• Despite numerous and conflicting allegations, we are not satisfied that the date and place of his birth or the names of his parents have been established. Hopefully, research now being conducted in England will resolve this question. There is ample evidence that he was born in England, probably between 1590 and 1600 – say about 1597. Dr. Charles Edward Banks, the late authority on the subject writes in his English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers (1929) (p. 80) that George Soule is “tentatively identified as the son of John Soule of Eckington, Worcester, and probably kinsman to Robert Soule, a wealthy London salter, who died in 1590, a native of Eckington.” Unfortunately, subsequent authors citing Banks as their authority have carefully omitted those key words – “tentatively” and “probably”!1873, pp 378-9

• He was Deputy to the General Court from Duxbury.1759, p 123

• We understand that George Soule’s descendants comprise one of the larger Mayflower families – perhaps seventh in number. We know that there were nine children and 56 grandchildren. These figures are firm; beyond that as yet we venture merely “educated guesses” say about 250 great-grandchildren in the 4th generation and some 850 in the 5th generation. This gives a grand total of nearly 1,200 descendants in the first five generations of the Mayflower’s Soule family!1873, p 381

• A 1620 Mayflower passenger, George Soule arrived as a servant to Edward Winslow. He became a Purchaser and was on the 1633 list of freemen. He moved to Duxbury and acquired considerable amounts of land in other places. Soule was a volunteer in the Pequot War and in 1642 was a deputy for Duxbury. He married a Mary, whose surname possibly was Becket. He died in 1679. His will, dated 11 August 1677, with codicil 20 September 1677, proved 1679, named his sons Nathaniel, George, and John, and his daughters Elizabeth, Patience, Susannah, and Mary. He also had sons Zachariah and Benjamin who predeceased him. The Soule family history compiled by Gideon T. Ridlon is not reliable.2114, p 355

• Age 21-25, servant or employee of Edward Winslow.2110, p 4