Current conclusion
Richard Swift married Jane White at Birmingham on 5 August 1771 and was the father of Jane Swift, baptized there on 27 December 1777. His parents remain unidentified.
Current conclusion
Richard Swift married Jane White at Birmingham on 5 August 1771 and was the father of Jane Swift, baptized there on 27 December 1777. His parents remain unidentified.
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- Birth
- before 1753Welnetham, Suffolk, England
- Death
- 1796Place not recorded
The family
Spouses
- Jane Swift White · WikiTree: relationship status unmarked
Children
- Jane Swift · WikiTree: relationship status unmarked
Recorded attachments are distinguished from documentary proof in the research assessment.
The research behind the story
Current research conclusion
Identity and relationship assessments
Candidate Birmingham chain
FamilySearch search on 2 September 2026 found a closer but still unproved lead: Richard Swift was christened 27 August 1737 at St Philip's, Birmingham, with father Richard (JSJH-W9F). A Richard Swift married Mary Harding at St Phillips, Birmingham, on 2 December 1728 (N236-B5Q; tree profile MK76-G4S). The dates and place make this a plausible father-and-son chain, but no record identifies the 1737 child as the Richard who married Jane White in 1771. The baptism supplies no mother, and the 1771 marriage supplies no age, residence or parentage.
A second nearby candidate, Richd. Swift christened 15 September 1751 at Great Alne to Jno. Swift and Sarah (JQTN-YQ7; tree profile MJYW-4RN), has no spouse or children linking him to the Birmingham couple. Neither candidate is sufficient for a WikiTree parent attachment.
Case-file source findings
Source findings
| Source | Finding | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 1771 marriage `QGDL-ZHZC` | Richard Swift married Jane White at Birmingham. | Direct evidence for the couple; no parents or ages are indexed. |
| 1777 baptism `NB42-SMZ` | Jane Swift was baptized at St Martin, Birmingham, daughter of Richard and Jane. | Direct evidence for the parent household. |
| 1749 Lamberhurst baptism `J741-F83` | Richard Swift, son of Richard Swift and Sarah, was baptized at Lamberhurst, Kent. | A same-name candidate only; no evidence bridges him to Birmingham. |
Research tools and original material
Prepared WikiTree updates — Needs updated on WikiTree
Needs updated on WikiTree
Paste-ready revised profile
Significance 92/100
Retain only the 1771 Birmingham marriage and 1777 child; remove unsupported Suffolk/1796 claims and add no parents while the online-tree conflation remains unresolved.
Compared with Swift-7404, captured 2026-09-10T00:48:16+00:00 · 2025-05-08.
Additions and removals from the live profile
+ {{Estimated Date}}
+
== Biography ==
- '''Richard Swift''' was born before 1753 in Welnetham, Suffolk, England
+ '''Richard Swift''' married [[White-98526|Jane White]] at Birmingham,
+ Warwickshire, on 5 August 1771.<ref name="Marriage">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDL-ZHZC England, Warwickshire parish registers, marriage of Richard Swift and Jane White, 5 August 1771, Birmingham], FamilySearch.</ref>
+ Their daughter [[Swift-7403|Jane Swift]] was baptised at St Martin,
+ Birmingham, on 27 December 1777, to Richard and Jane Swift.<ref name="Baptism">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB42-SMZ England, Warwickshire parish registers, baptism of Jane Swift, 27 December 1777, St Martin, Birmingham], FamilySearch.</ref>
- Richard (17) and '''[[White-98526|Jane White]]''' (26) were married on 5 August 1771 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Jane was born in 1744 in Welnetham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Their known daughter was [[Swift-7403|Jane Swift]] (27 December 1777 – unknown).
+ No inspected record identifies Richard's parents, birth, or death. The present
+ Suffolk birth and 1796 death details derive from a conflated online tree and
+ should not be treated as established facts.<ref name="Legacy">[https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/LHK5-9TN FamilySearch source list for LHK5-9TN], accessed 10 September 2026; a research lead only, not evidence for this Birmingham man.</ref>
- Richard died in 1796, aged about 43.
+ == Research Notes ==
+ The 1749 Lamberhurst baptism of Richard Swift, son of Richard and Sarah, is a
+ same-name candidate only; no record connects that child to the Birmingham
+ groom.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J741-F83 England parish registers, baptism of Richard Swift, 1749, Lamberhurst, Kent], FamilySearch.</ref>
+ His parents remain unidentified without an independent Birmingham identity bridge. The
+ Irish Richard Swanton Swift material formerly merged into the online tree is a
+ different family and supplies no evidence for this profile.<ref name="Legacy" />
== Sources ==
<references />
- * https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/LHK5-9TNFull replacement WikiTree biography
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