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 The familiy has not been found in the 1870 census. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 June, District 177, page 31-32, Hse 267, Fam #271 Hance, John W M 80 Head Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1800] - page 32 - Hance, Hariet M W F 46 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1834] Few, Jane W F 19 Stepdau Single At Home SC SC SC Cannot write [b abt 1861] Few, Emma T W F 17 Stepdau Single At Home SC SC SC [b abt 1863] Hance, Proser (?) W M 7 Son TN SC SC [b abt 1873] Hance, Aaron W W M 1 Son TN SC SC [b abt 1879] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976 Mary Ann Strange Age 80 years, 6 months, 10 days Birth 8 July 1883 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Residence 908 Kate Street, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina Father Nick Strange Mother Lucy Jane Few Informatn Broughton Hospital Records Death 18 January 1964 Broughton Hospital, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA, stay of 4 yrs, 15 days (!) Cause of Death Bronchopneumonia, Bilateral, Confluent; Other Significant Condition Diabetes Mellitus Burial 21 January 1964 Hollywood Cemetery, Gastonia, North Caroilna, by Sisk Funeral Home, Bessemer City, North Carolina Filed 24 January 1964
Malinda's grave marker has no dates on it, only her name. Her memorial on Find a Grave has her birth date as 1796. The 1850 census age matches birth in about 1798, but the 1860 census reports her as 60 years old, making birth about 1800. In 1850 she and some siblings are living in the household of their widowed father William. 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] Rachel is listed below her sister Malinda in the household headed by Malinda's father William Few. Catherine Few, age 6, in 1850, the last person listed in the household before Malinda's brother Benjamin, matches Malinda Few, age 16 in 1860. I would surmise her full name was Malinda Catherine. Malinda's father William died before the 1860 census. Malinda is reported as the head of the household, with her sister Rachael and apparently Rachael's daughter Malinda. 1860 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 7 June, Tyger Division, P O Mush Creek, page 7, Hse #61, Fam #54 Malinda Few 60 F Seamstress born South Carolina [b abt 1800] (family continues in the next household) Hse #62, Fam #54 Rachael Few 50 F Seamstress born South Carolina [b abt 1810] Malinda Few 16 F Seamstress born South Carolina [b abt 1844] Malinda Few Birth 1796 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Death 1867 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Malinda daughter of William Few & Susannah Tubbs Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle. 4th Great Grandniece of Malinda Few Parents: William Few (1771 - 1856) Susannah Tubbs Few (1774 - 1816) Siblings: Rachel Few (1797 - 1883) Elizabeth Few Jenkins (1801 - 1897) Susannah Few Kendrick (1803 - 1884) Benjamin Few (1805 - 1888) Ignatius Few (1807 - 1894) Ephriam Lawrence Few (1810 - 1885) Levinia Few Thomason (1813 - 1885) Grave photo taken 19 Nov 2007 by Donnie & Sandra Savage Ruyle Burial Few Family Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County,South Carolina, USA Created by Donnie Ruyle Apr 17, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial #26082568, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26082568
---------------------- Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns 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 Fredericksburg 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. Records for Richard Gregory are fround in Culpeper County and Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania border. Dates and locations match a line of movement from the residence of his likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania, in eastern Virginia across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of migration connects with the great Shanandoah Valley running southwestward along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West Virginia. This matches the pattern I refer to 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, or 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 form 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. 