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This page expands an Evidence link in Colonial Braintree community: the findings, sources, and qualifications behind the marked passage.

Finding

Principal Braintree land was the leased Tyng farm (future Adams seat)

John Gurney's principal Braintree landholding was leasehold, not freehold: the Tyng farm he held continuously c. 1647–1662 was a tenancy, and the northern part of 'the Gurney farm' later became the Adams family seat (the Old House, Quincy).

Confidence: Moderate-high

Why this conclusion

Supported by Evidence Tyng farm lease, 1647–1662 (continuous tenancy)The lease record underpins the leasehold finding.

Related context

Context from Analysis Two distinct Braintree properties: leased Tyng farm vs. Monatiquot freeholdSeparates the 'Gurney farm' tradition from the personal homestead.

Sources

National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Report, Adams National Historic Site, Quincy, Massachusetts. 1997., pp. 12–13; Fig. 1

Appears in

John Gurney fact sheet — Highlight: 'From 1647 until 1662 John leased a forty-five-acre Braintree farm from William Tyng … became the Adams family seat.'

Topic file location: Colonial Braintree community

Also covered here

Evidence Tyng farm lease, 1647–1662 (continuous tenancy)

Technical details

Evidence marker: G13-PM-000003
Primary research item: G13-RI-000012
Graph revision: 244
Machine-readable JSON: /assets/g13-graph/marker-bundles/G13-PM-000003.json