DILL

1. DANIEL-

b. between 1628 and 1633

m. DOROTHY (2) MOORE (d. before 17 March 1693/4)
d. before 1721

Daniel was undoubtedly one of the Scotch prisoners since he lived in "Scotland" where he had a land grant.
He probably belonged to the group captured at the Battle of Worcester by Cromwell 3 Sept. 1651. His
name perhaps was originally MacDill.(1)

He was a York witness in 1660 (2) and a servant to Alexander Maxwell about 1662.(1) Daniel was fined
for intoxication in 1666 and in 1678 he was drunk and threatened to kill his wife.(1)

Daniel bought land above Bass Creek in "Scotland" from Roland Young in 1666 and had a town grant in
1681 on the west side of the river and another grant in 1699.(1) In May 1701 he deeded everything to his
son John for life support with John to pay the other's portions.(4)

Daniel signed the petition against the sale of Maine in 1679 (3)

Dorothy was given £5 in cousin James Dixon's deed/will of 1666. Her brother Thomas deeded Daniel 20
acres of land near Scotland.(5)

Issue-

 2I. JOHN - b. 1666, m. SARAH (2) HUTCHINS, d. between 1708 and 1716
 II. Daniel- b.c.1679, m. 8 Nov. 1698 Elizabeth Fost (m.2. Henry Beedle). Daniel was killed during an
Indian attack on York with his companion Joseph Junkins while fishing near the garrison. The following
appeared in the Boston News Letter 9 Apr. 1711: "Piscataqua, April 6th On Tuesday last five of the
Skulking Indian Enemy kill'd two Men about Scotland Garrison at York, viz. Daniel Dill and Joseph
Jenkins, the last whereof they also stript and scalpt and after the Enemy withdrew, they supposing him dead
Jenkins arose and march'd to the Garrison, and gave an account of the Action, and liv'd but about 10 hours
afterward."
 III. William-
 IV. Joseph-
 V. Elizabeth-

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Dill Genealogy-Joseph Odiorne, Brunswick, ME (unpublished)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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Petition concerning the sale of Maine to Massachusetts

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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-

 I. Mary- b. 18 Oct. 1710 York, ME, m.1. 23 Oct. 1729 Dr. Jonathan Crosby of Dover, NH, 2. 25 May
1738 John Crawley
 3II. ENOCH- b. 26 May 1712 York, ME, m. by 1734 RUTH (3) PARSONS

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

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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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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

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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

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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.

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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-

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
(3) Mass. Archives- Vol. 56, Part 2, p. 213

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(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

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

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. 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)

From Perley's Historic Storms of New England is the story of "The Spring Freshet of 1826":

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.

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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
(4) Historic Storms of New England- Sidney Perley, The Salem Press, 1891- pp. 232-4

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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