Joshua Soule

Descendant of Mayflower passenger George Soule

Joshua Soule

• Gender: Male
• Birth: Oct 12 1681 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Death: May 29 1767 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Father: John Soule, Sr
• Mother: Esther Delano

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Soule-86

Birth: 12 OCT 1681 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Marriage: 15 FEB 1704/5 Joanna Studley. Joanna was b. c. 1686; d; before her husband since she is not named in his will.

Death: 29 MAY 1767 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. His will was written 8 May 1767; proved 20 Oct 1767. In it he names sons Ezekiel, Joseph and Nathan Soule; grandson Samuel Soule; daughter Zurviah Samson wife of Ebenezer; daugther Abigail wife of Perez Drew; grandaughter Lidia Simmons wife of Jedediah.

Joshua was a shipbuilder and trader. He acquired land in North Yarmouth Maine in 1734, and in 1744 he gave land to son, Ezekiel (a coaster). Joshua was listed as a Yeoman, both were from Duxborough

Children: born in Duxbury.

1. Zeruiah b. 2 Nov 1705
2. John B. 4 Mar 1708/9
3. Ezekiel b 17 Feb 1710/1
4. Joshua b. 30 may 1713 (not in will)
5. Abigail b 30 April 1716
6. Joanna b 18 April 1719; prob. died young, not in will
7. Joseph b 15 March 1721/2
8. Nathan b 12 July 1725
9. Sarah b 25 July 1728

Sources

• George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations. "Mayflower Families in Progress." Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 2006
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17741758 has Esther Nash as mother