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Evidence
1695-96 Providence warning-out of John Gurney, a stranger
Providence, Rhode Island's town council ordered a transient "John Gurney" to leave town on 31 March 1695; when he returned, the council in 1696 ordered him apprehended and fined 5 shillings or whipped twelve stripes and removed from town.
Date: 31 March 1695; enforcement order 1696
Why this conclusion
- Supports Finding The Providence John and Sarah Gurney household, 1695-1714: real but unconnectedThe 1695-96 warning-out record is direct primary evidence of the Providence John Gurney household.
Sources
- FamilySearch Full-Text Search, AI-transcribed manuscript image collections (deeds, probate, parish and borough records)., Providence Town Records 1677-1750, images 166-168 (arks 3Q9M-C9B8-WS3V-Y, WS3C-L, WS3F-S)
Topic file location: Family — colonial collaterals
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000136 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
/assets/g13-graph/findings/G13-RI-000136.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.