This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!  

   Samuel Rayner was born ca 1744 son of John Rayner & Judith Chappell. 
   He married Winny Perry. [family tradition]
Mar 1765 Bertie County Ct. Records: Ordered that J William Brown, Jonathan Miller, John Rainer, sen, John Rainer, junr., & Samuel Rainer work on the road where Nathaniel Holley is overseer.
Mar 1765 A Deed from John Phelps to Samuel Ranner. Oath John Freeman.
Mar 1766 Saml. Rainer on Grand Jury.
Mar 1770 Saml. Rainer on Petit Jury.
Mar 1770 Saml. Rainer gave sec. for James Wilson Ad Bond Sarah Wilson Estate.
1777 Samuel Rayner signed Rev. War pledge of allegiance to the state of NC against George III king of Great Britain.
Bertie County Tax lists: Sam Rainer-1774; 
                                    Samuel Rayner-1781.
As there is no mention of his wife in Sam's will written 16 Aug 1817, I think she had already died.

   I am still looking for Winny's parents. 
  Even though all of Sam and Winny's children named a daughter Mary; Winefred (Winny) Perry is not the daughter of Benjamin Perry & his wife Mary who were in Bertie County, North Carolina,  he died ca 1794 in Kershaw County, SC and left two wills in Kershaw Co, one dated 1779 named a wife Mary, the other dated 1789 named a wife Sarah.  but their daughter Winefred was still a young girl in 1779.
    Family tradition is that Winny's father was a Benjamin Perry.  Over in Perquimans County I find that the Jacob Perry who died in 1790 had a son named Miles Perry.  This Jacob names a Benjamin Perry as his executor.  I also see a Noah Perry left a will in Martin County in 1824.

Children of Samuel Rayner & Winny Perry:
1.  Enoch Rayner 1771 - 1823 Bertie Co.  shop joiner
      was a subscriber in 1803 to Burkett's History of the Kehukee Baptist Assoc.
      married Penelope Rasco daughter of James & Elizabeth
2. Elijah Rayner  ca 1775 - 1844 TN
        was a subscriber in 1803 to Burkett's History of the Kehukee  Baptist Assoc.
           moved to Haywood Co, TN after 1830.
            death notice appeared in RReg 1 Nov 1844
      married Catherine Outlaw ca 1782 - 1861 TN
                    daughter of Lewis & Elizabeth
3. Lot Rayner ca 1779 - bef 20 Dec 1805 Bertie Co.
       In Feb 1805 John Outlaw age 17 bound to Lot Rayner, House Carpenter
       On 20 Dec 1805 inventory of Lot Rayner's estate turned in by Samuel Rayner
4. Miles Rayner 1782- 1819 Bertie Co.
       was a subscriber in 1803 to Burkett's History of the Kehukee Baptist Assoc.
        married Celia Perry (died 1845) daughter of Josiah & Amillicent
         she married ca 1824 2nd Sampson Wilder died 1836  Hertford Co
5. Noah Rayner ca 1784 - ca 1819 Bertie Co.
6. Celia Rayner 1785 - 1832 Bertie Co.
       married 1st Thomas Leary died 1814 Bertie Co.
       married 2nd prior15 Oct 1822 John Capehart died 1828
7. Joel Rayner ca 1787 - 1818 Bertie Co.
8.  Phoebe Rayner ca 1792 - bef 1850 Bertie Co.
        married 1810/17 James Duer ca 1784 - 1853 Bertie Co.

US Census Bertie Co NC
1790 Sam Rayner 3 M under 16; 4 M over 16; 3 F 6 slaves
1800 Sam Rayner Males 2 0-10; 2 16-25; 1 over 45; Females 1 10-16; 1 16-25; 1 26-45
1810 Sam Rayner Males 1 16-25; 1 over 45 Females 1 16-25; 1 over 45

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Enoch Rayner and Penelope Rasco had:
1. Samuel Rayner ca 1802 -
      married 1828 Harriet Coward
2. James Rasco Rayner  31 Aug 1807 - 27 Sept 1852 Bertie County 
      married 27 Feb 1831 Frances Lawrence 29 Oct 1813 - 20 Dec 1847
      married 2 April 1850 Mary Elizabeth Collins Howe 10 Dec 1805 - 29 Oct 1855
               widow of Dr. Alexander Wood Mebane
3. Mary Rayner ca 1812 -
      married 1829 William Maer
      married 2nd bef 1850 William Leary ca 1807 -
4. Nancy Rayner  1815 - ca Aug 1861 Haywood Co, TN
        married 30 May 1833 Collin Hopkins 1810 - 1851/59
5. Thomas J Rayner ca 1817- 17 Feb 1838 unmarried

