Rachel (Noble) Gibson (abt. 1760 - abt. 1791)

Born about 1760 in Carteret, Province of North Carolina

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Biography

Rachel Noble was named as one of two unmarried daughters in the will of her father Samuel Noble, dated 26th December 1776 in Carteret County, North Carolina.

She appears to be the same Rachel Gibson who became the widow of Isaac Gibson in 1790, by the will his widow Rachel made, dated 13th August 1791, naming numerous "cousins" who would have been her nieces and a nephew. She bequeathed the land bequeathed to her by the will of her father, Samuel Noble, to one of these.^{[1][2]
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Research Notes

Rachel Nobel has been conflated with her same-named aunt Rachel Noble, widow of William Houston (That fact is made clear in Samuel Noble's 1776 will, the transcriptions of that are horrible so I've uploaded it).
This Rachel Noble, was named as an unmarried daughter (one of two) in the will of her father, Samuel Noble, dated 26 December 1776 (see those images)....likely born about 1760.
She appears to have been the second wife, then widow, of Isaac Gibson, who died in Onslow County in 1790. Her own will was dated 13th August 1791. She only "definitively" named his youngest son Shadrach Gibson, as her child, leaving numerous small bequests to "cousins" (nieces and nephews).

Transcribed will of Rachel Gibson.
Gibson, Rachel. Aug. 13, 1791 — Oct., 1791. To cousin Clarisy Noble, daughter of Samuel Noble, to Rachel Gibson, daughter of Thomas Gibson, to Isaac, son of William Gibson, to cousin Rachel Fields, to Rachel, daughter of Bridger Jones, niece Amorenthy B. Wright, cousin Mark Berry, son of James Berry the land willed to me by my father, Samuel Noble, to Fanny Farnel, wife of Micajah Farnel, to Faraby, wife of Isaac Gibson, to son Shadrack Gibson. Exrs: Micajah Farnell, Shadrack Gibson. Tests: Elmer Arnold, J. Matticks, Betsey Gillett.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry link to Will of Rachel Gibson.
2. ↑ [1] 1791 Accounting of Administration of Rachel Gibson, dec'd. Onslow Co., NC.
3. ↑ Ancestry link Will of Isaac Gibson dated 13 Aug 1789, proved April 1790. Onslow Co., NC.
4. ↑ [2] 1790 Administration of Estate of Isaac Gibson, dec'd. Onslow Co., NC.