Born: Ireland / Porto, Portugal
Entered: 1751, Goa, India
Ordained: ??
Died: Post-1777, Portugal
Official Catalogus Defuncti Missing

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as “Alward” Ent 1751

◆ Old/16 has a : “James Aylward”; DOB Ireland; Ent Goa; RIP Portugal

◆ CATSJ A-H has “an Irishman”; Ent 1751
Was transferred from from Azeitão prison to St Juliáo in May 1769
Left St Julião prison in 1777

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
An Irishman of GOA

1759-1769 Imprisoned in Portugal

◆ MacErlean Notes
DOB Oporto, Portugal of a Waterford family;

1759-1769 along with 124 Jesuits, imprisoned by Pombal at Azeitão in Portugal
1769 Transferred to São Julião dungeons
1777 Queen Mary of Portugal orders release of prisoners. Only 45 survived of whom James Aylward was one. Nothing further known after that.

◆ MacErlean Cat Miss HIB SJ 1670-1770
1777 LUS Cat
In Prison
Born in Porto of English parents from the Province of GOA

◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII - Appendix
AYLWARD, JAMES, an Englishman of the Province of Goa, was a prisoner in Azeitao, Portugal, and again from May 11, 1769, till 1777, in St. Julian (Carayon's documents inédits.) (Communicated by Father Hogan, who thinks he was an Irishman.)

Born: 1714, Ireland
Entered: 1689, Portugal
Ordained:
Died: 14 August, 1762, São Julião, Lisbon, Portugal
Official Catalogus Defuncti MISSING

◆ CATSJ I-Y has DOB Ireland?; Ent LUS; RIP San Julian prison, Portugal

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB England; Ent LUS; RIP Eve of the Assumption 1762 (14/08/1762) São Julião, Lisbon, Portugal

Hogan thinks he may have been an Irishman

Was a prisoner in Brazil and São Julião, Lisbon, Portugal 02/06/1761-14/08/1762

◆ The English Jesuits 1650-1829 Geoffrey Holt SJ : Catholic Record Society 1984
Born 1714 English
Entered Portugal
RIP 24/03/1762 Portugal (Foley 7)

Born: 1712, Ireland
Entered: 1735, Brazil Province - Brasiliae Province (BRA)
Died: 25 April 1774, São Julião, Lisbon, Portugal - Brasiliae Province (BRA)

1751 Appears in Catalogue
11/05/1769 Transferred from Prison of Azeitão to São Julião
Thought to be age 62 at death

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
Was of BRA, and possibly a relative of Thomas Lynch, the Provincial of BRA.
He was imprisoned first at Azeitão, and again at São Julião, Lisbon 11 May 1769. He died there 25 April 1774 (Carayon and De Mürr)

◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ :
Belonged to BRA Province at time of expulsion. Possibly a relation of Fr Thomas Lynch.
1759-1769 along with 124 Jesuits, imprisoned by Pombal at Azeitão in Portugal
1769 Transferred to São Julião dungeons

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973

Brother William Lynch SJ 1712-1774
Brother William Lynch, probably a relation of Fr Thomas Lynch, Provincial of Brazil, was attached to the Brazilian Province at the time of the expulsion.

He, like many other Jesuits, was imprisoned by Pombal at Azeitao in Portugal in 1759. He spent ten years in that prison until he was transferred to the still more terrible dungeons of St Julian. He died in this prison five years later in 174, aged 62.

An unknown and unsung martyr of the Society.