Patrick I Plunkett
c. 1690–c. 1762
Life
- Born
- before 1690 · Elm Park, Roscommon County, Parish of Elphin, Ireland
- Died
- about 1762 · Knockroe, Killummod, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
Parents
Timeline
- 1749ResidenceKnockroe, Killummod, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland — Census of Elphin 1749: widower, Papist, Farmer; 1 child above 14, 3 men servants, 2 women servants (all Papist)
Records behind this page
Unnamed source
Census of Elphin 1749, Killummod parish, p. 68 [f.44] — Knockrow: Patrick Plunkett, widower, Papist, Farmer (read from the page image)
read the transcript
THE CENSUS OF ELPHIN 1749, Co. Roscommon, PARISH OF KILLUMMOD, printed edition p. 68, editor's folio mark [f.44]. READ FROM THE PAGE IMAGE 31 Jul 2026 (FindMyPast, page id IRE/IO0006/068) — not from the index. Place of Abode: KNOCKROW Names and Religion: PATRICK PLUNKETT WIDOWER PAP. Proffession: Farmer Children under 14: none | Children above 14: 1 Papist Men Servants: 3 Papist | Women Servants: 2 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.) ⭐ 'KNOCKROW' IS THE 1749 SPELLING OF KNOCKROE, the townland inside Killummod civil parish, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Before this record the tree's Knockroe rested on tree data and a French baptismal place-string; this is the first RECORD to name it. ⭐ A GENTRY-SCALE HOUSEHOLD: five servants on a widower's household, on pages otherwise full of 'Cottager' and 'Herd' with no servants at all. And PAPIST — which is why the Down Survey, Simington and Pender found no Plunkett PROPRIETOR at Knockroe in 1641 or 1670. That negative was about proprietorship and silent on tenancy, under Penal Laws barring Catholic ownership. ◎ IDENTIFIED WITH [1646] PATRICK I PLUNKETT — GRADED STRONG, NOT PROVEN. The record gives no age and no parentage. Basis: the tree ALREADY recorded his death place as the string 'Knockrow, Ireland', the census's own spelling, arrived at independently; b. bef 1690 makes him ~59 in 1749; and he is the only Patrick Plunkett alive in this tree that year. The tree records no wife for him, so 'Widower' is consistent with, but not checkable against, a marriage this tree lacks. COVERAGE: every line of the parish (pp. 67-70, folios [f.44]-[f.45], closing 'Com~Roscommon ... Papts 53') was read on the images, so the count does not depend on a transcription spelling. Townlands: Killinatreen, Killumod, Carrowreagh, Dackloon, Knockrow, Tannoer, Lisdaly, Killappoge, Bunreagh. EXACTLY TWO Plunkett households in the parish — this one and Sisley Plunkett at Killumod on p. 67.
Research notes
Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.
Research note · 31 Jul 2026
Audited 31 Jul 2026 — his first. ★ THE CENSUS OF ELPHIN 1749 PUTS A PATRICK PLUNKETT AT KNOCKROE. Killummod parish, p. 68 [f.44]: 'KNOCKROW | PATRICK PLUNKETT WIDOWER PAP. | Farmer' with 1 child above 14, 3 men servants and 2 women servants, all Papist. ⭐ 'Knockrow' is the 1749 spelling of Knockroe, the townland inside Killummod civil parish — the first RECORD ever to name this family's Knockroe, which until now rested on tree data and a French baptismal place-string. ⭐ A GENTRY-SCALE HOUSEHOLD (five servants) on pages otherwise full of Cottagers and Herds with none — and PAPIST, which is exactly why the Down Survey, Simington and Pender found no Plunkett PROPRIETOR here in 1641 or 1670: that negative was about proprietorship, silent on tenancy, under Penal Laws barring Catholic ownership. ◎ THE IDENTIFICATION IS GRADED STRONG, NOT PROVEN — the record carries NO AGE AND NO PARENTAGE. Basis: this tree ALREADY recorded his death place as the string 'Knockrow, Ireland', the census's own spelling, arrived at independently; b. bef 1690 makes him ~59; and he is the only Patrick Plunkett alive in this tree in 1749. No wife is recorded for him, so 'Widower' is consistent with but NOT checkable against a marriage this tree does not have. A Residence 1749 at Knockroe was added; his death date was NOT touched, and his death place was re-pointed from the stray string 'Knockrow, Ireland' to the normalised 'Knockroe, Killummod, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland'. The record is the IMC printed edition (Legg, Dublin 2004) of manuscript NAI M2464, read as page images on FindMyPast, not the manuscript hand. COVERAGE: every line of Killummod parish (pp. 67-70) was read on the images, and there are EXACTLY TWO Plunkett households in it. Memo: ancestry/plunkett-dunsoghly-junction.md
Elsewhere
This person on Ancestry (sign-in required)