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16 Responses to “Mayflower Genealogy”

1. Devon Says:
   November 20th, 2005 at 5:18 pm

   My Dad’s family line comes through the Mayflower too… the surname Randall, I think. Although his Mom’s married name was Bennett. I’ll have to dig out the ol’ papers on it to see the details again.

2. Rus Brown Says:
   May 29th, 2006 at 8:43 am

   Michael May 29 2006

   It seems that I have also found out that our family tree goes back to George Soule. Our family makes a few turns to make it to George Soule, but interesting enough it does

   George Soule Mary Bucket/Beckett

   Patience Soule John Haskell

   John Haskell Mary Squire

   Mary Haskell Samuel Whitmore

   Martha Whitmore Ebenezer Covell

   Ebenezer Covell Sabrina Childs

   Ebenezer J Covell Catherine Bennette

   Helen Covell Frances Coykendall

   Edith Westcott Ray R Brown

   Lawson Brown

   Myself

3. Keith Kingman Says:
   September 17th, 2006 at 12:42 pm

   I think your mother may be incorrect with her lineage. I agree down to William Soule b. 1670 but then I show his son George born 1695 marrying Lydia Howland as the father of Benjamin Soule who married Elizabeth Davis. Not William’s son Joseph. I show Joseph ending up in North Carolina but I don’t know who he married. What do you think?

4. Nathan West Says:
   January 6th, 2007 at 7:34 pm

   Yes, millions of others are also descended, but only a fraction of that number actually care about their heritage enough to research it and take pride in it.

5. Vicky Says:
   January 27th, 2007 at 12:44 pm

   I just today found out my ancestory links to yet another Mayflower family. I am trying to find the line from George to his daughter Elizabeth who married Francis Walker. If anyone has information I sure would appreciate it. According to my records it goes: George-Mary Beckett to Elizabeth and Francis Walker to daughter Elizabeth who married a Henry Sweet. From there it goes to John Sweet-Lydia Whaley; Mary Sweet-David Sweet; Mary Sweet [their daughter]-Edmund Tefft; Sarah Tefft-Archelaus Parker; Wanton Horatio Parker-Roseanna LaMont; Roseanna Hannah Parker-William Hayes; Susanna Roseann Hays-Philip Whetstine; Ida Mae Whetstine-Joseph Bell; Carl Edward Bell-Marjorie Alvert Runyon; Carl Herbert Bell-Ruby Frain; to me.

   My line also links with several other Mayflower families including the Cooke; Fuller; Allerton; and Winslow branchs.

6. Tammy Duncan Says:
   February 24th, 2007 at 1:32 pm

   I am Susanna Soule and Mose’s Bennetts gr.gr.gr grandaughter through their son I.J. Bennett.
   I live in Raleigh, NC. I am very proud of my Mayflower heritage.

7. Bob Maehre Says:
   April 6th, 2007 at 1:46 am

   Hi Michael and Tammy,

   That makes me a 4th cousin once removed to both of you. HA… i think…

   Susanna is my great great grandmother.

   Have a great day. It’s very nice to be a Mayflower descendant and be able to prove it. It made visiting Plymouth very exciting for me.

8. Bob Maehre Says:
   April 6th, 2007 at 1:54 am

   By the way Keith [above] is correct…

   Your Joseph 1701 should be George 1695 then Benjamin as you have it.

   

9. Kalen Says:
   September 25th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

   I was messing around on ancestry.com and came across this and am just kind of seeing what anyone thinks as far as if it sounds right - you know how the internet is. The first person in each line is the decendant of the following line.

   -Me
   -Son of Jeri Hird and Jeff Ost
   -Daughter of Max Hird and Barbara Ellingson
   -Son of Nyva Johnson and William Hird
   -Daughter of Belle Mowers and Livy Johnson
   -Daughter of Sarah Maria Soule and Leonard Mowers
   -Daughter of John Sanford Soule and Maria Kingsbury
   -Son of Hiram Barlow Soule and Hiram Barlow Soule
   -Son of Joseph Soule and Eunice Hungerford
   -Son of Timothy Soule and Elizabeth Allen
   -Son of Nathan Soule and Mary Gifford
   -Son of George Soule, Jr. and Deborah Thomas
   -Son of George Soule and Mary Becket

10. Janet Sprague Says:
    December 9th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    In reply to Keith and Bob - thanks for your input on the Soules.

