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Zachariah Standish 1698 – 1770 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Oct 1698

Birth Location: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 30 Mar 1770

Death Location: Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Ebenezer Standish

Mother: Hannah Sturtevant

Spouse(s): Abigail Whitman

Children(s): Ebenezer Standish, Zachariah Standish, Peleg Standish, Sarah Standish, Abigail Standish, Hannah Standish

In 1698, Zachariah Standish entered the world in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA, born to Ebenezer Standish and Hannah Sturtevant. Zachariah Standish married Abigail Whitman, and had children including Ebenezer Standish, Zachariah Standish, Peleg Standish, Sarah Standish, Abigail Standish, Hannah Standish. Zachariah Standish passed away in 1770 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1698, Zachariah Standish entered the world in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA, born to Ebenezer Standish and Hannah Sturtevant.
  • Zachariah Standish married Abigail Whitman, and had children including Ebenezer Standish, Zachariah Standish, Peleg Standish, Sarah Standish, Abigail Standish, Hannah Standish.
  • Zachariah Standish passed away in 1770 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ebenezer Standish
1672 – 1755
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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Hannah Sturtevant
1680 – 1759
Birth Location: Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

Abigail Whitman
1702 – 1778
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Massachusetts
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Children(s)

Ebenezer Standish
1721 – 1747
Birth Location: Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Zachariah Standish
Birth Location: –
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Peleg Standish
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Standish
Birth Location: –
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Abigail Standish
Birth Location: –
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Hannah Standish
Birth Location: –
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Zachariah Standish's Ancestors

Self
Zachariah Standish
1698 – 1770
Birth Place: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Ebenezer Standish
1672 – 1755
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Hannah Sturtevant
1680 – 1759
Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Alexander Standish
1626 – 1702
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Sarah Alden
1628 – 1688
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Samuel Sturtevant
Mercy Cornish
Great-Grandparents
Myles Standish
1584 – 1656
Barbara Mullins
1603 – 1659
John Alden
1599 – 1687
Priscilla Mullins
1602 – 1685
Samuel Sturtevant
Ann Lee
1620 – 1697
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Standish
Christine Lace
Henry Mullins
Joane Bensted
William Mullins
Elizabeth Wood
Robert Lee
1602 – 1663
Mary Atwood
1611 – 1681

Zachariah Standish's Descendants

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Zachariah Standish (12 Oct 1698 – 30 Mar 1770) m. Abigail Whitman (22 Sep 1702 – 30 Aug 1778)
  1. 1. Ebenezer Standish (16 Oct 1721 – 28 Nov 1747) m. Averick Churchill (15 Sep 1723 – 28 Nov 1747)
    1. 1. Averick Standish (15 Jan 1743 – 04 Dec 1807) m. Zadock Thomas (23 Apr 1734 – 20 Dec 1810)
      1. 1. Susannah Thomas (30 Mar 1762 – )
      2. 2. Elezebeth Thomas (05 Apr 1764 – )
      3. 3. Averick Thomas (24 Jan 1766 – )
      4. 4. Abigail Thomas (26 Feb 1768 – )
      5. 5. Sarah Thomas (09 May 1770 – )
      6. 6. Zadock Thomas (20 Sep 1772 – )
      7. 7. Ebenezer Thomas (21 Nov 1774 – )
      8. 8. Levi Thomas (01 Nov 1776 – )
      9. 9. Shadrach Thomas (26 Nov 1778 – )
      10. 10. Nelson Thomas (26 Jun 1781 – 12 Mar 1848) m. Anna Reed (17 Aug 1785 – 26 Dec 1840)
        1. 1. Nathan Thomas (1807 – )
        2. 2. Nelson Thomas (1809 – 1810)
        3. 3. Silvanus Thomas (1811 – )
        4. 4. Lewis (Leonard) Thomas (1813 – )
        5. 5. Anna Thomas (02 May 1814 – 15 Nov 1899) m. Joshua Pratt (Abt. 1810 – )
        6. 6. Nelson Thomas (1818 – 9 Mar 1905)
        7. 7. Ebenezer Thomas (1820 – )
        8. 8. Charles Thomas (1822 – )
        9. 9. Mary Thomas (1825 – )
        10. 10. Elisabeth Thomas (1828 – )
        11. 11. Almira Thomas (1829 – )
        12. 12. William (Otis) Thomas (1830 – 18 Nov 1906) m. Bridget Curwen (1831 – 08 Jan 1893)
        13. 13. Averick (Standish) Thomas
      11. 11. Mary Thomas (30 Mar 1784 – )
    2. 2. Shadrach Standish (12 May 1746 – 29 Nov 1837)
    3. 3. Mary Churchill (21 Jul 1754 – 25 Jul 1827)
  2. 2. Zachariah Standish
  3. 3. Peleg Standish
  4. 4. Sarah Standish
  5. 5. Abigail Standish
  6. 6. Hannah Standish

Zachariah Standish's Timeline

4 Records

1672
1672
Zachariah Standish was christened in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1698
12 Oct 1698
Birth of Zachariah Standish in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
1770
30 Mar 1770
Age 72
Death of Zachariah Standish in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1770
Mar 1770
Age 72
Burial of Zachariah Standish in Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth Massachusetts
Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1698
    Event Place: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    [3] Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, 1911-1929
    [4] Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, 1911-1929
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : modified 27 September 2018, 14:27), entry for Ebenezer Standish Sr(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L3XJ-PLH
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 13 December 2015), Ebenezer Standish, 1755; Burial, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Standish in entry for Zeruiah Standish, 08 Jan 1706; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 12 May 2016), Ebenezer Standish, ; Burial, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID 35978874
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: August 22, 1996, Not Given, Page number: Tree #0855
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Descendants of John Alden," , Dec. 2001

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1672
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : modified 27 September 2018, 14:27), entry for Ebenezer Standish Sr(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L3XJ-PLH
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Standish in entry for Zeruiah Standish, 08 Jan 1706; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, \"FamilySearch,\" database, FamilySearch ( : 27 Nov 2016), entry for Ebenezer Standish, person ID L3XJ-PLH

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1672
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : modified 27 September 2018, 14:27), entry for Ebenezer Standish Sr(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L3XJ-PLH
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Standish in entry for Zeruiah Standish, 08 Jan 1706; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Mar 1770
    Event Place: Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    [3] Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, 1911-1929
    [4] Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, 1911-1929
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : modified 27 September 2018, 14:27), entry for Ebenezer Standish Sr(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L3XJ-PLH
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 13 December 2015), Ebenezer Standish, 1755; Burial, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Standish in entry for Zeruiah Standish, 08 Jan 1706; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 12 May 2016), Ebenezer Standish, ; Burial, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID 35978874
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: August 22, 1996, Not Given, Page number: Tree #0855
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Descendants of John Alden," , Dec. 2001

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Mar 1770
    Event Place: Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : modified 27 September 2018, 14:27), entry for Ebenezer Standish Sr(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L3XJ-PLH
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 13 December 2015), Ebenezer Standish, 1755; Burial, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Standish in entry for Zeruiah Standish, 08 Jan 1706; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 12 May 2016), Ebenezer Standish, ; Burial, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID 35978874
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, \"FamilySearch,\" database, FamilySearch ( : 27 Nov 2016), entry for Ebenezer Standish, person ID L3XJ-PLH
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