+++REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER+++
Ensign, 3rd Regiment - New York Militia 1779

NOTE: Israel's remains were too decomposed to be removed along with his gravestone to St. Paul's. Please see the article reference at the end of this profile for further information.

"… Israel Underhill who was "Lord Mayor" over Westchester Co[ounty, New York] before the old Revolution."*

Israel lived in the pages of American history textbooks. While courageously participating on the Patriot side of the Revolutionary War, he and his wife, Abigail, also supported the slave trade by buying and selling human lives. The two were recorded as having been quite faithful to their Christian faith. This was the paradox of both their lives and the times. Israel and Abigail died within seven months of each other.

FATHER: Nathaniel Underhill
MOTHER: Mary Hunt

WIFE: Abigail Lispenard
m. 4 Mar 1761 - Trinity Church, New York [City]
by Rev. Henry Barclay

CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Underhill, b. 8 Aug 1762
Anthony Lispenard Underhill, b. 30 Dec 1763
Mary(Maria) Allaire Underhill, b. 19 Mar 1766
Frances Underhill, b. 22 Aug 1770 d. Aug 1824
Paul Underhill, died at 9 years
Bartow Underhill, b. 5 Sep 1774 died at 13 years
Sarah Underhill, b. 8 Mar 1779
Clary (Clarina) Underhill, b. 22 Jan 1782
Source for the above information: Underhill Genealogy Descendants of Capt. John Underhill, Volume 2, Edited by Josephine C. Frost, published privately for the Underhill Society of America, 1932. (pgs 119-120)

PEOPLE ENSLAVED by Israel and Abigail Underhill and left to their daughter, Mary A., in Israel's Will and recorded in Mary A. Underhill VanZant's family Bible:

1. Charles Pine. (FAG profile: 109911471)
2. Margaret Pine, died 83 years, buried Greenwood.(FAG profile: 58487348 )
3. Ceaser, born Oct. 10, 1792 (FAG profile: 109911962)
4. Elsy, died Jamaica, Long Island, Feb. 5, 1864, 89 years.(FAG profile: 109911195)

FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. Birth/Death Dates, Parentage, Burial & Church Membership
**a. "Israel Underhill, son of (23) Nathaniel and Mary (Hunt) Underhill, was born in Westchester, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1732 ... He died Sept. 23, 1806.

b. "[Israel and Abigail] were buried in the Underhill Cemetery in Williamsbridge, N.Y., now part of New York City. They were Episcopalians and in 1795 he was a warden in St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Westchester, N.Y., and [Israel] was listed as a pewholder there in 1790."

c. " The Thirtieth and Thirty-First Annual Reports of the Underhill Society make the following statement:
"The Israel Underhill Family Burying Ground in Williamsbridge [New York], through which a street is to be cut, was incorporated through the efforts of Willard Underhill Taylor, counsel and member of the Underhill Society of America, and the ground placed on the city map as cemetery. The city bought the property and paid for it. The remains were taken up and removed to St. Paul's Churchyard in Eastchester [Mount Vernon]."
Source: Underhill Genealogy Descendants of Capt. John Underhill, Volume 2, (Fourth Generation) Edited by Josephine C. Frost, published privately for the Underhill Society of America, 1932 Also: Ancestry.com. St. Paul's Church, Eastchester N.Y. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004

2. 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Israel Underhill
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Westchester, Westchester, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 4
Number of Slaves : 6
Number of Household Members: 11
Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: Westchester, Westchester, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 135; Image: 585; Family History Library Film: 0568146.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

3. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) Record for Israel Underhill Esq "At 23d inst., at Westchester, aged 75, ISRAEL UNDERHILL, Esq."
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

4. [photo source of the enslaved people monument]
ZANZIBAR - SLAVE MARKET (PHOTOS TANZANIA) A monument dedicated to the memory of the inhuman situations which resulted from slavery. For ages, Zanzibar served as a transit port for African slaves going to Mauretania and the Arabic countries. The monument is created by Clara Sörnäs."

5. New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s
Name: Israel Underhill
Spouse Name: Abigail Lispenard
Marriage Date: 1761
Marriage Place: New York City, New York, New York
Marriage ID: 2220298559
Other Comments: On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record(quarterly), 1939, selected extracts
Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Publication Place: New York, NY; Page: 41

6. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Israel Underhill
SAR Membership: 73550
Birth Date: 1731
Birth Place: Westchester, New York
Death Date: 1806
Death Place: Westchester, New York
Father: Nathaniel Underhill
*Mother: Anna Honeywell
Spouse: Abigail Lespensard
Children: Anthony Lespensard Underhill
"Served as Ensign, 3rd Regiment, New York Militia 1779"
Source Citation: ; SAR Membership Number: 73550.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
*Incorrect identification by the descendant.

*7. "… Israel Underhill who was "Lord Mayor" over Westchester Co. before the old Revolution."
SOURCE: Ancestry.com. The old merchants of New York City [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Barrett, Walter,. The old merchants of New York City. New York: Carleton, 1863-1866. p. 79

8. Underhill Genealogy, Volume 2, Fourth Generation,
p. 120.

**This birthdate is different than the one calculated from his age at the time of his death.

NOTE: Burial information: https://www.nps.gov/sapa/learn/historyculture/upload/underhillarticleforwebsite.pdf