Rutherfurds of that Ilk, and their cadets

XXXI
RUTHIRFURDS OF BOWLAND AND OF
FAIRNINGTON.
The Rutherfurds of Bowland, a modern cadet of
Edgerston, possessed considerable property. Be-
sides the estate from which he and his successors
took name, Robert Rutherfurd, first of Bowland,
purchased from Lord Elibank Hollinglee and
Thornilee, in Ettrick Forest, in 1712, for thirty-six
thousand merks. On the 25th January 1728 his
widow, " Anna Murray, Lady Bowland, resigned
the annuity settled upon her at her marriage to
James, her only son, because she had sufficient com-
petency."
The present family, possessed of Fairnington, de-
scends from Thomas, third brother of the Laird of
Edgerston, killed at Ticonderago. They carry the
arms borne by the Ruthirfurds of Langnewton and
their representatives, the first styled of Fairnington,
with the crest and motto used by Sir John Ruthir-
furd of Edgerston. the martlet being however, as in
the arms, not volant, as is also now the custom with
Edgerston.