Myles Standish, With an Account of the Exercises of Consecration of the Monument Ground on Captain's Hill, Duxbury, Aug

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Excerpt from Myles Standish, With an Account of the Exercises of Consecration of the Monument Ground on Captain's Hill, Duxbury, Aug: 17, 1871Alexander devised the homestead to his son Myles, who re sided ou it till his death in 1739. The latter left a numerous family. He also had a son les, who inherited the property, but who removed to Bridgewater, and died in 1784. The mother of the last named, and one sister, remained at the old home, and were probably the last of the family who resided there. The estate was sold by Myles, July 3, 1763, to Samuel and Sylvanus Drew, who disposed of the property to Wait Wadsworth, and from his hands it passed to George Faunee, and descended to his children, then a part was purchased of his grandson, George Faunce, and a part of Luther Pierce, by the present proprietor. The descendants of Captain Standish are very numerous, and are scattered through the 'whole country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.