Andrew Rutherford (1701–1766) of Oritor

Ref. T5 — Generations of T1 Robert Rutherford, Capt.

Name and Vital Dates

• Name: Andrew Rutherford (loc. desc: of Oritor).
• Lineage: T2 Robert,² T1 Robert.¹
• Lifespan: (1701–1766) Born in Oritor, County Tyrone, Ireland about 1701.

Parents

• T2Robert Rutherford Jr
• T∅Mary McGlip of Cookstown

Siblings

• T4 Margaret Elizabeth Rutherford of Oritor (1700–1767)
• T6 Robert Rutherford of Oritor (1702–)
• T7 Anne Rutherford of Oritor (abt 1705–)
• T8 Thomas Rutherford Sr Capt

Spouse and Family

• No marriage or issue recorded in the generations record.

Timeline

• Arrival (1720): He arrived in America in 1720: They were brothers, one of whom, Thomas Rutherford, followed his betrothed to then Donegal township, Lancaster county Pennsylvania, in 1729. They were Scotch by decent but Irish by birth, and came over with the first exodus of those people.2
• Residence (1766): He lived in Oritor, Kildress, Tyrone, Ireland in 1766: Religion: Protestant.
• Record: He was also known as Andrew Rutherford.
• Residence: Associated with Oritor, and with Oritor from birth, through death after 1766.

Significant Events

• Immigration (1720): He arrived in America in 1720.

Death and Burial

• Demise: Death date unconfirmed in the generations record.

Historical Legacy and Impact

• Oritor: T5 Andrew Rutherford of Oritor, represents a documented generation of the T1 Robert Rutherford, Capt branch, and the Robert Rutherford Capt of Oritor family of County Tyrone, recorded in Generations of Robert Rutherford Capt of Oritor. See also the County Tyrone descendant tree and the Pedigree chart.

• Gender: Male.
• Ref# T5

References

1. [2] Ancestry.com, Notes and queries : historical, biographical and genealogical, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania, [1st-2d ser., v. 1-2, (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

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