Soule, George
1601 - 1679 (76 years)-
Name Soule, George [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] Birth 1601 Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13] Gender Male Departure 1620 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Aboard Mayflower Residence 1633 Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [2, 12] Military 7 Jun 1637 Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [2, 12] Pequot Indian War Military 1675 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [2, 12] King Phillip's War FSID 9V4Z-GD1 Will 11 Aug 1677 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [2, 12] Death Between 20 Sep 1677 and 22 Jan 1679 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13] Burial Between 20 Sep 1677 and 22 Jan 1679 Miles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12] Person ID I32947 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father Soules, Jan, b. 1565, Brussels, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium d. 1627, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Mother Labus, Maecken, b. 1565, Brussels, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium d. DECEASED, London, England Relationship natural Marriage 30 Aug 1586 Austin Friars, London, England [2] Family ID F12742 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Beckett, Mary, b. 1605, England d. 16 Dec 1676, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years) Marriage 1626 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [2, 12] Children 1. Soule, Zachariah, b. 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Dec 1663, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 36 years) [natural]2. Soule, John, b. 1632, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Nov 1707, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years) [natural]3. Soule, Nathaniel, b. 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Oct 1699, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years) [natural]4. Soule, George, b. 1639, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1704, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years) [natural]5. Soule, Elizabeth, b. 25 Apr 1642, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Jan 1716, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 73 years) [natural]6. Soule, Susanna, b. 25 Apr 1642, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, USA d. DECEASED [natural]7. Soule, Mary, b. 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Apr 1718, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years) [natural]8. Soule, Susanna, b. 25 Apr 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Sep 1684, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, USA (Age 40 years) [natural]9. Soule, Patience, b. 1648, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Mar 1705, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years) [natural]10. Soule, Benjamin, b. 1651, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Mar 1676, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Age 25 years) [natural]Family ID F12741 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 1601 - Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 
Departure - Aboard Mayflower - 1620 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1626 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Residence - 1633 - Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Military - Pequot Indian War - 7 Jun 1637 - Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Military - King Phillip's War - 1675 - Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Will - 11 Aug 1677 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - Between 20 Sep 1677 and 22 Jan 1679 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Burial - Between 20 Sep 1677 and 22 Jan 1679 - Miles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - * PLEASE DO NOT EDIT GEORGE's information; he has been extensively researched. *
George Soule was an indentured servant and passenger on the Mayflower's 1620 voyage to the New World. He was also a signer of the Mayflower Compact.
The emigrant ancestor went across in 1620 the Mayflower as "servant" to Edward Winslow and therefore his voyage to Plymouth was in a business, not a religious, relation to the expedition. In other words, as an indentured servant he was not technically and legally a free agent, but was obligated to go with his employer. He signed the Mayflower Compact. George settled at Duxbury where most of his children remained, but in 1658 he gave land jointly to his sons Nathaniel and George at Acoaxet, Acushnet and Apponaganset (later Dartmouth), where they settled and left many descendants, most of whom by mid-eighteenth century adopted the spelling Sowle which characterizes this branch. Other variants, however, especially Sole, were used.
Will of George Soule written on 11 Aug 1677, Probated 1 February 1680, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts:
In the Name of God Amen
I Gorge Soule senir of Duxberry in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England being aged and weake of body but of a sound mind and Memory praised be God Doe make this my last Will and Testament in Manor and forme following Imprimis I comitt my soule into the hands of Almighty God whoe Gave it and my body to be Decently buried in the place appointed for that use whensoever hee shall please to take mee hence; and for the Disposall of my outward estate which God of his Goodnes hath Given mee first I have and alreddy formerly by Deeds under my hand and seale Given unto my two sonnes Nathaniel: and Gorge All my lands in the Township of Dartmouth; Item I have formerly Given unto my Daughters Elizabeth and Patience all my lands in the Township of Middleberry Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughters Sussannah and Mary twelve pence a peece to be payed by my executer heerafter Named after my Decease; And forasmuch as my Eldest son John Soule and his family hath in my extreame old age and weaknes bin tender and carefull of mee and very healpfull to mee; and is likely soe to be while it shall please God to continew my life heer therfore I give and bequeath unto my said son John Soule all the Remainder of my housing and lands whatsoever to him his heires and Assignes for ever Item I Give and bequeath unto my son John Soule all my Goods And Chattles whatsoever Item I Nominate And appoint my son John Soule to be my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament; and lastly I Doe heerby make Null and voyde all other and former wills and Testaments by mee att Any time made; and Declare this Instrument to be my last Will and Testament In Witnes wherof I the said Gorge Soule have heerunto sett my hand and seale this eleventh Day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand six hundred seaventy and seaven;
Gorge Soule and a seale
The above Named Gorge Soule Did signe seale and Deliver this Instrument to be his Last Will and Testament in the prsence of us
Nathaniell Thomas
The Marke D T of Deborah Thomas
Item the twentyeth Day of September 1677 I the above Named Gorge Soule Doe heerby further Declare that it is my will that if my son John Soule above named or his heires or Assignes or any of them shall att any time Disturbe my Daughter Patience or her heires or Assignes or any of them in peacable Posession or Injoyment of the lands I have Given her att Namassakett allies Middleberry and Recover the same from her or her heires or Assignes or any of them That then my Gift to my son John Soule shall shalbe voyd; and that then my will is my Daughter Patience shall have all my lands att Duxburrey And she shalbe my sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament And enter into my housing lands and meddowes att Duxburrow, In Witnes wherof I have heerunto sett my hande and seale;
Gorge Soule and A seal
The above Named George Soule Did Signe and seale to this addition in the prsence of us Nathaniel Thomas
The Marke D T of Deborah Thomas
Signed (35th signer) the Mayflower Compact. He was a close fried and neighbor to John Alden.", "Mayflower Passenger", "mayflower passenger", "*****Mayflower Passenger**** Double 8th Gr-GF", "George Soule", ""Mayflower" Passenger"
Birthdate: February 09, 1593 (84)
Birthplace: Eckington, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: between September 20, 1677 and January 22, 1679 (84-85)
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Robert Soule and Elizabeth Soule
Husband of Mary Soule
Father of Zachariah Soule; John Soule, I; Nathaniel Soule, Sr.; George Soule, II; Susanna West and 6 others
Brother of Mary Arey; Jane Aritoft; Elizabeth Scott; William Soule; Thomas Soule and 7 others
Occupation: Came over on the May Flower (around 1620), Mayflower passenger, tutor to Winslow children, Mayflower passenger/servant, Arrived on the Mayflour, Was on the Mayflower, Servant of Edward Winslow, "The Pilgrim of Plymouth" was on the Mayflower, teacher
Label: Mayflower Passenger
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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. However, recent DNA testing has now shown this Bedfordshire Soule family was not the direct ancestor of George Soule. Other Soule families using the name George can also be found in many other places counties across England in the 16th and 17th centuries. DNA testing has eliminated the predominant Soule families of Gloucester, Worcester, East and West Sussex, and Bedford. Louise Throop has published a reasonable hypothesis that George Soule may have been descendant of the Sol family of Leiden, who were involved in the printing press.
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 18. This puts his birth year at around 1595-1602. 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 [Beckett], 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.
Also known as Joris Sol.
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