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Samuel Rutherford 1600–1661 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1600

Birth Location: Crailing, Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 March 1661

Death Location: St Regulus, Chapel Yard, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Rutherford

Mother: Margaret Gibson

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The story of Samuel Rutherford began in 1600 in Crailing, Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom. Samuel Rutherford passed away in 1661 in St Regulus, Chapel Yard, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Samuel Rutherford began in 1600 in Crailing, Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Samuel Rutherford passed away in 1661 in St Regulus, Chapel Yard, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Samuel Rutherford's Ancestors

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Samuel Rutherford
1600–1661
Birth Place: Crailing, Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Rutherford
1574–1630
Nisbet, Roxburg, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Jane) Gibson
1576–1640
Edgerstoun, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Rev. (John R Rutherford II of) Hunthill
1530–1590
Knowe, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Braithwaite
1535–1609
Knowe, Nesbit, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lord (Thomas of Edgerston Rutherford Black) Laird
1550–1615
Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jean (Scott) Eliot
1554–1605
Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lady Kerr
1502–1585
Sir Rutherford
1520–1605
Elizabeth Rutherford
1524–1609
William Elliott
1525–1585
Jean Scott
1535–1613
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Rutherford
1490–1544
John Rutherford
1500–1565
Isobel Kerr
1502–1560
Robert Clan
1506–1563
Agnes Scott
1511–1573
Lady Ferniehirst
1502–1546

Samuel Rutherford's Timeline

2 Records

1600
1600
Birth of Samuel Rutherford in Crailing, Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Crailing, Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1661
20 March 1661
Age 61
Death of Samuel Rutherford in St Regulus, Chapel Yard, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Regulus, Chapel Yard, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Crailing, Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 March 1661
    Event Place: St Regulus, Chapel Yard, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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