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of the house and Standish attacked Pecksuot, stabbing him repeatedly with the man's own knife. Wituwamat and the third warrior were also killed. Standish ordered two more Massachusett warriors to be put to death, then went outside the walls of Wessagusset in search of Obtakiest, a sachem of the Massachusett tribe. They soon encountered Obtakiest with a group of warriors, and a skirmish ensued during which Obtakiest escaped.
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commander. The leaders of Plymouth Colony had already hired him for that role, but this vote ratified the decision by democratic process. The men of Plymouth Colony continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainder of his life. As captain of the militia, he regularly drilled his men in the use of pikes and muskets.
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in Duxbury in 1872, with a crowd of ten thousand people attending the ceremonies. It was finished in 1898, the third tallest monument to an individual in the United States. It is surpassed only by the first dedicated Washington Monument (178 feet (54 m)) in Baltimore, Maryland (finished in 1829)
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There are indications that Standish began to seek a quieter life by 1635 (after the Penobscot expedition), maintaining the livestock and fields of his Duxbury farm. He was about 51 years old at that time, and he began to relinquish the responsibility of defending the colony to a younger generation. A
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Reaching Nemasket, Standish planned a night attack on the shelter in which Corbitant was believed to be sleeping. That night, he and Hobbamock burst into the shelter, shouting for Corbitant. As frightened Pokanokets attempted to escape, Standish's men outside fired their muskets, wounding a Pokanoket
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Bradford and Standish agreed that this represented a dangerous threat to the Plymouth-Pokanoket alliance and decided to act quickly. On August 14, 1621, Standish led a group of 10 men to Nemasket, determined to kill Corbitant. They were guided by Hobbamock who quickly befriended Standish, and the two
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credited him with comforting many and being a source of strength to those who suffered. Standish tended to Bradford during his illness, and this was the beginning of a decades-long friendship. Bradford held the position of governor for most of his life and, by necessity, worked closely with Standish.
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After further exploration, the Pilgrims chose a location in Plymouth Bay in late December 1620 as the site for their settlement. Standish provided important counsel on the placement of a small fort in which cannon were mounted, and on the layout of the first houses for maximum defensibility. They had
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was a gentleman, born in Lancashire, and was heir apparent unto a great estate of lands and livings, surreptitiously detained from him; his great grandfather being a second or younger brother from the house of Standish. In his younger time he went over into the low countries, and was a soldier there,
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The families living in Duxbury (sometimes "Duxborough") asked to be set off from Plymouth as a separate town with their own church and minister; this request was granted in 1637. Historian Justin Winsor and others have insisted that the name of Duxbury was given by Standish in honor of Duxbury Hall,
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was a Massachusett warrior and leader of the group threatening Wessagusset; he came to the settlement with Wituwamat and other warriors the day after Standish's arrival. Standish claimed simply to be in Wessagusset on a trading mission, but Pecksuot said to Hobbamock, "Let him begin when he dare; he
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A second, smaller monument was placed over the alleged site of Standish's grave in 1893. Two exhumations of Standish's remains were undertaken in 1889 and 1891 to determine the location of his resting place. A third exhumation took place in 1930 to place his remains in a hermetically sealed chamber
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During the 1640s, Standish took on an increasingly administrative role. He served as a surveyor of highways, as treasurer of the colony from 1644 to 1649, and on various committees to lay out boundaries of new towns and inspect waterways. His old friend Hobbamock had been part of his household, but
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The next day, Standish arranged to meet with Pecksuot over a meal in one of Wessagusset's one-room houses. Pecksuot brought Wituwamat, Wituwamat's adolescent brother, and several women. Standish had three men of Plymouth and Hobbamock with him in the house. On an arranged signal, they shut the door
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The Mayflower was anchored off Cape Cod when Standish urged the colony's leaders to allow him to take a party ashore to find a suitable place for settlement. On November 15, 1620, he led 16 men on foot in exploration of the northern portion of the Cape. On December 11, he led a group of 18 and
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Standish arrived with a group of men to find that the small band at Merrymount had barricaded themselves within a small building. Morton eventually decided to attack the men from Plymouth, but the Merrymount group were too drunk to handle their weapons. Morton aimed a weapon at Standish, which the
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Pastor John Robinson was still in Leiden, but he criticized Standish for his brutality. Bradford, too, was uncomfortable with his methods, but he defended him in a letter: "As for Capten Standish, we leave him to answer for him selfe, but this we must say, he is as helpfull an instrument as any we
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Having accomplished his mission, Standish returned to Plymouth with Wituwamat's head. The leaders of the plot to destroy the settlements had been killed and the threat removed, but the action had unexpected consequences. The settlement of Wessagusset, which Standish had been trying to protect, was
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Bradford called a public meeting at which the Pilgrims decided to send Standish and a small group of eight, including Hobbamock, to Wessagusset to kill the leaders of the plot. The mission had a personal aspect for Standish. One of the warriors threatening Wessagusset was Wituwamat, a Neponset who
