Jacob Soule (1689-1748) is #716 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #717 Rebeckah Gifford (1689-1747) in 1710, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* his son, #356 Benjamin Soule (1719-1803), who married #357 Meribah Waite (1720-1803) in 1742.
* their daughter #179 Martha Soule (1743-1828) who married #178 David Kirby (1740-1832) in 1763.
* their daughter, #89 Sibel Kirby (1764-1848) who married #88 Humphrey White (1757-1814) in 1786.
* their son, #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) who married Miranda Wade (1804-1850) in 1824.
* their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.
* their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
* their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Jacob Soule[1–3]
* Alternate Name: Jacob Sowle[4]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Nathaniel Soule (1637-1699)
* Mother: Rose Thorn (1645-1708)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: about 1687, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1]
* Death: before 3 May 1748 (before about age 61), Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[4]
* Probate: 3 May 1748 (about age 61), will proved; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[4]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Rebecca Gifford (1689-1747)
* Marriage 1: 22 January 1709/10 (about age 22), Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]
* Child 1: Joseph Soule 1711-1793
* Child 2: Elizabeth Soule 1712-1781
* Child 3: Oliver Soule 1714-1715
* Child 4: Rebecca Soule 1715-1747
* Child 5: Nathaniel Soule 1718-1769
* Child 6: Benjamin Soule 1719-1803
* Child 7: Rosamond Soule 1723-1801
* Child 8: Stephen Soule 1727-1789
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Jacob Soule was born in about 1687 to Nathaniel and Rose (Thorn?) Soule of Dartmouth, Massachusetts[1].
He married Rebeckah Gifford (1689-1747) on 22 January 1709/10, the daughter of Robert and Sarah (Wing) Gifford of Sandwich and Dartmouth, Massachusetts[1-3]. They had 8 children, all born in Dartmouth, and recorded in the town records of Dartmouth:
* Joseph Soule (1711-1793), married (1) 1736 Mary Davis (1710-1750); (2) 1758 Dinah Tripp (1716-????).
* Elizabeth Soule (1712-1781), married 1735 Caleb Tripp (1714-1781).
* Oliver Soule (1714-1715).
* Rebecca Soule (1715-1747), married 1735 Reuben Waite (1713-1754).
* Nathaniel Soule (1718-1769), married 1741 Jane Potter (1717-1807).
* Benjamin Soule (1719-1803), married 1742 Meribah Wait (1720-1803).
* Rosamond Soule (1723-b1801), married 1744 Nathaniel Potter (1719-1801).
* Stephen Soule (1727-1789), married 1746 Sarah Potter (1724-a1789).
The lands of Nathaniel Soule and descendants were on the east side of Main Road in present day Westport (which was set off from Dartmouth in 1787) and ran down to the east branch of the Accaxet or Westport River[1].
The summary of Jacob Sowle's will, written on 12 August 1747 in Dartmouth, and proved on 3 May 1748 in Bristol County Probate Court[1,4], is:
He named sons Stephen, Joseph, Nathaniel and Benjamin, and daughters Elizabeth Tripp and Rosamond Potter, and grandchildren Phebe and Jeremiah Wait. He gave son Stephen the west end of his homestead farm, son Joseph land on the south side of the farm and all buildings, son Nathaniel the middle most lot that butts on the river, etc. and son Benjamin land on the north side of that given to Nathaniel, being all the remaining part. To the daughters he gave the indoor moveables. Son Joseph was named executor, and the witnesses were Silvanus Soule, James Soule and Mary Soule.
There is no death or burial record available for Jacob Soule, who died before 3 May 1748 when his will was proved[1,4]. He may have been buried on the family land in Dartmouth.
5. SOURCES
1. Anne Borden Harding (editor), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations : Volume 3: George Soule (Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980), page 22, Jacob Soule family sketch.
2. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Dartmouth Births, Marriages and Deaths," no page number (image 303 of 2331), Rebecca Gifford and Jacob Soule marriage entry.
3. Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 ( Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society,1929-1930), Marriages, page 205, Rebeckah Gifford and Jacob Soule entry, 22 January 1709/10.
4. Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Probate Packet 24220 for Jacob Sowle of Dartmouth 1748 (8 images); "Bristol County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org); original records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, digitized images provided by FamilySearch.
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