John Soal

John Soal was born in 1674, Hoath, Kent. 

His parents were Richard Soale (1633-1683) and Susanna Mumery. 

He was an agricultural labourer. 

On the 5th of October 1701, he married Mary Bayly in Kent, England. 

Their children included William Soal (1717-1760).

During his life, democracy was established in Britain, as well as the union of Scotland and England. His life spanned the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678), The Treaty of Westminister (1674), King Philip's War (1675-1678), French Claim of Louisiana (1682), King William's War (1688-1697), The English Revolution (The Glorious Revolution) of 1688, Nine Years' War (1688-1697), Great Northern War (1700-1721), Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), Acts of Union (1707), War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714), Treaty of Utrecht (1713) Yamasee War (1715-1717), Founding of New Orleans (1718), War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-1720), Expansion of the Iroquois Confederacy (1722), Anglo-Spanish War (1727-1729), Founding of Georgia (1733), War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748), War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748), The Jacobite Rising (1745) English/British Monarchs: Charles II, James II, Mary II, William III of Orange, Anne, George I, George II British Prime Ministers: Walpole, Compton, Pelham

His life spanned the English Revolution of 1688.