Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameObediah Martin 
Birth1761, New South Wales Plantation, Amherst Co VA
Death1825, Surry Co NC Age: 64
Spouses
1Winifred Cook 669, 5G Aunt
669, 5G AuntBirthca 1765
Deathaft 1850 Age: 85
FatherWilliam Nichols Cook (1730-1810)
Marriage25 Sep 1785, Surry Co NC3070
Notes for Winifred (Spouse 1)
Winifred Cook (c1765 – aft1840)3070
Obediah Martin married Winifred Cook on 25 September 1785 in Surry County, the marriage performed by Salathiel Martin, JP according to the widow’s pension application. At the time, Obediah was living in Martin’s District, where William Cook was a justice and William N. Cook the constable. Winifred Cook must have been a daughter of William N. Cook, for there are several reasons to exclude her as a child of William Cook. Obediah Martin was a brother of Salathiel Martin, proven by a variety of records. He appears in each Surry tax list and census until his death. His will, dated 4 July 1822, names his wife Winifred and children David, William, Alfred, Joseph W., Elizabeth, Tennessee, Mary, Vianna McMickle, and Sarah Spencer. Winifred Martin was still alive in 1840 when she applied for a widow’s pension. Winifred is not mentioned among the eleven children of William Cook in his 1801 will, thus is almost certainly a daughter of William N. Cook.
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1850 Census of Rusk, Rusk Co TX
Household Members Age
Winna Martin 90
Obediah McMickel 23
jridley47: Winnefred/Winnie Cook Martin, age 90, is living with her grandson, Obediah McMickle, age 23, on 1850 Census in Rusk Co. Texas. This corresponds with her birth year of 1761 in NC. It cannot be her dau, Winnie, because her dau. was born in 1798. Vianna Martin married John McMickle or Mickles, father of Obediah Mickles, shown as age 23 on 1850 census.
Obediah Martin married Winifred Cook on 25 September 1785 in Surry County, the marriage performed by Salathiel Martin, JP according to the widow’s pension application. At the time, Obediah was living in Martin’s District, where William Cook was a justice and William N. Cook the constable. Winifred Cook must have been a daughter of William N. Cook, for there are several reasons to exclude her as a child of William Cook. Obediah Martin was a brother of Salathiel Martin, proven by a variety of records. He appears in each Surry tax list and census until his death. His will, dated 4 July 1822, names his wife Winifred and children David, William, Alfred, Joseph W., Elizabeth, Tennessee, Mary, Vianna McMickle, and Sarah Spencer. Winifred Martin was still alive in 1840 when she applied for a widow’s pension. Winifred is not mentioned among the eleven children of William Cook in his 1801 will, thus is almost certainly a daughter of William N. Cook.
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1850 Census of Rusk, Rusk Co TX
Household Members Age
Winna Martin 90
Obediah McMickel 23
jridley47: Winnefred/Winnie Cook Martin, age 90, is living with her grandson, Obediah McMickle, age 23, on 1850 Census in Rusk Co. Texas. This corresponds with her birth year of 1761 in NC. It cannot be her dau, Winnie, because her dau. was born in 1798. Vianna Martin married John McMickle or Mickles, father of Obediah Mickles, shown as age 23 on 1850 census.