(NOTE: I know of no better way to begin the story of Elizabeth Few Lee Andrew Bush than by repeating the chapter on Elizabeth Few from the wonderful book by Florence Knight Fruth, SOME DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD FEW OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND ALLIED LINES. The late Mrs. Fruth got me started in the right direction many years ago and was a warm and gracious lady with whom I am proud to claim kin.)

ELIZABETH FEW

Born in 1755, Elizabeth, second daughter and youngest child of William and Mary (Wheeler) Few probably was named for her father's only sister. Elizabeth Few was married in 177 to Greenberry Lee who was born about 1750 in South Carolina.

Greenberry Lee was granted one hundred acres of "Ceeded Lands" by royal governor Sir James Wright on 21 March 1775. Capt Ignatius Few, Greenberry Lee, Rhesa Howard and Benjamin Few were appraisers of the estate of Thomas Espey, deceased, 5 June 178.

An active participant in the Revolutionary War, Greenberry Lee earned the rank of colonel. Thomas McCormack of Taliaferro County, Ga. remembered in his pension application in 182, "In September 1779 they were marched by the same officer commanded by Col. Greenberry Lee to Savannah, and was placed under Gen. John McIntosh."

"A brave, respectable man who died soon after the close of the war (178 Richmond Co. Ga.)," wrote Ignatius A. Few of Greenberry Lee. Signed 10 June 1785, a Wilkes County deed - Ignatius Few of Richmond County to James Gray of Wilkes Co - recorded the sale of Greenberry Lee's 1775 one-hundred acre original grant. The deed further stipulated, "The said Greenberry Lee on his death appointed said Ignatius Few to act in settling his affairs as Executor." On 1 November 178, Elizabeth Lee for five pounds received five hundred acres from John Lee Sr., an original grant to him in 1771.

Elizabeth Few Lee married second, Benjamin Andrew Esq., on 25 February 1788. Ignatius A. Few remarked that he was "very many years older than she was." Although his will is missing from Will Book A (Columbia County), a land transaction, Walter Drane Esq. To Thomas Cobbs, signed 21 June 179, listed Edmond Bugg, Henry Hampton and Henry Hill as the "executors of will of Benjamin Andrews, dec'd."

In Columbia County, 19 July 1791, Elizabeth Andrew, Elizabeth Andrew was married to her third husband, Capt. Thomas Bush. Her brother Ignatius Few conveyed 200 acres of land in Warren County to Thomas Bush, 11 February 179.

When the final distribution of William Few Sr.'s (father of Elizabeth) estate was made, John Lee and William Lee, Elizabeth's sons by her first marriage, were guardians of children by her second marriage - Hannah Andrew and Moses Andrew. On 2 April 1802 the Lee brothers signed a receipt acknowledging payment of cash money and slaves for their wards. Hannah and Moses. Two days later, they received five slaves for their portion "of our grandfather's estate left to his daughter the said Elizabeth, our mother. (Witnesses) Sterling Gardner and Thomas K. Sandwich.

Thomas Bush's will was signed 25 September 180 and proven 2 November 1812. Legacies were to his "Beloved wife, Elizabeth; daughters, Elizabeth, Martha, Ann, and Jane Richardson; and son John Bush. (The last two children were by a previous marriage.) The executors named were John Bush and William Lee.

Elizabeth, according to her nephew, Ignatius A. Few, survived Captain Bush by many years, "died (In Alabama, 1829) in the faith of the Lord Jesus, having been for more than 0 years a pious member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Thus Elizabeth Few Lee Andrew Bush not only outlived three husbands, but also outlived all of her brothers and sister.

With the death of Elizabeth, the "Golden Age" of the Fews came to a close. In retrospect, it was the generation of the most illustrious Few sons and daughters. Offsprings of a Quaker-turned-Methodist father and a devoutly religious Roman Catholic mother, these four sons and two daughters were characterized by strong independent wills; a willingness to stand for what they thought was right, even to death; the pioneer spirit of being willing to go where ever a better life might be found; the ability to organize and lead men; and an appreciation for the finer values of life. These characteristics produced three officers of the American Revolution, one of whom was also a Georgia signer of the Constitution and first United States Senator. After the "Golden Age" some of the traits exhibited by these six cropped up as United States' attorneys general, Supreme Court justice, university and college presidents, corporation executives, doctors, lawyers, ministers and teachers. Parents of succeeding generations secretly hope that the distinctive features of a Benjamin Few, James Few, William Few, Ignatius Few, Hannah Few or Elizabeth Few will appear in their children.

Elizabeth Few, born Abt. 1755 in Georgia; died WFT Est. 1795-1850 in
>Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. She was the daughter of 2. William Few.
>She married (1) Greenberry Lee, Col. WFT Est. 1769-1802. He was born WFT
>Est. 1738-1758, and died WFT Est. 1772-1844. She married (2) Benjamin
>Andrew, Sr. "Son Of Liberty" February 25, 1788 in Augusta, Richmond County,
>Georgia. He was born October 20, 1713, and died December 16, 1790 in
>Augusta, Richmond, Georgia. He was the son of John Andrew, Sr. and Mary
>Medlicott. She married (3) Thomas Bush July 17, 1791 in Richmond, Georgia.
>He was born WFT Est. 1739-1771, and died WFT Est. 1796-1855.
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