Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameBelinda WOODCOCK 
Birth20 Jul 1798, Augusta, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada1823
Death12 Apr 1866, Lafayette Township, Ogle, Illinois1823 Age: 67
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherJonathan WOODCOCK (1768-1824)
MotherLucy BISHOP (1768-1858)
Individual Notes
• Daughter of Jonathan Woodcock & Lucy Bishop.1824
Census Data
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy, 1 girl.1720, p 9,1724, p 9
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 52, b Canada.1820,1821
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 61, b W. Canada.1822
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 52, b Canada.1820,1821
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 61, b W. Canada.1822
Spouses
Birth21 Apr 1796, Augusta, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada1814, date only,1711, place only
RemovalJun 1839, Illinois1815, p 23 Age: 43
Removal1838, Ogle County, Illinois1708, p 365 Age: 41
Death12 Apr 1866, Lafayette Township, Ogle, Illinois1816, date only,1817, p 4,1710 Age: 69
Probate21 May 1866, Ogle County, Illinois1815, p 25,1817, p 5,1818, p 2 Age: 70
MemoProbate Record #830, Ogle County, Illinois
ResidenceOgle County, Illinois1711
FatherJames MARTIN (1766-1838)
MotherHannah BASS (1776-1806)
Individual Notes
• My source [for his birthdate] is a piece of paper without sources referenced that my Great Aunts left to my Grandfather.1819
• The following year [1838] brought Moses Nettleton, Richard Martin...[from Canada to the area.]1708, p 365
• Said to be a Methodist minister.1802
• There has always been a story that Richard Martin was a Methodist preacher. The description of this man as a “shouting Methodist” has survived. In W. L. Tolstead’s words, “Dad said that Grandmother Tolstedt’s maiden name was Martin, and that he was a Methodist minister, and a shouting one at that; the kind that shouts ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Amen’, etc. There was a peculiar religious fanatical trend in the family that might be best called ‘Puritanism’.” Eliza [daughter] apparently raised the children as Methodists despite their father’s atheism. We have no real evidence that Richard was a minister. We did find one reference in the centennial history of the Lighthouse Methodist Church in Daysville, Illinois, Light House Religious History 1836-1936 to “Richard Martin, later a local minister”. In the United States Census of 1850 and again in 1860, Richard is listed as a farmer.1815, p 25
• The following year [1838] brought Moses Nettleton, Richard Martin...[from Canada to the area.]1708, p 365
• Said to be a Methodist minister.1802
• There has always been a story that Richard Martin was a Methodist preacher. The description of this man as a “shouting Methodist” has survived. In W. L. Tolstead’s words, “Dad said that Grandmother Tolstedt’s maiden name was Martin, and that he was a Methodist minister, and a shouting one at that; the kind that shouts ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Amen’, etc. There was a peculiar religious fanatical trend in the family that might be best called ‘Puritanism’.” Eliza [daughter] apparently raised the children as Methodists despite their father’s atheism. We have no real evidence that Richard was a minister. We did find one reference in the centennial history of the Lighthouse Methodist Church in Daysville, Illinois, Light House Religious History 1836-1936 to “Richard Martin, later a local minister”. In the United States Census of 1850 and again in 1860, Richard is listed as a farmer.1815, p 25
Census Data
• 1806 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.1722
• 1813 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Unmarried, age 16-50.1723
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 54, b Canada. Farmer. $1500.1820,1821
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 63, b W. Canada. Farmer. $2,000; $8001822
• 1813 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Unmarried, age 16-50.1723
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 54, b Canada. Farmer. $1500.1820,1821
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 63, b W. Canada. Farmer. $2,000; $8001822
Marriage9 Feb 1815, Augusta, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada1711,1720, p 8,1734, p 79
Family Notes
• 14 children.1819
ChildrenJonathan (1817-1870)
Hannah (1819-1900)
Margaret (1821-1851)
Freeman (1823-1900)
Isaac (1825-1894)
James (1826-1890)
Electa Leota (1827-1858)
Lucy M. (1829-1914)
Anson G. (1833-1888)
William (Died young) (1833-<1837)
William Henry (1837-1907)
Elizabeth (1839-1893)
Oliver (Not in father’s will) (1843-1900)
Ezra (1844-1885)