Biography

1646 - 01/05/1718


RAKESTRAW, William, a Clerk from Philadelphia County; born, 1646 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England; appointed, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly (February 5, 1707-October 14, 1707); died, January 5, 1718 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Friends Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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