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Elijah Rayner and Catherine Outlaw had:
1. "Col." Eli Rayner  1815 Bertie Co., NC - 28 Feb 1892 Memphis, TN
          Cotton planter near Memphis, TN   Memphis Newspaper Clipping re Eli

   
The Antebellum 1856 Eli Rayner Home at 1020 Rayner, Memphis, TN
on National Historic Register

     married 18 Aug 1841 May Ann Jones 1826 VA - 15 Nov 1884 Memphis, TN
     a. Sarah O Rayner 1842 - 1843  age 9 months
     b. Juan Timoleon Rayner 1844 Fayette Co, TN - 1931 Pueblo, CO
      moved to Colorado after the war- where upon day one he was shot in the leg during a drunken bar brawl (the fighters were downstairs and he and Mary were in their room - the bullet came through the floorboards).
         married 1866 Mary Howard 1850 - 1925   had had 11 ch/ 5 living in 1910
                         her mother Fralicia R Howard ca 1826 living with them in 1910 CO                
1877, 1878 - Juan Rayner, 483 Larimer under groceries and provisions [[Denver Business Directory]
1880 Juan Rayner r 9 Broadway
1889 - Juan Rayner, groceries 229 S Un, r 98 blk L Corona Park [Directory of The City of Pueblo]
[He probably had a family, (survived by three daughters) but we don't know anything about them as of this date. He was a Confederate Civil War hero. Where his name originated, we haven't a clue, but it has caused some curiosity. A historian in Memphis told us that it's pronounced "Joo-un," rather than "Wan" as it would be here in Texas. note from Fran Bennett Oct 1997]
            i. Catie Rayner ca 1867 -
           ii. Margarite F Rayner ca 1884 - 'died of a broken heart' 
          iii. Irene Rayner ca 1887 - 1979 dsp [Cynthia knew her]
           iv. Mary E Rayner ca 1890 -  [Cynthia knew her]
                  married Earl ____ 
            v. Maude Rayner
                  married William Barber
                           came from Scotland for the gold mining in Colorado
                         1. Thomas Howard Barber
                               married Anita Williams
                               a. William Carlton Barber
                                     married Beverly Rudd of OK
                                     i. Thomas Howard Barber
                                    ii. Jennifer Susan Barber
                                   iii. Cynthia Anne Barber [Wiggins] 
      c. Louisa C. Rayner 1846 - 3 Jan 1941
         married Dr. William R. Hodges 1840 - 1878 Memphis TN
           i. Charles Hodges 1869 - 1896
          ii. Ada Knight Hodges 1873 - 1964
               married Ceylon B. Frazer 1864 - 5 Sept 1921 Memphis TN
                  1. Ceylon B Frazer Jr. 1901 - 1970 Memphis TN
                  2. Louise Frazer 1903 - 1973 Memphis TN
                       married Charles Patrick Joseph Mooney ca 1900 - dec.
     d. Catherine Rayner 1848 - 1872
     e. Irene Rayner 1849 - 1939 Memphis, TN

