George Soule^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1600 - 1679  (79 years)

• Name	George Soule  [3, 5]
  Birth	1593-1600	Eckington, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England   [3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Mayflower Passenger - George Soule	1620  [2, 5]
  	Mayflower Ancestor: George Soule George Soule traveled on the Mayflower as a servant to Edward Winslow.
  Web Link	http://mayflowerhistory.com/soule/
  Web Link	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5728447/george_soule
  Web Link	https://soulekindred.org/
  Web Link	https://themayflowersociety.org/passenger-profile/passenger-profiles/the-soule-family/
  Burial	Jan 1679	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  	Standish Burial Ground Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5728447
  Death	22 Jan 1679	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I342353874504	Tripp Family Genealogical Website | Mayflower-George Soule

  
  

  Family	Mary Beckett,   b. 17 Jan 1590, Eckington, Worcester, England d. 16 December 1676, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Bef. 1626	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Zachariah Soule,   b. 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef. 11 Dec 1663, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 36 years)   2. John Soule,   b. 8 Mar 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Nov 1707, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years)   3. Nathaniel Soule,   b. 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef. 12 Oct 1699, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)   4. George Soule,   b. Abt. 1639, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 May 1704, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)   5. Susannah Soule,   b. 25 Apr 1642, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Abt. 1684, Kings Towne, Washington, Rhode Island, USA (Age 41 years)   6. Mary Soule,   b. May 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Apr 1718, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)   7. Elizabeth Soule,   b. Abt. 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Aft. 1700, Woodbridge, New Jersey (Age 56 years)   8. Patience Soule,   b. 1646, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Mar 1705, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)   9. Benjamin Soule,   b. Abt. 1651, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Mar 1676, Pawtucket, Providence., Rhode Island, USA (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F39863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Mayflower Passengers The Mayflower was a ship which is famous for its sailing to North America in 1620 bringing pilgrims and other settlers to create the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts.
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  The Mayflower Passengers While nearly half of the 102 Mayflower passengers who arrived on the shores of Massachusetts died during the first winter, 26 families of passengers are known to have left descendants.

  
  

• Notes

  George Soule's origins in England have not been discovered. The most promising record found to date is the baptism of a George Soule on 9 February 1595 at Tingrith, Bedford, son of William. Other Soule families using the name George can also be found in Sudbury, Suffolk, and Flitwick, Bedford. George Soule came on the Mayflower as a servant to the Edward Winslow family, indicating he was under 25 years old at the time; however, he did sign the Mayflower Compact, suggesting he was over 21. This puts his birth year at around 1595-1599. This matches well with his apparent marriage date of around 1625 at Plymouth: by the May 1627 Division of Cattle, he was married to Mary, and they had had one son, Zachariah. George Soule and family moved to Duxbury very early on, and he was a deputy to the Plymouth Court for a number of years beginning in 1642. He had volunteered for the Pequot War of 1637, but Plymouth's troops were not needed. He was on various committees, juries, and survey teams, during his life in Duxbury. In 1646, for example, he was appointed to the committee to deal with Duxbury's problem of the disorderly smoking of tobacco. George Soule made out his will on 11 August 1677, and added a codicil to it on 20 September 1677. The codicil is quite interesting as it gives a little insight into a family squabble between son John and daughter Patience: "If my son John Soule above-named or his heirs or assigns or any of them shall at any time disturb my daughter Patience or her heirs or assigns or any of them in peaceable possession or enjoyment of the lands I have given her at Nemasket alias Middleboro and recover the same from her or her heirs or assigns or any of them; that then my gift to my son John Soule shall be void; and that then my will is my daughter Patience shall have all my lands at Duxbury and she shall be my sole executrix of this my last will and testament and enter into my housing lands and meadows at Duxbury."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1276562825] Ancestry.com, Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1276917454] Mayflower Increasings. [S1250885915] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1276606678] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1276917046] John E. Soule, Mayflower Families in Progress - George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), 2015, George Soule- Mayflower Passenger. [S1276917046] John E. Soule, Mayflower Families in Progress - George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), Mary Beckett wife of George Soule.