John II Soal
1776-1837
Born: 1776, Reculver, Kent
Died: 1837, Kent
Occupation: agricultural laborer
Parents: William Soal (Born 1737) and Anne Foreman (Born possibly 1755)
Spouses: Sarah Ann King (1780-1850)
Children: William Soal, John Thomas Soal, Martha Soal, Mary Soal, Edward Soal, Thomas Soal, Marianne Soal (Born 1800), Ann Soal (Born 1803), Richard John Soal (1807-1885) and Sarah Soal (Born 1807)
John Soal was born in Reculver, Kent in September 1776 and baptised on the 11th of September 1776 at St Mary's in Reculver, Kent. His parents were William Soal (Born 1737) and Anne Foreman.
He married Sarah Ann King (1780-1850).
John Soal's children included William, John Thomas, Martha, Mary, Edward, Thomas, Marianne (Born 1800), Anne (Born 1803), Richard (1807-1885) and Sarah (Born 1807).
In 1807, John Soal and Sarah Ann King had twins, Richard and Sarah.
On the 22nd November 1807, he and Sarah had their daughter Sarah Sole baptised in St Peter, Thanet, Kent. On the 22nd of November 1807, Richard John Soal was baptised.
In 1830, there was a widespread uprising in the southeast of England known as The Swing Riots. Agricultural labourers such as John Soal and his family protested against low wages, high taxes and the introduction of machinery which threatened to replace their jobs.
In Kent, farm buildings, machines and crops were wrecked or destroyed by agricultural rioters.
On the 3rd of February 1837, he was buried in St Peter, Kent, England.
His life spanned the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), American Declaration of Independence (1776), The French Revolution (1789), French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), The US Bill of Rights (1791), The Louisiana Purchase (1803), Mexican Independence (1821), The Texas Revolution (1836), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Abolition of British Slave Trade (1806-1807), The South American Wars of Independence (1808-1829), Battle of Waterloo (1815), The War of 1812 (1812-1815), Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-1816), 1832 Great Reform Act, The Continental Congress (1774-1789), The First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) British monarchs: George III, George IV, William IV British Prime Ministers: North, Petty-Fitzmaurice, Cavendish-Bentinck, Pitt, Addington, Pitt, Grenville, Cavendish-Bentinck, Perceval, Jenkinson, Canning, Robinson, Wellesley, Grey, Lamb, Wellesley, Peel, Lamb US Presidents: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren