Hi Ron, IGI has the marriage 01/08/1836 St Mary's, Portsea, Hants. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp Don't know why they should have gone to Hampshire unless their local church wouldn't marry them as they had had a child out of wedlock? hth, Anne > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:10:43 +0000> From: ron.cowell@virgin.net> To: SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [SXP] BENTLEY and STONE> > I am trying to find a record of the marriage of Stephen Bentley to his > second wife Mary Ann Stone. Stephen's first wife died in Nov 1834 and > Mary Ann's first child was baptised in May 1836. Stephen lived in Poling > and Mary Ann was born in Arundel although it is likely that her family > had moved to Poling by the time of the marriage. I have not found it in > the Poling or Arundel parish registers. Has anyone any thoughts as to > where I could look next?> > Ron> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml