Jacob Lynds was an early settler in Cobequid. He was born in Ireland, about the year 1720. He was married there to Mary Guild, being then the widow McNutt, in 1746. They removed to New England, in 1756. They removed again to Nova Scotia, in 1761. He settled for a time at Advocate, where he obtained a grant of one thousand five hundred acres of land, and remained there but a short time. He removed further up the Bay of Fundy. He settled on the farm that is now owned by Messrs. Putnam at Fort Belcher, where he spent the short remainder of his life. He died there November 22, 1768. His body was taken up the Bay in a boat and buried in the Onslow cemetery. This was the second body that was buried on this Island. The first was Miss Mary McNutt, daughter of William and Elizabeth McNutt, who died August 15th, 1765. After the death of Mr. Lynds, the farm at the Fort was sold to Mr. Richard Upham, and the family removed and settled on the farm that his eldest son, Thomas Lynds, and his son Thomas, lived and died upon, at North River. His widow was married again to James Whidden, of Truro. Mr. Whidden died December 13th, 1790. She was again left a widow. She returned again to the house of her eldest son, Thomas, at the Fort, where she spent the remainder of her life. She died there 1810.
Thomas , the eldest son of Jacob and Mary Lynds, was born in Ireland, in 1747. He was brought by his parents to America when he was about nine years old, and to Onslow when he was twenty-five years old. He was married to Rebecca, fifth daughter of Captain William Blair and Jane Barns, January 27th, 1774. They reared their family and lived together for sixty-three years. He died January 6th, 1839, aged 92 years. His wife died January 9th, 1838, aged 80 years. Benjamin and Simeon Lynds, their twin sons, were born November 15th, 1774. Benjamin was married to Mary McNutt, September 12th, 1793. They had six sons and four daughters. He settled first on the top of the East Mountain of Onslow. After a while he found it inconvenient to live on the top of the Mountain. He built another house near the foot of it, where he spent the remainder of his life, being the same house that his youngest son, Benjamin now resides in. He died there in October, 1858, aged 83 years. His wife died September 18th, 1853. Simeon Lynds, the other twin son, was a wheel-wright. He died a bachelor, August 15th, 1857, aged 82 years. Susan Lynds, their eldest daughter, was born September 2nd, 1776. She was married to Robert McCurdy, in 1794. They had one son. Mr. McCurdy settled about two miles up the old Tatamagouche Road, from the Onslow Church. He died September 16th, 1863, aged 78 years. His wife died January 18th, 1862, aged 85 years. Lydia Lynds, their second daughter, was born March 11th, 1778. She was married to Nathaniel Marsters Esq., November 5th, 1798. She was Mr. Marsters' second wife. They had two sons and one daughter. She died April 25th, 1830, aged 52 years. Mr. Marsters died July 19th, 1843, aged 85 years. Mr. Marsters's first wife was Sarah Upham. She died November 29th, 1789. They had two sons. Jacob Lynds, their third son, was born in 1780. He died when young. David Barns Lynds, their fourth son, was born September 10th, 1781. He was married to Sarah, the second daughter of John and Nancy Blair, October, 1810. They had one daughter. He settled in Truro, on the place that was owned by William Logan, Sen. He practised as a Doctor until the infirmities of old age came upon him. He died June 9th, 1871. Elizabeth Lynds, their third daughter, was born September 22nd, 1783. She was married to Nathaniel Wiswell, in 1802. They had four sons and five daughters. She died in 1850, aged 67 years. Mr. Wiswell was killed by falling from a staging of a new house that he was working at in St. john, N.B. in the summer of 1841. Rebecca Lynds, their fourth daughter, was born September 24th, 1785. She was married to Philip Freeman, in 1805. They had two sons. They removed to the United States. She died there, and Mr. Freeman died there. James Lynds, their fifth son, was born October 23rd, 1787. He was married to Margaret Hall, November 9th, 1809. He settled on a part of his father's farm. He died there, January 5th, 1852, aged 64 years. He left no children. Dorothy Lynds, their fifth daughter, was born April, 1790. She died unmarried, October 12th, 1866, aged 76 years. Thomas Lynds, their sixth son, was born March, 1792. He inherited the homestead and a large part of his father's property. He died a bachelor, March 28th, 1865, aged 73 years. Sarah Lynds, their sixth daughter, was born July 20th 1795. She was married to Wren Johnson, May 15th, 1828. They had one daughter. Mr. Johnson died September 28th, 1862, aged 68 years.
Mary and Jacob, twins of Jacob Lynds, Sen., and Mary Guild, were born in 1752. Mary Lynds was married to Solomon Hoar, April 1st, 1773. They had two sons and six daughters. She died in 1815, aged 63 years. Mr. Hoar died in 1828.
