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Spouse: Isobelle LEITHEAD
Marr: 24 Apr 1653,
Stichill, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children: Thomas
(2) Thomas UNDERWOOD Sr.
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Spouse: Agnes LAMB
Marr: 26 Oct 1680, Stichill,
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children: Thomas
(3) Thomas UNDERWOOD Jr.
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Occ: Farmer
Spouse: Isobelle SMITH
Marr: Jan 1742, Stichill,
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children: Thomas (-1801)
(4) Thomas UNDERWOOD III
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Death: 28 Dec 1801, Stichill, Roxburghshire,
Scotland
Occ: Wheelright
Spouse: Margaret COVENTRY
Birth: 8 Jan 1752, Sharwell, Fifeshire,
Scotland
Father: George COVENTRY (Or Couventrie) (1703-1762)
Mother: Jean BROWN (1707-)
Marr: 10 May 1783, Stichill,
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children: Thomas (1784-1829)
George (1785-)
Jean (1787-)
(5) Thomas UNDERWOOD IV
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Birth: 25 Apr 1784, Stichill,
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death: 1829
Occ: Medical
Publisher On 32 Fleet St., London, England
Spouse: Mary Easton WAUGH - GRIFFENHOOF
Birth: 1792
Death: 1866
Father: Rev. Alexander WAUGH D.D. (1754-1827)
Mother: Mary NEILL (1760-1840)
Marr: ?
Children: Mary (1817-)
Thomas (1819-1900)
Alexander (1820-)
Margaret (1821-)
George (1823-)
Jean (1825-1896)
John E. (1827-1882)
Catherine Coventry (1829-1916)
Notes: Thomas with his brother George, was a publisher of medical
and otherbooks. His business was located on Fleet Street in London, England.
(6) John
E. UNDERWOOD
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Birth: 1827, London, England
Death: 1882, New Durham, NJ
Occ: Analytical
Chemist; Manufacturer Of Inks And Safety Paper
Educ: London And Later In
Colchester, England For Chemistry
Spouse: Elizabeth Grant MAIRE
Birth: Madeira, Portugal
Death: 1865
Father: John MAIRE
Mother: Helen McKENZIE (-1839)
Marr: 1855, London, England
Children: Hannah Elizabeth Grant (1856-1938)
John Thomas (1857-1937) - Founder of Underwood
Typewriter
Frederick Wills (1858-1891)
Horace Grant (1859-1916)
Helen Mary (1862-1942)
Mary Easton (Died in Youth) (1865-1865)
Notes: During his studies in Chemistry, John was a pupil
of Michael Faraday, famous English physicist and chemist, whom he admired
immensely. For many years he was in business in London manufacturing
inks. His wife and youngest child died in 1865. He came to
America in 1873 with some of his children and his second wife, Mrs. Nunn
(with whom he had no children). They settled in New Durham, NJ where
he converted a large barn at the end of the garden into a factory
manufacturing inks of all kinds. Many large businesses began purchasing
his products. He invented the Underwood Safety Paper which took ink well,
but was too expensive for a large market. When the first typewriter was
placed on the market, the manufacturer asked John to invent an ink for
the ribbons. This he did, and expanded production into ribbons, carbon
paper, and other typewriter supplies.
When John Underwood died in 1882, he left the business
to his sons John T. and Frederick Wills who had been helping him run the
company.
(7) Helen
Mary UNDERWOOD
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Birth: 17 May 1862, London,
England
Death: 24 Jul 1942, Remsenburg,
Long Island, NY
Burial: Village Cemetery, Remsenburg,
Long Island, NY
Spouse: George Powell CONARD
Birth: 16 Feb 1864, Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
Death: 9 Sep 1939, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Burial: Village Cemetery, Remsenburg, Long
Island, NY
Father: William Roberts CONARD (1833-1903)
Mother: Julia Ann POWELL (1837-1909)
Marr: 10 Oct 1888, Brooklyn,
Kings, NY
Children: Edith Underwood (1890-1960)
Frederick Underwood (1891-1954)
Helen Evelyn (1896-1979)
Lillian (1900-1996)
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