Rachel was base born/illegitimate.
Courtesy of information provided & verified by Joanne Colthup who is undertaking a one name study and who has sighted parish registers, wills, and church warden records etc.
Please note, the surname seems to have a variety of spellings even in the same church registers and for the same person and immediate family members.
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