Martha Lynch (abt. 1774 - bef. 1830)

Born about 1774 in Goochland, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 1830 before about age 56 in Halifax, North Carolina, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: T Edwards Stroud [send private message] and Mars Parham [send private message]

Biography

Patsy Lynch is a part of US Black heritage.

Patsy Lynch has African ancestry.

Patsy was born about 1774. She passed away before 1830.

Probable children: Mary Margaret Lynch 1790, Stephen Lynch 1794-1850, Charles Lynch 1798-aft 1870, Milberry Lynch 1800-1855, Dorcas Lynch 1813, William Thomas Lynch 1815-bef 1900, Nancy Lynch 1820-bef 1870.

Research Notes

3. Patsy Lynch, born say 1774, was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [NC:324]. She charged James Weaver with bastardy in Halifax County court on 24 May 1798. Their son was probably Charles Lynch, two months and eleven days old, who was ordered bound apprentice to James Weaver on the same day to learn the trade of cooper [Minutes 1796-98]. She was the mother of

i. ?Stephen, born 1776-1794, head of a Halifax County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:155] and 11 in 1830.

ii. ?Mary, born 1776-1794, head of a Halifax County household of 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:155].

iii. ?Nancy, born 1794-1806, head of a Halifax County household of 6 "free colored" in 1830.

iv. Charles, born in March 1798, two months and eleven days old on 24 May 1798 when he was bound apprentice to (his father) James Weaver by the Halifax County court. He married Lizzy Coley, 27 May 1817 Halifax County bond and was head of a Halifax County household of 4 "free colored" in 1830.

Free African Americans - Lynch http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Lemon-Lytle.htm

---

12 iv. Edward (Ned), born say 1760.

v. James3, born say 1762, taxable on a horse and 7 cattle in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1782, perhaps absent from the county when (his wife?) Mary Weaver's property was assessed at 20 pounds in 1783 [GA 46.1, 64.1]. He received voucher no. 8299 in Halifax District for 18 pounds specie on 19 June 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5HTZ]. He purchased 160 acres on the south side of Conway Creek in Halifax County on 13 October 1784 and sold this land on 3 May 1792 [DB 15:467; 17:746]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:63], 5 in 1800 [NC:350], 9 in 1810 [NC:54], and 10 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:170]. He was charged with bastardy by Martha Lynch in Halifax County court on 24 May 1798. Their son was probably two-month-old Charles Lynch who was ordered bound to James Weaver on the same day to learn the trade of cooper [Minutes 1796-8].

Free African Americans - Weaver http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Walden-Webster.htm

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G9LH-KX1
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-XWC : accessed 3 May 2021), Patsy Lynch, Hallifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 324, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 30; FHL microfilm 337,906.