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Evidence
1714 Providence will and inventory of Sarah Gurney; husband John Gurney alive
Sarah Gurney of Providence died 16 April 1714; her will of 31 March 1714, proved 30 April 1714, names her husband John Gurney as still living — he witnessed the will and co-appraised the inventory by mark — and leaves everything to her children by a prior marriage, all surnamed Field.
Date: will 31 March 1714; Sarah d. 16 April 1714; proved 30 April 1714
Why this conclusion
- Supports Finding The Providence John and Sarah Gurney household, 1695-1714: real but unconnectedThe 1714 will and inventory is direct primary evidence closing out the Providence household and its lack of Gurney offspring.
Sources
- FamilySearch Full-Text Search, AI-transcribed manuscript image collections (deeds, probate, parish and borough records)., Early Records of the Town of Providence: council meeting image 220 (ark WS3H-N); will/attestation image 412 (ark GSPG-8); inventory/death-date image 414 (ark GSPP-T); executor bond, Providence Probate Records image 392 (ark 3Q9M-C95S-Q9DR-L)
Topic file location: Family — colonial collaterals
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000137 - 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.