These research notes are provided as-is and contain supplementary working research.
Analysis
When the Jenner debt may have begun
The debt probably began during Jenner's Weymouth years rather than after he moved to Saco, but only by a modest margin. The current arrival range allows John and Jenner to overlap at Weymouth in 1638–40. By 1644, John was leaving Weymouth or had recently left for Braintree, so an older debt being settled then makes sense. But the account does not date the debt, explain Thomas Lake's part in it, or show that John filed the claim because he was moving.
Why this conclusion
- Analyzes Finding Admitted Weymouth inhabitant (c. 1638/9-1642/4)Uses John's early Weymouth residence as context for the possible debt period.
- Analyzes Finding Credit tie to Rev. Thomas Jenner, Weymouth's ministerSeparates the 1644 Jenner claim from the limited inference about when the debt may have begun.
Related context
- Provides context for Finding Arrival window: 1636–early 1641Slightly favors the earlier part of the probable arrival range but does not date arrival.
- Provides context for Finding Braintree residence, c. 1645–1662/3Uses the later Braintree residence only as timing context; it does not establish why the claim was filed.
Topic file location: Colonial Weymouth community
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000205 - Graph revision:
381 - Machine-readable JSON:
/assets/g13-graph/findings/G13-RI-000205.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.