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:
Edward Thomas Rutledge and Elizabeth Graem (Son Andrew) | (Dr.) John Rutledge and Sarah Hext | (Constition/Atty) John Rutledge and Elizabeth Grimké |
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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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Edward Thomas Rutledge was born in 1670, and was of County Kildare, Ireland. It is believed that Edward was a farmer in County Tyrone, Ireland. The family was originally Norman and crossed to Ireland from France. With the Christian names of his children, he could have Scotch ancestry.
Elizabeth Graem was born in 1670.
Edward and Elizabeth have a son, Andrew Rutledge, born in 1709. He studied and earned a degree of L.L.B. from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Edward and Elizabeth have a son, John Rutledge, born in 1713. Andrew is 4 years older than John.
Edward Rutledge died in 1725 at age 55. He left the care of his younger son John Rutledge who was about 12 years old to his older son Andrew Rutledge was about 16 years old. John Rutledge wanted to be a doctor. Andrew inherited his father's estate which was slim and gave it to his brother John for college at Trinity in Dublin. Andrew went to London to practice law, promising to send John money to keep him at college.
Andrew Rutledge was thirty years old when he arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1730. The King's Council granted him 1000 acres in Kingston, but he did not want to be a farmer. He traded it for 150 acres in Christ Church Parish (Charleston). (A parish is also known as a county in most states.) He practiced law as an attorney in Charleston, South Carolina. He represented Christ Church Parish in six Royal Assemblies.
Andrew Rutledge met Colonel Hugh Hext (1662-1732) who owned many tracts of land, and Andrew won a lawsuit for him. Hugh Hext had come to the New World in 1684 from Dorsetshire, England. He had been a lieutenant in the English army serving in Flanders. Hext was an old man, at about the age of 61 years, with a young second wife, Sarah Boone (1703-1743), who was about 20 years old when they married on November 2, 1723. Hugh and Sarah had one child, a daughter, Sarah Hext (1724-1792). Hugh Hext owned plantations in St. Helena, Edisto Islands, and on the Waccamaw River, the Stono River, and the Wandow River.
Colonel Hugh Hext died in 1732. Andrew Rutledge married his widow, Sarah Boone Hext on January 25, 1735. This marriage moved Andrew up in the social status as he moved into the Hext home and was accepted as a member of the inner families of Charleston. Hugh Hext's Last Will and Testament bequeathed the income from his large estate to his wife, Sarah Boone Hext Rutledge for her lifetime, and then in perpetuity, to his daughter Sarah Hext. In addition, Hugh's brother Thomas Hext was a widower who died without children, leaving his entire large estate to his niece, Sarah Hext.. Thomas Hext owned 1100 acres on the Waccamaw River with 150 slaves. Hugh's brother Francis Hext also made Sarah Hext his heiress. Andrew Rutledge was the step-father to Sarah Hext. He and his wife, Sarah Boone Hext Rutledge, had no children because if they did, she would have been cut off from the Hext fortune. Sarah Hext was about 8 years old when her father, Hugh Hext, died and was a principal heiress of South Carolina.
John Rutledge was a doctor as a ship's surgeon in the East India merchant service and Andrew Rutledge wrote to his brother in about 1732, requesting he move to Charleston. John immigrated from County Tyrone, Ireland, to South Carolina around 1735. He lived with his brother Andrew, and his wife Sarah Boone Hext Rutledge, and Sarah's young daughter, Sarah Hext, who is now about 11 years old. He opened a doctor's office on Broad Street and put out a sign, "Dr. John Rutledge, Master of Physick."
Dr. John Rutledge married Sarah Hext on Christmas Day, December 25, 1738, in Christ Church. The previous September she had turned 14 years old. Dr. John Rutledge was about 25 years old. This marriage moved Dr. John Rutledge up in the social status of Charleston. If you are following along well, Andrew is married to the mother and John is married to the daughter.
Elizabeth Graem Rutledge died in 1750.
Andrew died without children in 1755. His widow, Sarah Boone Hext Rutledge lived with her married daughter, Sarah Hext Rutledge, and her husband Dr. John Rutledge. As the man of the household, John was now in control of the wealth that his brother Andrew once managed.
Sarah Boone Hext Rutledge died in 1792.
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