John Rutherford (abt. 1653 - 1740)

Born about 15 Jul 1653 in Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Alleine) Rutherford — married about 1670 in Newcastleupontyn, Northumberland, England

Descendants

Died 1740 at about age 86 in County Down, Ireland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Rutherford Name Study.

John Rutherford is a member of Clan Rutherford.

Rev. John Rutherford was born on 15 Jul 1653 in Teviotdale, Scotland to parents James Rutherford and Margaret Gladstone. He married Isabella Alliene about 1670 in Northumberland, England. Children: Thomas, John Jr., James, Samuel (twin), Allen (twin), Elizabeth, Esther, Katherine. He died about 1740 in County Down, Ireland.

John served as a Captain with William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690. King William subsequently granted him lands in County Down, Ireland.

John was a Presbyterian minister in Scotland and Ireland.

The Battle of the Boyne was fought between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thrones - the Catholic King James (James II of Scotland & IV of Ireland), and the Protestant King William (William III of England & William II of Ireland and Scotland). King William is more widely known as William of Orange. James was the father-in-law and uncle of William.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial #59111562.

• Cited in Gary Rutherford Harding's biography of Rev. Samuel Rutherford.

• https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/John_Rutherford_(%3F-%3F)

• Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with records of a few allied families : also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902" by Emma Siggins White, publ 1902 p 1 https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00inwhit#page/1/mode/1up/