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Myles Standish 1584–1656 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1584

Birth Location: Isle of Man

Death Date: 03 Oct 1656

Death Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Standish

Mother: Christiana Standish

Spouse(s): Barbara _____

Children(s): Josiah Standish, Alexander Standish, Charles Standish, Lora Standish

The story of Myles Standish began in 1584 in Isle of Man. Myles Standish married Barbara, Rose Unknown Standish, and had children including Alexander Standish, Charles Standish, Josiah Standish, Lora Standish, Miles Standish. Myles Standish passed away in 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Myles Standish began in 1584 in Isle of Man.
  • Myles Standish married Barbara, Rose Unknown Standish, and had children including Alexander Standish, Charles Standish, Josiah Standish, Lora Standish, Miles Standish.
  • Myles Standish passed away in 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Standish
1557–1602
Birth Location: Ellanbane, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
JS
Christiana Standish
1561–1624
Birth Location: Ellenbane, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
CS

Spouses(s)

Barbara _____
1590–1659
Birth Location: Surrey, England
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Children(s)

Josiah Standish
1633–1690
Birth Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
JS
Alexander Standish
1626–1702
Birth Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
AS
Charles Standish
1624–
Birth Location: –
CS
Lora Standish
1635–
Birth Location: –
LS

Myles Standish's Ancestors

Self
Myles Standish
1584–1656
Birth Place: Isle of Man
Parents
John Standish
1557–1602
Ellanbane, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Christiana (Katherine Lace) Standish
1561–1624
Ellenbane, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Colonel (Sir Johannes "John" Thurston) Standishe
1538–1603
Ellenbane,Isle Man,Lancashire,England
Katherine McChristen
1517–1603
Ellanbane, Lezayre, Isle of Man
Gilbert Lace
1536–1625
Ellanbane, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Ellen (de) MIDGELEY
1539–1595
Halifax, All Souls, Haley Hill, Yorkshire, England
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
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Myles Standish's Descendants

1.
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Myles Standish (1584–03 Oct 1656) m. Barbara _____ (Abt. 1590–Aft. 6 Oct 1659)
  1. 1. Josiah Standish 1633–1690 m. Mary (Dingley) Standish –1655 m. Sarah Allen 1639–1690
    1. 1. Josiah Standish 1660–1753 m. Sarah (Cary) Standish –1741
      1. 1. Eleazar Standish 1689–1755
      2. 2. Josiah Standish 1690–
      3. 3. Jehodan Standish 1692–
      4. 4. Mehitable (Standish) Rood 1693–1743
        1. 1. Josiah (Standish) Rood 1726–1808 m. Mary Foster 1725–
      5. 5. Hannah Standish 1705–
      6. 6. Mary Standish 1708–
    2. 2. mary Standish 1660–
    3. 3. martha Standish 1662–
    4. 4. Israel Standish 1675–1730
      1. 1. Amy (Standish) Huntington 1711–1798 m. Simon HUNTINGTON 1710–1764
        1. 1. Amy (HUNTINGTON) Stewart 1755–1839 m. William (Stewart) Jr 1740–1826
    5. 5. Mehitable Standish 1667–
    6. 6. Mercy Standish 1685–
    7. 7. Lois Standish 1685–
    8. 8. Samuel Standish 1680–1753 m. Deborah Gates 1683–1745
      1. 1. Samuel Standish 1713–1771 m. Abigail (Brown\Backus) Standish 1726–1824
        1. 1. Lois (Standish) Eastman 1757–1845 m. Calvin Eastman 1760–1856
    9. 9. Myles Standish 1669–1739 m. Experience (Sherman) Standish 1678–1744
    10. 10. Josiah Standish –1753
      1. 1. Hannah Standish –1763 m. Nathan Foster 1700–1753
        1. 1. Mary Foster 1725– m. Josiah (Standish) Rood 1726–1808
  2. 2. Alexander Standish 1626–1702 m. Sarah Alden 1627–1688 m. Desire (Dopey) Standish 1645–1731
    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
      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
        4. 4. Jabez Soule 1721–1751
        5. 5. Zachariah Soule 1722–1760 m. Sarah (Bryant Soule) Tomson 1731–1805
        6. 6. Mary Soule 1725–
        7. 7. Hannah (Soule) Hayward 1732–1795 m. Nathaniel Hayward 1717–1780
        8. 8. James Soule 1739–1759
        9. 9. Lois (Soule) Vaughan 1742–1831 m. Jabez Vaughan 1740–1817
      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
        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
      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. Desire Standish 1689–1766
    9. 9. Thomas Standish 1690–1774
    10. 10. David Standish 1679–1689
    11. 11. 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
    12. 12. Thomas Standish 1687–
  3. 3. Charles Standish 1624–
  4. 4. Lora Standish 1635–

Myles Standish's Timeline

4 Records

1584
13 July 1584
Birth of Myles Standish in Ellanbane, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Ellanbane, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
1584
1584
Birth of Myles Standish in Isle of Man
Isle of Man
1656
3 October 1656
Age 72
Death of Myles Standish in Duxbury, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, MA, Massachusetts, USA
1656
03 Oct 1656
Age 72
Death of Myles Standish in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 July 1584
    Event Place: Ellanbane, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1584
    Event Place: Isle of Man

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 October 1656
    Event Place: Duxbury, MA, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Oct 1656
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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