William II Soal

William Soal was born in November, 1737, Reculver, Kent. His parents were William Soal (1717-1760) and Anne Tanner.

He was an agricultural labourer.

He married Anne Foreman (Born 1755).

Their children included John Soal (1776-1837), Richard Soal (1778-1854), George Soal (Born 1779), William Soal (1781-1781) who he had in February, another William Soal (1781-1781) who he had in September,  another William Soal (1782-1865), Edward Soal (1785-1871), Thomas Soal (Born 1790) and Stephen Soal (1795-1800)

He died in 1824. 

His life spanned the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748), War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748), Carnatic Wars, Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Captain Cook's arrival in Australia (1770), American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), American Declaration of Independence (1776), The Age of Enlightenment, The French Revolution (1789), French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), The US Bill of Rights (1791), The Louisiana Purchase (1803), Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) 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), The First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) British monarchs: George II, George III, George IV British Prime Ministers: Walpole, Compton, Pelham, Pelham-Holles, Cavendish, Pelham-Holles, Stuart, Grenville, Watson-Wenthworth, Pitt the Elder, FitzRoy, North, Petty-Fitzmaurice, Cavendish-Bentinck, Pitt, Addington, Pitt, Grenville, Cavendish-Bentinck, Perceval, Jenkinson US Presidents: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe.

His life spanned the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and the French Revolution of 1789.