Susanna Soule

Mary Soule

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Elizabeth Soule Jr.|Jr.

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NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File(TM); ; June 1998 (c) , data as of 5 JAN 1998; ; , Family History Library,35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City , UT 84150 USA Source includes, but is not limited to: "Ancestral File" and the "IGI","International Genealo gical Index",both resource systems developed andsolely owned by The Church of JesusChrist o f Latter Day Saints. 1 PEDI birth

Mr. Hinckley

Patience Soule

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per MAYFLOWER INCREASINGS by Susan Roser prob born Duxbury

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-DEATH: MAYFLOWER FAMILIES ThroughFiveGeneraltions; Harding, Anne Bord on ed.; General Society of MayflowerDescendants; Vol3, 1980; George Soule; Soule #8, page 12.

PARENTS-SPOUSE: MAYFLOWER ANCESTRAL INDEX 32886

Giles Leighe

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Robert Soule

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per Jim Dewater

SOURCES: 1. Ancestral File 2. IGI 3. Main Archives 4. 1997Ordinance Index

SOURCES: 1. Main Archive Record 2. 1997 Ordinance Index

SOUCES: 1. 1998 Ancestral File 2. 1997 Ordinance Index RESOURCES: See: Notes [S1368] [S1738 ANCESTRAL SUMMARY: The parentage of George Soule remains unknown.Several published ancestrie s have subsequently been disproven, such asthat in The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilg rim Fathers, by CharlesBanks, 1929. There are three George Soule baptisms listed in the I.G.I. parishregister abstractions: 9 Fe bruary 1595, Tingrith, Bedford (son ofWilliam) 21 April 1605, All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk (s on of Robert) 28 February 1615, Flitwick, Bedford (son of George) The Tingrith,Bedfordrecord should defini tely be investigated further. It should benoted that George Soule Jr named his second son Wil liam--perhaps afterhis grandfather. The 1605 and 16 15 record are certainly not those of theM ayflower passenger, because George Soule would have been of legal agewhen he signed the Mayfl ower Compact in 1620. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: George Soule came as a servant of the EdwardWinslow family. He was a P lymouth volunteer for the Pequot War in 1637. SOURCES: Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families in Progress: GeorgeSoule for Four Generatio ns, (Plymouth: General Society of MayflowerDescendants, 1992). Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins 3:1704-1708 (Boston:New England Historic al and Genealogical Society, 1995). Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and Its People,1620-1691 (Ancestor Publ ishers, Salt Lake City, 1986). http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6431/Soule.html Ruth E. Hall 1. GEORGE1 SOULE was born 1590 in Poss. Eckington, England, and died Bef22/Jan/1678-79 in Du xbury,Mass. He married MARY BECKET. Soule; English,Dweller at or near a muddy pond. George So ule came to the United Stateson the Mayflower. His wife Mary Becket came over on the Anne. Ge orge wasorphaned when fire destroyed his home . He was brought up by his brother,Robert Soul e of Selter Co. He came as a teacher to Edward Winsowschildren. George and Mary were marrie d in Plymounth . George Soule, MilesStandish and John Alden laid out the first town, Duxbury , and are buriedthere. From; The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgram fathers byCharlesEdward Banks 1984. He ha s been tentatively identified as son of JohnSoule of Eckington, Co. Worcester, and problabl y kinsman to Robert Soule,a wealthy London salter, who died in 1590 a native of Eckington. Robert Soulehad a son Miles and a grandson of George, the Emigrant, alsobore that name. All o ther George Soules found in England at that periodhave been satisfactorilyeliminated. Fulle r particulars of thisidentification will be found in the recently published Soule Genealogyfo r which a special extensive search covering anumber of years was madeby the compiler of thi s book. The Winslow family from which Edward was descended lived in the nearbyparish of Kempsey, Co . Worcester, and it is probable that this earlyneighborhood association explainsthe apprentic eship of George Soule tothe Governor. It is supposed that George Soule was in London when hej oined Winslow on the voyage. Droitwich, the family home of the Winslowsat that time, was a sa lt mining place connected in a business way withthe Salters' Company of London in trade, an d thus the Wi nslow-Souleassociation was established.

