Myles Standish

Standish, Myles

• General Notes
  • Mayflower
    
    MYLES STANDISH STARTED HIS MILITARY CAREER AS A DRUMMER AND WORKED HIS WAY UP. HE WAS STATIONED IN HOLLAND WHERE ENGLISH TROOPS WERE PLACED TO HELP THE DUTCH IN THEIR WAR WITH SPAIN.
    
    HE MADE ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE PILGRIMS THERE IN HOLLAND AND WAS HIRED BY THEM TO BE THEIR MILITARY CAPTAIN.
    
    (D) MEANS THIS PERSON HAS LIVING AMERICAN DESCENDANTS.
    
    CRAIG SHARROW @ ROOTSWEB SITE
    
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craigsharrow&id=I118120
    

Details of Myles' family with Barbara Mullens or Allen