Robena "Roby" SOULE

Abt 1780 - Aft 1860  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Robena "Roby" SOULE
  Born	Abt 1780	Westport, MA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1 Jun 1860	Tiverton, RI
  Person ID	I00920	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel SOULE,   b. Abt 1753, Tiverton, RI ,   d. 7 Jan 1837, Providence, Saratoga Co., NY  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Rebecca GIFFORD,   b. Abt 1753, Tiverton, RI ,   d. Bef 1793  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Married	19 Aug 1773	Tiverton, RI   [2]
  Family ID	F06528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John DENNIS,   b. 18 Aug 1775, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI ,   d. Between 1850 and 1860  (Age 74 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1799	Westport, MA   [3, 4]
  Notes	1799 DENNIS, John of Tiverton, RI, and Roba Sowle, 29 Dec 1799, Marriage Westport (NEHGS website, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 database)
  Children	1. Joseph Dennis,   b. 19 Aug 1800, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI   2. Daniel Dennis,   b. 1 Dec 1802, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI   3. Mary H. DENNIS,   b. 7 Jun 1805, Tiverton, RI ,   d. 20 Apr 1866, Tiverton, RI  (Age 60 years)   4. Mercy Dennis,   b. Abt 1808   5. William Dennis,   b. Abt 1811   6. Holder Dennis,   b. 21 Feb 1816, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI ,   d. 30 Jul 1901, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI  (Age 85 years)   7. Ruth Dennis,   b. 26 May 1818, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI ,   d. Abt 9 Nov 1887, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA  (Age 69 years)   8. Bradford C. Dennis,   b. Between 1821-1823, Tiverton, RI ,   d. 4 Dec 1897, Westport, MA  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F00363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Her name is given as both Roby and Roba in marriage and death records of her children. The Mayflower Descendants book gives it as Rube or Rhoda. However, it is Roby (possibly short for Robena, as her granddaughter's name is given in one place). Her granddaughter is named Roby S. Dennis, clearly named after Roby Soule. In the 1850 Federal Census, Roby Dennis is age 65, living at Tiverton with her husband, John Dennis, age 70 (these ages are most likely not precise). They are living next to John & Hannah (Manchester) Remington and family, on one side, and next to John & Mary Manchester and family on the other side. The 1860 Tiverton Census shows a Rhoda (or Rhoba?) Dennis at age 80, living with (her son) Bradford Dennis 39, next to households of Joseph Rounds 31 and Holder Dennis 44. From this I have estimated her year of birth as c1780, although she may have been born a year or two later than that. I had her estimated birth year as 1780, but Soule Kindred email dated 1 June 2020 stated it should be 1774. I don't know how they arrived at that. Based on the censuses, she was born 1780-1785; the ages given could be incorrect. According to the death record of her son Bradford, Roby Sowle was born in Westport, MA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Email from Soule Kindred FTD, Deanna Lucas. [S013269] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 3, George Soule, Edited by Anne Borden Harding, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980), 212. [S012807] Email from John Redfern, 13 August 2003. [S013325] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.