Henry Rutherford of Hunthill

Burkes has https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera02byuburk/page/1392/mod... p 1391 -2

[Rutherford] was, however, assumed by Capt. John Rutherford, collateral heir male, descended from Richard Rutherford of Littlehaugh, and since by others. He m. Susanna, dau. and heiress of Riddell, of Minto, and had issue (with five daus.) one son.

SIR JOHN RUTHERFORD, of that ilk, s. his father 1720. He m. 1st, 1710, Elizabeth Cairncross, heiress of the ancient and honourable family of Colmslie, and had nineteen children, of whom the eldest son,

John, was ancestor (in the female line of William Oliver-Rutherford, Esq. of Edgerton ; the 2nd son was
THOMAS; another son,
Robert, a baron of the Russian Empire, purchased back, 1779, the old family property of Fairnington ; and another son
Walter, m. Mary, dau. of Gen. Alexander. Of the daus.,
Susanna, m. Alexander Pringle, of Whytbank;
Mary, m Sir Alexander Nisbet, of Dean;
Elizabeth, m John Horsburgh. of that ilk; and
Jean m. Charles Inglis, of Manorhead.

Sir John m. 2ndly, 1741, Sarah, sister of Sir Alexander Nisbet, Bart., by whom he had also a son and a dau.,

Henry, of Hunthill, m. Agnes Lauder, and had issue.
Christian, m. Dr. Davidson, of Hatton and Muirhouse.

---

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 17 August 1742 birth or baptism of Henry Rutherford, son of Sir John Rutherford and and Sarah Nisbet [child 1], in the parish of Edinburgh

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 24 June 1764 marriage or banns of Henry Rutherford to Agnes Lauder, in the parish of Edinburgh

From The register of marriages for the parish of Edinburgh, 1595- Volume 53 online Page 54

Miss Agnes Lauder married Henry Rutherford of Hunthill 24 June 1764

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 5 children of Henry Rutherfurd and Agnes Lauder from first: 6 October 1765 John Rutherfurd to last: 4 September 1774 Nisbit Rutherfurd

• 6 October 1765 birth or baptism of John Rutherfurd, son of Henry Rutherfurd and Agnes Lauder [child 1], in the parish of Jedburgh
• 10 October 1766 birth or baptism of Lawder Adams Rutherfurd, son of Henry Rutherfurd and Agnes Lawder [child 2], in the parish of Jedburgh
• 25 November 1767 birth or baptism of Henry Rutherford, son of Henry Rutherford and Agnes Lauder [child 3], in the parish of Jedburgh
• 10 March 1769 birth or baptism of Hannah Parker Rutherfurd, daughter of Henry Rutherfurd and Agnes Lauder [child 4], in the parish of Jedburgh
• 4 September 1774 birth or baptism of Nisbit Rutherfurd, (U) [son or daughter] of Henry Rutherfurd and Agnes Lauder [child 5], in the parish of Jedburgh

From Rutherfords to America: The ancestors and descendants of Henry Rutherford and the Rutherfords in America by William Benjamin Rutherford Published c1950 Page 223

Sir John Rutherford, married 2nd. wife in 1741, married Sarah Nisbet, sister of Sir Alexander Nisbet, Bart, by whom he had

1. a son, Henry Rutherford, of Hunthill, who married Agnes [Lauder] Lander, No Issue
2. a daughter, Christian Rutherford, who married Dr. Davidson, of Hatton & Muirhouse

From National Records of Scotland - Henry Rutherford

3 July 1765 - Signature of the lands of Hunthill etc granted to Henry Rutherford (Rutherfoord, Rutherfurd, Rutherfurde).

Signatures were the original drafts in English of the Latin charters found under the same dates in the Register of the Privy Seal and the Great Seal Register: they were in effect the warrants for issuing these charters.

From wikitree - Henry Rutherfurd (1742 - before 1788)

From BBC South of Scotland 24 August 2007

A hip flask that once belonged to Robert Burns, and was believed to have been left in Hunthill House where he visited in the 1770s, was sold for £7,200. Burns spent time touring the area in the 1770s and during his visit he often stayed in Hunthill House. He is believed to have left this flask at Hunthill after one of his stays and subsequent generations of the family decided to hold on to it for sentimental reasons. The item was recently acquired from the Rutherford family when they sold the property.