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State of Service: NY
Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service
Birth: Jan 1745 Eastchester / Westchester / NY Death: 13 Nov 1831 Eastchester / Westchester / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
Host to General George Washington's HQ, 1775
Collectoe, Eastchester, NY, 1776-1777
Host to NY Legislature, 1783
Additional References:
Annual Register of History, Politics and Literature for Year 1783,1796, pg 155
History of Westchester County, Vol 1, pg 312
O Hufeland, Early Mount Vernon, 1910, pg 12
S Jenkins, The Old Boston Post Road, 1913, pg 120 & 121
Spouse: (1) Anne Hoagland; (2) Elizabeth XX; Children: Jeronemus Hoogland; John H;
Charles Guion was born January 15, 1745. He was the son of Lewis Guion (b. 1723) and Elizabeth Hunt (not proven), a daughter of Thomas Hunt. Charles married Ann Hoagland (b. circa 1759, d. circa 1791) who was the daughter of John Hoagland and Elizabeth Rapelye of Flushing, New York. Charles and Ann owned the Guion Tavern in Eastchester, New York which was located on the New York to Boston Post Road. They had the following seven children born on the following dates: Martha (Patty), 1778; John 1790; Mary (Polly), 1782; Charles J., 1784; Jeronemus Hoogland, 1786; Juliet, July 6, 1788; Lewis Jr., 1789.
During the Revolutionary War Charles held the following elected Civil Offices:
• 1776 – Town Collector
• 1779 – Overseer of Roads, Purveyor of Public Edifices
Reference: Robert Bolton, History of the County of Westchester from its first settlement to the Present Time, Vol 1, 1848 A.S. Gould, New York, pages 132-133.
Charles was a member of St. Paul’s Church where in 1790 he held the #1 pew which was located by the door. He was a Vestryman of the church from 1804 to 1805, and 1807 to 1817. In 1795 he married Elizabeth [family name not known]. The 1810 Federal Census shows that he owned 2 slaves and records show that he freed his slave Ned in 1820 and Grace was freed in 1821.
In addition to the above mentioned Civil Service, Charles performed Patriot service to the Revolutionary War cause as well. The Papers of George Washington state that he made his headquarters from April 12th to the 16th, 1776 at the Guion Tavern in Eastchester, New York. Family and local tradition is that either at this time or a 3 day period at some other time Washington stayed at the Guion Tavern while he was sick. He was nursed by Ann Guion and her staff until he recovered. Upon leaving he left a servant a shawl. He then asked Ann how he could reward her to which she replied “just kiss me on the right cheek which he did. Charles is said to have said that she should never wash that cheek again. On October 28, 1776 Washington paid off his troops after the battle of White Plains at Guion’s Tavern on the green.
On November 23, 1783 the Provincial Government of New York met at Guion’s Tavern just prior to the British evacuation of New York City on November 25th.
Charles died November 13, 1831 in Eastchester, New York and is buried in St. Paul’s Cemetery.
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