Rebecca Soule

REBECCA, b. say 1635 (called "eldest daughter" by father Moses Simmons); m. by 1655 as his first wife John Soule (estimated b. of eldest child Sarah), son of GEORGE SOULE.

Children of Rebecca Simmons and John Soule:

1. Rebecca (1656-1732); m Edmund Weston
2. James (1659-1744); m Lydia Tompson
3. Sarah (1660-1690); m Adam Wright
4. Rachel (1663-1727); m John Cobb
5. Aaron (1664-1752); m Mary Wadsworth
6. Benjamin (1665-1729); m Sarah Standish
7. Moses (1669-1748); m 1) Mercy Southworth 2) Sarah Chandler
8. Zachariah (1670-1690); died unmarried
9. John (1675-1743); m Martha Tinkham

Notes

NOTE: The maiden name of Moses Simmons' wife is not known. Some sources identify her as Sarah Chandler, the daughter of Roger Chandler, as his wife, but Sarah Chandler married Solomon Leonard. Edmund Chandler also had a daughter Sarah Chandler. There is no contemporary record that confirms a marriage between Moses Simmons and Sarah Chandler. Therefore I am reattaching the correct mother for Rebecca.

Rebecca Simmons was born about 1635 (1630/1632/1634/1635). She died probably at Duxbury, probably between 1675 (aprox date of birth of her last child) and 1678 (when John remarried).[1]

We know she was the daughter of Moses and Sarah Simmons and alive in 1674. In a deed dated 30 Dec 1674, Moses Simmons in "consideration of a marriage heretofore consummated between John soul of Duxbury and my eldest daughter, Rebecca" gave John land in Middleboro.[1] The Mayflower Society believes she probably died in Duxbury.[1]

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Simmons-232
   1. 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 5
2. http://willisolandergenealogy.com/1695.htm

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3. Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 7 2021, 20:50:05 UTC