Wife of Charles Lynch of Galway, Ireland. He immigrated to American in 1733, arriving in Annapolis MD. She is the mother of John Lynch, founder of Lynchburg, VA and Charles Lynch, of Green Level (Avoca) in Altavista, VA.
Tradition has it that Charles Lynch ran away from home in Ireland and sailed to America in 1720 at the age of fifteen. To pay back the cost of his passage, he was apprenticed to the planter Christopher Clark, a wealthy Quaker who lived in Hanover County, Virginia. Clark took an interest in the boy's education and encouraged him to study law. In 1733 Charles Lynch married his benefactor's daughter, Sarah Clarke. Charles Lynch never became a Quaker, but his wife Sarah was an ardent one. Three of their children would become well known in Virginia history: John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg; Charles Lynch Jr., from whom the "Lynch Law" takes its name; and Sarah Lynch Terrell, an early antislavery activist in South River Meeting.
On page 66 of "Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House" by Douglas Summers Brown, it states that Sarah Clark married (1) Charles Lynch (2) Major John Ward. On page 72 it states that "A strenuous effort was made to locate the grave of Sarah Lynch. She is supposed to be buried at "The mansion", home of her second husband, Major John Ward, near Altavista. It is said that the stone wall, built many years after her death, runs across her grave. There is no marker over her resting place.
∼Sarah Clark was the daughter of Christopher and Penelope Bolling (Johnson) Clark of Hanover County, Virginia. In 1733 she married Charles Lynch who had paid his passage from Ireland as an indentured servant to Christopher Clark, Sarah's father.
Lynchburg is named after Charels & Sarah Lynch. It is surrounded by Bedford, Campbell, and Amherst counties.
After Charles' death Sarah married John Ward.
Tradition has it that Charles Lynch ran away from home in Ireland and sailed to America in 1720 at the age of fifteen. To pay back the cost of his passage, he was apprenticed to the planter Christopher Clark, a wealthy Quaker who lived in Hanover County, Virginia. Clark took an interest in the boy's education and encouraged him to study law. In 1733 Charles Lynch married his benefactor's daughter, Sarah Clarke. Charles Lynch never became a Quaker, but his wife Sarah was an ardent one. Three of their children would become well known in Virginia history: John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg; Charles Lynch Jr., from whom the "Lynch Law" takes its name; and Sarah Lynch Terrell, an early antislavery activist in South River Meeting.
On page 66 of "Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House" by Douglas Summers Brown, it states that Sarah Clark married (1) Charles Lynch (2) Major John Ward. On page 72 it states that "A strenuous effort was made to locate the grave of Sarah Lynch. She is supposed to be buried at "The mansion", home of her second husband, Major John Ward, near Altavista. It is said that the stone wall, built many years after her death, runs across her grave. There is no marker over her resting place.
∼Sarah Clark was the daughter of Christopher and Penelope Bolling (Johnson) Clark of Hanover County, Virginia. In 1733 she married Charles Lynch who had paid his passage from Ireland as an indentured servant to Christopher Clark, Sarah's father.
Lynchburg is named after Charels & Sarah Lynch. It is surrounded by Bedford, Campbell, and Amherst counties.
After Charles' death Sarah married John Ward.
Wife of Charles Lynch of Galway, Ireland. He immigrated to American in 1733, arriving in Annapolis MD. She is the mother of John Lynch, founder of Lynchburg, VA and Charles Lynch, of Green Level (Avoca) in Altavista, VA.
Tradition has it that Charles Lynch ran away from home in Ireland and sailed to America in 1720 at the age of fifteen. To pay back the cost of his passage, he was apprenticed to the planter Christopher Clark, a wealthy Quaker who lived in Hanover County, Virginia. Clark took an interest in the boy's education and encouraged him to study law. In 1733 Charles Lynch married his benefactor's daughter, Sarah Clarke. Charles Lynch never became a Quaker, but his wife Sarah was an ardent one. Three of their children would become well known in Virginia history: John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg; Charles Lynch Jr., from whom the "Lynch Law" takes its name; and Sarah Lynch Terrell, an early antislavery activist in South River Meeting.
On page 66 of "Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House" by Douglas Summers Brown, it states that Sarah Clark married (1) Charles Lynch (2) Major John Ward. On page 72 it states that "A strenuous effort was made to locate the grave of Sarah Lynch. She is supposed to be buried at "The mansion", home of her second husband, Major John Ward, near Altavista. It is said that the stone wall, built many years after her death, runs across her grave. There is no marker over her resting place.
∼Sarah Clark was the daughter of Christopher and Penelope Bolling (Johnson) Clark of Hanover County, Virginia. In 1733 she married Charles Lynch who had paid his passage from Ireland as an indentured servant to Christopher Clark, Sarah's father.
Lynchburg is named after Charels & Sarah Lynch. It is surrounded by Bedford, Campbell, and Amherst counties.
After Charles' death Sarah married John Ward.
Tradition has it that Charles Lynch ran away from home in Ireland and sailed to America in 1720 at the age of fifteen. To pay back the cost of his passage, he was apprenticed to the planter Christopher Clark, a wealthy Quaker who lived in Hanover County, Virginia. Clark took an interest in the boy's education and encouraged him to study law. In 1733 Charles Lynch married his benefactor's daughter, Sarah Clarke. Charles Lynch never became a Quaker, but his wife Sarah was an ardent one. Three of their children would become well known in Virginia history: John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg; Charles Lynch Jr., from whom the "Lynch Law" takes its name; and Sarah Lynch Terrell, an early antislavery activist in South River Meeting.
On page 66 of "Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House" by Douglas Summers Brown, it states that Sarah Clark married (1) Charles Lynch (2) Major John Ward. On page 72 it states that "A strenuous effort was made to locate the grave of Sarah Lynch. She is supposed to be buried at "The mansion", home of her second husband, Major John Ward, near Altavista. It is said that the stone wall, built many years after her death, runs across her grave. There is no marker over her resting place.
∼Sarah Clark was the daughter of Christopher and Penelope Bolling (Johnson) Clark of Hanover County, Virginia. In 1733 she married Charles Lynch who had paid his passage from Ireland as an indentured servant to Christopher Clark, Sarah's father.
Lynchburg is named after Charels & Sarah Lynch. It is surrounded by Bedford, Campbell, and Amherst counties.
After Charles' death Sarah married John Ward.
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