1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, District 91,
page 12, Hse #114, Fam #118
Few, Benjamin F W M 50 Physician SC SC SC [b abt 1830]
Few, Rachel M W F 40 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1840]
Few, Robert A W M 14 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1866]
Few, William P W M 12 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1868]
Few, Sallie L W F 9 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1871]
Few, Ignatius P W M 8 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1872]
Few, Ella L W F 6 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1874]
"Ignatius Pierce Few, m 1895 Fannie Cannon; they were the parents of 11
children, one of whom is Benjamin Franklin Few, President of Liggett and Myers
Tobacco Co, and another is Rev E C Few, Methodist minister.
"Ellie Few, unmarried, lives at the old home in Greer, South Carolina."
-- John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families Vol 1 (Clearfield Co,
Redwood City, Calif, 1957), p 65, courtesy of Ancestry.com
South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
Ignatius Pierce Few
Age 82, Retired Farmer, Widowed
Birth Date 28 March 1872 South Carolina
Residence 1202 West Poinsett St, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina
Father Benjamin F Few
Mother Rachel Few
Spouse Fannie Cannon
Informant Mrs Rachel Smith
Death 9 July 1954 died at home, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
(The death certificate says the location was Chick Springs, which is listed in
all lists and references in Taylors, not Greer, but in the same county. The
given street address is in Greer.)
Cause of Death Massive Coronary Occlusion about 2 hours before death
Burial 12 July 1954 in Edgewood Cemetery, Greer, by the Wood Mortuary, Greer
Filed 15 July 1954
Greenville County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1901-1975
I P Few, Age 82, Birth Date abt 1872
Death July 1954 Greer [Greenville County]
Obituary published 11 Jul 1954 Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
--
https://www.greenvillelibrary.org/research/obituaries
1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, O'Neal
Township, page 13, Hse #123, Fam #124
Few, James W M 54 Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1826]
Few, Mary W F 50 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1830]
Few Ameila [Amelia] W F 31 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1849]
Few, Sarah C W F 26 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1854]
Few, William H W M 23 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1857]
Few, Ignatius W M 21 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1859]
Few, Ira C W M 19 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1861]
Few, Mary M W F 17 Dau Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1863]
Few, Columbus L W M 14 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1866]
Few, Kallip W M 12 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1868]
Few, John A W M 10 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1870]
Few, Benjamin F W M 6 Son Single SC SC SC [b abt 1874]
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Ira Clem Few
Birth 8 Jun 1861 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death 15 Apr 1935 (aged 73) Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
Burial Mount Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sunset, Pickens County,
South Carolina
Ira, Son of James R Few & Mary B Gregory, Married Lillie Belle McCollum,
Daughter of John Wesley McCollum & Jane Maulden, 02 May 1897, Pickens Co SC.
To this marriage were born: Clarence, Clyde, Floy M, Bessie, Dwight, Bessie,
Leo, Marene, Hattie, Elizabeth, Ira & Edna.
Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle 2nd cousin, 4 times removed of Ira Few
Parents:
James Few 1826-1910
Mary B Gregory Few 1830-1899
Spouse Lillie Belle McCollom Few 1879-1963
Siblings:
Caroline Few Barbare 1849-1942
James Robert Few 1854-1921
Ira Clem Few 1861-1935
Mary Mamie Few 1863-1890
Columbus Lee Few 1865-1943
Caleb Asbury Few 1867-1931
John Oscar Few 1869-1922
Benjamin Franklin Few 1873-1911
Children:
Jefferson Clyde Few 1899-1972
Floy M Few 1901-1969
Dwight William Few 1904-1975
Ignatius Leo Few 1906-1994
Morene Few Hunter 1909-1991
Hattie Florence Few 1911-1990
Mary Elizabeth Few 1914-2004
Edna Few Looper 1918-2000
Maintained by Amanda Few Allen, Originally Created by Donnie Ruyle 14 Apr 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial 35877788,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35877788/ira-clem-few
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U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Isaac Few
Hannah Stanfield
27 December 1698 Marriage Intention Announced to the meeting Delaware County,
Pennsylvania
Minutes, Chester Monthly Meeting,Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
William Few
Spouse Mary Wheeler
Parents Isaac Few, Hannah Stanfield
Birth 16 May 1714 Chester County, Kennett Twp, Pennsylvania
Marriage Place:
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Marriage 1742
Death 27 Jul 1794 Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns from the 1700s
By Orville Boyd Jenkins
Posted on Ancestry.com 16 October 2017
One factor in reconstructing a family lineage are patterns of movement and
migration. These migration paths are helpful in finding and evaluating
records in our Gregory and related Few line. We see Gregory records in a
generational pattern along the migration streams along the tidewater area or
valleys southwards and westward.
Westward
Records are being discovered in the westward line from Philadelphia through
Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, through what is now West Virginia, still
part of Virginia in the era we are looking at, and on to Ohio and Indiana.
Brothers John, Richard and Benjamin Gregory, thought to be sons of Isaac
Gregory of Pennsylvania, are mentioned several times in lists of residents of
old Frederick County, Virginia, a large area at the northern end of the
Shenandoah Valley, also on a common east-west migration route.
Records for a younger Richard Gregory are found in Culpeper County and
Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania
border. These two counties were established in 1749, cut out of Orange
County, the original huge area from which Frederick County was originally
established in 1743. These counties bordered Frederick County on the east.
Dates and locations of various records match a line of movement from the
residence of Richard's likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania,
into Frederick County, and later back to eastern Virginia in Prince William
County, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of
migration connects with the great Shenandoah Valley running southwestward
along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West
Virginia.
Records for a Lewis Gregory, who appears to be a son of Benjamin, son of
Isaac, are found along this Shenadoah Valley route then across into the part
of Virginia that later became Kentucky, one of the areas where Fews and
Gregorys come into contact. This matches the pattern of residence and
Gregory-Few marriages in some of these areas along this southward line of
migration. Details are found in individual notes for the Fews and Gregorys.
Gregorys from this lineage moved westward a bit to the part of Virginia that
is now northern Kentucky.
Southward
Gregorys are found along the Shenandoah Valley which runs southwestward from
Hagerstown to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee, on the border, on through Jefferson
and Cocke County, which were all one area of North Carolina, then East
Tennessee (current I-81 to I-40 to Knoxville) in the 1700s and early 1800s and
on toward Cherokee and contiguous counties in Alabama.
We find Gregorys that appear to be from two different lineages who followed
the Shenandoah or similar route from Philadelphia-Baltimore through Virginia
into Tennessee, our line through the easterly route of the named east
Tennessee counties, the other a bit more westerly, with members of both lines
in Kentucky.
These two lines seem to be connected to the same line from Pennsylvania and
northern Virginia. But there are indication of one or two separate migration
streams in the same areas. Early sources are not clear on these lines, and
similar names in what may be different lineages seem to have been confused in
some genealogies.
I have been through all these areas and explored these lines of migration so
have these in mind as I read through records and watch for connections and
clues.
Westward Ho
Gregorys in the line of James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis are found in
those counties of Tennessee from Jefferson-Cocke on to Knox, McMinn (where we
find both these Gregorys, with apparently no crossover), Franklin, etc, in the
westward migration route. Gregorys of our lineage also seem to have moved
northwestward through the mountain passes toward Louisville.
Fews and Gregorys are connected in the states of Virginia, Kentucky (which was
originally part of Virginia colony), North Carolina and Tennessee (which was
originally part of North Carolina Colony) in several generations. The Fews in
North Carolina apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into
Tennessee into Jefferson County, Tennessee, and surrounding counties where
they connected again with the Gregory lineage. We find them in the family of
Francis Marion Few from North Carolina Jefferson County, Tennessee, where his
daughter Letha married Andrew Jackson Gregory, my great great grandfather's
brother.
