Thank you Suz and avm for trying to help! I've been going through the various censuses trying to find where Jane VERITY (Benjamin's mother) was born (it looks to me like it was in Fountains Earth as it shows in the 1841 census) but in the 1851 census it says Gaivethorpe (could be Grewelthorpe), in the 1861 census it says Masham, in the 1871 census it says Grewelthorpe, in the 1881 census it says Pateley Bridge, in the 1891 census it looks like Kirby, and in the 1901 census it says Grewelthorpe again!
It's all a mystery
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Keith
PS.
There seems to be quite a few Michael JOY's marrying Janes in the Pateley Bridge/ Greenhow Hill area. It make trying to find the ones I want, very difficult!!
Keith