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appeared <strong>and</strong> put the English to flight, freeing Carmichael <strong>and</strong> instead taking<br />

prisoner the English warden <strong>and</strong> a number of <strong>his</strong> lieutenants.<br />

OK, back to the present, it is suggested by those that care about t<strong>his</strong> sort of thing,<br />

that every person with a <strong>Rutherford</strong> ancestry on the male or the distaff side shares<br />

the heritage of descent from the medieval lairds of <strong>Rutherford</strong>.<br />

Note: In the summer of 2000, <strong>John</strong> <strong>Rutherford</strong> of Ottawa Canada, visited the site<br />

of the original town of <strong>Rutherford</strong>. There is now a house called ‘<strong>Rutherford</strong> House’,<br />

occupied by a <strong>John</strong> <strong>Rutherford</strong> (oh my word, another ‘<strong>John</strong> <strong>Rutherford</strong>’), on the brow<br />

of the bank above the Tweed River at a point where the river is wide, shallow <strong>and</strong><br />

stoney. Possibly the original hrythera ford. Nearby is a town called <strong>Rutherford</strong>, that<br />

now <strong>con</strong>sists of a railroad station of an ab<strong>and</strong>oned rail line.<br />

60<br />

With a shield bearing heraldic emblems, the <strong>Rutherford</strong> clan motto is ‘Nec sorte nec<br />

fato’ which means ‘Neither by chance nor fate’.<br />

Here is a variety of spellings through the ages, no wonder people have such<br />

difficulty pronouncing ‘RUTHERFORD’<br />

RUTHERFORD. Ridderfort/Ruddervoorde, de <strong>Rutherford</strong> or Rutheford, lord of<br />

Rotherford, William de Rwthirford, Huwe de Ruwerfort, Nicolas de Rotherford,<br />

Nicholas de Rothirford, Nicol de Rotherforde, Aymer de Rotherford, William de<br />

Rotherforde, S’ Aimeride Rotherford, S’Will’ mi de Rothirford, Eva <strong>and</strong> Margery<br />

de Rotherforde, Monsire Nichol de Rotherforde, Richard de Rotherford, William<br />

de Rotherford, William de Rotherford <strong>and</strong> Nicholas of Rothersford, Sir Richard<br />

of Rotherfurde, Richard Ritherford, George de Rutherfurde, James Ruthyrfurd<br />

<strong>and</strong> Nicholas Ruthyrfurde, Samuel <strong>Rutherford</strong>, Rhetorfortis, Retorfortis, Ritterfart,<br />

Routherfurd, Rudderfoord, Ruderford, Ruderfourd, Ruderfurd, Ruderfurde,<br />

Rudirfurd <strong>and</strong> Ruthyfurd, Rutherfurd, Ruyerfurd, Ruyrfuird, Rwtherforde, Rwtherfurd,<br />

Rwthirfurde, Ruddyrfurd, Daniel <strong>Rutherford</strong>.<br />

JOHN RUTHERFORD AND HIS CON-FLAB-E-DAB-E-DOZIE FAMILY TREE

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