Submitted by Jane Lynch. Descendants of John Lynch Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 LYNCH was born Abt. 1742 in Ulster, Ireland. He married MARY MOORE. She was born in Virginia. Children of JOHN LYNCH and MARY MOORE are: 2. i. GEORGE2 LYNCH, b. Otterbein; d. Gilmer County, Virginia. ii. JOHN LYNCH. iii. MARY LYNCH. iv. MATTHEW LYNCH. v. ROBERT LYNCH. vi. ELIZABETH LYNCH. vii. RACHEL LYNCH. viii. LEVI LYNCH. ix. WILLIAM LYNCH. x. CATHERINE LYNCH. xi. REBECCA LYNCH. xii. SUSANNAH LYNCH. Generation No. 2 2. GEORGE2 LYNCH (JOHN1) was born in Otterbein, and died in Gilmer County, Virginia. He married MARY GREGORY, daughter of ISAAC GREGORY and SARAH GIVEN. She was born December 22, 1790 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died in Gilmer County, Virginia. Children of GEORGE LYNCH and MARY GREGORY are: 3. i. GEORGE3 LYNCH, JR., b. February 14, 1813, Williams River, Nicholas County, Virginia; d. October 19, 1895, Lynch Cemetary Calhoun County, West Virginia. 4. ii. GIVEN LYNCH. iii. ISAAC S. LYNCH. iv. JOHN LYNCH. v. ADAM LYNCH. vi. WILLIAM LYNCH. vii. JOSEPH LYNCH. viii. ROBERT LYNCH. ix. SAMUEL LYNCH. x. SALATHIEL LYNCH. xi. BENJAMIN LYNCH. xii. SARAH LYNCH. Generation No. 3 3. GEORGE3 LYNCH, JR. (GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born February 14, 1813 in Williams River, Nicholas County, Virginia, and died October 19, 1895 in Lynch Cemetary Calhoun County, West Virginia. He married JEMIMA KNOTTS February 15, 1843 in Arnoldsburg, Virginia, daughter of JOSEPH KNOTTS and MARY ARNOLD. She was born September 18, 1827 in Monongalia County, Virginia, and died April 23, 1893 in Lynch Cemetary. Children of GEORGE LYNCH and JEMIMA KNOTTS are: 5. i. JULIA ANNE4 LYNCH, b. December 18, 1845, Glenville, West Virginia; d. January 22, 1932, Rocksdale, West Virginia. 6. ii. MARY LYNCH, b. January 22, 1844, Kanawha County, Virginia; d. November 15, 1925, Calhoun County, West Virginia. 7. iii. JOSEPH KNOTTS LYNCH, b. December 18, 1845, Gilmer County, Virginia; d. 1895. iv. PEMBROKE LYNCH, b. May 28, 1848; d. October 1, 1872. 8. v. LOUISA LYNCH, b. November 17, 1851; d. 1906. 9. vi. AMY E. LYNCH, b. March 15, 1856, Calhoun County, Virginia; d. 1940. 10. vii. SARAH E. LYNCH, b. May 1, 1858, Calhoun County, Virginia; d. January 22, 1939. viii. RUFUS LYNCH, b. August 14, 1853; d. November 7, 1858. 11. ix. ALMIRA E. LYNCH, b. October 16, 1860; d. 1927. x. LEUVERNA S. LYNCH, b. January 28, 1862; d. 1866. xi. KOSCIUSKO LYNCH, b. April 16, 1866; d. January 1867. xii. PULASKI LYNCH, b. April 16, 1866; d. January 1867. 12. xiii. MATILDA J. LYNCH, b. September 28, 1870. 13. xiv. GEORGE L. LYNCH, b. January 14, 1868; d. 1928. 14. xv. ALMIRA EMELINE LYNCH, b. October 16, 1860. 4. GIVEN3 LYNCH (GEORGE2, JOHN1) He married (1) SARAH WAGGONER. He married (2) ANNA NICHOLS. She was born in Kanawha County, Virginia. Children of GIVEN LYNCH and ANNA NICHOLS are: 15. i. GEORGE4 LYNCH. ii. JAMES LYNCH. iii. MARIETTA LYNCH. iv. NANCY B. LYNCH. v. CHARLES RUFUF LYNCH. vi. BENJAMIN MAY LYNCH. vii. ROSKSELINA LYNCH. Generation No. 4 5. JULIA ANNE4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born December 18, 1845 in Glenville, West Virginia, and died January 22, 1932 in Rocksdale, West Virginia. She married WESLEY STARCHER March 11, 1869, son of WILLIAM STARCHER and NANCY MCELWAYNE. He was born 1849 in Gilmer County, Virginia, and died in Rocksdale, West Virginia. Children of JULIA LYNCH and WESLEY STARCHER are: i. JOSEPH EDWIN5 STARCHER, b. February 9, 1873, Rocksdale, West Virginia; d. September 26, 1919, Rocksdale, West Virginia; m. LIDA