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The following is the evidence that I got that there were McDill who went by the name of Dill. I appreciate if anybody will give me more evidence: (1) On page 66 of the Parish Lists of Wigtownshire and Minnigaff 1684, there is listed John McDill and his wife, Margrett Coning. Their daughters are listed as Janet and Helen Dills. (2) There was a James McDill who was more commonly known as James Dill. The following is the first sentence from an article on page 4 of the Dumfries & Galloway Standard dated 22 Aug 1896. The article was titled The Fatality at the Caledonian Station: Yesterday an inquiry under the Fatal Accidents Inquiry Act was conducted before Colonel Shortt, honorary Sheriff Substitute and a jury in the Dumfries Sheriff Court, into the circumstances of the accident which occurred at the Caledonian goods yard on 11th Court, through which James McDill (more commonly known as James Dill), a shepherd in the employment of Mr David Steel, farmer, Auchenfranco, Lost his life.

My immigrant ancestor is Caleb Dill. He arrived in America about 1730. He was born in the townland of Corry, parish of Clondavaddog, County Donegal, Ireland. Caleb Dill passed away 1756 in what is now known as Burnside, New York, USA. The first recorded Dill in the parish of Clondavaddog, County Donegal, Ireland was John Dill. This John Dill was recorded 1665 on the Hearth Money Roll in the townland of Tullynadall. The surname of Dill did not exist in Ireland before the 17th century. The surname of Dill was brought to Ireland during the Ulster Plantation.

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