Reference Page:  Job Rakestraw Sr. and Mary Foster

Currently researching.  Biography of Foster Rexstrew lists Joseph, however, a couple web site searches has Job as husband.  Mary Foster, along with Delilah Starling are common reference points between the two.

Sources:

1. "Biographical History of Foster Rexstrew",  County History Preservation Society, <http://www.countyhistory.com/doc.benton/350.htm>, retrieved online 11/25/2002. [Cited source is History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren, and Pulaski Counties, Indiana Vol I and II. 1879 Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co.  Excerpt taken from 2nd paragraph.]
2. e-mail correspondence, Lisa Showers
3. "The Family Tree of Roger Dellinger", RootsWeb.com, <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com>, (db-argothor, id=I45316),  retrieved online 2/25/2003. 
4. 300 Years of Bortons in North America.

Multiple Spellings:

1. Alternate Spellings for Rexstrew are Rextrew or Rakestraw.  Rakestraw is more common. 300 Years of Bortons in North America has references to both with the same family group.

Research:

I've been finding several descendent lists on the internet (generally Ancestry.com) for Elizabeth Zane (b. abt 1738) and Thomas Rakestraw Jr. (b. 1718 d. 20 Jul 1774).

I also see common references between the Biographical History of Foster Rexstrew and information probably coming from 300 Years of Bortons in North America  - namely Delilah (Starling) Rexstrew/Rakestraw and Joseph (perhaps Job??, d. 1847/1848) and Mary (Foster) Rexstrew.

Is there a connect here?  

For my mapping, taking Joshua Rexstrew/Rakestraw and 1st marriage to Delilah Starling and working backwards through the Roger Dellinger Tree.  Everything's unverified as of this date.

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