Petronella Underhill

F, b. circa 1598
     Petronella was born circa 1598 in either Baginton, Warwickshire, England, or in Bergen Op Zoom, North Brabent, Netherlands. She was the daughter of John Underhill and Honor Pawley. On 16 May 1638, J. de Voocht gave her, Petronella Underhil, a note for 300 guilders and on 17 Sept. 1638, she gave him a receipt for 50 guilders on account. Thus showing she had not as yet gotten married. Petronella married Ulrich Lupold before 6 August 1639 in Holland, Netherlands. On this day, she is noted as wife of Ulrich Lupold.1 Ulrich and Petronella had a son, Ulrich [chr. 8/02/1640].2,3 It is believed that the couple returned to Holland with their family as both of their names disappear from records anywhere in the New World.

Citations

  1. [S1098] Underhill Genealogy, Volume I page 26 - Petronella Underhill was in New Amsterdam before May 16, 1638, as on that date J. de Voocht gave her a note for 300 guilders and on 17 Sept. 1638, she gave him a receipt for 50 guilders on account. Before Aug. 6, 1639, she was the wife of Ulrich Lupold.
  2. [S1092] J. H. Morrison, Underhills of Warwickshire, page 78 - In 1639, Petronella Underhill, with her husband, Ulrich Lupold, appears in the records of New Amsterdam; they seem to have left again for Europe in 1642. On August 2, 1640, a child of theirs was baptized; and after the utch custom, one of the witnesses was the grandmother, "Leonora Onderhyll."
  3. [S518] New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church Christening Records, 1640 Aug 02; Uldrick Ludolfs; Uldrick; Cornelis Vander Oykens , Jaque Badier, Leonora Onderhyll.