George SOULE
1599 - 1679 (~ 84 years)-
Name George SOULE Born Between 1595 and 1599 England 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died Between 1677-1679 Duxbury, MA [1] Buried Standish Cemetery, Duxbury, MA Person ID I05222 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 23 Aug 2018
Father Jan Sol Family ID F09830 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Marie BECKETT, b. Abt Feb 1604/05, Watford, Hertfordshire, England , d. Dec 1676, Duxbury, MA (Age ~ 71 years) Married Abt 1625 Plymouth, MA [1] Children 1. Zachariah Soule, b. Bef May 1627, d. Abt 1664 (Age > 36 years) 2. John Soule, b. Abt 1632, Plymouth, MA , d. Bef 14 Nov 1707, Duxbury, MA (Age ~ 75 years)3. Nathaniel SOULE, b. Abt 1637, Plymouth, MA , d. Bef 12 Oct 1699, Dartmouth, MA (Age ~ 62 years)4. George Soule, b. Abt 1639 5. Susanna SOULE, b. Abt 1642, d. Abt 1684, Kings Towne, RI (Age ~ 42 years)6. Mary Soule, b. Abt 1644 7. Elizabeth Soule, b. Abt 1645 8. Patience Soule, b. Abt 1648 9. Benjamin Soule, b. Abt 1650, d. 26 Mar 1676, Pawtucket, RI (Age ~ 26 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01997 Group Sheet | Family Chart
-
Notes - George Soule came to America on the original Mayflower voyage to Plymouth. He was a servant to Edward Winslow. George signed the Mayflower Compact on 11 Nov 1620.
Interesting to note, particularly in the light of our twins, and other twins elsewhere on our family tree: "Soule descendants have shown a strong genetic trait of twinning." (see "Mayflower Descendants Through Five Generations" Vol. 3 , George Soule, p. 14) We have three lines of descent from George Soule.
I believe this has been disproven since being published, but still an interesting theory: "As was his wife Marie Bucquet, 'George Sowle . . was apparently also of a Waloon family. His proposed father Jan Sol was born in Brussels . . . the seat of the French community of Belgium and of the Flemish community. George Soule signed his will as 'Gorge Sowle,' thus blending the Dutch first name with an English-sounding surname. He was probably known as 'Joris Sol' or 'Joris Jansz' in Leiden and Haarlem before 1620.' " (source: The Mayflower Quarterly, December 2012, pp 378 & 379, article by Louise Walsh Throop)
In answer to my question about why George would have been known as Joris Jansz, Louise replied: "There were standard abbreviations for the -son ending or -daughter ending: the Dutch used -zn for the -son ending. So if George Sowle [his English name] was originally a Dutch boy of Huguenot background, he could have been called Joris [the equivalent of Gorg or George] the son of John, or Jansen, or the Dutch version: jan-zoon or Janzn. By the way, Labis is probably the surname of George's mother.....with the possibility she came from an upper-class family." (email from Louise Walsh Throop dated 14 June 2013)
From the "Soule Kindred Newsletter" of Winter/Spring 2016: "George's place and date of birth are the subject of much conjecture. Some sources identify the name Soule as originating in the village of Soles in the county of Kent. Another possibility is that it was brought to England from Normandy in 1066 when the French conquered England."
For additional information on George, see: http://www.themayflowersociety.com/pilgrim.htm
See this excellent web site by Caleb Johnson: http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/GeorgeSoule.php
The text of his will can also be found at this site.
Also visit here for more information: http://www.soulekindred.org/
- George Soule came to America on the original Mayflower voyage to Plymouth. He was a servant to Edward Winslow. George signed the Mayflower Compact on 11 Nov 1620.
-
Sources