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Capt. Josiah Standish, son of Capt. Myles Standish ( 1584- 1656), and Barbara Standish (1588-1659). Was born abt 1633 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. He died on 19 March 1690 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut. A Captain in the Plymouth Colony Militia who participated in King Philip's War, Standish, along with Captain Benjamin Church, led a raiding party that tracked the Wampanoag chief, Metacomet to Mt. Hope, Rhode Island. Finding the chief hiding in a swamp, one of his men, an Indian named John Alderman shot Metacomet. [1]
He married first in 1656 Mary Dingley of Marshfield, MA who died 6 months later, second he married Sarah Allen (daughter of Samuel Allen) around 1660. Josiah and Sarah Standish children: Josiah, (Reverend, lived/died in Stafford, CT) Mary, Mehitable, Martha, Samuel, Israel, Lois, and Mercy Standish.
According to Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (2007), "Josiah Standish: born circa 1633; died at Preston CT, 19 March 1690; married 1) at Marshfield, 19 December 1654, Mary Dingley; they had no children. He married 2) after 7 March 1655/56, Sarah Allen and they had eight children: Mary, Martha, Myles, Josiah, Samuel, Israel, Lois and Mercy Standish." [2]
References
- ^ Robert Charles Anderson. "Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Myles Standish" American Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012
- ^ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Myles Standish, vol. 14, by Russell L. Warner, ed. by Robert S. Wakefield, Plymouth, 2007.
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Capt. Josiah Standish, son of Capt. Myles Standish ( 1584- 1656), and Barbara Standish (1588-1659). Was born abt 1633 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. He died on 19 March 1690 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut. A Captain in the Plymouth Colony Militia who participated in King Philip's War, Standish, along with Captain Benjamin Church, led a raiding party that tracked the Wampanoag chief, Metacomet to Mt. Hope, Rhode Island. Finding the chief hiding in a swamp, one of his men, an Indian named John Alderman shot Metacomet. [1]
He married first in 1656 Mary Dingley of Marshfield, MA who died 6 months later, second he married Sarah Allen (daughter of Samuel Allen) around 1660. Josiah and Sarah Standish children: Josiah, (Reverend, lived/died in Stafford, CT) Mary, Mehitable, Martha, Samuel, Israel, Lois, and Mercy Standish.
According to Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (2007), "Josiah Standish: born circa 1633; died at Preston CT, 19 March 1690; married 1) at Marshfield, 19 December 1654, Mary Dingley; they had no children. He married 2) after 7 March 1655/56, Sarah Allen and they had eight children: Mary, Martha, Myles, Josiah, Samuel, Israel, Lois and Mercy Standish." [2]
References
- ^ Robert Charles Anderson. "Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Myles Standish" American Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012
- ^ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Myles Standish, vol. 14, by Russell L. Warner, ed. by Robert S. Wakefield, Plymouth, 2007.
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