'Underhill1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Underhill of Eatington (Ettington), Underhill of Huningham, Underhill of Idlicote, Underhill of Upthrop

                               
William Underhill of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (a 1423)
m. _ Stanley of Bromwich
1. Nathaniel Underhill
m. _ Batt of Long Compton
  A. John Underhill of Huningham & Eatington, Warwickshire (d 29.11.1518)
  m1. _ Walse (dau of Steide or Slade Walse of Marstock)
  i. William Underhill of Shustoke (dsp)
  m. Alice
  m2. Agnes Porter (dau/heir of Thomas Porter of Over Eatington (son of Robert of Over Eatington), widow of John Norwood)
  ii. Thomas Underhill of Huningham
  m. Anne Winter (dau of Robert Winter of Hodington & Willey)
  a. Edward Underhill, last of Huningham, later of Baginton
  CTG identifies Edward's wife as Joan, dau of Thomas Price of London, with the children (most a 1619) as John (dsp), Edward, Godfry (dsp), Anne, Christian, Eleanor, Rachel, Ducee, Alice & Prudence. 'Herald and Genealogist shows as follows.'
  m. Joan Perryns (dau of Thomas Perryns of London)
  (1)+ issue - Guilford (b 1553, d young), Edward (bpt 1556), John (d 1556), Henry (bpt 1561), Ursula (b 1542), Anne (b 1547-8), Christian (b 1548), Eleanor (b 1549), Rachel (b 1552), Anne (b 1554), Prudence (b 1554, d young)
  b. Ralph Underhill of Baginton (dsp 1566)
  m. Mary
c. Elizabeth Underhill
  m. Edward Lydiatt of Greenton
  (1)+ issue - Thomas, Leonard
  d. Alice Underhill (d unm)
  iii. Edward Underhill of Eatington (d 05.11.1546)
  m. Margaret (Margery?) Middlemore (d 1559-60, dau of _ Middlemore of Edgbaston) ## see here ##
  a. Thomas Underhill of Eatington (d 06.10.1603)
  m. Elizabeth Congreve (d 24.06.1603, dau of John Congreve of Stretton)
  (1) Edward Underhill 'of Ettington' of Barton-on-the-Heath (d 1612-3)
  m. Margaret Love of Aynho (Low of Agron) (widow of John Beresford of Bentley)
  (A) Thomas Underhill (a 1650)
  m. Elizabeth (a 1650)
  (i)+ issue - Thomas, John (a 1650)
  (B) Sir Edward Underhill (dsp 13.11.1641)
  m. Katharine Warde of Barford (a 1647)
  (C) John Underhill of Over Eatington (d before 1647)
  m. Mary (a 1651)
  (i) Edward Underhill of Upthrop, Worcestershire (d 14.04.1670, 2nd son?)
  m. Mary (d 12.05.1671)
  (a) Edward Underhill of London (bpt 28.03.1656, stationer)
  m. (28.08.1712) Mary Widmer of Lambcote
  ((1)) Anna Maria Underhill (bpt 31.03.1714)
  (b) John Underhill of Upthrop (bpt 18.08.1657, bur 22.04.1697?)
  m. Mary (bur 18.11.1694)
  ((1))+ issue - Edward (bpt 16.11.1694), Martha (bpt 22.03.1690)
  (c) George Underhill of Upthrop (d 28.03.1685, youngest son?)
  m. Martha (bur 22.07.1696)
  ((1)) Thomas Underhill of Fulredy, Warwickshire (bur 15.07.1704)
  m1. Agnes Dunn of Barford (bur 29.03.1669)
  ((A)) Anne Underhill (d 1722)
  m. (1693) Nathaniel Rouse (d 1737)
  ((B)) Martha Underhill
  m. (13.10.1692) Thomas Mann of Kenelworth
  m2. Anne
  (d) Katharine Underhill (bpt 1655, a 1692)
  m1. _ Sands??
  m(2). Stephen Fairbeard of Hitchin (a 1692)
  (e) Anne Underhill (bpt 09.02.1660)
  m. Thomas Bray of Waterplace
  (f) Mary Underhill (a 1692)
  m. John Crooke of Baford
  (g) Jane Underhill (a 1692)
  m. Samuel Moore of London (tailor)
  (h) Martha Underhill
  m. Rev. John Trapp of Whitchurch
(j)+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 31.07.1663), William (bpt 1665, silversmith), Hercules (bpt 02.08.1668, bur 04.01.1683)
  (ii) Mary Underhill
  m. Francis Ainge of Stratford on Avon
  (iii) Margaret Underhill
  m. William Mayle of Severn Stoke
  (iv)+ other issue - William (bpt 04.05.1623), Thomas of Admington (had issue)
  (D) Elizabeth Underhill (bpt 18.08.1580, bur 07.1641) possibly of this generation
m. Thomas Hornyold of Bredon (bpt 24.09.1580, d 25.09.1632)
  (2) Thomas Underhill of Lambcote, Warwickshire (b c1543, a 1613)
  (A) Thomas Underhill of Lambcote (b c1593, a 1630)
  (3) Martha Underhill
  m. William Rowley of Farnborough
  (4) Margaret Underhill (d 1605)
  m. (1576) Edmund Peers of Alveston
  (5) Anne Underhill (a 1606)
  m. Ferdinando Poulton of Bourton
(6) Mary Underhill (bur 10.11.1590)
  m. William Underhill of Idlicote @@ just below
  (7)+ other issue - William, Humphry (d 1613), Francis of Oxhill (a 1613), George of Oxhill (d 1650), Anthony (d 16.07.1587), Paul (d 06.07.1566), Ursula (d 1550), Jane (d 06.07.1566), daughter
  CTG suggests that there were 15 daughters in total but 'Herald and Genealogist' reports that one of the 7 daughters "appears to have mar." ...
