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 1703 - 1755 (52 years)
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| Name |
SOULE Cornelius |
| Prefix |
Capt. |
| Birth |
1703 |
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Church Member |
9 May 1731 |
North Yarmouth, York, Massachusetts Maine, United States [4] |
| 1st Church (No. 19) |
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| Will |
3 Sep 1755 [5] |
- ("In the name of God, Amen. This third day of September, Annoy Domini 1755. I Cornelius Soule of North Yarmouth in the County of York & Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Gentleman, being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be unto God therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. Viz:--
Principally and first of all, I recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent manner, nothing doubting that at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God.
And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give, demise and dispose of the same in the folowing manner:--
Imprs: I give and bequeath to Susanna, my beloved wife, the improvement of all my estate, both real and personal, during her natural life, and at her decease I give and bequeath ye same to her son, Thomas Scales (whom I make, constitute and appoint my Sole executor of this my last will and Testamt) and to Cornelius Sole, son of my brother Barnabas Soul, to be equally divided between them. And I do declare this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
Cornelius Soul (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by Cornelius Soul as his last will and testament in the presence of us witnesses.
JONAS MASON, JAMES TUTTLE, GILBERT WINSLOW, JR.
"At a Court of Probate held at York, Jan. 15, 1756, The within written instrument was presented by Thomas Scales Soul, Sole Executor therein named.
York County Registry of Probate.")
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| _UID |
AD41CAFCCB2D40458488AD366763055140EB |
| Death |
20 Oct 1755 |
North Yarmouth, York, Massachusetts Maine, United States [3, 4] |
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| Burial |
Aft 20 Oct 1755 |
Yarmouth Foreside, York, Massachusetts Maine, United States [5, 6] |
- (Old Graveyard.
THIS PERPETUATES THE MEMORY
OF
CAPT. CORNELIUS SOULE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
Oct. ye 20, 1755,
in the
52d Year of His Age.)
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| Notes |
- At the settlement of his father's estate he received twenty-seven and three-fourths acres in Lot No. 18 in Duxbury. He removed to North Yarmouth, in the District of Maine, about 1726 where he continued to reside till his death. Cornelius Soule became a man of standing and usefulness in his community. He was prominent in town affairs and extensively engaged in land speculation. In the registry of deeds of County of York there are records of no less than thirty transfers in as many years, in which he was an interested party, and this did not evidently represent the whole volume of his business. In the division of property rights, in 1727, he drew Lot No. 48, which comprised 38 acres and included several islands and gave him pew number 19 in the First Church of which he was a member, having been received therein May 9, 1731. He was the first assessor of the town, in 1733, constable in 1734, and a selectman many times. In 1735 he joined with several others in opposition to the call of Rev. Peter Keith as pastor. At the ordination Cornelius Soule was on the committee of entertainment, for which the town reimbursed him to the amount of œ20-17-9.
His reputation for ability and honesty reached beyond the limits of his town and county and he became the trusted servant for Governor Shirley in transporting official letters from Boston to the eastern frontier, and his journal, descriptive of the voyage, is still preserved in the Massachusetts Archives.
He was a representative to the General Court attending at Boston; was captain of Company F of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers under Colonel Sylvester Richmond at the siege of Louisburg and the expedition against the French, in 1745.
Died without issue.
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| Person ID |
I100271 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Jul 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S3845] Book-Soule-Hist, Biography & Gen of Families Named Soule, 1:157-158, CS71.S72 V.2.
- [S3354] Book-North Yarmouth-Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine, p.861, ME 974.1 CO.
- [S3845] Book-Soule-Hist, Biography & Gen of Families Named Soule, 1:157, CS71.S72 V.2.
- [S3394] Book-North Yarmouth-First Cong. Church, N. Yarmouth, ME, p.14.
- [S3845] Book-Soule-Hist, Biography & Gen of Families Named Soule, 1:158, CS71.S72 V.2.
- [S3354] Book-North Yarmouth-Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine, p.1185, ME 974.1 CO.
- [S3845] Book-Soule-Hist, Biography & Gen of Families Named Soule, 1:152, CS71.S72 V.2.
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