Individual Details
James LYNCH
(Abt 1785 - )
"James had obtained a clerkship in Cork with relatives engaged in shipping dairy products to England. Some good fortune brought him a similar office in the United States Navy during the War of 1812, and he came to America. During his service, he met many men from the city of New York, among whom were two brothers named Little serving in the navy. These young men invited Lynch to their home and there he fell in love with their sister Eliza, then sixteen years of age. She was of Knickerbocker stock, her mother a daughter of the Van Müllers. Small and curly-headed, vivacious yet haughty, she surrendered to the tall, handsome, bold Irishman whom her brothers called their friend. James Lynch was a gentleman of distinguished bearing, exquisite taste in dress, and of polished manners, upright in character and of sterling worth. His little bride forsook for him the gay life of New York, and came up into the wilderness to Utica, where the Devereaux family, true to their reputation of hospitality, made them welcome. There in the course of time James Lynch and Thomas McCarthy of Salt Point met. Lynch with his wife and children came to Salina in the year 1824, opened a store, and engaged in the salt industry. McCarthy and Lynch worked together for many years, in business, in politics, and in religion. They were both in the movement which led to the establishment of the first Catholic church in this county. Both were eminently successful in business, accumulating a fortune. Socially they were in the foremost rank and exercised a hospitality of which this generation knows not the mode. Both held office and took part in every work of good citizens and won for themselves a place in the history of their time.
"Eliza Little Lynch brought with her to the settlement at Salina the charm and grace of the metropolis and is still remembered for her dainty loveliness. The first piano of this region was hers, and the salt boilers often gathered round her gate to beg the favor of her musical art. Her home rivalled the McCarthy home in its reception of distinguished guests. It became a chapel at need and the piano served for an altar. So was laid in Onondaga County the foundation of the Lynch family, which grew and spread into all the avenues of work and life."
Events
| Birth | Abt 1785 | Ireland |  |  | |
| Marriage | 23 Apr 1816 | New York, New York, New York, United States - Eliza Ann LITTLE | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1850 | Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States - Eliza Ann LITTLE | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1855 | First Ward, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States - Eliza Ann LITTLE | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1865 | First Ward, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States - Eliza Ann LITTLE | |
Families
| Spouse | Eliza Ann LITTLE (1800 - ) |
| Child | Mary LYNCH ( - ) |
| Child | Lucy LYNCH (1818 - 1853) |
| Child | Michael E. LYNCH (1820 - 1869) |
| Child | John O'Sullivan LYNCH (1825 - ) |
| Child | George LYNCH (1827 - 1854) |
| Child | Adelaide "Adelia" LYNCH (1829 - ) |
| Child | James LYNCH (1832 - ) |
| Child | Thomas LYNCH (1835 - ) |
| Child | Louise J. LYNCH (1837 - ) |
| Father | Cornelius LYNCH ( - ) |
| Mother | Joanna DOOLING ( - ) |
| Sibling | John LYNCH (1786 - 1854) |
Notes
Birth
Age 60 in 1850.Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were James Lynch, age 60, working in salt manufacturing; Eliza Lynch, age 46; Michael Lynch, age 30, a merchant; John Lynch, age 25; George Lynch, age 23; Adelia Lynch, age 21; James Lynch, age 18; Thomas Lynch, age 15; and Louisa Lynch, age 13. Also, Mary Brennan, age 30, born in Ireland; Agnes Brennan, age 15, born in NY; and Michael Mooney, age 26. James Lynch owned real estate valued at $30,000 -- far higher than that owned by any of his neighbors.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11865-112110-7?cc=1401638&wc=95RF-T36:1031313801,1034806701,1034842201
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were James Lynch, a merchant, age 70; his wife, Eliza A, age 58; and children: J. O. S. Lynch, age 30, a salt manufacturer; James Jr, age 22, a merchant; Thomas, age 20, a merchant; and Louisa, age 18. Also three servants.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25846-37356-6?cc=1937366&wc=M6GQ-JWR:237409401,237581501
Endnotes
1. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, , population, New York, Onondaga, Syracuse, Ward One, pages 51-52; image 51-52, dwelling 374, family 374, lines 40 and 1-11, James Lynch and household; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 15 September 2015).
2. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, , population, New York, Onondaga, Syracuse, Ward One, pages 51-52; image 51-52, dwelling 374, family 374, lines 40 and 1-11, James Lynch and household; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 15 September 2015).
3. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, , population, New York, Onondaga, Syracuse, Ward One, pages 51-52; image 51-52, dwelling 374, family 374, lines 40 and 1-11, James Lynch and household; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 15 September 2015).
4. "1855 New York State Census," digital images , FamilySearch ( : accessed 16 September 2015), James Lynch and family; accessed.
5. "1865 New York State Census," digital images, FamilySearch.org ( : accessed 17 September 2015), James Lynch and family; Onondaga County, Syracuse, First Ward, p. 66, image 36, dwelling 342, family 545, lines 1-4.