Crossflow
Traffic went both ways along those Midwestern routes over a period of two
centuries. Fews moved into the Louisville, Kentucky, area from Indiana
(across the Ohio River. Gregorys and Fews also moved from eastern Tennessee
into Kentucky.
Great migrations northward occurred in the 1920s and later because of
extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South.
The depression added to this exodus northward. Midwestern droughts
accelerated movement to California. Further industrialization in the next two
decades and after WWII accelerated this migration northward and westward.
The geographical indicators are not only contiguous counties, but similarly in
the counties along these common natural migration routes, which also reveal
patterns of the same family decade to decade and generation to generation.
These patterns match the same kinds of patterns we find in ethnic
investigations all over the world.
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Family Data Collection - Births
Isaac Few
Father Richard Few
Mother Jane Whitfield
Birth 6 Apr 1664 Wiltshire
Another birth colleciton reports a different county of birth for the same
birthday and same parents' names (lacking mother's maiden name).
Family Data Collection - Births
Isaac Few
Father Richard Few
Mother Jane
Birth 6 Apr 1664 Garston County, England
Friends (Quaker) Meeting minutes report the birth dates of all children of
Richard and Joan/Jane, under the heading "Lavington Births." Perhaps this
refers to their residence location , rather to the discrete locaitin of birth
for each child.
England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
Joane Ffew daughter Birth 22 Jan 1651
Richard Ffew sonne Birth 26 Dec 1653
Walter Ffew sonne Birth 3 Sep 1656
Daniell Ffew sonne Birth 20 Nov 1660
Isaac Ffew sonne Birth 6 Apr 1664
Joseph Ffew sonne Birth 21 Feb 1666
Births in Lavington, Wiltshire, England, p 414 (scan p 33)
Father Richard Ffew
Quarterly Meeting of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
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More About RICHARD FEW:
Burial September 1688, Pennsylvania [note the historical source above, on his
will, has date of will proving in court as March 1689 (1688).]
Church Quaker
Emigration June 02, 1681, Left England
Immigration Bef. September 12, 1682, Arrived in America
Occupation Shoemaker
More About JANE WHITFIELD:
Burial April 1674, England
More About RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD:
Marriage Bet. 1640 - 1667, England
More About RICHARD FEW and JULIAN UNKNOWN:
Marriage England
Children of RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD are:
i. JOANE FEW, b. January 22, 1650/51, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown,
Unknown; m. (1) UNKNOWN, b. Unknown, Unknown; m. (2) ROBERT SILVESTER,
Unknown, Unknown; b. Unknown, Horsely, County of Glouchester, Mercer; d.
Unknown, Unknown.
Marriage Unknown, Unknown
2. ii. RICHARD JR. FEW, b. December 26, 1653, England; d. Bef. 1682,
Wiltshire, England.
iii. WALTER FEW, b. July 03, 1656, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown, Unknown.
iv. DANIEL FEW, b. November 20, 1660, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown,
Unknown.
3. v. ISAAC FEW,SR, b. April 06, 1664, Wiltshire, England; d. 1734, Kenneth,
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
vi. JOSEPH FEW, b. February 21, 1665/66, Wiltshire, England; d. Bef. 1682,
Wiltshire, England. Burial Bef. 1682, England
-- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com,
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0001.html
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Isaac was one of the executors of his father's will,along with Richard's wife
Julian. Other chidlren were mentioend, along with Susana Few, Richard's
granddaughter, the daughter of Richard's son Richard. This would indicate
that his son died before Richard.
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Will of RICHARD FEW SR.
...
First I do give & bequeath unto my son ISAAC all my purchased land conserning
two hundred & twenty acres as allso my citey lot at Philadelphia with all
apurtaning thereof to him my said Son ISAAC for him and his heirs forever he
allowing my wife JULIAN the one half of ye said 2 hundred and 20 acres viz so
much of it as is or shall be cleared & manuered during her naturell life, she
allowing the one half of ye charge it shall be expended thereupon during her
said naturell life.
Furthermore my will is that my said Wife shall likewise have herr abode and
habitation in ye house with my son ISAAC during her natural like allso unless
at any time ye house should not be thought convenient or that they should not
agree so as to live together that then my son ISAAC shall at his own proper
cost & charge build for my said Wife a convenient house of stone of seven feet
high in ye wall & 14 long within the walls & 12 feet wide withing ye walls
with a convenient chimmey in it.
I so allso give unto my said Wife ye one half of ye stock that is raised upon
ye plantation and ye increase thereof during her naturell life also and at her
death then it shall be given and disposed of to my children & grandcildren and
that my Son's Wife shall have the disposing thereof as to which of them shall
seem meet and most becoming.
Alas my will is yt all my debts and other charges be born & defrayed equally
between my said Wife & my said Son ISAAC and further my Wife shall have ye use
of half of ye household goods & untensells of husbandry during her life also.
But if my said Wife should marey again then my will is yt my said son ISAAC
shall have ye whole estate real & personall as above & yt my said Wife shall
at ye end of six months after ye day of her mareing go of the plantation, he
my said son alowing her 10 pound ye said 10 pound to be paid her at or before
ye end of six months after ye day of her so maring.
Also my will is that my granddaughter SUSANA FEW shall be sufficienty brought
up and maintened with sufficient meat drink and apparell & learning sutable
for her ye charge of ye said maintainance & learning to be born equally
between my said Wife and my said son ISAAC until she be 18 years of age.but if
my Wife should mary as above yt then my son ISAAC should have ye care &
EDUCATION of her my said grandchild. [This seems toindicate that Susana's
father, Richard's son Richard, has died before his father.]
And also I do give unto my to said sons WALTER and DANIEL FEW & to my daughter
JOAN FEW 5 pounds apiece
...
And I do make my well beloved wife and my son ISAAC my lawful executrix &
executor to carefully execute my last will & testament according to ye true
intent and meaning thereof.
...
Signed in ye presence of us whose names are under wrighten. Proven 26 March
1689
-- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com,
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0001.html
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Quaker Monthly Meeting minutes provided a brief account of the events in the
lives of Isaac Few and his Wife Hannah Stanfield. An entry in the Chester
minutes, February 01,1689 stated that Isaac Few and Jane Thatcher proposed
their marriage intentions; the terse ending with no explanation: "not
continued.
Ten years later, January 27, 1699, Isaac Few and Hannah Stanfield of Marple --
marriage intentions allowed, " was recorded.
A move from Chester Township to Kennet after Isaac's father's death read, " 3,
11 mo., 1708, Isaac Few requested certificate to Kennet, Newark. "On 16, 2
mon., 1709, he deeded 180 acres of land in Chester to John Faucett ("Chester
County, Deed Book C, page 94").
Isaac Few was amoung the first to take up land in Kennet. The first surveys
had been made about 1686, but there were few settlements until after
1700.Isaac Taylor's list of land surveys in 1703 showed Isaac Few owned 600
acres on Brandywine Creek ("Futhey and Cope, Chester County, Pennsyvania, Page
179).
He died intestate in 1734. After the oldest son Richard assigned his rights
of administration to his brother James, letters of administration were granted
to James on his posting £1,500 bond with Daniel Webb and John Pasomon, 22
October 1734 ("Chester County administration Docket 1, page 145")
Chester County Deeds Book "C" Page 95:
"Thiis indenture made the 16th day of 4th month called April in the 7th year
of the Rein of our sovereign Lady Queen Anne of Great Brittain, France and
Ireland Anno Dom 1709. Between Isasc Few late of the town of Chester of the
one part and John Fawcett of the Township of Rigley, Carpenter of the other
part witnesseth.£160 good current silver money - all that messuage or demesne
where the said Isaac did lately dwell situate in the township of Chester afsd
[aforesaid]. with tract of land belonging to said messuage along Chester creek
to Ridley Brook - 180 acres, signed Isaac Few, Witnesses Henry Hollingworth,
John Simcock, James ??.
