ANCESTRY OF ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE DILL





According to the gravestone of William Dill (of Preble County, Ohio and Rush
County, Indiana, who married Mary “Polly” Heaton), he died on 18 March 1859,
aged 66 years and 26 days; thus he was born on 20 February 1793.  The 1850
census states that he was born in Delaware.  According to the Mormon website,
his birthplace was Kent County, Delaware; his father was Solomon Dill, who
died in Greene County, Ohio on 9 January 1836; his mother was Sarah.  In the
1830 census, Solomon and Sarah Dill, both aged 60-69, were living at Caesars
Creek, Greene County, Ohio, with a couple aged 20-29, and no children.

The Dill family of Kent County, Delaware, is well documented in the Tax
Assessments, posted online at http://home.att.net/~ehdill/DELtax.html
by Ellis H. Dill, 21 July 1993.  His notes are excerpted below:

   An assessment is the listing and valuation of property for the
   purpose of apportioning a tax upon it.  Assessment records are tax
   records reported by the individual assessors who were elected or
   appointed for each Hundred in Kent County.  The following excerpts
   are copied from a microfilm of the original hand written records of
   the State of Delaware, Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs,
   Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Kent County Assessments
   1727-1850.  The records are arranged chronologically and subdivided
   by the names of the individual Hundreds:  Duck Creek, Little Creek,
   Mispillion, Murderkill, and St. Jones.  Some pages are fragmented,
   unreadable, or not dated.  I have tried to find all of the DILL
   names, but I make no claim of completeness or accuracy.

The name of Solomon Dill, Jr. (father of William Dill, grandfather of David
R. Dill) first appears in the Tax Assessments for Murderkill Hundred in the
year 1774.  From this I conclude that he was born earlier than 1760, possibly
1756, the year his parents, Solomon and Rachel Dill, were married (see
below).  His estimated birth date of 1760, as it appears on the Mormon
website, is probably derived from the 1830 census.  One researcher stated
that he has “never been able to find law for taxes in Delaware in colonial
times and none of experts seem to know. It would appear that white male would
appear no later than the age of 21 and no earlier than age of 16.”

Source:  http://www.dmitchelljones.org/dill.htm

The name of Solomon Dill, Sr. first appears in the Tax Assessments for
Murderkill Hundred in the year 1751.  According to the Mormon website he
was born in June 1727 at Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware; he was
the son of William and Mary Dill, and was married in 1756 in Kent County,
Delaware.  His will was probated 25 March 1783 in Kent County, Delaware.
His wife Rachel, who survived him, was administrator of his estate
(Register of Wills, Liber L, Folio 272, from Calendar of Kent County
Delaware Probate Records 1680-1800. Compiled by Leon deValinger, Jr.
Public Archives Commission, State of Delaware, 1944, page 348).

The Tax Assessments for Kent County, Delaware actually begin in the year
1726, at which time John Dill and William Dill appear on the rolls for
Murderkill Hundred.  According to the Mormon website, William Dill was
born c. 1690 at Corry, Fanad, Donegal, Ireland, and was married c. 1725
in Kent County, Delaware.  His will was probated 27 December 1760 at Kent
County, Delaware:


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