Thomas Rayner (1740 - 1804)

Born 10 Nov 1740 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Stone) Rayner — married 10 Nov 1763 (to 27 Feb 1792) in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1804 at age 63 in Wakefield, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Thomas Rayner was born in Massachusetts.

Thomas, the third of thirteen children of John Rayner and Anne Rand was born on 10 November 1740 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Thomas married Abigail Stone (1746-1792), the daughter of Jacob and Jemima (Miller) Stone on 10 November 1763 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.^[2] They had nine children:

1. John Rayner (b. 8 Mar 1764; d. 5 Jul 1765, Charlestown, MA)^[3][4]
2. Abigail Rayner (b. 3 Jun 1765; d. 1817)^[5] m. 8 May 1788 at Reading, MA, James Emerson (1759-1839)
3. John Rayner (b. 9 Sep 1766; d. )^[6] m. 6 Jul 1789 at Reading, MA, Mary Eaton (1774-1841)
4. Anne Rayner (b. 1768; d. 1812) m. Thomas Bryant Sr. (1768-1857)
5. Nancy Rayner (b. 1769; d. 1842) m. 20 May 1798 at Reading, MA, Thomas Bryant Sr. (1768-1857)
6. Sarah Rayner (b. 1771; d. 1800) m.
7. Thomas Rayner (b. 14 Apr 1775; d. 20 May 1777, Wakefield, MA)^[7]
8. Deac. Thomas Rayner (b. 20 Jun 1777; d. 1845)^[8] m. 8 May 1799 at Reading, MA, Mary Parker (1780-1843)
9. Jacob Stone Rayner Sr. (b. 13 Apr 1784; d. 1855)^[9]m. 22 Mar 1807 at Wakefield, MA, Abigail "Nabby" Dix (1784-1836)

Thomas moved the family from Charlestown to Reading (aka Redding) about 1776.

Death

Thomas Rayner died on 17 October 1804 in his 64th year at Wakefield, and is buried in Old Burying Ground at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[10]

Research Notes

• From READINGgenealogicalhist00eatoiala_bw.pdf:

He, Thomas2, was the son of John and Anne (Rand) Rayner, of Charlestown, and was born there in 1740. He kept a public house for many years, and from the habit of keeping a bar, acquired a fondness for its dispensations that influenced his latter days. When Rev. Mr. Emerson was about being settled as minister of the first parish, he was violently opposed to it, and boldly expressed " the hope that he should never live to see that day." His hope was realized ; he died Oct. 17, 1804, aged 64, a few days before Mr. Emerson's installation.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42Q-NV2 : 20 May 2022), Thomas Rayner, 10 Nov 1740; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4Z-F87 : 20 May 2022), Abigail Stone in entry for Thomas Rayner, 10 Nov 1763; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F427-9RQ : 20 May 2022), Abigail in entry for John Rayner, 8 Mar 1764; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH24-CJB : 20 May 2022), Abigail in entry for John Rayner, 5 Jul 1765; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F427-9R4 : 20 May 2022), Abigail in entry for Abigail Rayner, 3 Jun 1765; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F427-9RZ : 20 May 2022), Abigail in entry for John Rayner, 9 Sep 1766; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2R-55H : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Thomas Rayner, 1775.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD9-24G : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Thomas Rayner, 1777.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD9-V4V : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Jacob Stone Rayner, 1784.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195024117/thomas-rayner: accessed 14 September 2023), memorial page for Thomas Rayner (1740–17 Oct 1804), Find a Grave Memorial ID 195024117, citing Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).

• VitalRecordsOfWakefieldTo1850.pdf confirm death of Thomas2, formerly of Charlestown, Oct. 17, 1804, a. 64 y. G.R.1, suggesting his YOB was 1740.

Vital Records of Wakefield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Baldwin, Thomas Williams, 1849- [from old catalog] comp Wright & Potter printing company, Boston, 1912 https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofwa00wake

Other Sources

Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading and North Reading with Chronological and historical sketches from 1639 to 1874 By Hon Lilley Eaton Alfred Mudge and Son, Printers, 34 School Street, Boston 1874 http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00eatoialap. 349

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