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Status summary

As of December 30, 2015:

• Soule surname project contacted
• Recruiting Soule for NGS/WGS test. Interested persons contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Paper trail

For more information see: Soule, John E. and Milton Terry (3rd edition revised by Louise Walsh Throop), Mayflower Families in Progress: George Soule of the Mayflower and Soule Kindred in America Genealogy database

First Generation

George Soule^[1] was born before 1600^[2] and died between 20 Sep 1677 - 22 Jan 1679/80.^[3] He married Mary Buckett/Beckett at New Plimouth about 1625. They had nine children: Zachariah, John, Nathaniel, George, Susanna, Mary, Elizabeth, Patience and Benjamin.

Second Generation

Zachariah Soule was born before the 1627 Cattle division, He was deceased before his father wrote his will. He possibly married by 1663 Margaret ______.^[4] Zachariah is not known to have had any children.^[5]

John Soule was born about 1632.^[6] He married twice, first about 1656 to Rebecca Simmons (Simonson) (daughter of Fortune Passenger Moses Simmons/Simonson) and second, by 1679 to Esther (_____)^[7] Sampson, widow of Samuel Sampson. By his first wife, he had nine children: Rebecca, James, Sarah, Rachel, Aaron, Benjamin, Zachariah (d. unm.), Moses & John. By his second wife he had three sons: Joseph, Josiah & Joshua

Nathaniel Soule was born abt 1640. He fathered a child by an Native American woman bef Mar 1673/4. He married by 1681 to Rose _____. By Rose, he had four sons: Nathaniel, Silvanus, Jacob & Miles.

George Soule (II) was born about 1639 and married by 1681 to Deborah _____. They had eight children: George, William, John (never married), Nathan, Deborah, Mary, Lydia & Sarah.

Benjamin Soule was born about 1652 and died unmarried in King Philip's War on 25 Mar 1676.

Third Generation

James Soule

Aaron Soule

Benjamin Soule

Moses Soule

John Soule

Joseph Soule

Josiah Soule

Joshua Soule

Nathaniel Soule

Silvanus Soule

Jacob Soule

Miles Soule

George Soule

William Soule

Nathan Soule

1. ↑ Pilgrim Hall Museum George Soule biography.
2. ↑ He signed the Mayflower Compact and likely of age in Dec 1620.
3. ↑ codicil to will-date of inventory
4. ↑ NOT in Soule Kindred genealogy database.
5. ↑ ibid.
6. ↑ deposed on 8 Mar 1705/6 aged "about seventy four years" from Plymouth Land Records 7:35
7. ↑ She may have been Esther Delano

DNA Results I-A20032

Previous Y-DNA testing

Previous Y-STR testing through the Mayflower Society DNA Project and the Soule surname DNA project has indicated that the Mayflower Soule lineage belongs to the Y haplogroup I-M253, which is quite common in Northern and Northwestern Europe.

NGS/WGS Testing

Big Y testing of multiple patrilineal (all male line) descendants of George Soule has been able to refine the haplogroup/clade of the Soule famile to I-DF29>Z58>Z59>Z60>Z140>Z2535>S1954>S12289>A20032.

Patrilineal descendants of George Soule have begun to identify their own subclades below A20032. Descendants of John have been found to be BY32573, descendants of Nathaniel have been found to be A20044 and descendants of George have been found to be YSC0000261.

Lineage of Y-DNA testers

One individual has disclosed on wikitree where they are a Y-DNA descendant of George Soule and have taken a Y-DNA test. A second individual has stated on a Facebook Group where they also are a Y-DNA descendant of George Soule and have taken a Y-DNA test.

 George Soule (c1599-1679)
   Nathaniel Soule (c1637-1699)
     Sylvanus Soule (1689-1754)
       Nathaniel Soule (c1710-1766)
         Nathaniel Soule (1734-p1800)
           Nathaniel Soule (c1764-    )
             William Soule (1789-1852)
               John W. Soule (1818-1885)
                 John FLINT Soule (1855-1919)
                   Frank Flint Soule (1889-1974)
                     Father of tester
                       tester
   George Soule (c1639-1704)
     William Soule (c1671-1723)
       George Soule (1695-b1784)
         Daniel Soule (1724-1784)
           Wilson Soule (c1765-c1837)
             Nathaniel Washington Soule (c1806-c1866)
               George Washington Soule (1852-1935)
                 Thomas George Wesley Soule (1876-1942)
                   Franklyn Soule (1902-1971)
                     tester

References and External Links

• Soule, John E. and Milton Terry (3rd edition revised by Louise Walsh Throop), Mayflower Families in Progress: George Soule of the Mayflower General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. 7th edition 2015.
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, Second edition 1995, 1996. pp. 98-105
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals) [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada. Second Edition, 2015
• Soule Kindred of America genealogy database
• Discover.FamilyTreeDNA.com Notable Connections
• WikiTree profile for George Soule
• Genealogy Wise: Soule Family (free membership required)
• The Soule Family - The Mayflower Society
• George Soule documentary on YouTube

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