 
snapshot of portrait of Irene Rayner Turley

         married 1871 Thomas Battle Turley  ca 1845 - 1 July 1910 age 65
                               prominent lawyer and U S Senator 1897 - 1901
              i. Eli Rayner Turley 1872 -
                                    a Memphis lawyer
                married 1899 Annie McCory ca 1878 - dec.
                       1. Henry M Turley
                           married Cordelia Jones
                       2. Mary Lou Turley
                       3. Eli Rayner Turley
                       4. Thomas B Turley
              ii. Flora Turley 1873 - dec
                   married Dr. John M Maury ca 1870 - dec  Memphis, TN
             iii. Thomas Jefferson Turley 1875 - ca 1933  Memphis, TN
                                      in 1923 president of the Turley-Bullington Mortgage Company
                   married Sallye Johnson ca 1875 - dec
             iv. Mary Louise Turley 1878 - 1962  Memphis, TN
                   married John M Trenholm ca 1875 - dec                          1. Margaret Trenholm
                              married McGhee Moore     
              v. Margaret Turley 1882 - 1907 [1897]  Memphis, TN
        f.  Samuel Rayner 1849 - 1849   age 9 months
        g. Ada Rayner 4 Dec 1851 Fayette Co TN - 2 Feb 1874 Memphis TN
             married Mr. Askew ca 1850 - dec
        h. Ely Whitfield Rayner 18 Oct 1852 - 10 June 1907 
                          all born in Fayette Co. and Shelby Co., TN
               Whitfield E. Rayner 18 Oct 1852 TN - 10 June1907 ts
                    Whit, Alice and little son all buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Anson, TX
                      1900 Census for Stonewall County ED 145, Sheet 2
             "He was a land speculator in the  early days of Lubbock who almost got the town where he wanted it."  Judy
"W E Rayner was a cattleman, manager and part owner of the Rayner Cattle Company with home offices in St. Louis, Missouri and a ranch operation in King County. With the organization of Stonewall County immediately to the south in 1888, Rayner . . acquired a section of land and laid off a town which was designated the county seat. The town was named Rayner and although there was organized opposition to it the county commissioners court sustained the town and ordered a courthouse built there in 1889. The population in 1890 was 234 people. but then Aspermont was laid off and in 1898 gleaned the most votes [for the location of the county seat.]    In 1890 too Rayner became interested in establishing a town in Lubbock. . .[the land in Lubbock was purchased in the name of his nephew Howard Rayner who joined him in this enterprise --was not his nephew, but rather Whit Rayner himself using the name Howard for his business dealings]"  page 72 "the History of Lubbock" edited by Lawrence L Graves and pub in 1962 by the West Texas Museum Association.
           married Alice Yates 10 Nov 1867 TN - 6 April 1932 ts
              i. Eli Rayner 24 June 1891 - 22 Oct 1892 ts
             ii. Mary Rayner 1895 TN -
                 married Bob Neathery ca 1895 -
       i.  Eli Rayner, Jr.  June 1861 Memphis, TN - Apr 1933 Memphis, TN
                Eli Rayner, Jr. was a Mississippi riverboat gambler.
                      At the time of his death, he owned the St. James Hotel, at 72 Beale St., Memphis, TN
             married 20 Jul 1883 Memphis TN Sarah Olive Greenlaw 
                                       July 1863 Memphis TN - 6 Jan 1915 Memphis, TN
             i. Whitfield Eli Rayner 12 Aug 1885 Memphis, TN - 29 May 1968 Dallas, TX
                         1. Russell McGee Rayner
                           married Loretta Thomas
                       2. Richard Emmett Rayner 
                            married Ellen Schrimer
                       3. Ruth Rayner
                       4. Evelyn Rayner
                            married Joseph Dijoseph
                       5. James Rayner
                 ii. Emmett Greenlaw Rayner 10 Jul 1890 Memphis, TN - 9 Oct 1942 Dallas, TX

 
Emmett Greenlaw Rayner 1890 - 1942
 
ca 1919 Emmett Rayner with daughters Sally [holding his hand] and LouRene

                 married Fanny Brown Greenlaw Davis 
                                          11 Feb. 1887 Dallas, TX - 29 Oct 1960 Dallas, TX
                           1. Sara Frances [Sally] Rayner 29 April 1914 Dallas TX - 18 March 1997 Austin TX
                                married 1 Sept 1934 Clayton H. Billings14 March 1914 MI  - 12 Oct 1997 Austin TX
                                                parents of Janice and Fran
                           2. LouRene Jeanette Rayner 21 Jan 1916 Memphis TN - June 2006
                                married Richard Ferguson ca 1915 - 1989 Dallas TX
                                married 2nd Hal Gray
                           3. Dorothy Davis Rayner 5 July 1918 - 20 April 1997
                                married ca 1935 Vaughn Apple ca 1915 - dec
                                married Horace Fields 3 July 1916 - 9 Aug 1968 Dallas TX
                           4. Marjorie Elaine Rayner 10 Nov 1921 Dallas TX  - 21 June 1974 Dallas TX
                                married Charles Carrel 21 Jan 1914 IL - 13 Sept 1985 Dallas TX

