Sub-Series 3-A: Underwood-Hunt Family Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contain primarily the correspondence of Sarah (Morey Underwood) Hunt with family members. Arranged chronologically.
Conditions Governing Access
Access is through microfilm when available. Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sarah Morey (1797-1889) and Benjamin Underwood (1793-1839) were married at Galway Monthly Meeting, New York, in 1816. The family settled under the care of Rochester Monthly Meeting in 1835. They had seven children: Mary Underwood Lee (was a member of Rochester MM and married out unity; moved to Iowa); Jane (1818-1847); Elizabeth H. (d. 1855), married Matthew Coleman at Rochester MM in 1840; Matilda (d. 1849); Sarah Ann (1828-1891) and two sons who died in young childhood: William C. (1837-1839) and Charles L. (1832-1834).
Sarah Underwood was acknowledged as a Quaker minister in 1823 and affiliated with the Hicksites after the Separation. Her daughters Matilda and Sarah Ann studied at Sharon Boarding School in Darby, Pennsylvania. After traveling extensively in the ministry, Sarah Underwood transferred her membership to Moorestown Monthly Meeting in NJ in 1843 where she briefly ran a school with her daughters. Daughters Jane and Matilda died in their twenties, and in 1849 Sarah Ann Underwood married David Ferris (1821-1908) under the care of Moorestown Monthly Meeting. In 1845 Sarah Underwood married Elisha Hunt of Moorestown. He died in 1873, and Sarah Underwood Hunt removed to a farm at West Grove, Pa., near Jennersville, in 1877, where she lived with her surviving daughter.
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