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Evidence
At least five distinct Buckinghamshire John Gurney households, 1621-1664
A walk of the Findmypast Buckinghamshire marriage, burial, and baptism indexes finds at least five distinct seventeenth-century John Gurney households beyond Candidate A's own: John Gurney + Elizabeth at East Claydon (children Elinor 1632, Samuel 1636; burial 17 Apr 1654); John Gurney + Elizabeth at Chesham (children Andtr, Martha; burials Jul 1672 and 11 Jun 1678); John Gurney + Anne at Wing (children James 1650, Elizabeth 1652); John Gurney + Mary at Cublington (son Isaac, baptized 1664, after the colonial John's own 1662/3 death); and a Luke Gurney household at Aylesbury (four children 1621-1635, not a John Gurney line). A seventh Aylesbury head of household, Edward Gurny, is separately documented (a son buried 1665, a daughter baptized 1666).
Related context
- Context from Finding Candidate A eliminated: continuous Buckinghamshire/Northamptonshire residence, 1603-1653The wider Bucks household map shows the surname was common in the county, weakening any bare-surname suspicion.
Sources
- Buckinghamshire Baptism Index, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, transcribed parish baptism records, Bucks Archives; served via Findmypast., East Claydon, Chesham, Wing, and Cublington baptism entries
- Buckinghamshire Burial Index, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, transcribed parish burial records, Bucks Archives; served via Findmypast., East Claydon burial 17 Apr 1654 (PR51/1/1); Chesham burials Jul 1672 and 11 Jun 1678 (D/A/T/42); Edward Gurny's son buried 2 Feb 1665 (B24)
- Buckinghamshire Marriage Index, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, transcribed parish marriage records, Bucks Archives; served via Findmypast., Household map cross-reference to the marriage index
- England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch indexed records., Luke Gurney's four Aylesbury children, 1621-1635; Edward Gurny's daughter baptized 1666
Topic file location: Identity — Candidate A: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000108 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
/assets/g13-graph/findings/G13-RI-000108.json
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.