Isabella (Young) Rutherford (abt. 1755 - 1817)

Born about 1755 in Coleraine, Ireland

Wife of Thomas Rutherford — married 1780 in Coleraine, Ireland

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1817 at about age 62 in Leeds, England

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Biography

Isabella (Young) Rutherford was born in Ireland.

Isabella (Young) Rutherford was from a 'respectable' Irish family from Coleraine. Not much is known about her parents, but it was reported in her husband's memoirs that her father had died when she was still young.
Her sister, Anne was married to Henry Moore, friend and biographer of John Wesley. She and her sister were devout members of the Wesleyan society and were referred to approvingly by John Wesley in his journal entry for 7 June 1778. Isabella was important enough to earn her own entry in the Methodist Archives, remaining active after her husband's death. A very literate woman, she was a correspondent of Eliza Fenwick. She also composed two beautifully written letters which were included in her husband's memoirs, published in 1807 by her brother in law, Henry Moore.^[1]

Death
She passed away in 1817 while visiting her daughter in Leeds.
"On Thursday, aged 58, at the house of Mr. Joseph Dickinson, her son-in-law, at Grove Terrace, near this town, Mrs. Rutherford, widow of Mr. Thomas Rutherford, many years a respectable Itinerant Preacher in the Methodist Connexion: she was a woman of meek and quiet spirit, and exemplary in all her social and relative duties.'^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ See : An Account of the Lord's Dealings with the Rev. Thomas Rutherford: Part 5 This book also available in PDF format. See Image 1
2. ↑ Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 20 October 1817 - pg.2.

• The Methodist Archives Biographical Index, University of Manchester Library, entry for Isabella Rutherford.

• Cited in The Methodist Archives Biographical Index, University of Manchester Library, entry for Anne Moore.

• Cited in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Yorkshire, England; St Savior; 1721 - 1886; Film Number: 1068543. See also "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDXM-GZP : accessed 20 June 2015), Isabella Young in entry for Elizabeth Rutherford, 09 Aug 1787; citing , reference 2:2LNZ92B; FHL microfilm 1,068,543.

• Cited in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; Wesleyan Methodist; 1793 - 1809; Film Number: 1597222. See also "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWVW-4F5 : accessed 20 June 2015), Isabella Rutherford in entry for Theodosia Rutherford, 28 Jun 1795, Baptism; citing p. 20, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.

• Cited in England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970, Piece 3125: Liverpool, Mount Pleasant Chapel (Wesleyan), 1771, 1787-1814. See also "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWF7-M2P : accessed 20 June 2015), Isabella Rutherford in entry for Henry Thomas Rutherford, 08 Jun 1796, Baptism; citing p. 15 & 16, Liverpool, Lancashire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.