#52Ancestors – No. 42 – Lemuel Guy

This post is number 42 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.

The Guy family line is on my maternal grandmother’s side of the family.  Katherine (Katie) Traylor Guy (my 2nd great grandmother) married David Roll in 1882.  Katie is the daughter of Clydus Alexander Guy (1828-bef 1890), who is the son of Lemuel Guy.

Lemuel, what an usual name.  Had to look it up online.  It is the name of a biblical king mentioned in the Book of Proverbs.  A Hebrew name meaning, “devoted to God.”  Several members of the “Guy” were members of the Baptist clergy in the mid-1800s. The name is still in use today.  It is the first name of, Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman, Lemuel Jeanpierre.

Lemuel Guy, born about 1785, in Duplin County, North Carolina; where is lived his whole life.  He and his wife Rebecca Gore Guy are enumerated on the 1850 census.  Lemuel is not listed with his wife on the 1860 census.  He probably died between 1850 and 1860.

Lemuel was a farmer in an area now known as Warsaw, NC.  Located east of Fayetteville, NC. The value of his property in 1850 was $600.

Lemuel’s parentage cannot be accurate confirmed.  Online trees list his parents as Lemuel Guy (ca. 1725-1794) and Mae Sarah Davis (ca. 1727-1800).  Just by looking at the dates you can see that there is not a match.  The mother would have been approximately 58 years old if she gave birth to Lemuel (the younger) in 1785. The father also would be 60 years old.  My theory is that there may be a generation between the two.

More detail is needed to confirm what is alleged at this time.  I question that younger Lemuel is the father of Clydus Alexander Guy.  Lemuel lived and died in Duplin County.  Census records for Clydus state he was born in Tennessee.  There is a recorded marriage for Clydus (Alxd) Guy and Katherine Hickman, in Grainger County, Tennessee, in 1846.

There are a lot of questions to be added to the Guy Family research project.

 

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