Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMatilda COX 
1809
1809Birth6 Jun 1829, New York1815, place only,5087, date only
Death9 Sep 1896, Bronson?, Bourbon, Kansas5087 Age: 67
BurialBronson Cemetery, Bronson, Bourbon, Kansas5087
FatherWilliam COX
MotherUNNAMED
Census Data
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 21, born NY.1815,1816
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 31, b NY.1817
• 1880 Census: Penn, Osborne, Kansas. Age 51, b NY. Father b VT; mother b CT.5088
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 31, b NY.1817
• 1880 Census: Penn, Osborne, Kansas. Age 51, b NY. Father b VT; mother b CT.5088
Spouses
Birth22 Apr 1823, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada1809,5086, date only,5087, citizenship application
RemovalJun 1839, United States5086 Age: 16
MemoPort of Odgensburg, New York
Naturalization4 Sep 1844, Ogle County, Illinois5086 Age: 21
Settlementbef 1870, Kansas5088 Age: 46
Death1 Apr 1900, Bronson, Bourbon, Kansas5087 Age: 76
BurialBronson Cemetery, Bronson, Bourbon, Kansas5087
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherRichard MARTIN (1796-1866)
MotherBelinda WOODCOCK (1798-1866)
Individual Notes
• Freeman Martin
Application to become a citizen
Filed 4 Sept 1844
H. Roberts Clerk
To the Honorable John Dean Caton presiding Judge of the circuit court in and for the county of Ogle and the State of Illinois.
I Freeman Martin an alien born free white person of the age 21 years do hereby in conformity with the first condition specified in the first section of the act of Congress entitle “An Act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization and to repeal the acts heretofore xxxxx on the subject” approved the 11th day of April 1802 declare and make known to the said Circuit Court that my true and proper name is Freeman Martin, that I was born in the Township of xxxx in the province of Upper Canada of the Kingdom of Great Britain on or about the twenty second day of April AD 1823 that I am about twenty one years old that I belong to the British nation and owed allegiance to the Queen of Great Britain that I migrated from said township of xxxx in said Province and Kingdom on or about the month of June 1839 and arrived at the Port of Ogdensburg in the State of New York and in the United States of America. In the month of June or July AD 1839 that I have since my first arrival remained within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the said United States. And that it is bona fide my intention to renounce forever my allegiance and fidelity to every foreign province, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever and more particularly such allegiance and fidelity as I was in anywise owe to the said Queen of Great Britain either as a citizen or subject and to become a citizen of the United Sates and to locate myself for the jurisdiction (?) the Honorable J. D. Gaton Judge of the Circuit court in and for the County of Ogle and State of Illinois.
From the Naturalization Records for Ogle County
Martin, Freeman 9-4-1844 Declaration of Intention 1839-18525086
• I also have a lot of information on Freeman Martin and his descendants.2422
Application to become a citizen
Filed 4 Sept 1844
H. Roberts Clerk
To the Honorable John Dean Caton presiding Judge of the circuit court in and for the county of Ogle and the State of Illinois.
I Freeman Martin an alien born free white person of the age 21 years do hereby in conformity with the first condition specified in the first section of the act of Congress entitle “An Act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization and to repeal the acts heretofore xxxxx on the subject” approved the 11th day of April 1802 declare and make known to the said Circuit Court that my true and proper name is Freeman Martin, that I was born in the Township of xxxx in the province of Upper Canada of the Kingdom of Great Britain on or about the twenty second day of April AD 1823 that I am about twenty one years old that I belong to the British nation and owed allegiance to the Queen of Great Britain that I migrated from said township of xxxx in said Province and Kingdom on or about the month of June 1839 and arrived at the Port of Ogdensburg in the State of New York and in the United States of America. In the month of June or July AD 1839 that I have since my first arrival remained within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the said United States. And that it is bona fide my intention to renounce forever my allegiance and fidelity to every foreign province, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever and more particularly such allegiance and fidelity as I was in anywise owe to the said Queen of Great Britain either as a citizen or subject and to become a citizen of the United Sates and to locate myself for the jurisdiction (?) the Honorable J. D. Gaton Judge of the Circuit court in and for the County of Ogle and State of Illinois.
From the Naturalization Records for Ogle County
Martin, Freeman 9-4-1844 Declaration of Intention 1839-18525086
• I also have a lot of information on Freeman Martin and his descendants.2422
Census Data
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 27, farmer, born Canada. Enumerated adjacent to his father, Richard.1815,1816
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 37, farmer, $10,000; $1000, b W. Canada.1817
• 1870 Census: Osage, Allen, Kansas.5087
• 1880 Census: Penn, Osborne, Kansas. Age 57, b Canada. Farmer. Parents b Canada.5088
• 1885 Kansas Census: Penn, Osborne, Kansas.5087
• 1895 Kansas Census: Osborne, Osborne, Kansas.5087
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 37, farmer, $10,000; $1000, b W. Canada.1817
• 1870 Census: Osage, Allen, Kansas.5087
• 1880 Census: Penn, Osborne, Kansas. Age 57, b Canada. Farmer. Parents b Canada.5088
• 1885 Kansas Census: Penn, Osborne, Kansas.5087
• 1895 Kansas Census: Osborne, Osborne, Kansas.5087
Marriage3 Jul 1845, Dixon, Lee, Illinois1809, states 5 Jul,5087
ChildrenAlbert Eugene (1847-1931)
Lucena M. (1850-1942)
Harriet C. (1852-)
James Luther (1859-1930)
Fannie T. (1869-)
John Marion (1873-1966)