In The Dille Family, Three Hundred Years in America, on p. 74, the first child of David Dille is listed as William Dille b. 1738 in Perth Amboy, N.J. m. Tunis Myers. To clarify this record or correct it, I offer the following from the biography of Tunis D. Myers:
>From Snell's History of Hunterdon Co. N.J.
"Tunis D. Myers was a grandson of Burtis Myers an early resident
of Hunterdon County. His father, Peter Myers married Elizabeth
Dilly, and had one child by the union, Tunis D. Myers, the subject
of this sketch. The latter was born on May 2, 1806 and passed
the earlier years of his life on his father's farm. His only
educational advantages were an attendance at 'seven quarters of
school under nine school-teachers'. With this modest preparation
for life's duties, his father being poor, he left home at the
age of eighteen years to do for himself. He repaired to the old
Demun farm in Branchburg, ...and began life as a farm laborer.
Later on he worked the place on shares for a number of years,
and in 1854 he purchased one hundred and three acres of land,
where his son, John B.D.Myers, now resides. Here he remained twelve
years...when he moved to South Branch, N.J., where he lived a
retired life until his death, Ma 30, 1880, at the age of seventy-four.
...He was one of the founders of the township of Branchburg, and
a devout member of the Reformed Church of Readington, with which
he was officially connected both as deacon and as elder....
"His wife, who survives him, was Ann, daughter of John Naylor,
who he married on dec. 1, 1834 and their children have been John
B.D. and Elizabeth Myers. The latter is the wife of John K. Reger
of South Branch, and has a son William M. Reger, who was born
Nov. 14, 1871. "John B.D.Myers was born July 3, 1839 and
was brought up on his father's farm. His education was obtained
at the district school and at the Trenton (N.J.)Academy. He began
the life of a farmer at the age of twenty- two years ...One March
13, 1866, he was united in marriage to Mary L., daughter of Jacob
Vosseller, and has one child, Roger, born Aug. 29, 1871."
I found Peter Myers records in the Lamington Presbyterian Church
at the same time that some of the Dilly's were members there.
Peter Myers and wife Elizabeth were taken in as members at Lamington
on May 28, 1812.
From 1786-1799, Tunis Dilly was a member there. Peter and Elizabeth
were married at Zion Lutheran Church at OldwickMarch 9, 1805.
It is significant that Tunis Myers lived in Kingwood Township
because it is my belief based on the sketchy evidence that the
Kingwood Dilley families came there from the Oldwick, New Germantown
and Whitehouse area. Both Jonathan Dilley and Aaron Dilley paid
pew rents in 1749 to the Lamington Presbyterian Church. The Lamington
Church is located just over the county line from the New Germantown
area in Somerset County. The Oldwick Church and the Readington
Church are also in driving (buggy) distance. The people seemed
to move from church to church as Tunis Dilley had a daughter Elesebeth
baptised at Readington Reformed Dutch Church on October 17, 1784.
I believe she is the Elizabeth that married Peter Myers and the
mother of Tunis Myers. William Dille/Dilly registered ear marks
at Woodbridge in 1758 as recorded by Monnette. Nothing else is
known about him. Later, a William
Dilley turns up in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co. tax lists
(rateables) in 1789 and 1790. Perth Amboy N.J. was originally
in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex Co. N.J. It was the seat of
government so many records from Woodbridge are titled Perth Amboy.
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