Mary Marie BECKETT

Notes:

I have estimated Marie's birth year. She arrived at Plymouth, MA, aboard the ship "Anne" in 1623. She may have come in the care of Elizabeth Warren who came with her five daughters (see Sould Kindred article mentioned below).

Her name is sometimes given as Mary Becket or Mary Bucket.

The earliest written record in Plymouth gives her name as Marie Buckett. She is next mentioned in the May 1627 Division of Cattle, listing George Sowle, Mary Sowle, and Zakariah Sowle. They are included in the section "Richard Warren and his companie Joyned with him."

"When she first set foot in Plymouth Colony in 1623, she was known as Marie Bucquet. In later records she was Mary. She was probably about 18 years of age in 1623 in order to travel by herself. If she was about 47 years old at the birth of her last child, she would have been born no later than about 1604." (source: The Mayflower Quarterly, Dec 2012, p 378, article by Louise Walsh Throop, MBA)

Soule Kindred Newsletter, Summer 2016, "Mary Beckett -- found?" article by March Kelly:
Latest research suggests that George's wife was Mary Beckett from Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Her grandfather was John Beckett, a tailor, who married Mary c1577. His will dated 20 July 1590 mentions son John Jr. and daughter Mary. John Jr. married Ann Aldyn in 1603 and they had five known children, including Mary in 1605.

Mary married George SOULE Abt 1625, Plymouth, MA. George (son of Jan Sol) was born Between 1595 and 1599, England; died Between 1677-1679, Duxbury, MA; was buried , Standish Cemetery, Duxbury, MA. [Group Sheet]

1. Zachariah Soule was born Bef May 1627; died Abt 1664.
2. John Soule was born Abt 1632, Plymouth, MA; died Bef 14 Nov 1707, Duxbury, MA.
3. Nathaniel SOULE was born Abt 1637, Plymouth, MA; died Bef 12 Oct 1699, Dartmouth, MA.
4. George Soule was born Abt 1639.
5. Susanna SOULE was born Abt 1642; died Abt 1684, Kings Towne, RI.
6. Mary Soule was born Abt 1644.
7. Elizabeth Soule was born Abt 1645.
8. Patience Soule was born Abt 1648.
9. Benjamin Soule was born Abt 1650; died 26 Mar 1676, Pawtucket, RI.

John married Ann ALDEN 27 Nov 1603, St. Mary's, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Ann (daughter of Thomas ALDWYN) was born , Tourcoing, France. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"John Beckett, tailor, made out a will on 20 July 1590, naming wife Mary, sons John and William, and daughter Elizabeth, and mentions a house at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. He was buried 24 July 1590, four days after making out his will." (Caleb Johnson in his article "Research into the Possible Origins of Mary Buckett, wife of Mayflower Passenger George Soule" at www.soulekindred.org)

John — Mary Unknown. [Group Sheet]