Ancestor Table
The direct Gurney line from Allen Gurney to the end of the currently knowable record, including geography, era, notables, land holdings, and lineage status. Updated March 2026.
| Gen. | Name & Dates | Geography | Era | Notables | Known Land Holdings & Properties | Lineage Status | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern America — Midwest, New York & Pacific Northwest | |||||||
| G1 | Allen Lawrence Gurney Living | Marion IN → St. Louis MO → Portland, OR | Modern America | — | Direct | ||
| G2 | Lester Hayes Gurney 1945–2025 | Port Washington NY → Marion IN → Fort Wayne, IN | Modern America | — | Confirmed | ||
| G3 | Lester Sawyer Gurney III 1923–19 December 2011 | New York area; New Jersey | Modern America | — | Confirmed | ||
| Gilded Age & Civil War — New York | |||||||
| G4 | Lester Sawyer Gurney Jr. 1888–1958 | New York area | Gilded Age & Civil War | — | Confirmed | ||
| G5 | Lester Sawyer Gurney 1856–1899 | New York area | Gilded Age & Civil War | Son of Brig. Gen. William Gurney. Died young at 43. | — | Confirmed | |
| G6 | Brigadier General William Gurney 1821–1879 | Flushing, Queens NY · Manhattan · Charleston SC | Gilded Age & Civil War | Civil War commander, 127th NY Vols. then 142nd USCT; Bvt. Brig. General. Wholesale merchant (Gurney & Underhill). Originator Five Points Mission c.1848. Quaker background. Masonic (Knights Templar). Married (1) Caroline E.; (2) Mary Jane Fisk. | Commercial premises, Manhattan (Gurney & Underhill wholesale firm at 79 Dey St.). | Confirmed | |
| Early Republic — Flushing, Queens, New York | |||||||
| G7 | Willis Gurney c. 1796–98 — before 1870 | Cummington, MA → Flushing, Queens NY | Early Republic | Tailor. First Gurney to leave Massachusetts for New York. Married Elizabeth 'Eliza' A. Lawrence (b. NY). Listed 1830, 1840, 1850 Flushing census. Did not attend church; wife Eliza attended St. George's Episcopal, Flushing. Tailor occupation echoes John Gurney-1 across 190 years. | Unknown whether owned or rented Flushing premises. Queens County deed records (city register's office, 1830–1870) not yet searched. No property transaction documented in sources consulted. | Confirmed | |
| Massachusetts Farming Generations — Cummington & Plymouth County | |||||||
| G8 | Amos Gurney 1770 — before 1850 | Bridgewater, MA → Cummington, Hampshire Co., MA | Massachusetts Farming Generations | Farmer. Married Ruth Gilbert (29 Dec. 1790, Cummington VR). Six children born Cummington. Listed 1800 Federal Census. Left Cummington after 1802. Widow Ruth found with son Willis in Flushing, 1850. | Farm land in Cummington, Hampshire Co., MA — specific parcel not documented. Family likely held modest farmstead consistent with 1800 census household size (10010/20010). | Confirmed | |
| G9 | Benjamin Gurney bpt. 30 May 1730 — d. 28 Sept. 1805 | Abington, MA → Cummington, Hampshire Co., MA | Massachusetts Farming Generations | Farmer. Raised by mother's sister. Named in grandfather John Harden's will (1751). Sold Abington land June 1770 and moved to Cummington. 1790 Census: 3-0-3. Married (1) Elizabeth Harden; (2) Mercy Noyes. Buried Dawes Cemetery, Cummington. | Land in Abington, MA (sold June 1770 upon move to Cummington). Springfield, MA records: purchased land in Town #5 (Cummington) with Silas Reed, 5 Nov. 1770. In 1787 exchanged farms with Philip Shaw ('Only One Cummington,' Foster & Streeter 1974, p.390). | Confirmed | |
| G10 | Benjamin Gurney c. 1704 — before 1772 | Weymouth, MA → Abington/Whitman, MA → Middleboro → Rochester, MA | Massachusetts Farming Generations | Fathered Benjamin (Gen.9) by Jane Harden before later marriage. Jane's 1711 baptism 'of Little Comfort' first reference to the mill. Married Sarah Morse (1731, Middleboro). Moved to Rochester MA; died before Dec. 1772. | • With father (Gen.11), bought land from Samuel Tinkham, Middleboro, 28 Oct. 1730 — 3 lots of upland + 1 lot meadow ~2 acres (Plym. Reg. 39:79). Sold 3 May 1749 after father's death. • 8 acres Middleboro from Sam Eddy Jr., 7 Nov. 1731 (Plym. Reg.). • Homestead farm, Rochester, MA — sons Lemuel, Benjamin & Levi divided it 1 Jan. 1800 (Plym. Co. land deed 95:139, GS film 559,140). | Confirmed | |
