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April 2011
(generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc. Additional spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.)
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081
Thomas' parents were John McDill (1675-1761) and Janet LESLIE, of Broghnow,
Ballymena Parish, County Antrim, Ireland.
1,1 Thomas H. McDILL (1725-12/4/1794) m. 1760 Margaret CHESTNUT (11/1/1739-12/6/1827)
THE STORY OF THE TRIP:
Source - The Belfast News-Letter, 22 December 1772 -To the PRINTERS of the BELFAST NEWS-LETTER.
I desire you will insert and continue three times in your Paper, the inclosed Letter,
which I received from South Carolina.
Yours,
Larne, 21st Dec. 1772. JAMES M'VICKAR.
P. S. My Friend in Charlestown advises me, that they have a great Crop of Rice, but want
Ships to carry it to Market.
To Mr. JAMES M'VICKAR, Merchant in Larne.
S I R, Charles-Town, Oct. 21, 1772.
THESE will inform you, that we arrived here all well and in good spirits the 18th
instant (five Children excepted who died on the Passage) after a pleasant and
agreeable Passage of seven weeks and one day. Pleasant with respect to Weather,
and agreeable with regard to the Concord and Harmony that subsisted among us all;
And, to confirm what we have heard you assert before we left Ireland, we must say,
that we had more than a sufficiency of all kinds of Provision, and good in their kind;
And to speak of Captain Workman, as he justly deserves, we must say with the greatest
Truth, (and likewise with the greatest Thanks and Gratitude to him) that he treated
us all with the greatest Tenderness and Humanity ; and seemed even desirous of
obliging any one, whom it might be in his Power to serve. If you think proper, we
would be desirous you should cause these Things to be inserted in the public
News-Letter, being sensible they will afford our Friends and Acquaintances great
Satisfaction ; and we hope they may be of some Use to you and Captain Workman, if
you resolve to trade any more in the Passenger Way. Now, in Confirmation of these
Things, we subscribe ourselves as follows:
We are, Sir, your Most humble Servants,
Revd. Robt. Mc. Clin- John Dicky, James Stinson,
tock, James Hood, Wm. Anderson,
John Peddan, John Montgomery, John Thompson,
Joseph Lowry, John Snody, Hugh Loggan,
Timothy Mc. Clintock, John Caldwell, Peter Willey,
Nathan Brown, Robt. Hadden, David Thompson,
Samuel Kerr, Wm. Boyd, Hugh Manford,
James Peddan, Robt. Machesney, Robt. Wilson,
Alex. Brown, Wm. Eashler, Robt. Ross,
John Brown, Charles Miller, John Parker,
Thomas Madill [sic], John Rickey, James Young,
Wm. Simpson, Charles Dunlop, Robt. Neile,
John Mc. Clintock, Thos. Makee,
P. S. We had Sermon every Sabbath, which was great Satisfaction to us. We omitted to
let you know, that the Mate, Mr. Bole, as also the common Hands, behaved with great
Care and Benevolence towards us.
Thomas and Margaret are buried in a tiny cemetery deep in the woods southeast of Chester,
South Carolina. What may have been their home was still standing in 1986, 4/10 of a
mile south of Little Rocky Creek on the west side of Moffat Creek Road. Ask at the
next house south for directions to the old overgrown Moffat-Strong-McDill graveyard.
*NOTES: The Hopewell Cemetery is southwest of Eaton, Ohio. MSM referrs to the
Moffat-Strong-McDill Graveyard in SC. The spelling of Moffat, as found on the creek
and cemetery, was found also as: Maffet, Moffet, Moffett, Moffit, and Moffatt.
3,11 John McDILL (1761-11/3/1848) m. Mary BONNER (1771-12/2/1832) Chester, SC MSM
5,111 Mary McDILL (1/9/1790-12/6/1825) m. William SIMONTON ( -1843) no children,
Chester, SC MSM
5,112 Margaret McDILL (6/4/1796-12/28/1827) m. William STRONG Chester, SC MSM
5,113 Thomas McDILL (8/29/1798-5/10/1883) m. Margaret "Mary" MOFFAT (3/11/1803-8/28/1858)
7,1131 William Simonton McDILL (8/19/1830-12/20/1861) He died in the Civil War
Battle of Drainsville, Virginia. g. Chester MSM
7,1132 Mary Ann McDILL (12/2/1831-5/27/1894) m. Rev. John HUNTER MSM
7,1133 Jane McDILL (3/18/1833-1/2/1922) 89 years, spinster, Hopewell
7,1134 Samuel Moffat McDILL (10//1834-3/2/1905) m. Mary Elizabeth McDANIEL
(2/20/1844-2/2/1894) Hopewell
9,11341 James Thomas McDILL (9/22/1867-12/6/1902) m. 12/22/1888 Mary ROBINSON
11, Claude Lorriane McDILL(9/12/1889-1958) m. Pearl CURRY
13, .....McDILL
13, .....McDILL
13, .....McDILL
11, Mary Ann McDILL(2/2/1892- ) m. Hugh McKEOWN
11, Helen Eliza McDILL(2/28-1893- ) m. Verner AULD
11, .....McDILL
11, .....McDILL
9,11342 Margaret McDILL (2/21/1870-11/8/1894) m. James B. DOUGLASS
9,11343 Robert Brice "Rob" McDILL (1/19/1872- ) m. 2/9/1898 Helen Eliza
"Ella" ROBINSON (2/7/1872-11/29/1971) 99 years!
