Benjamin Sullivan
(1720-1767)
BIRTH
June 15, 1720
PLACE
DEATH
1767
PLACE
FAMILY
WIFE
Bridget Limric
(d. 1802)
CHILDREN
Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet
(1752-1806)
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Benjamin Sullivan (1720–1767) was a Cork attorney and clerk of the crown for Cork and Waterford. A published peerage records his marriage in 1742 to Bridget Limrick, daughter of the Reverend Paul Limrick of Schull, and their four sons and five daughters. His sons Benjamin, John and Richard pursued careers in India and Britain, linked through their relative Laurence Sulivan. Benjamin the father must be separated from his namesake son, who became a judge at Madras.
EARLY LIFE
Benjamin Sullivan was born Jun 15, 1720. The external genealogical record identifies Philip O'Sullivan as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Benjamin Sullivan is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Benjamin Sullivan died 1767. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Benjamin Sullivan died in 1767. Benjamin Sullivan was a Cork attorney and clerk of the crown for Cork and Waterford. A published peerage records his marriage in 1742 to Bridget Limrick, daughter of the Reverend Paul Limrick of Schull, and their four sons and five daughters. His sons Benjamin, John and Richard pursued careers in India and Britain, linked through their relative Laurence Sulivan. Benjamin the father must be separated from his namesake son, who became a judge at Madras. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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