The Rutherford, or Rutherfurd, family didn’t Get to these shores as early as some other Migrants, but being Scottish, they were probably Waiting to see if the thing was gong to go or not. Nevertheless, taking their sporrans, Robert and Thomas Rutherford settled in Virginia in 1743 And even more dubious John Rutherford didn’t Make it to New Jersey until 1791. A most ancient Scottich clan, the Rutherfords Of that ilk and Teviotdale, dating back lineally To 1140, at which time Robertus-Dominus de Rutherford signed a charter for King David I. Even before that, the traditional origin is that One of the family conducted, or carried, Ancient Scottish King Ruther across a ford In the Tweed river, and was given the lands Which took that name and for which the family Took their name.

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