Mark O'Sullivan

1745 - 11th Mar 1825


Biography

  1. O'Sullivan, Mark, 80 years, native of Ireland, died 11/03/1825 p.m., buried 11/04/1825 in the churchyard of the Protestant Church.

  2. Will of Mark O'Sullivan of Kingston County of Surrey, Island of Jamaica proved 22/06/1827. He left £1000 currency to the Receiver General for the interest to be paid to his [the testator's] adopted son John O'Sullivan until the age of fifty, when the principal would be paid to him. He left monetary legacies totalling over £5000 to nephews and nieces and others, several in Ireland (in Cork), and £2000 to his wife.

  3. Possibly also the Mark O'Sullivan who owned 7 enslaved people and 3 stock in St Ann in 1792.


Sources

  1. Holy Trinity Church Roman Catholic Funeral Register transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/c/Cbu16m-r.htm.

  2. PROB 11/1727/325.

  3. 'A List of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly... transcribed from papers presented to the British Museum by Charles E. Long ref. Add. 12435' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/mstann1792.htm.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings, Alice Holt and Yasmine Attout for their assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
Spouse
Married but no further details
Religion
Roman Catholic

Associated Estates (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1809 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
1826 [EA] - → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
1826 [EA] - → Previous owner