Fewell

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Fewell is a Scottish name derived from the Mediæval word for "people". It has been a family name since the late fifth century, though the Saxon invasions mixed the native Scottish bloodline with conquering noblemen in 1200. The line that was therefore created in Scotland extended later into Western Europe and eventually into the Americas.

One line of the Fewell family became wealthy through seafaring trade in the southern Scottish ports. The family gained repute as because they guaranteed protection for the merchants that travelled through their ports. The wealth was lost when that family migrated to the United States during the 1820s. Another branch of the Fewell family may have emigtated to Virginia as early as 1656; US Census records this branch in Faquier County, Virginia, in the 1790 census and every succeeding census although the only males in this line who have living male descendents bearing the name Fewell removed to Washington, DC in he early 20th century and their descendents are to be found in the early twenty first century to New York.

Fewell is also a family name of Austrian origin, derived from "fuer" or its variants and anglicised upon immigration to the United States.