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{{Infobox military person
|name= Myles Standish
|image=[[File:Myles Standish.jpg|250px|alt=Head and shoulders painting of a man in 17th century attire. He has dark hair, a dark beard and mustache. He is wearing a large, white, ruffled collar.]]
|caption= This portrait, first published in 1885, was alleged to be a 1625 likeness of Standish, although its authenticity has never been proven.<ref>Winsor, ''History of Boston'', 65.</ref>
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(contracted; show full)obinson (pastor)|John Robinson]], and by a lay minister or "elder" [[William Brewster (Pilgrim)|William Brewster]].  English authorities outlawed and persecuted such congregations.  In 1608, the [[Scrooby congregation]] relocated to Holland in the [[Dutch Republic]], where freedom of religion was permitted.<ref>Stratton, 18.</ref>  The group eventually settled in [[Leiden]], Holland, where it remained for 12 years.  

Although they enjoyed religious freedom in Holland, the members of 
the Scrooby congregation were troubled by the foreign culture of Leiden and they wished to raise their children in a strictly English environment. In 1620, with the permission of King [[James I of England]] and backing from a group of financial investors in London known as the Merchant Adventurers, the Scrooby congregation departed for the New World aboard the [[Mayflower (ship)|''Mayflower'']] to establish a colony in North America.<ref name=Philbrick25>Philbrick, 25.</ref> 

Not all the ''Mayflower'' passengers were Separatists.  The Merchant Adventurers recruited a number of colonists seeking financial opportunity in the New World.<ref name=Philbrick25/> Others, such as Myles Standish, had been hired by the Separatists specifically for their expertise in certain areas.  Thus, Standish traveled aboard the ''Mayflower'' for military professional, not for religious reasons. Standish's religious leanings have been the source of some debate.  Whatever his denomination, he sympathized with the Separatists, supporting and defending Plymouth Colony for much of his life, although there is no evidence as to whether or not he joined their church.<ref name=Bangs/>  

In what is now [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]], the passengers of the ''Mayflower'' established a colony referred to at the time as "New Plymouth" (although the name and spelling varied).  The term "Pilgrims" is now used primarily to refer to the Separatist congregation, although it is often applied to all the original settlers of Plymouth Colony (both Separatist and Anglican).

==Birthplace and early military service==
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[[Category:People from Duxbury, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:17th-century American people]]
[[Category:People of the Tudor period]]
[[Category:People of the Stuart period]]

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