George SOULE^[1]

Abt 1595 - Bef 1679  (~ 84 years)

• Name	George SOULE
  Born	Abt 1595	England or Holland
  Gender	Male
  Migration	11 Nov 1620	“Mayflower”
  Occupation	Servant
  YDNA	I-M253
  Immigrant?	Y
  Identured flag	Y
  Died	Bef 22 Jan 1679	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Buried	Myles Standish Burial Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I36404	Main
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Mary BECKETT,   b. Abt 1605, England ,   d. Dec 1676, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1625	Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	1. Zachariah SOULE,   b. Bef 22 May 1627, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 11 Dec 1663, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age < 36 years) + 2. John SOULE,   b. Abt 1632, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 14 Nov 1707, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 75 years)   3. Nathaniel SOULE,   b. Abt 1637, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 12 Oct 1699, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 62 years)   4. George SOULE,   b. Abt 1639, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 22 Jun 1704, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 65 years)   5. Mary SOULE,   b. Abt 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Apr 1718, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 74 years)   6. Susannah SOULE,   b. 25 Apr 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Abt 1685, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age 40 years)   7. Elizabeth SOULE,   b. Abt 1646, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft Jul 1668  (Age ~ 22 years) + 8. Patience SOULE,   b. Abt 1648, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Mar 1706, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 58 years)   9. Benjamin SOULE,   b. Abt 1651, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Mar 1676, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 25 years)
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F12762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Abt 1625 - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Died - Bef 22 Jan 1679 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  The Good Ship Mayflower 1620 Passenger list

  
  

• Notes

  s/o Robert Soule (1564-1612) and Elizabeth Tylson (1568-?). —— George Soule sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 as a servant of Edward Winslow. Mary Bucket arrived three years later on the ship Ann and they were married a few years later. George Soule sailed on the Mayflower as a servant to Edward Winslow of Droitwich, England, who resided in an adjoining parish. According to Ridlon, George Soule was educated and an instructor to Winslow's children during the journey. He had books and kept a diary. (Soule, Sowle and Solis History by Rev. G.T. Ridlon, Sr.(1926). This reference has copies of wills and probate papers. Since George was a "servant" to Edward Winslow, his voyage to Plymouth was in a business, not a religious relation to the expedition. If he was an indentured servant he was not technically and legally a free agent, but was obligated to go with his employer. George served as a Representative to the General Court from Duxbury, 1645, 46, 50, 51 and 54. Early in 1637, the Pequot Indians fell openly upon the English at Connecticut. In response to a plea for assistance, the Plymouth General Court agreed forthwith to send fifty men. George Soule volunteered for this service, June 7, 1637 as one of 42 men under Lieutenant William Holmes and Reverend Thomas Prence as chaplain "but when they were ready to march, they had word to stay" for the enemy was as good as vanquished and there would be no need. The Society of Colonial Wars recognizes for membership any descendant of George Soule by reason of this "service" which, strictly speaking, was not actually performed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S181] Caleb Johnson’s MayflowerHistory.com, Johnson, Caleb.