    The reason I have Joseph instead of George is this:
    In “Mayflower Families in Progress George Soule , 5th and 6th Generations”, published in 2003:

    page 153 Benjamin (b. 1790) is married to Susannah Norton.

    Page 152 vi, says Benjamin’s father is Jonathan (b. 1761) married to Sara Hatfield, and Jonathan’s father is Benjamin (b. 1728)

    Page 150 Benjamin Soule (b. 1728) married Elizabeth Davis. His father is listed as Joseph.

    Page 151 Note: “A letter dated 28 Dec 1948 to Lt Col. Soule provided information on one Benjamin Soule and his wife Elizabeth Davis. It would appear Soule researchers from that time assumed this Benjamin Soule was identical with Benjamin Soule, son of George [See family #521], who m. Abigail Howland, and so assumed two wives for one Benjamin Soule. Since both Benjamin Soule’s had children born in 1761, they have to be separate persons.

    I had the books tracing the lineage before I had any approved lineage from the Mayflower Society. Their approved lineage does have George Soule as Benjamin’s father, not Joseph.

11. Fred Martin Says:
    December 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm

    For Vicky post #5
    Francis Walker and Elizabeth had only one child named Isaac, and possible a daughter named Patience (very probable but not proved) Elizabeth had a child named Mary that was of unamed father, Elizabeth Soule married Francis Walker as a result of the pregnancy. Mayflower Society only reckognizes Isaasc as they refuse to onsider the evidence that contradits Robert Anderson
    http://kneiling.homestead.com/

12. Lewis William Sowles, III Says:
    January 12th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    WILLIAM SOULE (SOWLES), [b. Duxbury, Ma, 1738-d. Alburgh, Vt. 23 March, 1811, was the son of Ezekiel Soule, b. Dux., 11 Feb., 1711, d. Woolwich Me., 8 Dec., 1768 AND Hannah De Lannoy (Delano) b. Dux., Ma., 23 Dec., 1711, d.15 Sept., 1768 Woolwich, Me., ] William’s early life was spent at Woolwich, Me. He was at the Battle of Saratoga, 17 Oct., 1777. Wm was a Royalist with a command under Br. Gen. Burgoyne. Wm married ANNA SEWALL of Bath, Me. Anna d. 27 March 1825, age 86. The tombstones of Major William Soule (Sowles) and his wife, Anna, are standing in a state of almost perfect preservation in the old cemetery at Alburgh, VT (1910); their son, Captain John Soule, USA, (Sowles), b. Spencertown, NY., 19 March 1772, d. Alburgh, VT 30 March 1812. John Soule (Sowles) was one of Seven sons of Major William Soule (Sowles) and Anna Sewall. John’s brother, Lewis Soule (Sowles) was a State Representative, 1807-1820 in the Vermont St. Legislature ‘from Grand Isle County. Lewis was a distinguished jurist and from 1825-6 and 1831 was Chief Justice of the Vermont State Supreme Court. {MORTIMER DELANO (DE LANNOY) Pursuivant of Ames, Member of the NY Genealogical and Biographical Society, and Member of foriegn Royal Societies of Heraldy. NY 1899. US Copyright by M. DeLannoy (Delano) 1910.
    1. Goerge Soule of the Mayflower
    2.John Soule
    3. Joshua Soule
    4. Ezekiel Soule
    5. William Sowles (Soule)
    6. John Sowles (Soule)
    7. Stephen Benjamin Sowles
    8. Melvin Benjamin Sowles
    9. Lewis William Sowles, Sr.
    10. Lewis William Sowles, Jr., (MIA Korea 30 Nov, 1950)
    11. Lewis William Sowles, III
    12. Lewis Willaim Sowles, IV
    12 a. Dhana lauren McConnell
    13. Ronald Sean McConnell
    13 a. Matthew Phillip McConnell
    13 b. Ryan Patrick McConnell

