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There is controversy on the ancestry of Captain Myles Standish of the Mayflower-- but we can at least try to clean up what we do know. We do not have Myles' parentage OR the town of his birth. His first wife, Rose, doesn't have a maiden name -- some say she is the sister of his second wife, Barbara. Barbara's parentage is also unknown.
Myles Standish (born circa 1584- 31 October 1656)
married Rose
married Barbara (NOT Mullens/Mullins. This error is discussed in her profile)
had children:
- # Charles (died young)
- # Alexander Standish m. Sarah Alden AND m. Desire (Doty) Holmes
- # John
- # Myles m. Sarah Winslow
- # Lora (not married! died before her father; she is the one who made the crosstitch sampler)
- # Josiah (Captain) m. Mary Dingley AND m. Sarah Allen
- # Charles (who lived to adulthood)
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Heather's main source material:
L., Russell, Edna Waugh, and General Society. Mayflower families through five generations: descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Volume 14 Myles Standish. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997. Print. [ http://books.google.com/books?id=EERnAAAAMAAJ&q=Mayflower+Families+...]
Arnoux, Annie. Signers of the Mayflower Compact. Clearfield Co, 1998. eBook. http://books.google.com/books?id=uhFkYm2cErcC&lpg=PA30&ots=vQsSOOyR...
Standish, Myles. The Standishes of America. Boston, MA: Priv. Print. for the Author by S. Usher, 1895. http://books.google.com/books?id=rMVLAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&d...
picture of his sword http://books.google.com/books?id=rMVLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA208&img=1&zoom=3...
Mayflower Families.com http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/mayflower/miles_standish_family.htm
Colonial ancestors.com http://colonialancestors.com/ma/standish.htm
Johnson, Henry. The Exploits of Myles Standish. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1897 http://books.google.com/books?id=tWlhpwWH9XAC&printsec=frontcover&s...
Standish, Myles. The Standishes of America. Boston, MA: Priv. Print. for the Author by S. Usher, 1895. http://www.archive.org/details/standishesofamer00stanuoft
http://www.mylesstandish.info/Part%20One%20------------------HIS%20...