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Alexander Standish 1626–1702 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1626

Birth Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 6 July 1702

Death Location: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Myles Standish

Mother: Barbara _____

Spouse(s): Sarah Alden, Desire Standish

Children(s): Elizabeth Standish, Sarah Soule, Mercy Standish, Ebenezer Standish, David Standish, Lorah Standish, Lydia Standish, Myles Standish, Desire Standish, Thomas Standish, David Standish, Ichabod Standish, Thomas Standish

The story of Alexander Standish began in 1626 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Alexander Standish married Desire Dopey Standish, Sarah Alden, and had children including Alexander Standish, David Standish, Desire Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Elizabeth Standish, Ichabod Standish, Lorah Standish, Lydia Standish, Mary Standish, Mercy Standish, Myles Standish, Sarah Standish Soule, Thomas Standish. Alexander Standish passed away in 1702 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Standish began in 1626 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Alexander Standish married Desire Dopey Standish, Sarah Alden, and had children including Alexander Standish, David Standish, Desire Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Elizabeth Standish, Ichabod Standish, Lorah Standish, Lydia Standish, Mary Standish, Mercy Standish, Myles Standish, Sarah Standish Soule, Thomas Standish.
  • Alexander Standish passed away in 1702 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Myles Standish
1584–1656
Birth Location: Isle of Man
MS
Barbara _____
1590–1659
Birth Location: Surrey, England
B_

Spouses(s)

Sarah Alden
1627–1688
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
SA
Desire Standish
1645–1731
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
DS

Children(s)

Elizabeth Standish
1665–1732
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
ES
Sarah Soule
1666–1740
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
SS
Mercy Standish
1670–1725
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
MS
Ebenezer Standish
1672–1755
Birth Location: Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
ES
David Standish
1664–1689
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
DS
Lorah Standish
1661–
Birth Location: –
LS
Lydia Standish
1664–1734
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
LS
Myles Standish
1669–1739
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
MS
Desire Standish
1689–1766
Birth Location: –
DS
Thomas Standish
1690–1774
Birth Location: –
TS
David Standish
1679–1689
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
DS
Ichabod Standish
1693–1772
Birth Location: Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
IS
Thomas Standish
1687–
Birth Location: –
TS

Alexander Standish's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Standish
1626–1702
Birth Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Myles Standish
1584–1656
Isle of Man
Barbara _____
1590–1659
Surrey, England
Grandparents
John Standish
1557–1602
Ellanbane, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Christiana (Katherine Lace) Standish
1561–1624
Ellenbane, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
William (Mayflower Compact Mullins) (MAYFLOWER)
1572–1621
Dorking, Surrey, England
Alice (On The Mayflower Bridger) Atwood
1573–1621
St. Martin in the Field, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Colonel Standishe
1538–1603
Katherine McChristen
1517–1603
Gilbert Lace
1536–1625
Ellen MIDGELEY
1539–1595
John Mullins
1550–1593
Joane Bridger
1554–1573
Nicholas Atwood
1538–1586
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Standish
1500–1556
Margaret Standish
1510–1568
Benjamin Mydgeley
1500–1580
Lady Mydgeley
1502–1536
John Murgatroyd
1510–1565
Mary Murgatroyde
1512–1580
Richard GGF)
1525–1597
Margery Elliot
1530–1597
John Falcons
1490–1563
Margaret Grenville
1494–1558

