Birth: ABT 1597  England
Details:  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.

Note: George arrived at Plymouth on "The Mayflower" as an employee of pilgrim Edward Winslow - was a teacher for his children

Note:   Was a signer of the Mayflower Compact

Marriage: BEF 1626  Plymouth, Massachusetts

Military: 1637
Details:  Volunteered for the Pequot War but Plymouth's troops were not needed.

Birth of Son:  22 MAY 1627
Name: Zachariah Soule

Birth of Son:  1630
Name: Benjamin Soule

Birth of Son:  ABT 1632
Name: John Soule

Birth of Daughter:  25 APR 1634
Name: Susannah Soule
Place:  Duxbury, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts

Birth of Son:  1637
Name: Nathaniel Soule
Details: Numerous citations for such as abuse, "lyes", unlawful entry, trespass. Fathered a child with an unnamed Indian Woman

Birth of Son:  ABT 1639
Name: George Soule Jr.

Birth of Daughter:  1640
Name: Patience Soule

Birth of Daughter:  25 APR 1642
Name: Elizabeth Soule
Details:  On 2 July 1667 she was "whipt att the post" for commiting fornication for the second time

Deputy: 1642
Place:  Plymouth Court

Birth of Daughter:  1644
Name: Mary Soule

Note:  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.

Will: 11 AUG 1677
Note: He 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."

Death: 22 JAN 1679/80  Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Burial:  Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Details:  George is buried next to John Alden & Priscilla at Duxbury; and near to Miles Standish. He, John Alden and others bought land for Gov. Prence.

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Birth:  1602  Bromsgrove, England 

Death:  1676  Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Burial:  Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

for parents:  Sylvester Beckett and Elizabeth Hill