Captain John Underhill, son
of John Edward Underhill, was born in 1597 in Warwickshire, he fled along with
his family to the fortified city of Bergen op Zoom in Holland. His father John
Edward Underhill served as Sergeant in the company of Captain Roger Orme.
Following his fathers death in October 1608, John Underhill, his mother and
siblings lived with a group of Puritan exiles. He received military training as
a cadet in service of Philip William, the Prince of Orange. Underhill married
Helena de Hooch on December 12, 1628, in the Kloosterkerk, The Hague, Holland.
John Underhill was hired to accompany a group of Puritans to the Massachusetts
Bay Colony in 1630. There in New England, a new chapter in the story in the
distinguished history of the Underhill family began.
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