Elizabeth Tylson

George Soule "Mayflower Compact Pilgrim"|"Mayflower Compact Pilgrim"|Signer of Mayflower Compact

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" And with fancy free shall we not find this adventuresom e youngman, when the Mayflower did not roll too badly, spending an hourpleasantly employed wh ile poring over his books? But what of the shortwinter days a nd the long winter evenings whi le living at Plymouth andDuxbury

What more entertaining diversion from his toils when procur ingthe supply for family existence than to spend an hour gaining knowledgethrough the mediu m of literature

Let t he reader draw a picture of theevening scene and supply the figures fo r the family circle. For thisthere need be no especial elasticity of the imagination, for suc hdomestic groups were seen daily at Plymouth. We believe George Soule was born as early as 1590 and that he was not inhis minority when h e signed the "Immortal Compact." Soon after his settlement at Plymouth he was granted a small tract ofland for a house-lot an d was virtually invested with the privileges andresponsibilities of yeomanry by which he wa s taxed for the support of thesimple government of th e colony; and when the "Jacob" came ove r bringinga cargo of cattle, George Soule was assigned "one of the four blackheifers called t he smooth-horned heifer" and two "shee goats." Theserecords indicate a family supply and we a ssume to sta te that he marriedMary Beckett as early as 1622. And what about this young wif e of "PilgrimSoule?" Shall we for a moment believe that this young woman left hernative lan d and faced a boisterous sea to find a home in the wildernesswithou t the prompting of some u nusual impulse or cause? Such anassumption would be preposterous in the extreme. Under the mo st favorablecircumstances such an adventure would requireheroic courage and aresolute will. T here remains no ground for reasonable doubt that she hadknown young George Soule before his l eaving his English home and that theirresistible magnet that drew her to New England was th e warm heart ofthe man who became her husband. Such an experience as she and th eBrewster gir ls entered upon was not undertaken without much thought andsome trepidation. But the romanc e of the conditions and occasion lendrays of sunshine to the otherwise gloomy circumstances a nd we feel aspirit of gladness and cong ratulation as we fancy them cosily shelteredin thei r humble home. And then the children multiplied around their hearthstone. Were they asource of joy or of so rrow? No glamour of the imagination or weaving offabrics with a golden overshoot can eliminat e the fact that this worthyhusband and wife shared in the sorrows incident to the circumstanc es thatseem to be necessary for the discipline and the purifying of humannature; that they dr ank from the domestic chalice the bitter with thesweet, while the wayward conduct of their ch ildren co st them many a pangof heavy hearts. However, their respectability in after life wa s a verysoothing and redeeming feature that banished the memories of earlier days. Page 714 While associating our thoughts about George Soule and his homeand family in New Eng land, we must not neglect the view through "back-sights" of the possible scenes about his Eng lish residence. We have nowarrant for assuming that he "was to the manor born," for he wasevi dently a city child. His first reputed ancestor was John Sole (Soule),sometime Mayor of Worce ster, and his near kindred dwelt within the radiusof a few miles of Eckington in the same shi re. He mu st have spentseveral of the years of his minority at college--if he was a graduate. While his name has not been found in any college list of students, weknow by such catalogue s that two of the sons of Robert Sole were collegemen; William and Miles. The parting with hi s parents, if surviving, andhis brothers and sisters, must have cost him and them heavy heart s andmisgivings. The ties of Nature then, as now, were caused to vibrate withtender emotion s when parting with be loved kindred. Whatever the home orits environments left behind by th e Pilgrim, he looked upon it for thelast time. His emancipation was final and permanent; hi s face steadfastlyset toward the Occident and thither he went. After the settlement of George Soule in New England, his ability andscholarship were recogni zed by his fellow-citizens and he was called tofill some very important positions in the tow n and Colony. His home andlot were near Eel River at first, but he had subsequent grants at " PowderPoint" and at "Ye watering place." He sold these estates to Hicks andSouthworth; and i n 1645 with his old friend Miles Standish and some otherspecial friends, he crossed the bay a nd founded a new home in the town ofDuxbury, locating himself at "Powder Point." There he res ided theremainder of his life--38 years. Here he served as one of the earliestselectmen and c ivil magistrates and was frequently re- elected to fillthe of fice. He was also the Represent ative to the General Court, orLegislature of Plymouth Colony in 1642; 1645; 1646; 1650; 1651 ; 1653; and1654. He had for colleagues during his official career such distinguishedmen as Al den, Soughworth, Peab ody and Starr. When Bridgewater was setoff from Duxbury he was one of t he original proprietors of that town, butsoon disposed of