{"id":85557,"date":"2022-07-01T13:50:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T17:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=85557"},"modified":"2022-07-11T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:05:12","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction<\/em><\/strong><em>: In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Winslow Brewster Standish, a descendant of Myles Standish. Melissa is a genealogist who has a blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestoryarchives.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AnceStory Archives<\/a>, and a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HistoryGenNEFamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today I continue with my series \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who\u201d with a focus on Winslow Brewster Standish (1834-1910): veteran soldier, antiquarian, selectmen, and Yankee peddler during the turn of the century in Plymouth, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85561\" style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-winslow-standish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-winslow-standish.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Winslow Brewster Standish, from \u201cHistory and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments, Minute Men of \u201961 Who Responded to the First Call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to Defend the Flag and Constitution of the United State,\u201d page 67, George Warren Nason, 1910.\" width=\"408\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-winslow-standish.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-winslow-standish-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Winslow Brewster Standish, from \u201cHistory and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments, Minute Men of \u201961 Who Responded to the First Call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to Defend the Flag and Constitution of the United State,\u201d page 67, George Warren Nason, 1910.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Winslow was a seventh-generation lineal descendant of <em>Mayflower<\/em> passenger Myles Standish. Other Pilgrims in his tree include George Soule, John Alden, and Pricilla Mullens.<\/p>\n<p>Lineage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winslow Brewster Standish<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Standish Jr. and Mary Shaw (other children listed below)<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Standish and Susannah Cobb<\/li>\n<li>Moses Standish II and Mary Eddy<\/li>\n<li>Moses Standish and Rachel Cobb, great granddaughter of George Soule<\/li>\n<li>Ebenezer Standish and Hannah Sturtevant<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Standish and Sarah Alden, daughter of John Alden and Pricilla Mullins<\/li>\n<li>Myles Standish and Barbara [surname unknown]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winslow possessed such a likeness to his ancestor Myles Standish that he was the model for both the bas-relief Pilgrim monument \u201cFaith\u201d and the Myles Standish Monument on Captain\u2019s Hill, Duxbury, Massachusetts. He was called upon to portray his ancestor in pageants around the country.<\/p>\n<p>In 1929 the <em>Coulee City Dispatch<\/em> paid homage to Captain Myles Standish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85565\" style=\"width: 733px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A17F248101265E5BB%40GB3NEWS-17F27ECB964A5325%402425938-17F27EDD5D76A358%406-17F27EDD5D76A358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coulee-city-dispatch-newspaper-1122-1929-myles-standish.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Myles Standish, Coulee City Dispatch newspaper article 22 November 1929\" width=\"733\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coulee-city-dispatch-newspaper-1122-1929-myles-standish.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/coulee-city-dispatch-newspaper-1122-1929-myles-standish-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coulee City Dispatch (Coulee City, Washington), 22 November 1929, page 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This article reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thanksgiving approaches, and as our thoughts turn to the Pilgrim Fathers, none is more worthy of remembrance than Capt. Myles Standish. For he was \u201cthe first military commander of our country and the greatest example of protection and preparedness that ever existed. The compact which he and his associates signed on board the Mayflower was the foundation of our form of government. The law-abiding, God-fearing Pilgrims could not have existed without the strong arm of Capt. Myles Standish.\u201d Such was the tribute paid to him recently by Major Myrick, captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like his Pilgrim progenitor and many that succeeded him, Winslow was eager to serve his country and enlisted in Company E, 29th Massachusetts Regiment, under Major Samuel Doten at the start of the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>During his service, Winslow fell ill with malaria and was hospitalized in Washington, D.C. He received a special visitor \u2013 President Lincoln, or \u201cUncle Abe,\u201d as he called himself \u2013 who lit up with excitement when Winslow told him he was from Plymouth and his surname was Standish. The two men had a lively exchange on <em>Mayflower<\/em> pilgrim Myles, the brave military captain of the New World.<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln\u2019s last words to him: \u201cPlymouth is my Mecca. If I live, I shall visit Plymouth and place my foot on that sacred rock. To me it is sacred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winslow returned to Plymouth and drove a peddler\u2019s cart until he opened his own store, \u201cThe Old Curiosity Shop,\u201d a retail enterprise that put him on the map.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85567\" style=\"width: 1013px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-old-curiosity-shop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-old-curiosity-shop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: a street view of Plymouth, Massachusetts, including the \u201cOld Curiosity Shop\u201d operated by Winslow Brewster Standish, taken by Edward P. McLaughlin, Plymouth Collection. Courtesy of Public Library, Digital Commonwealth.