Frances Rutherfurd

Was she the same as Frances Butler

Family

From https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/rutherfurd-john

In 1754 Rutherfurd married Frances Johnston, twice a widow, first of one Button and second of Governor Gabriel Johnston.

John and Frances Rutherfurd, who died in 1768, had three children:

• Frances (1756–1809),
• John, Jr. (1762–1813), and
• William Gordon (1764–1818).

Notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gordon-4554

Excerpt from Article, Governors of Bertie County:

...When Penelope Galland Maule Lovick Phenney Johnston died, Governor Johnston married again in 1751 a widow, Frances Button. The following year, July 17, 1752, Governor Gabriel Johnston died at his seat "Eden House" and was buried there. The exact location of his grave is not now known.
...After Governor Johnston's death in 1752, his widow, Frances married John Rutherfurd of New Hanover County. Rutherfurd was in charge of settling the estate and was many years closing it up. There was much controversy and litigation involved and it is well known that he did not perform his task to the satisfaction of the Johnston family. Among the manuscripts in the possession of the North Carolina Historical Commissiion is an "account of John Rutherfurd and Frances, his wife with the estate fo Governor Gabriel Johnston", which covers the eyars 1752 to 1756. Its later pages contains accounts of money disbursed for such Bertie plantations as "Eden House" and "Mount Galland". It, also contains items regarding Henry Johnston, Caroline, his sister, and Penelope (education at Williamsburg - 83 pounds, 16 shillings and 6 pence).

Disputed Origins

From https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KCSZ-5WZ

Frances' birth name seems unknown. ncpedia says it is Johnstone. WikiTree says Hovinden. Others say Gordon. Frances married a Button, and was widowed. In 1751 she married Governor Gabriel Johnston, and was widowed in 1752. In 1754, she married John Rutherford
Governor Johnston married (first) Penelope Galland, the stepdaughter of Governor Charles Eden and they lived on a plantation called the "Eden House," just across the river from Edenton. They had one daughter, Penelope, who married John Dawson of Edenton. After the death of his wife, Governor Johnson married Frances Butler, and after his death, she married John Rutherford. Governor Johnston died in July, l752.

References

• Will of Gabriel Johnston, including related certificates Johnston, Gabriel, ca. 1698-1752 May 16, 1751 Volume 22, Pages 287-290 https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr22-0065
• The Journal of A Lady of Quality, edited by Evangeline Walker Andrews, Yale University Press, 1921, 1934, 1939 and The Reprint Company, 1971. “Widow first of a Mr Button and second of Governor Johnston of North Carolina.” https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/schaw/menu.html
• Note: Wilmington, North Carolina 1797-1842; Marriage contracts of New Hanover County Citizens 1728-1855 compiled by Ida Brooks Kellam, pg 92 - noted as relict of Gov. Gabriel Johnston, 27 May 1754 noted as date of bond for marriage between Mrs. Frances Johnston and John Rutherford Early Wilmington Block by Block From 1733 on compiled by Elizabeth Francenia McKoy; pg 16 Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, vol. 5 edited by William S. Powell: John Rutherford; William Gordon Rutherford- noted as married twice before Rutherford- to Button and Johnston North Carolina Wills and Inventories copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories by J. Bryan Grimes, reprint 2005: Gabriel Johnston, dated 1751 Gabriel Johnston : Royal Governor of North Carolina Province 1734 to 1752 http://www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/gjohnson.html noted as Frances Button Ancestry.com. Virginia, Prominent Families, Vol. 1-4 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.Original data: Louise Pecquet du Bellet. Some Prominent Virginia Families. Lynchburgh, VA, USA: J.P. Bell Company, 1907. Governor Gabriel married, second, Frances Button (née Johnstone), who bore him no children. She survived Governor Gabriel and married John Rutherford. She died (1767), leaving a son, who came to Georgia (1793). Wayne County, NC - Heritage Series Reprinted with permission of the Mount Olive Tribune and cannot be reproduced without permission. Johnston - Governor Of North Carolina"Our Heritage" By Claude Moore http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/heritage/johnston.txt noted as Frances Butler
• Note: Marriage and Death Notices in newspapers published in Wilmington, North C