Isaac Rutledge and ? | William Rutledge and Chloe Johnson | James Rutledge Sr. & Frances Skaggs | George Rutledge and Rose Boyer | James Bernard Rutledge and Nancy Estes | James William Rutledge and Rubina Wright | Wilson Alvin, Sr. and Jessie Mae Wright (Wilson's WWII page)
Daughters of the Revolutionary War lineage:
Nancy Estes's parents (John D. Estes and Catherine Jane Kirkpatrick) (John's parents unknown)
Catherine Kirkpatrick's parents (Joseph Marion Kirkpatrick and Martha Patsy Ross)
Martha Patsy Ross's parents William Ross and Eliza Jane Allen | William Hugh Ross, Jr. and Mary Griffin
Other Ancestors:
Frances Skaggs parents: James Skaggs and Frances Beeler |
Joseph Kirkpatrick's parents (David Sevier Kirkpatrick and Catherine White) | John Hugh Kirkpatrick and Margaret "Jane" Wilkins (possible Revoluntary War; there are 2 John Hugh Kirkpatricks)
Catherine White's parents (Joseph White and Janet Mebane)
Colonial Rutledges:
Rutledges in 1790 Census | John James Rutledge and Jane Anne Stewart | Edward Thomas Rutledge and Elizabeth Graem (Son Andrew/Sarah Boone) | (Dr.) John Rutledge and Sarah Hext |
Y-DNA paths - Sons of John Rutledge and Sarah Hext: (Constitution|Atty) John Rutledge and Elizabeth Grimké | (Declaration) Edward Rutledge and Henrietta Middleton | Hugh Rutledge and Mary Golightly Huger
Y-DNA paths - Sons of (Constitution|Atty) John Rutledge and Elizabeth Grimke: John Rutledge, Jr. and Sarah Motte Smith | Frederick Rutledge and Harriott Pinckney Horry |
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Rutledge DNA Connection: Edward Gent Rutledge | James Enos Rutledge | William Richard Rutledge | Richard William Rutledge | Harry Milton Rutledge | Edgar Rutledge Taylor | (This line is connected by DNA, but we have not yet put together the puzzle pieces)
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(Declaration) Edward Rutledge and Henrietta Middleton
Edward Rutledge was born November 23, 1749 in Charleston, South Carolina to John Rutledge and Sarah Hext Rutledge. He died January 23, 1800 in Charleston, South Carolina (while in office as Governor).
Married: Henrietta Middleton (1750–1792), daughter of Henry Middleton, on March 1, 1774.
Married: Mary Shubrick (1754–1837), widow of Nicholas Eveleigh, on October 28, 1792. Edward had no children with Mary.
Children:
Henry Middleton Rutledge (Major) Born April 5, 1775 in Charleston, South Carolina, Died January 20, 1844 in Nashville, Tennessee. Served as secretary to his father-in-law, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. He eventually moved to Tennessee. Henry Middleton Rutledge inherited "Chicora Wood" plantation in South Carolina but eventually moved the family to Middleton Place (near Nashville, TN) on land that was part of a Revolutionary War grant.
- Married: Septima Sexta Middleton (1783–1865) on October 15, 1799. She was his first cousin, and the daughter of Arthur Middleton who was also a Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- Children:
- 1. Mary Elizabeth Rutledge (1801-1872) Married Robert Weir Freeman.
- 2. Henry Augustus Rutledge (1805-1844) Married Caroline Nicholson. He lived in Alabama and Tennessee. He had several sons, including Henry Middleton Rutledge (born 1839) and Arthur Middleton Rutledge (born 1841). If your branch moved into Alabama or Mississippi, this is a likely path.
- 3. Edward Rutledge (1807-1812) Died in childhood.
- 4. Emma Rutledge (1811-1853) Married Daniel Blake.
- 5. Arthur Middleton Rutledge (April 1, 1817-June 18, 1876) Major in the Confederate Artillery. Married Underwood/Lightner. A prominent figure in Tennessee history, often referred to as Major Rutledge. He had a son, Arthur Middleton Rutledge Jr. (1855–1918), who became a well-known judge in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 6. Henrietta Middleton Rutledge (1813-1840); Unmarried.
- 7. Alice Izard Rutledge (1815-1815) Died in infancy.
- 8. Septima Sexta Rutledge (1819-1820) Died in infancy.
Edward Rutledge (March 20, 1778-1780) Died in early childhood.
Sarah Rutledge (1782-1855) She wrote the famous 19th-century cookbook The Carolina Housewife (1847). She never married.
Occasionally online trees list "Jackson Middleton Rutledge" as Edward's son, but Edward's own Last Will and Testament dated September 21, 1798, names only two children: his son Henry and his daughter Sarah, with his third child predeceasing him.