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On 2 Oct 2022 Jayne Bentley wrote on Bentley-6825:

Hello Ann, please can you advise the best way to search for the marriage of John. If I take his birth date of Feb 1726 and the birth date of his apparent son William in Sept 1745, he would have been only 19 when married. I am coming up short when I look for the possible marriage. Thank you.

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in Genealogy Help by Jayne Stidham G2G6 (8.5k points)
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Marriage at 19 would not be particularly unusual in that area at the time, but if you are looking at the baptism 19 February 1726, that is actually February 1726/1727 as can be seen from the register, the new year began 25 March at that time for register purposes. The baptism was at Beeston chapel and also recorded at the main church. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/9078789:2256  

John Bentley is quite a common name and there is also a John Bentley son of John baptised 11 April 1720 at Holbeck, the adjoining township to Hunslet  https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/10275339:2256

There may be more John Bentleys either at the main church or the chapelries. The Leeds chapelry registers are partially published from about 1720 onwards and on the Internet Archive, They show a marriage at Beeston 19 October 1721 of John Bentley and Ann Wilson, who may be the parents of John 1726/1727, but there are other children both of Beeston and Holbeck, who appear to be two separate families.  https://archive.org/details/pt1publications23thor/page/2/mode/2up

If you sort the children out into the two families it might help to find the correct marriage dates. (The main register would need to be checked for children and marriages too).
by Lynn Drasdo G2G6 Mach 2 (22.0k points)
Thank you so much for taking a look at my question and providing such a useful response. Much appreciated!

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