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- On February 17, 1621, he was appointed the first commander of Plymouth Colony. Later, he served as Plymouth's representative in England, and served as assistant governor and as the colony's treasurer. He was also one of the founders of the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (named after his ancestral seat at Duxbury Woods, Chorley) in 1632.
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Captain Myles Standish m. first Rose ______ who died during the first winter and 2nd Barbara _______ who survived her husband and was among the executors of his estate. Standish, among the more well known of the Mayflower passengers -- perhaps due to Longfellow's fictitious poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish -- was by some accounts of short stature and of feisty temperament. Nonetheless, he served the fledgling colony with great fidelity and was consistently called upon for service.
He was called by Thomas Morton, the man who Standish arrested, "Captain Shrimp." In a combative encounter with the natives, Wittuwamet, Peksuot and others over a plot to eliminate the Weston colony, Winslow recounts that prior to the death fight, Pecksuot earlier had told Standish: "though he were a great captain, yet he was but a little man; and said he, though I be no sachem, yet I am a man of great strength and courage." Both Wittuwamet and Peksuot were killed in hand-to-hand combat by Standish and his men.
Bradford's Passenger List: "Captain Standish his wife dyed in the first sicknes; and he maried againe, .4. and hath .4. sones liveing, and some are dead."
[MD 3:153]Captain Myles Standish died at Duxbury, on Friday, 3 October, 1656. His will was made 7 March, 1656 . It was probated 4 May, 1657, as is shown by the record of the inventory and by the following court order, of that date: "Mr Allexander Standish and mr Josias Standish Doe accept of beeing exequitors with Mis Barbery Standish theire mother on the estate of Captaine Myles Standish Deceased; "
[MD 1:150 The Division of Cattle in 1627. ] The third lot fell to Capt Standish & his companie Joyned to him his wife
2 Barbara Standish
3 Charles Standish
4 Allexander Standish
5 John Standish
- On February 17, 1621, he was appointed the first commander of Plymouth Colony. Later, he served as Plymouth's representative in England, and served as assistant governor and as the colony's treasurer. He was also one of the founders of the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (named after his ancestral seat at Duxbury Woods, Chorley) in 1632.
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Captain Myles Standish m. first Rose ______ who died during the first winter and 2nd Barbara _______ who survived her husband and was among the executors of his estate. Standish, among the more well known of the Mayflower passengers -- perhaps due to Longfellow's fictitious poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish -- was by some accounts of short stature and of feisty temperament. Nonetheless, he served the fledgling colony with great fidelity and was consistently called upon for service.
He was called by Thomas Morton, the man who Standish arrested, "Captain Shrimp." In a combative encounter with the natives, Wittuwamet, Peksuot and others over a plot to eliminate the Weston colony, Winslow recounts that prior to the death fight, Pecksuot earlier had told Standish: "though he were a great captain, yet he was but a little man; and said he, though I be no sachem, yet I am a man of great strength and courage." Both Wittuwamet and Peksuot were killed in hand-to-hand combat by Standish and his men.
Bradford's Passenger List: "Captain Standish his wife dyed in the first sicknes; and he maried againe, .4. and hath .4. sones liveing, and some are dead."
[MD 3:153]Captain Myles Standish died at Duxbury, on Friday, 3 October, 1656. His will was made 7 March, 1656 . It was probated 4 May, 1657, as is shown by the record of the inventory and by the following court order, of that date: "Mr Allexander Standish and mr Josias Standish Doe accept of beeing exequitors with Mis Barbery Standish theire mother on the estate of Captaine Myles Standish Deceased; "
[MD 1:150 The Division of Cattle in 1627. ] The third lot fell to Capt Standish & his companie Joyned to him his wife
2 Barbara Standish
3 Charles Standish
4 Allexander Standish
5 John Standish«s76»
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Old Dead Relatives
Abt 1584 - 1656 (~ 72 years)