| G11 | Benjamin Gurney c. 1676 — d. 1738/9 | Weymouth, MA → Abington, MA → Middleboro, MA | Massachusetts Farming Generations | Married Rebecca Staples (30 Dec. 1701, First Church Braintree). 'Granny Gurney's Swamp' story confirmed independently. Will proved 1739 (Plym. Probate 8:98). | • Richard Williams farm on Abington-Bridgewater line — purchased 8 Sept. 1726 from Samuel Staples of Scituate (Plym. Deeds 25:79). • Sold to Abraham Pierce 20 Oct. 1730 upon move to Middleboro (Plym. Reg. 31:69, 70). • Land from Joseph Richards (bequeathed in will to son Benjamin). • Granny Gurney's Swamp — low ground near Abington-Bridgewater line, named after Rebecca's fire incident — not owned but named for the family. | Confirmed | |
| G12 | Richard Gurney c. 1630 England — d. Oct. 1691 | Weymouth, MA | Massachusetts Farming Generations | Freeman 1681. Married Rebecca Taylor (named in Taylor's will, proved 1688). Died intestate Oct. 1691. Son John killed at Mendon massacre 1675. Son Zachariah served King Philip's War relief company. | • Lands granted in Weymouth before 1642–44: 'in the East field,' 'in the mill field,' 'on the east side of Great Pond' (Hist. of Weymouth). • Town Common grant: 6 acres west side of the Pond voted by Weymouth town meeting, 1683, to 'build a house & fence' (Hist. of Weymouth, p.251). • Land at Braintree on Abington-Bridgewater line passed to son Benjamin (Gen.11) — likely inherited from John Gurney-1. | Confirmed | |
| The Emigrant — Colonial Massachusetts | |||||||
| G13 | John Gurney-1 c. 1609-12 England — d. 1662/3 | Weymouth, MA → Braintree, MA | The Emigrant | Tailor. FIRST GURNEY IN NORTH AMERICA. First record: June 1641, Weymouth. Married (1) Mary (surname unknown) (c.1625, England — d. 20 Sept. 1661); (2) Grissell Fletcher (12 Nov. 1661). Estate: £55.14.6. Probable arrival: 1636–1641. Grissell was a Mendon proprietor (received 20-acre allotment, Dec. 1663). | • East field, mill field, east side of Great Pond — Weymouth (granted retrospectively c. 3 Feb. 1651-52; properties later granted to others as John did not permanently settle there). • 48 acres at Braintree 'in the possession of John Gurney' — Tyng inventory 25 May 1653 (NEHGR 30:432). Tenant, not owner. • Sold land in Braintree 12 Feb. 1661 (deed witnessed by son John Jr.). • Grissell applied for John's Mendon lot after his death (NEHGR 22:44). | Probable | |
| Tudor England — City of London & Norfolk | |||||||
| G14 | Francis Gurney 13 Sept. 1581 — d. 9 Jan. 1646/7 | West Barsham, Norfolk → Norwich → City of London (St. Benet Fink) | Tudor England | Merchant Taylor (admitted 16 June 1606 — primary source cert. in Daniel Gurney's Record). Married (1) Margaret Rybett 1611; (2) Anne Browning c.1617. Financial difficulty 1625. Sold all Norfolk/Suffolk lands 1634. Probable father of John Gurney-1. Buried St Botolph Bishopsgate, London 9 Jan. 1646/7. | • Parish of St. Benet Fink, City of London — commercial premises (leased; church demolished 1844, site now Bank of England east wing). • Attempted textile manufacture: desecrated St. James's Church, King's Lynn, Norfolk — leased from Lynn corporation (failed enterprise; Sir Hamon Lestrange paid his £100 bond c.1625). • Occasional residence at Norwich and King's Lynn noted (Pennyghael genealogy). • No land holdings documented — Daniel Gurney states both Francis wills 'unable to be discovered' suggesting little or no property to bequeath. | Confirmed | |
