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Sir John Rutherford 1480 – 1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt. 1480

Birth Location: Knowe, Dunfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 1565

Death Location: Scotland

Father: George Hunthill

Mother: Elizabeth Turnbull

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cairncross

Children(s): Sir Rutherford

Sir John Rutherford was born in 1480 in Knowe, Dunfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of George Shaw Rutherford, Of Hunthill and Elizabeth Turnbull. Sir John Rutherford married Elizabeth Cairncross, and had children including Sir John Rutherford. Sir John Rutherford passed away in 1565 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John Rutherford was born in 1480 in Knowe, Dunfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of George Shaw Rutherford, Of Hunthill and Elizabeth Turnbull.
  • Sir John Rutherford married Elizabeth Cairncross, and had children including Sir John Rutherford.
  • Sir John Rutherford passed away in 1565 in Scotland.

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Sir Rutherford's Ancestors

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Sir Rutherford
1480 – 1565
Birth Place: Knowe, Dunfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
George Shaw Rutherford, Of Hunthill
1475 – 1522
Hunthill, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Turnbull
1490 – 1565
Nesbit, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Sir Rutherford's Descendants

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Sir (John) Rutherford (abt. 1480 – 1565) m. Elizabeth Cairncross (1482 – 1560)
  1. 1. Sir (John) Rutherford (17 June 1500 – ABT 1590)
    1. 1. Countess (Eleanor Brown Sinclair, Lady of Orkney and Fife, Auchterhouse and) Balveny, (19 April 1457 – 21 March 1518) m. Sir (Lord John I "The Hearty" Stewart, Knight of Balveny, Earlshill, Lord of Lorn, Lord of Balveny, Lord of Auchterhouse, 1st Earl of Atholl, 10th Earl of) Dar (21 September 1439 – 15 September 1512)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Stewart, Lady of Balveny, 3rd Baroness Campbell of Kilmaurs, Countess of) Castletown (Abt. 1485 – 12 August 1523) m. (Sir) (Colin Campbell, 3rd Lord) Glenorchy* (6 Jan 1481 – 12 Aug 1523)
        1. 1. Colin Campbell (7 Jul 1512 – 11 Apr 1583) m. Katherine (Lilias) Ruthven (1525 – Sep 1580)

Sir Rutherford's Timeline

2 Records

1480
abt. 1480
Birth of Sir John Rutherford in Knowe, Dunfries and Galloway, Scotland
Knowe, Dunfries and Galloway, Scotland
1565
1565
Age 85
Death of Sir John Rutherford in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt. 1480
    Event Place: Knowe, Dunfries and Galloway, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Scotland

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