Person:Joseph Rakestraw (10)

!DOCUMENTATION - Pete Craig notes.

FAMILY HISTORY - To Frederick Co., VA 1781 to 1783, then back to Philadelphia. Will Abstract: Rakestraw, Joseph Junr. N. Liberties. City of Philad'a. House Carpenter. Signed Sept 28 1792. Wife Sarah. Children - Elizabeth, Hannah, Justinian, Joseph, John, Sarah, Rebecca. Exec. Sarah Rakestraw, Joseph Ogelby. Witnesses - R. Whitehead, Edward Evans, George Smith. Prov. Nov 26 1792. Recorded Will book W, p. 309.

                See Will file for copy.

Children: unknown child died 10-14-1787 (is this Rebecca?)

1.   Joseph Rakestraw. Will of Joseph Rakestraw. (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
   Book W, page 309,310, 26 NOV 1792.

   See Will file - Rakj1792

2.   Compiled from Official Records and Published by a Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends; assisted by John W. Wayland. Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934; Frederick County, VA. (Printed by Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc.; Strasburg, Virginia)
   Book 2 1777-1791; pg 417.

   Hopewell Certificates of Membership
   pg 417
   5.3.1781 Nor. Dist. of Phila. Hopewell
   Jos. Rakestraw, w. Sarah, & ch., Justinian, Eliz'h, Hannah
   pg 456
   Crooked Run Certificates of Membership and Removal
   30.8.1783 to Philadelphia
   Jos. Rakestraw, w. Sarah, & ch., Justinian, Elisabeth, Hannah, Jos.