Ancestry of
Zachariah Standish

(1739–1780)

Zachariah Standish Jr.

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Zachariah Standish 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Whitman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 May 1739 
  • Birth Location:
  • Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Mar 1780 
  • Death Location:
  • Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Notes: 

  • The death date for Zachariah Standish is possibly in error as he is said to be still living on 08 DEC 1781 when he was discharged from the Continental Army. It is also possible that said service in the Continental Army was for his son Zachariah.

    The family of Zachariah Standish can be found in "Descendants of Capt. Myles Standish, Male and Female Lines," mss. at NEHGS, bundle 29, card for Zachariah Standish (papers donated to NEHGS by Wesley Weyman).

• Marriages for Zachariah Standish Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Rebecca Wood
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 8 Apr 1760
  • Marriage Location:
  • Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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  • Spouse:
  • Olive Pool
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Jan 1770
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Sources for Zachariah Standish Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A108412, Service may belong to son Zachariah.
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Birth record for son Zachriah Standish.
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Marriage record for Zachariah Standish and Olive Pool.
  • ⁴ Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850, Probate of Zachariah Standish.
  • ⁵ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881, Case No 19188, Probate records for estate of father Zachariah Standish.
  • ⁶ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881, Case No 19189, Probate file for Zachariah Standish.
  • ⁷ The Mayflower Descendant, 1991, Vol. 41, p. 8.
  • ⁸ Andrews, H. Franklin, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Exira, Iowa: Published by the Author (1902), 316.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 69-70.
  • ¹⁰ Standish, Myles, The Standishes of America, Boston, Massachusetts: Press of Samuel Usher (1895), 18-19.
  • ¹¹ Wakefield, Robert S. and Russell L. Warner, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 14, Family of Myles Standish, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2007), 35, 103-104.
  • ¹² Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 423.
  • ¹³ Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 5, John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2016), 175-177.