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NAME: Myles Standish
OCCUPATION: Military Leader
BIRTH DATE: c. 1584
DEATH DATE: October 03, 1656
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lancashire, England
PLACE OF DEATH: Duxbury, Massachusetts

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Myles Standish sailed to the New World with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower and served as military leader for the Plymouth colony.

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Born c.1584, Myles Standish may have encountered the English religious exiles known as the Pilgrims when he was fighting in the Netherlands as a young man. He sailed to New England with them on the Mayflower in 1620, and served as military leader for the Plymouth colony. In that post, he protected the Pilgrims, fought hostile native tribes and ousted colonists who were considered "unpuritanical."

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