings, he twice visited the meetings to the south as far as North Carolina, and brought back comfortable accounts from his Friends there of his labor of love amongst them. He was a good example of humble waiting in religious meetings, and by dwelling near the Fountain of Life, he was enabled, when called into service by his divine Master, "to minister suitably to the situation of the Church, the comfort of the true mourners of Zion, and the encouragement of the faithful." Needs complete Source and citations.
He was diligent, as the way was inwardly opened therefore, in visiting meetings around, and was ever careful to maintain the good order of the church, by having the unity of his friends with his prospects. Toward the end of his life, his strength of body failed much, yet he continued of a clear mind, and sound and lively ministry, visiting even in his weakness some of his neighboring meetings, and families of friends. In these exercises, his labor of love was truly comforting to the living. During his last illness, he was resigned and cheerful. At one time he said "He had the good company of his Master to comfort him in his affliction." On another occasion he remarked, "He could say with the Psalmist that he good Hand that was with him in his younger years, had not forsaken him now in his old age." At different times he signified to those who visited him, "that he still felt the Comforter with him," and said his day's work was done. A short time before his close, "He sang praises and hallelujahs to his great Lord and Master," and then he prayed earnestly for the little handful. He took an affectionate leave of those present, and in a sweet frame of mind, uttered praises until his voice was lost, he quietly and joyfully departed Tenth month, 31st, 1767 and was inter'd the 2nd of the eleventh in the seventy-ninth year of his age. May we who are left behind, be engaged to follow his example so that our end may be like unto his. (C-635) The evident errors in this eulogy are in the timing of events in his earliest life. He moved to London Grove in 1722, and there is no record of his marriage to Jane Harry in the New Garden meeting house in the year 1722 where he was a member. By all known information, Jane was his first wife and they had married a good eleven years previous to that date. These errors are understandable when it's known that they were coming from friends memories. Copy and Paste from Genealogy.com

Parents

Samuel Underwood
Mary (Wilcocks) Underwood (Marriage 1681 New Castle, New Castle, DE)

Siblings

  1. Samuel Underwood
  2. Benjamin Underwood
  3. Thomas Underwood
  4. Elizabeth (Underwood) Harry

Spouse # 1

Children

  1. Mary Underwood Wells b. 1712 d. 1794
  2. Samuel Underwood b. 1715 d. 1774
  3. Thomas Underwood b. 1715 d. 1771
  4. Elizabeth Underwood Ailes b. 1718 d. 1767
  5. Ann Underwood Fraizer b. 1719
  6. William Underwood b. 1720 d. 1785
  7. Joseph Underwood b. 1722 d. 1757
  8. Olive Underwood Cox b. 1726 d. 1767
  9. Benjamin Underwood b. 1729 d. 1802
  10. Jane Underwood Smith b. 1729 d.1793
  11. Elihu Underwood b. 1732 d. 1801
  12. John Underwood b. 1732 d. 1776
  13. Ruth Underwood Morthland b. 1736

Spouse #2

Burial

  • Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Wellsville, York County, Pennsylvania[18]

Research Notes

Place of birth[19]
Quaker Meeting Records[20] This can be removed, as it has been inserted as an in-line citation in New Profile.
Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 Lancaster 1742[21]
Name Rev. Alexander Underwood [22]
Death 31 Oct 1767, Warrington, York Co., Pennsylvania [23]
Disputed marriage to Mary Jane Underhill [24]
Birth abt 1692, Warrington, Bucks, Pennsylvania [25]
Marriage 1706, Warrington Monthly Meeting, Warrington, York Co., PA. [26]
Will of Alexander Underwood, York Co Will Book Vol B page 141-142.[27] Remainder equally divided among my nine children (to wit) Samuel Thomas Joseph William Benjamin & Mary Wells Ann Frazier Jane Smith & Ruth Morthland gave separate gifts of land to sons John and Elihu Letters testamentary granted to William and John on 30 Nov 1767
Alexander Underwood estate settlement, Orphans Court Volume B page 221, sons John and William come to court to settle.[28]

Autosomal DNA Connections

Triangulation Effort is underway. Seeking a triangulation group. The first two legs of a triangulation to Alexander Underwood and Jane Harris is established. Descendants Reba Duckett Mahaney T528972 and Larry Stephenson share three statistically significant segments of autosomal DNA:
  1. - An 8.8 cM segment on chromosome 1, from 242,450,461 to 245,683,659
  2. - A 30.3 cM segment on chromosome 5, from 26,329,557 to 64,561,227
  3. - An 18 cM segment on chromosome 5, from 99,058,528 to 121,046,449
Seeking another cousin with a distance of third cousin or further to complete this triangulation. Note that Reba's siblings and children also match to Larry.
If you are a descendant of Alexander Underwood and Jane Harry, please consider adding your GEDmatch kit number for triangulation study. Thank you.
I am a descendant and want to do triangulation study. GEDmatch AG1569878.

