Born in Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Swain
and Sarah (Bowers) Swain
Sister of
Mary (Jacobs) Green [half], Catherine (Jacobs) Quinn [half], William Jacobs [half], Eliza (Swain) Hagan, Caroline Swain, Thomas Hill Swain, Samuel Swain, Louisa (Swain) Riley, Mary Caroline (Swain) Glass, Lydia Parker Swain, Sarah Cox Swain and John Rogers Swain
Wife of
Daniel B Loomis
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
John Glass
— married
20 May 1855 (to about 1865) in Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena
Mother of
Harriet Mary Hempstead Glass, Daniel Brainard Loomis, Minnie I (Loomis) Hackett, Carrie Elizabeth Loomis and Oscar Franklin Loomis
Died
at about age 85
in New London, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2018
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Biography
Jane was born in 1836 on Tristan da Cunha. She was baptised 21 Oct 1848 aged 12 years by John Wise, a visiting Chaplain from Ceylon.
20 May 1855 - John Glass married minor Jane Swain on Tristan da Cunha. The ceremony was performed by Reverend William F Taylor, Island Chaplain.
Jane appeared on the 1860 United States Federal Census in New London Connecticutt, with husband John Glass and daughter Harriet. Between 1860 and 1870, Jane and John separated, each taking a new partner. On the 1870 United States Federal Census, Jane appears in New London, Connecticutt, living with Daniel B. Loomis with whom she had an additional two children.
She passed away 3 Jun 1921 while living with her daughter, Minnie Edwards and her family.
Sources
- Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA). The Diocese of St Helena Parish Registers and Indices held at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Historical Papers Research Archive series AB2073:
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Georgina Blume 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Steven Bicknell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A479420 [compare], Ancestry member bicknellint
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Kerry (Hudson) Ramsay :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Cyanda Mckenzie :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cindy2418
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