Rutherfordiana/Source Material Extracts/Extract from Foote, 1855

This is from Foot, 1855:211

The Rev. William M'PHeeters, D.D., was born in Bethel, near the North Mountain, onthe waters of Middle Ribver, Septermber 28th, 1788. He in herited the surnam eof his father and grandfather, and great grandfather, who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, in the time of Olver Cromwell....His father was born in Pennsylvania in 1729, and was married to Rachel Moore...Rachel Moore was born in the year 1736: her mother was a Walker, from Wigton, Scotland. Through the Walker family there is a connexion traced back to the Illustrious Rutherford, of Scotland.