Joseph Lynn1

M, #2056, b. 22 April 1716, d. circa November 1803
Last Edited: 30 Dec 2012

Parents:

Father: Joseph Lynn1 d. c Oct 1742
Mother: Martha Hill2

Family 1:

Sarah Fairman

Children:

John Lynn2 d. 3 May 1750
Franklin Lynn2
Sarah Lynn2 b. c 1754, d. 15 Nov 1803

Family 2:

Sarah Hill

Children:

Joseph Lynn2
Jeremiah Lynn2 d. b 22 May 1823
John Lynn2
Esther Lynn2
Benjamin Lynn2
William Lynn2
Mary Lynn2

Notes

  • Note: "In the account of Joseph's issue...it seems probable that Sarah and Franklin were of the first marriage, the last seven named in his will being of the second marriage."2
  • Note: Marriage certificate, abstracted by compiler:
    Joseph Lynn of the northern liberties of Philadelphia, son of Joseph Lynn of same place, deceased, and Sarah Fairman, daughter of Benjamin Fairman, late of Kennsington, deceased. Intentions declared at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Having consent of parents & friends concerned. Married at Philadelphia meeting 27th day 8th mo 1747.
    Witnesses, in order:
    Sarah Lynn [groom's mother]
    Susanah Hayes [bride's mother, probably]
    John Lynn [groom's brother]
    Abraham Griffith [groom's sister's husband, possibly
    Elizabeth Griffith [a Lynn, possibly groom's sister
    Rebekah Wells
    Martha Lynn [groom's sister]
    Esther Bankson [groom's sister, possibly]
    Thos. Priestley [bride's sister's husband]
    Mary Priestly [bride's sister]
    And about thirty more, including:
    Eliza. Palmer [bride's sister]
    John Palmer [bride's sister Elizabeth's husband]
    William Fairman [bride's brother]1
  • Note*: LYNN, JOSEPH. Cheltenham.
    October 6, 1802. April 28, 1810. 3.221
    To wife Sarah, household goods, income of rem. of estate. During her
    life, after her death, 5 s. To daughter Sarah Wilson, 5 s. To son
    Franklin Lynn. Rem. of estate to other children: Joseph, Jeremiah, John,
    William, Esther and Mary equally.
    Execs: Wife Sarah, and sons Joseph and John Lynn. Wit: Benjamin Rowland,
    Jacob Myers.3
  • Note: Death notice, published 19 Nov 1803, Aurora General Advertiser, Philadelphia: "Died lately in Cheltenham township Mr Joseph Lynn in the 89th year of his age - many years a respectable ship builder at Kensington." [viewed on GenealogyBank.com]

Citations

  1. [S465] Society of Friends, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Filmed at Dept. of Friends Records Phila. FHL microfilm 20,467. III Marriage Certificates; 1672-1759., p. 219; marr. cert. of Joseph Lynn & Sarah Fairman.
  2. [S349] Pennsylvania Magazine, compiler, Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families; From the Pennsylvania Magazine (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981), 2:146-147.
  3. [S5] Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills 1682-1726, and Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills 1726-1747. publ 1995 Family Line Publications. 'abstracted under the auspices of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s.'