1George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 2, p. 568 (1909).
"(II) John, son of George and Mary (Becket) Soule, born in 1632, died in 1707, aged seventy-five, resided in Duxbury. At the time his father made his will, John was the eldest child. He was made the chief heir. The portion of the will referring to this matter runs as follows: "And for as much as my eldest son, John Soule, and his family hath in my extreme old age and weakness bin tender and careful of mee and very helpful to mee; and is likely for to be while it shall please God to continew my life heer, therefore I give and bequeath unto my said son, John Soule, all the remainder of my housing and lands whatever." John Soule was freeman, 1653. During the excitement against the Quakers he was fined, October 2, 1660, for attending their meetings. He was surveyor of highways, 1672, 1694; grand juryman, 1675-77-78-83-84; arbitrator between Marshfield and Duxbury, and Plymouth and Duxbury, 1698, involving land disputes; witness to the Indian deed of Bridgewater, dated December 23, 1686, and joined in a remonstrance, 1687, against increasing the salary of Rev. Ichabod Wiswell. He married Esther, probably a daughter of Philip Dela Noye, who died September 12, 1733, aged ninety-five. Their children were: John, Joseph, Joshua, Josiah, Benjamin and two daughters.".
1Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 56, p. 205 (Apr 1902).
URL = http://books.google.com/books?id=-L8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=%22Abraham+Sampson%22+Nash&source=bl&ots=GBukVtVJzP&sig=b9XPDumZHbPEeSV6FrQd3tYRiok&hl=en&ei=Jvt6S6GlG4SIswPwn_TKCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22Abraham%20Sampson%22%20Nash&f=false This shows that Esther is probably the daughter of Philip Delano, and that she married both Samuel Sampson and John Soule.
"NASH-SAMPSON-SOULE. -- In the REGISTER, Vol. LII. (1898), page 76, a "Genealogist" writes of the families Nash, Sampson and Soule, and I would like to correct a misstatement there made regarding the will of Samuel Nash, of Duxbury. His will, dated 2 June, 1681, says: "Item I giue and bequeath vnto my deceased Grandsons Samuell Samsons two sons (viz) Samuel Samson and Ichabod Samson all my housing" etc. (see Mass. Archives, Plymouth Colony Records, Wills and Inventories, Vol. 4, Part II., pages 227-8.) All authorities say that Abraham Sampson married the daughter of Samuel Nash (her name not known), and that ther son Samuel Sampson married Esther -------, and had two sons, Samuel and Ichabod. (see Giles Memorial, page 378.) Esther, the widow of Samuel Sampson, married, in 1678, John Soule. It seems, therefore, that Esther could not have been the daughter of Lt. Samuel Nash, but the wife of his grandson Samuel Sampson. The conjecture that Esther was the daughter of Philip Delano is probably right, but I should like confirmation of this. A.H.T. Roxbury, Mass."
1George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 2, p. 568 (1909).
"(III) Joshua, third son of John and Esther Soule, born in Duxbury, October 12, 1681, died May 29, 1767, aged eighty-five. He resided in Duxbury. He married Joanna Studley, and they had children: Zermiah, John, Ezekiel, Joshua, Abigail, Joanna, Sarah, Joseph, Nathan, and probably Lydia.".