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Finding
The parentage claim attaches to Francis the Merchant Taylor, not to the two same-named contemporaries
The Candidate B parentage attaches specifically to Francis Gurney the West Barsham gentleman and Merchant Taylor, and is protected against two same-named contemporaries — the Norwich laceweaver of St Peter Mountergate and Parmentergate, and a St Giles Cripplegate joiner. Keeping the three apart is what stops the argument from absorbing the wrong household's records, and it is the reason the Costessey property and the 1640 Cripplegate infant John belong to neither the emigrant nor his father.
Why this conclusion
- Supported by Evidence 1640 St Giles Cripplegate burial: a third Francis Garney, joiner, and his infant JohnA third London Francis, a joiner, must also be kept out of the household.
- Supported by Evidence Rye's two-Francis separation, anchored by the 1627 Parmentergate apprenticeship of James GurneySimultaneous independent records place the Merchant Taylor and the laceweaver in two cities in 1627.
Qualifications and conflicts
- Qualifies Identity hypothesis Candidate B: John was probably the son of Francis Gurney and Margaret RybettThe parentage claim is only sound if it attaches to the right one of three same-named men.
Topic file location: Identity — Candidate B: Norfolk parentage
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000165 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
/assets/g13-graph/findings/G13-RI-000165.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.