George SOULE

• Birth: 1593/1600, of Eckington, Worcester, England
• Death: 22 JAN 1679, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

• Reference: 150

• Marriage: BEF 1626, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

1. John SOULE

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Notes

Soule of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", 2nd

ed., published by The General Society of Mayflower Descendants in 1995:

..."GEORGE SOULE b. England bef. 1600; d. Duxbury bef. 22 Jan. 1679.

He m. prob. Plymouth bef. 1626 prob. MARY BUCKETT (or BECKET) who d.

Duxbury Dec. 1676. She has not been identified.

.....George Soule received one acre of land in the 1623 division of land as

did Marie Buckett. She is listed as a passenger on the "Anne."

.....The 22 May 1627 Division of Cattle includes Gaorge Sowle, Mary Sowle

and Zakariah Sowle.

.....George Sowle is in the 1633 list of Freemen.

.....In 1651 Gov. Bradford wrote "But his [Edward Winslow's] man George

Sowle is still living, and hath 8 children."

.....George Soule was in Duxbury as early as 27 Sept. 1642 when he was on

a Duxbury committee.

.....The will of George Soule Sr. of Duxberry dated 11 Aug. 1677, codicil

dated 20 Sept. 1677, inventory 22 Jan. 1679, gave lands in Dartmouth to

sons Nathanial and Gorge; mentions lands in "Middleberry" formerly given

to daus. Elizabeth and Patience; names daus. Susanna and Mary; eldest

son John to have the remainder of his housing and lands. Tha codicil

warned son John that if he disturbed dau. Patienca, then Patience was to

have the house and lands at Duxburrow. The account of John Soule

mentions "since my mother died which was three yeer the last

December."

.....Children (SOULE) the oldest children b. Plymouth, rest b. Duxbury:

..........i ZACHARIAHZ b. bef. 22 May 1627(div. of cattle); enumeratad on list

of Duxbury residents aged 16 to 60 physically able to bear arms in Aug.

1643; d. Duxbury prob. shortly before inventory of his effects was taken

11 Dec. 1663 by JOHN ALDEN and CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH; m. place &

data unknown MARGARET ---, poss. dau. of William Ford Sr. who gave

widow's bond as administratrix of her dec. husband's estate. No known

children.

..........2 ii JOHN b. ca. 1632 (based on ae - 1705 depos.) [Our ancestor]

..........3 iii NATHANIEL b. ca. 1637

..........4 iv GEORGE b. ca. 1639(based on ae - 1673 depos.)

..........5 v SUSANNA b. ca. 1642

..........6 vi MARY b. ca. 1644

..........7 vii ELIZABETH b. ca. 1645

..........8 viii PATIEWCE b. ca. 1648

..........ix BENJAMIN b. ca. 1651; killed in action by Indians before

Pawtucket RI on 26 March 1676 during Kinh Phillip's War. No evidence of

m. or ch."

From "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" page 425; on microfilm at tha LDS

Family History Center :

George, servant to Edward Winslow, came in the Mayflower to

Plymouth. Frm. 1633 : volunteer for the Pequot War in 1637; res. at

Duxbury. Com. of Court, 1640; deputy,1642. His wife Mary and son

Zachariah had shares of cattle with him in 1627. He had 8 children

living in 1650 [B]

He made will 11 Aug. 1677, aged and weak ; prob. 5 March, 1679-80;

sons John, Nathaniel and George. daus. Elizabeth, Patience, Susannah,

Mary.

From "The Ancestors of Paul Bailey McBride on the www:

REF CAG7 George Soule was the 35th signer of the Mayflower Compact.

b. c. 1593/1600, Eng.

r. Of Eckington, Worcester, Eng.

d. BEF 22 Jan 1679, Duxbury, MA

bur. 1 FEB 1680, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA