Hi Matt D.,
Since my original posts in 2013 I've transcribed the whole of Charing BTs and can find no evidence to support a second Anne having been born to a Thomas and Mary Rayner (any surname spelling) at Charing. What does appear are a series of one-off burials, two independent marriages and a cluster of baptisms in the 1660s-1680s. There are then two distinct clusters of baptisms, which suggests that possibly either two brothers - Thomas and Robert, Thomas being older than Robert , or, Thomas being Robert's father with Thomas and family moving into Charing sometime during the civil war and Interregnum period. The marriage of Robert Rayner of Charing and Mary Browne, also of Charing took place pursuant to licence granted Dec 23, 1672. I now have the the licence transcribed as well and include that transcript, below. So, if the Anne Rayner baptised in 1674 is likely your ancestress, then her father must have been Robert, not Thomas. Thomas vanishes from the parish after the second baptism on 10 Mar 1672. I have also included the whole list of Rayner events from Charing, in chronological order so you can see the progression of families in Charing.
First the marriage licence:
Rayner, Robert, of Charing, yeoman, ba[tchelor], 29, and Mary Brown, s.p. [of the same place], sp[inste]r, 18, whose father being dead, her mother, Margt. Chapman, consents. At S. Andrew, Cant. Thos. Chapman of Charing, innholder, bonds. Dec. 23, 1672.
Second the extracts from the Bishop's Transcripts - lacks the civil war and Interregnum period:
1st entry of a Rayner at Charing -
SURNAME GVN NAME EVT DATE YEAR PARENTS/SPOUSE PLACE SOURCE
RAYNER Judith DBL 28 Oct 1619 do John Charing BT
RAYNER Elizabeth DBL 20 Nov 1631 wife of John Charing BT
RAYNER Robert DBL 05 Nov 1632 Charing BT
Grom: PHILPOT Alexander Bride: RAYNER Elizabeth Evt: Marr 09 Nov 1635 Charing BT
SURNAME GVN NAME EVT DATE YEAR PARENTS/SPOUSE PLACE SOURCE
RAINER Stephen DBL 12 Nov 1639 Charing BT
RAYNER Susanna DBL 02 May 1664 do Robert Charing BT
RAYNER Robert DBL 08 Dec 1668 Charing BT
RAYNER Thomas C 16 Jan 1670 Thomas/nwn Charing BT
RAYNER Mary C 10 Mar 1672 Thomas/Mary Charing BT
then Thomas disappears and Robert appears
RAYNER Elizabeth C 01 Sep 1673 Robert/Mary Charing BT
RAYNER Anne C 04 Oct 1674 Robert/Mary Charing BT
RAYNER George DBL 24 Jul 1675 Charing BT
RAYNER Richard C 23 Dec 1677 Robert/Mary Charing BT
Groom: ODIERNE John Bride: RAYNES Anne Evt: Marr 30 Sep 1681 Charing BT
SURNAME GVN NAME EVT DATE YEAR PARENTS/SPOUS PLACE SOURCE
RAYNER Frances C 28 Oct 1683 Robert/Mary Charing BT
I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Susan