| G15 | Henry de Gournay 21 Jan. 1548 — d. 1623 | West Barsham Hall, Norfolk; Great Ellingham, Norfolk | Tudor England | 'Last member of the Gurney family to be born a Roman Catholic.' Godmother: Lady Catherine Howard. 12 children. Will 1614 warned against sons holding 'fantastical opinions.' Tomb survives at St. James's Church, Great Ellingham. | • West Barsham manor, Norfolk (primary family seat; hall burned 1815, 16th-c. north wing survives Grade II listed). • Great Ellingham manor (held from Bishop of Norwich). • Harpley manor, Norfolk (purchased 1587; presented to church 1588, 1602). • Irsted manor (held of Bishop of Norwich; sold to Sir Peter Gleane before 1632 by son/grandson). • Gurney's manor, Hingham (held of Henry Lord Morley). • West Barsham rectory (purchased from Thomas Fermor, Esq. for £100, 1595 — deed at Hunstanton Hall). • Advowson, third part of Attleborough church (presented 1581). | Confirmed | |
| G16 | Francis GURNEY 20 Aug. 1521 — d. Jan. 1571 | West Barsham Hall, Norfolk | Tudor England | Married Elizabeth Helen Holditch (1543). Her mother: Margaret Jerningham of great Catholic Suffolk family. Both died January 1571. Son Henry (Gen.15) was 22. | • West Barsham Hall, Norfolk — primary residence (inherited from Anthony, Gen.17). • Great Ellingham manor, Norfolk. • Irsted manor, Norfolk. • Associated Norfolk advowsons and holdings as listed in Daniel Gurney's Record under the West Barsham Gurney family pedigree. | Confirmed | |
| G17 | Anthony de Gournay b. 1499 — d. Dec. 1556 | West Barsham Hall & Great Ellingham, Norfolk | Tudor England | BOLEYN CONNECTION: Second cousin of QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN (both great-grandchildren of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London 1457-58). Married Margaret Lovell (descent from Lovell barons of Minster Lovell, Oxon). Connected via Heydon family to Sir Thomas Wyatt the poet and the Paston family. 17th great-grandfather of Allen Gurney. | • Great Ellingham manor, Norfolk — acquired via marriage to Margaret Lovell (she and her sister co-heiresses of Sir Robert Lovell; through her mother of families Conyers of Finningham and Fitz-Ralf). • West Barsham manor, Norfolk (primary seat). • Irsted manor, Norfolk. • Manor of Hingham-Gurneys (ancient holding from Henry II period, held of heirs of Lords Bardolf). | Confirmed | |
| G18 | William Gurney V fl. c. 1490–1530 | Irsted, Norfolk | Tudor England | Married Anne Heydon (d/o Sir Henry Heydon who completed Baconsthorpe Castle — English Heritage, open free near Holt, Norfolk). Connected to Boleyn network and Howard Dukes of Norfolk through this marriage. | • Irsted manor, Norfolk (primary documented holding). • Swathings manor in Hardingham, Norfolk — mesne lord under the senior Gournay line (documented from reign of Henry II per Daniel Gurney's Record). • Hingham-Gurneys manor. | Confirmed | |
| Medieval Norfolk Gurneys — West Barsham & Great Ellingham, c. 1300–1499 | |||||||
| G19 | Edward William Gurney b. c. 1430 — d. 18 Jan. 1508 | West Barsham; Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk | Medieval Norfolk Gurneys | Son of Thomas Gournay & Margaret Jernegan. Married Ann Calthorpe (prominent Norfolk gentry dynasty). Died 18 Jan. 1508 at Burnham Thorpe. Lifetime spanned entire Wars of the Roses (1455–85) and first two Tudor decades. | • West Barsham manor, Norfolk. • Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk — died here (suggests land interest in this village, birthplace of Admiral Lord Nelson three centuries later). • Full manor holdings not individually documented in sources consulted; inherited the West Barsham and associated Norfolk portfolio from Thomas (Gen.20). | Confirmed | |
| G20 | Thomas Gournay II fl. c. 1400–1460 | West Barsham, Norfolk | Medieval Norfolk Gurneys | Son of Thomas Gournay I and Catherine Kerville. Married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Jerningham, Knt., of Somerleyton, Suffolk — one of Norfolk's most powerful Catholic gentry families. Had a house in St Gregory's parish, Norwich. Will dated 1468, proved 1471. | • West Barsham manor, Norfolk (inherited from John, Gen.21). • Associated Norfolk manors from John's estate: Harpley, Hardingham, Loundhall in Saxthorpe, and the Heylesdon manors. • Specific deeds for Thomas not individually documented in sources consulted. | Confirmed | |
