Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier compiled.
The page lists "BENTLEY John, of William and Rachel" at the date Sept. 24, 1755, which matches the name and the birth year of John Bentley (1755–1833). The record supports the name but does not itself tie this John to the database person. Parentage (William and Rachel) would need to be compared with the database tree.
Matches: Page 38 of Vital Record of Rhode Island lists "BENTLEY John, of William and Rachel" with a date of Sept. 24, 1755; The surname and given name match the claimed name John Bentley; The birth year 1755 matches the claim (1755–1833)
Limits: The claim is only about the name, and this entry shows the name John Bentley, but it does not say that this John is the person in the database; The page is a printed compilation of extracts (a published vital-records abstract) and not an original record; The entry carries no place of birth and gives no death date, so 1833 is not checked; The entry has no explicit "born" label, but in this birth section of the volume the date is the birth date; The image is only a page of the book; whether the date aligns with the BENTLEY line depends on reading the page layout, which is a slightly tilted scan