Patrick Joseph Twomey

1755 - 1825  (70 years)

• Name	Patrick Joseph Twomey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1755	Cork County, Ireland   [1, 2, 4, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1775	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 4]
  	Age: 20; from "Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1796"
  Employer	1775	Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	Indentured Servant (Runaway)
  Employer	1777	Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Runaway Indentured Servant (2nd Escape) from Charles Reed
  Census	1790	Stokes County, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  Census	1820	Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA   [6]
  	Battalion 3 or Forks of the Yadkin
  FSID	L5DM-5FF
  Probate	1825	Rowan County, North Carolina, USA   [5]
  Death	Aug 1825	Rowan County, North Carolina, USA   [4, 5, 7]
  Person ID	I21805	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Twomey
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	twomey
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Barrett,   b. 1755, North Carolina, USA d. 1820, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1779	North Carolina, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Nancy Annis Twomey,   b. 1766, York County, Virginia, USA d. 1873, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA (Age 107 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Allen Twomey,   b. 1800, North Carolina, USA d. 1825 (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. _____ Twomey,   b. Abt 1790  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Anna Twomey,   b. 1785, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Dec 1877, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Issac Twomey,   b. 1797, North Carolina, USA d. 3 Oct 1877, Centerville, Hickman, Tennessee, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Elizabeth Ann Molloy Twomey,   b. 1781, North Carolina, USA d. 1850 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Margaret Twomey,   b. 1787, North Carolina, USA d. 8 May 1881, Cork County, Ireland (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. James Richard Twomey,   b. 1800, North Carolina, USA d. 1825 (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Mary Ellen Twomey,   b. 1780, Maryland, USA d. 4 Dec 1877, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. William Barrack Twomey, Sr,   b. 1 Jan 1793, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 1850, Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Thomas Lawful Twomey,   b. 1789, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 1872, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Cowell,   b. 23 Dec 1783, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, USA d. 19 Nov 1862, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1820	North Carolina, USA   [4, 8]
  Children	1. George Washington Twomey,   b. 1823, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. Sep 1869, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1755 - Cork County, Ireland Immigration - Age: 20; from "Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1796" - 1775 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Employer - Indentured Servant (Runaway) - 1775 - Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Employer - Runaway Indentured Servant (2nd Escape) from Charles Reed - 1777 - Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 1779 - North Carolina, USA Census - 1790 - Stokes County, North Carolina, USA Census - Battalion 3 or Forks of the Yadkin - 1820 - Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 1820 - North Carolina, USA Probate - 1825 - Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Death - Aug 1825 - Rowan County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-TWOMEY Twomey Coat of Arms

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  Bio-TWOMEY Patrick Patrick Joseph Twomey

  
  

  News

  News-TWOMEY Patrick (Runaway) "Patrick Tumney" Charles Reed, Chester PA (2nd Escape) -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices, 1728-1796

  
  

• Sources

  [S2190] Ancestry.com, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices, 1728-1796, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices, 1728-1796 [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1775; Page Number: . Birth date: abt 1755 Birth place: Arrival date: 1775 Arrival place: Pennsylvania http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=3091691&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S8239] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Stokes, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 553; Image: 319; Family History Library Film: 0568147. 1790 United States Federal Census Year: 1790; Census Place: Stokes, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 553; Image: 319; Family History Library Film: 0568147 [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Patrick Twomey http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=13300205345&indiv=try [S456] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;), Wills, 1757-1959; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Rowan County); Probate Place: Rowan, North Carolina. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 Wills, 1757-1959; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Rowan County); Probate Place: Rowan, North Carolina [S2060] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;). North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S1101] Find a Grave: COWELL Elizabeth Twomey 1781-1862, Elizabeth Cowell Twomey. BIRTH: 1781 North Carolina DEATH: 19 Nov 1862 (aged 80–81) Gibson County, Tennessee BURIAL: Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Yorkville, Gibson, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 59102680 Married first to Tully Robinson about 1802, then to Patrick Twomey in 1821 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59102680