James Rutherford was among the earlier settlers of Truro, but not a Grantee. He purchased and settled on the farm which is now owned by Mr. George Yuill and son, and Mr. Thomas S. Crowe, at Beaver Brook. He resided on this farm until after his first wife died. He then sold his farm to Thomas Crowe, Senr., and settled near the place on which Wellington Blair now resides. He removed again to Middle Stewiacke about the year 1790, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was rather a peculiar man; one of his replies to the argument that it was the work of necessity to house grain on Sabbath during the time of brittle weather in harvest, was, "Cannot you trust Him who sends wet to wet it for wind to dry it again." Mr. Rutherford, was married to Esther, the eldest daughter of George and Elizabeth Scott of Truro, Nov. 27th, 1777.
George S. Rutherford, their eldest son, was born in Truro, March 10th, 1779. He was married to Martha Thompson, March 24th, 1801. Esther, their eldest daughter, was born in 1802. She was married to Charles Corbet. Mr. Corbet died May 25th, 1871. Archibald Rutherford, their eldest son was married to Nancy Howard. They are residing in Halifax. They have six sons and four daughters. George S. Rutherford was married to Margaret, daughter of Hugh Logan and Elizabeth E. Archibald. She died September 22nd, 1839, aged 35 years. He was married again to Mary, daughter of Thomas Corbet and Sarah Smith, in the year 1841. She died May 10th, 1842, aged 31 years. He was married again to Rachel, daughter of Samuel Burke Archibald, and widow of the late Samuel Creelman. She died January 16th, 1865, aged 61 years. Mr. Rutherford died October 17th, 1871, aged 66 years. James, their third son was married to Margaret Taylor. He now owns the mill at Middle Stewiacke.
Robertson, their fourth son was born April 1st, 1809, and was married to Eleanor, daughter of Robert Putnam and Jane Cox, his wife, November, 1842.
William, their fifth son, was married to Susan Fulton. He inherits a large portion of his father's farm.
Nancy, their youngest daughter, was born March 10th, 1813. She was married to Thomas Fulton, December, 1842. They had three sons and two daughters.
George S. Rutherford, Senr., died July 27th, 1859, aged 80 years, and his wife died July 28th, 1854, aged 70 years.
Robert the second son of James and Esther Rutherford, was born in Truro February 22nd, 1781. He was married to Nancy, eldest daughter of William Johnson and Sarah Miller, his wife. They had four sons and four daughters. They settled in Upper Stewiacke on the same farm that their sons William and James now reside. He died July 26th, 1856, aged 75 years, and his wife died June 2nd, 1849, aged 61 years.
William, the third son of James and Esther Rutherford, was born in Truro, November 10th, 1782. He was married to Eleanor, daughter of William Cox and Mary Smith, his wife., February 5th, 1807. They had one son and three daughters. One of these daughters was married to the late Robert King, one to Alexander Fisher, and the other to Henry Campbell. George S., the son, was born December 6th, 1811. He was married to Margaret Howard, December 31st, 1835. They had five sons and three daughters. He inherits what was once his fathers' farm. Mrs. Eleanor Rutherford died January 15th, 1813. He was married again to Sarah, daughter of William Fulton and Sarah Dunlap, his wife, November 1813. His second wife died November, 1814, and he was married to Eleanor Croker, November, 1814. He was a Justice of the Peace and went by the name of Squire Rutherford. He died Oct. 19th, 1856. His third wife died December 30th, 1854. Esther Scott, the first wife of James Rutherford, Senr., died at Beaver Brook, April 5th, 1783. He was married again to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Elizabeth Johnson, of the Lower Village of Truro, February 15th, 1785.
James, the eldest son of James and Elizabeth Rutherford, was born February 12th, 1787. He was married to Ruth Lane, November 19th, 1812. They had two sons and seven daughters. He settled on the farm that his son George Scott Rutherford now resides upon. He died August 6th, 1869, aged 82 years.
Gilbert, the second son of James and Elizabeth Rutherford, was born in Truro, October 20th, 1788. He was married to Ruth, the fourth daughter of Archibald Gammel and Sarah Fisher, his wife. He had one of his legs amputated and, afterwards, he was engaged selling goods through the country. He died in the prime of life. Robert G. Rutherford, Esq., his only son, was married to Jane, the third daughter of Hugh Dunlap and Susannah Gourley, March, 1838. They had three sons and four daughters.
Esther, the eldest daughter of James and Elizabeth Rutherford, was born in Stewiacke in the year 1790. She died unmarried, December, 1811, aged 21 years.
Margaret, the second daughter of James and Elizabeth Rutherford, was born in the year 1796. She was married to John, third son of Samuel Creelman and Mary Campbell, his wife, December 8th, 1812. They had five sons and six daughters. She died June 3rd, 1830, aged 33 years.
Adam, the third son of James and Elizabeth Rutherford, was born January 12th, 1794. He was married to Lucy Lane in the year 1815. They had two sons. Mrs. Rutherford died, and he was married again to Hannah, daughter of John Fletcher and Margaret Graham, his wife, December 20th, 1825. They had three sons and three daughters. He died April 1st, 1845, aged 51 years. He settled first on the farm which is now owned by Henry Campbell, near the Stewiacke River. He sold out there and built on the hill north of the road. It is now owned by William Fisher's sons.
John, the fourth son of James and Elizabeth Rutherford, was born in the year 1798. He was married to Margaret, daughter of James Fulton, Esq., and Margaret Campbell, widow of the late Samuel Creelman. Mrs. Rutherford died February 10th, 1824, aged 31 years, and he was married again to the widow Pears. He settled at Smithfield where he died April 22nd, 1843.
Elizabeth Johnson, James Rutherford Senr.'s second wife died, and he was married again to Letitia, daughter of Timothy Putnam, Senr., and Janet Hunter, 1808. They had one son and six daughters. He died May 28th, 1828, aged 79 years, and his wife died April 27th, 1824, aged 38 years.
