The Plantation
Over 60 Scots were granted lands as part of the Plantation. A few were servitors, but most were undertakers. The most important of the new landlord families from Scotland included the Cunninghams in County Donegal, the Achesons in County Armagh, the Humes in County Fermanagh and the Stewarts in County Tyrone
The Scottish Undertakers who were actually granted allotments in Ulster were those on the second list made up in 1610 by the King and his English Privy Council sitting in London. The schedule, taken from vol. IX of the register of the Privy Council of Scotland, can be found on The Undertakers page
Undertakers For 3,000 acres each......(County)
- Ludovic Stewart, Duke of Lennox ( Donegal)
- James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn (Tyrone)
- Esme Stewart, Lord D'Aubigny, brother of the Duke of Lennox (Cavan)
- Michael Balfour, Lord of Burley (Fermanagh)
- Andrew Stewart, Lord Ochiltree (Tyrone)
As alluded to in the text below by Gary Rutherford Harding, some original Rutherford planters may have come over to County Tyrone with Andrew Stewart, Lord Ochiltree (Tyrone).
Only Thomas Rudderfoord is recorded in the 1631 Muster Rolls of Tyrone, to be found on the Rutherfords in the Plantation of Ulster page. He is living in either Donagheady or Leckpatrick parish, part of the Manor of the Countess of Abercorne (Marion Hamilton, widow of James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn (Tyrone) above)
| Surname | Given name | Place | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudderfoord | Thomas | Countess of Abbercorne | Tyrone |
Any Scottish family in Ireland which is interested in their lineage must first come to grips with ‘who brought them’. Scottish settlers to Ireland were almost always part of organized settlements that were orchestrated by the “undertakers”. The Undertakers were those noblemen and high ranking commoners who had been given commissions by the British Crown to settle and build plantations in Ireland. The word ‘plantation’ was first used to describe these settlements in Ireland. The settlers came from the same areas as the undertakers and were often distant relatives and/or tenants in Scotland, England, Wales and Cornwall.
The undertaker for the Rutherfords in County Tyrone was a distant cousin, Andrew Stewart, 3rd Lord Ochiltree. Andrew Stewart’s sister Martha was married to Sir Nicolas Rutherford of Hundalee. His sister Margaret Stewart was married to John Stewart of Traquair, a Rutherfurd descendant. Andrew Stewart’s sister Anne was married to Sir Andrew Kerr, also a Rutherford descendant.
The early lineage of the Stewart family in County Tyrone is detailed in the Stewarts of Tyrone.
The Servitors
Present day descendants of the early Rutherfords of Tyrone may descend from two brothers who were awarded land in Oritor, County Tyrone as servitors, having successfully fought for William of Orange in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. They served in the Scots Brigade.
Present day descendants of the Rutherfords of Tyrone, Down and Monaghan counties all descend from one common ancestor; Captain James Rutherford of the Scottish Brigade in Holland. This is covered in The Four Brothers Mystery.
- Rev John Rutherford settled in co Down in Newry (Wigton-Walkers of VA)
- Rev Samuel Rutherford settled in Co. Monaghan (Rutherfords of Trenton New Jersey and Cub Creek, VA)
- Robert Rutherford settled at Oritor, Co. Tyrone (his son Robert also lived at Oritor).
- unknown “Captain” Rutherford settled at Derryloran, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. (Rutherfords of Paxtang, PA) Robert Jr’s son Thomas Rutherford, b 1707 emigrated circa 1729 to Pennsylvania, settling at Paxtang.
Rutherford parishes near Cookstown – County Tyrone - Parishes of Derryloran:
Cookstown - County Tyrone
Craigs - County Tyrone (Oritor)
Derryloran alias Kirktown - County Tyrone (Grange)
Drumearn - County Tyrone (Lissan Lower)
Feegarran - County Tyrone (Oritor)
Glebe (Derryloran) - County Tyrone (Grange)
Gortalowry - County Tyrone (Grange)
Gortin - County Tyrone (Oritor)
Gortreagh - County Tyrone (Lissan Lower)
Killycurragh - County Tyrone (Oritor)
Tullycall - County Tyrone (Lissan Lower)
Related: The Plantation Of Ulster · The Undertakers · Rutherfords in the Plantation of Ulster · County Tyrone descendant tree.