Rutherfurds of that Ilk, and their cadets

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Amongst the names mentioned in the Chart
Pedigree of descendants in the female line from the
Ruthirfurds, appears that of " the greatest man who
ever bore the name of Scott, and, moreover, one of the
most celebrated Scotchmen who ever lived" — the illus-
trious Sir Walter. His mother came of a family
which produced several distinguished men ; her
father, grandfather, and brother all made their mark
in their respective professions. Their descent has
not been clearly traced, and has been commonly
deemed to have been from Hundalee ; but the third
Lord Jedburgh, an accomplished man and fond of
antiquarian research, stated that he had sought in
vain for any male descendant of his mother's family ;
so it seems probable that the minister of Yarrow's
predecessors, who lived at Edgerston-rig, and pre-
viously at Groundisnooke in Scraisburgh, sprang from
the Hunthill race, to whom that barony belonged,
perhaps from a younger brother of William of Lang-
newton. John Ruthirfurd in Groundisnook mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of Philip Ruthirfurd, tutor
of Edgerston. Their son, Andrew, a clergyman, was
schoolmaster at Jedburgh in 1660 ; he married Anne,
daughter of Bearhope of that ilk, and had a son,
John, who very probably was the minister of Yarrow.