Dr. John Lynn

Family

John Lynn or Linn (seen as son of William Lynn & Margaret Patton, but it’s not certain) was born about 1695 in County Donegal, Ireland, and died AFT NOV 1752 in Manor of Beverly, Augusta, VA.

He married Margaret Cameron on ABT 1713 in Maryland. She was born 1697 in Ireland.

Children of John Lynn /Linn/ and Margaret /Cameron/ are:

1. John Lynn was born ABT 1720 in , , Ireland, and died 21 or 25 Nov 1792 in Lower Marsh Creek Settlement, Manor of Maske, York/Adams, PA.
2. Robert Lynn was born ABT 1721/1728 in , , Ireland, and died 14 SEP 1772 in Lower Marsh Creek, York, Adams Co., PA.
3. Andrew Lynn was born ABT 1722 in , , Ireland, and died 1757 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, SC.
4. James Lynn was born ABT 1725 in , , Ireland, and died MAR 1779 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, SC.
5. Daniel Lynn was born ABT 1726 in , , Ireland.
6. Sarah Lynn was born ABT 1730 in , , Ireland, and died in North Carolina.
7. Adam Lynn was born ABT 1732 in , , Ireland, and died 1776 in Lower Marsh Creek Settlement, Manor of Maske, York/Adams, PA.

Biography

On 20 August 1746, John Lynn and “his three sons” were listed among the tithables [taxables] for land lying somewhere between the Augusta County Court House and Tinkling Spring. [Chalkley, Lyman : "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia", Rosslyn, VA (1912), v. 1, p. 20]

On 18 September of the same year, John Lynn, Jr. was a witness for John Lynn. Unfortunately, Chalkley does not provide details of the document. [Chalkley%E2%80%99s, Ibid., v. 1, p. 22]

John Lynn served on an Augusta County jury on 20 February 1746 [1747]. [Chalkley%E2%80%99s, Ibid., v. 1, p. 26]

John Lynn and other inhabitants of North River and Picot [now, Peaked] Mountain petitioned on 18 May 1749 for a new road from John Man's smithshop on the south side of Peaked Mountain, eastward to John Migard's [Wigard%E2%80%99s] joining to the mountain road, and westward from the smithshop to the Stone Meeting House, joining to the Court House Road. [Chalkley%E2%80%99s, Ibid., v. 1, p. 20]

Regrettably, "Irish Dr. John Lynn of Augusta" was sued by "Irish Dr. William Lynn of Fredericksburg, Virginia", the case being filed in Augusta County Court for November 1751 [Chalkley, Ibid., v. 1, p. 305]. Since some genealogists question Dr. William Lynn's character, it is important to note that he was not the only person to take Dr. John Lynn to court.

On 17 June 1752, John Lynn and Margaret Lynn sold to John Black 300 acres in Beverley Manor, Augusta County [Chalkley%E2%80%99s, Ibid., v. 3, p. 304]. The family subsequently moved from Augusta County, as reported in County Court for August and part of November 1752 in the case of "Wright vs. Linn": "Dr. John Linn had left the County, 1752." [Chalkley%E2%80%99s, Ibid., v. 1, p. 307].

It is believed that John went to North Carolina, as did his three sons.

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 21 2017, 22:25:43 UTC
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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 15 2021, 2:18:42 UTC