Show ContentsLynd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Lynd migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lynd Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • John Lynd, who arrived in New Jersey in 1675 1
Lynd Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Mathew Lynd, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1774
  • James Lynd, who landed in America in 1792 1

Australia Lynd migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Lynd Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • John Lynd, aged 39, who arrived in South Australia in 1859 aboard the ship "David McIvor"

Contemporary Notables of the name Lynd (post 1700) +

  • Staughton Craig Lynd (b. 1929), American conscientious objector, peace activist and civil rights activist, son of Helen Merrell Lynd and Robert Staughton Lynd
  • Robert Staughton Lynd (1892-1970), American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City
  • Helen Merrell Lynd (1896-1982), American sociologist and social philosopher
  • Major-General William Elmer Lynd (1893-1968), American Air Officer, Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (1942-1943) 2
  • Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), née Dryhurst, English poet, essayist, short story writer and novelist
  • Robert Lynd (1879-1949), Irish essayist, editor of poetry and urbane literary essayist


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, April 10) William Lynd. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Lynd/William_Elmer/USA.html


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