EVELINE KERBY, June 16, 1895, Hur, West Virginia; b. November 2, 1873, Hur, West Virginia; d. July 14, 1956, Rocksdale, West Virginia. Notes for JOSEPH EDWIN STARCHER: He was taking a brand new truck for his company(County Road Engineer) to Arnoldsburg, when near the head of Phillips Run, near the old Barr School House, got too close to the berm and the truck rolled over the embankment. ii. GEORGE STARCHER, b. 1869; d. 1893, Dry Hill Cemetary, Roane County, West Virginia; m. EFFIE KELLEY; d. Dry Hill Cemetary, Roane County, West Virginia. iii. WILLIAM RUFUS STARCHER, b. 1871; d. 1926, Starcher Cemetary, Rocksdale, Calhoun County, West Virginia; m. CORNELIA MORGAN; d. Mt. Zion, West Virginia. iv. CHARLES C. STARCHER, b. 1875; d. Bethlehem Cemetary, Grantsville, West Virginia; m. WILLIA JOHNSON; d. Bethlehem Cemetary, Grantsville, West Virginia. v. WESLEY CLAY STARCHER, b. August 19, 1877; d. November 13, 1958, Old Spencer Cemetary, Roane County, West Virginia; m. GRACE STURMS, 1905; b. March 15, 1879. vi. EVERETT STARCHER, b. November 3, 1879; d. 1959, Rocksdale, West Virginia; m. ICY LOUVERA NICHOLSON; d. Rocksdale, West Virginia. vii. GUY T. STARCHER, b. September 12, 1883; d. March 5, 1951, Spencer, West Virginia; m. ANNA MARY HANGER, December 25, 1905; b. July 6, 1886; d. March 11, 1965, Spencer, West Virginia.. viii. FLORENCE STARCHER, b. May 12, 1886; d. April 1950; m. SALATHIEL PERRY HICKMAN; b. January 6, 1874; d. January 1944, Rocksdale Cemetary, Calhoun County.. 6. MARY4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born January 22, 1844 in Kanawha County, Virginia, and died November 15, 1925 in Calhoun County, West Virginia. She married NOAH JOHN WHYTSELL March 23, 1871 in Calhoun County, West Virginia, son of EMANUEL WHYTSELL and CATHERINE WHITEZEL. He was born June 19, 1848 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and died November 15, 1925 in Calhoun County, West Virginia. Children of MARY LYNCH and NOAH WHYTSELL are: i. ETTA5 WHYTSELL, m. AUTHOR OFFUTT. ii. JAMIMA WHYTSELL, b. October 20, 1874; d. May 24, 1942; m. ARTHUR HICKMAN, September 4, 1892; b. June 30, 1870. iii. KOSCIUSKO WHYTSELL, m. (1) DOLLY KINGSBURY; m. (2) DEARY KELLY. iv. CLYDE WHYTSELL, m. ? MACE. v. LEAH WHYTSELL, m. ERNEST EDWARDS. vi. ETHEL WHYTSELL, m. FRED WILSON. vii. PULASKA WHYTSELL, m. HOPE MORGAN. 7. JOSEPH KNOTTS4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born December 18, 1845 in Gilmer County, Virginia, and died 1895. He married LIDIA FRANCES WHYTSELL August 6, 1868 in Calhoun County, West Virginia, daughter of EMANUEL WHYTSELL and CATHERINE WHITEZEL. She was born March 20, 1850 in Rockingham County, Virginia, and died February 2, 1895 in Calhoun County, West Virginia. Children of JOSEPH LYNCH and LIDIA WHYTSELL are: i. JEMIMA5 LYNCH, b. December 20, 1869, Nicholas County, Virginia; d. April 5, 1895, Calhoun County, West Virginia; m. GEORGE J. KINGSBURY. ii. HOWARD JOSEPH LYNCH, b. 1889; d. 1969, Hillsboro, Oregon; m. MAUDE PRICE; d. Hillsboro, Oregon. iii. ALBERT JENKINS LYNCH, b. 1885; d. 1982, Pope County, Arkansas; m. LAURA SUMERS. iv. ALVA CLINTON LYNCH, b. December 31, 1885; d. January 15, 1964, Toledo, Oregon; m. AMY SALLY PRICE; d. 1939, Hermet, California. v. ABSALUM LYNCH, b. 1876; d. 1926. vi. BROOKS LYNCH, m. ? BARR. vii. CHARLEY CLYDE LYNCH, b. August 20, 1892; d. 1984; m. FRANCES CHENOWETH. viii. HARLEY OKEY LYNCH, b. August 20, 1892, Altizer, Calhoun County, West Virginia; d. 1972; m. (1) OLINEE WILSON; m. (2) ADA JARVIS. ix. LOUISA F. LYNCH, b. 1880; d. 1910; m. HIRAM STARCHER. x. JOHN WESLEY LYNCH, b. 1877; d. 1928; m. CLARA SUMMERS; b. Pope County, Arkansas. xi. PEMBROOKE LYNCH, b. 1873; d. 1894; m. ? BARR. 8. LOUISA4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born November 17, 1851, and died 1906. She married GRANISON ADAMS. Children of LOUISA LYNCH and GRANISON ADAMS are: i. JULIA5 ADAMS, m. FINLEY ELLIOT. ii. MATILDA ADAMS, m. ED HALL. iii. LEUVERNA ADAMS. 