| G21 | Thomas Gournay I fl. c. 1408–1450 | West Barsham; Harpley; Norfolk | Medieval Norfolk Gurneys | Nephew of Sir John Gurney (d.1408), Knt., Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Succeeded to the family estates after John's own son Edmund died under age. Married Catherine, daughter of Robert Kerville of Watlington, Norfolk. | • West Barsham manor, Norfolk (inherited through collateral succession from uncle John). • Harpley manor and associated Norfolk holdings. | Confirmed | |
| G22 | Robert Gournay fl. c. 1370–1420 | Norfolk | Medieval Norfolk Gurneys | Younger son of Edmund Gurney (d.1387) and Katherine de Wauncy. Brother of Sir John Gurney, Knt. (d.1408), Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. When John's line failed (son Edmund died under age), the estates passed to Robert's son Thomas. Married Joan de Norwich. Source: Daniel Gurney, Record of the House of Gournay, Part I, p.280. | • Specific holdings not individually documented. Inherited share of Edmund's Norfolk estate. | Confirmed | |
| G23 | Edmund Gurney d. 1387 | Harpley & Hardingham, Norfolk; Bishop's Lynn (King's Lynn) | Medieval Norfolk Gurneys | HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT. Successful lawyer. Steward of JOHN OF GAUNT's East Anglian estates 1372–1387 — John of Gaunt was father of Henry IV, most powerful man in England after the king. Counsel sought by cities of Norwich and Bishop's Lynn. | • Harpley manor, Norfolk (principal documented holding). • Hardingham manor, Norfolk. • Land interests at Bishop's Lynn (King's Lynn) area — consistent with legal and stewardship role there. • West Barsham arrived in family through John (Gen.21) via his mother — Edmund's wife likely from the Wauncy family or Edmund himself had this connection. • Specific deeds recorded in Blomefield's History of Norfolk. | Confirmed | |
| Junior Norfolk Branch — Harpley & Hardingham, c. 1140–1387 | |||||||
| G24 | John de Gournay IV fl. c. 1330–1370 | Harpley; West Barsham; Norfolk | Junior Norfolk Branch | Mentioned in a deed of his uncle John de Gournay II (Rector of Harpley), 1331. Father of Edmund Gurney, the lawyer who became steward of John of Gaunt's estates. Source: DG Record, Part I, pedigree p.286. | • Harpley manor, Norfolk (inherited from father John III). • Hardingham manor. | Confirmed | |
| G25 | John de Gournay III fl. c. 1300–1353 | Harpley, Norfolk | Junior Norfolk Branch | Son of Sir William de Gournay III and Katherine de Baconsthorpe. Married Jane, daughter of Edmund de Lexham (married before 1324). Succeeded his uncle John de Gournay II, Rector and Patron of Harpley, who died in 1332. Living in 27 Edward III (1353). Source: DG Record, Part I, pedigree p.286. | • Harpley manor, Norfolk (succeeded uncle John, Rector of Harpley, in 1332). • Hardingham manor. • Swathings in Hardingham. | Confirmed | |
| G26 | Sir William de Gournay III, Knt. fl. c. 1260–1300 | Harpley, Norfolk | Junior Norfolk Branch | 14 Edward I (1286). Married Katherine, daughter of Edmund Baconsthorpe. In 1294, sold for an annuity all his estates to his brother John de Gournay II, Priest, Rector and Patron of Harpley, who settled them on William's son John III. Sealed with an engrailed cross. Source: DG Record, Part I, pp.279, 286. | • Harpley manor (sold to brother John, 1294). • Hardingham manor. • Swathings in Hardingham. | Confirmed | |
| G27 | Sir John de Gournay I, Knt. fl. c. 1240–1280 | Harpley, Norfolk; Lewes, Sussex; Holy Land | Junior Norfolk Branch | Living 1245. Present at the battle of Lewes (1264) on the side of Sir Henry Hastings against Henry III, and at the battle of Evesham (1265). Estate seized by Earl Warren as a rebel. Presented by jury of Mitford in 1257 for not being knighted. Accompanied Prince Edward (later Edward I) to the Holy Land in 1270. Arms: Argent, a cross engrailed gules — borne by his descendants ever since. Source: DG Record, Part I, pp.279, 286; Blomefield, History of Norfolk. | • Harpley manor, Norfolk. • Hardingham manor. • Swathings in Hardingham. | Confirmed | |
