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James SWAN
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Name James SWAN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1783 Little Sampford, Essex, England
- 1861 cen
Baptised 25 May 1783 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England
- Shows James, son of Thomas and Sarah
Gender Male Write? - No, made his mark ('X') on his wife's death registration (from GRO copy)
Occupation Ag lab - ag lab (1841c 1845 - wife Susanna's dth cert - if she was his wife); labourer (1843, son John's 1st marr cert ); ag lab (1851, 1861 censuses); carman acc to son John's 2nd marr cert (1859)
Died 22 Jan 1865 Little Sampford, Essex, England
Cause: Old age - GRO ref: SWAN, James q1 1865 Saffron W RD 4a 280
Died of "old age".
The death was registered by Elizabeth Smith, resident Great Sampford, present at the death (made her mark)
(have dth cert)

Death certificate for James Swan
Siblings4 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch
Thomas SWAN, b. Est 1727, d. Mar 1803, Thaxted, Essex, England
(Age ~ 76 years) (Grandfather) 
Sarah SENOS?, b. Est 1755, (probably), Essex, England
, d. Dec 1792, Little Sampford, Essex, England
(Age ~ 37 years) (Mother) 
Notes - living at Wimbish Green, Uttlesford (1841) with Susannah and 2 others: guess son John & a g'child? (Emma Porter, age 1); living at Hadstock in 1845 when his wife died; living at Church End, Little Sampford, Essex (1861); age given as 68 in 1851 i.e. born c 1782 (86 on dth cert - b c 1778)
Person ID I1728 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 4 Feb 2021
Father Thomas SWAN, b. Abt 1753, (probably), Essex, England
, d. Oct 1815, Little Sampford, Essex, England
(Age ~ 62 years) Mother Sarah SENOS?, b. Est 1755, (probably), Essex, England
, d. Dec 1792, Little Sampford, Essex, England
(Age ~ 37 years) Married 5 Nov 1778 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England
- From FamilySearch
Shows Sarah's surname as Senos, but a variety of indexes suggest there was no such surname, so this would seem to be a misrecording or mistranscribing
Shown in the Essex RO index on Ancestry (viwed 6 Aug 2019) as Sanor
Family ID F3527 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary COLLARD, b. 21 Jul 1787, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England
, d. 16 Nov 1863, Little Sampford, Essex, England
(Age 76 years) Banns of marriage From 11 Dec 1808 to 25 Dec 1808 St. John the Baptist Church, Finchingfield, Essex, England
- From index on Ancestry (date given as 11 Dec, assumed to be first reading)
Married 27 Dec 1808 St. John the Baptist Church, Finchingfield, Essex, England
- Mary's maiden name from baptism entries for her children - Collins on some, Collard on one. Combining that with birthplace of Hedingham (in the censuses) suggests it should be Collard.
Details from Essex index on Ancestry (viewed 6 Aug 2019)
Children5 children Last Modified 4 Feb 2021 Family ID F7783 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1783 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Baptised - 25 May 1783 - St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Banns of marriage - From 11 Dec 1808 to 25 Dec 1808 - St. John the Baptist Church, Finchingfield, Essex, England 


Married - 27 Dec 1808 - St. John the Baptist Church, Finchingfield, Essex, England 


Child - Ann SWAN - 21 Feb 1817 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Child - John SWAN - 1 Nov 1819 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Child - James SWAN - Abt 1823 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Child - Sarah SWAN - 13 Mar 1826 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Child - Joseph SWAN - 12 Feb 1830 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Died - Cause: Old age - 22 Jan 1865 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 

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