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Where did the Scottish Rutherford family come from? What is the Scottish Rutherford family crest and coat of arms? When did the Rutherford family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Rutherford family history?
In the ancient Scottish-English border region, the ancestors of the name Rutherford lived among the Boernicians. They lived in the Parish of Maxton, where Rutherford was a town, near Roxburghshire. The toponym Rutherford is derived from the Old English words hryder meaning cattle and ford, a shallow part of a river.
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Spelling rules only evolved in the last few centuries with the invention of the printing press and the first dictionaries. Spelling variations are extremely common in names from before that period. Rutherford has been spelled Rudfard, Ruterford, Rudforde, Rudfithy, Rudforthy, Rudforthe, Rudfith, Rudforth, Rudfearde, Rudfarte, Rudfarde, Rudferd, Rutherfard, Rudfart, Rutherfart, Ruddefork, Ruddeforde, Ruddeford, Ruddefithy and many more.First found in the Parish of Maxton, town of Rutherford, county Roxburghshire. The first bearers of Rutherford on record were two knights: Gregory and Nicholas de Rutherford.
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After making their great crossing, many Boernician-Scottish families settled along the east coast of North America. When the War of Independence broke out, United Empire Loyalists moved north to Canada while the rest stayed to fight. The ancestors of many of these Scots still populate the continent. This century, through Clan societies and other Scottish organizations, they began to rediscover their collective national heritage. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Rutherford or a variant listed above:
Rutherford Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Richard Rutherford, who arrived in Virginia in 1636
- Henry Rutherford, who arrived in Connecticut in 1641
- Gaven Rutherford, who landed in Maryland in 1670
- Gaven Rutherford, who came to Maryland in 1670
- Dennis Rutherford, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1682
Rutherford Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- James and George Rutherford, who settled in Virginia in 1716
- James and George Rutherford settled in Virginia in 1716
- Robert Rutherford, who landed in New England in 1735
- Joseph Rutherford, who arrived in America in 1760-1763
- Anne Rutherford, who settled in Wilmington, NC in 1766
Rutherford Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Sarah Rutherford, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1811
- Adam Rutherford, who arrived in New York, NY in 1817
- Edward Rutherford, who arrived in New York in 1820
- Archibald Rutherford, who landed in New York in 1831
- Thomas S Rutherford, aged 31, landed in Missouri in 1844
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- Edward Rutherford (b. 1948), English novelist
- Sir Ernest Rutherford OM, FRS (1871-1937), New Zealand-born, English physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, who became known as the "father" of nuclear physics
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- Alexander Cameron Rutherford (1857-1941), Canadian lawyer, politician, first Premier of Alberta (1905-1910)
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- Sir William Watson Rutherford (1853-1927), English politician, created 1st Baronet Runtherford in 1923, member of the UK Parliament
- Captain Charles Smith Rutherford (1892-1989), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War. He was the last Canadian winner of the Victoria Cross from World War I to die, on June 11, 1989
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- Genealogical History of our Ancestors by William Kenneth Rutherford.
- Rutherford Gleanings by William A. Yates.
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The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Nec sorte, nec fato
Motto Translation: Neither by chance nor destiny.
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Septs of the Distinguished Name Rutherford
Retherfor, Rotherfard, Rotherfarde, Rotherfart, Rotherfarte, Rotherfeard, Rotherfeart, Rotherferd, Rotherfert, Rotherfith, Rotherfithy, Rotherford, Rotherforde, Rotherfork, Rotherforth, Ruddefith, Ruddefithy, Ruddeford, Ruddeforde, Ruddefork, Ruddeforth, Ruddeforthe, Ruddeforthy, Rudderfard, Rudderfarde, Rudderfart, Rudderfarte, Rudderfeard, Rudderfeart, Rudderferd, Rudderfert, Rudderfith, Rudderfithy, Rudderford, Rudderforde, Rudderfork, Rudderforth, Rudefith, Rudefithy, Rudeford, Rudeforde, Rudefork, Rudeforth, Rudeforthe, Rudeforthy, Ruderfard, Ruderfarde, Ruderfart, Ruderfarte, Ruderfeard and more.
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