Which Joseph Rakestraw was the Quaker Publisher in Philadelphia?

Question

To make a long story less long, I was trying to tie a set of the Works of George Fox donated by a Sarah Rakestraw to a library in the Philadelphia area to the publishing family Rakestraw. So, pop over to WikiTree and find out which Joseph Rakestraw was the publisher, right? Well, we have a few that I suspect are the family but no one is identified as such or has a proper profile. Hoping to rectify that. Does anyone know which one started the Rakestraw publishing company that pub'd so many Quaker titles? My initial online searches come up with zip nadda and I have contacted some antiquarian book dealer friends for help. Anyone here have info?  Thanks.

Answer 1

I found some information on him, and added a profile . His will is available on Ancestry, and refers to his wife Sarah, siblings John and Sarah, and nephew John Kinderdine. Perhaps his wife or sister is the Sarah you're looking for.

Comments

Thanks, Harry!  I'll see if I can add some additional citations. It looks like in some Ancestry trees he's confused with the Joseph Rakestraw who died 1794. 

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I think the Sarah I'm seeking will be the generation later as the set of books she donated was published 1831 by Marcus Gould of Philadelphia. All of this helps tremendously.

Edit: Brain freeze. Looking at too many Joseph's at once. Yes, it may be the sister or wife.

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The Sarah of the book donation is on the bookplate (Bayard Taylor Memorial Free Library in Kennett Square) a Sarah S Rakestraw which may help with her identification.

Answer 2

My Zane branch married into the Rakestraws, but my knowledge base is too early for the printer. Also, I haven't touched any of the Rakestraw profiles here.

If you don't have these dates, I am passing them along:

His world cat page:

http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85323056/

And this about his stand:

p. 297 from this:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Washington_Madison_Papers_Collected_and/64MTAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

Comments

Thanks, that narrows down the possibilities (and indicates it was not a multi-generation family endeavor).