SILLIVAN
FAMILY HISTORY
Sullivan vrs. Sillivan
...an analysis by Elizabeth Tuck 2011 links need Ancestry.com membership
Benjamin Sullivan
Benj Sullivan
Benjamin Sillivan
Benjamin L. Sillivan
- North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Concerning marriage to Eliza Gentry 2 Jan 1825, Bond #: 000141499, ImageNum: 002898, Record #: 02 276 (no image)
- Tombstone Tarkington Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana, USA (To be verified)
- Will of Benjamin L Sillivan, SOURCE: Monroe County (IN) Historical Society, P-3-70. (transcription of primary source, no image available)
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ORIGINS
OF THE SILLIVAN FAMILY NAME
...reminiscence by Bob
Hoyt 2000
While reading a
while back about the Norman conquest of 1155 and the occupation
of Ireland I learned that most common names thought to be
of Irish origin are really early Norman (French) names. Such
as Sullivan, Sillivan, Reily and etc. I had always been told
that the original family name was Sullivan and that it was
changed to Sillivan in a dispute with the Catholic Church
some time back in Northern Ireland.
Based on this rumor,
my uncles Elmer, Jack, and Jim ( the youngest three ) all
changed their names to Sullivan while my mother uncle Bud
and aunt Mable all stayed with the Sillivan spelling. This
confused a lot of people as to which of my cousins were related
to each other, Probably confused my cousins too. But as it
turns out they were Sillivans from the beginning and it was
only a rumor and not a fact. Sillivan is a French name.
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