Elizabeth Soule
1637 - 1700 (~ 62 years)-
Name Elizabeth Soule Born Feb 1637 Danbury, England 
Gender Female Died 1700 Woodbridge, Essex Co, New Jersey Person ID I125176 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 3 Jul 2006
Father George Soule, b. Sep 1593, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. 22 Jan 1678, Duxbury, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 84 years) Mother Mary Bucket, b. 17 Jan 1589, Eckinghmam, Worchester, England , d. 16 Dec 1676, Duxbury, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts (Age 87 years) Family ID F49325 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Francis Walker, b. Sep 1640, England , d. 1702, Massachusetts (Age ~ 61 years) Married 1664 Children 1. Issac Walker, b. 1669, d. 27 Jul 1719 (Age 50 years) Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F49324 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Elizabeth Soule (1), a daughter of George (1) and Mary (Beckett) Soule, time of birth unknown, had a sad record. It appears that in 1662, she fell from grace by committing adultery with Nathaniel Church, to whom she was engaged to be married; he refusing to fulfill the compact, they were both convicted of the criminal act and each was fined œ5. However, the alliance was continued and for the second offense both were publicly brought to the whipping post and the lash applied. Refusing to recognize his obligation to take her as his wife, she sued him for breach of promise for the sum of œ100. He was convicted by the court, and the jury awarded her œ10 and costs of suit. She was subsequently married to FRANCIS WALKER, previous to 1663. The clergyman before alluded to says: "These are sad records to make for a child of the Mayflower Pilgrim, himself a man of sterling moral character, but neither Christian grace nor moral character are transmissible, or hereditary."
In a similar case, Elizabeth Soule, daughter of Mayflower passenger George Soule, and Nathaniel Church, grandson of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren, were fined on 3 March 1662/63 £5 for fornication, and on 5 October 1663 Elizabeth Soule sued Nathaniel Church for £200 for failing to marry [p.196] her, with the court awarding her £10. On 2 July 1667 Elizabeth was in court again "for comitting fornication the second time," and this time she was sentenced to suffer corporal punishment by being whipped at the post.12 Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Two: Topical Narratives Chapter 12: Morality and Sex
- Elizabeth Soule (1), a daughter of George (1) and Mary (Beckett) Soule, time of birth unknown, had a sad record. It appears that in 1662, she fell from grace by committing adultery with Nathaniel Church, to whom she was engaged to be married; he refusing to fulfill the compact, they were both convicted of the criminal act and each was fined œ5. However, the alliance was continued and for the second offense both were publicly brought to the whipping post and the lash applied. Refusing to recognize his obligation to take her as his wife, she sued him for breach of promise for the sum of œ100. He was convicted by the court, and the jury awarded her œ10 and costs of suit. She was subsequently married to FRANCIS WALKER, previous to 1663. The clergyman before alluded to says: "These are sad records to make for a child of the Mayflower Pilgrim, himself a man of sterling moral character, but neither Christian grace nor moral character are transmissible, or hereditary."