Chester County Deed Book "E" Page 74: April 30,1723, Between Isaac Few of
Kennett, yeoman, and James Few, Cooper -- 47 acres (of the 200 bought of Mary
Huntley) for 25 pounds paid by James Few, signed Isaac Few.
BooK "E" Page 176:
13 April 1726: James Few and Dorcas his wife to William Harvey of Kenneth,
Muleteer. £51 [English money] same 47 acres, signed James Few, Dorcas Few.
History of Chester County Futhey and Cope:
Page 180, Isaac Few listed as a taxable in Kennet, rate 1715 for F O S 3 [?]
Page 6:
Records of the court of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Page 97: Isaac Few
being attested, declareth that a drunken Indian passed him with a empty bottle
saying he was going to Thomas Colborne and came back with 2 full bottles of
Rum. [Court at Chester 3rd day 7th month 1687]
Page 159: Isaac Few past over a deed dated ye 4th day 1st month 1688 unto
George Churchman for a parcel of land in Chester.
Page 227: Isaac Few supervisor for chester for ye ensuing [Court of Chester]
9th day 10th month 1690.
Page 277: Isaac Few member of Grand Jury, court of Cherster 14th day 1st
month 1693.
Page 289: Isaac Few petition for a road to pass by his place etc.
Page 296: Isaac Few member of jury that found the drowning of John Powell,
township of Achton, which occurred August 5th 1693 was accidental.
-- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com,
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0002.html
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Birth James Bailey Gordon
SAR Membership 83156
Application Date 6 Feb 1958
Descended directly from Fews and Stanfields
Earliest Ancestors cited Richard Few, died 1688 and wife Jane (maiden name
unknown) [Joan or Jane Whitfield]
Same generation ancestors:
Francis Stanfield, b England, died 1692 Pennsylvania
Grace (maiden name unknown), b England, died 1691 Pennsylvania
Isaac Few, son of Richard and Jane, b 6 April 1664 in England, died 1734 in
Pennsylvania
Hannah Stanfield, dau of Francis and Grace, b 1683 in England, married 1697 or
1699
Joseph Few, son of Isaac and Hannah, 20 June 1708, d 1761
Mary Astor, no birth or death info, married February 1733
Mary Few, dau of Joseph and Mary, b 12 September 1741, d 22 November 1808, mar
1 August 1759
Joseph Buffington, b 20 July 1737 in Pennsylvania, d 12 August 1798 in
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Descends further from Mary Buffington, dau of Joseph and Mary, who married
Thomas Gordon
1850 Federal Census, Harrison County, Indiana, 25 September, District 45, p
679, Hse/Fam #811
Susannah Few 47 F Widow $1000 Real Estate b KY [b abt 1803]
Isaiah S Few 16 M Farmer b IN [b abt 1834]
Margaret S Few 14 F b IN [b abt 1836]
Emeline Few 11 F b IN [b abt 1839]
Benjamin Few 9 M b IN [b abt 1841]
Minerva E Few 6 F b IN [b abt 1844]
1860 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 9 August, Louisville Ward 6,
PO Louisville, page 74, Hse #281, Fam #282
Susan Fugh 56 F $2000 Real Estate $0 Personal born Kentucky [b abt 1804]
Isaea [Isaiah] Fugh 26 M Blacksmith born Indiana [b abt 1834]
Ben Fugh 18 M Moulder born Indiana [b abt 1842]
Mary Fugh 18 F born Indiana [b 1842]
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Isaiah Few
Age 27 on 1 July 1863
Birth abt 1836 Indiana
Unmarried, foundryman
Residence Congressional District 5th, Kentucky
Consolidated List, p
161
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:James Few was born in 1746 in Hartford (present-day Baltimore County,
Maryland). His parents were William Few, Sr., and Mary Wheeler (James was
their second-oldest son). James migrated with his parents and siblings to
Orange County, North Carolina circa 1758.
Circa 1770, James married Sarah Wood in Orange County, North Carolina. They
had twins, William and Sarah, who were born February 9, 1771.
James may have been a carpenter, but so far no primary source documents have
come to light to prove that he was or that mentions his occupation.
James was executed west of Hillsborough, North Carolina on May 17, 1771, after
taking part in the Battle of Alamance. He was executed by North Carolina
militia troops while they were serving under North Carolina's royal Governor,
William Tryon. James was hanged at the militia's camp approximately five miles
northeast of the Alamance battlefield (as described by William Tryon in his
orders book).
His children moved to Georgia with their grandparents after his death; his
wife Sarah later remarried a Loyalist officer and moved to Greenwood County,
South Carolina. It is unknown what happened to his body after he was executed;
either his family members retrieved it (it took about one day to get to the
campsite from their home east of Hillsborough at that time; the campsite was
directly on the public road from Hillsborough to Salisbury, North Carolina,
just after the ford over Great Alamance Creek) or he was unceremoniously
buried at the campsite in an unmarked grave nearby by the militia troops that
hanged him. ...
His brother, William Few, later became known for his service as an officer
during the American Revolutionary War and as a politician in Georgia and New
York.
-- James Few," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Few
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Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns from the 1700s
By Orville Boyd Jenkins
Posted on Ancestry.com 16 October 2017
One factor in reconstructing a family lineage are patterns of movement and
migration. These migration paths are helpful in finding and evaluating
records in our Gregory and related Few line. We see Gregory records in a
generational pattern along the migration streams along the tidewater area or
valleys southwards and westward.
Westward
Records are being discovered in the westward line from Philadelphia through
Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, through what is now West Virginia, still
part of Virginia in the era we are looking at, and on to Ohio and Indiana.
Brothers John, Richard and Benjamin Gregory, thought to be sons of Isaac
Gregory of Pennsylvania, are mentioned several times in lists of residents of
old Frederick County, Virginia, a large area at the northern end of the
Shenandoah Valley, also on a common east-west migration route.
Records for a younger Richard Gregory are found in Culpeper County and
Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania
border. These two counties were established in 1749, cut out of Orange
County, the original huge area from which Frederick County was originally
established in 1743. These counties bordered Frederick County on the east.
Dates and locations of various records match a line of movement from the
residence of Richard's likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania,
into Frederick County, and later back to eastern Virginia in Prince William
County, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of
migration connects with the great Shenandoah Valley running southwestward
along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West
Virginia.
Records for a Lewis Gregory, who appears to be a son of Benjamin, son of
Isaac, are found along this Shenadoah Valley route then across into the part
of Virginia that later became Kentucky, one of the areas where Fews and
Gregorys come into contact. This matches the pattern of residence and
Gregory-Few marriages in some of these areas along this southward line of
migration. Details are found in individual notes for the Fews and Gregorys.
Gregorys from this lineage moved westward a bit to the part of Virginia that
is now northern Kentucky.
Southward
Gregorys are found along the Shenandoah Valley which runs southwestward from
Hagerstown to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee, on the border, on through Jefferson
and Cocke County, which were all one area of North Carolina, then East
Tennessee (current I-81 to I-40 to Knoxville) in the 1700s and early 1800s and
on toward Cherokee and contiguous counties in Alabama.
We find Gregorys that appear to be from two different lineages who followed
the Shenandoah or similar route from Philadelphia-Baltimore through Virginia
into Tennessee, our line through the easterly route of the named east
Tennessee counties, the other a bit more westerly, with members of both lines
in Kentucky.