9,11344 Samuel Moffat McDILL, Jr. (2/9/1874- ) m. Leila BOWDIN
They inherited the Chester, South Carolina property.
9,11345 Nixon Hemphill "Hemp" McDILL (6/1/1876-11/21/1961) m. Ellen Hicklin MOORE
11, .....McDILL
11, .....McDILL
11, .....McDILL
11, .....McDILL
11, .....McDILL
9,11346 Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Lizzie" McDILL (2/14/1879-2/20/1960) m. James BROWN
one daughter, Margaret MSM
10, m. 2nd J. M. McGARITY
9,11347 William Harvey McDILL (8/19/1881-4/24/1952) m. Mary ERLICH Hopewell
9,11348 John White McDILL (11/18/1884-6/8/1912) Hopewell
7,1135 Margaret McDILL (2/1/1836-12/5/1855) age 19 Chester, South Carolina MSM
7,1136 John McDILL (11/4/1837-9/8/1849) age 11 Chester, South Carolina MSM
7,1137 Agnes McDILL (3/29/1841-2/25/1905) m. William LESLIE four children
7,1138 Sarah Elizabeth McDILL (6/5/1843-10/1/1843) four months
7,1139 James Nixion McDILL (11/22/1844-12/24/1922) m. May M. WYLIE
(8/22/1850-12/5/1927) Hickory Grove, SC
5,114 Grizella McDILL (7/14/1800- ) m. William HARBISON Arkansas
5,115 Jane McDILL (9/10/1802-1844) m. William MOFFAT ( -1851)
5,116 Col. James McDILL (6/24/1804-12/14/1883) m. Sarah Jane "Jennie" MOFFAT
sister of William Moffat MSM
7,1161 Mary E. McDILL (1836-8/31/1846) ten years
7,1162 Lt. John Harvey McDILL (10/17/1838-7/30/1864) m. May M. WYLIE
(8/22/1850-12/5/1927) g. Chester, SC. John, an 1859 graduate of
Erskine College in SC, died of wounds received in the Civil War Battle
at Petersburg, Virginia. MSM
5,117 Nancy McDILL (6/4/1806-7/15/1881) m. John BIGHAM Steel Creek, NC g. Chester
5,118 Elizabeth McDILL (9/15/1810- ) m. John MONTGOMERY
6, m. 2nd ..... SMITH
5,119 Sarah McDILL (4/4/1812- ) m. James B. WYLIE (2/19/1805-5/22/1881) g.MSM
3,12 David McDILL (3/17/1763-3/7/1843) m. 1/17/1788 Isabella McQUISTON (1762-8/6/1829)
David fought the Tories in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.
They moved to OH in 1806. Hopewell Cemetery
5,121 Thomas McDILL (11/21/1788-6/13/1857) m. Jennie CALDWELL (12/22/1793-2/4/1868)
Hopewell
7,1211 David McDILL (12/24/1814-8/3/1893) m. Martha Agnes McGaw (8/15/1827-5/10/1903)
7,1212 John McDILL (1828- )
7,1213 Grizella N. McDILL (1831-) m. 1/16/1861 Thomas Lackey RAMSEY (10/22/1828-12/8/1908)
5,122 David McDILL, Jr. (12/27/1790-6/15/1870) school teacher, and later United
Presbyterian minister in Illinois. He was the editor of the official church
paper: The Western United Presbyterian.
5,123 Margaret "Peggy" McDILL (12/12/1792- ) m. James FARIS
5,124 Hugh McDILL (12/9/1794-1/28/1873) m. 3/1819 Grizzell BROWN (7/5/1800-7/13/1879)
g. Hopewell, Eaton, OH
7,1241 James McDILL (12/29/1819-4/11/1909) m.10/3/1844 Agnes Gilmore PAXTON "the
best looking in the family" (5/9/1825-1/23/1904) Israel Twp. Preble Co.
