Charlotte Ann Guy was born November 30, 1806 and was christened on Christmas Day of that same year. She was the daughter of William Guy and Charlotte Cooke. She was the youngest of the family of five children. Charlotte’s father passed away when she was only seven years old.
When she was 19, she became engaged to William Jones. Because William and Charlotte were both under age to get married, they had to first get consent from their parents. The ceremony was performed by Reverend Robert Strong. William and Charlotte could not write, so they placed the usual X by their names.
William was able to rent a house, some land and pasture rights from Ebworth Park where he worked as a farm laborer. William and Charlotte began