Person:John Rutherford (12)

John Rutherford
b.Abt 1700
d.1721 At Sea
m. Abt 1695
  1. Samuel RutherfordAbt 1696 - 1767
  2. Robert RutherfordAbt 1698 -
  3. John RutherfordAbt 1700 - 1721
  • HJohn RutherfordAbt 1700 - 1721
  • WAnn GriffithAbt 1697 - 1721
m. Abt 1720
  1. Gen. Griffith Loch RutherfordAbt 1721 - 1805
Facts and Events
Name John Rutherford
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1700
Marriage Abt 1720 Irelandto Ann Griffith
Death? 1721 At Sea
Ancestral File Number B5SJ-K9

!BIRTH: Born Ireland or Scotland

!MARRIAGE: Married perhaps in Monaghan Co. Ireland 1720


John Rutherford

b. abt 1700 in Ireland

d. 1721 died at sea coming to America

m. [1] Elizabeth Griffith

d. 1721 died at sea coming to America

John Rutherford and his wife Elizabeth died while enroute to America from Ireland, and their infant son, Griffith Rutherford was taken to New Jersey to live with relatives by the name of Rutherford. Their son, Griffith Rutherford, first appears in documented form living with the Rutherfords and Weakleys of Cub Creek VA.

John Rutherford was married while in exile in Ireland to Elizabeth Griffith of Wales - also a political exile.