Lynch Family

THE LYNCH FAMILY OF WASHINGTON CO., VA

First Generation

According to family tradition, Edward (Edmund) LYNCH came from County Galway, Ireland to Philadelphia in 1790 with his wife and several children. His wife's name was said to be Mary FIELDING. In 1795 a lot in Abingdon, Washington Co., VA was conveyed by Jacob and Mary Wills to Edmund Lynch. Edward, a stone mason, was apparently dead by 1815, as the widow Lynch paid taxes on part of Lot 4 in Abingdon that year. The graves of Edward and Mary have not been found.

Second Generation

The heirs of Edward and Mary Lynch included: (1) William LYNCH He may have been the William who married 12 Apr 1783 Washington Co., VA to Mary Lynon or Lyman. She died about 1827 and William was appointed the administrator of her estate. William was deceased by 1853.
(2) James LYNCH
He may have been the James Wilson Lynch who married to Phebe Duncan and had a daughter Nancy who was born circa 1824 in Washington Co., VA.
(3) Eleanor "Nellie" LYNCH was born about 1785 Ireland according to census records. She married 12 Nov 1801 Washington Co., VA to John ANDES (Anders) (1768-1840) , the son of Wilhelm Andess. Nellie died 30 Nov 1853, age 68 years. She and her husband are buried in the Old Shutters Cemetery, Washington Co., VA.
On 6 Apr 1840 she conveyed to William Lynch, Washington Co., VA her 1/8th interest in a parcel being the eastern half of lot number four in Abingdon, Washington Co., VA granted to William Lynch & other heirs of Edward Lynch 8 Jul 1834 by David Campbell, Commissioner appointed by the county court by a decree made 23 Jul 1829 in a suit in chancery wherein William Lynch & other heirs of Edward Lynch deceased were complainants and the widow and children and heirs of Hugh Lynch deceased were defendants. This deed was acknowledged by Daniel Lynch & James Orr, Jr., Justices of the Peace and recorded 18 May 1842 by the clerk of the court, R.H. Lynch.
(4) Elizabeth LYNCH was born about 1795 in VA and died 30 Nov 1851. She married circa 1810 to William FIELDS who died in 1829. They are buried in the Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Washington Co., VA.
(5) Sarah "Sally" LYNCH married before 1834 to John LEWIS.
(6) Rebecca LYNCH was born about 1800 in Abingdon and died 1852. She married 28 Sep 1819 Washington Co. VA to William HENRITZE (1819-1851). They are buried in the Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, VA..
(7) Nancy LYNCH was born 1 Feb 1801 Abingdon, VA. She married 11 Dec 1823 Abingdon to Isaac KREGER (Kriger, Creger), born 1795. He was the son of Michael Kreger and Christina Cope. Isaac and Nancy moved to Bentonville, Benton Co., AR.
(8) Jane LYNCH was born about 1810 VA. In 1850 she was residing with her widowed sister Elizabeth Lynch Fields. She probably did not marry.
(9) Hugh LYNCH sold in 1815 half of lot No. 4 in Abingdon, VA to Francis Preston. This deed indicates he was then living in Hamilton Co., OH and was married to a woman named Milly. He died before 23 Jul 1829 when his widow and unnamed heirs brought suit against the other heirs of Edward Lynch in Chancery.

Selected Sources

Holston Territory Genealogicl Society, Families of Washington Co. and Bristol, VA 1776-1996, Walsworth Publishing, 1996.
Henritze, Barbara K., Boulder, Co., Fidonet, July 1996.
McConnell, Catherine S., High on a Windy Hill (Wash. Co. Cem.), 1968.
Summers, Lewis Preston, History of Southwest VA, 1971.
Edwards, Shelby Ireson, Washington Co., VA Will Book, 1777-1792, 1984.

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