DANIEL UNDERHILL AND ABIAH CONKLING FAMILY

All of the members of today's family were born and lived in New Castle, Westchester, New York. Daniel and Abiah were married around 1770 and I know of three of their children, listed below:

Sarah 28 Nov 1770, our ancestor
Amy      abt.   1773
Benjamin       1775

In the 1790 Federal census of Salem Town in Westchester County there is a Daniel Underhill listed with one son over the age of 16 and three females and spouse. This may be our Daniel but I'm not certain.


The first European settlers in the area where this family lived were Quakers, who settled in present-day Chappaqua (a neighborhood of New Castle) in 1753, and constructed a meeting house,which still stands today on Quaker Street. [See the photo at the left.] Several Underhill researchers believe that many Underhill folks were members of this old meeting house. Perhaps we will one day find marriage records of our Daniel and Abiah among any possible Quaker records available at the New Castle Historical Society there. I have contacted the society for assistance with this.

DANIEL UNDERHILL
BORN: 1730 in New Castle, Long Island, NY*
Married: c. 1770 in New Castle, Long Island, NY
DIED:   1824 (age 94)  in New Castle, Long Island, NY

ABIAH CONKLING
BORN: 1751 in New Castle, Long Island, NY
DIED: 4 May 1857 place unknown (age 106!!!)

*All of my records name Long Island, NY as the place where these events occurred. Evidently, however, New Castle is today considered to be in Westchester County which is at the northern "neck" before entering Long Island. Perhaps that neck territory included all or part of Long Island in their configurations in the 1700s. I wasn't able to find any history that mentioned my supposition, however.

SOURCES: 1790 Federal census; Family Group Record, Anc. File (www.familysearch.org).