Joshua Soule (1781 - 1867)

Born 1 Aug 1781 in Bristol, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Allen) Soule — married 18 Sep 1803 in Avon, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Died 6 Mar 1867 at age 85 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Birth

According to the Wikipedia article on Bishop Joshua Soule, he was the son of Capt. Joshua Soule and Mary (Cushman) Soule and was born at Bristol (now Bremen), Maine (then in Massachusetts) on 1 Aug 1781, and his parents moved shortly thereafter to Avon, Maine,^[1] where his father was one of the original settlers and was then the unincorporated area known as Township 2 Abbott's Purchase in Lincoln County, Massachusetts.^[2] His birth is recorded on 1 Aug 1781 in the vital records of Avon.^[3]

Marriage

Joshua Soule married Sarah Allen on 18 Sep 1803. The marriage is recorded at Avon, Maine (then in Massachusetts),^[4] but the Samson volume in the Mayflower Families Five Generations series says (without citing a source) that the marriage took place at Providence, R. I.^[5]

Children

Joshua and Sarah (Allen) Soule had the following children, as listed in the Mayflower Families Five Generations volume on Henry Samson.^[5] The first five are recorded at Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts).^[6] Maria and Joshua are also recorded in the vital records of Avon, Maine (also then in Massachusetts).^[4] There may have been additional children born at Livermore; there is a gap in the Livermore records of the list of births for many families starting in 1812.

1. Maria Soule, born on 10 Jul 1804
2. Joshua Soule, born on 6 Dec 1805
3. Amelia Soule, born on 14 Aug 1807
4. Jane Augusta Soule, born on 28 Sep 1809
5. Ernestine Cordelia Soule, born on 7 Jan 1812
6. James Soule, probably born about 1813
7. Joseph Allen Soule, born in 1815
8. Sarah Soule, born in 1817
9. William McKindree Soule, born in 1821
10. Martha Soule, born in 1822
11. George Soule, born in 1824

Biographical Details

Rev. Joshua Soule was instrumental in the founding of the Methodist church at Livermore, Maine. He subsequently became a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church and moved to the southern United States.^[7] Se the Wikipedia article about him for further details of his life and his career.^[1]

Death

Bishop Joshua Soule died at Nashville, Tennessee, on 6 Mar 1867.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wikipedia article, "Joshua Soule"
2. ↑ Avon was incorporated in 1802; Wikipedia article, "Avon. Maine"
3. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch, : 14 January 2020), Joshua Soule, 1781
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch, "Avon Vital Records, 1766-1850," image 95 of 97
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620, volume 20, No 3 (Henry Samson). Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015., pages 481-482 (subscription required)
6. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 233, FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 149 of 718
7. ↑ Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874), page 71

• Soule, John E. and Terry, Milton (compilers) George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants in the Fifth and Sixth Generations. First Edition: Part Two. (350-464) Mayflower Families in Progress. Revised by Louise W Throop. Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. pp 172-175