Matthew Dill

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Husband Matthew Dill ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1698
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           Died: 13 Oct 1750 4 5
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Wife

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Children

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1 F Mary Dill ⁶

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           Died: Bef 1795
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         Spouse: Col. Richard McAllister (      -1795) 6 7 8
           Marr: 23 Feb 1748 6 7

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2 M Col. Matthew Dill ^{2 9 10}

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           Died: Apr 1812 - Fairfield, Adams Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - Fairfield, Adams Co, PA

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Dill

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He was one of the first settlers in the vicinity where the town of Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, was later established. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. During the troubles immediately before the French and Indian war, he was one of five commissioners, one of whom was Benjamin Franklin, appointed to make a treaty with the Indians at the Croghan fort, which was located near the Susquehanna, in the lower end of Cumberland County. He afterward took a part in the French and Indian war. In 1749, he was one of the eight justices of the peace, and justice of the court of Common Pleas of York County. He died before the Revolution. His remains, together with those of many of his descendants lie in the family grave-yard a few hundred yards west of Dillsburg, York County.

He was one of the first settlers of the vicinity of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, locating there about 1740. He came from county of Monagahan, Ireland. The name "Dill" is Danish. The ancestors moved to England and some of them from thence to Scotland, during the time of the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell.
Matthew Dill, the immigrant, in 1749 became one of the court justices of York County, but before this had commanded a company against the Indians. His remains were interred in the Presbyterian graveyard, a short distance west of Dillburg, and the spot is marked by a marble slab.

He had seven sons and one daughter.

1 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 399, 660.

2 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 456.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 689.

4 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 660.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 690.

6 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 443.

7 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 592.

8 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 424.

9 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 400, 660.

10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 690, 776.