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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.
Myles Standish 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.
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.
Nov 11, 2020 · Myles Standish (l. c. 1584-1656 CE) was the military advisor to the Plymouth Colony who traveled with the colonists (later known as pilgrims) aboard the Mayflower in 1620 CE. The colonists were made...
Nov 21, 2023 · Captain Myles Standish is widely regarded as the first military leader of the New England colonies. He arrived on the Mayflower and was one of the first men to sign the Mayflower...
Myles Standish is alleged to have joined Queen Elizabeth's army and attained the rank of Lieutenant, but the documentation for this claim was lost in the 1920s without having been published or transcribed, so may be suspect.
In March 1623, leaders of the struggling Plymouth Plantation dispatched their paid military leader Myles Standish to a coastal settlement 25 miles north. They gave him a savage mandate: return with the head of a troublesome warrior named Wituwamat.
Standish was a leader of the first and third discovery expeditions on Cape Cod in November and December 1620 [Mourt 19-24, 32-37]. On 22 March 1620/1, Captain Standish and Master Williamson [William Brewster] met Massassoit at the brook and began negotiations, soon joined by the governor [Mourt 55-57].
Myles Standish (l. c. 1584-1656 CE) was the military advisor to the Plymouth Colony who traveled with the colonists (later known as pilgrims) aboard the Mayflower in 1620 CE.
Chorley Council invites you to join our celebration of the House of Standish and Captain Myles Standish a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620. Captain Myles Standish was a son of the Standish of Standish Family, Lancashire, England.
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