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Where did the English Underwood family come from? What is the English Underwood family crest and coat of arms? When did the Underwood family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Underwood family history?
Underwood is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from a family once having lived in a forest, below a forest on a hillside, or in either of the settlements called Underwood in Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire. The surname Underwood belongs to both the category of habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads, and the class of topographic surnames, which were given to people who resided near physical features such as hills, streams, churches, or types of trees.
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- First settlers to North America
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The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Underwood has been recorded under many different variations, including Underwood, Underwoode and others.First found in Derbyshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Underwood research. Another 302 words(22 lines of text) covering the year 1632 is included under the topic Early Underwood History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Underwood. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Underwood or a variant listed above:
Underwood Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- James Underwood settled in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630
- Casander Underwood, who landed in Virginia in 1633
- Martin Underwood and his wife Martha settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1634
- Martin Underwood, aged 38, arrived in America in 1634
- Robert Underwood, aged 30, landed in Virginia in 1635
Underwood Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Saml Underwood, who landed in Virginia in 1704
- James Underwood, who landed in Virginia in 1705
- Abraham Underwood, who arrived in Virginia in 1714
- Anthony Underwood, who arrived in New England in 1720
Underwood Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- William Underwood, who landed in America in 1810
- Edwin Underwood, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1879
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- Carrie Marie Underwood (b. 1983), American country music singer who won the title of the fourth season of American Idol
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929), American politician
- Cecil Harland Underwood (b. 1922), American Republican Party politician from West Virginia
- General George Vernon Underwood (1913-1984), Commander in chief, United States Southern Command (USCINCSO) from 1971 to 1973
- Captain Edmund Beardsley Underwood (1853-1928), acting-Governor of American Samoa from 1903 to 1905
- Ruth Underwood (b. 1946), American retired professional musician best known for her work in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention from 1967 to 1977
- John Thomas Underwood (1857-1937), American founder of Underwood Typewriters, New York City in 1895
- Horace Grant Underwood (1859-1916), American Presbyterian missionary, educator, and translator, brother of John Thomas Underwood
- Brittany Underwood (b. 1988), American actress from New Jersey, best known for her role on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live
- Captain Gordon Waite Underwood (1910-1978), United States Navy Captain, recipient of the Navy Cross, eponym of the USS Underwood (FFG-36)
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- Isaac W. Underwood: His Ancestors and Descendants by Willie Bruce Underwood.
- The Underwood Families of America by Lucien Marcus Underwood.
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The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Omnes arbusta juvant
Motto Translation: Groves (Underwood) delight all men.
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- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
- Virkus, Frederick A. Ed. Immigrant Ancestors A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1964. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
- Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds. Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
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