his property there and afterwards b ecame one of theearliest purchasers of Dartmouth and Middleboro. The form er estatesdescende d to his sons George and Nathaniel; the latter properties hebequeathed to his daughters Patie nce and Elizabeth. He thus became anoriginal proprietor in the founding of four new settlemen ts, an evidenceof his enterprise and thrift, which were his most distinguished traits ofchara cter. During the troubles with the Pequot Indians (1637) he was a volunteerand five years afterwar ds, when the plot of Miantonomah was discovered,George Soule was appointed on the committee " for offensive and defensiveWarr," indicating his wi llingness to fight as well as pray for th eprosperity of the settlement in the wilderness. George Soule was not a litigious man, for during his long life heappeared in court but onc e as party to an action, and then it was toconvince the jury of the righteousness of his case ; and he obtained averdict. This was in January, 1637 , when he sued and was sued byNathanie l Thomas to obtain the control of some cattle. On March 1,1658-9, Goodwife Mary Soule, his co nsort, was indicted for being absentfrom church; but that was not an uncommon transaction i n court and signifies nothing out of moral rectitude. Page 715 Without enumerating the minor official positions filled byGeorge Soule, it may be s ufficient to allude to the one important duty towhich he was called: as a collaborator with G overnor Prince, Winslow andConstant Southworth, in the revision of the Colonial Laws. This po sitionwas one of great responsibility and required the exercise of superiorability. Few wer e the men in the settlement at that time who werepossessed with the scholarship and judgmen t equivalent to such a task;and the result was evidence of his erudition and application. In the history of Duxbury, Windsor says of George Soule: "Though not aman distinguished in t he government of the colony, yet he was ofessential service in his town, holding positions t o which he would nothave been called had he not been a man of integrity and probity." Another historical writer has stated, "Among the early settlers of this town weresome of the ablest m en in the colony, including John Alden, WilliamBrewster, Thomas Prince and George Soule." I n an article on the "StandishHouse" published in 1876, Harper's Monthly, it was stated, "Int o thishouse on Captain's Hill, Miles Standish removed after his secondmarriage, and here he d rew around him a devoted class of friends, amongthem being Elde r Brewster, John Alden and Ge orge Soule." George Soule and his wife, Mary Beckett, had at least eight children,all born before 1650. I n that year it was stated, "George Sowle is stillliving and hath 8 children." The order of th eir births is not certainlyknown; some writers assi gning John as being the oldest son, whil e othersmake Zachariah the first born. The author believes there were more thanfour sons in t his family. Mary Soule died in 1677, and his death occurredin 1680, being "very aged," as th e records of the Colony prove. See hiswill. George Soule outlived nearly all of the passengers of the Mayflower, hisold friend, John Ald en, surviving him more than seven years. The onlymemorial of him known to exist is a gourd-sh ell once belonging to him,preserved in the Hall at Plymouth. Will of George Soule, Sr. "I George Soule senior of Duxbury in the Colonie of New Plymouth in NewEngland, being aged a nd weak of body but of sound mind and memory,praised be God. Do make this my last will and te stament, in manner andform following: Inpromis I committ my soule into the hands of Almighty God who gave it;and my body to be dec ently buried in the place appointed for that usewhensoever hee shall please to take mee hence ; and for the Disposal of myoutward estate which Go d of his Goodness hath Given mee. firs t I haveand already former by Deeds under my hand and seale Given unto my twosonnes Nathanie l and George, all of my lands in the Township ofDartmouth. Item: I have formerly Given unto m y Daughters El izabeth andPatience all of my lands in the Township of Middleberry. Item: I gi ve andbequeth unto my daughters Susanna and Mary twelve pence a piece to bepaid by my executo r hereinafter named, after my decease; and forasmuch asmy eldest son John Page 716 Soule an d his family hath in my extreme oldage and weakness bin very and carefull of mee and very hel pful to me andis likely so to bee while it shall please God to continue my life heer,therefor e I give and bequeath unt o my said son John Soule all theRemainder of housing and lands, wha tsoever, to him his heirs and asignsforever. Item: I give and beequeath unto my son John Soul e all of myGoods and Chattels whatsoever. Item: I nominate and appoint my son John Soule to be my sole executor ofthis my last will an d Testament and lastly I do make null and voyd allother and former wills and Testaments by me e att any time made. Inwitness whereof I the said G eorge Soule have hereunto sett my hand an dseale this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousandsix hundred seventy an d seven. GEORGE SOULE. The abovenamed George Soule Did sign seale and Deliver this instrumentto be his Last Will an d Testament in the presence of us Nathaniel ThomasDeborah Thomas Item: The tw entyseventh Day of September 1677 I the abovenamed George