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     Josiah Stafford was born in June 1837 at VT, USA. Died at 25 yrs, 6 days. He was the son of Silas Safford and Electa Octavia Reynolds. Josiah Stafford married Electa Octavia Hoadley, daughter of Thomas Aaron Hoadley and Sarah Jane Safford, on 7 April 1861 at Pipestone Twp, Berrien County, MI, USA. Josiah Stafford was a Pri, andserved in Co. B, 7th Mich Cav, during the Civil War. He died on 12 February 1863 at Pipestone Twp, Berrien County, MI, at age 25.¹ He was buried after 12 February 1863 at Shanghai Cemetery, at Pipestone Twp, Berrien County, MI, USA, .¹

     Cemetery records call him Joseph.

     Mary Catherine Stahl was born on 19 June 1830 at Lockport, Niagara County, NY, USA.¹ She married Thomas Allen in 1848 at Niagara County, NY, USA. Mary Catherine Stahl died on 11 October 1923 at Wilson, Niagara County, NY, USA, at age 93.¹ She was buried at North Ridge Cemetery, at Ransomville, Niagara County, NY, USA, .

     Alexander Standish was born circa 1625 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. He was the son of Myles Standish and Barbara Mullins. Alexander Standish married Sarah Alden, daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, in 1660 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. Alexander Standish died on 6 July 1702 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA.

     Charles Standish was born circa 1624. He was the son of Myles Standish and Barbara Mullins. Charles Standish died between 1627 and 1635 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA.

     Charles Standish was born circa 1634 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. He was the son of Myles Standish and Barbara Mullins. Charles Standish died on 7 March 1655/56 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA.

     John Standish was born circa 1627 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. He was the son of Myles Standish and Barbara Mullins. John Standish died circa 1650 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA.

     Josiah Standish was born circa 1633 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. He was the son of Myles Standish and Barbara Mullins. Josiah Standish married Mary Dingley on 19 December 1654. Josiah Standish married Sarah Allen after 7 March 1655/56 at MA, USA. Josiah Standish died on 19 March 1690 at Preston, New London County, CT, USA.

     Lora Standish was born in May 1627 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. She was the daughter of Myles Standish and Barbara Mullins. Lora Standish married Abraham Sampson circa 1639 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. Lora Standish died in 1651 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA.

     Myles Standish was born in 1584 at Ellanbane, Isle Man County, England. He married Rose Unknown circa 1618. Myles Standish married Barbara Mullins, daughter of John Mullins and Frances Molyneux, in 1623 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. Myles Standish died on 3 October 1656 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA.