Sources

  1. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 618.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LCD
    Ancestry Record 7836 #1249100 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Jane Underwood in 1710.
  2. ↑ "Family Data Collection - Marriages"
    Ancestry Record 5774 #1078074 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Name: Jane Harris; Spouse: Alexander Underwood; Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 1710; City: New Castle; County: Delaware; State: PA.
  3. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 55.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BB1
    Ancestry Record 7836 #1249103 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Jane Harris in 1722.
  4. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #1107353910 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Sarah Beals in York, Pennsylvania.
    Name: Alexander Underwood
    Event Type: Marriage
    Marriage Place: York, Pennsylvania
    Residence Date: 16 Apr 1748
    Residence Date on Image: 16 1748 Second
    Spouse: Sarah Beals
    Monthly Meeting: Warrington Monthly Meeting
  5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/twohundredthanni00soci/page/n203/mode/2up Two hundredth anniversary of the founding of London Grove Meeting by the Society of Friends at London Grove, Pennsylvania, tenth month third, 1914. page 99.
  6. ↑ 1742 Legal Record: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952"
    Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2350 #114308 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Name: Alexander Underwood; Warrant Date: 6 May 1742; Warrant Place: Manchester, Lancaster.
  7. ↑ Removal: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #2988030 (accessed 28 July 2022)
    Name: Allexander Underwood; Event Type: Removal; Residence Date: 2 Sep 1745; Residence Date on Image: 2 1745 Seventh; Residence Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Monthly Meeting: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting; Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Meeting State: Pennsylvania; Meeting County: Lancaster.
  8. ↑ Removal: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #2881694 (accessed 28 July 2022)
    Name: Alexander Underwood; Event Type: Removal; Residence Date: 3 Aug 1747; Residence Date on Image: 3 1747 Sixth; Residence Place: Sadsbury; Monthly Meeting: Uwchlan Monthly Meeting; Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Meeting State: Pennsylvania; Meeting County: Chester.
  9. ↑ Death: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #8084042 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood death 31 Oct 1767 (age 79) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42142305/alexander-underwood: accessed 27 July 2022), memorial page for Alexander Underwood (1688–31 Oct 1767), Find A Grave: Memorial #42142305, citing Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Wellsville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Ann (contributor 47025073).
  11. ↑ Death: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #8221092 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood death 31 Oct 1767 (age 79) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  12. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-KCTG?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-FM9%3A268493601%2C270202601 : 3 July 2014), York > Wills 1749-1779 vol A-D > image 254 of 647; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  13. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-2SRV?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-JWP%3A268493601%2C268508701 : 3 July 2014), York > Orphans' Court dockets 1749-1781 vol A-D > image 278 of 593; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  14. ↑ Two hundredth anniversary of the founding of London Grove Meeting by the Society of Friends at London Grove, Pennsylvania, tenth month third, 1914. page 99.
  15. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 618.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LCD
    Ancestry Record 7836 #1249100 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Jane Underwood in 1710.
  16. ↑ "Family Data Collection - Marriages"
    Ancestry Record 5774 #1078074 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Name: Jane Harris; Spouse: Alexander Underwood; Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 1710; City: New Castle; County: Delaware; State: PA.
  17. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 55.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BB1
    Ancestry Record 7836 #1249103 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood marriage to Jane Harris in 1722,
  18. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42142305/alexander-underwood: accessed 27 July 2022), memorial page for Alexander Underwood (1688–31 Oct 1767), Find A Grave: Memorial #42142305, citing Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Wellsville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Ann (contributor 47025073).
  19. ↑ "Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 48382 #322261 (accessed 27 July 2022)[Vital Records Vol I Index to the Biographical Sketches Published in The Friend. Vol 36 page 349]
  20. ↑ Death: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #8221092 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Alexander Underwood death 31 Oct 1767 (age 79) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  21. ↑ 1742 Legal Record: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952"
    Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2350 #114308 (accessed 27 July 2022)
    Name: Alexander Underwood; Warrant Date: 6 May 1742; Warrant Place: Manchester, Lancaster.
  22. ↑ York County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Marlene S. Bates and F. Edward Wright, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland, 3, multiple, 1985.
  23. ↑ 1998 Supplement to The Brinton Genealogy, Denise Brinton Berti, Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1998. Data Collected by The Brinton Family Association Genealogy Committee.
  24. ↑ Condits and Cousins Family History
  25. ↑ York County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Marlene S. Bates and F. Edward Wright, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland, 3, multiple, 1985.
  26. ↑ York County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Marlene S. Bates and F. Edward Wright, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland, 3, multiple, 1985.
  27. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-KCTG?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-FM9%3A268493601%2C270202601 : 3 July 2014), York > Wills 1749-1779 vol A-D > image 254 of 647; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  28. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-2SRV?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-JWP%3A268493601%2C268508701 : 3 July 2014), York > Orphans' Court dockets 1749-1781 vol A-D > image 278 of 593; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  • Two hundredth anniversary of the founding of London Grove Meeting by the Society of Friends at London Grove, Pennsylvania, tenth month third, 1914. page 99.
See also:
  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials
  • "Boyd Trees" John H. Boyd (Removed for privacy) who references cite "Underwood Families of America, The Delaware Family" and "The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton" by Robert Jesse Harry (1987) (c) Mabel L. Schneider, 3708 Bamboo Terr., Bradenton, FL 33507 (1986).

