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John Rutherford 1689–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 November 1689

Birth Location: Saint Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Logantown, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Robert Rutherford

Mother: Margaret Vawter

Spouse(s): Violetta Reynolds

Children(s): Col. Sr

John Rutherford was born in 1689 in Saint Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA, the child of Robert Jr Rutherford And Margaret Vawter. John Rutherford married Violetta Reynolds, and had children including Col Robert Rutherford Sr. John Rutherford passed away in 1789 in Logantown, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • John Rutherford was born in 1689 in Saint Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA, the child of Robert Jr Rutherford And Margaret Vawter.
  • John Rutherford married Violetta Reynolds, and had children including Col Robert Rutherford Sr.
  • John Rutherford passed away in 1789 in Logantown, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Rutherford's Ancestors

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John Rutherford
1689–1789
Birth Place: Saint Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Robert Jr Rutherford
1634–1728
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaret Vawter
1644–
Essex County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Bartholomew Vawter
1625–1717
Plymouth, Devon, England
Winifred Hodgson
1627–1735
Plymouth, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Rutherford's Descendants

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John Rutherford (15 November 1689–1789) m. Violetta Reynolds (about 1700–about 1770)
  1. 1. Col. (Robert Rutherford) Sr 1734–1814 m. Dorothy (Ann) Brooks 1734–1793
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Rutherford 1758–1829 m. Thomas (Mathis) Jr 1745–1829
      1. 1. John (R.) Mathis 1775–1833 m. Susan Poole 1777–1833
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Mathis 1804–1880 m. William Buice 1804–1887
        2. 2. Bailis (Earl) Mathis 1832–1899

John Rutherford's Timeline

3 Records

1689
1689
Birth of John Rutherford in Saint Ann's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA
Saint Ann's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA
1689
15 November 1689
Birth of John Rutherford in Saint Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA
Saint Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA
1789
1789
Age 100
Death of John Rutherford in Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA
Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1689
    Event Place: Saint Ann's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 November 1689
    Event Place: Saint Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 222.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Place: USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Logantown, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.)

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