     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
OCCUPATION: Soldier.
FREEMAN: In the "1633" Plymouth list of freemen Capt[ain] Myles Standish is first among the councillors, immediately after the governor [ PCR 1:3]. In 7 March 1636/7 list of freemen [ PCR 1:52]. In 1639 list of freemen, among Assistants and in Duxbury section [ PCR 8:173, 174].
EDUCATION: He signed several documents sent to the Bay and must have been conversant with figures to be colony treasurer. His inventory included several dozen books, valued at £9 3s; although there were three Bibles and a number of other theological volumes, Standish also owned such titles as Homer's Iliad and Caesar's Commentaries.
OFFICES: Assistant, 1 January 1632/3, 1635, 1637-41, 1645-56 [ MA Civil List 36-38; PCR 1:5, 32, 48, 79, 116, 140, 2:8, 15, 83, 115, 123, 166, 3:7, 30, 48, 77, 99]. Deputy Governor [ PCR 3:27]. Treasurer, 1644-56 [ MA Civil List 36; PCR 2:76, 101, 115, 123, 166, 3:7, 30, 48, 77]. Council of War [ PCR 2:47, 64, 100, 3:26, 28].
"Capt. Standish" is in the Duxbury section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [ PCR 8:190].
Captain, 1620-56 [ PCR 1:52, 59, 80, 82, 84, 90-92, 98, 100]. Commander of forces [ PCR 2:47, 146]. Captain of troops raised for Dutch war [ PCR 3:29, 55]
ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth division of land "Captin Myles Standish" received two acres as a passenger on the Mayflower [for himself and his first wife, Rose], and "Mrs. Standish" received one acre as a passenger on the Anne in 1623 [ PCR 12:4, 6]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle Captain Standish, Barbara Standish, Charles Standish, Alexander Standish and John Standish are the first five persons in the third company [ PCR 12:10].
In 1631 "Captain Myles Standish of Plymouth" sold to Edward Winslow of Plymouth "two acres of land lying in the north field" [ PCR 12:16].
In the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634 Capt[ain] Myles Standish was assessed 18s. [ PCR 1:9, 27]. He was one of the purchasers [ PCR 2:177].
On 1 July 1633 through 20 March 1636/7 Captain Standish was allowed to mow land he had formerly mowed [ PCR 1:14, 40, 56]. On 4 December 1637 Captain Myles Standish was granted the surplusage of land on "Ducksborrow side" in consideration of the "want of lands he should have had to his proportion [ PCR 1:70]. On 2 July 1638 Captain Myles Standish received three hundred acres of uplands [ PCR 1:91]. On 1 October 1638 he was granted a garden place at Duxborrow side, which was formerly laid forth for him [ PCR 1:99]. On 4 March 1650/1 "whereas Captain Miles Standish hath been at much trouble and pains, and hath gone sundry journeys into Yarmouth aforesaid in the said town's business, and likely to have more in that behalf, in respect whereunto the Court have granted unto the said Captain Standish" about forty or fifty acres [ PCR 2:164].
On 9 May 1654 "Capt. Myles Standish" sold to Capt. Thomas Willett of Plymouth his purchaser's right at Sowamsett, Mattapoisett and places adjacent; "Mrs. Barberye Standish wife of the said Capt. Standish" consented to his deed [ MD 6:246-47, citing PCLR 2:1:111].
In his will, dated 7 March 1655[/6] and proved 4 May 1657, "Myles Standish Senior of Duxburrow" asked that "if I die at Duxburrow my body to be laid as near as conveniently may be to my two daughters Lora Standish my daughter and Mary Standish my daughter-in-law" and bequeathed to "my dear and loving wife Barbara Standish" one-third of his estate after all debts are paid; to "my son Josias Standish upon his marriage" cattle to the value of £40 (if possible), and "that every one of my four sons viz: Allexander Standish, Myles Standish, Josias Standish and Charles Standish may have forty pounds apiece," to "my eldest son Allexaner ... a double share in land," and "so long as they live single that the whole be in partnership betwixt them"; "my dearly beloved wife Barbara Standish, Allexander Standish, Myles Standish and Josias Standish" to be joint executors; "my loving friends Mr. Timothy Hatherley and Capt. James Cudworth" to be supervisors; to "Marcye Robinson whom I tenderly love for her grandfather's sake" £3; to "my servant John Irish Jr." 40s. beyond what is due him by covenant; and to "my son & heir apparent Allexander Standish all my lands as heir apparent by lawful descent in Ormistick, Borsconge, Wrightington, Maudsley, Newburrow, Crawston and the Isle of Man and given to me as right heir by lawful descent but surruptuously [sic] detained from me my great-grandfather being a second or younger brother from the house of Standish of Standish" [ MD 3:153-55, citing PCPR 2:1:37-38].
The inventory of the estate of "Captain Miles Standish gent.," taken 2 December 1656, totalled £358 7s., including "one dwelling house and outhouses with the land thereunto belonging" valued at £140 [ MD 3:155-56, citing PCPR 2:1:39-40].
On 4 May 1657 "Mr. Allexander Standish and Mr. Josias Standish do accept of being executors with Mrs. Barbery Standish, their mother, on the estate of Captain Myles Standish, deceased" [ PCR 3:114].
On 5 October 1658 confirmation was made of a sale by "Capt. Myles Standish" (with consent of his wife Barbara) to Mr. Thomas Howes of Yarmouth of "a certain farm lying in the liberties of Yarmouth," which had been granted to Standish by the court on 4 March 1650 [ MD 13:142-43, citing PCLR 2:2:11].
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].

From The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995).

     Myles Standish was born circa 1629 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA. He was the son of Myles Standish and Barbara Mullins. Myles Standish married Sarah Winslow on 19 July 1660 at Boston, Suffolk County, MA, USA. Myles Standish died on 19 August 1661 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, MA, USA.

     Chelsey Jo Stanley is the daughter of Mark Edward Stanley and Patricia Diane Hotchkin.

