Eleventh Generation

1056. Robert RUTHERFORD^430,443 was born in 1634 in VA.⁴⁴³ He died on 21 August 1728 at the age of 94 in Essex Co., VA.⁴⁴³ Information on this line comes mostly from "Genealogical History of the Rutherford Family" by William Kenneth Rutherford and Anna Clay (Zimmerman) Rutherford. Printed privately in 1979. The book was donated to the Oregon State Library in 1982. Address at that time was Kenneth Rutherford, Box 85, Lexington, MO. 64067. Call numberRutheG 929.209732 . Robert is listed on page 177.
He was probably one and the same as the Robert Rutherford who was baptized May 6, 1640, a son of Adam Rutherford of Hall and Janet Rutherford of Roxburgh County, Scotland.
The name Robert Rutherford was recorded as early as March 10, 1676 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, and as late as August 21, 1728 in Essex County, Virginia. Conveyances of land by Robert Rutherford and his wife Margaret verify their places of residence were in Sittenburn Parish in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, and in St. Anns Parish in Essex County, Virginia. Among the neighbors of Robert Rutherford were Daniel Smith and John Miller, both of whom moved to Augusta County where they lived neighbors to the descendants of Robert Rutherford.
A court order bearing the date August 4, 1684 show Robert Rutherford was appointed Constable by the Court of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Another court order dated March 3, 1686 ordered Robert Rutherford to pay tenancy on his plantation. Among the wills witnessed by Robert Rutherford were those of Thomas Page of Old Rappahannock County, March 10, 1676; David Jameson of Essex County, December 2, 1711; and Samuel Stallard of Essex County, December 2, 1720.
Robert Rutherford was ordered by the Court of Essex County, Virginia to pay Robert Rutherford, Jr., and John Rutherford, Jr., for their attendance in court as witnesses on his behalf in August 1724.
In a deposition made in Essex Co. dated 10 Aug 1692, Robert Rutherford stated that he was about fifty-eight years of age, and that Margaret his wife, was then about forty-eight years of age. Margaret (?) and Robert RUTHERFORD were married in 1662 in VA.⁴⁴³

1057. Margaret (?) was born in 1644.

Children were:

	i.	John RUTHERFORD was born about 1674. He died in January 1742 at the age of 68 in Essex Co., VA.430 He signed a will on 15 January 1742 in Essex Co., VA.444 He devised the plantation on which he lived to his wife, Mary, during her lifetime, with entail to his son, James, at her death or marriage. He also devised property to his daughter Margaret Wortham, to his son John, and to his son Robert, then a minor. He appointed his wife, Mary, William Wortham, and his son, John Rutherford, as executors and Mary Rutherford qualified as executrix. Will proven for name at place on date.444
	ii.	James RUTHERFORD died in 1759.430
	iii.	Adam RUTHERFORD445 was born circa 1680 in Louisa Co., VA.445 He signed a will on 23 June 1761 in Louisa Co., VA.445 He named the following children; sons John and Adam, daughter Sivera Davis, sons, William, Ellison, Thomas, George, and Christian. He devised property to his wife, Margaret, to be enjoyed during her widowhood. He died in 1761 at the age of 81 in Louisa Co., VA.430,445 Will proven for name at place on date. Between 1724 and 1730, Adam Rutherford pateneted 3,700 acres of land near Falling Creek in Hanover CO., VA.
528	iv.	Robert RUTHERFORD Jr..