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Myles Standish was accompanied on the Mayflower by his wife Rose. She did not survive the first winter, dying 29 January 1620/21. Myles, was born prob. on the Isle of Man, circa 1584; he died at Duxbury, 3 October 1656. He married first, Rose ( ), and they had no known children.
Myles Standish ( c. 1584 – October 3, 1656) was an English military officer and colonist. He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States by the Pilgrims.
Sep 23, 2023 · Captain Myles Standish (c.1584 – 1656) was a Mayflower passenger who accompanied the Pilgrims as the commander of their militia, but was not a Pilgrim in the religious sense of the group.
- Rose Standish, Barbara Standish
- circa 1584
- "Miles", "Captain Shrimp", "Captain Shrimpe"
- Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
Myles Standish. BIRTH: Traditionally 1584, but something closer to 1587 seems more probable, probably in co. Lancashire, England. FIRST MARRIAGE: Rose, probably not long before 1619 or 1620, since they had no children yet. SECOND MARRIAGE: Barbara, sometime about 1623 at Plymouth.
Jan 31, 2023 · Rose Standish (1585 - 1621) - The first wife of Myles Standish.
History: Myles Standish (c. 1584–1656) was a soldier of fortune, from 1620 captain of the Mayflower Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony. Little is known of his origins and early life, but in his will he claimed to be descended from a leading Catholic family, the Standishes of Standish, Lancashire, England.
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Myles Standish (born c. 1584, Lancashire, Eng.—died Oct. 3, 1656, Duxbury, Mass.) was a British-American colonist and military leader of the Plymouth colony. As a young man, Standish fought in the Netherlands, where he probably met the English religious exiles who later became known as the Pilgrims.
