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"Standish" is both a Place Name, and also a Family Name.
Place - Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Walled cemetery of Pigrims near Ormskirk. (unmarked graves) Miles Standish and his association with Lancashire and the Island of Man. Miles Standish sails to America as Military Advisor. ( taking one of two sisters from Ormskirk with him). He marries first sister who dies, then invites her sister who also marries Myles Standish.'