Joseph Underwood
- Born: Abt 1614, London, Middlesex County, England
- Marriage (1): Mary Wilder on 16 May 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Marriage (2): Mary How on 29 Apr 1665 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Died: 16 Feb 1676, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts about age 62
 General Notes:
Research of Dale Underwood Feb 98.
IT IS SAID THAT JOSEPH UNDERWOOD LANDED IN HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1637. JOSEPH WAS BORN ABOUT 1614 IN ENGLAND, AND CAME TO AMERICA AT THE AGE OF 23. JOSEPH WAS AMOUNG THE FIRST SETTLERS IN THIS BAY COLONY COMMUNITY, THE FIRST GROUP CAME IN 1633, AND BY 1639, THERE WERE REPORTEDLY 206 INHABITANTS IN THE "NEW" HINGHAM. APPARENTLY, MOST OF THE SETTLERS CAME FROM THE TOWN OF HINGHAM, ENGLAND, AND TOWNS ADJACENT TO HINGHAM IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, ENGLAND.
(research of J. Wright on www.rootsweb.com)
Joseph married Mary Wilder, daughter of Thomas Wilder and Martha Keene, on 16 May 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. (Mary Wilder was born in 1616-1623 in Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England and died on 13 Dec 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.)
Joseph next married Mary How on 29 Apr 1665 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (Mary How died on 28 Nov 1667 in Westford, MA.)
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