9,12411 William R. McDILL (8/6/1845-1/2/1848) two years. Hopewell
9,12412 John M. McDILL (2/28/1847-9/24/1893) m. Annette MURRAY (1850-1927)
9,12413 Hugh McDILL (5/3/1849- ) Monmouth College graduate,
Superintendent of Fisheries for the State of Colorado
9,12414 Rev. Samuel Newton McDILL (11/5/1851-1/3/1890) moved from Clifton,
Illinois to Columbus, Nebraska
9,12415 Mary Jane McDILL m. Clinton DOUGLAS, six children, Chicago, Illinois
7,1242 Elizabeth McDILL (6/8/1824-3/5/1838) thirteen years. Hopewell
7,1243 David McDILL (1826- ) Professor, Xenia (Ohio) Theological Seminary
7,1244 Caroline McDILL (7/28/1829-12/13/1857) m. Jacob COOPER of Danville, KY
one daughter Hopewell
7,1245 Margaret McDILL (3/20/1830-8/20/1832) two years, Hopewell
7,1246 John McDILL, MD (1833- ) Physician in Camp Grove, Illinois
7,1247 William B. McDILL (7/10/1835-9/10/1837) two years, Hopewell
5,125 John McDILL, Jr. (12/22/1796-10/9/1818) 21 years, Hopewell
5,126 Archibald McDILL (11/23/1798- ) m. Margaret BROWN (1816-8/24/1832)
7,1261 Mary Jane McDILL (10//1828-8/25/1832)
5,127 Elizabeth McDILL (9/25/1800-11/17/1822) 22 years, Hopewell
5,128 Samuel McDILL (10/27/1802- )
3,13 Samuel McDILL (1767-12/2/1851) m. Jennet BONNER (1772-5/24/1847) Hopewell
5,131 Thomas Bonner McDILL (8/28/1794-8/10/1872) m. Martha ..... (10/26/1797-8/26/1892)
7,1311 William McDILL (8/8/1825-11/9/1857)
7,1312 John McDILL (1830-1887) m. Mary T. McMILLAN (1846-1885)
7,1313 Robert F. McDILL (11/22/1833-11/7/1857) 24 years
5,132 Martha McDILL (9/19/1796- )
5,133 Margaret McDILL (8/23/1798- )
5,134 Mary Ann McDILL (11/4/1800-) m. 3/10/1824 Robert Gilmore PAXTON College Corner, OH
5,135 Jane McDILL (12/11/1802- )
5,136 John McDILL (1/10/1805-5/10/1884)m. Jennet "Jennie" SIMPSON(1811-10/2/1838)Hopewell
7,1361 Samuel C. McDILL (5/22/1832-9/23/1864) Hopewell
7,1362 Sarah Jane McDILL (8/5/1838-12/23/1838) four months, Hopewell
7,1363 Martha J. McDILL (8/7/1842-9/28/1844) two years, Hopewell
6, m. 2nd Eliza Jane ..... (1816-9/13/1852) Hopewell
5,137 Elizabeth McDILL (1/15/1807- )
5,138 Sarah McDILL (1/13/1809- )
5,139 Nancy McDILL (10/9/1811- )
5,13a Rachel McDILL (12/25/1813- ) Hopewell
3,14 James McDILL (12/20/1769-11/21/1854) m. Margaret CHESTNUT (12/25/1778-2/28/1848)
5,141 Thomas McDILL (9/14/1800- )
5,142 Jane "Jennet" McDILL (9/9/1802-1/6/1827) 24 years Hopewell
5,143 Margaret McDILL (12/23/1805- )
5,144 Samuel McDILL(8/13/1807-10/6/1866)m.10/12/1830 Martha W.GRAHAM(7/23/1805-5/12/1841)
7,1441 James C. McDILL (8/1/1831-6/19/1864) Civil War Union Soldier killed in battle, Kennesaw Mts, GA
7,1442 Martha Jane McDILL (1833-8/4/1834) one year Hopewell
7,1443 Matthew H. McDILL (8/7/1835-12/8/1857) 22 years
7,1444 Rev. Andrew F. McDILL (7/2/1837- ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7,1445 Margaret E. McDILL (7/20/1839- ) She was a teacher in Monmouth, Illinois.