Soule Doe hereby further declare that it is mywill that if my son Jo hn Soule above named or his heirs or assigns or anyof them at any time Disturb my Daughter Pa tience or her heirs or assignsor any of them in pea cable possession or enjoyment of land s I have givenher at Namassakett and recover the same from her or her heirs or assignsor an y of them That my Gift to my son John Soule shall be void; and thatthen my will is, my Daught er Patience shal l have all my lands inDuxbury, and she shall be my sole executrix of this m y last will andTestament and enter into my housin, lands and meddows att Duxburrow. GEORGE SOULE. (Seale) The abovenamed George Soule did sign and seale to this addition in thepresence of us Nathaniel ThomasDeborah Thomas. Her Mark was D.T. Inoentory of the Estate of George Soule, Sr. An Inventory taken of the estate of the late Deceased George Soule ofDuxburrow in His Ma'tie s Collonies of New Plymouth of New England thistwenty-second of Jan. 1679 by Edward Southwort h and Thomas Delano andexhibited to the Court of hi s Ma'ties holden att Plymouth the fifth o fMarch 1679:80 on oath of John Soule. An acoupt of Debt Due unto John Soule to be payed out of his fathersestate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ plowing in 1 bu.of wheat and 1 00 06.00 bu. of pease ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ for reaping Rye and pease 0007.00 ------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Item One Day plowing Greenswar d 0005.00 ---------------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Item for plowing and weeding 0002.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 717------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Item 2 days and an half plowin g in Rye 0008.06 ---------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Item To William Clark 0000.09 - --------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Item for getteng an d bringing home 3 loads of Hay 0100.00 ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 1675 Item for one day plowing in pease 2 d ays reaping 0007. 06 Rye ---------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Item 1 lock for a Barne Dor e 0001.06 -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Item for Goods taken up att Edwin Mumfords at Boston 0019.02 vi z 4 yds 2' Carsey ------------ ----------- ------------------------------------------------- Item for 7 yds of penistone 2s 09d pd y d 0019.03 ------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Item for 10 yds of canvas att 1s 6d pr yd 0015.00 ---------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Item for buttons and sil k 0001.10 ---------------------------------------------- -------- ------------------ Item for blen linnine 0002.0 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item for t hred brown coullered 0002.08 -- ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Item for 4 yds of Red Cotton att 2s 6d pr y d 0010.00 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Item for 300 of shooe nailes 0001.00 -------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- paid to M. Mumford upon old accoun t 1676 for drawing 0005.00 13 load of brush and hedging about fiel d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I tem for plowing in pease and wheat 2 days 0008.00 ----------------------- ------------------------------------------ ------- Item maping a p2 temg fence between the or chyards 0008.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Item for making stone wall about the orchyard 0200.00 ------------ - ----------------------------------------------------------- Item for 12 yards of ticking o f William Voves 0110.00 ---------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Item for 20 yards of Canvass att 1s 9d pr yd 1015.00 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Item for Dowlis of Mr . hetman 7 yds att 2s 3d pr yd 0018.00 ------------------------------------------- ------------ ----------------- Item for 8 yds. of Osenbrigg of Mr. Thomas at 1s 2d pr 0009.0 4 yd ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------- It em for Serge for paire brich es 0010.00 ---------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Item for one pair sheets 0010.00 - ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------For Deett and tendanc e since my Mother died which was three years lastDecember except some small time my sister pa tience dressed his victules------------------------------------------------ ----------------- ------- Item for funeral charges 0100.00 -------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Item Dwelling house orchard Bar n & upland praised att 2000.00 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Item Meddow Land 0510.00 --------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Item bed and bed ding and wea ring clothes 1000.00 -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Item Gun 0015.0 0 -------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Item Book s 0100.00 ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Item Chest and Chair s 005 .000 ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Item 2 pairs of sheers a tramell and wedge 0006.0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item t o o ther old lumber 0003.00 ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Item by Debts Due to the estat e 0300.00 ---------------------------- ----------------------- --------------------- 4019.