A captain in the Plymouth Colony militia who participated in King Philip's War, Standish, along with Captain Benjamin Church, led a raiding party that tracked the Wampanoag chief, Metacomet to Mt.
Finding the chief hiding in a swamp, one of his men, an Indian named John Alderman shot Metacomet.
Josiah and Sarah Standish's children were: Josiah, (Reverend, lived and died in Stafford, Connecticut) Mary, Mehitable, Martha, Samuel, Israel, Lois, and Mercy Standish.
According to Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (2007), "Josiah Standish: born circa 1633; died at Preston CT, 19 March 1690; married 1) at Marshfield, 19 December 1654, Mary Dingley; they had no children.
He married 2) after 7 March 1655/56, Sarah Allen and they had eight children: Mary, Martha, Myles, Josiah, Samuel, Israel, Lois and Mercy Standish.