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Status summary

As of October 3, 2020:

• Standish surname project contacted
• Y-DNA Haplogroup: I-FT276480

Paper trail

First Generation

(Capt.) Miles Standish was born about 1584, possibly at the Isle of Man.^[1] He died at Duxburrow (now Duxbury) 3 Oct 1656. He was married twice, his first wife Rose travelled with him on the Mayflower, but she died in the first sickness 29 Jan 1620/1 without having any children. Capt. Standish married New Plimouth by 1624 to Barbara _____.

Miles Standish and (second wife) Barbara had seven children; one daughter (Lora, who apparently never married) and six sons (Charles [died young], Alexander, John [died young], Myles, Josiah and Charles [prob. never married])

Second Generation

Alexander Standish was born about 1626 and died 6 Jul 1702 "being about 76 years of age"^[2] He married twice, first abt 1660 to Sarah Alden (daughter of Mayflower passenger John Alden). After her death, he married by 1689 to Desire DOTY (Sherman)(Holmes) (her third husband, she was daughter of Mayflower passenger Edward Doty). By his first wife, Alexander had eight children; five daughters and three sons (Myles, Ebenezer & David). By his second wife he had three children; one daughter and two sons (Thomas & Ichabod)

Myles Standish (II) was born at Plymouth 5 May 1629 and died at sea aft 20 Aug 1661. He married Boston 19 Jul 1660 to Sarah Winslow, daughter of John Winslow. They had no children.

Josiah (Josias) Standish was born at Plymouth about 1633. He married twice, first at Marshfield 19 Dec 1654 Mary Dingley.^[3] She died 1 Jul 1655, without having any children. He remarried before Aug 1669 to Sarah Allen.^[4] By his second wife, Josiah had eight children; four daughters and four sons (Myles, Josiah, Samuel and Israel)

1. ↑ Despite claims made by various researchers, the parentage and ancestry of Capt. Standish has not been identified. This is despite the fact Standish mentioned in his will how he lost out on his inheritance of various lands in England and the Isle of Man. The Mayflower Quarterly 72 [Jun 2006):153-56 has an article by Jeremy D. Bangs which discusses this topic in depth.
2. ↑ NEHGR 87:153
3. ↑ Marshfield published VRs, p. 1
4. ↑ will of her father, Samuel Allen 2 Aug 1669

DNA Results FT276288

Previous Y-DNA testing

Previous Y-STR testing through the Mayflower Societyand the Standish surname DNA project has suggested that the Standish lineage belongs to Y-DNA haplogroup I (defined by the marker M170, among others); further, one Standish kit has been further classified as I-L38 based on Y-STR results.

NGS/WGS Results

Two members of the Standish family have taken the Big Y-700 test. These two members descend from the two sons of Myles who left descendants (Alexander & Josiah) and since they match each other, we are confident this is the Haplogroup of Myles Standish. In addition, other Standish's have done DNA testing, with some of them belonging to the R Haplogroup (so are not related to Myles Standish) while others document a close relationship to Myles Standish (falling into clades immediately above the Myles FT276288 clade). The Myles Standish family results fall under: I-M170>P215>CTS2257>L460>P214>S2525>S2519>S2497> L38>S2606>FGC29656>BY1183>Y18919>S4556>BY14000>FT277048>FT276288

For more information see: Standish Y-DNA YouTube presentation by Mike Terry^[1]

Lines DNA tested

The following is the lineage of the two individuals who have taken the Big Y-700 test^[2]

 Myles Standish (c1584-1656)
   Alexander Standish (c1626-1702)
     Thomas Standish (1690/1-1789)
       David Standish (1723-1795)
         David Standish (II) (1758-1831)
           Thomas Standish
             James Standish
               father
                 Tester
   Josiah Standish (c1633-1690)
     Samuel Standish (1680-1753)
       Israel Standish (1721/2-1802)
         Nathan Standish (1753-    )
           Erastus Standish
             Edmund Standish
               Merit Standish
                 grandfather
                   father
                     Tester

References and External links

• Wakefield, Robert S. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 14 Standish General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 1997
• Anderson, Robert Charles The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England vol. III (P-W) New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA 1995
• Mayflower Quarterly 72[Jun 2006]:133-159 "Myles Standish, Born Where? The State of the Question," by Jeremy D. Bangs (provides an in-depth review of Myles Standish unknown parentage)
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals), [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada 2nd Edition 2015
• Myles Standish Society
• Myles Standish Society Genealogy