 During the 1640s , Standish took on an increasingly administrative role . He served as a surveyor of highways , as Treasurer of the Colony from 1644 to 1649 , and on various committees to lay out boundaries of new towns and inspect waterways . His old friend Hobbamock had been part of his household , but he died in 1642 and was buried on Standish 's farm in Duxbury . 
