Zachariah Soule (1694 - 1751)

Born 21 Mar 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Eaton) Soule — married 9 Jun 1720 (to 3 May 1751) in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 3 May 1751 at age 57 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Zachariah Soule, son of Benjamin & [[Standish-108|Sarah (Standish) Soule, was born 21 March 1694, in the part of Plymouth, Massachusetts, which would become the town of Plympton.^[1][2]

He married 9 June 1720 Mary Eaton in Plympton.^[1][3] Mary was born about 1699, probably in Plymouth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Coombs) Eaton, a descendant of Mayflower passengers Francis Eaton and Degory Priest. Benjamin Easton's 1745 will names his daughter Mary Soule.^[1]

Zachariah died, also in Plympton, 3 May 1751.^[1][3] His will mentions wife Mary, sons: Jabez, Zachry, Ephraim, James; daughters: Sarah Tinkham, Mary, Hannah, Eunice and Loes Soule; also brother-in-law Moses Standish.^[1][4]

5 July 1773 Ephraim "Soul" of Plimpton was appointed to administer the estate of Mary Soul late of Plympton, widow deceased. An inventory was take 12 July 1773.^[1][5][6]

Children born in Plympton, surname Sole with duplicate entries spelled Soul:^[1][3]

1. Jabez Soule was born 5 June 1721^[7]
2. Zachariah Soule was born 20 Feb 1722/3^[8]
3. Mary Soule was born 2 April 1725; died at Plympton after 6 June 1761 (the division of Brother James' estate); and probably she died at Pomfret, Vermont 10 Mar 1787 ae 62. Unmarried.
4. Sarah Soule was born 15 June 1727
5. Ephraim Soule was born 4 May 1729^[9]
6. Hannah Soule was born 30 Dec 1732
7. Yoness [Eunice] Soule was born 1 Feb 1735/6^[10]
8. James Soule was born b. 19 Jan 1738/9. 7 Mar 1759 Zachariah Soule was appointed administor of James' estate, which was divided 6 Jun 1761 between Ephraim, Mary, Hannah, Eunice, Sarah and Lois Soule and the heirs of Jabez Soule and Zachariah Soule.
9. Lowes [Lois] Soule was born 17 Dec 1742

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 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.) pp 76, 77
2. ↑ "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850". (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993), aka: "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850", Online at AmericanAncestors.org, Plymouth vol. 1, page 36: Children of Benjamin Soule and Sarah, incl. Zachariah b. 21 Mar 1694.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1923) marriage p. 312, births pp 191, 192 death p. 520
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-F6RF?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-3NT%3A337796401 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 107 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch, Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 207 of 827; State Archives, Boston. vol 21:352 admin. acct.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch, Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 194 of 827; State Archives, Boston. Vol 21:329 Inventory
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCG2-14J : 10 February 2018), Jabez Sole, 05 Jun 1721; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 2.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCGP-1MG : 10 February 2018), Zachariah Sole, 20 Feb 1722; citing PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 2.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCG5-W9P : 10 February 2018), Ephraim Sole, 04 May 1729; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 2.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCGL-8Z4 : 10 February 2018), Yoness Sole, 01 Feb 1735; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 2.

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