Benjamin Soule (1698 - bef. 1769)

Born 14 May 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Holway) Soule — married 25 Oct 1721 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 1769 before age 70 in North Carolina [uncertain]

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Biography

Benjamin Soule Born 1698

Benjamin Soule was born 14 May 1698, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, son of William and Hannah (Eaton) Soule.^[1][2]

He married Mary Holway Oct 25 1721 at Sandwich, Bristol, Massachusetts^[1][3] Mary was born 1699 and died after 20 Oct 1733.^[1]

He was disowned by the Friends (Dartmouth monthly Meeting) 18 7m 1721 for "going from the order of Friends into the fashions of the world in his apparel," after having been cited for this offense earlier in March (1st month)^[1]

Benjamin Soule, of Dartmouth, yeoman, made purchases of shares, 23 Dec 1725, in the homestead of his deceased father: 1/9 share from brother Joseph, 1/9 share from Samuel and Sarah Howland, 1/9 from brother George, blacksmith^[1]

In the summer of 1732 Benjamin was in Carolina, where he received a power of attorney in order to transact his brother Joseph's affairs.^[1]

3 Sept 1732 He and his wife sold land in Dartmouth to Joseph Holley of Sandwich.^[1]

20 Oct 1733, Benjamin, of Dartmouth, yeoman, and wife Mary sold his interest in tract of land in the salt marsh.^[1]

13 Sep 1735 he petitioned for 300 acres in Bladen Precinct above Swann's Creek and 320 acres in Hammond's Creek, North Carolina. 320 acres were granted 20 Jan 1735/6^[4]

1 Aug 1743 Benjamin Sowle sued William Small in the General Court of North Carolina over a debt.^[1]

He died after 1743 (suit) and before 1769 (not on the tax list) in North Carolina^[1]

Unsourced:Death: Feb 6 1774 Dartmouth, Bristol, Mass.^{[citation needed]}

Children

All but the speculative Delilah were born in Dartmouth^[2]

1. Sulvenus Soule b. 6 Aug 1722^[1]
2. Benjamin Soul b. 28 Nov 1724^[1]
3. Mary Soul b. 9 March 1726/7 no further records^[1]
4. Anne Soul b, 24 Oct 1729; no further records^[1]
5. Joseph Soul b. 11 Jan 1731^[1]
6. Delilah Soule ??, b. prob. in North Carolina about 1733^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15} 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.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929) p. 255-258
3. ↑ *"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC96-GJ6 : 27 September 2017), Benjamin Sole and Mary Holway, 25 Oct 1721; citing Marriage, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 904,579.
4. ↑ Mayflower Families cites North Carolina Crown Grants 2:113

• Roser, Susan E. "Mayflower Births and Deaths." Vol 1,& 2 Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., (Vol 1, 1992)
• Other sources used in "Mayflower Families": Bristol County Land Records 19:138, 156, 157; 23:59, 334. Dartmouth MM pp 15, 153. Colonial Records of North Carolin 1886, 4:59, 60. The American Genealogist 39:210 Link at AmericanAncestors ($). The Mayflower Descendent 29:28 on birth of Mary. "Early Records of North Carolina" extracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley Jr. 11:71-2 (1743 suit). Suffolk Co. Court Files #35785 (deposition)

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Acknowledgements

• Soule-977 was created by Gary Smith