Abishai Soule (1708 - 1778)

Born 25 Nov 1708 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Delano) Soule — married 14 May 1741 in Duxbury, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1778 at age 69 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abishai Soule, son of Josiah Soule and Lydia Delano, was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts on 25 Nov 1708.^[1][2]

Abishai married Abigail Delano on 14 May 1741 in Duxbury, Massachusetts^[3] and they had the following children born in Duxbury:^[2][4]

1. Alethea, b. 25/26 May 1743;
2. Esther, b. 24 Aug 1745, d. Duxbury 8 Aug 1748;
3. John, b. 10 Sep 1747, d. Duxbury 3 Oct 1751;
4. Esther, b. 19 Jan 1850, d. 16 Oct 1751;
5. Lydia, b. 18 Feb 1752, d. 6 Nov 1753;
6. Abigail, b. 10 May 1754, d. Duxbury 20 Mar 1853, no pr,;
7. John, b. 19 Jan 1757;
8. daughter b/d. 14 Sep 1759 [1758?];
9. Dewsbury, b. 24 Feb 1760;
10. Mary, b. 20 Nov 1763, d. Duxbury 18 Oct 1825, unm.;
11. Nathaniel, b. 12 Aug 1767;
12. Abishai, bap. 14 Oct 1770, d. at sea 8 Feb 1791, unm.

Abishai was named in the will of his father, Josiah Soule, dated 5 Nov 1762.^[5]

Abishai died 4 Jan 1777/8,^[4] aged 70, in Duxbury.^[2][6]

Abishai Soule's will dated 1 Oct 1777 was presented for probate (#18753) in Duxbury, Massachusetts on 7 Dec 1778 by his wife, Abigail, who Abishai had named executrix of his will.^[7] He mentions his wife, and his children, Abigail Soul, Nathaniel Soul, John Soul, Ellathear, wife of Joshua Hall, Duxbury Wadsworth, wife of Sinaca Wadsworth, Mary Soule, and Abisha Soul. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Vital Records, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016): Duxbury, Plymouth, MA, US, Duxbury v.1, p. 161, "Abishai, s. Josiah and Lydia, Nov. 25, 1708".
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Soule, John E. and Milton E. Terry, et al. George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations, (Plymouth MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants) 2006, Accessed online (check-out) at Archive.org, pages 81-82.
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016): Duxbury, Plymouth, MA, US, Duxbury - v.1, p. 311,"Abishai [dup. Soul] and Abigail Delano [dup. Delanoe], May 14, 1741".
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
5. ↑ Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). vol. 11, p. 107: Will of Josiah Soule.
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016): Duxbury, Plymouth, MA, US, Duxbury v.1, p.420 "Abishai, Jan. 4, 1778, a. 70."
7. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) 5 pages, including will
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-Z3GH : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 348-349 of 568; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants, revised by Walsh Throop, MBA #92.
• Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). vol. 11, p. 25: DOB/place, parents.

Acknowledgements

• Created by Stanley Wood, Friday, April 25, 2014.