The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . o sacrificed his life andfortune for the principles he advocated. This great state, an Empire in itself performs a highly honor-able duty in erecting a monument to perpetuate the memoryof a man whose foresight and courage contributed to its veryexistence, performs, I am sure, a very pleasurable duty in honor-ing the First rebel against the Crown. John Sullivan was the descendant of an illustrious Irish andequally illustrious Norman race; their blood had been freelyshed on many battlefields. He rightly inherited his fightingcapacity. His gr
The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . o sacrificed his life andfortune for the principles he advocated. This great state, an Empire in itself performs a highly honor-able duty in erecting a monument to perpetuate the memoryof a man whose foresight and courage contributed to its veryexistence, performs, I am sure, a very pleasurable duty in honor-ing the First rebel against the Crown. John Sullivan was the descendant of an illustrious Irish andequally illustrious Norman race; their blood had been freelyshed on many battlefields. He rightly inherited his fightingcapacity. His grandfather, Major Phillip OSullivan of Ardenin Ireland, fought at the siege of Limerick. That was the lastplace in Ireland to fall under the sceptre of William the this siege the generals father, now known as MasterJohn of Berwick, Maine, was born. He is known to historyprincipally because of two of his sons; one, John, the MajorGeneral and Governor of New Hampshire, the other, James,Governor of Massachusetts. He landed at York, Maine, in. \l GEN JOHN SI Photo bj Kimball, from portrait In State House Concordpermission of Durham, N. H. Town Historj Committ< LLI\ W FIELD DAY, 1912. 233 1723. About six weeks later he was appointed schoolmasterof Dover, and moved to that part of Dover now known as Som-ersworth. York, Dover, and Berwick, within ten miles of eachother, were then fortified against the Indians, who were trouble-some until about the outbreak of the Revolution. No whiteman resided between these places and Canada. Master John lived to be one hundred and five years of years after his death, his body was reburied atDurham, New Hampshire. At this time the hair upon hisskull, still in good state of preservation, was found to be brown,slightly sprinkled with gray. At one hundred and four hesplit wood, yoked and unyoked his oxen. He was, however,more a lover of books than outdoor life. He left the manage-ment of his farm to his wife. He was u
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