When Benjamin Soule was born on 28 August 1724, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Soule Sr, was 26 and his mother, Mary Holway, was 25. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Mary McKinney. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 6 February 1774, in Brunswick, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 49.
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English (Gloucestershire): of Norman origin, a variant of Soul .
French (Soulé): topographic name for someone who lived in a house exposed to sun, a variant of Soulier 2; or a habitational name from Soulé, the name of several places in the southwestern part of France.
History: George Soule (1600–80), one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, was one of the founders of Duxbury, MA, where he became comparatively wealthy. He left eight children.
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