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On my mother’s side, I had two ancestors who chose the New World over a Scottish prison in the 1600s. No idea if they could even read, much less write.

Mayflower ancestors are a big deal, whether or not they left documents. To pay for a tutor to travel to America, he had to have been close to the family, as well as well educated. If he was well educated, the probability is that his family had some education. How has tracing him back gone? I’d wonder if he had some religious background since a lot of education seemed to have come through that.

Have you done a lot of reading on life on the Mayflower and after it landed? I presume he married after reaching this country. GIVE! What did you learn about him???? Exciting. Never studied that period but it sounds fascinating.

While working on my Soule family tree I discovered a document on George's alleged, but not proven father Robert Soule (Sole). It says Robert was a salter and citizen of London, who apparently sold salt in the City. The document said he was the son of John Soule (Sole) from Eckingham, County of Worcester. John Soule was a man of repute, styled "Gentleman" and once Mayor of Worcester. It said the whole family was educated and prominent in civil life. He was a man of wealth at the time of his Will. There were five sons, and possibly three daughters. He appreciated the advantage of education, and sent his sons to college, and assisted in establishing them in good positions for life.

Wikipedia claims: "DNA study pointed to Soule's parents as Jan Sol and his wife Mayken Labis, who are identified by their marriage as Protestant refugees in London, England, in 1586 and by the baptisms of their children before 1600 in Haarlem, Holland."

I found the DNA connection interesting since my father was born in Holland in 1904. And according to the alleged connections on Ancestry.com, some of my mother's ancestors came from Holland and settled in New Amsterdam. I'll never know the truth of any of these connections, so I'll take them with a grain of salt. I am connected to George Soule via confirmed DNA through his children.

I have some books on the Mayflower on my bookshelf but haven't gotten to them yet, so know very little on the subject, or the people who came over.

George married Mary Buckett or Becket sometime in Duxbury, Mass. His date of death is given as January 22, 1679 in Duxbury.