13. Susan Hedeen Says:
    February 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Lewis William Sowles III: I believe your facts here are incorrect in regard to Anna Sewell, wife of William Soule both who die in Alburgh, VT. I am a direct descendant of Joseph Sewell, Anna’s brother. Joseph & Anna Sewell were the last two children of the union of Timothy Sewall of Boston and his 2nd wife, Bridget Lyndsey MAVR’s intentions 30June1735. Joseph was born 1737/8 & Anna born 1739/40 both Mendon, Worcester Co., MA Worcester Co guardianship probate records 1753. Joseph & Anna were willed land (Will of Timothy Sewell 1753, probated 1753–Nov 1754) which they sold in 1759 & 1762 respectively MA land records the source. They along with step sisters & husbands, Elkanah & Margaret Sewell Sherman and Lemuel (often transcribed as Samuel) & Rebekah Sewell Lewis were all residing in Beekman Precinct, Dutchess Co., NY at the time of the sales (MA Land records). In June of 1762 when Anna sold her land, she was not yet married to William Soule. At some point there after they did marry and lived for a spell where most of their children were born in Spencertown in what is now Columbia Co., NY, but at the time was in Albany Co., NY. Their land was confiscated and they fled during the Revolution. William was a Royalist or Loyalist. However, to date his parentage has not been settled by any reliable historical record. A marriage date nor place of marriage has been found to date. The did migrage via Lower Canada to Alburgh, in what is now known as Grand Isle Co., VT by the early 1780’s. There are many guesses published out there. Someone else’s guesses doe not make them fact just because they are published. Regards.

14. Dave Jorgensen Says:
    July 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    Hello out there,

    I have been trying to trace my ancestry back to George Soule and I am missing a few steps. Perhaps someone can fill in the blanks for me;

    So far I have:

    My grandmother:
    (10) Mary Catherine Soules, daughter of;

    Mary Louisa Barnes and (9)Velie Soules (spelled Valie Soles in the Civil War records) son of;

    (8) Jonathan Sowles (Soules)
    B: 28 Apr 1814 Poughkeepsie, New York
    M: 23 Jan 1836 Poughkeepsie, New York Catharine Esther Velie/Velie b l8l4 Pleasant Valley Dutchess
    D: Apr 1859 Milledgeville, Ill
    They moved to West Junius in Seneca and she died there l85l. Jonathan remarried and moved on to Milledgeville Ill.

    Son of;

    (7) Joseph Soules
    B: 1794
    M. Esther Palmer B. 1790 D: 1851 West Junius NY
    D: 1865
    Son of;

    At this point, I can’t tell where it goes. I have the first generations as;

    (6) ?????Jonathon Soules B. 1750 Westport Mass. D. 1812
    M. Bathsheba Russell

    (5) ?????
    (4) ????? George Soule B: 1695 D: Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, NY 1776
    (3) William Soule B: 1671 D: Dartmouth, Bristol, MA 1723
    (2) George Soule B: 1639 D: Plymouth Colony 1704
    (1) George Soule B: 1595 D: Duxbury 1679

    Any help any of you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

    Dave Jorgensen
    204 N. 162nd Street
    Omaha, NE 68118

15. sandra grivois Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    my grandfather Earl F Shepard was a decendant of George Soule through his mother Cora Mabel Haskins lineage. Here is how it goes:
    George Soule - Mary Beckett, daughter Patience Soule married John Haskell, son Benjamin Haskill b. 1784 -1825 , married Elizabeth Reynolds, Son Roger Haskell b. 1791 -1868, married Abigail Pittsley, their daughter Lydia Haskell b. 1819, married Thomas Westgate, their daughter Mary Elizabeth b. 1849 married George Alfred Haskins b 1852, daughter Cora Mabel Haskins b. 1876 -1906, married Saul Shepard; after Cora died he married her sister Ada to help bring up the children, one of which was my grandfather Earl F. Shepard b. 18971967 who married Estella Margararet Coe b. 1900 -1983, they were my mother’s parents: Estella Mryle Shepard b. 1914 - who married Harold Leech b.1920 -1994. Divorced and Married Richard Norbert Cote Harold fathered Sandra Jean Leech b 1944 and married Joseph R Grivois b 1944. they have three daughters, one is: Rene’ ninesling married to Keith and two grandsons, Taylor and Trevor Ninesling , one is Michelle Harlow, and the other is Jaclyn ann (Grivois) Roth, husband Charles a grandaughter due in August to be named Alexis Paige roth.

16. sandra grivois Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    mailing address: Sandra Grivois, 2570 w Fairfax Ct Lecanto Fl. 34461

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