Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (died 1672)

John Underhill (captain)

English colonist (1608/1609–1672)

John Underhill 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…