Ebenezer Standish

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Myles Standish and John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden.

Information comes from Warren Willard's copy of the Howard geneaology, compiled and handwritten by his aunt Lillian Howard Floyd.

Listed as 2nd child.

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Ebenezer Standish (abt. 1673 - 1755)

Ebenezer Standish
Born about 1673 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, New Englandmap [uncertain]
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Alexander Standish and Sarah (Alden) Standish
Brother of Lorah (Standish) Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, David Standish, Elizabeth (Standish) Delano, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Myles Standish III, Mercy (Standish) Samson, Desire (Standish) Weston [half], Thomas Standish [half] and Ichabod Standish [half]
Husband of Hannah (Sturtevant) Standish — married 23 Jan 1697 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Zachariah Standish, Moses Standish, Hannah (Standish) Staples, Zerviah (Standish) Gray, Sarah (Standish) Newland and Mercy (Standish) Weston
Died 19 Mar 1755 at about age 82 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New Englandmap
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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
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Biography

Ebenezer was probably born in Duxbury about 1672-3, (from his age at death) the son of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish. [1][2] He was named in his father's will dated 21 February 1702 and proved 10 August 1702.[3][4]

He married Hannah Sturtevant about 1697 (before birth of first child in October 1698). She was the daughter of Samuel and Mercy (--?--) Sturtevant, born about 1680 based on her age at death. The will of Samuel Sturtevant of Halifax named his daughter Hannah Standish. His will was dated 18 March 1735/36 and proved on 21 May 1736 in Plymouth.[5] She died in Plympton on 23 January 1759 in her 80th year.[6]

Ebenezer Standish of Plympton, yeoman, sold to his son Zachariah Standish of Plympton, husbandman, his homestead in Plympton on 11 Oct 1720. Ebenezer reserved the right for himself and his wife Hannah to live there during their lifetimes.[7] Zachariah was married two days later.[8]

He died on 19 March 1755 in Plympton in his 83rd year,[6] and was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.[9][2]

No probate records have been found for Ebenezer or his wife.

The children of Ebenezer and Hannah (Sturtevant) Standish were recorded in Plympton, the first four born in Plymouth:[6]

Zachariah Standish, b. 12 Oct 1698, Plymouth.
Moses Standish, b. 30 August 1701, Plymouth.
Hannah Standish, b. 06 Mar 1703/4, Plymouth.
Zerviah Standish, b. 08 Jan 1706/7, Plymouth.
Sarah Standish, b. 09 Nov 1709, Plympton; d. 25 Aug 1792, Plympton; mar. Jabez Newland 1728 Plympton.
Mercy Standish, b. 17 Oct 1716, Plympton; d. 22 Feb 1794; m. (1) Unknown, (2) Benjamin Weston
Research Notes

The History of Duxbury, written in 1849,[10] contains errors. It incorrectly gives his death date as 1734 and names a grandson, Ebenezer, as his son.

In 1895, Myles Standish wrote The Standishes in America,[11] and repeated the error of "son" Ebenezer.

Sources

↑ Wakefield, Robert S., ed., Russell L. Warner, comp., Mayflower families through five generations. Volume fourteen, Family of Myles Standish, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants : Plymouth, Mass., 1997) pp. 12-13.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36714999/ebenezer-standish: accessed March 4, 2024), memorial page for Ebenezer Standish (1672–19 Mar 1755), Find A Grave: Memorial #36714999, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Anne Shurtleff Stevens (contributor 46947920).
↑ Bowman, George Ernest. "Alexander Standish's Will and Inventory and the Settlement of His Estate," Mayflower Descendant. Vol. 12, pages 99-108. Archive.org.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-J8KJ : 22 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 192-193 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 112 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Bowman, George Ernest, "Plympton, Mass., Vital Records" Mayflower Descendant Vol. 5:183-4. Archive.org
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1720-1724 vol 15-17 > image 61 of 709; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 15:51 Ebenezer Standish.
↑ Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, (Boston, Mass., The New England historic genealogical Society, 1923) p. 410
↑ Willard, John W., "Records in the Old Cemetery in Plympton,"Mayflower Descendant Vol. 11(1909):163. Archive.org.
"Standish, Ebenezer, d. 19 March, 1755, in his 83d year."
"Standish, Hannah, widow of Ebenezer, died 23 January, 1759, in her 80th year."
↑ Winsor, Justin, History of the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (Boston : Crosby & Nichols, 1849) p. 321. Archive.org
↑ Standish, Myles, The Standishes of America (Boston: Usher, 1895) p. 14. Archive.org.
See also:
Alden Kindred Website database
Warner, Russell, Re-Edited by Wakefield, Robert S., FASG, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 14, Family of Miles Standish, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2007 (This profile was prepared using the 1996 edition, so there may be changes in the 2007 ed.)