9. AMY E.4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born March 15, 1856 in Calhoun County, Virginia, and died 1940. She married SILAS P. DOWNS November 21, 1875, son of GEORGE DOWNS and ELIZABETH ?. He was born 1848 in Marion County, Virginia. Children of AMY LYNCH and SILAS DOWNS are: i. MAY5 DOWNS, m. LON POWELL; b. Arnoldsburg, West Virginia; d. April 23, 1966, Sand Ridge Cemetary, West Virginia. ii. LULA DOWNS, m. JOHN MEADOWS. iii. ALICE DOWNS. iv. INFANT? DOWNS. 10. SARAH E.4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born May 1, 1858 in Calhoun County, Virginia, and died January 22, 1939. She married THEODORE B. WITTE October 24, 1875 in Calhoun County, West Virginia, son of CHARLES WITTE and MARY. He was born 1822 in Germany. Children of SARAH LYNCH and THEODORE WITTE are: i. ROY5 WITTE, m. OLLIE PRICE. ii. JEMIMA WITTE, m. M. W. PRICE. iii. RUFUS WITTE, b. October 12, 1882, Calhoun County, West Virginia; d. February 26, 1967, Lynch Cemetary, Arnoldsburg, West Virginia; m. AMANDA ANDERSON; b. December 25, 1875. 11. ALMIRA E.4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born October 16, 1860, and died 1927. She married CHARLEY WHYTSELL. Children of ALMIRA LYNCH and CHARLEY WHYTSELL are: i. MARY E.5 WHYTSELL. ii. GEORGE WHYTSELL. iii. EDWARD L. WHYTSELL. iv. ELIZABETH WHYTSELL. 12. MATILDA J.4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born September 28, 1870. She married G. J. KINGSBURY. Children of MATILDA LYNCH and G. KINGSBURY are: i. CLEO5 KINGSBURY. ii. RECTOR KINGSBURY. iii. VERA KINGSBURY, b. August 11, 1909, Arnoldsburg, West Virginia; m. OLIVER SMITH, November 14, 1930. iv. SARAH KINGSBURY. 13. GEORGE L.4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born January 14, 1868, and died 1928. He married ADDIE ANDERSON. Children of GEORGE LYNCH and ADDIE ANDERSON are: i. DELBERT5 LYNCH, b. April 3, 1903. ii. EDGER LYNCH, b. January 6, 1904. iii. RUSSELL LYNCH, b. September 20, 1907. iv. ERMA LYNCH, b. July 21, 1912. 14. ALMIRA EMELINE4 LYNCH (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born October 16, 1860. She married CHARLES WILLIAM WHYTSELL October 16, 1878 in Calhoun County, West Virginia, son of EMANUEL WHYTSELL and CATHERINE WHITEZEL. He was born November 12, 1858 in Braxton County, Virginia, and died September 24, 1894 in Lynch Cemetary, Calhoun County, West Virginia. Children of ALMIRA LYNCH and CHARLES WHYTSELL are: i. MARY ETHEL5 WHYTSELL, b. September 30, 1879; m. JOHN ANDERSON. ii. GEORGE LYNCH WHYTSELL, b. June 18, 1882; d. December 15, 1968, Starcher Cemetary, Arnoldsburg, West Virginia; m. MIMA STARCHER; d. 1958. iii. EDWIN LOWELL WHYTSELL, b. July 28, 1886, Altizer, Calhoun County, West Virginia; d. Lynch Cemetary, Arnoldsburg, West Virginia; m. RETTIE STARCHER; b. January 23, 1886. iv. SARAH ELIZABETH WHYTSELL, b. September 23, 1889; m. WILLIAM NICHOLS. v. JEMIMA RACHEL WHYTSELL, b. May 24, 1893; m. GEORGE ROACH. 15. GEORGE4 LYNCH (GIVEN3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) He married MARY PERMELIA LAUGHLIN June 6, 1875, daughter of ALVA LAUGHLIN and DIANNA. She was born November 26, 1857 in Calhoun County, Virginia. Children of GEORGE LYNCH and MARY LAUGHLIN are: i. ALVA5 LYNCH. ii. DIANNA LYNCH.