Katharine (Peterson) Woodcock (abt. 1769 - abt. 1820)

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Biography

Katharine (Catherine, Treinkie, Trienckia, Katy, Frankie) was born near Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, the daughter of Nicholas Peterson and Annatje Demarest. Loyalists, the family moved behind British lines in New York City by 1778. In 1783 they were transported in a British ship to Lower Canada and in the spring of 1784 they settled in Adolphustown Township, Upper Canada.

In 1783 or 1784 Katharine married Abraham Woodcock (1760-1835) of Fredericksburgh, Upper Canada (Ontario), next door to Adolphustown. They had 12 children, 1784-1811.

In 1793 she acquired land as the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist.

She was Treinkia or Katy or Frankia in Langhorne's records of her children's baptisms, which were in Fredericksburgh (Lennox County). The births were probably in Portland Township, Frontenac County.

Notes

Marriage abt 1783 to Abraham Woodcock, UE. Children

1. Hannah Woodcock 1784-1846; m John Dingman; Fredericksburgh, Percy Tp.
2. John Woodcock 1787 (bp1788); m 1818 Hester Ann "Hetty" Clark; Fredericksburgh, Sheffield Tp.
3. Elishia "Alida, Allada, Ally" Woodcock b 1791 (bp 1792)-1885; m 1807 Peter Woodcock
4. Abraham Woodcock 1792-1871; m 1. 1806 [!] Lavinia "Viney" Marsh 2. 1818 Hannah Card
5. Christopher Woodcock 1793 (bp 1798)-1875;
6. Nicholas Woodcock b 1794? (bp 1801); m Mariah Woodcock;
7. Paul Woodcock b 1796 (bp 1801); m Mary ___;
8. Mary Woodcock, b ~1799 (bp 1801)-1877; m 1819 William Wood;
9. David W. Woodcock, 1797 (bp 1804)-1897; m ~1824 Sarah Ann Parke/Parks;
10. Peter Woodcock, b 1805; Fredericksburgh
11. Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Woodcock, 1807? 1808?-1871; m James Parks/Parke
12. Jacob Woodcock 1814-1896; m ≥ 1834 Jane Hyland;

There have been claims that Treinka is a Mohawk Indian. Fay Doyle (nee Grindall) wrote: Mygrandmother, Mary Ann Woodcock lived to age 95. She talked of her father's mother Frankia who was a full blood Indian from the Iroquois Nation.

The 12 children whose profiles are listed above are the 12 in "Notes" above. Four of them are not in the 1819 census: Peter, Christopher, Elishia, and Mary had left home or are possibly in the census under the names Edward, Hitty, Caty, and Patty. A Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GWM1-KBC also lists 12 children but these include two named Peter (one presumably died in infancy) and it omits, of the 12 profiled, Hannah and Elishia, and like the profiles it omits Edward, Hitty, Caty and Patty. Of the five names only in the PRF or the census,

• 1. Peter was christened in 1788 and married Elenor Woodcock. But is he son of Abraham or of Abraham's brother Nicholas? There may be other confusions between these two families.
• 2. Caty of the census could be one of several related Catherines including Abraham's sister.
• 3, 4, and 5. Edward, Hitty, and Patty might also be related Woodcocks but not children of Abraham and Katharine.

Sources

Baptisms of her children: http://www.archive.org/stream/ontariohistory01ontauoft/ontariohistory01ontauoft_djvu.txt AND http://www.sfredheritage.on.ca/birthWXYZ.html

LAND PETITION OF CATHERINE PETERSON WOODCOCK Upper Canada Land Petitions "W" Bundle, Misc. 1787-1794 RG 1, L3, vol. 548 #153 Archives of Ontario, LAC Microfilm #C-2969 19 Feb 1793, Adolphustown, Katherine Peterson alias Woodcock, daughter of Nicholas Peterson Sr., Loyalist. She states that she is entitled to 200 acres of land [as per the Order in Council of 1789 granting land to sons and daughters of Loyalists]. She begs for land assigned to her in the Township of Richmond, County of Lennox.

http://www.tribalpages.com/family-tree/lymanofsheffield/83/408/Abraham-Woodcock-Family

1819 Census of Loughborough/Portland Townships, Frontenac County, Ontario, http://jgkeller.ca/Loughborough_Census_1819.html (Lists Abraham, "Cathrine," and 12 children but only eight names match those listed above; Christopher, Peter, Elishia, and Mary and are missing from the census and Edward, Hitty, Caty, and Patty are added. Abraham Jr.'s wife Hannah Woodcock is also listed.)