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Capt. Josiah Standish was born circa 1633 in Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Myles Standish (c1584-1656) and Barbara Unknown Standish (1588-1659) and died 19 March 1690 Preston, New London County, Connecticut of unspecified causes. He married Mary Dingley (1633-1655) 17 December 1645 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Allen (1639-1690) 7 March 1655 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Biography

Capt. Josiah Standish, son of Capt. Myles Standish, 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.

Pilgrim Hall Sword

"...The History of Norwich, CT, by Miss F.M. Caulkins, published 1845, available free on-line, references Capt. Josiah Standish on pg. 118: "as owner of a farm east of the Shetucket. . . . He is supposed to have had in his possession the sword of his father (Myles Standish), and though the house in which he lived was destroyed by fire, this relic was preserved." Now in Pilgrim Hall, but another sword in Mass. Hist. Soc. Miss Caulkins suggests Myles might have had 2 swords! ..." Source: Linda Sue Standish


Marriage & Family

Josiah Standish was born about 1633 and died in Preston, Connecticut, on March 19, 1690. He was historically known as Capt. Josiah Standish. His burial place is unknown.[74] Josiah married first: Mary Dingley in Marshfield on December 19, 1654 and died in Duxbury on July 1, 1655. Second, Sarah Allen after 1655 and had eight children. She died after September 16, 1690.

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 (Mercy[dau. of Rev. Josiah Standish of Stafford, CT], m. Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, b. 1711,of Windham, CT, who founded Dartmouth College).



Children


Offspring of Capt. Josiah Standish and Sarah Allen (1639-1690)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Miles Standish (c1660-1728) 1660 Plymouth County, Massachusetts 1728 Preston, New London County, Connecticut Mehitable Carey (1670-c1724)
Elizabeth Thatcher (1672-1729)
Mary Standish (1660-1736) 1660 Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 19 June 1736 Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts James Carey (1652-1706)
Josiah Standish (1660-1753) 1660 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 26 March 1753 Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut Sarah Carey (1667-1741)
Martha Standish (1662-1730) 8 July 1662 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 1730 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Mehitable Standish (1667-) 1667 Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Israel Standish (1675-1730) 1675 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 26 January 1730 Preston, New London County, Connecticut Elizabeth Richards (1683-1729)
Samuel Standish (1680-1753) 1680 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 4 August 1753 Preston, New London County, Connecticut Deborah Gates (1683-1745)
Hannah Park (1681-1757)
Lois Abel Standish (1677-1731) 1677 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 16 April 1731 Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut Hugh Calkins (1659-1722)
John Sprague (1656-1728)
Mercy Standish (1685-1748) 1685 Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts November 1748 Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Ralph Wheelock (1682-1748)



Siblings


Offspring of Myles Standish (c1584-1656) and Barbara Unknown Standish (1588-1659)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Charles Standish (1624-bef1635) 1624 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 1635 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Alexander Standish (1627-1702) 22 May 1627 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 6 July 1702 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Sarah Alden (1627-1674)
Desire Doty (c1645-1731)
John Standish (1627-) 1627 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 1635 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Myles Standish (1629-1661) 1629 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 20 March 1661 Lost at Sea, Atlantic Ocean Sarah Winslow (1639-1726)
Lora Standish (1631-1655) 1631 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 7 March 1656 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Josiah Standish (1633-1690) 1633 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 19 March 1690 Preston, New London County, Connecticut Mary Dingley (1633-1655)
Sarah Allen (1639-1690)
Charles Standish (1635-aft1656) 1635 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 1656 Massachusetts


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