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Note: !CITATION: From the book PIONEER IRISH OF ONONDAGA, page 37 -> 41: James Lynch was the son of Cornelius and Joanna Dooling Lynch of Tralee, County Kery, Ireland. Originally from the city of Dublin, Cornelius Lynch married and setttled among the relatives of his wife in Kerry. Their sons, James and John, both came to Onondaga County. James had obtained a clerkship in Cork with relatives engaged in shipping dairy products to Eng- land. Some good fortune brought him a similar office in the United States Navy during the War of 1812, and he came to America. During his service he met many men from the city of New York among whom were two brothers named Little serving in the navy. These young men invited Lynch to their home and there he fell in love with their sister, Eliza, then sixteen years of age. She was of Knickerbocker stock, her mother a daughter of the Von Mullers. Small and curly-headed, vivacious yet haughty, she surrendered to the tall, handsome, bold Irishman whom her brothers called their friend. NOTE: There was an Eleazar Little, age 65 yr, 11 mo buried in Trinity Church graveyard September 15, 1817 who could very possibly be this compiler's ancestor. Still searching!
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