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Magflomer Compart. On the 11th day of November. 1620 (old style), there was drawn on thelid of a chest on boar d of the Mayflower in Plymouth harbor, and signedby forty-one of the principal men of the fir st band of Pilgrims, aplatform of government known a s the Compact, and which gave to thesepe ople the claim of being the first "signers" of this great and freeUnited States of America. Page 718 The Compact. The following is the full text of the compact: In Ye Name of God, Amen. We whofe names are underwritten, the loyall fubjects of our dreadfovereigne Lord, King James , by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine,France and Ireland, King, defender of ye faith, etc. , haveing undertakenfor ye glory of God and advancem ente of ye Chriftian faith, and honouro f our King and countrie, a voyage to plant ye firft colonie in yeNortherne parts of Virginia , doe by thefe prefentf folemnly, and mutualy,in ye prefence of God, and of one another, cove nant and comb ineourfelves togeather into a civill body politik for our better orderingand pr efervation and furtherance of ye end aforefaid, and by vertuehearof to enacte, conftitute an d frame fuch juft and equall lawes,ordinances, acts, conftitution s and offices from time t o time, as fhallbe thought moft meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie,unt o which we promife all due fubmiffion and obedience. In Witnef whereofwe have hereunder fubfc ribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11 of November, inye year of ye raign of our fovereigne Lord , King James of England, Franceand Ireland, ye eighteenth, and of Scotland ye fiftie-fourth , Ano Dom.1620. JOHN CARVER, EDWARD TILLEY, DEGORY PRIEST,WILLIAM BRADFORD , JOHN TILLEY, THOMASWILLIAMS, EDWARD WINSLOW, FRANCIS COOKE , GILBERT WINSLOW,WILLIAM BREWSTER, THOMAS ROG ERS, EDMUND MARGESON,ISAAC A LLERTON, THOMAS TINKER, PETER BROWN,MYLES STANDISH, JOHN RIG DALE, RICHARDBRITTERIDGE, JOHN ALDEN, EDWARD FULLER, GEOR GESOULE, SAMUEL F ULLER, JOHN TURNER,RICHARD CLARKE. CHRISTOPHE R MARTIN, FRANCIS EATON, RICHARDGARDINER, WILLIAM MULLINS, JAMES C HILTON, JOHNALLERTON, WILLIAM WHITE, JOHN CRACKSTON, THOMASENGLISH , RICHARD WARREN, JOHN BILLINGTON,EDWARD DOTEY, JOHN HOWLAND , MOSES FLETCHER, EDWARDLISTER. STEPHEN HOPKINS, JO HN GOODMAN, Children of George Soule, the Pilgrim. 3. George Soule (2), a son of George (1) and Mary (Beckett) Soule, wasborn in Plymouth Colon y, Mass., about 1624, and with his brotherNathaniel had part of the lands in Dartmouth upon w hich he settled. Hiswife's name was Deborah but her full maiden name has not been assured. He received a grant of land in 1682, "being one of ye fyrst- born children."From the reading o f the preamble of his will and the language employed inconnection with his children we estima te him as a very pious man.Possibly there had been premonitions or warnings that suggested ca utionand restraint from the "higher powers." George Soule second was a "searover" like his br other Nathaniel and went with him on many fishingvoyages. Whi le absent from home Giles Slocu m seems to have presumed upontheir indefensible situation and entered upon their lands by tre spass.The brothers went into court for adjustment of the case and received averdict of Page 719 GEORGE SOULE Jr., Son of GEORGE SOULE The Pilgrim. He made a will in March, 1697, and therein especially commends his wifeand children to divin e protection. This George Soule had a good estateand would have been called "fore-handed" b y his townsmen. He was calledto fill some minor munic ipal positions, but seems to have bee n a verypeaceable and worthy citizen. There was a large family of sons anddaughters. His wido w also made a will and this will follow with otherdocuments subjoined. The exact time of thei r deaths is no t known; butsomewhere down by the ocean's banks they were laid down, where the irrequiem has been chanted for two-and-a-quarter centuries. Peaceful betheir rest. For childr en's names see third generation. Local and Family Histories: New England, 1600-1900s Page 711 years that the Pilgrim wrote down in a "Diary" some events thatoccurred while on th e voyage, and after persistent inquisition the authorof this work has become satisfied of th e truthfulness of the story. Inthe first place there must be found some reason for the existe nce of thetradition itself. No explanation of the widely disseminated report hasbeen given an d we fail to discover any motive that some descendant of thePilgrim could have had for suc h a fabricati on and forgery. Inquiry bycorrespondence of Mrs. Kahn, who wrote the poem on th e "Diary of PilgrimSoule," shows that she had never seen the fragment and used the "poet'slic ense" in the statements she made; but she borrowed the thoughts express

Francis West

Thomas Soule

Walter Soule

William Soule Reverand|Reverand

Thomas Soule

George Soule

Mary Soule

Jane Soule

Elizabeth Soule

John Soule

Allerton Cushman

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BIRTH: NGC Message Jay Harrison 16 May 93 (HOPKINS file) MARRIAGE: NGCMessage Jay Harrison 1 6 May 93 (HOPKINS file) DEATH: NGC Message JayHarrison 16 May 93 (HOPKINS file) [GHR.FTW]