Rhode Island, U.S., State Censuses, 1747, 1782

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image is readable and shows "Bently, John" under South Kingstown with a household of 1 boy under 16, 1 girl under 16, 1 girl aged 16–22, 2 men and 1 woman aged 22–50. This is consistent with the name John Bentley as a spelling variant, and the household plausibly fits a man aged about 27. The record names a John Bently but cannot show that he is the John Bentley of 1755–1833, so it is consistent but thin.
Matches: South Kingstown, Rhode Island census page lists "Bently, John" (typed spelling variant of Bentley); Entry is in a head-of-household census of the right place and period (the 1782 state census, in which John Bentley, b. 1755, would be about 27); The household has 1 male aged 22–50 and 1 female aged 22–50, which fits a man of about 27
Limits: The census gives only the head's name and age-bracket counts, with no birth date, parentage or other identifiers; It cannot confirm the 1755 birth or 1833 death dates; It supports only the name spelling "Bently", which is a variant of the claimed "Bentley"; Nothing on the page ties this John Bently to the specific John Bentley (1755–1833) in the database; The citation detail refers to the Census Collections 1791-1882, which does not match a 1782 census, so the exact source is unclear