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- While Edward B. Raynor was mentioned as a beneficiary of the estate of Emily F. Raynor (as her "brother"), he has not been found in any census or other record as being connected to the Edward S. Raynor family. However, the probate court must have been satisfied that he was her brother. Edward therefore has been placed here as a son of Edward S. and Eliza Raynor.
The following article from the Brooklyn Eagle may provide and explanation (September 15, 1890):
WHY THEY WERE TWICE MARRIED
Several years ago the Rev. S. A. Sands, then pastor of the Methodist church in Brookhaven, performed the ceremony which made Edward Clark the husband of an estimable young woman residing in the village. Their married life has [appears to haveissing text] ... thought that he had been adopted by the family whose name he more and had always been recognized by. Lately he has discovered his error, never having been adopted legally. So to avoid any question that might arise hereafter he concluded to assume his father's name, that of Raynor, and, inviting a number of relatives and friends to his house, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clark renounced the name by being remarried, and are now known as Mr. and Mrs. Edward Raynor. The Rev. Mr. Frisbie [pastor of the Bellport and South Haven Presbyterian Churches] performed the ceremony and also rebaptized the children.
In the 1870 census, the David Mills Clark household recorded an Edward Clark, age 8. This Edward's birth coincides with being near the probable death of Edward S. Raynor's first wife Eliza, suggesting that her death may have been due to complications from childbirth. David Mills and Nancy Clark lived but a short distance west from Edward S. Raynor. In the 1880 census, Edward B. Clark is in the Mills Clark household, the relationship being that of a boarder.
An Edward B. Raynor was found in the 1900 census, born Jul 1863. The census location may have been Patchogue, NY (within the Town of Brookhaven). He has been married fifteen years to Debbie, who is ten years his senior. She has had five children of whom only one is living. This child is not living with the family. Beyond the fact that there is no direct proof that this Edward is the same Edward of the Brooklyn Eagle article, the principal cautionary note is that a birth date of July 1863 seems a bit too late for him to have been issue of Edward S. and Eliza Raynor -- Edward S. was said to have remarried in 1863 which would then have been very soon after his first wife's death if this Edward B. were her issue. Subsequent research indicates that his birth date was probably 14 Jul 1862.
(A second Edward B. Raynor born about 1860 is easily confused with this Edward B. They are believed to have been first cousins, their fathers being the brothers -- Edward S. and Henry Raynor.)
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