Jacob Lynds was married to Martha Morrison, November 13th, 1786. He settled on the top of Onslow Mountain. He was known by the name of Whispering Jacob. He died December 23rd, 1833, aged 81 years. His wife died March, 1829, aged 67 years. Mary Lynds, their eldest daughter, was born January 6th, 1788. She was married to Jacob Workman, February 4th, 1810. They had five sons and seven daughters. Mr. Workman died in Truro, May 1867. Jane Lynds, their second daughter, was born April 26th, 1790. She was married to Gideon McNutt, November 23rd, 1806. They had six sons and six daughters. She died January 1st, 1873, aged 83 years. Martha Lynds, their third daughter, was born December 23rd, 1791. She was married to William Miller, of Newport, in December, 1809. They had six sons and three daughters. She died March 5th, 1873. Mr. Miller died in May, 1858. Jacob Lynds, their eldest son, was born March 10th, 1793. He drove the mail from Truro to Pictou from about the year 1815 to 1828. He is known by the name of Post Jacob. He settled on the old Pictou Road. He was married to Hannah Lockhart, of Newport, Oct, 14th, 1820. They had one daughter. Mrs. Lynds died May 8th, 1827. He married again to Eleanor, the youngest daughter of David and Esther Archibald, March 12th, 1830. They had one son and four daughters. Ruth Lynds, their fourth daughter, was born February 4th, 1795. She was married to Hugh Tucker, April 6th, 1815. They had six sons and four daughters. He settled on Tatamagouche Mountain. He died at North River, July 1871, aged 78 years. Elizabeth Lynds, their fifth daughter, was born January 17th, 1800. She was married to Robert Nichol, December 5th, 1823. They had four sons and four daughters. She died December 26th, 1870, aged 71 years. Mr. Nichol died January 9th, 1871, aged 72 years. Robert Lynds, their second son, was born January 17th, 1798. He married Catherine Embree, of Wallace, in 1831. They had three sons and four daughters. He is living in Wallace. John Lynds, their third son, was born March 29th, 1804. He was married to Charlotte Embree of Wallace in 1831. They had one son and one daughter. He inherited his father's farm on Onslow Mountain. He died in January of 1835, aged 31 years. Sarah Lynds, their sixth daughter, was born February 4th, 1802. She was married to Samuel McNutt, in 1821. They had three sons and six daughters. They removed to the United States. She died there January 1st, 1867. Lavinia Lynds, their seventh daughter, was born June 26th, 1807. She was married to Ebenezer Harris, June, 1829. They had one son and three daughters. She died March 18th, 1869, aged 62 years.
Lydia, the second daughter, of Jacob Lynds, Sen., and Mary Guild, was born in 1750. She was married to John Arnold, in 1780. They had one son and three daughters. She died at North River, February 17th, 1788. Ruth Lynds, their third daughter, was born in 1754. She was married to David Hoar, January 30th, 1779. They had four sons and five daughters. They moved, and settled at Shepody, where they both died some time ago.
John the third son of Jacob and Mary Lynds, was born at Bunker's Hill, US, in 1760. He was brought here by his parents to Nova Scotia when he was one year old. He was married to Eunice McNutt, in 1781. He settled on the farm that his grandson, John Lynds, now resides on, up the North River. He died there in August, 1838, aged 78 years. His wife died in March, 1835.
William Lynds, their eldest son, was born in 1782. He was married to Margaret McCollum, November, 1801. They had five sons and four daughters. He purchased what was Mr. McCollum's farm. David Lynds now resides upon it. He died there December 13th, 1848, aged 66 years. His wife died November 13th, 1847, aged 64 years. Jacob Lynds, their second son, was born May 24th, 1784. He was married to Eleanor, second daughter of Thomas Fletcher and Elizabeth Barnhill, November 1st, 1810. They had five sons and five daughters. He died May 27th, 1858, aged 74 years. His widow died January 17th, 1867, aged 78 years. Lucy Lynds, their eldest daughter, was born in 1786. She was married to William Polley, of Cumberland. They had four sons and five daughters. She died in Cumberland, in 1862, aged 76 years. Mr. Polley died some time ago. Thomas Lynds, their third son, was born November 11th, 1788. He was married to Elizabeth Clark, in 1813. They had three sons and four daughters. He settled in the south side of Salmon River, where Charles D. Upham now resides. He died there in November 1848, aged 60 years. Hannah Lynds, their second daughter, was born 1790. She was married to Peter Blackmore, November, 1809. They had five sons and five daughters. Mr. Blackmore, died in October, 1864, aged 81 years. Barnabas Lynds, their fourth son, was born July 9th, 1792. He was married to Ruth Archibald, October 20th, 1818. They had three sons and five daughters. Mrs. Lynds, died November 18th, 1853, aged 52 years. John Harris Lynds, their fifth son, was born February 28th, 1794. He was married to Abigail Workman, March 1823. They had three sons and three daughters. Mary Lynds, their third daughter, was born February 16th, 1803. She was married to William Cutton, December 6th, 1822. They had two sons and one daughter. She died in August 1838, aged 35 years. Sarah, the youngest daughter of Jacob Lynds, Sen., and Mary Guild, was born April 18th, 1768. She was married to John Wright, November 25th, 1788. They had four sons and eight daughters.
