Person:William Rakestraw (8)

FAMILY HISTORY - Abstract of Will: William Rakestraw of Philadelphia, wife Anne. Children: William, Grace, Rachel. Grand-children: Rebecca and Hannah (daughters of Rachel). Executors: Anne Rakestraw and William Rakestraw. Witnesses: Charles West, Richard Allen, and Thomas Leech. Signed August 28 1736. Proved October 5th 1736. Recorded page 13.

!MARRIAGE: "Rakestraw on the Delaware" Married three times. Check to see which is correct. The following or as it's in file. 1. Rebecca Clift 2. Ann ___ 1712 "out of unity" 3. Anne Smith 28 2nd mo. 1732 "out of meeting"

!DEATH: 8 7th Mo. 1736

The "2 Lod Bord [loads of board]" hauled by William Rakstraw [Rakestraw] two weeks later may have also been for this project. Rakestraw kept his board yard on Water Street, near Vine.135 135. Rakestraw charged £0-3-0, on 3/24/23. Head Account Book, p. 45. Watson notes that "as late as 1754, it may be seen in the Gazette, that William Rakestraw then advertises himself as living 'in the uppermost house in Water Street, near Vine Street,' and there keeping his board yard." Watson, Annals 1:154. Rakestraw was described as a "Carter" when admitted a freeman on May 20, 1717. "Minutes of the Common Council," p. 126.

1. ↑ George E. McCracken. Rakestraw On the Delaware. (The American Genealogist)
   Vol. 51, No.1; Jan. 1975.