DILL

Ref:

(1) "History of York, ME"- Banks, Vol.I, pp.210,261
(2) York Deeds- I, 101
(3) Mass. Archives- III, 341
(4) York Deeds- IV, 135
(5) Ibid- VI, 95

Dill Genealogy-Joseph Odiorne, Brunswick, ME (unpublished)
Dill: Descendants of Daniel 1660, York, ME- Helen W. Kernoul, pp.1-2
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p.196

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b.1666
m. SARAH (2) HUTCHINS (m.2.before 4 July 1716 Charles Trafton, living in 1739)
d. between 1708 and 1716

John had land grants in York from 1703 until 1708 which were laid out to heirs in 1722. He purchased land near the York River from Benjamin Preble 28 Apr. 1709. Charles Trafton and his wife Sarah were the sureties for John's estate 4 July 1716. The inventory of his estate amounted to £187/14/6.

Issue-

Ref:

Dill Genealogy- Joseph Odiorne
Dill: Descendants of Daniel 1660, York, ME- p.5
Genealogies of York, ME Families- Gertrude Hall, p.44
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p.196
York Co. Registry of Probate- No.4377,4478
York Deeds- XV, 202; XXXVIII, 162; LX, 251; XCIII, 28
Genealogical Notes- Col. Charles Banks, microfilm, NY Genealogical & Biographical Society
Diary of Reverend John Pike- Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 14, p.132
Old Kittery and Her Families- Stackpole, p.542
Vital Records of York- Bragdon, N.E.H.G.R., 110,p.282

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b. 26 May 1712 York, ME
m. by 1734 RUTH (3) PARSONS (b.5 Nov. 1711 York, ME, d. after 1760 North Yarmouth, ME)
d. after 1760 North Yarmouth, ME

Charles Trafton was chosen Enoch's Guardian 23 Nov. 1728 and an account of the estate was given by Sarah Brookings 21 Apr. 1729.

Enoch Dill of York, Husbandman sold to Alexander Junkins Jr. of York, husbandman for £63 "a certain Parcel of Upland lying on the South West Side of York River being Part of my Father's Land there which he died seized of the sd Parcel hereby granted contains Seven Acres..." signed by Enoch and Ruth Dill 21 Aug. 1733.(1)

Enoch then sold to Mary Crosby of York, widow 10 acres of land on the north side of the York River for £10 "being the land wch our Hond Grandfather Daniel Dill late of York Decd. purchased of Rowland Young of York aforesd as by his Deed Dated December 4th 1666." Signed by Enoch and Ruth Dill 27 May 1734.(2) Mary then sold to her brother Enoch "Real Estate on the South West Side of York River which did formerly belong to our Hond. Father John Dill late of York aforesd. Deced." 27 May 1734.(3)

Enoch sold to Crisp Bradbury of York, Joyner 12 1/4 acres on the southwest side of the York River for £88/15/0, signed by Enoch and Ruth Dill 12 Aug. 1734.(4) Enoch sold seven more acres of land in the same area to Bradbury for £51/2/0, 3 Oct. 1734.(5) He then sold to Bradbury for £29/4/0 four more acres on the southwest side of the York River near Goose Cove next to land Bradbury had purchased from him 3 Oct. 1734, signed by Enoch Dill 12 Nov. 1734.(6)

Enoch sold to Alexander Junkins Jr. of York, Yeoman for £25 three acres on the southwest side of the York River 7 June 1735 as well as six acres on the southwest side of the river for £25, 7 June 1738 and Enoch "shall keep harmless... from all Claims... that shall or may hereafter be made by any Person or Persons by Reason Sarah Trafton late Sarah Dill having Right of Dower in the aforesd Lands conveyd by Eno Dill in Case of ye Death of the aforesd Eno Dill having Right of Dower in the aforesd Lands."(7) Enoch then sold to Alexander Junkins Jr. and Alexander McIntire land on the southwest side of the river for £77, 17 June 1735. The next day Enoch sold nine more acres to them on the Kittery line for £50.(8)

On 3 Mar. 1737 Enoch Dill of York, Yeoman sold 100 acres of land in Wells to Zacheus Trafton.

