Daniel Lynch

Daniel Lynch Family

This map shows the two pieces of land, totaling 120 acres, that Daniel Lynch purchased on October 31, 1855, from Cyrel Carpenter and his wife, for $6600

Connection to Mattydale

The Lynch family was large but only Daniel had a connection to Mattydale. He purchased 120 acres of land in Lot 8, along what was then known as the Richmond Road - E. Molloy Road today. Lynch remained on the farm until 1883 when he sold it to Albert D. Wright.

Family History

Where did they originally come from

Daniel's parents were John Lynch and Mary Scanlon from Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. The family set sail for the U.S. in 1833 with eight children. Dennis was born at sea and a son Andrew Jackson Lynch was born in the town of DeWitt.

Where did they initially settle

The John Lynch, Sr. family settled in nearby town of DeWitt. John purchased the State's Hundred acres in Lot No. 4 of the Town of DeWitt. This was located about midway between Mattydale and Collamer. This is where Daniel grew up. Today that land is just a little west of the old Thompson Road in the northeastern section of Hancock International Airport.

Family connections

The Lynch family was so large that they made there own connections. There were 10 children in Daniel's family and his uncle, James, had nine children in his family. When Daniel's brother Patrick died he left an estate valued between $500,000 and $1,000,000. He had made a will just two weeks prior to his deaths. The will was contested for years and the court battle always got nice coverage in the local papers. There was more than enough drama to go around.

Daniel's daughter Anna married George J. Zett, Jr., whose father had started the Zett Brewery in Syracuse.

Property History

By 1830 Thomas Richmond owned all of Lot 8, about 623 acres. He soon began to sell it off in smaller parcels. These were then sold again and eventually Cyrel Carpenter wound up with the 120 acres that he sold to Daniel Lynch in 1855. In 1859 Lynch sold 10 acres off the northeast corner of his farm to Nelson Phillips. In 1883 Lynch sold the remaining 110 acres top Albert D. Wright. Wright sold 100 acres for residential development in the Wright Tract that opened in 1926. 

Notable Facts or Events

After Daniel sold his Salina farm he moved to the First ward "and entered the salt business with salt-blocks and vats, and though eighty years of age is still engaged in it." [Bannon 1911], p. 42.

Daughter Louise almost drowned in Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks. [1904-08-22a]; [1904-08-22b]; [1904-08-23]

Daniel Lynch died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Pendergast of Phoenix, on February 24, 1914. The writer of Daniel's obituary got a little carried away and had Daniel living in the First Ward a two full years before he had arrived from Ireland. Daniel was not a resident of the First Ward, which didn't even exist until 1846, until 1883 when he sold his Salina farm.

NOTES:

[1904-08-22a] - "Two Syracuse Nurses Tumble Into Fourth Lake," The Syracuse Journal, Syracuse, NY, Monday, August 22, 1904.

[1904-08-22b] -  "Three Nearly Drown," The Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY, Monday, August 22, 1904.

[1904-08-23] - "Syracuse Men The Heroes of a Big Adirondack Storm," The Post Standard, Syracuse, NY, Tuesday, August 23, 1904.

[Bannon 1911] - Pioneer Irish of Onondaga (About 1776-1847), by Theresa Bannon, M.D., G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, The     Knickerbocker Press, 1911