The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-11

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"a request being made. BY d descendant
fo s son,,ethiing on this interesting family
as can be obtained:
nance and mystery surrounding the fam;
exciting incidents connected with its cary
Isest settle but amid I, all there can be NJ
donb t. as n their Ell ob S origin Which
which Is true. that they came from Coun.S
" Galway. Ireland, whore they. We're
bee ote ana that tsir family aS
yMay 5Gs RTfSF' s sx hnaFSs
BY IN his lineage Of The Lynch pl9s-
family of@Lyncli was OF great antiquity
in the province OF Connaught, being
a.m19,hrgst the early settlers. called the
William Le Petite is. stated as the com-
m 1roI ~ GrogsinltoT or AL the Lynclcs in
tWrse so hsh'h he M eaSes q enry
| Lynch, also Mayor was mndc baronet,
1872; married Elizabeth daughter or Rich
three daaghters We're wr born inee i He d iI
! 1854. His son. Sir Robert, succeeded him
Il on Office lsso-'io Then there vas Sir
trt After linn. sir Henry soi again 1 and and
after the NTH succession was Sir Robert
Lynch, who married into the Blosse fam
Blosse, under which 1T is stil retained
In England. ~
Coming on down later. at period of
tradition Is that three brothers came from
Geian galway, Ireland. by names George,
on the James River, where Iynchburg now
stands, from whom 1t gained It's name.
G: g, q g went to North Carolina, settling
Of the town OF Tarboro and the progcn.
to n,. OF the family IN North Carolinn.
Thomas settled in South Carolina, near
From him sprang many OF the name in
the South. among whom was Bishop
/; l;r Of the Roman Catholic Church.
ahde. s9rse i aeorse Born ot and
married oliyc Wells, Born 1852, who WHO was was
lady Z, Of Welsh descent Their children
Polly, born lII6; Owen, born 17D; Olive.
born 1850; Mily, born 1852 Eaton born
Is sGd Green born 1Tss obadiah, born i7sl;
The second son of this family. Eaton.
born 1855. married Amelia King. OF Pitt
county. North Carolina. 1911. Their chill
4 ar We're, George Green Lynch. born 1913:
Williamy Henry Lynch, bornb1S15 Goth OF
whom died yot;ng); Adolphus Barrus
Lynch. born 1916; George Green Lynch,
n 20 1872 Hester n. Lynch horn 1921
George Green Lynch (second) married
Emma Whitaker. daughter OF James;
whitaker and Mary Bradford, 1876 Their
| ceildren were:
Margaret Cotton Lynch born 1886
| Wiley Lynch born 1s49
George Green Lynch. born 1852.
Ad soas W5, narrns Lyneh born ls
Mary Emma Lynch. horn 1880.
/ MnGdalene Bradford Lynch, born 1864,
| who married Mr.. l.. q. F'illery, OF Man
The youngest child Of this family was
| May Christiana Lynch, born 1863.
| OF Charles Lynch the brother who set
4 tied in Virginia, the following Is told 3
He determined to run away from home,
| when quite young, and took passage in
| n ship for America; but as tbs ship WINS
leaving for her long VOYAGE. he repented.
back to land; but one OF the sailors
sprung nfter him and dragged him back
on board. On reaching Virginia he struck
out for the Interior and became proanar-
marie county, and during the next seven
| teen years he had obtained patents for.
!sixtE.fvc hundred ncres, scattered along
I tho Hardware Rivanna, Noore's Creek,
A1schums River, and nlosg the Blue
Ridge. His home at first was on the.
! Rivannn River, at n point now known.
as Pen Park. In 1750 he took up. l coo
| acres of land on James River, opposite
l Lynchburg, to which place no moved. to.
| but died soon after 17h3 His wife was
| Sarah Clarke daughter of CHRISTOPHER
I Clarke. She was.a Quaker, and IN 1I5l
she built q Quaker NEE ting house on on her
Their children were Charles! John. Chris
tophcr and Sarah. John 1t seems. was
1 the real founder of Lynch burg. Charles
i was the clerk of the South River Meeting
House. He afterwards tentcrd the Revo-
lutionnry Army. and became colonel. i
/ is snid he gave rise I o tho erin Lynch
i Law. by his strict discipline ana prompt
/ execution OF outlaws. Mrs. Lynch married
| again to John Ward. of Bedford. (Sec
| Woods History OF Albemar1eO
1 The coat OF arms is taksn from Burke,s
/ pecra &c, which agrees with thnt as given
4 for Dominick Lynch Of New York, l7S3.
i who emirrated from Galway. The arms
4 arc described MS follows:
"Azure. a chevron between three trlfoils,
Slipped. or Crestn wolf, on wreath,
i PEASANT coward. argent. Moto-Nectes-
mere mic timidi. II. J,
LYNX. pageant, coward" with motto.
i "semper f'delis" But tho animal does
nof oxemplify the true traits oftthe FAM
i lily by Its seeming coward!ce. :, Y