Sir Thomas Lynch

Profile & Legacies Summary

1634 - 24^th Aug 1684

Biography

Eldest son of Theophilus Lynch, born 1634. Captain in the army 1660. In England 1665-1670. Knighted 03/12/1670 as "Sr Thomas Lynch of Rixton hall in Great Sonkey". Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica 1670-1674. Returned to England 1675, lived for a year in Leicester Fields. Purchased the manor of Esher in 1679-1680. Sailed to Jamaica in late 1681. Lady Lynch died at Esher in September 1681. Sir Thomas remarried, to Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Temple of Frankton in Warwickshire. Governor of Jamaica 1682-1684. Died in office 24/08/1684.

Sir Thomas Lynch, knight. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1685. Slave-ownership at probate: 12 of whom 9 were listed as male and 3 as female. 6 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £1236.13 Jamaican currency of which £169 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £8.53 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £520.4 currency plate.

Sources

Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919), Vol. 2 pp. 99-104.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Vere Herbert

Children

Charles (1671-), Philadelphia (1676/7-1758)

Occupation

Colonial administrator

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