     H. E. Stanley was born circa 1895. He married Matilda Marshall, daughter of William Marshall and Olive Reynolds, at NY, USA.¹ H. E. Stanley lived at Clayburg, Clinton County, NY, USA.¹

     He married Patricia Diane Hotchkin on 2 July 1983. Mark Edward Stanley and Patricia Diane Hotchkin were divorced in 1985.

     Kathleen K. Starbuck married Neil George Heiman, son of Neil George Heiman and Mary Kathryn Walner, on 7 February 1981 at Los Angeles County, CA, USA.¹

     Margaret R. Starkweather was born in 1807 at NY, USA. She married Jacob Hess at NY circa 1836. Margaret R. Starkweather died in 1885 at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA. She was buried at Glenview Cemetery, at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA, .

     Dorothy Starling married James Arnold Robertson, son of Jasper Van Buren Robertson and Emma Gertrude Strickland, in 1942.

     Elizabeth was born at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 21 May 1788. Age 62 at the 1850 census. She married Jedediah Parker at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, on 8 May 1836.¹ Elizabeth Starr died on 14 January 1861 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 72.

     Rachel Starr was born on 19 July 1780 at Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, USA. She married James Taylor Hoyt at Bethel, Fairfield County, CT, USA, on 11 January 1798. Rachel Starr died on 24 August 1857 at Bridgeport, Saginaw County, MI, USA, at age 77.

     Rachel Starr was born on 23 December 1681 at Middletown, Middlesex County, CT, USA.¹ She married Thomas Norton on 28 May 1701 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. Rachel Starr died on 30 September 1755 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 73.¹

     Isadore M. Stearns was born in 1844 at NY, USA. She married Warren W. Wodell, son of William Wodell and Sarah (Sally) Wood, circa 1865 at NY. Isadore M. Stearns died on 2 June 1928 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA.

     Fidelia Stedman was born on 8 December 1818 at NY, USA. She was the daughter of Selah Stedman and Elizabeth A. Carpenter. Fidelia Stedman died on 6 December 1850 at Livonia, Livingston County, NY, USA, at age 31.

     Selah Stedman was born on 19 June 1789 at CT, USA. He married Elizabeth A. Carpenter circa 1815 at NY, USA. Selah Stedman died on 29 March 1866 at Sparta, Livingston County, NY, USA, at age 76.¹ He was buried at Rau Cemetery, at Sparta, Livingston County, NY, USA, .

     Sybil A. Stedman was born on 12 May 1823 at NY, USA. She was the daughter of Selah Stedman and Elizabeth A. Carpenter. She married Thomas Jemison Sanford at Springwater, Livingston County, NY, USA, on 10 January 1845. Sybil A. Stedman died on 24 April 1898 at Ossian, Livingston County, NY, USA, at age 74. She was buried at Westview Cemetery, at Ossian, Livingston County, NY, USA, .

     Edson Steele was born in December 1857 at Sullivan County, NY, USA. Called Edward and age 2 at the 1860 census, Edson, age 12 at 1870, not with family at 1880 and born Dec 1857 and living in KS at the 1900 census. He was the son of William Ellis Steele and Lois Ann Hotchkin. Edson Steele died on 6 April 1902 at Morrill, Brown County, KS, USA, at age 44.¹

     Elizer Steele was born on 27 February 1774 at Tolland, Tolland County, CT, USA. He was the son of John Steele and Sarah Cobb.

     Ella Steele was born in 1861 at Sullivan County, NY, USA. Not born at the 1860 census, age 9 at the 1870 census. She was the daughter of William Ellis Steele and Lois Ann Hotchkin. Ella Steele died before 1880 at Sullivan County, NY. Not with the family at the 1880 census..

     Emma was born at Sullivan County, NY, USA, in 1865. Age 6 at the 1870 census and age 15 at the 1880 census.. She was the daughter of William Ellis Steele and Lois Ann Hotchkin.

     Eunice Steele was born on 19 March 1767 at Tolland, Tolland County, CT, USA. She was the daughter of John Steele and Sarah Cobb.

     Georgianna was born at Sullivan County, NY, USA, in 1866. Age 4 at the 1870 census and 14 at the 1880 census.. She was the daughter of William Ellis Steele and Lois Ann Hotchkin.

     Ida Drucellia Steele was born in 1859 at Sullivan County, NY, USA. Called Drusilla, age 1 at the 1860 census, Ida, age 11 at the 1870 census and not with family at the 1880 census. She was the daughter of William Ellis Steele and Lois Ann Hotchkin.