6, m. 2nd 12/14/1842 Nancy FINDLEY (12/27/1816-1897)
7,1446 John A. McDILL
7,1447 Lydia A. McDILL
7,1448 Martha C. McDILL
5,145 John McDILL (10/1/1809- )
5,146 Martha McDILL (12/16/1812- )
5,147 Mary B. McDILL (1/27/1815- )
5,148 William McDILL (12/31/1817- )
5,149 James P. McDILL (1819- )
3,15 Margaret Chestnut McDILL (10//1772- ) m. William CHESTNUT
3,16 Thomas McDILL (3/8/1775-6/13/1813) m. Mary YOUNG (1776-8/2/1873) Hopewell
5,161 John McDILL (2/20/1800-9/30/1821) 21 years, Hopewell
5,162 Thomas C. McDILL, Cpl. (12/10/1801-2/12/1882) m. 8/13/1829 Jane "Jennie"
McQuiston CALDWELL (5/12/1802-2/20/1849) Hopewell
7,1621 Andrew McQuiston Caldwell McDILL (9/30/1821-10/12/1844)
7,1622 Mary Caldwell McDILL (2/12/1824-1/19/1908)
7,1623 Sarah J. McDILL (8/14/1830-2/14/1833) two years
7,1624 infant twin son (5//1832-5//1832) Hopewell
7,1625 infant twin daughter (5//1832-8//1832) Hopewell
7,1626 infant son (2//1834-2//1834) Hopewell
6, m. 2nd 10/4/1849 Mary Jane PAXTON (5/25/1823-6/29/1895) Hopewell
7,1627 Thomas Albert McDILL (9/7/1850-9/5/1922) m. 10/12/1876 Nancy Caroline
McMILLIAN (1/1/1849-4/14/1938) Preble Co. Oxford, OH contractor
7,1628 Martha A. McDILL (4/1/1853-11/10/1858) five years Hopewell
7,1629 John C. McDILL (5/3/1855-4/29/1857) two years Hopewell
7,162a Charles Robert McDILL (9/15/1857-11/12/1918) m. 10/9/1879 Anna Elizabeth BROWN
was a miller in Jamestown, OH
7,162b Mary Jane McDILL (9/15/1857- )
7,162c Walter McHatton McDILL (1/17/1860-4/2/1916) m. 10/30/1890 Catherine BROWN
Foreman of the twine mill at Jamestown, OH for a quarter century
7,162d Alexander Gilmore McDILL (6/26/1863- ) m. 4/1892 Gertrude "Kitty" SLICKER
Was in business with his older brother Thomas Albert, then built the Oxford, OH Mill
9,162d1 Mabel McDILL m. A. A. BUCK College Corner, OH farmer, bookkeeper, and mail carrier
9,162d2 Laura McDILL died at age 12
5,163 Robert McDILL (9/20/1803-6/22/1890) m. 1825 Mary PORTER (4/12/1806-8/22/1886)
They moved to Ohio in 1809. After they were married and had seven children
they moved to Biggsville, IL in 1844. Their Henderson County, Illinois farm,
later part of the Whiteman Homestead, was located at S-25, T-10, R-5.
7,1631 Thomas W. McDILL (4/28/1828- ) m. 5/31/1854 Julia Ann LONG
7,1632 James C. McDILL (5/29/1830- ) m. 1853 Elizabeth R. PINKERTON(-1/18/1866)
Biggsville merchant & grain trader
7,1633 Robert Y. McDILL (10/4/1832- )
(Now, three weddings in two weeks!)
7,1634 Mary E. McDILL (1/2/1835- ) m. 9/21/1853 Robert C. GRAHAM
7,1635 John H. McDILL (3/26/1837- ) m. 9/30/1853 Mary A. McMILLAN
7,1636 Ellen J. McDILL (7/4/1839- ) m. 10/1/1853 William S. STANLEY
(..and Ellen was only 14 years old)
7,1637 Martha A. McDILL (4/10/1841- ) m. 1/7/1864 William B. GRAHAM
7,1638 David C. McDILL (8/18/1847- ) m. 12/14/1871 Lottie THARP
5,164 Margaret McDILL (1/19/1805- )
5,165 David McDILL (5/20/1807-8/18/1865) m. Elizabeth FOSTER (9/27/1808-2/3/1897) SHC
7,1651 David McDILL *SHC is the South Henderson Cemetery - east of Gladstone, IL
7,1652 James McDILL
7,1653 Maria McDILL (1830- )
7,1654 Robert McDILL
7,1655 Elizabeth Foster McDILL (11/16/1832-6/17/1914) m. 3/12/1851 Henry Miller
WHITEMAN (12/25/1825-9/27/1899)
In October of 1853, they took James, the first of their eight sons,
and left Fair Haven, Preble County, Ohio for Biggsville, Henderson County,
Illinois by covered wagons. There they rented land for a year, and
eventually owned 700 acres. They were charter members of the South
Henderson Church. Henry was a State Representative for one term and
President of the Biggsville State Bank until his death at the age of 81.
