[Ga-Nc Collins]

GUY FAMILY

1. Guy, born say 1660, was a “Negroe” who was living in Island Hundred, Talbot County, on 15 November 1687 when the court ordered that he serve James Downs for two years as punishment for begetting an illegitimate child by Downs’ servant Elizabeth Vincent sometime before 15 March 1685/6. Their daughter Barbara Vincent was bound to Downs until the age of twenty-one. Downs gave Guy his freedom on 2 May 1690 [Judgment Record 1686-9, 68, 173; Chattel Records 1689-92, 320]. They may have been the ancestors of

2 i. Joseph, born say 1713.

2. Joseph¹ Guy, born say 1713, a “mulatto” man, was convicted of marrying a white woman named Bridget in Queen Anne’s County in 1735 [Judgment Record 1732-5, 526]. They may have been the parents of

i. Joseph², head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 6 “other free” in 1800 [MD:173].

ii. Richard, head of a St. Jones Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 8 “other free” in 1800 [DE:47].

iii. John, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County household of 2 “other free” in 1800 [DE:118] and a “F.N.” head of a Kent County household of 3 in 1810 [DE:64].

iv. Samuel, head of a Little Creek Hundred, Kent County household of 4 “other free” in 1800 [DE:35].

v. George, “F. N.” head of a Kent County household of 6 “other free” in 1810 [DE:19].

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