These research notes are provided as-is and contain supplementary working research.
Analysis
Ann/Gilman as a Gurney instance on the Norfolk corridor
The Ann Gurney x John Gilman marriage threads a Gurney-surname connection through the same Norfolk-to-New-England corridor that received John. It took place at Hingham, Norfolk - ancient Gurney manorial territory (the manor of Hingham Gurneys) and one of the parishes that fed the Norfolk cohort settling Hingham, Massachusetts - into a Norfolk worsted-weaving family, and the couple's son emigrated to New England. Whether or not Ann was John's own sister (an open question), the connection is a concrete Gurney instance on the corridor; if the sisterhood holds, it places a second Gurney sibling on the Norfolk-to-New-England route, reinforcing the corridor reading of a Norfolk origin. The origin conclusion itself is held to the identity work.
Why this conclusion
- Depends on Open question Was Ann Gurney (Gilman) John's sister?The 'second sibling on the corridor' weight is conditional on the unresolved sisterhood.
Related context
- Provides context for Analysis The Norfolk-Hingham reception corridor fits a Norfolk originA concrete Gurney-surname instance travelling the Hingham-Norfolk corridor contextualizes adjacent Hingham as a plausible reception corridor fitting a Norfolk origin, while the force of a second sibling remains conditional on unresolved sisterhood.
Sources
- Blomefield, Francis. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. 11 vols. London, 1805–1810., vol. 2 (1805), p. 445: Hingham parish and the Gurney manorial holding ('Hingham Gurneys').
Appears in
- John Gurney identity case file — The Ann Gurney / John Gilman connection as a Gurney thread on the Norfolk-to-New-England corridor, a second sibling if the sisterhood holds (case file section 7).
Topic file location: Origin — migration and reception network
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000191 - 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.