These research notes are provided as-is and contain supplementary working research.
Open question
Was Ann Gurney (Gilman) John's sister?
Whether the Ann Gurney who married John Gilman at Hingham in 1626 was John Gurney's sister is unresolved. The Pease genealogy identifies her as a daughter of Francis Gurney by his first marriage - which, if correct, would make her John's sister - but no primary record links her to Francis, her Gilman children were baptised at West Dereham some twenty miles from Francis's East Dereham parish, and a separately recorded Ann Gurney married Peter Woodcocke at West Dereham in 1618/19 and may be a different woman. The kinship rests on a single compiled genealogy, not a record.
Why this conclusion
- Depends on Evidence Ann Gurney x John Gilman, Hingham Norfolk 1626The sisterhood question is built on the documented Gilman-Gurney marriage and family record.
- Required by Analysis Ann/Gilman as a Gurney instance on the Norfolk corridorThe 'second sibling on the corridor' weight is conditional on the unresolved sisterhood.
Sources
- FreeREG (parish register transcription project). freereg.org.uk., West Dereham, Norfolk, marriage of Ann Gurney and Peter Woodcocke, 8 February 1618/19 (NRO PD 192/2; FreeREG index) - a separately recorded Ann Gurney who may be a distinct person.
- Pease, Howard. Gurney family genealogy. pennyghael.org.uk/Gurney.pdf., 'Gurney family genealogy' (Pennyghael, 2021): Ann identified as a daughter of Francis Gurney by his first marriage. Compiled genealogy, not a record.
Topic file location: Origin — migration and reception network
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000190 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
/assets/g13-graph/findings/G13-RI-000190.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.