Born in Limerick to Major Philip Sullivan of Ardea and his wife Joan, daughter of Dermod McCarthy of Killoween, whom fled Ireland after the Battle of Orange for France. They were on the losing side, Roman Catholics. John came to New England at age 41 and settled in Berwick, Maine, where he became a renowned school master.
Born in Limerick to Major Philip Sullivan of Ardea and his wife Joan, daughter of Dermod McCarthy of Killoween, whom fled Ireland after the Battle of Orange for France. They were on the losing side, Roman Catholics. John came to New England at age 41 and settled in Berwick, Maine, where he became a renowned school master.
Inscription
Here
are buried the Bodies of
JOHN SULLIVAN & MARGERY his Wife
He was born in Limeric
in Ireland in the year
1692 & died in the year1796.
She was born in Cork
in Ireland in the year
1714 & died in 1801.
This marker is placed in their
Memory by their son
JAMES SULLIVAN.
