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John Underhill

(Underhill, John, 1597-1672)

Raised relief sculptural bust of Captain John Underhill from the Underhill Burying Ground near Oyster Bay, New York. w:Captain John Underhill (7 Oct, 1597 – 21 July 1672) was an early English colonist in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a soldier known for his great charisma, his excellent military leadership, and as one of the bravest men of his day. He is most noted for making the New Netherlands and Long Island secure from attacks by Native-Americans in the Pequot War of 1637 and another on Long Island in 1644.
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John Underhill (c. 1608/09 – 21 July 1672) was an early English settler and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, where he also served as governor; the New Haven Colony, New Netherland, and later the Province of New York, settling on Long Island. Hired to train militia in New England, he is most noted for leading colonial militia in the Pequot War (1636–1637) and Kieft's War which the colonists mounted against two different groups of Native Americans. He also published an account of the Pequot War. (From Wikipedia)

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