Desire STANDISH

Desire married Nathan WESTON on 21 Feb 1715 in Plympton, Massachusetts. Nathan (son of Edmund WESTON and Rebecca SOULE) was born on 08 Feb 1688/9 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Oct 1754 in Plympton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nathan WESTON was born on 11 Jul 1723 in Plympton, Massachusetts; died after 29 Feb 1780 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
2. Desire WESTON was born on 04 Apr 1730 in Plympton, Massachusetts; died on 23 Jul 1796 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
3. Isaac WESTON was born on 14 Jun 1725 in Plympton, Massachusetts; died after 11 Oct 1763.
4. Jacob WESTON was born on 14 May 1727 in Plympton, Massachusetts; died before 10 Jun 1760.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Between 21 Feb 1701 and 1702
• Fact: 05 Jul 1702, Codicil to will
• Will Proved: 10 Aug 1702

Notes:

Excerpt from "Mayflower Increasings":

Will of Alexander Standish:

....21 Feb. 1701/2, ment. unnamed wf and follow. chil., viz: Miles Standish (eldest son), Thomas Standish, Ichabod Standish, Desire Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Lorah Samson wf of Aabraham, Lidia Samson wf of Isaac, Mercy Samson wf of Caleb, Elizabeth Delano wf of Samuel, Sarah Soul wf of Benjamin; brother David Alden;..."Whatsoever Estate Either in New England or in old which I have committed into ye hands of Robert orchard to Recover in England by letters of Attorney...Thus taking my leave of all my near & dear Relations my christian friends in church Covenant & all my loving neighbours I bed you all farwell till we meet in Heaven..." Codicil, 5 July 1702, ment. wf, son Miles & his wf, chil. Thomas, Ichabod & Desire. Wit. sworn 29 July 1702. (On 10 Aug. 1702 the will was contested by Abraham Samson, Isaac Samson, Caleb Samson & Benjamin Soule (& later by Samuel Delano), the husbands of the daughters. The caveat contains a goldmine of information. "He had by his first wife who was daughter to ye Whorshipfull Mr. John Alden a good and a prudent woman two sons and 5 daughters and after her decease he lived a widdower many years untill all his sd 5 daughters or 4 of them were marryed...about 16 years before he dyed he marryed a second wife...by her he had two sons and one daughter." It also states Alexander was about 76 when he made his will, his eldest son married the daughter of the 2nd wife, son Myles was by 1st wife, son Ebenezer was the 2nd son by the 1st wife and his 5 daughters by his 1st wife were all married with children.)

Alexander married Desire DOTY in 1686 in Poss. Duxbury, Mass.. Desire (daughter of Edward DOTY and Faith CLARKE) was born in 1645/6 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jan 1731 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 30 Jul 1723
• Will Proved: 17 May 1732

Notes:

Excerpt from Mayflower Increasing: On 4 Oct. 1675, desire was awarded twenty pounds on behalf of her husband, William SHERMAN Jr., "Whoe fell distrated in the service of the country...being by reason of great charges and necessities in great straightes".