These two lines seem to be connected to the same line from Pennsylvania and
northern Virginia. But there are indication of one or two separate migration
streams in the same areas. Early sources are not clear on these lines, and
similar names in what may be different lineages seem to have been confused in
some genealogies.
I have been through all these areas and explored these lines of migration so
have these in mind as I read through records and watch for connections and
clues.
Westward Ho
Gregorys in the line of James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis are found in
those counties of Tennessee from Jefferson-Cocke on to Knox, McMinn (where we
find both these Gregorys, with apparently no crossover), Franklin, etc, in the
westward migration route. Gregorys of our lineage also seem to have moved
northwestward through the mountain passes toward Louisville.
Fews and Gregorys are connected in the states of Virginia, Kentucky (which was
originally part of Virginia colony), North Carolina and Tennessee (which was
originally part of North Carolina Colony) in several generations. The Fews in
North Carolina apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into
Tennessee into Jefferson County, Tennessee, and surrounding counties where
they connected again with the Gregory lineage. We find them in the family of
Francis Marion Few from North Carolina Jefferson County, Tennessee, where his
daughter Letha married Andrew Jackson Gregory, my great great grandfather's
brother.
Crossflow
Traffic went both ways along those Midwestern routes over a period of two
centuries. Fews moved into the Louisville, Kentucky, area from Indiana
(across the Ohio River. Gregorys and Fews also moved from eastern Tennessee
into Kentucky.
Great migrations northward occurred in the 1920s and later because of
extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South.
The depression added to this exodus northward. Midwestern droughts
accelerated movement to California. Further industrialization in the next two
decades and after WWII accelerated this migration northward and westward.
The geographical indicators are not only contiguous counties, but similarly in
the counties along these common natural migration routes, which also reveal
patterns of the same family decade to decade and generation to generation.
These patterns match the same kinds of patterns we find in ethnic
investigations all over the world.
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James "The Regulator" Few
Birth 1746 Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Death May 17, 1771 Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
James, son of William Few, Sr. and Mary Wheeler, Married Sarah Wood, parents
unknown, 1770, Orange Co., NC. To this marriage twins were born: William and
Sarah.
This is from Tryon's own record: Friday 17, May, Alamance Camp; Army Halted.
This evening the dead were interred with Military Honors, and an "outlaw named
FEW", taken at the battle , was hanged at the head of the Army. This gave
great satisfaction to the men, and at this time it was necessary sacrifice to
appease the murmuring of the Troops, who were importunate that public justice
should be immediately executed against some of the outlaws that were taken in
the action, and in opposing of whom they had braved so many dangers and
suffered such loss of lives and blood, and without which satisfaction some
refused to march forward while others declared they would give no quarter for
the future. The Battlefield in on highway 62 off of I-85 at Burlington, North
Carolina.
James was hanged with out a trial. He left his wife Sarah and two Children 3
months old. James was captured at the Battlefied of "The Regularors War" 16
May 1771.
After James was hanged the family moved to Georgia where they fought the
British. James's brother William Few,Jr, signed the United States Constitution
for the State of Georgia.
Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle 6th Great Granddaughter of James Few.
Parents:
William Few (1714 - 1794)
Mary Wheeler Few (1710 - 1788)
Children:
William Few (1771 - 1856)
Sarah Few Garvin (1771 - 1855)
Note: The Plaque is placed at Few Chapel Cemetery in Dickson Co., TN, not
where James is buried
Burial Unknown
Created by Donnie Ruyle Aug 26, 2010
-- Find A Grave Memorial #57732628,
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57732628
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1850 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 16 September, page 114,
Hse/Fam #841
Wm Few 78 M Farmer $6000 Real Estate b North Carolina [b abt 1800]
Malinda Few 54 F b South Carolina [b abt 1815]
Rachel Few 52 F b South Carolina [b abt 1798]
Mary Few 38 F b South Carolina [b abt 1812]
Lavena Few 36 F b South Carolina [b abt 1814]
Martha Few 29 M b South Carolina [b abt 1821]
Catherine Few 6 F b South Carolina [b abt 1844]
Benjamin Few 45 M Farmer b South Carolina [b abt 1805]
Mary Few 43 F b South Carolina [b abt 1807]
Susana Few 11 F b South Carolina [b abt 1839]
James Few 7 M b South Carolina [b abt 1843]
Rosana Few 5 F b South Carolina [b abt 1845]
Columbus Few 2 M b South Carolina [b abt
1848]
In the 1880 census, at age 2, James was reported in the census as James R (the
same as his father). Perhaps the enumerator heard only the first of the name
Archie, and took it as the initial R, like his father.
1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, O'Neal
Township, page 13, Hse #130, Fam #131
Few, James R W M 25 Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1855]
Few, Perlina W F 29 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC Cannot write [b abt 1851]
Few, James R W M 2 Son Single SC SC SC [b abt 1878]
Few, Anna W F 1mo born May Dau SC SC SC
Few, Sarah M 25 W F Sister SC SC SC [b abt 1855]
1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 19 June, Beech
Springs, District 80, page 18A, Hse #320, Fam #339
Few, James R Head W F Sept 1854 45 Married 22 yrs SC SC SC Day Carpenter
Few, Salina [Perlina] Wife W F May 1850 50 Married 22 yrs 10 children/6 SC SC
SC
Few, James A Son W M July 1878 21 Single SC SC SC Weever [Weaver] in Mill
Few, Bessie Dau W F Aug 1882 17 Single SC SC SC Wever [Weaver] in Mill
Few, Robbert [sic] Son W M May 1884 16 Single SC SC SC Spinner
Few, Tinney [Tiney] M Son W M Jun 1889 10 Single SC SC SC
Few, William R Son W M July 1891 8 Single SC SC SC
Few, Minnie Dau W F Sept 1895 4 Single SC SC SC
Hill, Lou Mother-in-law W F Oct 1848 71 Single SC SC SC
In 1920, James A Few and his wife Elizabeth were enumerated next door to his
paretns.
1920 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 9 February, Chick
Springs, District 7, page 28A, Hse #521, Fam #535
Few, James R Head Owns, Mortgage M W 62 Married SC SC SC Carpenter (abt
1857)
Few, Laura A Wife F W 64 Married SC SC SC Inspector (abt 1855)
Few, Minnie F Dau F W 22 Single SC SC SC Inspector (abt 1897)
1920 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 9 February, Chick
Springs, District 7, page 28A, Hse #522, Fam #536
Few, James A Head Owns, Mortgage M W 42 Married SC SC SC Painter (abt 1877)
Few, Elizabeth Wife F W 48 Married SC SC SC (abt 1871)
Few, Clyde B Son M W 16 Single SC SC SC Doffer in Cotton Mill (abt 1903)
Few, Boyce E Son M W 11 Single VA VA VA (abt 1908)
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
James Archie Few
Birth 22 Jul 1878 Greenville County, South Carolina
Father James R Few
Mother Laura A Hill
SSN 249163614
Jun 1938 Name listed as JAMES ARCHIE FEW
South Carolina Death Certificate
James Archie Few
Death Age 67 yrs, 10 mos, 0 days, Married
Birth 22 July 1876 Greenville County, South Carolina
Residence Greer [Greenville County], South Carolina
Painter
Father J R Few, born South Carolina
Mother Perlina Few, born South Carolina
Spouse Elizabeth West
Informant Mrs Elizabeth W Few, Greer, South Carolina
Death 22 May 1944 Beech Springs, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Cause of Death "Cerebral Accident (Probable; Patient was dead when I arrived.
I had never seen him before."
