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Dill Genealogy-Joseph Odiorne, Brunswick, ME (unpublished)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

2I. JOHN (DANIEL 1)

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

3II. ENOCH (DANIEL 1, JOHN 2)

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-

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

4III. JOHN (DANIEL 1, JOHN 2, ENOCH 3)

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) Worthley's company was enlisted at North Yarmouth beginning 24 Apr. 1775.

Muster Roll of Capt. John Worthley's Company in the 31st Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army encamped at Cambridge, Fort No. 2... John Dill, North Yarmouth, enlisted May 14, 1775(3)

The Cumberland County convention of 29 May 1775 petitioned the Provincial Congress that Col. Phinney's regiment might be stationed at Falmouth for the defense of the town. In June 1775 Col. Phinney went to Cambridge with the following letter:

Falmouth, June 14, 1775

Hon. Sirs:- These wait on you by Col. Phinney who informs us he has ordered the men lately enlisted in this County to secure the cattle and sheep from the ravages of the cruisers from the navy but as no provision is made for their subsistance it cannot to do duty without. We refer you to Col. Phinney for particulars &c.

Jedediah Preble
Enoch Freeman"(4)

On 22 June 1775 the Provincial Congress issued the following order:

Ordered that Col. Phinney be directed to bring up to camp 400 men with effective fire-arms and that a time be limited to bring up 100 men, with effective fire arms, he in that case to be entitled to a Colonel's commission and not otherwise.(5)

Col. Phinney returned to Falmouth and in July the companies marched to Cambridge. The men subsisted at the taverns along the way with probably one company marching at a time as that was all the taverns could accomodate. A journal of a soldier from Capt. Bradish's company states that they left on 8 July at 1130 and arrived at Stroudwater at 1300 where they dined. At 1500 they resumed their march and arrived at Milliken's tavern at Dunstan Corner at sunset and spent the night. Sunday, the 9th, they started at 0400 and arrived at Patten's tavern in Arundel at 0900 for breakfast. They set out at 1100 and got to Littlefield's tavern where they dined at 1300 and resumed their march at 1600 and arrived at Morrell's tavern in Berwick at sunset where they stayed the night. Monday the 10th, they marched to Lord's tavern at Quampegan arriving at 0800 and there had breakfast. They resumed their march at 1000 and dined at Hanson's tavern in Dover and started again at 1700 and arrived at Durham Falls at 2000 lodging at Adam's tavern. Tuesday the 11th, they started at daylight, arrived at New Market at 0800 and had breakfast at Doe's tavern. They set out at 1100 and got to Exeter by 1230 and dined at Gidding's tavern and resumed their march at 1700 and arrived in Kingston at sunset and lodged at Parson's tavern. Wednesday the 12th they started out at sunrise and arrived at Sawyer's tavern in Plaistow at 0700 and had breakfast leaving at 0900 and got to Greenleaf's tavern in Haverhill where they had dinner and staid until the next morning due to the heavy rain in the afternoon. On Thursday the 13th they started out at 0400 and arrived at Steven's tavern in Andover at 0800 and had breakfast resuming their march at 0930 and getting to Deacon Bullard's at noon where they dined. They started out again at 1530 going through Wilmington to Wyman's tavern in Woburn where they stayed the night. Friday, the 14th, they resumed their march at 0400 and arrived at Wetherby's tavern, Menotomy (Arlington) at 0700 where they had breakfast and dinner. They headed out at 1600 arriving at Cambridge at 1700 where they built their tents for the night. On Saturday the 15th they put their camp into proper condition. The soldiers were allowed 130 miles travel at one penny per mile. All the soldiers had a cartridge box, most had boyonets with the men furnishing these themselves with a few furnished and paid for by the selectmen of the town.

Upon their arrival they were in sight of the British camps at Charlestown and Boston. The American camp around Boston contained about 17,000 troops composed of quarters of every description from mud and log huts to regulation canvas tents. Col. Phinney's regiment was assigned to General William Heath's brigade who along with Gen. Putnam's, "Old Put's", brigade, made up the center of the army being encamped near Fort No. 2 which was on the easterly side of Putnam Ave. at the intersection with Franklin St. in Cambridge. General Washington arrived in Cambridge on 3 July and his headquarters was at the Longfellow house in Cambridge.

Phinney's regiment participated in picket duty and skirmishes, however, they saw no great or decisive battle during their term of service.

