Arthur Noble - Legacy

Legacy

Both Arthur and his youngest brother, James, owned tracts of territory throughout the Walpole Settlement in the District of Maine, then just a small plantation of thirty able-bodied men. Arthur's son, Arthur II inherited most of the territories, and established part of the settlement as Nobleborough to commemorate his father and his uncles who died in the Louisbourg Expedition or at Grand Pré.

The American Irish Historical Society recognized the heroism of at least two Noble brothers: "Thus died two of the most heroic soldiers of Irish birth and extraction, who took part in the Louisburg expedition. Both died, like so many other distinguished Irishmen, on the field of honor, in the defense of the rights of their adopted country."

Arthur Noble was survived by three children:

• Sarah (b.1726), who married Hon. William Lithgow.
• Lt. James (b.1728), who died at eighteen from a severe fever.
• Arthur II (b.1737), who married Mary Goffe.