Underhill Sentence Examples

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  • On Long Island, during Stuyvesant's rule, Dutch influence was gradually undermined by John Underhill.

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  • Serious dissensions had already arisen between Puritan and Anglican factions in Dover, and Captain John Underhill, another Antinomian, became for a time a leader of the Puritan faction.

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  • The Dutch engaged the services of about fifty Englishmen under Captain John Underhill, a hero of the Pequot War, and in 1644 the Indians were defeated in several engagements, but a general peace with them was not established until the 30th of August 1645.

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  • The 9am Choir, under the direction of Kathy Underhill, is fairly traditional in its approach.

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