On 31 July about 1300 there was an alarm and the regiment turned out and manned Fort No. 2. The British marched out to Roxbury, burned a house and barn, but the regiment drove them back to Boston with the British keeping up a continual firing of cannon and small arms until morning.

Sundays the regiment attended worship and listened to a sermon. Parson Ephraim Clark of Cape Elizabeth went to Cambridge and remained "a spell" in late August and early September to conduct meetings. Many citizens from Maine visited the army at Cambridge and brought letters to the soldiers. Some of the visitors served as substitutes for their friends allowing them to visit their homes for a few days. On 22 August Encoh Ilsley of Falmouth "treated" the entire regiment with good old New England rum.

In September some of the men enlisted to man the floating batteries and some of Capt. Bradish's men guarded the infamous traitor, Dr. Benjamin Church prior to his exile to the West Indies.

From the journal of William Moody from Capt. Bradish's company:

July 16th, Sunday. Heard a large firing in Boston by the troops.
17th, Making catridges. This afternoon was fired in Boston by the shipping eleven cannon.
18th, A declaration from the Continental Congress was read on Prospect Hill.(6)

From the journal of Lieut. Paul Lunt of Newburyport:

A manifesto from the Grand Continental Congress was read by the Rev. Mr. Leonard, Chaplain of the Connecticut forces on Prospect Hill, in Charlestown, to those troops encamped upon and near said Hill. Our standard was presented in the midst of the regiments with this inscriptions upon it, "Appeal to Heaven", after which Mr. Leonard made a short prayer and then we were dismissed by a discharge of a cannon, three cheers and a warhoop by the Indians.

July 19th, A sergeant of the Regulars' guard spoke with our sentry with a message. Gen. Putnam went down to the lines to meet Burgoyne.
20th, This P.M., was fired in Boston 18 cannon.
21st, 20 of our company and 200 of our regiment went over to Winter Hill to entrench.
22d, Our regiment marched to Cambridge Common in order to pass muster. The money not being ready adjourned to next week.
23d, Last night about 12 oclock, there was an alarm and our regiment mustered and turned out, doubled our guard and laid upon our arms all night.
24th, Our regiment went upon Winter Hill to work entrenching and from there to Mystic to make gabbuns this afternoon.
25th, They were mustered and paid off. Last night a man was killed on Prospect Hill by snapping a gun carelessly.
28th, Yesterday a ship fired a cannon and killed an indian at Roxbury.
30th, Some riflement went down to keep sentry last night. They killed 5 or 6 Regulars and the Captain. The Regulars firing all the forenoon by divisions.
31st, Our people took 25 Regulars and 12 Tories and carried them to Worcester.
Aug. 1st, Our people hoisted a liberty pole on Prospect Hill and a flag upon it. Fired a 24 pounder at the ship but did no damage.
3d, Firing cannon from a floating battery. 4th, Last night 700 men went from Roxbury to entrench on the Neck. Four of our men enlisted to man a whaleboat.
7th, Last night the regulars landed at Chelsea, 150 in number, and burnt a house and stack of hay. Our people fired 13 cannon at them and drove them back.
9th, The Riflemen took 8 Regulars on Roxbury Neck this P.M.
12th, Twenty-one cannon fired at Castle William
13th, Last night 3 regulars ran away from Boston
16th, Last night a man swam out of Boston to our sentry at Lechmere Point. Short allowance.
25th, We heard Gage was coming out to-day. Firing in Boston by Divisions. We heard firing by the sentry on Ploughed Hill. A ship arrived and they fired 24 cannon.
26th, Four men belonging to Gage's floating battery swam to Chelsea. They fired cannon and small arms at them but did not hurt them.
27th, The Regulars began to fire on Ploughed Hill from Bunker Hill and the floating batteries with their cannon. Killed one Adjt. one private and one indian. Wounded a Rifleman in the leg.
30th, Several bombs thrown onto Ploughed Hill.
31st, Last night and this morning the Regulars threw bombs into the breast works on Ploughed Hill. Sixty-three of our regiment went over to Ploughed Hill to keep sentry.
Sept. 1st, Bombs thrown on Ploughed Hill. Cannonaded Roxbury. Killed of the enemy 5. 2 of ours.
2nd, Killed one of our men on Ploughed Hill
4th, The enemy bombarding Ploughed Hill. No damage.
11th, Took 6 regulars and brought them to headquarters
21st, The enemy bombarded all day.
23d, 25 men drummed out of service from Marblehead.
29th, Lieut. York, with 8 men out of our company to go in the floating battery
Oct. 2nd, We put up a liberty pole, hoisted a flag and fired a gun.
3d, Yesterday 60 men drafted to try the boats, overloaded one boat, came near sinking her.
4th, A sergt. from the Regulars ran away and brought his halbert and &#;163 30 with him.
31st, Digging well for the barracks
Nov. 5th, They sent from Falmouth for the regiment to come there
9th, About 1500 Gageites landed at Lechmere Point to steal cattle. Our people resisted and had an engagement which lasted an hour.
23d, This morning we hoisted a large new flag on Prospect Hill(7)

