I wrote an assessment of this discussion that is published on the website: www.sail1620.org The article is called "Pilgrim Myles Standish, Born Where? The State of the Question." It was also published in the Mayflower Quarterly. Jeremy Bangs "Dale H. Cook" <radiotest@plymouthcolony.net> wrote: >At 04:45 PM 12/4/2008, Dave Howe wrote: > >>I giue vnto my son and heire aparent Alexander Standish all my lands >>as heire apparent by lawfull decent > >For a relatively recent discussion of this section of the will and >its implications, see Norman Weston Standish, "Standish Lands in >England" (Mayflower Quarterly, 52 [1986]: 109-114). > >Two discussions of the family that help to shed light on the matter >are cited in that article: > >George Vaughan Chichester Young, "Pilgrim Myles Standish" (Peel, Isle >of Man: Mansk-Svenska Publishing Company, 1984). > >Lawrence Hill, "Gentlemen of Courage-Forward: A History of the >Standish Family, Lancashire, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 AD, >Within the Context of English History to the Stuart Period" (Alderley >Edge, Cheshire, England: Magnolia Publishing Company, 1987). > >Standish, in his MQ article, appears to agree with Young that Myles >was of the Standishes of Standish, that he was possibly born in the >family home, (Ellenbane, near Sulby, Isle of Man), and that he >certainly knew that home in his youth. > >Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; >Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project >Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net > >____________________________________________________________ >Click to consolidate debt and lower month expenses. >http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2PBGzmZgsQHaDW5o2HqhspjLlivVGTHw313oex5QEu5YoAN/ >Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

At 06:07 PM 12/4/2008, Jeremy Bangs wrote: >I wrote an assessment of this discussion that is published on the website: >www.sail1620.org >The article is called "Pilgrim Myles Standish, Born Where? The State of the Question." >It was also published in the Mayflower Quarterly. I had been thinking solely of the lands mentioned in Myles' will, but Jeremy's article not only addresses that in depth, but also reviews an immense range of other evidence that he has examined in the search for the Captain's ancestry. I had forgotten how thorough his article is. It was published in Mayflower Quarterly, 72 [June, 2006]:133-159. The full URL of the online version is: http://www.sail1620.org/history-bios/51-myles-standish Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net ____________________________________________________________ Free information on becoming a Graphic Designer. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw3huHxfHHnKGD2BLwhukQ3ubsxn6mYfQPjjdxL4pjH5BpAol/