Daniel Sullivan (abt. 1675 - aft. 1745)

Born about 1675 in Nansemond, Virginia

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Died after 1745 after about age 70 in Nansemond, Virginia

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Biography

Daniel Sullivan was the son of Daniel O'Sullivan. His children were Margaret who married Jethro Sumner, Bridget who married William Sumner II, and Daniel Sullivan who married Mary Outlaw.

From the Will of James Fowler, Gentleman, late of Nansemond, Virginia Dated 27 April 1709 and Proved 13 May 1709: To my very good acquaintance Mr. Daniel Sullivan my own wearing watch with a mourning ring. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr., 1911), pp. 186-192 (7 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/4243130?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents

Research Notes

1719 William Ragdale, by his last will and testament, devised to Margaret Sullivan (now the wife of Jethro Sumner), a parcel of land, in Tucker's Neck, in the upper parish of Nansemond county, to her, and her heirs, for ever. From Robert Fowler, Mile end, Stepney Parish, late an inhabitant of Nansem[on]d County on James River in Virginia, gentl. Will 27 April 1709; proved 13 May 1709: To God Daughter Margaret Sullivan, daughter of Mr. Daniell Sullivan, Land and Plantation at Summerton called Oadhams Plantations, now in tenure of one Mr. Crawford, and if she die to her brother Daniel Sullivan. To said Margaret Sullivan Two Cows and Two Calves and silver spoon marked J: S: https://archive.org/details/virginiamagazine19bruc/page/n407/mode/2up?q=Oadhams https://www.frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I37589&tree=frostinaz01

There was a Daniel Sullivan at Suffolk in Nansemond County, Va., during 1744 according to Michael O. O'Brien, Irish Settlers in America, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979)

An Outline History Of Nansemond Co., Virginia (By W. E. MacCLENNY) Chapter V. SUFFOLK Suffolk is the only city in the bounds of Nansemond county. Its history goes back to colonial days. The site was owned by Daniel Sullivan, Sr., Burgees in 1702 and Clerk of the Court, 1702-03, heired by Daniel Sullivan, Jr., and then descended to his daughters, Margaret, wife of Jethro Sumner and Bridget, wife of William Sumner. It was a populous community before the town was established as the preamble to the Act passed May, 1742 shows. https://virginiachronicle.com

The Virginia Legislature in July of 1653 granted Roger Green of Nansemond, on behalf of himself and the inhabitants of the Nansemond River, ten thousand acres of land for settlement on the Roanoke River and the land lying upon the south side of the Choan River and its branches. When the permanent settlement of North Carolina began, the settlers came from the Nansemond to the sounds of North Carolina. They settled there because the land was good and they were still near the Nansemond and the marts of trade on the Chesapeake. Nansemond played an outstanding part in the early settlement of North Carolina. Taken from Ashe, Samuel A' Court. History of North Carolina. Vol. 1. Greensboro: Charles L. Van Nappen, 1908.

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To be in Nansemond County until after the survey, when it appears to be in North Carolina, said tracts being in Maiden Hair Neck, sold by John Keaton, son and heir of Jdjn (sic) John Keaton, to Daniel Sullivan, and at the time of his death, be given to Daniel Sullivan, his only son and heir, and after the death of said Daniel, became the property of Margaret and Bridget Sullivan, his only sisters and heirs, December 14, 1736 https://archive.org/details/northcarolinahi00hathgoog/page/112/mode/2up?q=Sullivan

https://archive.org/details/northcarolinahi00hathgoog/page/112/mode/2up?q=Sullivan&view=theater Pages 112 and 133