Burial 24 May 1944 Mountain View Cemetery, Greer, South Caroina, by The Wood
Mortuary, Greer, South Carolina
Certificate #06373 filed 6 June 1944
1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, O'Neal
Township, page 13, Hse #123, Fam #124
Few, James W M 54 Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1826]
Few, Mary W F 50 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1830]
Few Ameila [Amelia] W F 31 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1849]
Few, Sarah C W F 26 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1854]
Few, William H W M 23 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1857]
Few, Ignatius W M 21 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1859]
Few, Ira C W M 19 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1861]
Few, Mary M W F 17 Dau Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1863]
Few, Columbus L W M 14 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1866]
Few, Kallip W M 12 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1868]
Few, John A W M 10 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1870]
Few, Benjamin F W M 6 Son Single SC SC SC [b abt 1874]
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James Few
Birth Sep 13, 1826 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death Nov 9, 1910 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
James, son of William Few Jr & Sarah Ferguson, married Mary B Gregory, parents
unknown.
To this union were born: Ameila, Caroline, Sarah C, James R, William Henry,
Ignatius, Ira Clem, Mary Mamie, Columbus Lee, Caleb Ashby, John Oscar &
Benjamin Franklin.
Spouse Mary B Gregory Few (1830 - 1899)
Children:
Caroline Few Barbare (1849 - 1942)
James Robert Few (1854 - 1921)
William Henry Few (1857 - 1928)
Ira Clem Few (1861 - 1935)
Mary Mamie Few (1863 - 1890)
Columbus Lee Few (1865 - 1943)
Caleb Asbury Few (1867 - 1931)
John Oscar Few (1869 - 1922)
Benjamin Franklin Few (1873 - 1911)
Note: Picture taken by Donnie & Sandra Ruyle, 19 Nov. 2007
Burial Fews Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County,
South Carolina, USA
Maintained by Amanda Few Allen, Originally Created by Donnie Ruyle Jun 05,
2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #27344883,
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27344883
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1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, O'Neal
Township, page 13, Hse #130, Fam #131
Few, James R W M 25 Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1855]
Few, Perlina W F 29 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC Cannot write [b abt 1851]
Few, James R W M 2 Son Single SC SC SC [b abt 1878]
Few, Anna W F 1mo born May Dau SC SC SC
Few, Sarah M 25 W F Sister SC SC SC [b abt 1855]
1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 19 June, Beech
Springs, District 80, page 18A, Hse #320, Fam #339
Few, James R Head W F Sept 1854 45 Married 22 yrs SC SC SC Day Carpenter
Few, Salina [Perlina] Wife W F May 1850 50 Married 22 yrs 10 children/6 SC SC
SC
Few, James A Son W M July 1878 21 Single SC SC SC Weever [Weaver] in Mill
Few, Bessie Dau W F Aug 1882 17 Single SC SC SC Wever [Weaver] in Mill
Few, Robbert [sic] Son W M May 1884 16 Single SC SC SC Spinner
Few, Tinney [Tiney] M Son W M Jun 1889 10 Single SC SC SC
Few, William R Son W M July 1891 8 Single SC SC SC
Few, Minnie Dau W F Sept 1895 4 Single SC SC SC
Hill, Lou Mother-in-law W F Oct 1848 71 Single SC SC SC
In the 1910 census the enumerator really got confused on the entries for this
family. You can see the supposed corrections for the eldest son and the wife,
and yet many details remain wrong. It looks like a first level of correction
was made, but that was wrong also, then on the second level of correction, not
all the corrections were made. So on the entries for Tinnie (the son Tiney)
and his mother, the wife, things are muddled.
Perlina, the wife, is the final entry, but some of the three-level corrections
did not get made. Her name was first correctly written as Perlina L and Wife,
but then the main name was marked out but the P was left and a period added,
making it P L.
1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 20 April, District
67, page 3A, New Cut Road, Hse/Fam #49
Few, James R Head M W 55 Married 34 yrs [mar abt 1889] SC SC SC Farm
Laborer Rents [b abt 1855]
Few, Tennie M [Tiney M] Wife [Son] (Son and Male written first, then changed
to Wife and Female) F [M] W 20 Married [Single] SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt
1890]
Few, Reader W [William Reader] Son M W 17 SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1893]
Few, Florence M Dau F W 14 SC SC SC [b abt 1896]
Few, Perlina L Son [Wife] (Wife and Female written first, then changed to Son
and Male, but marriage info included) M [F] W 58 Single [sic] Married 34 yrs
3 children/3 living SC SC SC [b abt Sep 1852]
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965
James Robert Few
Married, Occupation Carpenter
Age 67 yrs, 18 days, Birth 22 September 1854 South Carolina
Father's Name James R Few, born SC
Mother's Name Mary Babb, born SC
Death 10 Oct 1921 Chick Springs, Greenville, South Carolina
Informant T M Few, Greenville
Cause of Death "Apparently some heart condition. Had had mitral murmur for
some time, 6 months. Dead when I reached him."
No place or date of burial recorded, body removed by John D Wood of Greenville
Filed 20 October 1921
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James Robert Few
Birth 22 Sep 1854 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death 10 Oct 1921 (aged 67) Chick Springs, Greenville County, South Carolina,
USA
Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina
James, son of James R Few & Mary B Gregory, married Perlina Hill, parents
unknown, in 1876, Greenville Co SC. To this marriage were born James Archer,
Anna, Bessie, William Reader, Robert Benjamin, Florence Minnie & Tinny M.
Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle 2nd cousin, 4 times removed of James Robert Few
Parents:
James Few 1826-1910
Mary B Gregory Few 1830-1899
Siblings:
Caroline Few Barbare 1849-1942
William Henry Few 1857-1928
Ira Clem Few 1861-1935
Mary Mamie Few 1863-1890
Columbus Lee Few 1865-1943
Caleb Asbury Few 1867-1931
John Oscar Few 1869-1922
Benjamin Franklin Few 1873-1911
Created by Donnie Ruyle 12 Apr 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial 35785913,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35785913/james-robert-few
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1900 Federal Census, Henderson County, North Carolina, 1 June, Hendersonville,
District 43, page 1B, 29 West Academy, Hse #9, Fam #10
Few, Columbus Head W F Feb 1848 52 Married 21 yrs SC GA SC Physician Owns
Few, Floried Wife W F May 1859 41 Married 21 yrs 5 children/5 living NC NC VA
Few, Vernon Son W M Jan 1880 20 Single NC SC NC At School
Few, Jennie Dau W F June 1882 17 Single NC SC NC At School
Few, Rosa Dau W F Jan 1884 16 Single NC SC NC At School
Few, Benjamin Son W M May 1890 10 Single NC SC NC At School
Few, Columbus Jr Son W M Mar 1892 8 Single NC SC
NC
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More About RICHARD FEW:
Burial September 1688, Pennsylvania [note the historical source above, on his
will, has date of will proving in court as March 1689 (1688).]
Church Quaker
Emigration June 02, 1681, Left England
Immigration Bef. September 12, 1682, Arrived in America
Occupation Shoemaker
More About JANE WHITFIELD:
Burial April 1674, England
More About RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD:
Marriage Bet. 1640 - 1667, England
More About RICHARD FEW and JULIAN UNKNOWN:
Marriage England
Children of RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD are:
i. JOANE FEW, b. January 22, 1650/51, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown,
Unknown; m. (1) UNKNOWN, b. Unknown, Unknown; m. (2) ROBERT SILVESTER,
Unknown, Unknown; b. Unknown, Horsely, County of Glouchester, Mercer; d.
Unknown, Unknown.
Marriage Unknown, Unknown
2. ii. RICHARD JR. FEW, b. December 26, 1653, England; d. Bef. 1682,
Wiltshire, England.
iii. WALTER FEW, b. July 03, 1656, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown, Unknown.
iv. DANIEL FEW, b. November 20, 1660, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown,
Unknown.
