John Underhill/Hannah White-From Guilford/Randolph, NC to Wayne Co., IN
John Underhill b. aft. 1740 England-d.1814 IN is often described by various researchers and descendants as the son of Joseph Underhill/Martha Oldham of the Cecil Co., MD Underhills, a gentry family of Quaker landowners.There is no evidence undergirding this attribution.John Underhill b. 1747, son of Joseph and Martha settled in Washington Co., PA,never lived in the Guilford/ Randolph area of NC, did not marry Hannah White, did not migrate into E. TN nor eventually cross the Ohio into Wayne Co., IN.
John Underhill of Guilford/Randolph, NC was a blacksmith, not a landed gentleman. His story and the story of his line can be found in vol. 6 and 8 of the Underhill Genealogy published by the Underhill Society of America through Gateway Press. His parentage is unknown; he probably emigrated from England in the 1760's.