DILL
1. WILLIAM1 DILL b ca 1706 d bet 2 Nov 1760 &
27 Dec 1760 Kent Co., DE m Mary _______ b ca 1708 d abt Nov 1782 Kent Co., DE.
William lived in Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DE, at the head of Choptank
River, near present Whiteleysburg, DE. William is on the tax lists of Murderkill
Hd in 1726, 1727-1735, 1738, 1740, and 1741-1758. Will of William Dill from
Liber K folio 251, Kent Co., DE Probate Records.:
In the name of God amen the 2
day of November in the year of our Lord 1760 I William Dill of the County of
Kent on Dillaware planter being very sick and weak in body but being of perfect
mind and memory thanks be given unto God their for Cauling unto mind the
mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die do make
and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first
of all I give and recommend my spirit into the hands of God that gave it and for
my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and descent
manner at the discretion of my executors nothing doughting but at the general
resurrection I shall receive the same again by the almighty power of God and as
touching such as my worldly estate where hath pleased God to bless me in this
life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form
first I do order that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and
satisfied Then I give and bequeath unto Mary my dear wife the precesions where I
now liveth her lifetime Then I give to my well beloved youngest son the home
plantation with fifty acres of land and a good horse Then the rest of my lands
to be equally divided amoungst my six eldest sons Then to my two youngest
daughters each of them a good feather bed and a cow and calf Then all my
moveables to be equally divided amoungst all my sons and daughters after Mary my
wife decease.
Witness present:
John
Dill
William "X" Dill
Mary "X" Dill
Mary, wife of William Dill, did not leave a will but an adminstrators
bond was posted on 2 December 1782 for her estate by Elijah Dill (son of Edward
Dill decd), Nimrod Dill and John Hutson for the administrators Elijah Dill and
Nimrod Dill (Nimrod signed with and "X"). The inventroy was appraised
on 5 Dec 1782, and distribution of estate was make on 30 November 1785 to
William Dills son of the above, Job Dills, John Dills, Edward Dills, James
Dills, Elizabeth Dills, Joseph Dills, Sarah Dills by Cash pd Cornelius Shehorn
who intermard with her, Solomon Dills, Rebecca Dill’s and Philemon Dills. All
of those listed received the same share which would indicate they had same
degree of kinship to Mary and probably her children. They may have been named in
order of their birth if so than William was the oldest, but tax lists show that
John Dill was named on list in 1748 prior to William. Kent Co., DE Probate
Records Vol A14 pages 104-105 and Liber L folio 268. I have 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. Children of William Dill and Mary _____:
2. i. John2 Dill b ca 1727-1731 Kent
Co., DE m Mary Ann Barrett.
3. ii. William2 Dill b ca 1730-1735
Kent Co., DE d 1783 Kent Co., DE m Mary Sculley.
4. iii. Job2 Dill b ca 1730-1735
5. iv. Solomon Dill b ca 1730-35
6. v. Elizabeth2 Dill b Kent Co., DE.
7. vi. Sarah2 Dill b Kent Co., DE m
Cornelius Shehorn.
8. vii. James2 Dill b Kent Co., DE
9. viii. Rebecca2 Dill b Kent Co., DE
m John Dixon.
10. ix. Edward2 Dill b ca 1746-1751 Kent Co.,
DE d 11 Oct 1773 Kent Co., DE.
+11. x. Joseph2 Dill b ca 1746-1751 Kent Co., DE m
Nancy _____.
12. xi. Philemon2 Dill b ca 1747-1752 Kent
Co., DE
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