John Dill (abt. 1615 - aft. 1674)

Born about 1615 in Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1674 after about age 59 in Clondavaddog, County Donegal, Ireland

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Biography

Sources

• Hearth Money Roll Notes: John Dill was recorded in the Hearth Money Roll in 1665. He was recorded as living in the townland of Tullynadall which is in the parish of Clondavaddog. John Dill is the first Dill recorded in Clondavaddog.

• Dill Y-DNA http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/dillard/results?raw=1 Notes: John Dill was recorded 1665 in the Hearth Money Roll. He is the first Dill recorded in the parish of Clondavaddog. For the following information, refer to the Dill Y-DNA spreadsheet. There were three related Dill in 2014 who have had their y-dna tested. The Dill ancestors of 'Dill 82889' emigrated from Ireland to Nova Scotia during the 1700s. The Dill ancestors of 'Dill 295741' have been living in the parish of Clondavaddog since the 1600s. "Dill 73271' has a paper trail to the parish of Clondavaddog, and his Dill ancestors emigrated from County Donegal to America during the 1700s.

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Notes

The Y-DNA of this Dill lineage is of Scottish origin. In 2015 there were 3 males of the surname Dill who had their Y-DNA tested. These 3 Dill share a common paternal ancestor who lived during the 1600s. One of these Dill had Next-Generation Sequencing done which looks for SNPs in the Y-DNA. The Dill who had NGS testing has SNPs that have only been found in tested McConkey and Louden. See URL: http://www.ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=795&star=false It is possible the Dill surname could have derived from either McDill, MacDill or Madill.