Please may I request help with my current brick wall - Yorkshire 1700's

Question

I have to admit defeat!.....well, not total defeat but I am struggling with this brick wall. In tracing my paternal line from my father Leonard Bentley (Bentley-6026) born 1930, I have his father Albert Bentley (Bentley-6027) born 1899, 

his father Harry Bentley (Bentley-6028) born 1868, 

his father Tempest Bentley (Bentley-6035) born 1829, 

his father John Bentley Bentley-6036) born 1804 , 

his father John Bentley-6823) born 1767, 

his father William Bentley (Bentley-6824) born 1745

and then his father John Bentley (Bentley-6825) born about 1727.

I am totally stuck in finding the wife of Bentley-6825 and the children.

It does not appear that this Bentley line was anything other than born, bred and died in Yorkshire. I, however, did leave Yorkshire and live in the US so going to physical locations in the UK is not an option for me right now.

Any help at all will be greatly appreciated and welcomed.Thank you.

Answer 1

With a quick look the only obvious marriage I see is for a John Bentley to Rebecca Walker on 19 November 1745. The location given was Holbeck, which is south of the centre of Leeds and adjacent to Hunslet. I only found this on Ancestry. However, I see the date is after William's baptism, so that casts doubt.
Still, I hope it helps, even if only in elimination.

Comments

Thank you for taking a look Roy. I noticed Rebecca Walker but set it aside because of the date. I will go down this rabbit hole though to see if it leads anywhere.

Answer 2

I see from John's profile that you are not sure about the marriage to Ann Wilson.

If it was not Ann, there is a marriage of a John Bentley to Rebecca Walker at Leeds, St Peter on the 19th Nov 1745. This would fit the timescale.

There are also three more in the right timeframe. Ann Newby, 18 Jun 1749, and Christian Haley, 18 Jun 1749, Judith Carr, 31 Mar 1755.

I have added them to John's profile as research notes for you to consider. 

 

Comments

Thank you for taking a look John. I will be looking at all of those possibilities as truthfully I had not considered anything in the later 1740's/50's.