The surname ‘Rutledge’ is of English, and Scottish origin. It’ is a variant from the name ‘Routledge’, in itself of uncertain origin. If it is a habitation name, the location and etymology of the place from which it is derives are obscure. The name is found mainly on the English, and Scottish borders. The place in Cumbria now called ‘Routledge Burn’, seems to have received its name in the sixteenth century from a member of the family rather than vice versa. Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that the surname ‘Rutledge’ and or it’s variant’s, date as far back as the seventeenth century were a ‘George Rutlige’, was baptised at St George’s Chapel, Clerkenwell, London, England, in sixteen hundred and thirty-seven. Information extracted from Historical, Public and Civil registry archive’s has not definitely determined the exact period of settlement in North America but it is believed that the forefather’s of the name ‘Rutledge’ were immigrant’s from the British Isles, who arrived, soon after the beginning…
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