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was said to be named after it. Though there is no conclusive evidence linking Myles Standish to that family, it is likely that he had visited it as well as many of the lands he had owned and mentioned in his will. In conclusion, it is highly probable that Myles had more connections to the Standish
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In 1625, Plymouth Colony leaders appointed Standish to travel to London to negotiate new terms with the Merchant Adventurers. If a settlement could be reached and the Pilgrims could pay off their debt to the Adventurers, then the colonists would have new rights to allot land and settle where they
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and played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its foundation in 1620. On February 17, 1621, the Plymouth Colony militia elected him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainder of his life. Standish served at various
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and the Colonists and requiring the two parties to defend one another in times of need. Governor Carver died the same year and the responsibility of upholding the treaty fell to his successor William Bradford. Bradford and Standish were frequently preoccupied with the complex task of reacting to
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Standish took the threat seriously and urged that the colonists encircle their small village with a palisade made of tall, upright logs. The proposal would require a wall more than half a mile (or 0.8 km) long. In addition, he recommended the construction of strong gates and platforms for
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By February 1621, the colonists had sighted Indians several times, but there had been no communication. The men of the colony were anxious to prepare themselves in case of hostilities, so they formed a militia on February 17, 1621, consisting of all able-bodied men, electing Standish as their
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I give unto my son & heire apparent Alexander Standish all my lands as heire apparent by lawfull decent in Ormskirke Borscouge Wrightington Maudsley Newburrow Crowston and the Isle of man and given to mee as Right heire by lawfull decent but Surruptuously detained from mee My great
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is located in the towns of Plymouth and Carver in southeastern Massachusetts, approximately 45 miles (70 km) south of Boston. It is the largest publicly owned recreation area in this part of Massachusetts, and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).
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made an extended exploration of the shore of Cape Cod by boat, spending their nights ashore surrounded by makeshift barricades of tree branches. They were attacked one night by a group of about 30 Indians. They panicked, but Standish calmed them, urging them not to fire their
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Loara (Lora) was born on May 22, 1627, in Plymouth Mass, and died by March 7, 1655. She married Abraham Samson (32) in 1646 when she was 19 years old and had 7 children; Nathaniel Samson, Abraham Samson, Miles Samson, Rebecca Samson, Ebenezer Samson, Sarah Samson, and Grace
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and came acquainted with the church at Leyden, and came over into New England, with such of them as at the first set out for the planting of the plantation of New Plymouth, and bare a deep share of their first difficulties, and was always very faithful to their interest.
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The two men were opposites in terms of character; Bradford was patient and slow to judgment, while Standish was well known for his fiery temper. Despite their differences, the two worked well together in managing the colony and responding to dangers as they arose.
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The leaders of Plymouth Colony were now free of the directives of the Merchant Adventurers, and they exerted their newfound autonomy by organizing a land division in 1627. Large farm lots were parceled out to each family in the colony along the shore of Plymouth,
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within cannon range of the trading post and to bombard the French into surrendering. Unfortunately, Girling ordered the bombardment before the ship was within range and quickly spent all the gunpowder on board. Standish gave up the effort.
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A more serious threat came from the Massachusett tribe to the north and was precipitated by the arrival of a new group of English colonists. In April 1622, the vanguard of a new colony arrived in Plymouth. They had been sent by merchant
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Alexander was born about 1626 and died July 6, 1702. He was buried in Myles Standish Burying Ground in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Alden by 1660 and had eight children. She died before June 13, 1688. Her father was
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shall not take us unawares." Later in the day, Pecksuot approached Standish, looking down on him, and said, "You are a great captain, yet you are but a little man. Though I be no sachem, yet I am of great strength and courage."
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for help in reclaiming the trading post, but the Bay Colony refused. The incident was indicative of the rivalry which persisted between Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies. In 1691, the two were merged to become the royal
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Rose (1601–1621) by 1618. She died the first winter. She was buried in an unmarked grave at Coles Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth, as were many others who died the first winter. She is named on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb on
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In November 1621, a Narragansett messenger arrived in Plymouth and delivered a bundle of arrows wrapped in a snakeskin. Tisquantum and Hobbamock told them that this was a threat and an insult from Narragansett sachem
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and the Washington Monument (555 feet (169 m)) in Washington, D.C. (dedicated in 1885). The top of the monument is 116 feet (35 m) overall, and at the top stands a 14-foot (4.3 m) statue of Standish.