7,1656 Thomas Y. McDILL (9/12/1838-8/15/1863) The only surviving son died
at Chatanooga in the Civil War.
7,1657 Margaret McDILL (1844- ) m. 1/30/1868 Henry CLARK
5,166 Andrew McDILL (8/9/1809- ) may have had daughters: Mary and Fannie
5,167 Ellen McDILL (12/31/1811- )
5,168 ..... McDILL
3,17 George McDILL (9/3/1777-12/14/1863) m. 10/8/1802 Margaret DOUGLASS
(11/2/1779-8/2/1847) George moved his family to Newton County, Georgia
11/8/1825, and Henderson County, Illinois from 4/24 to 6/8/1837.
5,171 Thomas McDILL (8/5/1803-9/17/1840) Died of prairie fever at age 37.
7,1711 Samuel McDILL(3/2/1820-7/9/1855)m. Nancy McDILL(12/3/1820-2/25/1898) cousins
9,17111 David Alexander McDILL (3/14/1846-3/24/1850) four years
9,17112 George Wilbert McDILL (8/30/1849-2/20/1871) age 21
9,17113 Martha Saphira Jane "Sophie" McDILL (5/24/1853-7/13/1855) two years
7,1712 William McDILL
7,1713 John C. McDILL
7,1714 Robert McDILL
7,1715 Maria A. McDILL (2/28/1831- ) m. 10/30/1851 Thomas W. HENDERSON
7,1716 ..... McDILL (11/23/1833- )
7,1717 James J. McDILL (4/28/1835- )
7,1718 John H. McDILL (4/12/1838- )
7,1719 William A. McDILL (6/28/1841- )
7,171a David H. McDILL (8/28/1843- )
5,172 James McDILL (10/14/1805- )
7,1721 Mary McDILL
7,1722 Viola McDILL
7,1723 John A. McDILL (1/24/1844- ) m. 3/23/1869 Sally A. MARTIN
7,1724 Lydia A. McDILL (8/17/1848- ) m. Ole HANSON
7,1725 Martha C. McDILL (2/8/1851- ) m. 12/27/1870 Henry CLAYBAUGH
7,1726 Samuel McDILL
5,173 John McDILL (11/8/1807-5/9/1881) m. 4/24/1842 Christen S. GORDON
(1/21/1815-12/12/1864) SHC Their Henderson County, Illinois farm was
located in S-4, T-10, R-4.
7,1731 Nancy McDILL
7,1732 George McDILL (7/31/1843-7/4/1896) m. 12/17/1868 Amanda D. BELL (1849- )
Biggsville, Illinois merchant
9,17321 Clara Bell McDILL
9,17322 Minnie McDILL
5,174 Mary Ann "Polly" McDILL (1/29/1810-2/20/1881) m. 3/22/1836 Alexander CHESNUT
7, five children
5,175 Margaret C. McDILL (2/15/1812- ) m. 12/20/1831 John McELROY two children
5,176 Elizabeth McDILL (3/31/1814-8/30/1840) Died of prairie fever at age 26.
5,177 Jennet "Jane" N. McDILL (9/16/1816-11/26/1898) m. 4/28/1841 William Alexander FOSTER
(12/16/1815-9/1/1855) five children
5,178 Robert McDILL (9/22/1818-9/26/1840) age 22. The third sibling to die
within a month of prairie fever.
5,179 Nancy McDILL (12/3/1820-2/25/1898) m. 10/18/1843 Samuel McDILL (3/2/1820-7/9/1855)
Their three children are listed under Samuel. None lived to adulthood.
5,17a Kerren Happuch McDILL (11/22/1822-7/13/1886) m. 11/14/1844 David McCRERY
(7//1819-9/10/1845) Their daughter Esther married Robert K. N. Glenn.
They are ancestors of the GLENN family of Henderson County, Illinois.
After David died, Kerren married Miles Gordon and they had six more children.
Their graves are in South Henderson Cemetery.
3,18 Alexander McDILL (3//1780-3/12/1838) a bachelor of 58, he is buried in Chester MSM
3,19 Jane "Jennet" McDILL (12/11/1785-1/29/1870) m. Alexander BROWN Bloomington, IN