1Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I-III, pp. 1741-1744 (1995).
OCCUPATION: Soldier.
"MILES STANDISH
ORIGIN: Holland
MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
REMOVES: Duxbury
RETURN TRIPS: Sent to London in late 1625 and returned early 1626
. . .
BIRTH: By about 1593 based on date of first marriage.
DEATH: Duxbury 3 October 1656 [MD 1:12-13 (and especially footnote on page 12); NEHGR 87:152].
MARRIAGE: (1) By say 1618 Rose ____. She died Plymouth 29 January 1620/1 ("January 29 [1620/1]. Dies Rose, the wife of Captain Standish"[Prince 184]).
(2) By 1624 Barbara ____. She died after 6 October 1659 [MD 4:119].
CHILDREN:
With second wife
i CHARLES, b. say 1624; living 1627; d. by about 1635.
ii ALEXANDER, b. say 1626 (died 6 July 1702 "being about 76 years of age" {NEHGR 87:153]); m. (1) by about 1660 Sarah Alden, daughter of JOHN ALDEN; m. (2) by 1689 as her third husband Desire (Doty) (Sherman) Holmes, daughter of EDWARD DOTY.
iii JOHN, b. say 1627; no further record.
iv MYLES, b. say 1629; m. Boston 19 July 1660 Sarah Winslow, daughter of JOHN WINSLOW [BVR 76].
v LORA, b. say 1631; d. by 7 March 1655[/6], unm. (from father's will).
vi JOSIAS, b. say 1633; m. (1) Marshfield 19 December 1654 Mary Dingley [MarVR 1]; m. (2) after 1655 Sarah Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen (in his will of 2 August 1669 Samuel Allen bequeathed to "my son-in-law Josiah Standish" [SPR 6:27]).
vii CHARLES, b. say 1635; living 7 March 1655[/6] (named in father's will); no further record.".