LYNCH, Thomas, (father of Thomas Lynch,
Jr.), a Delegate from South Carolina; born in St. James Parish, Berkeley County,
S.C., in 1727; attended the common schools; engaged in planting, with extensive
rice plantations on the Santee River and elsewhere; served in the commons house
of assembly 1751-1757, 1761-1763, 1765, 1768, and 1772; delegate to the Colonial
Congress in 1765; member of the general committee 1769-1774; delegate to the
First and Second Provincial Congresses in 1775 and 1776; member of the first
State general assembly in 1776; Member of the Continental Congress in 1774-1776,
but was unable to sign the Declaration of Independence because of illness; died
in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., in December 1776 while en route to his
home; interment in St. Anne’s Churchyard, Annapolis, Md. - -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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