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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).
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
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
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000012 - 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.