180 JOHN CHARLES B. RUTHERFORD 3580 Source: Sons of the American Revolution. Son of JOHN RUTHERFORD and Mary (Wadleigh). JOHN RUTHERFORD was born in Newburyport, Essex Co., Mass., in 1762, and died at the same place November 17, 1840. He first entered the service at Beverly, Mass., in 1776, as a Private in Capt. Putnam or Capt. Peter's Company, Col. Israel Hutchinson's Regiment, and was taken prisoner at Fort Washington on November 16, 1776, and carried to New York, where he was detained seven weeks before being exchanged. In September, 1777, he entered on board the private-armed schooner Glasgow, Capt. Parsons, and went on a cruise lasting about three months, during which time the British ship Oxford was captured and brought as a prize to Newburyport. He then shipped on board the private armed schooner Hornet, Capt. Springer, and during a cruise of about two months captured the British brig Success, having on board provisions and clothing for the British Army. In the year 1778, for about two months, he served on the private armed schooner Shark, Capt. Preston. In the year 1779 he served two months on the private armed brig Gates, Capt. Newman, and captured two prizes, one a British brig loaded with wine, and the other the British-armed schooner, Rambler. He next served for about three months on the private-armed ship Monmouth, Capt. Paul Newman, and cruised off the West Indies. He then served three months on the brig Adventurer, Capt. John O'Brien, and, together with the brig Hazzard, Capt. John Foster Williams, captured the British-armed brig Active, after a severe engagement, lasting thirty-two minutes. He next served on the ship Sky Rocket, Capt. William Burke, in an expedition to the Penobscot River. He also served on the Letter of Marque, Drake, Capt. Newman, the ship Mercury, Capt. Johnson, the brig Congress, Capt. Wells, and the ship General Stark, Capt. Fisher. During his service on one of these vessels he was captured in 1783 by a British ship and detained as a prisoner on Antigue Island for about eleven months. (Cert. of U. S. Pension Commissioner.) _http://www.calarchives4u.com/organizations/sar/sar-r-s.htm_ (http://www.calarchives4u.com/organizations/sar/sar-r-s.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)