# Josiah Standish

> Capt. Josiah Standish, son of Capt. Myles Standish, and Barbara Standish (1588-1659). He was born about 1633 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. He died on 19 March 1690 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut. A captain in the Plymouth Colony militia who participated in King Philip's War, Standish, along with Captain Benjamin Church, led a raiding party that tracked the Wampanoag chief, Metacomet to Mt. Hope, Rhode Island. Finding the chief hiding in a swamp, one of his men, an Indian named John Alderman shot Metacomet.
He married first in 1656 Mary Dingley of Marshfield, Massachusetts, who died 6 months later. Second, he married Sarah Allen around 1660. Josiah and Sarah Standish's children were: Josiah, Mary, Mehitable, Martha, Samuel, Israel, Lois, and Mercy Standish.

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1633
- **Died:** 1690
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Josiah Standish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Standish)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6290631)

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