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William [Cpt] Lynch 1752 – 1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1752

Birth Location: Goochland County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1837

Death Location: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Father: James Matthews

Mother: Ruth Matthews

Spouse(s): Ann Humphreys

Children(s): Martha Lynch

According to available records, William [Cpt] Lynch was born in 1752 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA, the child of James II Matthews and Ruth Matthews. Following those early years, William [Cpt] Lynch married Ann Jane Humphreys, and their family grew to include Martha "Patsy" Lynch. In the later years of life, William [Cpt] Lynch died in 1837 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States.

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Parents

James Matthews
1723 – 1773
Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
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Ruth Matthews
1728 –
Birth Location: Goochland County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ann Humphreys
1750 – 1798
Birth Location: Goochland County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Martha Lynch
1774 – 1882
Birth Location: Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1752
    Event Place: Goochland County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Greenville, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1837
    Event Place: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

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