Enoch moved to North Yarmouth after Jan. 1743 were he appointed Joseph Parsons of York, blacksmith as attorney for the estate of his mother Sarah Trafton.(9)

On 5 Apr. 1762 Enoch Dill of North Yarmouth purchased land in North Yarmouth from Joshua Banks of Falmouth. On 29 May 1765 Enoch Dill, husbandman and Andrew Gray, yeoman both of North Yarmouth divided two 100 acre lots (No.42 & 43) originally the property of Seth Mitchell.(10) The northeast part of town was known as Harriseekit where on 7 Mar. 1774 Enoch or his son signed a petition.

Issue-

I. Enoch- b. between 1735 & 1740, m. before 1757 Droaxa ______, d. at sea in 1780's during a passage from Boston to Maine. The schooner with all its passengers was lost. Enoch lived in North Yarmouth and served in the Revolutionary War defending the coast.
II. Mary-b. before 1737, m. James Anderson (b.10 May 1747)
4III. JOHN- b.c.1740, m. 12 July 1761 SARAH (8) COFFIN, d. after 1808 Lewiston, ME
IV. Josiah- d. after 1779. Josiah was a Revolutionary War soldier.

Ref:

(1) York Deeds- Vol.16, p.67
(2) Ibid- p.134
(3) Ibid-
(4) Ibid- p.208
(5) Ibid- p.239
(6) Ibid-
(7) Ibid- Vol.17, p.96
(8) Ibid- pp.118,120
(9) Ibid- Vol.39, p.207
(10) Ibid- p.258

Dill Genealogy- Joseph Odiorne
Dill: Descendants of Daniel 1660, York, ME- pp.5-8,11
Genealogical Records, Bible Records and Sketches of the Hathaway and Dill Families of Gardiner, ME- Mrs. George B. Peacock, p.16
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p.196
Vital Records of York- Bragdon, N.E.H.G.R., Vol.110, pp.58,110
Maine Wills-pp.393-4
Three Centuries of Freeport, ME- p.36

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b.c.1740 York, ME
m.1. 12 July 1761 Falmouth or Yarmouth, ME, SARAH (8) COFFIN (b.7 May 1740, d. by 1804 Lewiston, ME)
2. 13 July 1804 Lewiston, ME, Sarah (Hallowell) Hathaway of Freeport
d. after 1808 Lewiston, ME

John contributed 1000 lathes to St. Paul's Church in Falmouth 23 July 1764.

He served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. John Worthey in Col. Edmund Phinney's (31st) Regiment. He enlisted 14 May 1775 and is mentioned in the company return of Oct. 1775 at Cambridge and on 2 Nov. 1775 at Fort No.2 in Cambridge.(1)

In 1776 Stephen and Thomas Coffin, and John and Enoch Dill came to Lewiston from Freeport and North Yarmouth with the Dills living on lot No.18 which they purchased from Jonathan Bagly of Amesbury and Moses Little of Newbury on 27 Aug. 1777. John sold 4 acres of this lot to his son Enoch 30 Mar. 1804. On 20 Feb. 1808 John sold 35 more acres to his son Josiah.

"John Dills mark for Cattle & sheep is a crop of each ear and happenny the under side the left ear."(2)

On 1 Jan. 1788 there were 76 families in Lewiston including John and Josiah Dill. The Dill cemetery on lot No.18 in south Lewiston between Lisbon St. and Sabattus Rd. in Garcelan Field is now developed into houses & businesses, the new people using the tombstones in the foundations of their homes.

