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This page expands an Evidence link in Colonial Weymouth community: the findings, sources, and qualifications behind the marked passage.
Negative result
Negative: no active military service
No record places John Gurney in active military service: the 1641 powder fine reflects only the ordinary readiness obligation, and a Gurn-variant sweep of the colony military/court records plus a full read of the printed colony records and the Military Company roll (1637-1652) finds him on no campaign, officer, volunteer, or membership list.
Search scope
- Searched: FamilySearch Full-Text Search; Shurtleff, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay (printed) — Massachusetts Bay colony military & court records (MBCR vols 1-5) and the Military Company (Ancient and Honorable Artillery) membership roll
- Coverage window: 1637 to 1652
- Search: Gurn-variant sweep (G[aeiouvy]rn... net) across colony military/court records and a full read of the printed colony records and the company roll, seeking any campaign, officer, volunteer, or company-membership entry for John Gurney.
- Results reviewed: 2
- Limitations: Only the two routine colony-level Gurney entries (1641 powder-fine remission; 1644 Jenner-bill acceptance) were found.; Printed colony records and FTS-indexed films were swept; manuscript town training-band muster rolls survive poorly and were not separately examined.; The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company was a Boston company; absence there does not preclude ordinary Weymouth training-band membership, for which no roll survives.
Qualifications and conflicts
- Qualifies Evidence MBCR 1:331 gunpowder-fine remission (2 June 1641)The service negative keeps the 1641 powder fine from being over-read as evidence of military service (cross-topic).
Sources
- FamilySearch Full-Text Search, AI-transcribed manuscript image collections (deeds, probate, parish and borough records)., Gurn-variant sweep, MA Bay military/court records & Military Company roll, 1637-1652
- Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., ed. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. 1, 1628-1641. Boston: William White, 1853., p. 331
- Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., ed. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, vol. 2, 1642–1649. Boston: William White, 1853, p. 79., p. 79
Technical details
- Evidence marker:
G13-PM-000009 - Primary research item:
G13-RI-000023 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
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