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Open question
Open: pin the 1645 Braintree petition to its primary source
Locate the primary page of the May 1645 Braintree (Mount Wollaston) plantation petition naming John Gurney; the current basis is the secondary History of Weymouth report (research lead L-191).
Qualifications and conflicts
- Qualifies Evidence 1645 Braintree plantation petition (signed)The petition datum rests on a secondary report; primary page unlocated (lead L-191).
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, John Gurney family entry (secondary report of the petition)
Topic file location: Colonial Braintree community
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000017 - 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.