  m. Nicholas Porter of Aston ("uncle of Sir Endymion Porter")
  b. William Underhill of Idlicote & Loxley, Warwickshire (d 1570)
m1. Ursula Congreve (d 13.05.1561, dau of John Congreve of Stretton)
  (1) William Underhill of Idlicote (bur 13.07.1597)
  William "sold New Place at Stratford on Avon to the poet Shakespeare, at Easter Ter, 1597".
  m. Mary Underhill (bur 10.11.1590) @@ just above
(A) Sir Hercules Underhill of Idlicote (a 1617, dsp)
  m. Bridget Carleton (sister of Viscount Dorchester, not dau of John, Lord Carleton)
  (B) William Underhill of Ludlow (bpt 06.03.1587-8)
  m. Hester Parker (dau/heir of S. Parker of Llanredneril)
  (i) Sir William Underhill of Idlicote (bur 25.09.1710)
  m1. Alice Lucy (dau of Sir Thomas Locy of Charlecote)
  (a) Hercules Underhill of Idlicote (a 1730)
  m. (1681) Sarah Swift (dau of William Swift of Worcester)
  ((1)) Samuel Underhill , last of Idlicote (bpt 19.02.1690, a 1754)
  m1. (1727) Catharine (d 1739, widow of Jonathan Fogg)
  m2. Sarah
((2)) Alice Underhill (b 1686-7, d 04.04.1778)
  m. Rev. George Hammond of Hampton Lucy (b c1694, d 29.02.1760)
  ((3))+ other issue - William, Martha (a 1727), Sarah, Margaret (b c1693, d 03.01.1784)
  (b)+ other issue - Thomas (bur 18.01.1713), Compton, Mary, Alice, Lucy
  m2. Margaret (d 08.09.1712, widow of Cornelius Van Bommel of London)
  (ii) Samuel Underhill
m. Elizabeth Gibbs (dau of Sir Henry Gibbs of Honnington)
  (a)+ issue - Henry, William, George
  (iii)+ other issue - George (d Hopton Heath), John, Hercules (bur 26.03.1712)
  (C) Valentine Underhill (bpt 17.02.1586-7)
  m. John Bolt
  (D)+ other issue - Fulke (bpt 28.01.1578, d 05.1598), Timothy (a 1603), Ludowick (a 1603), Symon (bpt 16.11.1589, a 1603), Dorothy (bpt 18.03.1579), Elizabeth (bpt 10.11.1585, bur 25.11.1585)
  (2) Anne Underhill
  m. G(eorge) Mathew of Berkswell
  (3)+ other issue - Dorothy, Elizabeth, Margaret
  m2. Dorothy Hatton (sister of Sir Christopher Hatton, widow of Richard Newport of Huningham)
  c. John Underhill of Whitchurch (d 1601)
  m. Margaret (d 1607)
  (1) Nicholas Underhill (vicar of Whitchurch) had issue
  m. Alice Huntley
  (2)+ other issue - Hercules (d 1664), Humphry (d 1634)
  The following comes from the article on the Underhill family in Burke's 'Distinguished Families of the USA' which identifies the following as possibly sons of John, 3rd son of Edward of Ettington (son of John of Wolverhampton by Agnes Porte (2nd wife))
  (3) John Underhill, later of Long Island, New Amsterdam, North America (b 1597, d 1672, Captain) had issue in North America
  m1. ??
  m2. (1659) Elizabeth Feake (b 1633, d 1675, dau of Robert Feake)
  (4)+ other issue (a 1634) - Thomas of London, Clement of London
d. Winifred Underhill
  m. _ Wikeley
  e. Anne Underhill
  m. Thomas Rowley
  f. Katharine Underhill
  m. William Mynors
  g. Mary Underhill
m. Humphry Wickham of Thame or Swalcliffe
  h. Elizabeth Underhill (a 1608, 7th dau)
  m1. Edmund Bury of Barton-on-the-Heath
  m2. Thomas Sawyer of Raunds
  i.+ other issue - Humphry of Kineton (d by 1591), 2 sons, 2 daughters
  iv. Elizabeth Underhill
  m. (John) Agard of Foston
  v. Susan Underhill
  m. _ Salway of Pirton
  vi. Dorothy Underhill
  m. _ Yonge of Crome ## see here ##
  B. Richard Underhill

Main source(s): 'Herald and Genealogist' (vol 2, 1865, 'Pedigree of the Family of Underhill', p130+), CTG (vol 6, 'Pedigree of the Family of Underhill, originally of Staffordshire', p382+)
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