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Others of the original Mayflower company came too, leaving traces of themselves in such names as Blackfriars Brook, Billingsgate, and Houndsditch  names which they brought from Old England. The homes which these pioneers so laboriously and so lovingly wrought  what were they? OTHERS OF THE ORIGINAL MAYFLOWER COMPANY CAME TO LEAVING TRACES OF THEMSELVES AND SUCH NAMES AS BLACKFRIARS BROOKE BILLINGSGATE AND HOUND DITCH NAMES WHICH THEY BROUGHT FROM OLD ENGLAND THE HOMES WHICH THESE PIONEERS SO LABORIOUSLY AND SO LOVINGLY WROUGHT WHAT WERE THEY
nsitive in sentiment. He died on his farm in Duxbury in 1656 when he was seventy-three, and the Myles Standish Monument on Captain's Hill, three hundred and ten feet above the bay, is no more conspicuous than his knightly and tender life among the people he elected to serve. His two wives, and also Priscilla and John Alden, for whom he entertained such lively love and equally lively fury, all are buried here--the Captain's last home fittingly marked by four cannon and a sturdy boulder. Not only for Standish and Alden is Duxbury famous. The beloved William Brewster himself moved to this new settlement, and up to a few years ago the traces of the whitewood trees which gave the name of "Eagle's Nest" to his house could be distinguished. One son--Love--lived with the venerable elder, who was a widower, and his other son Jonathan owned the neighboring farm. In the sight of the Plymouth Colony--their first home in the new land--the three men often worked together, cutting trees and planting. UT DEEPLY SENSITIVE IN SENTIMENT HE DIED ON HIS FARM IN DUXBURY IN SIXTEEN FIFTY SIX WHEN HE WAS SEVENTY THREE AND THE MILES STANDISH MONUMENT ON CAPTAIN TILL THREE HUNDRED AND TEN FEET ABOVE THE BAY IS NO MORE CONSPICUOUS THAN HIS NIGHTLY AND TENDER LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE HE ELECTED TO SERVE HIS TWO WIVES AND ALSO PRISCILLA AND JOHN ALDEN FOR WHOM HE ENTERTAINED SUCH LIVELY LOVE AND EQUALLY LIVELY FURY ALL ARE BURIED HERE THE CAPTAIN'S LAST HOME FITTINGLY MARKED BY FOUR CANNON AND A STURDY BOULDER NOT ONLY FOR STANDISH AND ALDEN IS DUXBURY FAMOUS THE BELOVED WILLIAM BREWSTER HIMSELF MOVED TO THIS NEW SETTLEMENT AND UP TO A FEW YEARS AGO THE TRACES OF THE WHITE WOOD TREES WHICH GAVE THE NAME OF EAGLE'S NEST TO HIS HOUSE COULD BE DISTINGUISHED ONE SON LOVE LIVED WITH THE VENERABLE ELDER WHO WAS A WIDOWER AND HIS OTHER SON JONATHAN OWNED THE NEIGHBOURING FARM IN THE SIGHT OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY THEIR FIRST HOME IN THE NEW LAND THE THREE MEN OFTEN WORKED TOGETHER CUTTING TREES AND PLANTING
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