Rowland Soule (1733 - 1788)

Born 5 Nov 1733 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Irish) Soule — married 24 Dec 1761 in Nine Partners, New York

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Soule — married before 17 Jul 1766 in Dutchess, New York [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1788 at age 54 in Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Rowland was a Friend (Quaker)

Rowland was born on 5 Nov 1733 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1][2] He was the son of George Soule and Lydia (Howland) Soule.^[1] When Roland was eight, the family moved from Dartmouth to Dutchess County, New York Colony.^[3]

He was complained of over an unknown issue on 19d 7m 1759 [19 Jul 1759].^[4]

He married first Mary Irish, daughter of Jesse and Mary, on 24d 12m 1761 [24 Dec 1761] in Nine Partners, New York.^[5][6]

He was disowned by the Oblong monthly meeting on 17d 7m 1766 [17 Jul 1766] for marrying out of unity.^[7] He had remarried following being widowed.

He died on 4 Aug 1788 in Dutchess, New York.^[8]

Children

Children of Rowland and Mary Soule:

1. William Soule.
2. Rowland Soule.

Children of Rowland and Unknown Soule:

1. George Soule.
2. Jonathan Soule.
3. Thomas Soule.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-T2L6 : 10 November 2020), Rowland Soule, 5 Nov 1733; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
2. ↑ George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations. Originally compiled by John E. Soule and Milton E. Terry. Revised by Louise Walsh Throop. Mayflower Families in Progress. Seventh Edition. Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015.
3. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number P 831; Volume 1.1; Page 65; ID 147680.
4. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 1.6; Page 36; ID 2062 .
5. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 3.1; Page 72; ID 2133 .
6. ↑ [Marriages from the Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess, NY, Part I LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost]
7. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 1.6; Page 193; ID 2257 .
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 July 2021), memorial page for Rowland Soule Sr. (5 Nov 1733–1777), Find A Grave: Memorial #127940914, ; Maintained by J_Devine (contributor 47517850) Body lost or destroyed.

• Ancestry Family Tree 63205638
• FamilySearch profile.
• “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,“ database with images, Family Search, Bristol > New Bedford > Births 1686-1787 > image 84 of 207.
• Ridlon, G. T., A contribution to the history, biography and genealogy of the families named Sole, Solly, Soule, Sowle, Soulis, with other forms of spelling : from the eighth century to the present, with notes on collateral families, both foreign and American. (unknown: G.T. Ridlon, 1926), 694.
• “Marriages from the Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess, NY, Part I,” Records of Josephine Frost, transcriber Barbara Mihalcik, LDS Film # 873511. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/dutchess/data/quakermar/oblongmarriages1.htm.
• John E Soule and Milton E Terry, George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants in the Fifth and Sixth Generations, First ed.: Pt. 3, ed. Louise Walsh Throop (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2003), 127-128.