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and about 200 miles (320 km) east-northeast of their planned destination of northern Virginia. They tried briefly to sail south, but strong seas forced them to retreat to Cape Cod to harbor near the hook of
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had earlier insulted and threatened Standish. Standish arrived at Wessagusset and found that many of the colonists had gone to live with the Massachusetts, and he ordered them to be called back to Wessagusset.
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near Chorley in Lancashire, which was owned by a branch of the Standish family. The coincidence would suggest that he had something to do with it, though no records exist to indicate how the town was named.
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Standish had failed to capture Corbitant, but the raid had the desired effect. On September 13, 1621, nine sachems came to Plymouth, including Corbitant, to sign a treaty of loyalty to King James.
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Standish led a botched expedition against French troops at Penobscot in 1635, one of his last military actions. By the 1640s, he relinquished his role as an active soldier and became a farmer in
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in Rhode Island and were one of the more powerful tribes in the region. Bradford sent back the snakeskin filled with gunpowder and shot in an effort to show that they were not intimidated.
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The site of Standish's house reveals only a slight depression in the ground where the cellar hole was, but it is now a small park owned and maintained by the town of Duxbury.
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Standish's true-life role in defending Plymouth Colony and the sometimes brutal tactics that he employed were largely obscured by the fictionalized character created by
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pleased. Standish was not successful in his negotiations and returned to Plymouth in April 1626. Another effort was successful later in 1626, this time negotiated by
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Several towns and military installations have been named after Standish, and monuments have been built in his memory. He appears as lead character in the 1858 poem
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passenger John Alden. He then married Desire (Doty) (Sherman) Holmes by 1689 and had three children. She died in Marshfield on January 22, 1731. Her father was
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A defining characteristic of Standish's military leadership was his proclivity for preemptive action. He led at least two attacks or small skirmishes against
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note in the colony records of 1635 indicates that Lieutenant William Holmes was appointed to train the militia as Standish's immediate subordinate. When the
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man and woman who were later taken to Plymouth to be treated. Standish soon learned that Corbitant had already fled the village and Tisquantum was unharmed.
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with about 30 passengers, to be provisioned and join a much larger vessel for the voyage to the New World. Another 90 passengers would board the 180-ton
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began to undermine Massasoit's leadership. Corbitant worked to turn the people against Massasoit in the Pokanoket village of Nemasket, now the site of
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in which he referred to Standish as "Captain Shrimp" and added, "I have found the Massachusetts Indians more full of humanity than the Christians."
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captain ripped from his hands. Standish and his men took Morton to Plymouth and eventually sent him back to England. Later, Morton wrote the book
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Standish's last significant known expedition was against the French who had established a trading post in 1613 on the Penobscot River in
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This portrait was first published in 1885 and alleged to be a 1625 likeness of Standish, although its authenticity has never been proven.
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loomed in 1637, Standish was appointed to a committee to raise a company of 30 men, but it was Holmes who led the company in the field.
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and they were married the following spring. They had seven children. She died after October 6, 1659, and her burial place is unknown.
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to ensure a degree of law and order in this place where they had not been granted a patent to settle. Myles Standish was one of the
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Myles was born about 1629 and died at sea after March 20, 1661. His body was lost at sea. He married Sarah Winslow, a daughter of
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commemorated 400 years of Myles Standish's Pilgrim journey. However, many elements of its planned year were postponed due to the
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built only one single-room house when illness struck. Only 50 survived the first winter out of the 100 or so who arrived on the
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behind after numerous delays caused by leaking, which had caused them to return to port twice. The Standishes and most of the
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times as an agent of Plymouth Colony on a return trip to England, as assistant governor of the colony, and as its treasurer.
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ended English involvement in the war; if Standish was a mercenary he might have continued to serve with the Dutch until the
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men were close for the remainder of their lives. In his old age, Hobbamock became part of Standish's household in Duxbury.
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passengers, meanwhile, sold some valuable supplies such as butter to pay the mounting port fees, and finally departed
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Standish's activities and whereabouts are unrecorded until 1620, at which point he was living with his wife Rose in
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In 1625, another group of English settlers established an outpost not far from the site of Wessagusset, located in
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Little is known of Standish's origin and early life: his place of birth has been debated by historians. Standish's
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had some significant leaks while in port that caused delays, but both vessels departed Southampton on August 5.
