Name of “Jane Scott”, surname of husband of “Mr Bennett of Wellington”, from Obituary of her father, Thomas Scott Snr, published in the Manawatu Herald of 19 January 1892 and found in Papers Past in May 2023 by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver. Tim is the great-grandson of James Alexander Oliver b.1866 and onwards through his son Ivor J C Oliver b.1907.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at May 2023. This is most likely because births have only been recorded in New Zealand since 1848 and, it was not compulsory to register a birth before 1858).

Date and place of wedding from the Wellington Independent newspaper of 2 January 1866 found on the Papers Past website in February 2024:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660102.2.7
MARRIED.
BENNETT - SCOTT - On tho 28th December, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Kev. J Duncan, Thomas Jackson, second son of John B. Bennett, Esq., of Auckland, to Jane, second daughter of Thomas Scott, Esq., Landsdowne Farm, Lower Rangitikei.

Result from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in February 2024:
1865/6044. Bride: Jane Scott. Groom: Thomas Jackson Bennett

Full date of marriage of 28 December 1865 confirmed from further searching in February 2024 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.