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. The Fews in NC apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into Tennessee into Jefferson 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. Great migrations northward occurred int eh 1920s and later because of extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South. 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. ---------------------- Margaret Susannah's father Benjamin died some time after 1844, when Minerva, the last child reported im 1850, was born. Her mother Susannah was the widowed head of the household. 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] Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965 Philip Breakheimer Susan Few Mother of bride Susanah Few License issued 19 July 1856 Marriage 21 Jul 1856 Jefferson, Kentucky, performed by J H Bekkers Witnesses Thomas Carroll and ELiza Miller Jefferson County Book, p 190, July 1856 Her full name is given in her husband's will, written in 1867, probated 10 April 1870. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 Philip Breckheimer Will written 9 Nov 1867 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Full name of wife given as Margaret Susannah Breckheimer Investments in bonds and securities to be sold and only reinvested in other similar bonds and securities; all proceeds after taxes and expenses to be given to his wife so long as she shall remain unmarried; upon his wife's marriage, all investments to be sold and distributed equally to his children, or a trust for those still minor. Attested by P B Muir and John P Sacksteder Martin Bijur (?) appointed Executor Probated 25 April 1870 at County Court House, Lousiville, Kentucky (p 230) Death inferred bef 25 April 1870 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky Wills, Vol 6-7, 1862-1872, pp 229-230 [For some reason, in this will collection, Ancestry.com has described the date a will was written as the Probate Date. Probate date is generally given separately in these records, generally some months or years after the date the will was written, after the actual death of the person.] Susannah and Phillip both have burial memorials on Find a Grave. They were buried in St Louis Cemetery in Louisville. Note that Susan's memorial reports her parents as Benjamin Few and Susannah Richardson, whom I have not seen in any genealogies. Susannah "Susan" Few Bannon Birth Sep 6, 1836 Harrison County, Indiana, USA Death Mar 25, 1903 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA d/o Benjamin Few & Susannah Richardson aka Susan Breckheimer on her 1872 passport application, she was described as 5'9" with fair complexion, brown hair & hazel eyes Married Phillipp Breckheimer (d 1870) 19 Jul 1856 Jefferson County KY Known children: Emma Breckheimer Moore, William Breckheimer (ca1859 - ____) Married Patrick Bannon (1824 - 1906) 12 Sep 1880 Louisville KY, no children Children Emma Friedericka Breckheimer Moore (1858 - 1917) Burial Saint Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Sec H, Lot 112, Grave 4 Created by wafe Sep 14, 2015 -- Find A Grave Memorial #152316619, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=152316619
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]
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
In the 1850 census of William Few's household, Mary was reported as 38 years old, thus born about 1812. She is in the household with several still unmarried siblings and one married brother, Benjamin. 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]
------------------- Mary Few Kluttz BIRTH 3 Aug 1904 Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 17 Feb 1972 (aged 67) Vance County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina Mary, daughter of Thomas Vernon Few and Sarah Cornelia (Neale) Crowder, married James Heath Kluttz, son of Joseph Kluttz and Sarah Keath. Date of marriage and Children unknown. Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle, 3rd Cousin, 3 times removed of Mary. Parents: Thomas Vernon Few 1881-1917 Sarah Cornelia Crowder Few 1878-1950 Siblings: Neale Few Woodward 1906-1938 Benjamin Vernon Few 1910-1953 Frederick William Few 1915-2004 Spouse James Heath Kluttz 1903-1960 Maintained by LH Carpenter, Originally Created by Donnie Ruyle 26 Jul 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial 39895417, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39895417/mary-kluttz -------------------
