| Name |
Capt. John LYNCH |
| Birth |
27 Mar 1827, Cork, Cork, Ireland |
| Death |
8 Apr 1872, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Occupation |
Sea Captain Vessel Katonah? |
| Father |
Timothy LYNCH |
| Mother |
Johanna UNKNOWN |
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| Marriage |
7 Feb 1854, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Notes for Capt. John LYNCH |
(alias John Leach)
This was an assumed name for lynch to avoid anti-irish prejudices of english employers of Capt John Lynch
John Lynch resided in East Boston (He use the name Leach for substitute in business. There was so much predjudice against the Irish at the time & Lynch was known to be Irish.
John Lynch was born in County Cork, Ireland March 27, 1827. He died of pneumonia which he developed after being shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar (I think.)
John Lynch went to sea at age 10, as a cabin boy, and worked his way up until he owned his own sailing ship. He first work for the Dana family in Salem. I believe they had a mortgage on his boat, whichhis widow paid off. She did not want anyone to lose money because it was not paid.
John sailed around to India and China. He brought home a white silk wedding shawl, a lacquer lap desk and several other gifts from his travels.8 |
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