William Bentley (MMMFMF)

[Mary from Italy]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
William Bentley

Date and place of birth
Staffordshire, c. 1765 (according to birthplace and age on census and age at death)

Names of parents
Not known

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Not known. There are two possible baptisms at about the right time in Colwich, Staffordshire, which is the abode given in the marriage register, but nothing definite to connect him with either of them.

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Married Eleanor/Ellen Shelley at Colwich, Staffordshire, on 4th February 1788

Occupation(s) - if any
Builder

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK)
1788: Colwich, Staffordshire (parish given in marriage cert) or Stafford, Staffordshire (place of baptism of eldest daughter shortly after marriage)
1790-1812: Weston on Trent, Staffordshire (abode given in younger children's baptism entries)
1838: Stafford (will)
1841: Foregate Street, Stafford
1842: Stafford (burial)

Date, place and cause of death
Died in Stafford on 29th May 1842, aged 77

Date and place of burial
Buried at Christ Church, Stafford, on 2nd June 1842.

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Will dated 1838. Probate 1842 to widow Ellen.

Memorial inscription - if any
Not known

For wife Eleanor Shelley, see http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ad.php?t=23802
For daughter Mary Ann Bentley, see http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ad.php?t=16176