Michael Edward Rutledge Lineage Report

RUTLEDGE DIRECT MALE LINEAGE

FROM MICHAEL EDWARD RUTLEDGE TO MICHAEL RUTLEDGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND

19 May 2021

Michael E. Rutledge & Cindy Barber

            Generation One – Michael Edward Rutledge was born in Maryland and is the son of Edward Leonard Rutledge, Jr. and Joyce Louise Liller.[1]

            Generation Two – Edward Leonard Rutledge, Jr and Joyce Louise Liller were married in Maryland on about 10 February 1958.[2]  Edward, the son of Edward Leonard Rutledge, Sr. and Nina Catherine Shanklin, was born in 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] 

            Generation Three – Edward Leonard Rutledge, Sr and Nina Catherine Shanklin were married on 21 September 1937 in Monroe, West Virginia.[4] Edward was born on 21 Sept. 1916 to Albert Lee Rutledge and Margaret Amelia Decker.[5] Edward died 8 November 2005 in North Carolina.[6] He was buried in Lake View Memorial Park, Baltimore, Maryland.

            Generation Four – Albert Lee Rutledge and Margaret Amelia Decker were married 10 Apr 1914.[7] Albert was born in Jessop, Maryland on 1 September 1895 to Andrew Lee Rutledge and Rosa Schmidt.[8] Albert died 14 May 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland.[9]

            Generation Five – Andrew Lee Rutledge and Rosa Schmidt were married about 1893.[10] Andrew was born in Maryland in January of 1874 to Albert C. Rutledge and Josephine Elizabeth Jackson.[11] Andrew died 15 December 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland.[12]

            Generation Six – Albert C. Rutledge and Josephine Elizabeth Jackson were married 3 October 1872.[13]  Albert was born 13 November 1848 to Thomas Talbot Rutledge and Cynthia Richardson.[14] He died 14 April 1927.[15]

            Generation Seven – Thomas Talbott Rutledge and Cynthia Richardson were married 4 May 1841 in Saint James Protestant Episcopal Parish, Baltimore, Maryland.[16] Thomas was born in Harford County Maryland on 29 Nov 1813 to Joshua Rutledge and Augustine Ann Biddle.[17] Thomas died 13 October 1883 in Harford County, Maryland.[18]

            Generation Eight – Joshua Rutledge and Augustine Ann Biddle were married 11 November 1792 in Baltimore County, Maryland.[19] Joshua was born 3 April 1759 to Abraham Rutledge and Penelope Rutledge.[20] Joshua died 15 September 1825.[21]

            Generation Nine – Abraham Rutledge and Penelope Rutledge were married 13 October 1747 in Maryland.[22] Abraham was probably born between 1721 and 1727 to Michael Rutledge and Hannah (surname unknown).[23]  Abraham died 13 September 1807.[24]

            Generation Ten – Michael Rutledge and Hannah (surname unknown) were married before November 1718 in Maryland.[25] Michael was born about 1695.[26]

            Generation Eleven – Michael Rutledge (before 1674-1709?)  The top contender for this generation, Michael first appears in Baltimore County, Maryland in the will of John Boring. When Boring died in 1690, he owed Michael 400 pounds. [27] This bill, the first reference to Michael and listed alongside Edward Rutledge, suggests Michael was an adult in 1690. This coupled with the 1692 census, where he had to be over the age of 16, shows he was born before 1674.[28]  Michael was the only adult male in his household on the north side of the Patapsco River, in the same area as the Boring and Ferry families. In 1694, aged around 20, Michael stayed the only male older than 16 in his household.

In 1698, now more than 24 years old, Michael Rutledge, Planter, bought Hopewell, 60 acres located along Sterling Creek in Baltimore County, less than 5 miles northeast of the Boring lands for 2,000 pounds of tobacco from Robert Benger.[29] In 1699 he lived in the Middle River Hundred.[30]

I believe this is the Michael who was married to Anne and died in 1709. His inventory and probate make no mention of land. However, this is common if the land passed silently to his oldest son (right of progeniture). In 1709 he would have been over 36 years old. There is no record of probate for Anne Rutledge, so she likely remarried. Given his death date, he may have been born as early as 1654 or before.

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[1] Personal Knowledge of Michael Edward Rutledge.

[2] Personal Knowledge of Edward Leonard Rutledge, Jr.

[3] 1940 US Census, Baltimore City, Maryland,

[4] West Virginia, Monroe County, Marriage License application and return, 16 September 1937, page 17.

[5] Social Security Death Index, Edward L. Rutledge, AND World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 for Edward Leonard Rutledge, serial number 2972, order number 4146.

[6] Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, 10 Nov 2005, p.B7, Rutledge Sr, Edward L.

[7] Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970, familysearch.org. FHL#1294818, record 392.

[8] 1900 US Census, Maryland, Baltimore City, Ward 21, District 0278, line 55, Schmidt, Elizabeth AND WWI draft registration card, Maryland, for Albert Lee Rutledge.

[9] Evening Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, 16 May 1970, p11.

[10] 1900 US Census, Maryland, Baltimore City, Ward 21, District 0278, line 55, Schmidt, Elizabeth.

[11] 1880 US Census, Maryland, Harford, Jarrettsville, p45, line 11, Rutledge, Albert C. AND Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, 5 May 1922, Rutledge, Josephine Elizabeth Obituary, p17.

[12] Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, 16 Dec 1915, p3. “Drops Dead in Home”.

[13] Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970,  FamilySearch, Albert C. Rutlidge, 1872.

[14] 1850 US Census, Maryland, Harford, entry for Thomas Rutledge AND Find A Grave memorial number 33189177.

[15] Find A Grave memorial number 33189177.

[16] Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970, familysearch.org, FHL film 141451.

[17] Find A Grave, memorial number 24593699 AND Methodist Circuit Record, Harford County, Maryland, FHL#007835986, image 1148 of 1164. p. 19.

[18] Find A Grave, memorial number 24593699

[19] Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970, Familysearch.org.

[20] Peden Jr, Henry C, Maryland Bible Records, V2, Baltimore and Harford Counties, Jacob Rutledge Bible, p119

[21] Statement of widow Elizabeth Brooks, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application, Joshua Rutledge. Testimony before the Orphans Court of Baltimore City, 2 June 1853.

[22] Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970, familysearch.org, FHL film 141451.

[23] Abraham’s age is based on the ages of his siblings. William, the oldest as proven in Hannah’s probate was born about 1719. So, Abraham was born after William, 1721 meets the common two-year placement of children. He married in 1747. If he was 20 at the time, his birthdate may have been as late as 1727. Note: Findagrave.com memorial number 2888164 holds a stone in memory of Abraham with a birthdate of 1722, but no source has been found to corroborate this, and the stone is modern.

[24] Find A Grave, memorial number 28889164.

[25] Deed of Conveyance – Rutledge to Thomas Hinds, wife Hannah consents. 6 Nov 1718, Baltimore County, Maryland, MSA TR #RA-472

[26] Disposition taken 17 Feb 1729, Michael states his age as “34 or there abouts”, this along with a land warrant issued in 1718, provides evidence that Michael was born about 1695. Baltimore County Land Commission records February 1729, p79; MSA S1190 4429

[27] Maryland State Archives, John Boring Will

[28] 1692 Baltimore County, Maryland Census

[29] Maryland State Archives, Land Records, IS IK:235

[30] 1699 Census, Baltimore County, Maryland Historical Society Magazine, MSA SC 581-1-45, page 5.