Daily AncestorRach.
Rach. in a name column is an old abbreviation of the first name Rachel.
Rach. is the usual clerk's shortening of Rachel. You meet it in church registers, wills that list daughters, and census name columns, sometimes with the final letter written above the line.
Indexes may keep the abbreviation as written, so a search for Rachel can miss a Rach. entry. Try both spellings, and check the sex column on census pages.
As seen in a recordBequest in a will
To my daughter Rach. Wells, one feather bed
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Daily Ancestor. "Rach.." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/abbreviations/rach. Last checked 2026-10-10.