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Evidence
Porter (1878) gloss: 'Ludden and Gurney were of Weymouth'
Porter's Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter (1878), p. 225, quotes the 1641 court order and glosses it "Ludden and Gurney were of Weymouth."
Why this conclusion
- Supports Finding Earliest firm presence: Weymouth by 30 May/2 June 1641Secondary gloss independently attests Weymouth.
Sources
- Porter, Joseph W. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter, Who Settled at Weymouth, Mass., 1635, and Allied Families: Also, Some Account of the Descendants of John Porter, Who Settled at Hingham, Mass., 1635, and Salem (Danvers) Mass., 1644. Bangor, [Maine], 1878, p. 225., p. 225
Ludden and Gurney were of Weymouth
Topic file location: Colonial arrival chronology
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000003 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
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This is one research item from the John Gurney research graph; the fuller narrative treatment is in the linked topic above and the research library.