William Dills
Born 1711
Died 1794
married
Rachel Teeter
daughter of
Born
Died
Chapter XII The Dills of New Jersey contains extensive
history on the Dills, including:
“At some undetermined date, probably in the neighborhood of
1736, the Dills emigrated from Germany and settled in Huntindon County, New
Jersey. It is rather difficult to
determine just who were in the party but among the younger people was a boy
William, and a girl, Rachel, probably brother and sister. The girl married a man by the name of Snyder
and died at Easton, Pennsylvania. The
boy became William, Sr., and moved to Knowlton, New Jersey, where he founded
the Dills family of that locality. Many
of the Dills remained in Huntindon County and this makes plausible the
supposition that with the parents of William, Sr., came several of his
uncles. We find wills of Henry Dils of
Amswell, N. J., 1788; John Dills of Amswell, N. J., 1786; Peter Dills of
Amswell, N. J., 1760; Christopher Dills of Kingswood, N. J., 1812; Jacob Dilts
of Amswell, N. J., 1827. These are all
no doubt related to the Knowlton branch of the family.
William Dils, Sr., was born in Germany in 1711 and emigrated
with his parents about 1736. He married
Rachel, who was born in 1721. He bought
a large amount of land at Knowlton and also across the Delaware River at what
is now called Portland but which was
then called Dill's Ferry. He made his
will on the 17th of June, 1793, and died the following year. His will, on record at the office of the
Secretary of State at Trenton, N. J.,, shows that he left his wife Rachel (who
evidently died shortly after the will was made in 1793) 200 pounds, and the
estate finally to e divided among the children equally except that Henry was to
have 20 pounds more than the other children.
The sons, John, Adam and William were to be the executors.
William, Sr., and his wife, Rachel, had five sons and one
daughter. The daughter , who was, of
course, called Rachel, married George Ribble.
The sons were John, born 1742; Adam, born 1743; Henry, born 1745;
William (date of birth unknown) and Samuel, born 1765.”
David Henry Keller, M.D. 1922
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