Frances (Gordon) Rutherford (abt. 1725 - abt. 1768)

Wife of Gabriel Johnston — married 1751 in Bertie County, North Carolina

Wife of John Rutherford — married 27 May 1754 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina

Died about 1768 at about age 43 in Bladen County, North Carolina [uncertain]

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Frances /Butler/^[2][3][4]

Death

Death:

Date: ABT 1768^[5]

Note

Note: #N717

Marriage

Husband: @I1958@

Wife: Frances Butler

Marriage:

Date: 1751

Place: Bertie County, North Carolina, US^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Butler-7296 was created by Jane Naus through the import of Harriss-Naus-Cotton-Haefele-Ancestors-Descendants_2014-12-22.ged on Dec 22, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S58 Data: Text: 15 OCT 2003
3. ↑ Source: #S65
4. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Frances Butler
5. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Frances Butler
6. ↑ Source: #S65

• Source: S2282 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2227
• Repository: R2227 Name: HR-1005-BGR Address: www.ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S58 Author: Author: "Our Heritage" By Claude Moore; Title: Article, The Johnston Family Connection Publication: Name: Reprinted with permission of the Mount Olive Tribune. File contributed by Guy Potts, gpotts1@@mindspring.com; Repository: #R58 NOTESource Medium: Internet CONT
• Repository: R58 Name: HR-1113-ART Address: www.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wayne/heritage/johnston2.txt+%22hannah+johnston%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S65 Author: Larry Moler, jmhm-houston@@earthlink.net Title: Family Tree, Moler Family/Genealogy Database Repository: #R65 NOTESource Medium: Internet CONT
• Repository: R65 Name: www.rootsweb.com, HR-2368-EDT Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Notes

Note N717From The Johnston Family Connection by Claude Moore [HR-1113-GJ1]:

...Gov. Gabriel Johnston married Penelope Galland, the stepdaughter of Gov. Charles Eden and they had one daughter, Penelope, who married John Dawson. Gov. Johnston later married Frances Butler...

NOTE: Name may be Frances Button.

Excerpt from Article, Governors of Bertie County:

...When Penelope Galland Maule Lovick Phenney Johnston died, Governor Johnston married again in 1751 a widow, Frances Button. The following year, July 17, 1752, Governor Gabriel Johnston died at his seat "Eden House" and was buried there. The exact location of his grave is not now known.

...After Governor Johnston's death in 1752, his widow, Frances married John Rutherfurd of New Hanover County. Rutherfurd was in charge of settling the estate and was many years closing it up. There was much controversy and litigation involved and it is well known that he did not perform his task to the satisfaction of the Johnston family. Among the manuscripts in the possession of the North Carolina Historical Commissiion is an "account of John Rutherfurd and Frances, his wife with the estate fo Governor Gabriel Johnston", which covers the eyars 1752 to 1756. Its later pages contains accounts of money disbursed for such Bertie plantations as "Eden House" and "Mount Galland". It, also contains items regarding Henry Johnston, Caroline, his sister, and Penelope (education at Williamsburg - 83 pounds, 16 shillings and 6 pence).