开云体育Julie Just because Joseph says that his father was Jonathan doesn’t mean to say that it was. Whilst he died have been buried in the Wesleyan cemetery, he is not likely to have been a Wesleyan in 1853 when he married, or he would not have married by Banns There never was a legal requirement for non-conformist registers to be deposited so many may still be with the church – but which church at the time. CAN I suspect is going to point you more in the right direction The problem then might be trying to find the paper trail to match the DNA ? Regards John Hanson FSG Researching the Halstead/Holstead/Alstead names Researcher, the Halsted Trust - Research website - And my own study of FOSKER ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Julie Kane via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2024 6:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [yorksgen] Joseph BENTLEY 1814-1874 ? I'm trying to determine who the parents of Joseph BENTLEY (1814-1874) are. He was buried at Morley Wesleyan 13 Mar 1874. ? He married Ann ELLIS 1 Feb 1835 in Batley and had two children. She died in 1841. He married Mary WESTERMAN (1820-1851) in 1843, had two children and Esther BROWN (1825-1905) in 1853 and had six more children. In the 1851 census he is married to Mary with their daughter and son and his two children from his marriage with Ann. Lidian (Lydia Ann BENTLEY) is my ancestor. ? I've always thought that Joseph's parents were Jonathan BENTLEY (1787-1859) who married Mary RHODES 14 Feb 1806 in Batley. Certainly his marriages to both Mary WESTERMAN and Esther BROWN indicate Jonathan being his father.? ? What makes me wonder if this is wrong is not having dna matches with others further back when there should be a match. I must have made an error somewhere. ? There are many other families with parents Joseph BENTLEY and Martha FIELD but I'm the only one with Jonathan and Mary. I would appreciate some other eyes looking at this and telling me what they think. ? Julie Kane |