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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 341

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] peat it here. It is sufficient to state that he has left a line of very numerous and distinguished descend-ants. John Underhill, eldest son of the captain, was the ancestor oftthe family of that name on Long Island, while the families in Westchester County are de-scended from his second son, Nathaniel, whose son Abraham was the father of Isaac Underhill, who was bom in 1726 and died in 1814. He married Sa-rah Field, and they were the parents of several chil-dren. Robert was the oldest son, and the ancestor ol the Underbills of Teller's (or Croton) Point. Abraham I. Underhill, the second son, was born June 27, 1763. He married Rebecca Field, who was descended from a family well known in this county, and a lady of many excellencies and virtues. Her portraits show that she possessed no small share ot personal beauty. Their only child was Edward B. Underhill. Abraham I. Underhill was for many years one of the lessees of mill privileges on the Croton River near its mouth, which were leased from the Van Cortlandts, and here Mr. Underhill erected ex-tensive mills and supplied large quantities of flour to the New York market. After the expiration of the lease Mr. Underbill removed to his farm in York-town, where he passed the remainder of bis days, and died May 6, 1841. The settlement of disputes which arose after the termination of the lease of the mill-seat gave rise to a very protracted lawsuit, which is quite an important episode in the history of that part of the county.