6th Apr 16641,2,3 - Oct 17341,1,3
Life History
6th Apr 1664 |
Born in Lavington, Wiltshire, England, UK.1,2,3 |
about 1690 |
Birth of son James FEW.1 |
after 27th Jan 1698/9 |
Married Hannah STANFIELD in Chester County, Pennsylvania.1 |
20th Jun 1708 |
Birth of son Joseph FEW.3 |
Oct 1734 |
Died in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.1,1,3 |
Notes
- 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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