Richard Plunkett

THE CENSUS OF ELPHIN 1749, Co. Roscommon, PARISH OF KILLUMMOD, printed edition p. 67, editor's folio mark [f.44] — the page on which the Killummod parish section begins. READ FROM THE PAGE IMAGE 31 Jul 2026 (FindMyPast, page id IRE/IO0006/067) — not from the index. Place of Abode: KILLUMOD Names and Religion: SISLEY PLUNKETT WIDOW PAP Proffession: Farmer Children under 14: 2 Papist | Children above 14: 4 Papist Men Servants: 2 Papist | Women Servants: 3 Papist Columns: Com~Ros common Parish of | Place of Abode | Names and Religion | Proffession | Children under 14 (Prot./Paps.) | Children above 14 (Prot./Paps.) | Men Servts (Prot./Paps.) | Women Servts (Prot./Paps.) ⭐ ELEVEN PEOPLE COUNTED — six children and five servants. A gentry-scale household on pages otherwise full of 'Cottager' and 'Herd' with no servants at all, and PAPIST. ◎ IDENTIFIED WITH [1642] CECILIA MARGARET DEVENISH — GRADED STRONG, NOT PROVEN. The record gives no age and no parentage. Basis: SISLEY/CICELY IS THE STANDARD ENGLISH VERNACULAR OF CECILIA, and this tree already carries 'Cecelia' as her alternate name; she is recorded b. 1690, so ~59 in 1749; she is the widow of [1641] RICHARD PLUNKETT, WHO DIED IN 1747 — two years before the census — and Richard was born at Killummod, where the family's marriage F517 is also placed. ✅ The household holds SIX children and F517 records exactly six: François 1722, Christopher 1726, Jean Joseph 1728, Peter 1732, John abt 1734, Richard abt 1735. ⚠️ BUT THE AGE SPLIT DOES NOT MATCH, AND THAT IS RECORDED RATHER THAN EXPLAINED AWAY. The census gives 2 under 14 and 4 above; the tree's years give AT MOST ONE child under 14 in 1749, and by then François (27) was very likely already in Saint-Domingue. Two of the six birth years are 'abt'. THE TOTALS AGREEING AT SIX MAY BE COINCIDENCE and is not counted as a further point of agreement. No birth year was changed on this record, and her death date was left open. COVERAGE: every line of pp. 67-70 was read on the images. EXACTLY TWO Plunkett households in the parish — this one and Patrick Plunkett at Knockrow on p. 68.