Here is a little more about Lynch of Sheerness
1871 RG10; Piece: 987; Folio: 82; Page: 17
27 Charles Street Sheerness
John Lynch 49 rys labourer b Chatham
Elizabeth Lynch wife 49 yrs b Rochester
John H Lynch son 13 yrs scholar b Sheerness
Edward Maxwell grandson 3 yrs b Sheerness
John is transcribed as John 'A' but it looks like 'H'
1861 RG9; Piece: 531; Folio: 159; Page: 6
46 Edward Street
John and Elizabeth with daughters:
Mary J Lynch 17 yrs dressmaker b Rochester
Elizabeth 10 yrs b Rochester St Margarets
son John H
and a visitor
Sarah Woodcock a widow 60 ys b Deptford.
1851 HO107; Piece: 1610; Folio: 275; Page: 33
Nags Head Lane Rochester
John, Elizabeth and the two girls
John is a boot and shoe maker
Looks to be a marriage in 1843 John Lynch/Elizabeth Watson
(certificate would give father's name)
1841 HO107; Piece 487; Book: 3; Folio: 44; Page: 17
Fair Row Chatham
John Lynch 20 yrs shoe M. born in county
Mary Lynch 50 yrs born Ireland
Bugett (likely Bridget) Lynch 60 yrs born Ireland
(further up the page there is a Patrick Lynch 27 yrs born Jamaica
with a wife born Barbados
and young children born Kent (one called Edward) ..I wonder?? but maybe not.
Chatham would be an area for ex sailors/soldiers to reside and perhaps that is the origins of the family.
Lots for Uncle Albert to think about