Winthrop Rutherfurd

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Wintrop Rutherfurd was the son of the New York social figure Winthrop Chandler Rutherfurd (1862-1944) and Alice Morton Rutherfurd (1879-1917). His father, Winthrop Chandler was the son of Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892) a known astronomer and Margaret Chanler Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (?-1890). His mother, Alice Morton Rutherfurd was the daughter of Levi P. Morton (1824-1920) and Anna Livingston Street Morton (1846-1918). Levi P. Morton was the U.S. Vice President under U.S. President Benjamin Harrison from 1889-1893 and Governor of New York from 1895-1897.

Winthrop Chandler and Alice Morton Rutherfurd had six children: Winthrop, John, Hugo, Guy, Lewis Morton, and Alice. The family lived in New York City in addition to having estates in Allamuchy, New Jersey and Aiken, South Carolina.

His mother, Alice Morton Rutherfurd died suddenly on June 19,1917 from an appendicitis, leaving her six young children. His father, Winthrop Chandler hired Lucy Page Mercer a governess for the children. Winthrop and Lucy would later marry in 1920. On the eve of their wedding, Winthrop's son, Lewis Morton died at the home of his grandfather, Levi P. Morton, in Washington DC. Lucy was a very devoted wife and step mother. Winthrop and Lucy would have one daughter, Barbara Mercer Rutherfurd (Knowles).

Winthrop Rutherfurd married Alice Polk(1917-2009) in 1940. She was the daughter of Frank Lyon Polk and Elizabeth Potter Polk. They spent most of their life in New York City, Fisher Island, NY and Allamuchy, NJ. They had five children, Winthrop Jr., Lewis, Alice, James, and Linda.

Winthrop Rutherfurd was buried in the Rutherfurd Family Plot in the Tranquility Cemetery, Tranquility, NJ near the family's Allamuchy estate.