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| Lynch, Thomas. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at CAIUS, May 18, 1767. [Only] s. of Thomas, of Charleston, S. Carolina [and Elizabeth Allston]. [B. Aug. 5, 1749, in Prince George's parish, Winyaw, S. Carolina.] Schools [Georgetown and] Eton (Dr Barnard). Adm. at the Middle Temple, where he 'acquired a distaste for the law.' Returned to S. Carolina, 1772, and settled down on the Peach Tree Plantation, N. Santee, which his father presented to him. Member of first and second Provincial Congresses, 1774-6; of the Constitutional Committee for S. Carolina, 1776; of the first State General Assembly, 1776; and of the Second Continental Congress, 1776-7. Captain in the 1st South Carolina Regt., June 12, 1775. Member of Committee chosen Feb. 11, 1776, to prepare a form of government for South Carolina, and collaborated in drafting its constitution. Elected delegate, Mar. 23, 1776, to the Continental Congress by the General Assembly, in succession to his father. In spite of feeble health, due to a fever contracted during a recruiting campaign, Lynch was present and voted when the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and shortly afterwards affixed his signature to the document, being one of five Middle Templars to do so. Married, May 14, 1772, Elizabeth Shubrick. After more than two years of illness, took passage, with his wife, for the West Indies towards the close of 1779, expecting to board a vessel there for the South of France. The ship in which they sailed was never heard of again. The family had no traceable connexion with the 'Lynch Law.' (Eton Coll. Reg. (which gives name erroneously as John, but corrected to Thomas); Venn, II. 85, and addenda, III. 445; Inns of Court; E. A. Jones, American Members of Inns of Court; Dict. of Amer. Biog.; Dict. of American History; Oxford Eng. Dict.) | Thomas LYNCH Approx. lifespan: 1749–1847 Fell.-Com. aged 18 Gonville & Caius College adm1767:05:18 Only s. of Thomas LYNCH of Charleston, South Carolina , [ USA ], [and Elizabeth Allston]. [ b. 1749:08:05 in Prince George's parish, Winyaw, South Carolina , [ USA ], .] Schools [Georgetown [???] and] Eton, [Buckinghamshire], ( Dr – BARNARD ) Adm. at: Middle Temple, where he "acquired a distaste for the law." Returned to South Carolina , , [ USA ], 1772, and settled down on the Peach Tree Plantation, N. Santee [South Carolina , USA , ], which his father presented to him. Member of: first and second Provincial Congresses 1774-76 of Constitutional Committee for South Carolina [ USA ], 1776 of the first State General Assembly 1776 and of the Second Continental Congress 1776-77 Captain in: : 1st South Carolina Regiment 1775:06:12 Member of Committee: chosen 1776:02:11, to prepare a form of government for South Carolina , [ USA ], , and collaborated in drafting its constitution. Elected delegate 1776:03:23, to the Continental Congress by the General Assembly, in succession to his father. In spite of feeble health, due to a fever contracted during a recruiting campaign, Lynch was present and voted when the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and shortly afterwards affixed his signature to the document, being one of five Middle Templars to do so. m. 1772:05:14,Elizabeth Shubrick. After more than two years of illness, took passage, with his wife, for the West Indies , towards the close of 1779, expecting to board a vessel there for the South of France , The ship in which they sailed was never heard of again. The family had no traceable connexion with the "Lynch Law." ( Eton College Reg. (which gives name erroneously as John, but corrected to Thomas); Venn, II. 85, and addenda, III. 445; Inns of Court E. A. Jones, American Members of Inns of Court ; Dict. of Amer. Biog.; Dict. of American History;[+ci]OX[-ci]??? English Dict. ) [add:]Copy of his portrait (in Philadelphia [ USA ], ) in UA; < > CUR , : 86 (23a)[:add] [add:]D.M. Owen[:add] |