Rakestraw family history : the story of William Rakestraw who emigrated in 1684 from England to Pennsylvania, and his descendants, who intermarried with the Joseph Yard and Justinian Fox families, were members of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, and master builders of the city
Gilbert family history : the story of John Gilbert who emigrated in 1682 from Cornwall, England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and some of his descendants : including the Walton and Rakestraw families, and an account of the Indian captivity of the family of Benjamin Gilbert and Elizabeth Walton
From the journal of Allen Porter Hibshman, judge of Lebanon County Court, resident of Lancaster, Pa : includes copies of receipts for his personal transactions from May 1871-July 1873
382 p. : ill., charts, facsims., geneal. tables, maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"February 2008"--p. 2.
Contents
British Grubb families -- The Delaware Grubb family's roots in Cornwall -- Immigration of Grubb families to America -- John Grubb (1652-1708) -- The first generation born in America -- [Family branches by state].
"And including appendix A: Dutch and Frisian given names with English equivalents; appendix B: English given names with Dutch and Frisian equivalents; appendix C: truncated/superscripted names; appendix D: names used by both males and females; appendix E: a reprint of an article by Donald Lines Jacobus."
