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James SWAN
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Name James SWAN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1823 Little Sampford, Essex, England
- From the 1851 census where shown as aged 27
Gender Male Occupation From 1851 to 1861 Ag lab Died Jun Q 1873 Saffron Walden Reg Dist, Essex, England
- GRO ref: SWAN, James q2 1873 aged 50 Saffron Walden RD 4a 259; GRO online index shows age at death as 50
Buried 9 Jun 1873 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England
- From ERO index on Ancestry (viewed 6 Aug 2019)
Shows Christian name as Ja??, year as 1872, but since there is no other death registration to fit I think it was the burial of this James, but the year 1 out.
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
Thomas SWAN, b. Est 1727, d. Mar 1803, Thaxted, Essex, England
(Age ~ 76 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Martha, b. Est 1729, bur. 1 May 1800, St. Margaret’s Church, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Essex, England
(Age ~ 71 years) (Great Grandmother) 
Notes - "Thomas" in 1851 census! (i.e. mar, living with parents, next entry is their dau-in-law Sophia). Address "Boarded House" Little Sampford (1861)
Person ID I1743 All Last Modified 6 Aug 2019
Father James SWAN, b. Abt 1783, Little Sampford, Essex, England
, d. 22 Jan 1865, Little Sampford, Essex, England
(Age ~ 82 years) Mother 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)
Family ID F7783 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sophia DYER, b. Abt 1823, Shalford, Essex, England
, bur. 26 Oct 1907, St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England
(Age ~ 84 years) Married 6 Mar 1847 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England
- GRO ref: SWAN, James to DYER, Sophia q1 1847 Saffron Walden RD 12 301
Date and place from index on Ancestry (viewed 6 Aug 2019)
Shows James Swan married Sophia Dyer, both of full age, no other details indexed
Children4 children Last Modified 6 Aug 2019 Family ID F1348 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1823 - Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Married - 6 Mar 1847 - St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England 


Buried - 9 Jun 1873 - St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England 

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