 
 Sally Rayner 1914 - 1997

               iii. Oliver Greenlaw Rayner 9 May 1905 Memphis, TN - 1986 Denison, TX
                   married Elizabeth Locke                         
2.  Samuel Rayner  ca 1817 Bertie Co., NC - bef. 1858 Fayette Co., TN
3.  Mary Ann Rayner ca 1819 Bertie Co., NC - bef. 1858 Fayette Co., TN

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Miles Rayner and Celia Perry had:

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Celia Rayner and Thomas Leary had:
1. Edwin Leary ca 1804 - bef 1832-
2. William Leary ca 1807 -
      married bef 1850 Mary E.  Rayner (Maer) ca 1812 -
3. West Leary 9 June 1811 Bertie Co - 24 July 1881 Chowan Co, NC
         10 of 13 children living in 1881-  obit   Baptist Minister
     married 14 June 1832 Mary Eliza Thatch ca 1813 - 23 June 1860
     a. Thomas Leary  ca 1833 -
     b. West Leary  ca 1835 -
     c. Celia Leary  ca 1837 -
     d. Martha F Leary  ca 1839 -
     e. William Leary  ca 1841 -
     f.  Quinton Leary  ca 1842 -
     g. Stephen Leary  ca 1844 -
      h. Mary Leary  ca 1849 -
     married 8 Jan 1862 Mrs A V Townsend d 29 April 1872
          The following came from the Chowan Baptist Association.
ELDER WEST LEARY - Elder West Leary was born June 9, 1811. In the 29th year of age he made a profession of religion, uniting with the church of Capeharts, Bertie County. N.C.. On the 14th of June 1832, he married Mary E. Thatch, and in the year 1847 moved to the county of Chowan. He was regularly ordained into the gospel ministry in the year 1848. In the year 1850 he organized and established the church at Macedonia, in the pastorate of which he continues thenceforward to his death, a period of over 30 years.  June 23 1860, he lost his wife; January 8th 1862 married Mrs. A. V. Townsend, who died April 29th 1872. He served in the pastorate many churches in the bounds of the Chowan Association- Mars Hill, Salem, Ballard’s Bridge, Ebenezer, Whiteville Grove, Ross Church, Providence, Macedonia and others. He died at his home in Chowan county after a brief illness on the 24th of July, 1881, in the 71st year of his age. Ten of the thirteen children born unto him now survive him. His educational advantages were few indeed, but a native vigor of intellect, fired by zeal for the cause of his master, and tempered by devoted piety, made him a powerful instrument in God’s hands in the accomplishment of a great work. The churches he served as pastor, the communities where he labored in conjunction with others at the recurring protracted revival seasons, will acknowledge the efficiency of his ministry and grateful cherish his memory. “W. H. M” 
Note the following info recorded in Capeharts Baptist Church in Merry Hill.
West Leary joined Capeharts June 11, 1842 and his wife Eliza was also.
He was ordained in Capeharts in October 1846.
August 1850 Brother West Leary petitioned church for himself, wife and son Thomas (I or J) Leary  and sister Mary (C ) Thatch for a letter of dismission to join some other sister church. Our church role has that West Leary, Eliza Leary and Mary C. Thatch were dismissed by letter August of 1850.  e-mail from Neil Baker   Note: Mary Thatch was 21 on the 1850 census. I expect she was Eliza's niece. smk
4. Joseph L. Leary ca 1814 -
    married 1834 Harriet Bell Van Pelt 3 May  1809 -
                                   daughter of Daniel III and Jemima Van Pelt
     a. Joseph H Leary ca 1834 -
     b. James B Leary ca 1839 -
     c.  John W Leary ca 1841 -
     d. Harriet A. E. Leary ca 1842 -
1828 Celia Capehart guardian of West Leary and Joseph Leary orphans of Thomas Leary
1832 James N Reed guardian of Joseph Leary orphan of Thomas Leary

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Phoebe Rayner and James Duers had:
1. Winnefred Ann Duers 1821-
       married 1st Sunday Dec 1850 Daniel Valentine lived Oak Villa
              brother of William Darden Valentine d.1856 Hertford Co
2. James R Duers 1825 - 1895
3. Mary E Duers ca 1828 - died prior 1853
    married 29 Aug 1849 William A Ferguson ca 1819
     a. William F Ferguson 1851 -