Don't know if any of this will help any of you, but--My mothers sister married John Henry Lynch of Newburyport. MA His parents were Jeremiah Lynch, and Julia Murphy(both born in Ireland). They had several children(not in order they were) Jeremiah, Humphrey, Daniela, John(my uncle) Catherine, Hannah, and Julia. My notes are somewhere, so I don't have dates handy, but if any of you think there could be a connection, e-mail me privately and I will try to answer more specific questions. Good Luck. I know its like looking for a needle in ha haystack with such common names. You might want to browse the genealogy.com and rootsweb message boards (Murphy/Lynch/MA etc) Just a suggestion. Barbara