James Lynd

1763	Tyrone, Ireland	Sister Margaret Lynd marries James Davidson at her father’s (Adam Lynd) home.
3.19.1763	Boston	Massachusetts Bay Colony payroll.
1775	Unknown	James Lynd begins Naval service in 1775 aboard the Ship Alfred under Commodore Hopkins.
7.7.1781	Philadelphia	Robert Jackson deposes that James Lynd was the son of Adam Lynd of Ballyreagh, County Tyrone, Ireland; was always reputed to be the brother of Margaret Lynd, wife of James Davidson; and had gone out in 1775 aboard the Alfred under Commodore Hopkins. James Cannon also affirms that he knew James Lynd and that Lynd had served aboard the Alliance and returned from France before Captain Barry took command.
7.27.1781	Philadelphia	Mary Tucker certifies that Capt. Tucker had made inquiry before his last sailing for any will or authority left by the late James Lynd and could find none, nor anyone with a right to his effects but his sister Davidson in Philadelphia.
8.6.1781	Boston	Matthew Parker swears that in December 1780 James Lynd, formerly an officer aboard the Continental frigate Alliance, said he had never made and never would make a will, and that if he were killed in action or died, his brother-in-law James Davidson and his sister Mrs. Davidson should possess the whole.
8.1781	Boston	Inventory of the estate of James Lynd, late of Boston, mariner deceased, is taken and appraised. The inventory includes clothing, books, charts/maps, cash, wine and liquor, salt, sugar, molasses, rice, and other goods.
8.8.1781	Boston	James Lynd’s inventory is copied and recorded.
8.10.1781	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	Andrew Black, Frances Mulligan, and Jacob Cooper personally appear and make oath that they had acted according to the direction of the inventory warrant.
8.18.1781	Boston	Oliver Wendell approves the depositions and declarations as the nuncupative will of James Lynd.
1782	Westminster	Lynd appears on the tax record living at 24 Duke Street.
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