Benjamin Soule (1719 - 1803)

Born 18 Nov 1719 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Son of Jacob Soule and Rebecca (Gifford) Soule

Husband of Meribah (Waite) Soule — married [date unknown] in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1803 at age 83 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Name

Name: Benjamin /Soule/

Source: #S65

Text: Record for Jacob SOULE

Birth

Date: 18 NOV 1719

Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Source: #S65

Text: Record for Jacob SOULE

Death

Date: 31 JAN 1803

Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Source: #S65

Text: Record for Jacob SOULE

Note

Note: Benjamin Soule is in the 1790 census with one female.

His will was written 20 Feb 1792, proved 3 May 1803. It mentions wife

Meribah, daughter Martha Kirby, and grandson Peter Devol, son of my daughter Patience deceased, they to have all real estate at the decease of my wife; to two grandsons, Peter Devol and Ichabod Kirby, all my apparel; to granddaughter Meribah Devol, all personal estate; executor, son-in-law Benjamin Devol; Witnesses Phillip Tripp, Lemuel Sowle, and Gideon Davis.

Marriage

Husband: Benjamin Soule

Wife: Meribah Waite

Child: Martha Soule

Child: Patience Soule

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1742

Place: probably Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Source: #S189

Page: page 71

Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Could not parse date out of ABT 1742.

Husband: Jacob Soule

Wife: Rebecca Gifford

Child: Joseph Soule

Child: Elizabeth Soule

Child: Oliver Soule

Child: Rebecca Soule

Child: Nathaniel Soule

Child: Benjamin Soule

Child: Rosamond Soule

Child: Stephen Soule

Marriage:

Date: 22 JAN 1710

Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Source: #S522

Sources

• G.T. Ridlon Sr, "History, Biography and Genealogy of the Families Named Sole, Solly, Soule, Sowle, Soulis", Journal Press, Lewiston ME, 1926.

• Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, "The Dartmouth Branch of the Soule Family", The American Genealogist, Volume 38.

• Anne Borden Harding (editor), Mayflower families Through Five Generations : Volume 3: George Soule (Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980) Repository: #R36 Carlsbad Georgina Cole Library ((1250 Carlsbad Village Dr., Carlsbad, Calif.)

• S522 Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society,1929-1930 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116) Web Address: http://www.AmericanAncestors.org

• S65 Author: Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Duane Kelly, BG, CG, and LS, who share a 10.5 cM segment on chromosome 2. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all four are George Soule Sr and his wife Mary (Bucket) Soule.

Acknowledgements

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• This person was created through the import of randys ancestors-10generations.ged on 10 March 2011.