3. v. ISAAC FEW,SR, b. April 06, 1664, Wiltshire, England; d. 1734, Kenneth,
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
vi. JOSEPH FEW, b. February 21, 1665/66, Wiltshire, England; d. Bef. 1682,
Wiltshire, England. Burial Bef. 1682, England
-- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com,
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0001.html
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Will of RICHARD FEW SR.:
The tweifth day of the 6 month in the year one thousand six hundred eighty &
sixe.It having pleased ye Lord to visit ne RICHARD FEW of Chester with a great
fit of siknes yet in perfect sense & memory But not knowing how it may please
ye Lord to dispose of me and willing to setell ye affairs of my outward estate
do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First I do give & bequeath unto my son ISAAC all my purchased land conserning
two hundred & twenty acres as allso my citey lot at Philadelphia with all
apurtaning thereof to him my said Son ISAAC for him and his heirs forever he
allowing my wife JULIAN the one half of ye said 2 hundred and 20 acres viz so
much of it as is or shall be cleared & manuered during her naturell life, she
allowing the one half of ye charge it shall be expended thereupon during her
said naturell life.
Furthermore my will is that my said Wife shall likewise have herr abode and
habitation in ye house with my son ISAAC during her natural like allso unless
at any time ye house should not be thought convenient or that they should not
agree so as to live together that then my son ISAAC shall at his own proper
cost & charge build for my said Wife a convenient house of stone of seven feet
high in ye wall & 14 long within the walls & 12 feet wide withing ye walls
with a convenient chimmey in it.
I so allso give unto my said Wife ye one half of ye stock that is raised upon
ye plantation and ye increase thereof during her naturell life also and at her
death then it shall be given and disposed of to my children & grandcildren and
that my Son's Wife shall have the disposing thereof as to which of them shall
seem meet and most becoming.
Alas my will is yt all my debts and other charges be born & defrayed equally
between my said Wife & my said Son ISAAC and further my Wife shall have ye use
of half of ye household goods & untensells of husbandry during her life also.
But if my said Wife should marey again then my will is yt my said son ISAAC
shall have ye whole estate real & personall as above & yt my said Wife shall
at ye end of six months after ye day of her mareing go of the plantation, he
my said son alowing her 10 pound ye said 10 pound to be paid her at or before
ye end of six months after ye day of her so maring.
Also my will is that my granddaughter SUSANA FEW shall be sufficienty brought
up and maintened with sufficient meat drink and apparell & learning sutable
for her ye charge of ye said maintainance & learning to be born equally
between my said Wife and my said son ISAAC until she be 18 years of age.but if
my Wife should mary as above yt then my son ISAAC should have ye care &
EDUCATION of her my said grandchild. [This seems toindicate that Susana's
father, Richard's son Richard, has died before his father.]
And also I do give unto my to said sons WALTER and DANIEL FEW & to my daughter
JOAN FEW 5 pounds apiece to be paid or ordered to be paid to each particular
or to whom each perticular shall order it to be paid in this province of
Pennsilvania within 3 years after decease but if my said sons WALTER & DANIEL
or my said daughter JOAN they or either of them should come into this province
that then they or either of them yt shall so come shall have their particular
proportion of 5 pounds as above to be paid them within a year after thoir or
either of their so arrivall & my will is also yt those above said sums of 5
pounds apiece to be to my above said to sons and daughter by my son ISAAC & my
Wife equally between them but if my said Wife should marey as above before ye
3 years after my decease be expired yt then my said sons & my said daughter ye
aforesaid sums of 5 pounds apiece and at ye time above said but if either of
my above said 3 children should dye before ye time of ye above said payment be
expired yt then his or her 5 pounds as above shall be equally divided between
ye other two & if 2 of them should dye before the time is expired the two of
ye sons 5 pounds should be given to ye 3d but if they all 3 dye before ye said
time for payment be expired yt then my said son ISAAC shall have ye whole sum
of 15 pounds himself.
Also & further I do give to ye use of poor friends ye sum of one pound to be
paid within one year after my decease and to be disposed of as ye friends of
ye monthly meeting at Chester shall think fit.
And I do make my well beloved wife and my son ISAAC my lawful executrix &
executor to carefully execute my last will & testament according to ye true
intent and meaning thereof.
And also I do make & constitute my friends THOMAS BRASIE & CALEB PUSEY my
trustees to carefully to see the execution of it according to ye true intent &
meaning thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ye day and year above wrighten.
Signed in ye presence of us whose names are under wrighten.
Proven 26 March 1689 [not signed]
-- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com,
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0001.html
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1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, O'Neal
Township, page 13, Hse #123, Fam #124
Few, James W M 54 Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1826]
Few, Mary W F 50 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1830]
Few Ameila [Amelia] W F 31 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1849]
Few, Sarah C W F 26 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1854]
Few, William H W M 23 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1857]
Few, Ignatius W M 21 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1859]
Few, Ira C W M 19 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1861]
Few, Mary M W F 17 Dau Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1863]
Few, Columbus L W M 14 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1866]
Few, Kallip W M 12 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1868]
Few, John A [John Oscar] W M 10 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt
1870]
Few, Benjamin F W M 6 Son Single SC SC SC [b abt 1874]
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965
John Oscar Few
Age 53, born about 1879 [should be 1869], South Carolina
Informant Agnes Herron, South Carolina State Hospital, Resident 1 year 2
months
Father James Few, mother unknown
Death 23 Mar 1922 South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, Richland, South
Carolina
Cause of Death Pulazia (??)
Burial (no date reported) Greer, South Carolina, by J W McCormick, Columbia
Certificate #4404 filed 23 March 1922
Note that his death certificate says he died in the state hospital in
Columbia, but his FAG memorial reports the place of death as Greenville
County, South Carolina. We are following the death certificate.
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John Oscar Few
Birth 21 Sep 1869 Greenville County, South Carolina
Death 23 Mar 1922 (aged 52) State Hospital, Columbia, Richland County, South
Carolina
Burial Fews Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County,
South Carolina
John Oscar, son of James Few (born 13 Sept1826) & Mary B Gregory, married Mary
Ida Tate, Parents Unknown, about 1891, Greenville Co SC. To this union were
born: Vida May, Pearl C, Ernest Gary, Miza J, James Franklin, John Holton,
Amelea, Henry Wesley, Lewis Oscar & Infant Daughter
Parents:
James Few 1826-1910
Mary B Gregory Few 1830-1899
Spouse Mary Ida Tate Few 1869-1916
Siblings:
Caroline Few Barbare 1849-1942
James Robert Few 1854-1921
William Henry Few 1857-1928
Ira Clem Few 1861-1935
Mary Mamie Few 1863-1890
Columbus Lee Few 1865-1943
Caleb Asbury Few 1867-1931
Benjamin Franklin Few 1873-1911
Children:
Vida Mae Few 1891-1967
Pearl Few Dill 1893-1979
Ernest Gray Few 1894-1979
Smiley L Few 1903-1955
Infant Few 1905-1906
Henry W Few 1907-1979
Created by Donnie Ruyle 5 Jun 2008
Find A Grave Memorial 27343201,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27343201/john-oscar-few
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More About RICHARD FEW:
Burial September 1688, Pennsylvania [note the historical source above, on his
will, has date of will proving in court as March 1689 (1688).]
Church Quaker
Emigration June 02, 1681, Left England
Immigration Bef. September 12, 1682, Arrived in America
Occupation Shoemaker
More About JANE WHITFIELD:
Burial April 1674, England
More About RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD:
Marriage Bet. 1640 - 1667, England
More About RICHARD FEW and JULIAN UNKNOWN:
Marriage England
Children of RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD are:
i. JOANE FEW, b. January 22, 1650/51, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown,
Unknown; m. (1) UNKNOWN, b. Unknown, Unknown; m. (2) ROBERT SILVESTER,
Unknown, Unknown; b. Unknown, Horsely, County of Glouchester, Mercer; d.