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supported the Protestant Dutch Republic and sent troops to fight the Spanish in the Netherlands, as part of the
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shooting over the wall. The colony had recently been reinforced by the arrival of new colonists from the ship
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Charles (2) was born by about 1635. He was still living on March 7, 1655/1656. No further record exists.
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beneath the gravesite monument. His burial site is located in Myles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury.
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encouraged behavior that the Pilgrims found objectionable and dangerous. The men of Merrymount built a
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all but abandoned after the incident. Most of the settlers departed for an English fishing post on
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to establish a new settlement somewhere near Plymouth. The men chose a site on the shore of the
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The next earliest source on Standish's family and early life is a short passage recorded by
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captained by a man named Girling. Standish's plan appears to have been to bring the
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On November 9, 1620, lookouts spotted land, but they discovered that they were near
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The first of these monuments was the largest. The cornerstone was laid for the
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threats against both the Pilgrims and the Pokanokets from tribes such as the
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dissenters from England who intended to form a colony in North America (the
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Grandfather being a 2cond or younger brother from the house of Standish of
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The first challenge to the treaty came in August 1621 when a sachem named
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The Pilgrim Republic: An Historical Review of the Colony of New Plymouth
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depicting the expedition against Nemasket led by Standish and guided by
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Charles (1) was born in 1624. He died between May 22, 1627, and 1635.
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had been established. Bradford appealed to leaders of the colony in
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went on to London to be resold, now with only a few passengers. The
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signed a treaty with Massasoit, declaring an alliance between the
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congregation. Myles and Rose Standish were aboard, along with the
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was the commander of English troops in the Netherlands during the
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Captain Myles Standish: His Lost Lands and Lancashire Connections
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refers to him as a "mercenary", suggesting that he was a hired
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he died in 1642 and was buried on Standish's farm in Duxbury.
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in 1604, which involved Vere's English troops. The subsequent
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Standish was one of the very few who did not fall ill, and
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English military officer hired by the Pilgrims (1584–1656)
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Barbara by 1624. She had come to Plymouth in 1623 on the
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A genealogical profile of Myles Standish at plimouth.org
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in Boston Harbor in 1895. Both forts are now abandoned.
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Standish died on October 3, 1656, of "strangullion" or
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The leaders of the colony decided to leave the smaller
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in a raid on the village of Nemasket and a conflict at
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Plymouth Colony: Its History & People, 1620–1691
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Contact with the Indians came in March 1621 through
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John was born about 1627. No further record exists.
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Salt Lake City: Ancestry Incorporated. 2072:United States Department of the Interior 1274: 1272: 1270: 1268: 970:Children of Myles and Barbara Standish: 959:as "Rose, first wife of Myles Standish". 580:. Standish's wife Rose died in January. 323:Standish's early military career in the 3102:Burials at Myles Standish Burial Ground 2086:"Myles Standish Hall & Myles Annex" 1368: 1366: 1364: 1136: 2547:who died at sea November/December 1620 2034:. 70th Infantry Division Association. 2032:"Camp Myles Standish – 64 Years Later" 2443:The Memorial History of Boston vol. 1 2038:from the original on October 26, 2012 1994:Chadbourne, Ava H. (April 20, 1949). 234:Birthplace and early military service 7: 3002:National Monument to the Forefathers 2446:. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. 2092:from the original on March 30, 2017. 2235:. Baltimore: The Mail and Express. 2063:Geographic Names Information System 1282:. November 30, 2010. Archived from 351:seeking employment in the war, but 3107:People from colonial Massachusetts 3092:People from Duxbury, Massachusetts 3026:Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure 2197:. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. 1922:. December 7, 2012. Archived from 1182:The History of the Town of Duxbury 715:. The Narragansetts lived west of 25: 2552:who died in the winter of 1620–21 263:branch of the Standish family of 3018:Signing of the Mayflower Compact 3012:Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar 2424:. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 2316:Pillsbury, Katherine H. (1999). 2233:Signers of the Mayflower Compact 1010:was born about 1633 and died in 781:Dispersal of Merrymount settlers 555:Establishment of Plymouth Colony 467:, and others. The small, 60-ton 355:claims that Standish received a 299:(published 1669) that Standish: 160: 2218:. 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Index

Miles Standish
E. Myles Standish
The portrait of Myles Standish
Standish
Lancashire
Duxbury
Plymouth County
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony
Eighty Years' War
Wessagusset Colony

Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts
Pilgrims
Mayflower
Native Americans
Wessagusset Colony
Duxbury, Massachusetts
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
will
Standish
Lancashire
Isle of Man
Ellenbane
Manx
Chorley
Duxbury Hall

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