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THE
LYNCH FAMILY
Of County
Cavan Ireland
The Lynch Family begins here OR
you can choose a generation of interest from the
LYNCH
SITE MAP
/ INDEX
Note: Seefin home of
our Ancestors is just to the left of Baileborough
 1st
Generation of our Lynch Family
1790's Peter
Lynch
My 4xGreat
Grandfather
Peter Lynch was born in the 1790’s - parents not
known. He is believed to have married Ann (unknown surname).
Peter was located in the Tithe Applotment books (Tithe was a
tax
on all agricultural land originally a tenth of the produce)
for
the townland of Seefin, Parish of Knockbride, County Cavan in 1827. He
was a tenant farmer on 4acres of land paying 3/- rent.
Peter and Ann had at least a family of six. Edward, Michael, Bernard,
Peter, Mary and Patt.
2nd
Generation
1815 Edward Lynch
My 3xGreat grandparents
Edward Lynch was born in the early 1800’s,
the son of Peter and Ann Lynch, of Seefin, in the parish of
Knockbride in the Barony of Clankee, County Cavan, Ireland.
No marriage was located for Edward Lynch
in the Knockbride parish registers, but from entries in these registers
for the baptisms of his children it was found his wife was Mary
Cusack born about 1815, the daughter of Patrick Cusack her mother’s
name is unknown. Link:
Cusack Family
Edward Lynch was a tenement farmer in Seefin
according to the Griffith's Valuation. This was a census of
land occupiers and owners in Ireland conducted from 1848 and moving
through the country until 1864. It recorded the name of the occupier,
the immediate lessors, usually the landlord, as well as the valuation of
their holdings and houses.
Edward is listed as renting a house
and 8acres 3roods 6perches of land from landlord Joseph Dixon, paying
£4.5.0 rent. Next door was Anne Lynch, possibly Edwards mother. Mary
Cusack’s father Patrick Cusack was also listed paying rent to Joseph
Dixon for a house and 20acres 2roods 37perches a yearly sum of £7.10.0
Griffiths Valuation Lynch &
Cusack
During the years
1845-1851 the Lynch and Cusack families would have been affected in some
way by the ‘Great Potato Famine’, a blight that wiped out the
potato crops several years in a row throughout most of Ireland.
Did Edward and Mary Lynch survive the
famine years? If they did survive those harrowing years then they would
both have been in their late forties when they were faced with saying
goodbye to their eldest son Patrick and their pregnant daughter in-law
Margaret nee Maguire. Patrick and Margaret had made the decision to
immigrate to Australia in the months following their marriage in
November 1861. Imagine the sadness of these parents saying goodbye to
their loved ones and wondering if they would ever see them again. Their
thoughts would have been running wild wondering what would face their
son and his family when they arrived in this little known place called
Australia. It is possible others of their children also emigrated.
Nothing more is known of Edward and Mary
Lynch’s lives and no burial information has been located in Knockbride
parish registers. What is known is that, without this couple we wouldn’t
be here today.
3rd
Generation
PATRICK LYNCH,
the eldest of Edward and Mary Lynch’s family was born at Seefin and
baptised on the 17th May 1836 at the Knockbride Catholic
Parish Church. His sponsors were Michael Lynch and Rose (her surname
illegible).
Link
for detailed information on this family.Patrick_margaret_lynch
BRIDGET LYNCH,
born at Seefin, baptised at Knockbride Parish Church on the 11th
January 1837, her sponsors Bernard Lynch and Ann Clarke.
JAMES LYNCH,
born Seefin, baptised at Knockbride Parish Church on the 27th
December 1836, sponsors Peter Lynch and Rose Cusack.
MICHAEL LYNCH,
born at Seefin, baptised at Knockbride
Parish Church on the 17th January 1842, sponsors Michael
Cusack and Mary Lynch.
ANNE LYNCH,
born Seefin, the youngest of Edward and Mary’s family, was baptised at
the Knockbride Catholic Parish Church on the 18th January
1844, sponsors Patt Lynch and Ally Patterson.
Links
Patrick & Margaret Lynch & Family (My Great
Grandparents)
Lynch Site Map Index
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