Unknown, Unknown.
Marriage Unknown, Unknown
2. ii. RICHARD JR. FEW, b. December 26, 1653, England; d. Bef. 1682,
Wiltshire, England.
iii. WALTER FEW, b. July 03, 1656, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown, Unknown.
iv. DANIEL FEW, b. November 20, 1660, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown,
Unknown.
3. v. ISAAC FEW,SR, b. April 06, 1664, Wiltshire, England; d. 1734, Kenneth,
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
vi. JOSEPH FEW, b. February 21, 1665/66, Wiltshire, England; d. Bef. 1682,
Wiltshire, England. Burial Bef. 1682, England
-- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com,
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0001.html
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Birth James Bailey Gordon
SAR Membership 83156
Application Date 6 Feb 1958
Descended directly from Fews and Stanfields
Earliest Ancestors cited Richard Few, died 1688 and wife Jane (maiden name
unknown) [Joan or Jane Whitfield]
Same generation ancestors:
Francis Stanfield, b England, died 1692 Pennsylvania
Grace (maiden name unknown), b England, died 1691 Pennsylvania
Isaac Few, son of Richard and Jane, b 6 April 1664 in England, died 1734 in
Pennsylvania
Hannah Stanfield, dau of Francis and Grace, b 1683 in England, married 1697 or
1699
Joseph Few, son of Isaac and Hannah, 20 June 1708, d 1761
Mary Astor, no birth or death info, married February 1733
Mary Few, dau of Joseph and Mary, b 12 September 1741, d 22 November 1808, mar
1 August 1759
Joseph Buffington, b 20 July 1737 in Pennsylvania, d 12 August 1798 in
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Descends further from Mary Buffington, dau of Joseph and Mary, who married
Thomas Gordon
"Sons of Robert Benjamin Few (1881-1954) include Robert Few and William Eugene
Few (1934-2014). William Eugene Few is my father, and his biological brother
is Robert. I think Lavonia is Dad's only sister by blood. These 3 had
Katherine Foster as bio mother."
-- Gerald S Few, Geneanet messsaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 June 2019
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Lavonia Few Frost
Birth 16 Jan 1932
Death 26 Nov 2012 (aged 80)
Burial Greenlawn Cemetery, Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina
Mrs. Lavonia Few Ashley Frost died Monday, November 26, 2012, at Agape Senior
in Rock Hill. The funeral service will be held at First Baptist Church with
Rev. Greg Batchelor and Rev. John Ladd officiating. Interment will follow in
Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Frost was born January 16, 1932 in Rutherford County, NC and was the
daughter of the late Robert B. Few, Sr. and Kate Foster Looper Few. She was a
graduate of Great Falls High School and a member of First Baptist Church of
Great Falls. Mrs. Frost was retired from J.P. Stevens and also worked for
Standard Products in Winnsboro.
She is survived by two daughters, Robin Bundy and Kathryn Rollins and husband
David both of Lancaster; fourteen grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren;
five great-great grandchildren; one brother, William "Bill" Few of Liberty
Hill.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Frost; a son, David
Ashley; one brother, Robert "Bobby" Few, Jr.; a son-in-law, Larry Bundy; one
half-sister, three half-brothers, and two step-sisters.
Parents:
Robert Benjamin Few 1881-1954
Katherine Foster Looper Few 1895-1954
Spouse Charles Edward Frost 1938-2012
Sibling:
Infant Few
Half Siblings:
Infant Looper
Carl L Few 1906-1907
William Ray Few 1914-1929
Son David Wade Ashley 1953-2011
Created by Catoe4 23 Apr 2013
-- Find A Grave Memorial 109084819,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109084819/lavonia-frost
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Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns from the 1700s
By Orville Boyd Jenkins
Posted on Ancestry.com 16 October 2017
One factor in reconstructing a family lineage are patterns of movement and
migration. These migration paths are helpful in finding and evaluating
records in our Gregory and related Few line. We see Gregory records in a
generational pattern along the migration streams along the tidewater area or
valleys southwards and westward.
Westward
Records are being discovered in the westward line from Philadelphia through
Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, through what is now West Virginia, still
part of Virginia in the era we are looking at, and on to Ohio and Indiana.
Brothers John, Richard and Benjamin Gregory, thought to be sons of Isaac
Gregory of Pennsylvania, are mentioned several times in lists of residents of
old Frederick County, Virginia, a large area at the northern end of the
Shenandoah Valley, also on a common east-west migration route.
Records for a younger Richard Gregory are found in Culpeper County and
Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania
border. These two counties were established in 1749, cut out of Orange
County, the original huge area from which Frederick County was originally
established in 1743. These counties bordered Frederick County on the east.
Dates and locations of various records match a line of movement from the
residence of Richard's likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania,
into Frederick County, and later back to eastern Virginia in Prince William
County, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of
migration connects with the great Shenandoah Valley running southwestward
along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West
Virginia.
Records for a Lewis Gregory, who appears to be a son of Benjamin, son of
Isaac, are found along this Shenadoah Valley route then across into the part
of Virginia that later became Kentucky, one of the areas where Fews and
Gregorys come into contact. This matches the pattern of residence and
Gregory-Few marriages in some of these areas along this southward line of
migration. Details are found in individual notes for the Fews and Gregorys.
Gregorys from this lineage moved westward a bit to the part of Virginia that
is now northern Kentucky.
Southward
Gregorys are found along the Shenandoah Valley which runs southwestward from
Hagerstown to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee, on the border, on through Jefferson
and Cocke County, which were all one area of North Carolina, then East
Tennessee (current I-81 to I-40 to Knoxville) in the 1700s and early 1800s and
on toward Cherokee and contiguous counties in Alabama.
We find Gregorys that appear to be from two different lineages who followed
the Shenandoah or similar route from Philadelphia-Baltimore through Virginia
into Tennessee, our line through the easterly route of the named east
Tennessee counties, the other a bit more westerly, with members of both lines
in Kentucky.
These two lines seem to be connected to the same line from Pennsylvania and
northern Virginia. But there are indication of one or two separate migration
streams in the same areas. Early sources are not clear on these lines, and
similar names in what may be different lineages seem to have been confused in
some genealogies.
I have been through all these areas and explored these lines of migration so
have these in mind as I read through records and watch for connections and
clues.
Westward Ho
Gregorys in the line of James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis are found in
those counties of Tennessee from Jefferson-Cocke on to Knox, McMinn (where we
find both these Gregorys, with apparently no crossover), Franklin, etc, in the
westward migration route. Gregorys of our lineage also seem to have moved
northwestward through the mountain passes toward Louisville.
Fews and Gregorys are connected in the states of Virginia, Kentucky (which was
originally part of Virginia colony), North Carolina and Tennessee (which was
originally part of North Carolina Colony) in several generations. The Fews in
North Carolina apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into
Tennessee into Jefferson County, Tennessee, and surrounding counties where
they connected again with the Gregory lineage. We find them in the family of
Francis Marion Few from North Carolina Jefferson County, Tennessee, where his
daughter Letha married Andrew Jackson Gregory, my great great grandfather's
brother.
Crossflow
Traffic went both ways along those Midwestern routes over a period of two
centuries. Fews moved into the Louisville, Kentucky, area from Indiana
(across the Ohio River. Gregorys and Fews also moved from eastern Tennessee
into Kentucky.
Great migrations northward occurred in the 1920s and later because of
extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South.
The depression added to this exodus northward. Midwestern droughts
accelerated movement to California. Further industrialization in the next two
decades and after WWII accelerated this migration northward and westward.
