George Soule, of the Mayflower

1599 - 1680  (~ 85 years)

• Name	George Soule
  Suffix	of the Mayflower
  Alt. Birth	9 Feb 1592/93	Eckington, Worcestershire, England
  Born	Between 1595 and 1599	England
  Gender	Male
  Group	Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower - George Soule
  	Descendant of George Soule of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger on the 1620 sailing of the Mayflower - Founder of the Plymouth Colony
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	5728447
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5728447
  Died	22 Jan 1679/80	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Buried	Aft 22 Jan 1679/80	Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I3994	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family	Mary Buckett,   b. Abt 1602, England ,   d. 16 Dec 1676, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	Abt 1625
  Children	1. John Soule,   b. Between 3 Mar 1631/32 and 7 Jul 1632, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Bef 14 Nov 1707, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 75 years)   2. Nathaniel Soule,   b. Abt 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Bef 12 Oct 1699, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 62 years)   3. George Soule,   b. Abt 1639, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Bef 22 Jun 1704, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 65 years)   4. Mary Soule,   b. May 1642, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Aft 29 Apr 1718, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 75 years)   5. Susannah Soule,   b. Abt 25 Jun 1642, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Aft 1684, Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 42 years)   6. Patience Soule,   b. Abt 1648, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 11 Mar 1705/06, Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F1373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Alt. Birth - 9 Feb 1592/93 - Eckington, Worcestershire, England Born - Between 1595 and 1599 - England Died - 22 Jan 1679/80 - Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 22 Jan 1679/80 - Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges		Immigrant Ancestor
  		Mayflower Passenger

  
  

• 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."