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Catalogue · 08 Sep 2026
Person dossier · Swift-7403

Jane Swift

1777-12-27 – before 1846-12-15

Current conclusion

Jane Swift (Swift-7403) was already linked as the wife of Thomas Chinery (Chinery-112) and as the daughter of Richard Swift (Swift-7404) and Jane White (White-98526). On 2 September 2026, the live profile was upgraded from a bare FamilySearch-tree link to record-level citations. Both parent relationships render as confident.

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Birth
1777-12-27Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Death
before 1846-12-15Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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Swift-7403

SourceFindingAssessment
1777 christening `NB42-SMZ`Jane Swift was christened 27 December 1777 at St Martin, Birmingham; parents Richard Swift and Jane.Direct evidence for both parents' given names.
1771 marriage `QGDL-ZHZC`Richard Swift married Jane White on 5 August 1771 in Birmingham.Identifies the mother named Jane in the christening as Jane White.
1803 marriage `NLWD-B4Q`Thomas Chinery married Jane Swift in Birmingham in July 1803.Directly supports the attached spouses.
1846 burial `JHR9-V5K`Jane Chinnery was buried 15 December 1846 at St Philip, Birmingham; the index associates her with Thomas Chinnery.Supports death before 15 December 1846 and an uncertain Birmingham death place.
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Swift-7403

The christening and the parents' earlier Birmingham marriage jointly support Richard Swift and Jane White as Jane's parents. A WikiTree search for Jane Swift, born 1777 in Birmingham, returned only Swift-7403; no duplicate was found. This is an already-linked parent set, not a newly created sixth set in the current ten-set extension register.

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Swift-7403

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