John GUY
1702 - 1744 (42 years)
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Name John GUY Birth 1702 Owermoigne, Dorset 
Baptism 13 Apr 1702 Owermoigne, Dorset [1] Gender Male Occupation Labourer [2] Death 1744 Owermoigne, Dorset [2] Burial 4 Nov 1744 Owermoigne, Dorset [2] Person ID I1225 Webb Last Modified 1 Jun 2025
Father John GUY Relationship natural Mother Edith ???? Relationship natural Family ID F417 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joanna SANSOM, b. 1706, Broadmayne, Dorset Marriage 16 Apr 1727 St. Peter, Dorchester, Dorset [3] Notes - This marriage record appears to be the most sensible.... I can find no record of suitable baptisms before Mary in 1731, in Owermoigne or any nearby village or town. So there is a gap between the marriage and the first child, but perhaps not unreasonable either.
The marriage record says they were both from Owermoigne, so I am not sure why they were married in Dorchester, and it is possible that one or both of them had worked there or that Joanna was pregnant (but no baptism record to say this)
Children 1. Joseph GUY, b. 1739, Owermoigne, Dorset d. 1777, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset (Age 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Joan GUY, b. 1740/41, Owermoigne, Dorset [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Ann GUY, b. 1737, Owermoigne, Dorset [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. James GUY, b. 1736, Owermoigne, Dorset d. 1737, Owermoigne, Dorset (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Mary GUY, b. 1734, Owermoigne, Dorset [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. Edith GUY, b. 1743, Owermoigne, Dorset d. 1744/45, Owermoigne, Dorset (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Mary GUY, b. 1731, Owermoigne, Dorset d. 1732, Owermoigne, Dorset (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F400 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jun 2025
- This marriage record appears to be the most sensible.... I can find no record of suitable baptisms before Mary in 1731, in Owermoigne or any nearby village or town. So there is a gap between the marriage and the first child, but perhaps not unreasonable either.
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Event Map 
Birth - 1702 - Owermoigne, Dorset 
Baptism - 13 Apr 1702 - Owermoigne, Dorset 
Marriage - 16 Apr 1727 - St. Peter, Dorchester, Dorset Death - 1744 - Owermoigne, Dorset Burial - 4 Nov 1744 - Owermoigne, Dorset = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Internet sites suggest that John's mother was Edith STEVENS, but I can see no evidence for this.
The details for John, and thus any siblings and ancestors is speculative, but are based on the assumption that he lived all his life in Owemoigne. His death is chosen on the basis of suitable burials soon after the birth of what appears to be his youngest child. Thus all the story is at risk of change with more information.
Interestingly there is a John Guy son of John and Jane baptised on 21/12/1755 at Owemoigne. It is perhaps unlikely that there were two John Guys in Owemoigne around this time, so it is perhaps possible that John remarried after Joanna died, and did not die in 1744. There are some internet sites that have him dieing in 1762, but it seems to be linked to either a burial in London, or a findagrave site for an Owemoigne resident that links to somebody being baptised in 1704. I am not sure how certain this is, but it is possible that the John baptised in 1755 was to this John who died in 1762.
- Internet sites suggest that John's mother was Edith STEVENS, but I can see no evidence for this.
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