Josiah
Dill
Sr.
Born in Lisbon, Androscoggin, Maine
Ancestors 
Son of John Dill
and Sarah (Coffin) Dill
Brother of
Dorcas Coffin (Dill) Golder, Sarah (Dill) Lake, Enoch Dill, Hannah (Dill) Haley, John Dill Jr., Joseph Dill, James Dill and James Dill
Husband of
Abigail (Ray) Dill
— married
13 Sep 1781 in Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Eliza (Dill) Tibbetts, Joseph Dill, Polly Dill, William Dill, Hannah (Dill) Goff, Josiah Dill Jr. and Samuel Dill
Died
at age 65
in Myersville, Summit, Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2014
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Biography
Josiah Dill, 31 August 1762 – 20 December 1827 (LDS Profile LHFD-NRR)
Parents: John Dill, 1734–1808 (LDS Profile LHKR-G6T) & Sarah Coffin, 1740–1804 (LDS Profile LHKR-GFB) Marriage: 12 Jul 1761, N. Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine [Note: The family tree ancestor pedigree chart is at < familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LHFD-NRR >]
Spouses:
First Wife: Abigail Ray, 1763–1839 (LDS Profile LHFD-NYW) Marriage: 13 SEP 1781
Children with Abigail:
Joseph Dill, 1783–1861 • L7B6-9G2
William Dill, 1784–1822 • KJ4X-CVW
Mary Polly Dill, 1785–Deceased • L7B6-9SN
Sarah "Sally" Dill Wright, 1787–1870 • LHFD-NKL
Hannah Dill, 1792–1866 • L7B6-9LB
Dorcas Dill, 1794–1872 • KN8G-Z5Y
Josiah Dill, 1796–1842 • LHZJ-V73
Samuel Dill, 1799–Deceased • L7B6-9X6
Elias Dill, 1801–1886 • LHFN-7GL
Abigail Dill, 1803–Deceased • L7B6-99D
Eliza Dill, 1805–Deceased • L1M5-N5M
Louisa S. Dill, 1805–Deceased • KVJL-WS4
Second Wife: Martha Chadwick, 1801–Deceased (LDS Profile G9X5-2ZZ) Marriage: 7 or 17 Mar 1826, Meigs, Ohio, United States
Children with Martha:
Catharine Dill, Deceased • G9X5-LXT
Nancy Nite Dill, 1822–1850 • MC5D-DCG
Belinda Dill Parsons, 1825–1868 • G9XR-WQT
Julia Dill, 1828–Deceased • G9X5-1FP
Son of John Dill and Sarah Dill.
Husband of Abigail Dill and Martha Dill.
Father of Eliza Tibbetts; Hannah Goff; William Dill; Josiah Dill, Jr., Joseph Dill, and Julia Ann Dill.
Brother of Enoch Dill.
Half brother of John Dill.
Josiah Dill BIRTH: 31 Aug 1762, Maine, USA DEATH: 20 Dec 1827 (aged 65) Meigs County, Ohio, USA BURIAL: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, USA MEMORIAL ID: 201953181
Findagrave Notes:
Josiah Dill ... grave in a lot in Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio with his great grandson and great great grandson, Robert and Frank Dill. The lot is in Josiah’s name and was found in the Meigs Museum in the Beech Grove Cemetery records...
Questionable & Disputed
Probably not the son of Enoch Dill and Ruth Parsons.
Sources
- familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHFD-NRR
- Brick Walls, "American Ancestry Magazine" (NEHGS, Boston, Summer 2020) Vol. 21, No. 2, Page 20.
- He had 12 children with Abigail Ray. By 1819, he moved to Meigs County, Ohio with Martha Chadwick. Martha and John m. March 17, 1826.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
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~3.12%
Jeffrey Martin
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XB6059978 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tom Abbott :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Mark Ewert :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal MARa31a0cc3, Ancestry member markewert_1
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~0.78%
Raymond Wing :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M032736 [compare], yourDNAportal RAYa90a90f2, FTDNA kit #62106
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Categories: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio