MARRIAGES solemnized in the Parish of Saint Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1828
No.563
Samuel Bent of this Parish Bachelor and Fanny Humphry of the same Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of [blank] this twenty second Day of February in the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
By me John Hambleton B.A. Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us {Samuel Bent his X mark / Fanny Humphry her X mark
In the Presence of {James Barford his X mark / Charlotte Barford
Although it says 'bachelor' Samuel was actually a widower. His first wife had died in November 1827 and his first child with Fanny was baptised in October 1829, giving a fairly narrow window for his second marriage. Moreover, the General Register Office's index of births include an unnamed female Bent with mother's maiden name Humphrey in 1839 in Luton district, who was presumably the Eliza Bent who appears with Samuel and Fanny in the 1841 census.
