This genealogy was originally compiled and printed in 1992 in conjunction with the first Raynor Roundup, which was attended by more than 150 Raynor relatives. The original edition was a 92 page document, which included 730 descendants of Jonathan Raynor.  Since that time, more information has been gathered and additional descendants of Jonathan Raynor have been identified, warranting this current revision of the original genealogy.

        This 1998 edition of The Raynors of Ketchaponack contains information on 3,450 direct descendants of Jonathan Raynor, and is the only comprehensive published genealogy of this branch of the Raynor family in America.

        The book contains a brief history of the origins of the Raynor name and of Thurston Raynor's ancestry in England, as well as information about Thurston's family in America.  In addition to the thirteen-generation genealogy, there is an introduction by Arthur Daniel Raynor (initiator of the 1992 Raynor Roundup and founder of the Raynor Family Association), a bibliography with 84 reference sources, and Art Raynor's 1930s map and guide of the Westhampton and Westhampton Beach Raynors.

        The Raynors of Ketchaponack (1998 revised edition) is the culmination of more than thirty years of research.  In addition to using official sources of information (libraries, cemeteries, historical and genealogical societies, the National Archives and other governmental agencies), the author has corresponded with approximately eighty individuals (nearly all direct descendants of Jonathan Raynor), who provided much of the family information included in this genealogy. 

        Dr. Howell has compiled several genealogies and has conducted genealogical research in England and Germany as well as in the United States. He currently resides in New Hampshire and serves as a genealogist with the Raynor Family Association.