David Rodrigues

David in October 2021

### Children

Nurie Keller, Timothy Rodrigues, Kaylee Rodrigues, Renee Rodrigues, Phillip Rodrigues, Samuel Rodrigues, Gabriel Rodrigues, Tessie Rodrigues, Hannah Rodrigues, Olivia Rodrigues, Sadie Rodrigues, Sofia Rodrigues, Janessa Rodrigues

### Grandchildren

Nehemiah Keller, Newman Keller, Gideon Hill

David Rodrigues is the owner/operator of All Things Truth Printing, a printing company specialising in religious tracts. He is the eldest son of Julie Alger and John J Rodrigues Jr as well as the husband of Jill Rodrigues. Together they have thirteen children and three grandchildren.

## Early Life

David John Rodrigues was born on May 29, 1972 to Julianne (Alger) and John J Rodrigues Jr. He has one younger brother, Daniel, and two younger half sisters, Jaynell and Nichole. He grew up in Rochester, New York where many of his family members still reside.

David’s father served in the United State Army in Vietnam. He died from suicide on February 13, 1977 when David was only four years and Daniel had just turned three.

A few years later, David’s mother remarried. His two sisters were born from this marriage.

As a child, David spent a lot of time with his paternal grandparents who were born to Portuguese immigrants.

In 1989, David’s niece was born to his brother, Daniel. At some point in the 1990s, Daniel was in a car accident and became paralysed from the waist down, confining him to a wheelchair.

## Conversion

David was not raised in a Christian home. Although he rarely speaks of his life before conversion, his wife, Jill, has spoken about it on several occasions. According to her, throughout David’s childhood, he was living a “horrible life of sin”. She says he was into “drugs, alcohol, smoking, girls, parties, bad music, rebellion, long hair, dirty mouth”.

One day, when David was 18 years old, a man came up to him at the mall and began to proselytise to him before being kicked out by a security gaurd. Some months later, David remembered this encounter and prayed to Jesus to be saved.

Over the next year, David wandered into a local Rochester church where, at the age of 19, he met 12 year old Jill Noyes. From there he went to New York City to help build churches before returning to Rochester in 1997 to court a now 18 year old Jill.

## Family

### Courtship

In 1991, David met his future wife, Jill. She was only 12 years old and was smitten by the “tall, dark, and handsome” newcomer, but he didn’t notice her until two years later. Four years later, when David was 24, he began to pursue 18 year old Jill. He proposed in May 1997 and the couple married on October 4, 1997. He was 25 and she was 18.

### Fatherhood

A year and half into marriage, David’s first child, Nurie was born on April 19, 1999. Within nine years, Jill gave birth to nine children, Timothy (3/16/00), Kaylee (7/6/01), Renee (6/18/02), Phillip (7/22/03), Samuel (11/24/04), Gabriel (5/26/06), Tessie (7/9/07), and Hannah (9/30/08).

After a three year gap, Jill gave birth to four more children, Olivia (1/04/12), followed by Sadie (11/27/13), Sofia (7/15/15), and finally Janessa (4/11/18).

### Grandchildren

#### Nurie's Family

On July 25, 2020, David’s daughter Nurie married Nathan Keller. They have two children, Nehemiah David (10/11/21) and Newman Christian (11/16/22)

#### Kaylee's Family

On November 5, 2022, David's daughter Kaylee married Jonathon Hill. They have one son named Gideon Daniel, who was born 8 weeks early on July 5, 2023.

## Relocating

David and Jill stayed in New York for the first fifteen years of their marriage. There, David taught a class for young, married couples until around 2008 or so.

In 2012, David moved his family to West Virginia. His in-laws, Pat and Tim Noyes, followed them, living in the Family RV for a few years before finding their own home. When David and his family travelled, his in-laws moved into their house.

In 2017, the Noyeses bought their own home four houses down the road from David and Jill.

In 2019 the family moved to Ohio.

Each move was preceded by some sort of call or visit by Child Protective Services, causing many to believe the moves were more about avoiding the authorities and any kind of accountability regarding the children’s health and education.

## RV Living

The family spends a lot of time living in an RV while traveling the country. In 2015, they were living in the RV full time. Sofia, Jill’s 12th child, was conceived and born during this time.

## References

1. ↑ https://rodriguesfamilyministries.com/main/?page\_id=50
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209376928/john-j-rodrigues
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rodriguesfamilylovesjesus/posts/2700159193555750
4. ↑ https://rodriguesfamilyministries.com/main/?page\_id=169
5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rodriguesfamilylovesjesus/posts/2389165744655098
6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rodriguesfamilylovesjesus/posts/1941311512773859?\_\_cft\_\_%5B0%5D=AZXt-udLfe\_BmkKGJ1vlBBZUQ-8zx-xT53IxNg1IxiCKIwyhtD9KeWu3zcSTOcGnefNLAHch4swGqOov11SrdIY-79j\_F4U1oFJhsxM31IVVng&\_\_tn\_\_=%2CO%2CP-R
7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rodriguesfamilylovesjesus/posts/1592403187664695?\_\_cft\_\_%5B0%5D=AZVu8wFHhvm5KTklxSfCgAYYdjwJkTLwOZNlSeg-\_Bf3WEWeyljwtz9V-XH0m\_GdDCAGVwzxyp3TFBS9xNXAghz1DjppPrDlAYaVCz6UzVIHagG5hCECYs-vIeKzzVowFhw&\_\_tn\_\_=%2CO%2CP-R
8. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rodriguesfamilylovesjesus/posts/1581323562105991?\_\_cft\_\_%5B0%5D=AZWFungiFKruWAGWqmoSqwIeg4WuO3zrrkPuh98oly8yXHFIMhTn\_-XC8HRds2PF22LWuQi2E7ybcYN\_djTVjB4QhsRA0MSvFYWe5gT5XqZMJgxpQMzVSchTO7N7VJVQ4ho&\_\_tn\_\_=%2CO%2CP-R
9. ↑ https://rodriguesfamilyministries.com/main/?p=2160