Individual Details
Myles STANDISH
(Abt 1584 - 3 Oct 1656)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1584 | Lancashire, England or Isle of Man |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1618 | Rose | | ||
| Occupation | 1620 | Captain and leader of Plymouth Colony military forces. - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1620 | Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA |  | ||
| Marriage | Bet Jul 1623 and 24 Mar 1624 | Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA - Barbara | | ||
| Occupation | 1644 | Treasurer - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA | | ||
| Occupation | 3 May 1653 | Deputy Governor - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA | | ||
| Death | 3 Oct 1656 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA | | ||
| Burial | Aft 3 Oct 1656 | Myles Standish Burying Ground, Chestnut Street at Pilgrim Byway, Dubury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA | | | |
| Biography | 1 Jan 2001 | | | ||
| Reference No | 1716 |
Families
| Spouse | Rose ( - 1621) |
| Spouse | Barbara ( - 1659) |
| Child | Charles STANDISH (1624 - 1627) |
| Child | Alexander STANDISH (1625 - 1702) |
| Child | John STANDISH (1627 - 1643) |
| Child | Lora(h) STANDISH (1627 - 1656) |
| Child | Myles STANDISH (1629 - 1663) |
| Child | Josiah STANDISH (1633 - 1690) |
| Child | Charles (2) STANDISH (1634 - 1656) |
Notes
Residence
Original Mayflower passenger with Pilgrims from the Church of Leyden.Burial
Birth: 1584 Death: Oct. 3, 1656American Colonist. He accompanied the Pilgrims as the commander of their militia, but was not a Pilgrim in the religious sense of the group. He is the subject of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic "The Courtship of Miles Standish;" but the story is entirely fictitious. Born in Lancashire, England in 1584, he fought as a young man against the Spanish in the Netherlands, learning his military trade and developing his leadership. The Pilgrims, realizing that none of them really had any military skill, asked him to command and train the militia in their settlement in the new world, and he sailed with the original colonists. Short, stocky, with bright red hair and a florid complexion that would turn beet red when he was angry, he was "a little chimney too soon fired" as one of his detractors once stated. However, no one questioned his bravery, and his watchfulness over the colony probably saved it from destruction by Indians in its early years. Once, he went with a handful of men to the village of a threatening Indian chief, Wituwamat, and although outnumbered by the braves, Standish suddenly turned on the chief and killed him, and brought his head back to Plymouth as a warning to other Indians to behave. In 1625, the Plymouth colonists sent him back to England to get more favorable agreements with the merchants who were financing the colony. As the plague was then ravishing London, he was unable to obtain any support, so he and some other leaders assumed the colony's debts. From 1624 to 1633 he served as the colony's assistant governor, and as its Treasurer from 1652 to 1655. In 1632, he moved a few miles north of Plymouth to Duxbury, Massachusetts, and helped found the town there. He died in Duxbury, Massachusetts in 1656 (bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Family links:
Spouses:
Rose Standish (____ - 1620)*
Barbara Standish*
Children:
Alexander Standish (1625 - 1702)*
Miles Standish (1629 - 1663)*
Josias Standish (1629 - 1753)*
Josiah Standish (1633 - 1690)*
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Search Amazon for Myles Standish Burial:
Myles Standish Burying Ground
Duxbury
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 971
Biography
Birth: 1584 Death: Oct. 3, 1656American Colonist. He accompanied the Pilgrims as the commander of their militia, but was not a Pilgrim in the religious sense of the group. He is the subject of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic "The Courtship of Miles Standish;" but the story is entirely fictitious. Born in Lancashire, England in 1584, he fought as a young man against the Spanish in the Netherlands, learning his military trade and developing his leadership. The Pilgrims, realizing that none of them really had any military skill, asked him to command and train the militia in their settlement in the new world, and he sailed with the original colonists. Short, stocky, with bright red hair and a florid complexion that would turn beet red when he was angry, he was "a little chimney too soon fired" as one of his detractors once stated. However, no one questioned his bravery, and his watchfulness over the colony probably saved it from destruction by Indians in its early years. Once, he went with a handful of men to the village of a threatening Indian chief, Wituwamat, and although outnumbered by the braves, Standish suddenly turned on the chief and killed him, and brought his head back to Plymouth as a warning to other Indians to behave. In 1625, the Plymouth colonists sent him back to England to get more favorable agreements with the merchants who were financing the colony. As the plague was then ravishing London, he was unable to obtain any support, so he and some other leaders assumed the colony's debts. From 1624 to 1633 he served as the colony's assistant governor, and as its Treasurer from 1652 to 1655. In 1632, he moved a few miles north of Plymouth to Duxbury, Massachusetts, and helped found the town there. He died in Duxbury, Massachusetts in 1656 (bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Endnotes
1. Russell L. Warner, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Decendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth , Mass, December 1620, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish (4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), Warner, Russel L., compiler. Mayflower Famiies Through Five Generations, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish, (Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), entry for Myles Standish (1), p.1..
2. Russell L. Warner, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Decendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth , Mass, December 1620, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish (4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), Warner, Russel L., compiler. Mayflower Famiies Through Five Generations, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish, (Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), entry for Myles Standish (1), p.2..
3. Russell L. Warner, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Decendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth , Mass, December 1620, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish (4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), Warner, Russel L., compiler. Mayflower Famiies Through Five Generations, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish, (Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), entry for Myles Standish (1), p.1..
4. Russell L. Warner, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Decendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth , Mass, December 1620, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish (4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), Warner, Russel L., compiler. Mayflower Famiies Through Five Generations, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish, (Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), entry for Myles Standish (1), p.2..
5. Russell L. Warner, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Decendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth , Mass, December 1620, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish (4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), Warner, Russel L., compiler. Mayflower Famiies Through Five Generations, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish, (Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), entry for Myles Standish (1), p.1..
6. Russell L. Warner, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Decendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth , Mass, December 1620, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish (4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), Warner, Russel L., compiler. Mayflower Famiies Through Five Generations, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish, (Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), entry for Myles Standish (1), p.1..
7. Russell L. Warner, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Decendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth , Mass, December 1620, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish (4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), Warner, Russel L., compiler. Mayflower Famiies Through Five Generations, Volume Fourteen, Myles Standish, (Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Decendants, 1997), entry for Myles Standish (1), p.1..
8. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 Jun 2012), entry for Myles Standish, 2001, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts # 971.
9. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 Jun 2012), entry for Myles Standish, Compiled by Kaaren Crail Vining, 2001, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts # 971.