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 Home of the Patriot Sullivan Family - Berwick, ME Posted by:  silverquill
N 43° 16.012 W 070° 51.897
19T E 348648 N 4792139
This welcome sign is located in front of the Town Hall in Berwick, Maine. The Sullivan family has a long history here from the earliest days of settlement to the Revolutionary War and beyond. See long description for more history.
Waymark Code: WM2X4A
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2008
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WELCOME - BERWICK, MAINE
"Home of the Patriot Sullivan Family"
One of the most noted founders of families was John Sullivan, an Irishman by birth and education. He arrived in Maine in 1723, and opened a school in Berwick soon after.
During the voyage from Ireland he made the aquaintance of a young girl nine years of age, named Margery Brown; who by some strange means was on board the vessel without friends. Neither had she the money to pay for her passage; and Mr. Sullivan assumed the debt, and took the girl as his ward. About 1740, when she was about 21 years of age and he was 44, they were married.
He soon after purchased a farm in Berwick, upon which he lived more than 50 years. He died in 1796, in his 105th year; and his widow died in 1801, aged 87. On this farm were born to them 4 children, of whom were John and James Sullivan.
The first was a leader in the first overt act of the Revolution, a general in the war, and a governor of the State of New Hampshire; the other, the acknowledged leader at the bar, a governor of Massachusetts, and one who contributed by his speeches and writings to the establishment of our national liberties.
Type of community: Town
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