 The families living in what had come to be referred to as Duxbury ( sometimes " Duxborough " ) requested to be set off from Plymouth as a separate town with their own church and minister . This request was granted in 1637 . Some , including historian Justin Winsor , have insisted that the name of the town of Duxbury was given by Standish in honor of Duxbury Hall , near Chorley in Lancashire , which was owned by a branch of the Standish family . The coincidence would suggest that Standish had something to do with the naming of Duxbury , Massachusetts , though no records exist to indicate how the town was named . 
