Reuben Underwood & Sybil Whittemore Family
This page is devoted to all of the documents and records collected for the Reuben Underwood family. Reuben and Sybil lived prior to the advent of photographs. The silhouettes shown above were done about 1815. They are in possession of the D.A. R. museum in Washington, D.C. Reuben and Sybil lived in Worcester, Massachusetts. Reuben was based in Worcester, MA but many of his children left for the cheaper land available in New York. Once Reuben dies, his widow Sybil moved to live with her son Amos in NY.
Reuben Underwood Family Group Sheet- This family is with 2nd wife Sybil Whittemore
Reuben Underwood Family Group Sheet - This family is with 1st wife Eunice Livermore
Reuben and Sybil Underwood Silhouettes Picture - This is actually in the collection of the D.A. R. in Washington, D.C. This page is from a mailing to DAR members soliciting donations.
Underwood Furniture - Donated by Reuben's son to the DAR
Federal Census Records : 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830
Marriage Intentions - Church required to announce intention to marriage. also called Marriage Banns
Marriage Record 01 02 Trancription
Land Deeds : Reuben's First Purchase 1779 Reuben's Sale to Jonas 1822
Reuben bought and sold many parcels of land. These are just a sample. Click Here if you want to seel all of his land transactions.
Reuben Underwood Shoemaker - This is an excerpt from an article about the shoemaking industry in Massachusetts in the early 1800s.
Reuben Underwood Death Record - This is from the town records of Spencer, Massachusetts
Probate Items : Notice to Creditors Probate Docket Bond Posted by Jonas
Reuben Underwood Grave Marker - His first wife Eunice is also noted on the Grave Marker
Sybil Whittemore Underwood's Grave Marker - Sybil lived with her son Amos in Cayuga County, NY and was 90 when she died in 1848. She is buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery.
Their Children :
Amos Eunice Jonas Sybil Jonas Cyrus Jeremiah
Updated on 14 July 2021
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