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When the &longs;entence of banishment
pa&longs;&longs;ed on Captain Underhill, he
retired to Dover in New Hamp&longs;hire,

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and was elected governour of the European
&longs;ettlers there; but, notwith&longs;tanding
his great &longs;ervice to the people of Massachusetts,
in the Pequod wars, his persecutors
in Bo&longs;ton would not allow him to
die in peace. Fir&longs;t, by writing injurious
letters to tho&longs;e he governed; by threats
of their power; and la&longs;tly, by determining
that Dover was within the juri&longs;diction
of Ma&longs;&longs;achu&longs;etts, they forced him to
&longs;lee to Albany, then po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ed by the
Dutch, under the name of Amboyna.

The Dutch were highly plea&longs;ed with
the Captain, and after Dutchifying his
name into Captain Hans Van Vanderhill,
they gave him a command of one hundred
and twenty men, in their wars with the
natives. It is &longs;aid that he killed one
hundred and fifty Indians on Long
I&longs;land, and upwards of three hundred on
the Main. The laurels of the famous
Colonel Church wither in compari&longs;on.
The Dutch granted him fifty thou&longs;and

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acres of land, then in their po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ion. Although
the Engli&longs;h, when they took possession
of that country for the Duke of York,
afterwards James the &longs;econd, had promised
to quiet the claims of the &longs;ettlers; yet
Captain Underhill, or his po&longs;terity, have
never availed them&longs;elves of the grant.—
Mentioning this circum&longs;tance, &longs;ometime
&longs;ince in Hartford, &longs;ome gentlemen immediately
offered to rai&longs;e a company and
purcha&longs;e my right. I candidly confessed
that I was not po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ed of the title,
and knew not the particular &longs;pot where
the land lay, and con&longs;equently was unwilling
to &longs;ell land without title or boundaries.
To my &longs;urpri&longs;e they laughed at my
&longs;cruples, and ob&longs;erved that they wanted
the land to &longs;peculate upon, to &longs;ell, and
not to &longs;ettle. Titles and boundaries, in
&longs;uch ca&longs;es, I under&longs;tood, were indifferent
matters, mere trifles.

My brave ance&longs;tor at an advanced age,
died in Albany, leaving two &longs;ons; the

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younge&longs;t of whom removed to the
mouth of Hud&longs;on, where &longs;ome of his
po&longs;terity flouri&longs;h re&longs;pectably to this day.
The elde&longs;t &longs;on, Benoni, from whom I am
de&longs;cended, &longs;ome years after his father's
decea&longs;e, after being the &longs;ubject of various
misfortunes, returned in impoveri&longs;hed circumstances
to New Hamp&longs;hire, where
the family have continued ever &longs;ince.