Alexander Standish's Descendants

1.
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Alexander Standish (1626–6 July 1702) m. Sarah Alden (1627–1688) m. Desire (Dopey) Standish (19 April 1645–22 Jan 1731)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Standish 1665–1732 m. Samuel (Pontus) Delano 1659–1728
    1. 1. Pricilla Delano 1686–1715
    2. 2. Elizabeth Delano 1694–1727
    3. 3. Jane Delano 1695–1791
    4. 4. Samuel Delano 1688–1719
    5. 5. Hasadiah Delano 1691–1770 m. Mary (Taylor) Delano 1691–1771
      1. 1. Joseph Delano 1732–1815 m. Judith Damon 1728–1773
        1. 1. Joseph Delano 1755–1780
    6. 6. Mary Delano 1691–1771
    7. 7. Rebecca Delano 1693–1771
    8. 8. Jesse Delano 1698–1758
    9. 9. Sarah Delano 1692–1778
    10. 10. Samuel Delano 1688–1739
    11. 11. Priscilla Delano 1696–1746 m. Benjamin Simmons 1678–1748
      1. 1. Aaron Simmons 1724–1790 m. Sarah (Holmes) Simmons 1722–1790
  2. 2. Sarah (Standish) Soule 1666–1740 m. Benjamin Soule 1665–1729
    1. 1. Benjamin Soule 1705–1751 m. Hannah (Whitman) Little 1709–1788
    2. 2. Ebenezer Soule 1710–1792
    3. 3. Zachariah Soule 1694–1751 m. Mary (Eaton) Soule 1699–1773
      1. 1. Eunice (Soule) Tinkham 1736–1808
      2. 2. Ephraim Soule 1729–1817
      3. 3. Sarah (Soule) Tinkham 1727–1807 m. Nathan Tinkham 1725–1807
        1. 1. Sarah (Tinkham) Churchill 1753–1800
        2. 2. Nathan Tinkham 1756–1823
        3. 3. Isaiah Tinkham 1757–1842 m. Susanna (Ellis) Tinkham 1762–1841
        4. 4. Zenas Tinkham 1763–1788 m. Rachel (Warren) Tinkham 1760–1785
        5. 5. Ephraim Tinkham 1748–
        6. 6. Ruth Tinkham 1750–
        7. 7. Sara (Tinkham) Churchill 1753–1800
        8. 8. Nathan Tinkham 1756–1823
        9. 9. Isaiah Tinkham 1757–
      4. 4. Jabez Soule 1721–1751
      5. 5. Zachariah Soule 1722–1760 m. Sarah (Bryant Soule) Tomson 1731–1805
        1. 1. Sarah Soule 1755–
        2. 2. Jabez Soule 1752–1827 m. Lucy (Morton) Soule 1755–1822
      6. 6. Mary Soule 1725–
      7. 7. Hannah (Soule) Hayward 1732–1795 m. Nathaniel Hayward 1717–1780
        1. 1. Adam Hayward 1776–1777
        2. 2. Dorcas (Hayward) Bryant –1846
        3. 3. Philip Hayward 1748–1769
        4. 4. Adam Hayward 1776–1777
      8. 8. James Soule 1739–1759
      9. 9. Lois (Soule) Vaughan 1742–1831 m. Jabez Vaughan 1740–1817
        1. 1. Jonah Vaughan 1782–1856
    4. 4. Hannah (Soule) Samson 1696–1776 m. George Sampson 1691–1774
      1. 1. Gideon Samson 1719–1794
      2. 2. Deborah (Sampson) Bisbee 1724–1815
      3. 3. Sarah Sampson 1721–1773
      4. 4. Hannah Sampson 1730–1797
      5. 5. George Sampson 1733–1733
      6. 6. Rebecca (Sampson) Kelley 1735–1807
      7. 7. Elizabeth Sampson 1737–
      8. 8. Zabdiel Sampson 1727–1776
      9. 9. Hannah SampsonPerkins 1730–1797
      10. 10. Elizabeth (Sampson) Cushman 1737–1834
    5. 5. Sarah Soule 1699–1716
    6. 6. Deborah (Soule) Fuller 1702–1725
  3. 3. Mercy Standish 1670–1725 m. Caleb Samson 1658–1746
    1. 1. David (Sampson or) Samson 1685–1772 m. Mary Cehaffie 1693–1780
      1. 1. Elizabeth Sampson 1730–
    2. 2. Ruth (Sampson) Fullerton 1698– m. John Fullerton 1696–1780
      1. 1. Alathea (Fullerton) Joyce 1735–
      2. 2. Mercy (Fullerton) Soule 1721–1808
      3. 3. Ruth (Fullerton) Pool 1738–1835
    3. 3. Caleb Samson 1705–1750 m. Mehetable (" Mercy") Sampson 1698–1751
