The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
Shirley exhibits it as " a buck trippant"* The seal of Captain John Underbill attached to his name as a witness in a conveyance from the Indian propriet'-xa x.i . la Jnecock, Long Island, to Matthew Prior, dated Killingworth, 22d of June, 1664, are "arg, three trefoils, slipped vert," while the crest resembles that on the old seal before mentioned, viz : " a buck trippant " which clearly proves that the bearer belonged to the old or parent stock carrying the original coat plain without a difference. ^j
" During the reign of Elizabeth, when the prosperity of tlie family was at its height, the Underbills acquired properly in almost every parish within six miles of Eatington. They became connected by marriage, also, with many of the best families of the county of Warwick, and attained the honors of Knighthood. * From the visitation of War\^'icka Patronyniica Crittanica-Lower.
b Unt''iale"8 War-.TicksSire, p 4T9.
0 See MisceUauPJ Gen. et Iler.ildeca by Jos. Jackson.
d rn a c.itnl'^a^.ie of vcpiJi^iits in ihu c.ountvof Warwiftc, taTcen by nenrv Ferrers of Hafi(Jf-.<»slev. E-'i-i in ^'^^ twoiui>-tri Vfar ot niio,'!i Eli'z.ibeth. A.l). ir>;r-S, nri>tlie followlnsr Ofuriuv' lb.t) name of UiKU.Thill: Tti'Mii-.ts l[i(i..ThilI. of >,L'thtr-};tui^loa; Uuuifrv T'ruHriiiU.of Kiiiofcfl, hw brother; John rivlL-rlu.!. of WljirL-liurcU, his iiro'hei-; William I'liilcrinli, of Sn-aiiivf!:. U|n^n-Avon, son of Wiliiani. Uro-ht-r of IMohilis; E.iw;»ri.i rii<!i.Tt!!'.;. of liiirton on rlif" Heath, hrothi rof TUoir.js; ih'.'!i,!- L hiUtIuU. of Jlulford, suconU aouo' Thomas.-- CoUectaut-a 'Uv);>- jjraphica cl <-ii-riiMi(i-ii;;i, vi.;. viii., li>S.
« Loaecu^t;* i'oiJot', t-i c-tatJ-iegita, vol. vi, 3.il-r;S4.