He spent a few months as curate of Kendal, then ministered at Witherslack, before migrating with his wife and five children to the young colony of South Australia on the barque Emu, accompanied by Rev.
[3] With this appointment he became ex officio a Governor of St. Peter's College, and one of the Attorneys for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Adelaide, as well as Examiner of prospective deacons and priests.
His remains were interred in the North Adelaide Cemetery alongside those of his daughter, Sophia Cussens.
(William) John Woodcock (3 November 1808 – 25 May 1868) married Mary Carter (10 May 1814 – 28 May 1902)[7] at Chelmsford, Essex, in 1837.
Their children included: Mrs Woodcock, Mrs. Ewbank, Mrs. Worsnop and others left for London per Rodney in March 1879.