Hello Casalguidi,
Many thanks for that. That is really useful confirmation (and it is *my* Jane!). I'd discovered anecdotally that William Henry Swinyard and Jane married in Faversham in June 1824, but I hadn't found any confirmation of that until your posting today!
The problem is, I knew that Jane had to have been Jane Hughes at some stage, as she and William Swinyard's children all styled themselves "Hughes Swinyard" (which usually suggests either that the parents weren't formally married or one or both were of Gypsy origin). But I don't know whether Hughes was her maiden name or the name of a previous husband. My 2x great grandfather Stephen (Jane's son) was simply Stephen Hughes, but he lived with the Swinyards (and there wasn't that much of an age gap between him and the Swinyards' eldest child). On Stephen's marriage certificate his father is given as John Hughes, but I'm not convinced that he ever existed!
Sincere thanks again for your much appreciated help!
RromHughes