| G28 | William de Gournay II fl. c. 1210–1250 | Harpley, Norfolk | Junior Norfolk Branch | Son of Matthew de Gournay and Rose de Burnham. Living 1234 and 1243 per pedigree. Father of Sir John de Gournay I. Source: DG Record, Part I, pedigree p.286. | • Harpley manor, Norfolk (inherited from father Matthew). • Hardingham/Swathings. | Confirmed | |
| G29 | Matthew de Gournay fl. c. 1180–1220 | Harpley; Hardingham; Norfolk | Junior Norfolk Branch | Son of William de Gournay I. Hameline Plantagenet, Earl Warren, gave in marriage his kinswoman Rose, daughter and heir of Reginald de Burnham (Fitz-Philip), about the year 1183. Through Rose he acquired Gurney's manor in Harpley, Norfolk. Gave tithes of Hardingham to the church (Harl. MSS. 970). Held manor of Swathings in Hardingham. Source: DG Record, Part I, pp.278-279, 286; Blomefield, History of Norfolk (Harpley). | • Gurney's manor in Harpley, Norfolk (acquired through marriage to Rose de Burnham c.1183). • Swathings manor in Hardingham. • Runhall. | Confirmed | |
| G30 | William de Gournay I fl. c. 1150–1180 | Runhall; Hardingham; Norfolk; Montigny-sur-Andelle, Normandy | Junior Norfolk Branch | Son of Walter de Gournay. Knight (designated 'Dominus Willelmus de Gurney'). Lord of Runhall and Swathings in Hardingham, Norfolk. Held in capite the lordship of Montigny-sur-Andelle in the Pays de Bray, Normandy — parcel of the great fief of the Lords of Gournay, held in parage (equal tenure). This Norman holding constitutes 'incontestable proof of his descent in blood from the Barons of Gournay' (DG Record, Part I, p.278). Living 1167. Source: DG Record, Part I, pp.277-278, 286; Liber Niger Scaccarii. | • Runhall manor, Norfolk. • Swathings manor in Hardingham, Norfolk. • Montigny-sur-Andelle, Normandy (held in parage from the Dukes of Normandy). | Confirmed | |
| G31 | Walter de Gournay fl. c. 1108–1154 | Norfolk; Suffolk | Junior Norfolk Branch | JUNCTION POINT — JUNIOR NORFOLK BRANCH. Youngest son of Gerard de Gournay (Crusader) and Edith de Warenne. Lived during the civil wars of the reign of Stephen (1135-1154). Held lands in Suffolk under Manasser de Dampmartin (Liber Niger Scaccarii, vol. i, p.298). Ancestor of the entire Norfolk junior Gournay line from which the West Barsham Gurneys, the banking Gurneys, and through Francis Gurney's son John, the American Gurneys descend. His elder brother Hugh IV continued the senior Norman baron line. Source: DG Record, Part I, pp.277-278, 286. | • Lands in Suffolk held under Manasser de Dampmartin (Liber Niger Scaccarii). • Norfolk manors (Runhall, Swathings in Hardingham) — held as mesne lords under the Barons of Gournay. | Confirmed | |
| Norman Barons of England — Post-Conquest Settlement, c. 1066–1214 | |||||||
| G32 | Gerard de Gournay c. 1040 — d. before 1104, Palestine | Gournay-en-Bray, Normandy; Caister, Norfolk | Norman Barons of England | CRUSADER. Married Edith de Warenne (d/o William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey — ~£57bn Domesday equivalent). Joined First Crusade 1096, captured Jerusalem July 1099. Died Holy Land. Daughter Gundred: patroness of Byland Abbey & Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire. | • Caister, Norfolk (English holdings documented). • Gournay-en-Bray seigneury and surrounding Pays de Bray, Normandy. • Lessingham Priory, Norfolk — founded, attached to Abbey of Bec. • Cantley, Norfolk — documented holding. • Norfolk manors inherited from Hugh III (Gen.27) then expanded through Edith de Warenne marriage connection. | Confirmed | |