When the British man-of-war Cerberus with 400 men on board threatened Falmouth on 1 Nov. 1775, Enoch Moody, chairman of the town committee, wrote to General Washington asking for "a person of martial spirit" to take command of the defense of the town. Col. Phinney was then ordered to Falmouth and took command until the arrival of Gen. Joseph Frye on 25 Nov. The Committee of Safety requested that Col. Phinney's regiment be ordered to Falmouth, however, that request was not granted.

Cambridge, Nov. 6, 1775

Sir: Having received a letter from Mr. Enoch Moody chairman of the committe of Falmouth that the inhabitants of that town are greatly alarmed by the arrival of the Cerberus man of war and are under great apprehensions that some of the King's troops will be landed there, it is my desire that you raise all the force you can and give the Town any assistance in your power. The difficulty of removing troops after they have made a lodgement or got possession of a place is too obvious to be mentioned. You will therefore use every possible method to prevent their effecting that or penetrating into the country, until you have futher orders.

I am sir your very humble servant
Geo. Washington

To Col. Edmund Phinney at Falmouth(8)

About 31 Dec. 1775 the men of the 31st Regiment were discharged from service and those that did not re-inlist returned to their homes. Col. Phinney took a commission in the Continental Army as colonel of the 18th Continental Regiment and took part in the siege of Boston and the Ticonderoga campaign and retired from service 31 Dec. 1776.

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-

Ref:

(1) Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors- Vol.IV, p.769
(2) Lewiston Vital Records- p.307
(3) Mass. Archives- Vol. 56, Part 2, p. 213
(4) History of Colonel Edmund Phinney's Thirty-first Regiment of Foot- Nathan Gold, Thurston Press, Portland, 1896- p.10
(5) ibid- p. 11
(6) Ibid- pp. 23-4
(7) Ibid- pp. 24-7
(8) Ibid- pp. 27-8

5V. ENOCH (DANIEL 1, JOHN 2, ENOCH 3, JOHN 4)

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. 20 Mar. 1859 Lisbon, ME, bur. Davis Cemetery)
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)

In the spring of 1826 occured a freshet that had been unparalleled in New England for more than thirty-five years... In the evening of Friday, March 24, the wind began blowing a gale from the southeast, and rain fell in such torrents that it seemed as if the very flood gates of heaven were open. It continued all night, and ceased the next morning... The Kennebec river in Maine was more affected than any other large stream. When the rain began, the river was covered with ice that was twenty inches thick... The river continued to fill... until three o'clock on the next morning when the ice could no longer resist the powerful pressure beneath, and it burst half a mile above Gardiner. The water raged down on the wharves at Gardiner, covering them four or five feet deep, and the great body of ice that followed pressed down upon them... the people saw it coming and realized its almost superhuman power. The only hope they had of saving their property lay in the resistance of Long wharf, from the end of which the warehouse had already been carried away... the ice leaped twenty feet from the surface of the water... a compact mass of ice, logs, trees, lumber, etc. was floating rapidly by and in the midst of it were embedded five schooners... The ice continued moving down for a mile or two below the town, where it was finally stopped by an unbroken field of ice and jammed so severely that it caused the water to rise to a height never before known in Gardiner. At six o'clock the water was thirteen feet above the common high water mark. The chief sufferers were... and the fishing schooner of Enoch Dill was utterly destroyed."(4) It's also likely that the schooner belonged to Enoch's son, Enoch Jr.

Issue-

(1) Lewiston Vital Records- p.307
(2) Lincoln Co. Deeds- Vol.10, p.181
(3) Ibid- p.183
(4) Historic Storms of New England- Sidney Perley, The Salem Press, 1891- pp. 232-4