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inclusion reviewed in research-catalogue-cases.json"},"research_findings":[{"profile_id":"Swift-7404","updated":null,"source_path":"research/Swift-7404/findings.md","sections":[{"title":"Current conclusion","category":"conclusion","markdown":"Richard Swift married Jane White at Birmingham on 5 August 1771 and was the\nfather of Jane Swift, baptized there on 27 December 1777. His parents remain\nunidentified."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [1771 marriage `QGDL-ZHZC`](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDL-ZHZC) | Richard Swift married Jane White at Birmingham. | Direct evidence for the couple; no parents or ages are indexed. |\n| [1777 baptism `NB42-SMZ`](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB42-SMZ) | Jane Swift was baptized at St Martin, Birmingham, daughter of Richard and Jane. | Direct evidence for the parent household. |\n| [1749 Lamberhurst baptism `J741-F83`](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1: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. |"},{"title":"Candidate Birmingham chain","category":"assessment","markdown":"FamilySearch search on 2 September 2026 found a closer but still unproved\nlead: Richard Swift was christened 27 August 1737 at St Philip's, Birmingham,\nwith father Richard (`JSJH-W9F`). A Richard Swift married Mary Harding at St\nPhillips, Birmingham, on 2 December 1728 (`N236-B5Q`; tree profile\n`MK76-G4S`). The dates and place make this a plausible father-and-son chain,\nbut no record identifies the 1737 child as the Richard who married Jane White\nin 1771. The baptism supplies no mother, and the 1771 marriage supplies no\nage, residence or parentage.\n\nA second nearby candidate, Richd. Swift christened 15 September 1751 at Great\nAlne to Jno. Swift and Sarah (`JQTN-YQ7`; tree profile `MJYW-4RN`), has no\nspouse or children linking him to the Birmingham couple. Neither candidate\nis sufficient for a WikiTree parent attachment."}]}],"similar_people":[],"potential_parentage":{},"wikitree_update":{"profile_id":"Swift-7404","significance":92,"summary":"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.","remote_captured_at":"2026-09-10T00:48:16+00:00","remote_revision":"2025-05-08","draft_wikitext":"{{Estimated Date}}\n\n== Biography ==\n'''Richard Swift''' married [[White-98526|Jane White]] at Birmingham,\nWarwickshire, 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>\nTheir daughter [[Swift-7403|Jane Swift]] was baptised at St Martin,\nBirmingham, 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>\n\nNo inspected record identifies Richard's parents, birth, or death. The present\nSuffolk birth and 1796 death details derive from a conflated online tree and\nshould 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>\n\n== Research Notes ==\nThe 1749 Lamberhurst baptism of Richard Swift, son of Richard and Sarah, is a\nsame-name candidate only; no record connects that child to the Birmingham\ngroom.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J741-F83 England parish registers, baptism of Richard Swift, 1749, Lamberhurst, Kent], FamilySearch.</ref>\nHis parents remain unidentified without an independent Birmingham identity bridge. The\nIrish Richard Swanton Swift material formerly merged into the online tree is a\ndifferent family and supplies no evidence for this profile.<ref name=\"Legacy\" />\n\n== Sources ==\n<references />"}}