Capt. John Rutherford and Margaret Parke
Husband Capt. John Rutherford 1 2 3
Born: 16 Feb 1737 - Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: 1 Oct 1804 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 5 Buried: - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Thomas Rutherford (1707-1777) 5 6 Mother: Jean Murdoch (1712-1789) 5
Marriage: 4 Feb 1762 4
Wife Margaret Parke 4
AKA: Margaret Park,1 7 Mary Parke 8 Born: Abt 1737 Christened: Died: 18 Jan 1810 4 Buried: - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA
Children
1 F Jane Rutherford 5
Born: 26 Aug 1763 5 Christened: Died: 28 Feb 1807 5 Buried:Spouse: Samuel Hutchinson ( - ) 5 Marr: 29 Jun 1780 9
2 F Martha Rutherford 5
Born: 22 Feb 1765 5 Christened: Died: 27 Aug 1849 5 Buried: - Greenfield, OHSpouse: Capt. James Collier ( - ) 7
3 M Thomas Rutherford 5
Born: 28 Nov 1767 5 Christened: Died: 18 Oct 1793 5 Buried:
4 M Samuel Rutherford 10 11
Born: 16 Jul 1769 11 Christened: Died: 26 Nov 1833 5 10 Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Brisban (1770- ) 10
5 F Mary Rutherford 3 5 12
Born: 13 Sep 1771 5 13 Christened: Died: 16 Aug 1863 5 13 Buried: - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PASpouse: Robert Gray (1757-1848) 3 5 12
6 M John Rutherford 5
Born: 15 Jan 1774 5 Christened: Died: 1 May 1832 5 Buried:Spouse: Jane Meader ( - ) 14Spouse: Priscilla Barrett ( - ) 5
7 M Col. William Rutherford 15 16
Born: 4 Aug 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 1 5 Christened: Died: 17 Jan 1850 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 1 17 Buried: - Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Lancaster Co, PASpouse: Sarah Swan (1779-1852) 15 17 18 Marr: 17 Mar 1801 1 17
General Notes: Husband - Capt. John Rutherford
He was a farmer by occupation.
He accompanied his father to Paxtang in 1755. In the year 1760, in connection with the latter, he purchased a plantation, containing nearly four hundred acres, on which Rutherford station, on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, was later located. This property, although divided into three tracts, was still owned by the descendants a century and a half later; and his mansion house, built before the Revolution, was used as a dwelling by his great-grandchildren. When the troubles with England arose, which led to the struggle for independence, he was active in his opposition to British tyranny. He was a member and officer, throughout the war, of the "Liberty Association of Pennsylvania," and served as captain of a company in the campaigns of 1776 and 1777 in the Jerseys and Eastern Pennsylvania. He afterwards commanded a detachment from several companies against the Indians. Throughout his life we find Mr. Rutherford's name connected with many enterprises, both civil and ecclesiastical, which show him to have been a representative man and trusted citizen. [CBEDC, 177]
1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 532.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 177, 1001, 1011.
3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 33.
4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 177, 1011.
5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1011.
6 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 121.
7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1001.
8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 34.
9 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 164.
10 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 595.
11 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1011, 1048.
12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 769.
13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 770.
14 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 365.
15 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 532, 557.
16 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1001, 1011.
17 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1012.
18
William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 156.
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