Current conclusion
Jane White married Richard Swift at Birmingham on 5 August 1771 and was the mother of Jane Swift, baptized there on 27 December 1777. Her parents remain unidentified.
Current conclusion
Jane White married Richard Swift at Birmingham on 5 August 1771 and was the mother of Jane Swift, baptized there on 27 December 1777. Her parents remain unidentified.
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- Birth
- 1744Welnetham, Suffolk, England
- Death
- 1826Welnetham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
The family
Spouses
- Richard Swift · 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
Case-file source findings
Source findings
| Source | Finding | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 1771 marriage `QGDL-ZHZC` | Richard Swift married Jane White at Birmingham. | Direct evidence for her maiden surname and marriage; no parents or age are indexed. |
| 1777 baptism `NB42-SMZ` | Jane Swift was baptized at St Martin, Birmingham, daughter of Richard and Jane. | Direct evidence that the wife remained in the Birmingham household. |
Research tools and original material
Prepared WikiTree updates — Needs updated on WikiTree
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Paste-ready revised profile
Significance 72/100
Retain only the 1771 Birmingham marriage and 1777 child; remove unsupported Suffolk/parent claims from the conflated online tree and add no parents.
Compared with White-98526, captured 2026-09-10T00:48:16+00:00 · 2025-05-09.
Additions and removals from the live profile
+ {{Estimated Date}}
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== Biography ==
+ '''Jane White''' married [[Swift-7404|Richard Swift]] 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>
- Jane was born in 1750. She passed away in 1826.
+ No inspected record identifies Jane's parents, birth, or death. The present
+ Suffolk vital details and the proposed parents Alexander Swift and Elizabeth
+ Pratt derive from a conflated online tree and should not be treated as facts.<ref name="Legacy">[https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/LHK5-9Y6 FamilySearch source list for LHK5-9Y6], accessed 10 September 2026; a research lead only, not evidence for this Birmingham woman.</ref>
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+ == Research Notes ==
+ The Irish Jane Swift material formerly combined with this online-tree profile
+ belongs to a different family. Her parents remain unidentified without an independent
+ record identifying the Birmingham bride's family.<ref name="Legacy" />
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== Sources ==
<references />
- * https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/LHK5-9Y6Full replacement WikiTree biography
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