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Notes

• xU.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  Richard Few
  Spouse Jane Whitfield
  Birth 1625 England
  
  "RICHARD FEW settled in the upper part of Chester Towenship, Chester County, where a list of landholdres for 1689 showed Richard Few owned 227 acres (J. Smith Futhey and Filbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881) p. 31)   RICHARD FEW was probably born as early as 1625.  He married first JANE (also appears as JOAN) WHITFIELD and they were parents of five sons and one daughter.Jane Few, died 24, 4 mo. [April ?], 1674 and Richard married second JULIAN ___,  Louis Dale Carman, who has made a study of Few family history, wrote: "his second wife Julian and his son Isaac accompanied him to this country. They arrived in America prior to 12 September 1682 as on that date he was listed as one of the jurors at a court held at Upland (Records of the Courts of Chester Co., Pa., 1681-1697 (Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1910), p. 20).  This was more than a month earlier than William Penn's arrival at this tiny Swedish settlement, 29 October 1682, which he renamed Chester after the city of that name in 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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  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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  Several genealogies report the name of Richard's first wife as Sarah Bokavar Friend, indicating that her maiden name was Bokovar.  These do not have the name Jane or Joan Whitfield.  No documentation is provided, but they provide very complete family configurations and have considerable detail.  Other information matches children and thiier spouses reported in the Few Family History genealogy cited above.
  
  Wiltshire, England, Quaker Deaths, 1542-1897
  Jane Few
  Death 24 Apr 1674 Lavington
  Residence Lavington
  
  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 borth 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

Sources

• 1. Genealogy.com Trees
• 2. Wiltshire, England, Quaker Deaths, 1542-1897
• 3. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 4. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980
• 5. Wiltshire, England, Quaker Births, 1636-1837
• 6. Family Data Collection - Births
• 7. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970