----- Original Message ----- From: "CIARAN COLGAN" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [ROLL CALL] Seeking LYNCH with Caribbean connections > It is forgotten Irish history .From the Cromwell period there was > for the want of a better description an Irish slave trade to the > Caribbean area. It is estimated between 50000/100000 Irish people were > sent to the Caribbean sugar plantations. there are some books available > on the subject which I am unable to recall details but can be found in > major books shops in Dublin. > > There are still remnants known as red necks on some part of Jamaica who > are > divorced from main stream Jamaican life.These people are descendents from > the original Irish slaves and live in very dire conditions. > > > ciaran colgan > > f > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:56 PM > Subject: [ROLL CALL] Seeking LYNCH with Caribbean connections > > >> Through a subsequent will I have found my ancestor Hamlet LYNCH. >> >> He popped up (as married, I assume, since his mate had the same last >> name) >> in Barbados at 1804 with NO birth, NO baptism, NO marriage and NO death >> or >> other records (typical damned Irish, eh?). >> >> In this area and time one explanation could be that he may have been >> military - or had his own private ship - and he does appear to have had >> some money of his own. >> >> Who is Hamlet Lynch? Where did he come from? Where did he go? >> >> Ancestral names after Hamlet were: Peter, James, John Richard. He was >> around for at least 10 years and then disappeared again - there is NO >> death or burial record that I could find. >> >> Anyway, Barbados is my "brick wall". There were other LYNCH families >> recorded in Barbados before and after, but I have no documented >> connection >> so far to my line. >> >> I also found LYNCH in Antigua (one gravestone and an estate/tract marked >> on a very old map), and I do believe there are others in Jamaica (apart >> from Sir Thomas LYNCH) and Trinidad as well. There have been suggestions >> of a LYNCH or two in other nearby Caribbean islands, such as Grenada. >> >> I am considering a (driving) holiday through the UK at the end of July, >> and if something pans out from this posting I may extend myself to >> Ireland... so if you have anything that may have connections here please >> do not hesitate to drop me a line. >> >> Please respond to me at http://www.candoo.com/contact/index.html if you >> are able to offer any assistance or suggestions. I will reply directly >> from my personal email address. >> >> James Lynch >> 128 Snowshoe Crescent >> Thornhill, Ontario >> CANADA L3T4M9 >> >> >> ==== IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS Mailing List ==== >> To Unsubcribe from L: mailto:[email protected] >> To Unsubscribe from D: mailto:[email protected] >> Put the single word 'unsubscribe' in the message subject and body >> >> >