      1. 1. Paul Sampson 1730–1811
    4. 4. Sarah Samson –1721
    5. 5. Joshua (Samson or) Sampson 1694–1741
  4. 4. Ebenezer Standish 1672–1755 m. Hannah (Sturtevant) Standish 1680–1759
    1. 1. Moses Standish 1701–1769 m. Rachel (Cobb) Standish 1703–1769
      1. 1. Rebekah (Standish) Weston 1732–1769
      2. 2. Rachel (Standish Fuller) Samson 1726–1809 m. Philemon (Samson or) Sampson 1720–1756 m. Amos Fuller 1718–1790
        1. 1. Philemon Fuller 1763–1838
        2. 2. Nathaniel Fuller 1747–1844
        3. 3. Sarah (Fuller) Bradford 1751–1834
      3. 3. Abigail Standish 1724–1725
      4. 4. Moses Standish 1733–
      5. 5. Sarah Standish 1736–
      6. 6. John Standish 1739–1786
      7. 7. Zerviah (Standish) Tomson 1728–1769 m. Zebadiah Tomson 1728–1775
        1. 1. Zerviah (Tomson) Fuller 1751–1781
        2. 2. Rebekah (Tomson) Woods 1747–1813
        3. 3. Rachel Tomson 1748–1751
        4. 4. Rachel (Tomson or) Thomson 1767–1851
        5. 5. Zebadiah Tomson 1752–1753
    2. 2. Sarah (Standish) Newland 1709–1792 m. Jabez Newland –1787
    3. 3. Zachariah Standish 1698–1770 m. Abigail (Whitman) Standish 1703–1778
      1. 1. Ebenezer Standish 1721–1747
      2. 2. Zachariah Standish 1739–1780
      3. 3. Sarah (Standish) Cushman 1729–1752 m. Josiah Cushman 1719–1784
      4. 4. Hannah (Standish) Cushman 1723–1756
      5. 5. Abigail (Standish) Wright 1731–1774
    4. 4. Zerviah (Standish) Ring 1707–1798
    5. 5. Hannah (Standish) Staples 1704–1774
    6. 6. Mercy (Standish) Weston 1716–1794 m. Benjamin (Soule) Weston 1701–1773
      1. 1. Hannah Weston 1729–1730
      2. 2. Job Weston 1741–1783
      3. 3. Zadok Weston 1736–1812
      4. 4. William Weston 1732–1820
      5. 5. Zadock Weston 1736–
      6. 6. Hannah Weston 1738–
      7. 7. William Weston 1732–1820
      8. 8. Hannah Weston 1738–
      9. 9. Job Weston 1741–1783
      10. 10. Benjamin Weston 1724–1776
      11. 11. Joshua Weston 1725–1796
      12. 12. Weston 1726–1726
  5. 5. David Standish 1664–1689
  6. 6. Lorah Standish 1661–
  7. 7. Lydia Standish 1664–1734 m. Isaac Sampson 1661–1726
    1. 1. Jonathan Sampson 1689–1758
    2. 2. Josiah (Samson or) Sampson 1692–1731
    3. 3. Ephriam (Samson or) Sampson 1698–1787
  8. 8. Myles Standish 1669–1739 m. Experience (Sherman) Standish 1678–1744
  9. 9. Desire Standish 1689–1766
  10. 10. Thomas Standish 1690–1774
  11. 11. David Standish 1679–1689
  12. 12. Ichabod Standish 1693–1772 m. Phebe (Ring) Standish 1691–1756
    1. 1. Desire (Standish) Hatch 1725–1782
    2. 2. Phebe Standish 1727–1817
    3. 3. Mary Standish 1723–1789
  13. 13. Thomas Standish 1687–

Alexander Standish's Timeline

4 Records

1625
22 May 1625
Birth of Alexander Standish in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1626
1626
Birth of Alexander Standish in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1702
06 Jul 1702
Age 76
Death of Alexander Standish in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1702
6 July 1702
Age 76
Death of Alexander Standish in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 May 1625
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1626
    Event Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Jul 1702
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 July 1702
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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