Dominick Lynch (wine merchant) (original) (raw)

Dominick Lynch (1754 in Galway, Ireland - 1824) was an Irish born American wine merchant who made his fortune in Bruges, Belgium and then New York City, founding what is today Rome, New York (originally named Lynchville by him after himself). He had thirteen children, all of whom he named streets after in Lynchville. Lynch was one of some three hundred people to attend George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States in 1789.