George DILL/DILLE Discussion Forum

~Discussion Forum for DILLE/DILLEY Progenitor George Dill/Dille~

Beginning with the following delineation, discussion is open for documentation, thoughts, opinions, information culled from various sources, for this pretense. Below the original delineation are the discussion sections, entered in the appropriate era. If you have any tidbits to offer for this forum, please send your info to Teddy or directly to the Dilley Mail List.

STARTING POINT DELINEATION:

1. George Dille, born abt. 1619 in Riverstown, Ireland, married abt. 1640 to Abigail Hand. George Dille died at sea in 1654 with his ship "Goodfellow." He became a citizen of Mass. in 1651. His widow, Abigail (Hand) Dilley remarried in 1655 to John Henneford. George Dille is the start of our family in America. George and Abigail had a son named John Dille.

2. John Dille, born in August 1645 in Boston, Massachusettes, married about 1672 in Woodbridge, New Jersey to Sarah (?), born about 1650 in Mendham, New Jersey. John Dille died March 12, 1684. They had a son named John Dille, Jr.

3. John Dille, Jr., born January 24 1681 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, married 1st to Ruth Taylor, born Dec. 25, 1678 and died Nov. 4, 1722 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. John Dille, Jr., January 24, 1746 in Sussex County, New Jersey. John and Ruth had a son named Jonathan Hamal Dille, born Sept. 30, 1684(hard to decipher Writing) in Woodbridge, New Jersey. John Dille, Jr., married a second time to Marcy (?), born about 1694 in Newark, New Jersey, and died Feb. 13, 1747 in New Jersey. John Dille, Jr. and Marcy had a son named Ichabod Dille(y).

4. Ichabod Dille(y), born about 1724 in Newark, New Jersey, married Abigail, born about 1724. Ichabod and Abigail had a son named Richard Dilley.

5. Richard Dilley, born 1740 in New Jersey, and died 1799 in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

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DISCUSSION TABLES:

~Current letter from Margaret Gump~

~Letter with opinion from Dr. Jay D. Andrews~

~Notes and opinions from listmember Ruth Dilley~

~Early Dille/Dill/Dilee et al tax lists from Ruth Hanson Dilley~

~Various sources on George DILL sited by Robert Smith~

~Woodbridge, NJ Dill, Dille, Dilly & Dilley contributed by Robert Smith~

~New England Historical and Genealogical Register, from Ruth Hanson Dilley~

~George DILL entries, Essex Co., MA, from Ruth Hanson Dilley~

~John DILLY/DILLE entries, Salem, MA, from Ruth Hanson Dilley~

~Handwritten manuscript from Frances Dilley, dau of Huston Dilley, from Ruth Dilley~

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-1-From Margo: a translation from Dutch of a list of persons taking the oath in the town of Pisscataway (sic) 7 Sep 1673, with two versions of the lists, one numbered....the top part had John Delley, and the bottom had #39 John Dilley. To view entire list, click here. (see if you find any other familiar names, which might help with identification~)

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-1-Per Lorrie Crompton and David Dille: Jonathan Hamal ( as far as I know there was only one with Hamel as the middle name- but there always could be another) was born September 30, 1684, son of John b 1645 & Sarah...brother to John Dilley b 1681 -

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4. Ichabod Dille(y), born about 1724 in Newark, New Jersey, married Abigail, born about 1724. Ichabod and Abigail had a son named Richard Dilley.

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5. Richard Dilley, born 1740 in New Jersey, and died 1799 in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

-1-Per Ruth: Until more data is found, I am still placing Richard as one of the Hunterdon County Dilleys or even possibly as another son of Jonathan 1684. He is far more likely to be the son of Jonathan 1714 or Aaron 1721. Note the naming patterns. No Ichabod is found is his line or in the line of our bunch. However," Ichabod" is found in the Dille/Dilley descendants of the Mendham Dille group. The name Richard is found in both lines of Hunterdon Co. Dilleys. The only reason that Richard was attributed to Ichabod so far as I can see is that Jesse Brooks Dille and William Wallace Dille knew that Ichabod was the other brother of their ancestor and knew that Richard was not in their branch. JBD and WWD did not have the Woodbridge records or they may have come to a different conclusion. I stand firm on this until someone comes up with more evidence.

-2-Per Ruth: Just a thought. There was a William Dilley who registered ear marks in Woodbridge about 1758. There is a William Dilee on the Knowlton Twp. Sussex Co. N.J. taxpayers list 1774 . That was the time that Richard Dilley was there. There is also an Adam Dilee and John Dilee there at the same time. I had thought that the Dilee name was really a Dilse who got misspelled but I am not sure now. By 1789 and 1790 there is a William Dilley in Alexandria Twp. Hunterdon Co. near that Jonathan Dilley. I have all these people grouped under Jonathan Dilley b.1714 son of Jonathan 1684. That William is listed in the 1820 estate record for that Jonathan Dilley.Now I am doing this more by process of elimination than anything and I have been wrong before but I think this one bears more investigation. Unfortunately, the records don't tell us a lot. I did copy the film for that Dilee and it really does look like two e's.

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