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I came across your enquiry about John Rayner b 1811 and married to Helen Bland. John and Helen emigrated to New Zealand. According to a published family history which appears to be based on a family bible which contains some errors, John was born 22 Jan 1811 in Waddington. There seem to be no records of Rayners in Waddington but they are in Waddingham. They had a very useful habit of using the wives's surnames as second names in following generations so I am confident in the Waddingham location. The igi have a john born to John and Charlotte who was baptised on 26 Jan 1811. Someone has looked up this record for me and confirms that the mother is Charlotte. However John(senior) married Frances Newcomen in Louth 9 04 1810. The Newcomen name crops up several times in the family tree. There are no references to Charlotte that I have been able to discover. Have you managed to discover any further information about John and the Rayners since your original enquiry? I have some information on John senior's family if you are still looking.
Bev