\" width=\"1013\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-old-curiosity-shop.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-old-curiosity-shop-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-old-curiosity-shop-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: a street view of Plymouth, Massachusetts, including the \u201cOld Curiosity Shop\u201d operated by Winslow Brewster Standish, taken by Edward P. McLaughlin, Plymouth Collection. Courtesy of Public Library, Digital Commonwealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1902 the New York Daily Tribune did a spotlight piece on the thousands who flocked to Plymouth to determine their family tree or secure <em>Mayflower<\/em> relics. Winslow\u2019s shop was credited to be the most popular haunt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85569\" style=\"width: 1327px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A16A0C23A44B27396%40GB3NEWS-166B89026C2F2AB4%402416112-166B89AD306E6B21%4019-166B89AD306E6B21\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-york-daily-tribune-newspaper-1228-1902-plymouth.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Plymouth, Massachusetts, New-York Daily Tribune newspaper article 28 December 1902\" width=\"1327\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-york-daily-tribune-newspaper-1228-1902-plymouth.jpg 1327w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-york-daily-tribune-newspaper-1228-1902-plymouth-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-york-daily-tribune-newspaper-1228-1902-plymouth-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-york-daily-tribune-newspaper-1228-1902-plymouth-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1327px) 100vw, 1327px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New-York Daily Tribune (New York, New York), 28 December 1902, page 20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This article reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By far the prize place for the would-be Pilgrim or Mayflower descendant is the Old Curiosity Shop, which is on the harbor front, not a stone\u2019s throw from the rock on which the Fathers landed. It is kept by Winslow Brewster Standish, an old man, and direct descendant of the redoubtable Miles [Myles], of Colonial fighting fame. He has kept this shop for the sale of everything old, and some things not so old, for a number of years, and his collection of relics is just as large to-day as it was in the beginning, though his annual sales are enormous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are enough Mayflower relics treasured in the United States,\u201d says old Mr. Standish, \u201cto fill two of the largest ocean liners.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Winslow served as a town selectman and member of the Mayflower Lodge, Collingwood G. A. R., and the Patuxent Colony of Pilgrim Fathers.<\/p>\n<p>He married Sylvia M. Maybury, daughter of Joseph Maybury and Betsey Cleveland Reed, in 1861. They had no children \u2013 however, many of his siblings carried on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Other Standish children:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary Shaw Standish married Robert Hall Aldrich<\/li>\n<li>Susanna Cobb Standish married Ichabod T. Holmes<\/li>\n<li>John Doten Standish married Lydia Oldham, 2nd Almira T. Vaughn<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Shaw Standish married Frederic Gleason<\/li>\n<li>William Miles Standish married Lydia Ann Chase, 2nd Anne M. Capendale, 3rd Ellen A. Reed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Family lines in the tree include Stetson, Briggs, Clapp, Sprague, King, Ford, Pratt, Morton, Ring, Vaughn, Bryant.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to catch more on Winslow, there is an article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/d.docs.live.net\/fef58d0c49ecfda4\/Documents\/%5barchiveorg%20californianoverl49sanfrich%20width=560%20height=384%20frameborder=0%20webkitallowfullscreen=true%20mozallowfullscreen=true%5d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Plymouth Path New Trod<\/a>\u201d (p. 153-161) in the <em>Overland Monthly<\/em>, Vol. 49, 1907, by F. S. Drenning.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more on <em>Mayflower<\/em> descendants!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note:<\/em><\/strong> Just as an online collection of newspapers, such as GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, helped tell the stories of Winslow Brewster Standish, they can tell you stories about your ancestors that can\u2019t be found anywhere else. Come look today and see what you can discover!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> a photo of the Myles Standish Monument, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Pete Forsyth; Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Recent Articles in This Series:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-14.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 14<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-14-conclusion.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 14 (conclusion)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-15.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-16.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 16<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-17.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 17<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-18.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 18<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Winslow Brewster Standish, a descendant of Myles Standish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":85575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12557],"tags":[12,8263,58201,58199],"class_list":["post-85557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-stories","tag-genealogy","tag-mayflower-pilgrims","tag-myles-standish","tag-winslow-brewster-standish"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/photo-0701-2022-featured-graphic-standish-monument.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85557"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85573,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85557\/revisions\/85573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}