inhumanily slain by Nathaniel Underhill∼American patriot Isaac Martling led a mob against the rich Loyalist Nathaniel Underhill, who ended up being strung up by his heels. The Tory later retaliated by fatally stabbing the one-armed Isaac, waiting until he'd gone to a well and was encumbered with a bucket of water as he crossed the road. Underhill consequently fled to Canada, but was named in the inscription on Isaac's gravestone as his murderer. Stating that the deceased had been "inhumanly slain...in his 39th year", the stone was broken off at its base, possibly by a member of Underhill's family. Isaac's survivors included his younger brother Abraham "Brom" Martling, who was said to have been the inspiration for the character "Brom Bones" in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
inhumanily slain by Nathaniel Underhill∼American patriot Isaac Martling led a mob against the rich Loyalist Nathaniel Underhill, who ended up being strung up by his heels. The Tory later retaliated by fatally stabbing the one-armed Isaac, waiting until he'd gone to a well and was encumbered with a bucket of water as he crossed the road. Underhill consequently fled to Canada, but was named in the inscription on Isaac's gravestone as his murderer. Stating that the deceased had been "inhumanly slain...in his 39th year", the stone was broken off at its base, possibly by a member of Underhill's family. Isaac's survivors included his younger brother Abraham "Brom" Martling, who was said to have been the inspiration for the character "Brom Bones" in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
Gravesite Details
Paternal link: Findagrave member #48079906, "wharfrat"; additional details re: Isaac Martling's death provided by Findagrave member Dee, a descendant of Isaac Martling's son Abraham, who died in 1841.
Family Members
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