Thanks Ian for your reply. I wish mine had been a convict instead of HEIC, he would have been so much easier to trace. You are lucky to have so much recorded about your John Lynch. Kind regards and happy researching. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Jordan" <paynescrossing@gmail.com> > Hi Joan > > Yes, I recall that your John LYNCH arrived via India and was military. > > The John LYNCH I have recorded has his story told in "Mines, wines and > people : a history of Greater Cessnock" by W.S. Parkes, Jim Comerford, > and Max Lake in the chapter on 'Landholders on the south arm of > Wollombi Brook', part iv: "Currency lads: Irish Lads: > Lynch-Chapman-Cagney-Moore-McMullen-Peter Byrne-Morton" p. 49 ff. > > This John LYNCH was an Irish convict who arrived per 'Archduke > Charles' (dep. Cork 1812; arr. Sydney 1813). > > Regards > Ian Jordan > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 417 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message