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Underwood-1141 created through the import of short family tree file for wikitree.ged on Dec 27, 2012 by Randy See.




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Mahaney-128 Karen (Mahaney) Raichle
Chester County Pennsylvania Deed Book G, p 395-396, FHL film 20855, Alexander Underwood and Jane his wife on 23 December 1742, residents of London Grove Township, sold 150 acres in London Grove township to William Boyd, recorded 20 February 1748 images are here

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7S-MSRL-W?i=207&cat=246232

This shows that Jane was still living in Dec 1742. She was examined, shown to be of age and consented to the sale. It appears to me that the deed was read to her on 20 Feb 1748 when it was recorded, this making her death after this date. Could someone please look at the images and either agree or disagree with my interpretation?

posted by Karen (Mahaney) Raichle
Leger-741 Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Yes, I see the deed was written on 23 Dec 1742, which sort of proves she was alive on 23 Dec 1742. I didn't see the date it was recorded. As I understand it, one does not have to be alive when a deed is recorded only when it is written.

edited to add the following: I see at the very top of the page a date of 18 Apr 1737. I am thinking we need to locate a better document to base her date of death from.

posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
edited by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Mahaney-128 Karen (Mahaney) Raichle
This deed is somewhat confusing to me. It is different to most I have seen. That is why I wanted other opinions. Usually in a deed there is a date the deed was written. If the man has a spouse she is examined separately and apart from the husband in order for her to consent to releasing her dower interest. Usually the date she was examined is listed. Finally there is a date the deed was recorded. These can all be the same date or could have happened at three different times. In this deed the language of the examination and the recording date all seemed to run together. The date of recording (20 Feb 1748) is in the middle of the document, not at the end as in most other deeds I have seen. Maybe this deed is not unusual for Pennsylvania.

The date at the top of this page of 18 Apr 1737 is final part of the affirmation on the previous document which begins on p 391. That document was the lease and release to Alexander Underwood where he originally acquired this 150 acre parcel on 13 Mar 1722 from Tobias Collett, Daniel Quire, and Henry Goulding. This new deed from Alexander and Jane to William Boyd begins with "Be It Remembered that the 23rd day of December 1742"

I don't know when Jane died, but she was obviously still living on 23 December 1742 when she signed this deed.

posted by Karen (Mahaney) Raichle
Sheppard-2686 Pip Sheppard
Hiya Cousin,

Got your note, and I agree The bio and source material is substandard, especially if much of it was copied from another site. **I've seen some of this material elsewhere, too, so it appears that a lot of copying has been going on.**

My take: Alexander needs a clean sweep... bio only according to proven documentary sources. I noticed that several points of the present bio are from books that are mainly just titled, no page numbers, likely with a low publication run, and likely only held in libraries. These do not prove anything if access is limited (or non-existent). Since there are so many of us on WikiTree that are descended from Alexander, it might be a good idea to see if something floats to the top on G2G, especially about those books I cannot find on the web. I know that Beth Stephenson will be highly interested in this re-work.

I'm going to keep looking around. MM sources are going to be about the best we can find, except for deeds, the will, and the estate settlement. For our (and WikiTree's) standards, the bio should be much shorter, basically like what you have above!

Cousin Pip

posted by Pip Sheppard
Leger-741 Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Clean sweep sounds good to me.
posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Mahaney-128 Karen (Mahaney) Raichle
Hey Pip,

The book, "York County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Marlene S. Bates and F. Edward Wright, Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland, 3, multiple, 1985". is available in public libraries. It took me forever to find it, but it exists and shows evidence to dispute the marriage claim that Mary Jane Underhill. married this Alexander Underwood. She actually married his grandson. Even though a publication is limited it is still an acceptable source. I will locate my copies and provide the page numbers.

posted by Karen (Mahaney) Raichle
Sheppard-2686 Pip Sheppard
This is great! Thank you so much, Karen.
posted by Pip Sheppard