1850 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 16 September, page 745 (scan 375), Hse/Fam #846 Elizabeth Few 49 F $1500 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt 1801] William Few 22 M Laborer b South Carolina [b abt 1828] Mahala Few 19 F b South Carolina [b abt 1831] Catlett Few 18 M Laborer b South Carolina [b abt 1832] Matilda Few 16 F b South Carolina [b abt 1834] Benjamin Few 14 F b South Carolina [b abt 1836] In the 1860 census, the daughter enumerated as Mahuldah matches the entry for Mahala in 1850. Catlett is missing from the list in 1860. All three adult children are still unmarried in this census. 1860 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 23 August, Milford Division, P O Milford, page 83, Hse #672, Fam #591 Elizabeth Jenkins 59 F Housekeeper $3000 Real Estate $6225 Personal Estate born South Carolina [b abt 1801] Mahuldah Jenkins 30 F Seamstress born South Carolina [b abt 1830] Matilda Jenkins 27 F Weaver born South Carolina [b abt 1833] Benjamin Jenkins 25 M Carpenter born South Carolina [b abt 1835] In 1870, only two children are reported in Elizabeth's household, both daughters. Their names are reported only as initials. They would seem to match the two daughters who appear in each other census, Mahala or Mahuldah the older, and Matilda the younger. Ages are off a little, but we see ages vary a good bit for the children, although Elizabeth's matches birth in 1801 every time. Thus S M would match Mahala/Mahuldah and M C would then be Matilda. The new initial C is clarified in the 1800 census, where the child named Caroline there matches Matilda. 1870 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 2 November, O'Neal Township, P O Sandy Flat, page 19 [scan 509], Hse/Fam #116 Jenkins, Elizah 69 F W Keeping House $750 Real Estate $300 Personal Estate born SC [b abt 1801] Jenkins, S M 35 F W At Home born SC [b abt 1835] Jenkins, M C 33 At Home born F W born SC [b abt 1837] Elizabeth's son Benjamin is now married and enumerated in his own household next door. 1870 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 2 November, O'Neal Township, P O Sandy Flat, page 19 [scan 509], Hse/Fam #117 Jenkins, Benjamin 35 M W Farmer $700 Personal Estate born SC [b abt 1835] Jenkins, Francis 26 F W Keeping House born SC [b abt 1844] A few doors away in the other direction is her older son I K, Ignatius Katlett Jenkins. 1870 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 2 November, O'Neal Township, P O Sandy Flat, page 19 [scan 509], Hse/Fam #116 Jenkins, I K 37 M W Farmer $1550 Real Estate $300 Personal Estate born SC [b abt 1833] Jenkins, Mary 30 F W Keeping House born SC [b abt 1840] Jenkins, John 12 M W At Home born SC [b abt 1858] Jenkins, Dora 10 F W At Home born SC [b abt 1860] Jenkins, Allie 8 At Home born F W born SC [b abt 1862] Jenkins, Nelson 6 M W At Home born SC [b abt 1858] Jenkins, Vinson 4 M W At Home born SC [b abt 1858] Jenkins, Logan 11mos born July 1869 M W At Home born SC [b abt 1858] 1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 16 June, O'Neal Township, page 37 [scan 91], Hse #342, Fam #345 Jenkins, Elizabeth W F 79 Farming SC SC SC [b abt 1801] Jenkins, Mahaley W F 44 dau Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1836] Jenkins, Caroline W 45 Dau Single SC SC SC [b abt 1835] Howard, William W M 20 Farm Laborer SC SC SC [b abt 1787] In the 1880 census, Mahaley is obviously the person reported as Mahala in 1850, as Mahuldah in 1860 and as S M in 1870. Caroline matches the person reported twice as Matilda and in 1870 as M C. Elizabeth Few Jenkins Birth 18 Apr 1801 Greenville County, South Carolina Death 26 Aug 1886 Greenville County, South Carolina Elizabeth, Daughter of William Few & Susannah Tubbs. Married Vinson Jenkins, Parents unknown, abt. 1829, Greenville Co., SC. To this marriage were born: Makuldan [Mahuldah in the census], Matilda & Benjamin. Parents: William Few (1771 - 1856) Susannah Tubbs Few (1774 - 1816) Spouse Vinson Jenkins (1802 - 1836) Children: Mahala S Jenkins unknown-1896 Caroline Matilda Jenkins (1835 - 1922) Benjamin Vinson Jenkins (1835 - 1882) Siblings: Malinda Few Few (1796 - 1867) Rachel Few (1797 - 1883) Susannah Few Kendrick (1803 - 1884) Benjamin Few (1805 - 1888) Ignatius Few (1807 - 1894) Ephriam Lawrence Few (1810 - 1885) Levinia Few Thomason (1813 - 1885) Burial Few Family Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Created by Robin Farley Dixson 24 Apr 2005 -- Find A Grave Memorial #10846565, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10846565
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]
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]