Issue-

I. Josiah- b. 31 Aug. 1762, m. 13 Sept. 1781 Abigail Ray (b. 3 Aug. 1762 Lewiston, ME, d. 1 Aug. 1839 Lewiston, ME) d. 20 Dec. 1827 Nyerville, Ohio
II. Dorcas- b. 9 Apr. 1764, m. William Golder (b. NY, d. 1846) d. 14 Oct. 1845
III. Sarah- b. 10 Apr. 1766, m. 8 Jan. 1785 Joshua Lake
IV. Polly- b. 29 May 1768, m. ______ Haley
5V. ENOCH- b. 12 Feb. 1770 Falmouth, ME, m.1. 17 Apr. 1792 ANN (3) ROSS (b. 15 July 1763, d.10 Nov. 1827) 2. 3 June 1828 Sally Robinson (b. 3 Mar. 1787) d. 23 Oct. 1832
6VI. HANNAH- b. 12 Feb. 1773, m. 2 Sept. 1797 Lewiston, ME, JOSHUA (5) HALEY
VII. Cathy- b. 12 Feb. 1773, d. 15 Mar. 1795 Lewiston,ME
VIII. John- b. 18 Sept. 1775, m. 21 Sept. 1798 Lewiston,ME Seriah Miller (b.7 Mar. 1776 Lewiston,ME) d.28 Feb. 1853
IX. Joseph- b. 6 Mar. 1777 Lewiston, ME, m.1. 2 Dec. 1804 Lewiston, ME, Polly Read, 2. Annie Buker
X. James- b. 16 July 1781 Lewiston, ME, m.1. 18 Nov. 1806 Lewiston, ME, Elizabeth Elliot of Brunswick, 2. Mary Goff, 3. Nancy Nesbet, d. 12 May 1867

Ref:

(1) Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors- Vol.IV, p.769
(2) Lewiston Vital Records- p.307

Genealogical Records, Bible Records and Sketches of the Hathaway and Dill Families of Gardiner, ME- p.16
Forgotten Chronicals of Lewiston's History- William Garcelan, Lewiston Evening Journal, 1,7 Feb. 1935
Gardiner Reporter Journal, 28 Jan, 11,25 Feb. 1910, O.B. Clason
Janus Elder's notes on the Dill Family- Androscoggin Hist. Soc.
History of Cumberland County- p.178
Dill Genealogy- Joseph Odiorne
History of Androscoggin County- Georgia Drew Merrill, p.350
Dill: Descendants of Daniel 1660, York, ME- pp.15-7, 19, 22

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b. 12 Feb. 1770 Falmouth, ME
m. 1. 17 Apr. 1792 Brunswick, ME, ANN (3) ROSS (b. 12 Feb. 1763, d. 10 Nov. 1827 Gardiner, ME)
2. 3 June 1828 Gardiner, Sally Robinson (b. 3 Mar. 1787)
d. 23 Oct. 1832 Gardiner, ME

Enoch was one of the first of the Dill family to move to Gardiner. He was a brick and stone mason by trade and built the Bowman Block and also the City Building. He lived on Brunswick Ave. on what was known as the Ben Sewall Hildreth Place.

"Enoch Dills Mark for Cattle & sheep is a hole in the right ear & a happenny the under side the left ear."(1)

Ellison Brown of Topsham, yeoman sold to Enoch Dill of Gardiner, Mason, 20 acres of land in Litchfield between County Rd. and Cobbossee Pond for $100, 1 May 1817.(2) On 18 Aug. 1818 Benjamin Shaw of Bowdoinham, Esquire and Enoch Dill of Gardiner, yeoman sold to James Sheafe of Portsmouth, Esquire 41 acres of lot No.38 in Litchfield for $287.(3)

Issue-

I. William Ross- b. 30 Jan. 1793 Lewiston, ME, m. 9 Feb. 1811 New Sharon, ME, Eliza Church, drowned 1 July 1825 Gardiner
II. Catherine- b. 3 Apr. 1795 Lewiston, ME, m.1 Aug. 1819 John Stevens, d.25 Feb. 1835
III. Enoch Jr.- b. 19 Aug. 1799, m. 17 Jan. 1822 Betsey Edgecomb, d. 10 Aug. 1846 bur. Highland Ave. Cemetery
7IV. MARTHA- b. 17 Sept. 1802, m. 1. 18 May 1824 Benjamin Urmstead 2. 2 Nov. 1832 JOHN (4) McCAUSLAND 3. 9 May 1866 Henry Wakefield, d. 6 July 1889 Gardiner, ME

Ref:

(1) Lewiston Vital Records- p.307
(2) Lincoln Co. Deeds- Vol.10, p.181
(3) Ibid- p.183

Dill: Descendants of Daniel 1660, York, ME- p.27
Genealogical Records, Bible Records and Sketches of the Hathaway and Dill Families of Gardiner, ME- p.17
Janus Elder's notes- Androscoggin Hist. Soc.
Cumberland Co. Records of Marriages 1786-1795- p.147
Gardiner Daily Reporter Journal- 28 Jan., 11 Feb. 1910, O.B. Clason

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