| G33 | Hugh de Gournay III c. 1020 — d. c. 1093 | Gournay-en-Bray, Normandy → Norfolk & Essex, England | Norman Barons of England | BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 14 Oct. 1066. Received English manors as Conquest reward. Previously sailed to England c.1035 for Edward the Confessor. Witnessed William I's Caen charters 1077 & 1082. Buried Abbey of Bec, Normandy (ruins survive near Brionne). | • Liston, Essex (Domesday 1086 — held directly of the king). • Fordham, Essex (Domesday 1086). • Ardleigh, Essex (Domesday 1086). • Norfolk manors (granted post-Conquest, specific parcels documented in Daniel Gurney's Record as chiefly in Norfolk and Suffolk). • Gournay-en-Bray fortress town and the Norman honour of Bray. • Abbey of Bec, Normandy — endowed and buried here. | Confirmed | |
| G34 | Hugh de Gournay II c. 985 — d. c. 1074 | Gournay-en-Bray, Normandy | Norman Barons of England | Fought at Battle of Mortemer (1054) — one of three principal Norman commanders. Charter witness to Duke William from c.1060. Nicknamed 'The Fortifier' — built Gournay's triple wall, double ditch and tower. Possibly died from wounds at Cardiff c.1074. | • Gournay-en-Bray seigneury — the walled fortress town and surrounding Pays de Bray territory. • 'The Fortifier': built triple wall, double ditch, and tower at Gournay — major investment in the property as a defensive stronghold on the eastern Norman frontier. • No English holdings — pre-Conquest. | Confirmed | |
| G35 | Renaud de Gournay c. 970 — dates uncertain | Gournay-en-Bray, Normandy | Norman Barons of England | Held seigneury of Gournay. Son Gautier de la Ferté founded priory of La Ferté-en-Bray (charter 989-996 names Renaud and his wife Alberade — primary source confirmation of Renaud's existence). | • Gournay-en-Bray seigneury, Pays de Bray, Normandy. • La Ferté-en-Bray priory — endowed by son Gautier citing father Renaud. | Confirmed | |
| G36 | Hugh de Gournay I c. 945–950 — dates uncertain | Gournay-en-Bray, Normandy | Norman Barons of England | Son of Eudes. First lord born in Gournay. First generation to know no homeland but Normandy. | • Gournay-en-Bray seigneury — inherited from Eudes. | Uncertain | |
| Viking Origin — Gournay-en-Bray, Normandy, c. 912 | |||||||
| G~37 | Eudes (Odon) de Gournay c. 860 — d. c. 912 | Scandinavia → Gournay-en-Bray, Normandy (Seine-Maritime dept., France) | Viking Origin | ORIGIN OF THE LINE. Viking warrior, companion of ROLLO. At Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911) Rollo received Normandy from Frankish King Charles the Simple. Eudes received the Pays de Bray as his portion. Daniel Gurney acknowledged: 'the existence of Eudes... is a matter of tradition' — no contemporary document survives. From Eudes to Allen Gurney: ~37 generations, ~1,160 years. | • Gournay-en-Bray and the Pays de Bray, Normandy — granted by Rollo c.911-912 as the founding land grant of the entire Gurney family story. • The town of Gournay-en-Bray survives today in Seine-Maritime, Normandy (~50 miles east of Rouen). 12th-century Collegiate Church of Saint-Hildevert still stands. • This single land grant initiated a documented property-holding lineage lasting ~750 years (911 to 1661 when the West Barsham Gurneys became extinct in the direct male line in England). | Tradition | |
| End of Known Record — The Wall of History | |||||||
| G~38+ | Unknown Scandinavian ancestors Before c. 860 | Scandinavia — Denmark or Norway (unknown) | End of Known Record | WALL OF KNOWABLE HISTORY. Eudes ancestory may parallel that of Rollo given that Eudes was reportedly a companion of Rollo with Norse ancestry (Norse earls of Møre, Norway). Eudes's own parentage and Norse clan are entirely unrecorded. The Gurney male line disappears into the unrecorded Norse world of the 9th century. | • Unknown. No Scandinavian land records attributable to Eudes's ancestors survive. | End of Record | |
Sources: 1994 Gurney genealogical document (Rigler); Daniel Gurney, Record of the House of Gournay (1848); History of Parliament Online; NEHGR; Federal Census 1800–1870; Plymouth County deeds & probate; Blomefield, History of Norfolk; Domesday Survey 1086; Curia Regis Rolls; Pipe Rolls; Ancestry.com; Pennyghael Genealogy; History of Weymouth (1881); this research series Vols. I–VI (March 2026)