Starting with this marriage, I started looking for Betty Dean's birth and parents. I can find her with a John Dean and Ann, baptized 1 Nov 1772. I believe this is her baptism. Can't find a marriage for a John Dean and an Ann. I did find a couple of births that I've listed below that might work, but I think it's pretty iffy. **Marriage: 16 Jul 1793 St Aidan, Billinge, Lancashire, England Benjamin Crompton - Shoemaker, this parish Betty Dean - (X), Spinster, this parish Witness: John Crompton; Molly Dean Banns Read: 31 Mar 1793, 2nd: 7 Apr 1793, 3rd: 14 Apr 1793 Married by Banns by: R. Carr, Curate Register: Marriages 1787 - 1799, Page 119, Entry 475 Source: Original register at Wigan Archives Distance = 0.00 miles Baptism: 26 Jul 1761 St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland, Lancashire, England John Heyes - Son of John Dean & Ann Heyes Abode: Wigan Occupation: Joiner Notes: Mother single and child illegitimate Register: Baptisms 1735 - 1767, Page 46, Entry 11 Source: LDS Film 1657531 Distance = 2.79 miles Baptism: 29 Sep 1764 St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland, Lancashire, England Henry Heyes - Son of John Dean & Anne Heyes Abode: Wigan Occupation: Carpenter Notes: Mother from Upholland and child illegitimate Register: Baptisms 1735 - 1767, Page 54, Entry 7 Source: LDS Film 1657531 Distance = 2.79 miles Baptism: 1 Nov 1772 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England Betty Dean - Daughter of John Dean & Ann Abode: Wallgate Register: Baptisms 1754 - 1778, Page 164 Source: Original register at Wigan Archives Distance = 4.28 miles There is a family of John and Hannah Dean. Their children run from 1759-1778. The eleven baptisms all show the mother as Hannah not Ann. I did find a birth for a Betty in Leigh, but I also found a marriage for that one so she didn't fit. I found another one born in Winstanley, but I believe that I found her marriage as well. I found another Betty born 1764 to James Dean and Ann, but I believe that she might be a little old for her husband Benjamin Crompton. Suggestions please. I am still pretty new at my UK research. Thanks Teri Cleaveland