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Alexander STANDISH

Male Abt 1626 - 1702  (76 years)


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  • Name Alexander STANDISH  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth Abt 1626  Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Will Between 21 Feb 1701 and 1702  [1, 3] 
    Fact 05 Jul 1702  Codicil to will Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 06 Jul 1702  Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Will Proved 10 Aug 1702  [3] 
    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.)
    Person ID I54453  Main Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2015 

    Father Capt. Myles STANDISH,   b. Abt 1584, Prob. Isle of Man, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Oct 1656, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Barbara ?   d. Aft 06 Oct 1659 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Between Jul 1623 and 24 Mar 1624  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F07575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah ALDEN,   b. Abt 1629   d. Bef 13 Jun 1688 (Age < 59 years) 
    Marriage Aft 07 Mar 1655  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Ebenezer STANDISH,   b. Abt 1672, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1755, Plympton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Natural]
     2. Lydia STANDISH,   b. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 30 Apr 1734
     3. David STANDISH,   b. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Feb 1689  [Natural]
     4. Sarah STANDISH,   b. Between 1666 and 1667, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Mar 1740, Plympton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Natural]
     5. Myles STANDISH,   b. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1739, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Foster]  [Birth]
     6. Elizabeth STANDISH,   b. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1731  [Birth]
     7. Lora STANDISH,   b. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 02 Aug 1725  [Natural]
     8. Mercy STANDISH,   b. Bef 1670   d. Between 17 May 1722 and 30 Jan 1728 (Age 52 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F07399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Desire DOTY,   b. 1645/6, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1731, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 1686  Poss. Duxbury, Mass. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Desire STANDISH,   b. 05 May 1689, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1766, Plympton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Natural]
     2. Thomas STANDISH,   b. 29 Jan 1690/1, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 13 Jun 1774 (Age > 83 years)  [Birth]
     3. Ichabod STANDISH,   b. 10 Jun 1693, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Feb 1772, Halifax, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F07497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2020 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser.

    2. [S01988] Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories: New England Families, Vol. III, Genealogies and Memorials.

    3. [S02652] Russell L. Warner, Mayflower Families in Progress: Myles Standish of the Mayflower and His Descendants for 5 Generations, (Name: Name: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1996;;).

    4. [S02940] Muriel Curtis Cushing, Philip Delano of the "Fortune" 1621 and his Descendants for Four Generations, (Name: Name: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2002;;).

    5. [S03451] The Giles Memorial Genealogical Memoirs by John Adams Vinton.


  

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