Mary (Wheeler) Few (1710 - 1778)

Born 5 Nov 1710 in Three Sisters Plantation, Baltimore, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of William Few Sr. — married 1742 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

Descendants

Died 1778 at about age 67 in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

There is no primary sources to validate her marriage to William Few. However several unsourced genealogical and Biographical sources exist, earliest dated 1914^[1].

She was born in Piscataway, Prince Georges Co^[2]. She was mentioned in the will of her father, Benjamen on 16 Sep 1741^[3].

Research Notes

There is a Mary (MMU) Few died on the Few's Fruithill Plantation^[4]. All Sources of her as daughter of Benjamen are Unsourced including FindAGrave and Geni. She could be a wheeler but from another wheeler that settled in early Harford Co.

Sources

1. ↑ "The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America", Albert Gallatin Wheeler (b.1875), 1914, Boston : American College of Genealogy; https://archive.org/details/genealogicalency02whee/page/n5/mode/2up?q=mary+few
2. ↑ "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-44SS : Sun Mar 10 01:28:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Wheeler and Benja Wheeler, 5 Nov 1710
3. ↑ "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TR9-99YF?cc=1803986&wc=SNYW-RMS%3A146536801%2C150551701 : 20 May 2014), Baltimore > Wills 1675-1721 vol 1 > image 203 of 279; Hall of Records, Annapolis
4. ↑ "Some Descendants of Richard Few of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Allied Lines, 1682-1976", Florence Knight Fruth, 1977

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;