William West

Genealogies of Mayflower Families, Vol. III, "THE SOULE FAMILY," by JOHN EDWARD SOULE, Colonel USA Retired, M.S., of Washington, D.C., pp. 378-380. Read on the page image, 4 Aug 2026 (Ancestry coll. 48107, images 390-392). p. 380, the children of George Soule, item v, verbatim: "SUSANNA, b. say ca. 1634 although there is questionable evidence which would place the birth in 1642. Neither the date nor place of her death or that of her marriage to FRANCIS WEST, SR., has been established. Issue, surname West: Francis3 Jr., Thomas, Peter, William, Richard, Clement, John, Martha, and Susanna." Those nine children match RM family F739 NINE-FOR-NINE, with no extras on either side. p. 379 on George Soule: an indentured servant or employee of Edward Winslow; "the 35th of the 41 men who signed" the Mayflower Compact; "He died at Duxbury about January 1679/80 because the inventory of his estate was taken 22 Jan 1679 (o.s. which was 1 Feb 1680 n.s.)." On his wife: "His wife was Mary Bucket (undoubtedly a variant of Beckett) who arrived at Plymouth on 31 Jul 1623 in the Anne, but the date of their marriage has not been found." p. 379 also DISOWNS the English origin commonly attached to George Soule: Banks, Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers (1929) p. 80, only "tentatively" identified him as son of John Soule of Eckington and "probably" kinsman to Robert Soule -- "Unfortunately, subsequent authors citing Banks as their authority have carefully omitted those key words." Keep George Soule's parentage UNPROVEN in this tree.