People
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| Name | Birth | Death | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakestraw, Joseph | c. 1732 | 1794 | Joseph Rakestraw (c.1732-1794) was a Philadelphia carpenter. He was listed in that city's 1793 directory as a "house carpenter" at "138, Mulberry St." (James Hardie, The Philadelphia Directory and ... Read More | |
| Ramsay, Andrew | Andrew Ramsay was a merchant in Alexandria. He and William Ramsay were twin sons of Patrick and Elizabeth Ramsay. Andrew was the husband of Catherine Graham Ramsay (d. 1844), daughter of Richard ... Read More | |||
| Randolph, John | c. 1728 | 1784 | John Randolph (c.1728-1784) practiced law in Williamsburg. He also served as attorney general of the colony of Virginia from 1766 to 1774 and was an outspoken Loyalist during the Revolutionary War. ... Read More | |
| Ransom, Joseph | Joseph Ransom occasionally worked at GW's mill. In September 1760 Ransom had earned 15 shillings for “10 days working at my Mill @ 1/6. pr Day” (Ledger A, 110). | |||
| Rawlins, John | 1787 | John Rawlins (d. 1787), a stucco worker, or plasterer, was originally from England but was now living in Maryland. Recommended by GW’s former aide, Tench Tilghman, Rawlins had come to Mount Vernon in ... Read More | ||
| Ridout, Thomas | 1754 | 1829 | Born in Dorsetshire, England, Thomas Ridout (1754-1829), was a resident of Annapolis, Md., for several years. In December 1784, GW wrote a letter of introduction on behalf of Ridout, who was looking ... Read More | |
| Rigdon, Edward | 1772 | GW owned two lots in Alexandria, no. 112 at the corner of Pitt and Prince streets and no. 118 at the corner of Pitt and Cameron streets. In 1769 he began construction of a small town house on his ... Read More | ||
| Rind, William | 1773 | Printer William Rind (d. 1773) entered into partnership in 1758 with Jonas Green, whom he helped publish the Maryland Gazette (Annapolis). In 1766 Rind established his Virginia Gazette in ... Read More | ||
| Ritchie, Matthew | 1798 | Matthew Ritchie (d. 1798) of Washington County, Pa., served in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1782 to 1784. Ritchie purchased GW's Millers Run land in Washington County in 1796. | ||
| Robinson, Andrew | During the 1760s Andrew Robinson used GW's blacksmith and in return he sometimes worked for GW, making fishing nets and repairing seines (see Ledger A, 196). He continued doing some of this work ... Read More | |||
| Robinson, Michael | 1784 | Michael Robinson (d. 1784), of Spotsylvania County, Va., was for many years an inspector of tobacco at Fredericksburg. GW bought from Robinson for £275 a house on a double lot (lots 107 and 108) in ... Read More | ||
| Romaine (Romine), Peter | Peter Romaine (Romine) began leasing GW’s 120-acre lot no. 1 in Fauquier County, Va., at £4 per annum, in the early 1770s (see Ledger B, 74). Romaine later ran away. | |||
| Ross, Alexander | GW noted in May 1766 selling Alexander Ross of Maryland 10,000 shingles at $3 or “17/3 Virga C[urrenc]y pr thousand” and, on 29 Oct. 1766, receiving “30 Dollars" in cash (Ledger A, 235). | |||
| Ross, Hector | Hector Ross was a merchant of Colchester, Virginia. GW did a considerable amount of business with him since his establishment served as a store of convenience for clothing and other necessities for ... Read More |
