Susan (Soule) Pinckney (1817 - 1903)

Born 1817 in Penfield, Mecosta, NY, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Elijah Pinckney — married 12 Feb 1834 in Ionia Co., Michigan

Wife of Philip Matthews — married 13 Jan 1866 in Walker Twp., Kent Co., MI

Descendants

Died 11 May 1903 at about age 86 in Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Susan Sowle was born in 1817, in Penfield, Pennsylvania.^[1][2][3][4] Her father is Abner Soule and her mother is Bridgett.^[5] She married 1st Elijah Pinckney in 1837 and they had several children together.^[6] She married 2nd Philip Matthews on January 13, 1866, in Walker, Michigan.^[7] She died on May 11, 1903, in Big Rapids, Michigan, having lived a long life of 89 years, and was buried in Sparta, Michigan.^[8][2][3][4]

Soule Name

The genealogy records change between Sowles and Sowle in various places. Her ancestry includes those of the name Soule, and her father's record is Sowle, so it is more likely that her true maiden name is Sowle/Soule (rather than Sowles).

"An examination of the thousands of pages of original records which have already been literally printed in this magazine, and of a great many original records not to be found in print, has disclosed six ways of spelling this name : Soule, Soull, Soul, Sole, Soal, Sowle, all of which may be pronounced to rhyme with coal."^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950; File 407
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1929
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
5. ↑ Genealogy record completed by George Pinckney (her son), 465 Taylor Ave, Alameda, California. circa 1930
6. ↑ John E. Soule, Milton E. Terry and Louise Walsh Throop, George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants in the Fifth and Sixth Generations, Part Three (Family Numbers 465-551), First Edition, pp. 52-54.
7. ↑ Michigan, Compiled Marriages for Select Counties, 1851-1875
8. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
9. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol XIV, July, 1912, No. 3; Records from the Old Cemetery, Middleborough, p. 130