The geographical indicators are not only contiguous counties, but similarly in
the counties along these common natural migration routes, which also reveal
patterns of the same family decade to decade and generation to generation.
These patterns match the same kinds of patterns we find in ethnic
investigations all over the world.
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Letha's name on her gave is Letha Few. Her death certificate has Letha Feese.
After years with only Feese as a name, finding the name Few on her gravestone
on Find a Grave led to an 1860 census record that appeared to match her
family.
Two censuses report her born in South Carolina, though most say Tennessee. In
1860 the following record in Greenville, South Carolina, appears to be for
Lathy at age 6, matching the approximate birth year from her age in later
census records for Letha Gregory.
1860 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 27 June, Greenville, P
O Gowinsville, page 34, Hse #271, Fam #236
F M Few 40 M Farmer $75 Real Estate $460 Personal born So Car
Hannah M Few 34 F Housekeeper born No Car Cannot read or write
Lathy Few 6 F born So Car
William R Few 5 M born So Car
Lucy J Few 4 F born So Car
James Dunlap 21 M Apprentice b So Car
Her marriage record has her maiden name as Few. Her first name is spelled in
the pronunciation of the local dialect.
Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Lethee Few
(This document has her nickname as both Lethee and Lethey, and the JP
performing the ceremony wrote it as the full form of the name Talitha. A
third short form appears here as adidtional testimony to the illiteracy or
carelessness of the clerk who filled out this marriage form. Here name often
That form appears to be either Letheee or Lethere. Her name more commonoly is
known as Letha.)
Groom Jackson Gregory
License issued 25 May 1877
Marriage 27 May 1877 Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
Ceremony performed by William Phillips, Justice of the Peace
The birth state of Letha is reported differently in 1880 (Tennessee) and 1900
(South Carolina). 1910 again reports the birth state as Tennessee.
1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 June, Civil District 5,
Enumeration District 177, p 34B, Hse #281, Fam #285
Gregory, Jackson W M 27 Head Farmer TN TN TN
Gregory, Letha W F 25 Wife Keeping Hse TN TN TN Cannot read or write
Gregory, Mary A W F 1 Dau TN TN TN Cannot read or write
1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 June, Civil District 17,
Enumeration District 55, page 10A, Hse/Fam #171
Gregory, Andrew J Head W M Nov 1849 50 Married 22 yrs TN Unknown TN Farmer
Owns
Gregory, Leathy Wife W F May 1854 46 Married 22 yrs 9 children, 9 living SC
SC SC
Gregory, Mary E Dau W F Mar 1880 20 Single TN TN SC
Gregory, James H Son W M Sept 1881 18 Single TN TN SC Farm Laborer
Gregory, Author M Son W M Apr 1884 16 Single TN TN SC Farm Laborer
Gregory, Harret B Dau W F Aug 1885 14 Single TN TN SC
Gregory, George F Son W M Nov 1887 12 Single TN TN SC Farm Laborer
Gregory, Mattie B Dau W F Sept 1888 11 Single TN TN SC
Gregory, Marthy (?) J Dau W F May 1890 10 Single TN TN SC
Gregory, Ethel V Dau W F May 1892 8 Single TN TN SC
Gregory, Lester L Son W M May 1896 4 Single TN TN SC
In 1910, Leathy's 9 children are all still well and in the home with them.
1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 4 May, District 8,
Enumeration District 77, page 10A, Hse/Fam #150
Gregory, Jackson Head M W 55 Married 28 years TN TN TN Farm Laborer Owns
Gregory, Leathy Wife F W 51 Married 28 years 9 children/9 living TN TN TN
Gregory, Mary Dau F W 26 Single TN TN TN
Gregory, James Son F W 24 Single TN TN TN Farm Laborer
Gregory, Arthur M Son F W 22 Single TN TN TN Farm Laborer
Gregory, Minnie Dau F W 20 Single TN TN TN
Gregory, George Son M W 18 Single TN TN TN Farm Laborer
Gregory, Mattie Dau F W 16 Single TN TN TN
Gregory, Martha J Dau F W 14 Single TN TN TN
Gregory, Ola Dau F W 12 Single TN TN TN
Gregory, Lester Son M W 10 Single TX TN TX
In 1920, Letha and Jack are living near relatives Jim and Mollie Strange in
the Chestnut Hill area of Jefferson County.
1920 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 7 January, Civil District 8,
Enumeration District 78, page 3A, Chesnut Hill Path, Hse/Fam #46
Gregory, Jack Head Owns M W 64 AL TN TN Farmer
Gregory, Leath Wife F W 62 SC SC SC
Gregory, Jannie [Janie] Dau F W 23 TN AL SC
Gregory, Viola Dau F W 21 TN AL SC
Gregory, Lester Son M W 20 TN AL SC Farm Laborer
Gregory, Tuller [Thula?] Wife [of Lester] F W 20 TN TN TN School Teacher
Gregory, George Son M W 27 TN AL SC
Letha died the last day of March 1930 and was buried the next day. about 2
weeks before the census was taken for Jack's household. Her death certificate
reports she was born in South Carolina. Before finding her death certificate
in May 2013, I had seen no information on her family or maiden name. The
certificate reports her father as Francis Feese rather than Few. She named
one of her sons George Francis.
Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
Certificate #11156
Letha Gregory [Letha Few]
Gender Female
Residence Dandridge, Tennessee
Age 75, Birth abt 1855 South Carolina
Occupation Housekeeper
Death 31 Mar 1930 Chestnut Hill, Jefferson, Tennessee
Cause of death Lobar pneumonia
Father Francis Few born South Carolina
Mother Harrett [Harriet] Childs born South Carolina
Informant Jack Gregory, Dandridge, Tennessee
Burial 1 April 1930 Chestnut Hill Cemetery, by John C Holder and Co of Newport
[Cocke County], Tennessee
No memorial for Letha has been found in Chestnut Hill Cemetery or the Taft
Cemetery where her husband Andrew is buried. Her name does not appear on
burial lists for any area cemeteries.
1850 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 16 September, page 114,
Hse/Fam #841
Wm Few 78 M Farmer $6000 Real Estate b North Carolina [b abt 1772]
Malinda Few 54 F b South Carolina [b abt 1796]
Rachel Few 52 F b South Carolina [b abt 1798]
Mary Few 38 F b South Carolina [b abt 1812]
Lavena Few 36 F b South Carolina [b abt 1814]
Martha Few 29 M b South Carolina [b abt 1821]
Catherine Few 6 F b South Carolina [b abt 1844]
Benjamin Few 45 M Farmer b South Carolina [b abt 1805]
Mary Few 43 F b South Carolina [b abt 1807]
Susana Few 11 F b South Carolina [b abt 1839]
James Few 7 M b South Carolina [b abt 1843]
Rosana Few 5 F b South Carolina [b abt 1845]
Columbus Few 2 M b South Carolina [b abt 1848]
Levinia Few Thomason
Birth 1813 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death Jun 24, 1885 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Levina daughter of Willliam Few & Susannah Tubbs. Levina married Robert
Thomason between 1870-1880
Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle. 4th Great Grandniece of Levinia Few
Parents:
William Few (1771 - 1856)
Susannah Tubbs Few (1774 - 1816)
Siblings:
Malinda Few Few (1796 - 1867)
Rachel Few (1797 - 1883)
Mary Elizabeth Few Jenkins (1801 - 1897)
Susannah Few Kendrick (1803 - 1884)
Benjamin Few (1805 - 1888)
Ignatius Few (1807 - 1894)
Ephriam Lawrence Few (1810 - 1885)
Burial Few Family Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Created by Donnie Ruyle Apr 17, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #26083360,
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26083360