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estate of his father, of Kiliingworth, 4th of November, 1975. Upon" th- 22d of March, 16S6 7, Nathaniel UnderhiU and Mary, his wife, of tV.c town and county of Westchester, conveyed all their land of ever>' kind at Matinecock, Oyster Bay, " which is the land that my father, John Underhill, Senr., lived upon, with forty acres in the woods, which 1 bought of th6 Indians,'' to John Underhill of Matinecock. ''

The sons of Nathaniel were Thomas, John, Nathaniel Underhill, Jr., from whom descended the late Anthony L. Underhill of New York,' and Lancaster Underhill, of Eastchester, and Abraham, from whom came the Underhills of Yorktovv^n and New York.

Nathaniel Underhill, Jr., grandson of Capt. John Underhill, died at Westchester, in 1775. The following epitaph is inscribed on his headstone in the family cemetery : --

" Here lies the body of

NATHANIEL UNDERHILL,

■who was bora August the 11th,' 1690,

and departed this life November 27th, 1775,

aged 85 years, 3 months, and 16 days,

Nathaniel, the eldest son of this individual, filled various public offices. He was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Westchester, in 1759; and in 1775, ^vas elected Mayor of the Borough of Westchester.

Nathaniel Underhill. son of John UnderhiU, of Yonkers, (great grandson of Nathaniel and Mary Ferris), appears to have been a firm and devoted loyahst during the Revolutionary War. On one occasion he was captured by a party of Tories or Cowboys, led by Isaac MartUngh, who conveyed their prisoner to a neighboring barn, suspended him by his feet, comijelled him to eat oats off the floor, and otherwise badly treated him. The sufferer on being released, vowed vengence on his tormentors, declaring he would shoot every one of them if an opportunity should ever occur; and happening to encounter MartHngh soon afterwards, shot him dead on the spot.<^