Joseph Raynor (1713 - 1797)

Born 10 Jun 1713 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Jerusha (Hulse) Raynor — married 7 Aug 1753 in St. George's Manor, Suffolk, Province of New York

Husband of Jemima (Dayton) Raynor — married Dec 1762 in St Georges Manor(Manorville), Suffolk, New York

Descendants

Died 16 Aug 1797 at age 84 in St Georges Manor (Manorville), Suffolk, New York, United States

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Biography

From a published genealogy by a Raynor descendant:^[1]

4-7. JOSEPH RAYNOR, ESQ. (Josiah, Joseph, Thurston), b. 10 June 1713, Lyme, CT, d. 16 Aug 1797, St. George's Manor, bur. private cemetery, Manor; m. (1) 7 Aug 1753, Jerusha Hulse, d. July 1762, d/o Joseph Hulse; m. (2) Dec 1762, Jemima Dayton, b. 1736, d. 1823, Manor, age 88 yrs., bur. Manor, d/o Nathaniel and Hannah (Phillips) Dayton. Joseph Raynor came to St. George's Manor before the Revolutionary War. He was a soldier in the American Revolution, in Capt. Selah Strong's Company, Col. Josiah Smith's Regiment of Minutemen. Joseph was said to have caused the death of two or more British soldiers while resisting capture at his home. He was listed in the 1776 Census as Head of a Family for St. George's Manor and Patentship in Moriches.

Issue Wife (1):

• 5-24. Mary ("Polly") Raynor, b. 1751/2, St. George's Manor, d. 25 Apr 1824, N. Lansing, Tompkins County, NY, age 73 yrs.
• 5-25. Isaac Raynor, b. 12 May 1762, St. George's Manor, d. 6 Aug 1850, Manor, ae 88 yrs., 2 mos., 25 days

Issue Wife (2):

• 5-26. Henry Raynor, b. 30 Sept 1762, Manor, bapt. 30 Sept 1763, d. 5 Mar 1815, Manor, ae 52 yrs., 7 mos., 25 days, bur. early Raynor cemetery, Manor
• 5-27. Joseph Raynor, Jr. ("Blind Joe"), b. 9 Oct 1764, Manor, bapt. 24 Sep 1788, d. 7 June 1852, bur. private cemetery on property of John Dunsmore, Manorville.
• 5-28. Jemima Raynor, b. 21 Aug 1766, bapt. 24 Sept 1788, St. George's Manor, d. 16 Sept 1805
• 5-29. Alexander I. Raynor, b. 26 Dec 1770, d. June 1826, Manor
• 5-30. Charity ("Charry") Raynor, bapt. 24 Sept 1788, St. George's Manor, d. 16 May 1827, Tiana, NY, bur. Wading River (private cemetery)
• 5-31. George Washington Raynor, bapt. 24 Sept 1788, St. George's Manor, d. 1800; unmarried.
• 5-32. Nathaniel Raynor, bapt. 24 Sept 1788, St. George's Manor, d. Aug 1824

Private Joseph Raynor served in the Revolutionary War in the First Regiment of Minutemen of the Suffolk County, New York Militia. The Minutemen were a special detachment of the state militias who could be ready on a minute's notice for military engagement.

The First Regiment of Minutemen of Colonel Josiah Smith of the Suffolk County, New York Militia was formed in July, 1776 for local guard duty, keeping British boats off the shores.

Yet after a month of this duty, it was deployed, including the 7th Company of Captain Selah Strong with Privates Joseph Raynor and his son-in-law David Robinson, and the 9th Company of Captain Paul Reeve with Private Ishmael Reeve; future father-in-law of grand-son-in-law David Robinson Jr., to Brooklyn on the west end of Long Island where they helped to defend the Flatbush Outpost from 22-26 Aug 1776 before being relieved of duty the day before the Battle of Long Island on 27 Aug 1776. ^{[2] [3]} This battle was the major military combat service of the troops in this regiment. ^{[4] [5]}

Suffolk County Militia, First Regiment of Minutemen of Colonel Josiah Smith (1776)

Pvt. Joseph Raynor, Pvt. David Robinson; 7th Co.-Capt. Selah Strong; 1st Regt. of Minutemen-Col. Josiah Smith (1776)

Map of the Battle of Long Island (27 Aug 1776) and the Retreat to Manhattan (29-30 Aug 1776)

Military Diary of Colonel Josiah Smith; Commander of the Suffolk County Militia 1st Regiment of Minutemen (1776)

Retreat from Long Island 29-30 Aug 1776 Recounted by Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge

Retreat from Long Island (29-30 Aug 1776)

Joseph was born 10 Jun 1713 at Lyme, New London, Connecticut, the son of Josiah Raynor and Sarah Higby.^[6][7] Joseph Raynor died 16 August 1797 at Manorville, Suffolk, New York.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Josiah Raynor of Manorville, Long Island, New York and Some of His Descendants, Stuart Payne Howell, Jr., Ed.D. (2000), page 6
2. ↑ The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut, Frederic Gregory Mather (Albany, NY: 1913), 1010-1012 (Battle of Long Island diary of Colonel Josiah Smith)
3. ↑ Detailed Military Maneuvers in the 29 Apr 1834 Deposition of Private Joseph Cleaveland in the Revolutionary War Pension File W24413 of Private Stephen Halsey
4. ↑ New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, NY Comptrollers Office (1904), page 169
5. ↑ New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, NY Comptrollers Office (1904), page 169
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F746-14Y : 3 December 2014), Joseph Rainer, 10 Jun 1713; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
7. ↑ Connecticut Birth Records pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, UT 2006. Record lists children of Josia and Sarah Rayner: John (b. 19 Apr 1703); Joseph (b. 10 Jun 1713); Josiah (b. 8 Feb 1709); Sarah (b. 17 Apr 1715); and Siurll [sic] (b. 19 Sep 1707). Josiah Rayner discovered in Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/18441515?h=644528
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2N-ZFWF : 13 December 2015), Joseph Raynor, 1797; Burial, Manorville, Suffolk, New York, United States of America, Raynor Cemetery; citing record ID 67778062, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

I question the births of sons Isaac and Henry Raynor. They could not have been born within 4 months of each other.

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