Alexander STANDISH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Between 21 Feb 1701 and 1702
• Fact: 05 Jul 1702, Codicil to will
• Will Proved: 10 Aug 1702

Notes:

Excerpt from "Mayflower Increasings":

Will of Alexander Standish:

....21 Feb. 1701/2, ment. unnamed wf and follow. chil., viz: Miles Standish (eldest son), Thomas Standish, Ichabod Standish, Desire Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Lorah Samson wf of Aabraham, Lidia Samson wf of Isaac, Mercy Samson wf of Caleb, Elizabeth Delano wf of Samuel, Sarah Soul wf of Benjamin; brother David Alden;..."Whatsoever Estate Either in New England or in old which I have committed into ye hands of Robert orchard to Recover in England by letters of Attorney...Thus taking my leave of all my near & dear Relations my christian friends in church Covenant & all my loving neighbours I bed you all farwell till we meet in Heaven..." Codicil, 5 July 1702, ment. wf, son Miles & his wf, chil. Thomas, Ichabod & Desire. Wit. sworn 29 July 1702. (On 10 Aug. 1702 the will was contested by Abraham Samson, Isaac Samson, Caleb Samson & Benjamin Soule (& later by Samuel Delano), the husbands of the daughters. The caveat contains a goldmine of information. "He had by his first wife who was daughter to ye Whorshipfull Mr. John Alden a good and a prudent woman two sons and 5 daughters and after her decease he lived a widdower many years untill all his sd 5 daughters or 4 of them were marryed...about 16 years before he dyed he marryed a second wife...by her he had two sons and one daughter." It also states Alexander was about 76 when he made his will, his eldest son married the daughter of the 2nd wife, son Myles was by 1st wife, son Ebenezer was the 2nd son by the 1st wife and his 5 daughters by his 1st wife were all married with children.)

Alexander married Sarah ALDEN after 07 Mar 1655. Sarah (daughter of John ALDEN and Priscilla MULLINS) was born about 1629; died before 13 Jun 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ebenezer STANDISH was born about 1672 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Mar 1755 in Plympton, Massachusetts.
2. Lydia STANDISH was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 30 Apr 1734.
3. David STANDISH was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died before 14 Feb 1689.
4. Sarah STANDISH was born between 1666 and 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 04 Mar 1740 in Plympton, Massachusetts.
5. Myles STANDISH was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Sep 1739 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Elizabeth STANDISH was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1731.
7. Lora STANDISH was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 02 Aug 1725.
8. Mercy STANDISH was born before 1670; died between 17 May 1722 and 30 Jan 1728.

Alexander married Desire DOTY in 1686 in Poss. Duxbury, Mass.. Desire (daughter of Edward DOTY and Faith CLARKE) was born in 1645/6 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jan 1731 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Desire STANDISH was born on 05 May 1689 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Jun 1766 in Plympton, Massachusetts.
2. Thomas STANDISH was born on 29 Jan 1690/1 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 13 Jun 1774.
3. Ichabod STANDISH was born on 10 Jun 1693 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Feb 1772 in Halifax, Massachusetts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Between 07 Mar 1655 and 1656
• Will Proved: 04 May 1657

Notes:

Excerpt from Mayflower Increasing: "In his will he mentions lands in England which has resulted in much research carried out in an atempt to locate his origins. It is also interesting to ote that the will of his son Alexander mentions searches made in old England to recover the family lands. Capt. Standis's burial site was exhumed in 1890 and found to contain the remains of an older well built man with red & gray hair, two young women (one under 18) and two boys, and daughter in law Mary, the two boys are probably his sons Charles and John who died young."

Will of Capt. Myles Standish:
...7 March 1655/6, "my body to bee layed as neare as conveniently may bee to my two dear daughters Lora Standish by daughter May Standish my daughter-in-law"; ment. wf Barbara; sons Allexander Standish, Myles Standish, Josias Standish and Charles Standish (all single); Marcye Robenson "whome I tenderly love for her Grandfathers sake"; ment. all his lands "by lawful deent in Ormistick, Bousconge/Borsconge, Wrightington, Maudsley, Newburrow, Cranston/Crawston and the Ile of man and given to mee as right heire by lawful decent, but surruptuously detained from mee my great Grandfather being a 2nd or younger brother from the house of Standish of Standish". Pr. 4 May 1657.

Myles married Barbara ? between Jul 1623 and 24 Mar 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Barbara died after 06 Oct 1659. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]