Wood in his Fasti, says thus of the baronet Russell, who married the protector's daughter, but calls him Sir Francis, instead of Sir John, so query, whether this belongs to the father or the son.(Noble p. 329)
Mark Noble says "sir John Russell, was [probably] the mr. Russell, appointed with others, to be arbitrators about the differences between the commonwealths of England and Holland, and the ships each nation claimed."(Noble p. 329 )