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Finding
Arrival window: 1638–early 1641
John Gurney reached New England in 1638–early 1641: bounded below by his original (pre-1643) Weymouth grants and his 1641 presence, and above by the sharp post-1640 falloff of the Great Migration.
Date: 1638–early 1641
Why this conclusion
- Required by Analysis Passenger silence is expected in the 1639-41 Great-Migration tailThe timing reading rests on the arrival window (1638-early 1641) fixed in the arrival-chronology unit.
- Synthesized by Analysis Shared matching-criteria profile: tailor, wife Mary, five named children, birth c.1602–1610, gone from England by 1641The 1638-early-1641 arrival window bounds the 'gone from English records by c.1641' strand of the profile.
- Depends on Finding Earliest firm presence: Weymouth by 30 May/2 June 1641The arrival window rests on the 1641 presence datum.
- Supported by Evidence Nash (1885): John an original Weymouth grantee before 1643Original pre-1643 Weymouth grants bound arrival below.
- Required by Finding Admitted Weymouth inhabitant (c. 1638/9-1642/4)The inhabitant-standing conclusion rests on John being an original pre-1643 Weymouth grantee (cross-topic); the manuscript grants (G13-RI-000019) reach the arrival finding through this hop.
Qualifications and conflicts
- Qualified by Published-source statement Anderson GMD (2025): arrival 1636, Boston/Braintree, origin UnknownAnderson's published 1636 arrival and Boston/Braintree settlement (Weymouth excluded) is the standing published estimate; the pre-1643 Weymouth grants, the 'of Weymouth' 1641 petition, and the post-1640 Great Migration falloff revise the window to 1638-early 1641 and locate his first residence at the Weymouth Anderson omits.
Related context
- Context from Negative result Absent from Weymouth's 1636 Fresh Pond great-lot rollThe 1636 householder absence is a cross-topic lower edge on the arrival window developed in the arrival-chronology unit (arrival after 1636).
Sources
- Chamberlain, George Walter, and Channing Harris Cox, comps. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. 4 vols. Published by the Weymouth Historical Society (Howard H. Joy, President), under direction of the town. Weymouth, Mass.: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923. Vol. 3 carries the Genealogy of Weymouth families (John Gurney Sr. and Richard Gurney entries)., vol. 3, p. 251
as early as 3 Feb. 1651-52; whether he ever resided in Weymouth is a matter of doubt
- Nash, Gilbert. Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, from 1622 to 1884. Weymouth, Massachusetts: Town of Weymouth, under the auspices of the Weymouth Historical Society, 1885. Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston., Appendix C, pp. 258, 278, 282
Topic file location: Colonial arrival chronology
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000006 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
/assets/g13-graph/findings/G13-RI-000006.json
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