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Gt. grandparents  William Henry Scott HINDMARSH and Mary Frances DODDS married at St. Thomas' Anglican church, Sydney, 2nd April 1856. William recorded in his journals, "As we were both under age  and virtually infants as well as orphans we had to go to an interview with Mr. H.H. Browne, the Govt. Immigration Agent to get his consent to our nuptials. He gave his consent - by an act of Parliament under the 'New Constitution'"  They were under age  and William was indeed an orphan but Mary Frances, although her mother was dead her father was alive and living in Geelong. Does anyone know what the rules were? Were these rules the same for men as they were for  women? 
Thank you - Jo Wynne

My gt. grandfather's gravestone is still to be seen - New Zealand cemetery. (his life  1835 - 1919)All the other gravestones in this cemetery face east/west. His alone faces north/south. Which way do gravestones generally face in the UK? Has anyone any theories about why someone would go against the general trend. My gt. grandmother died 1915 and her name is on the same stone so it would have been my gt. grandfather who organised it. Thanks Jo

I am researching John Hall Hindmarsh, teacher of elocution. In the Perthshire Courier, Thurs. 15th Sept. 1825 he is advertising the fact that he is beginning work at the Perth Academy, English Dept.  The advt. goes on to say ' Mr. H. having engaged a commodious floor at No. 4 Rose Terrace, purposes accommodating two or three boys as boarders .........'   JHH has a wife and several children and I am wondering if this is where they all live and has anyone else come across  'floor' used in this way?
Thanks Jo

At the risk of giving too much information I will first set out what I know (and surmise) and near the end explain what information I am searching for.
1] Robert Bentley, chr. 29th April, 1716, Helmsley, father, William Bentley
A) Christiana Harrison,( chr. 18th Oct. 1712, Pickering, father George Harrison) married Robert Bentley, Kirkdale, 3rd Aug., 1738
children (named after the two fathers?)
William Bentley, chr. 2nd Oct. 1739, Helmsley ( have not found any further record)
George Bentley, chr. 12th Oct. 1741, Helmsley, 'son of Robert Bentley, farmer' buried 14th Nov. 1741, Helmsley.
Christiana Bentley buried 18th Nov. 1741, Helmsley
B) Sarah Foord (chr. Oct. 1717, Kirkdale, father John Foord) married Robert Bentley, Helmsley, 22nd Dec. 1743
children-
George Bentley, chr. 2nd July 1749, Kirkdale (named for the child who died?)
Sarah Bentley chr. 24th Dec. 1751, Kirkdale
Robert Bentley, chr. 17th Nov. 1754, Kirkby Moorside
Christiana Bentley chr. 14th Feb. 1757, Kirkdale ( named for 1st wife?)
Betty, chr. 2nd May 1762, Gillamoor

2] Robert Bentley, chr. 15th April 1723, Helmsley, father Peter Bentley
Jane/Joanna/Jony/Johannah Foord/Ford (chr. 31st May 1722, Kirkdale, father John Foord) married Robert Bentley 13th Dec. 1744, Kirkdale.
children - There are nine births 1746-1764 in Helmsley, father Robert Bentley. Some images have 'Robert Bentley of Helmsley' some have 'Robert Bentley, farmer'. 

I am descended from Christiana Bentley, chr. 1757, and want to find out more about her parents and siblings. If my conclusions are correct ( the mother's name is not on any of the records I have seen) her parents were the first Robert Bentley and Sarah Foord. My reasons for choosing Sarah Foord instead of her sister Jony Foord who married the 2nd Robert Bentley a year later are:
- the name Sarah continued to be handed down through that family
- Sarah Bentley ( nee Foord) died 5th Sept. 1792 at Fadmoor (buried at Gillamoor) Robert Bentley died 18th May 1800 at Fadmoor (buried at Gillamoor) Sarah and Robert's son, George Bentley lived at Fadmoor. their daughter Sarah, lived at Gillamoor.
Christiana, George and Sarah all have in the image of their births ' Hottrills' ( or variations thereof)  - the subject of a previous question of mine cleverly solved by Venelow to be ' Otter Hill'  Two other siblings I think likely are Robert Bentley chr. 17th Nov. 1754, KirkbyMoorside, and Betty, chr. 2nd May, 1762, Gillamoor.
This leaves a gap between the marriage in 1743 until the first known birth, George, 1749. I have searched those years for births and deaths  in the transcripts available at the LDS without success. Two possibilities that I have considered:
a) the marriage date is incorrect and should be 1748 not 1743. A question - What would be the best way to check the original?
b) there are  9 births at Helmsley 1746-1764 with father Robert Bentley. I had assumed that these were children of the 2nd Robert Bentley but perhaps some births are for the first Robert Bentley. the fact that both Robert Bentleys were farmers  doesn't help.

Deaths  First Robert Bentley and Sarah Foord - see above
likely deaths for the 2nd Robert Bentley and Jony Foord:
buried 28th May, 1805, Robert Bentley, farmer, Helmsley
buried 26th April, 1803, Johannah, wife of Robert Bentley, farmer, Helmsley.

I have not searched extensively for wills but there is a record June, 1805, in the Prerogative & Exchequer Court of York Probate Index for Robert Bentley.If this is a will which shows me surviving children then I could rule them out as children of the first Robert but no doubt some children died so I might be none the wiser.
There are several William Bentley deaths at Helmsley any of which could be the first Robert's father. A will 1766  is possibility. If it was the correct William it might tell me something

Any comments and/or suggestions on my next step would be very welcome.  Jo

4x gt.grandfather, James YOUNG b. 1754, his siblings, his children, nephews & nieces were baptised at the Corn Market Chapel, Sunderland. I have been trying to verify James YOUNG's wife Christiana's last name. There is a marriage for James YOUNG & Christiana BENTLEY at Kirkby Moorside, 14.01.1779 which seems the best fit. The problem is the distance between Sunderland, Durham where James came from and Kirkby Moorside. In looking at the history of the Corn Market Chapel I see that the Rev. John Clegg who was minister from approx. 1789 - 1809 and the Rev. Samuel Turner who followed him and was minister for approx 30 years from 1809 both came to the Corn Market Chapel from Helmsley Blackmoor. I have not been able to find out how long John Clegg  was at Helmsley. I'm wondering if this could be the link between the two areas for James and Christiana( tenuous, I know) The Rev. John Clegg originally came from Manchester and was educated for the ministry at the dissenting academy at Hecmondwick under Dr. Scott He is on a list of students but unfortunately no dates so I have no idea how long he was at Helmsley Blackmoor.
Any information about Protestant dissenting chapels /congregations in the Helmsley, Kirkdale, Kirkby Moorside area in the 1700s would be welcome.  thanks Jo