Am not sure you are going to be very successful in your search Dawn. Many U.S. researchers have some idea of the lives of their emigrant Irish forebear in America, but nothing prior. Looking at Google entries for Dr. John Rutledge it is claimed that he was born c1713 at Longford, Co. Tyrone; however there is no such location in Co. Tyrone. Perhaps his place of residence prior to emigration was Langfield (later changed to Longfield) in the Castlederg, Newtownstewart, Drumquin, Omagh area? There are no records surviving from that very early period that would confirm any family or date of birth. Later nineteenth century records indicate that the Rutledges were Presbyterians. The Google entry I located states that his father was an esquire; a landowner and qualified to sit on the bench. This title would not have been bestowed upon a Presbyterian as they were subject to both the Penal Laws and the Test Act where they were forbidden to hold any public office or sit as magistrates. Presbyterian congregations generally, kept no registers until the late 1820s It must be remembered that prior to the Famine (1849-50) it was mainly Protestants, particularly Presbyterians who emigrated to North America. Generally, it was the younger sons of tenant farmers who sought political and religious freedom and hopes of fortune in the American colonies. It is estimated that 270,000 Presbyterians emigrated to North America c1720-1775. Vast numbers who left no records in Ireland. For some flavour of the times during John Rutherford’s life in Ireland, I thoroughly recommend the Ulster-American Folk Park at Castletown, Omagh with the attached Mellon Centre for Migration Studies. If you are visiting Belfast, a visit to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Titanic Quarter, is essential Trust this is useful, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Dawn Ritch via CoTyroneList<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> Sent: Saturday, 24 August 2019 12:35 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List<mailto:cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> Cc: Dawn Ritch<mailto:dmr.1...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dr. John Rutledge Thank you for replying! And, yes, I was referring to the Dr. John Rutledge that was in County Tyrone. I have found out alot about him on Google. And I would like to find out more. I will be traveling to Ireland next year and would like to know where I could find out more. The general area where he lived in the county, what I should visit to do more research, etc. I have traced the family back into Scotland, but I won't be able to go there. So that's why my interest is in county Tyrone. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android<https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android>
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