tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post7496524579400129983..comments2009-11-13T13:23:12.004-08:00Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-78939449333867736542009-11-13T13:23:12.004-08:002009-11-13T13:23:12.004-08:00Saw your comment on Eliza (beth) Horton Dill and read your postings on her. I was at the NEHGS library today and thought I would look into it. Thomas Dill leaves no probate at Barnstable Co. However, in 1821 a Thomas Dill was placed in guardianship for spendthrift. Didn&#39;t look at that although it could be that Thomas was getting senile and his kids had to reel him in. NEHGS doesn&#39;t have the Barnstable deeds but they exist after 1827 (when the fire happened), so a good quitclaim deed may be in the offing for you.<br /><br />IMHO, after looking at this, I don&#39;t see why you are hesitant in thinking that the Eliza H. Dill wife of Alpheus Smith is the same as the daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Horton) Dill. The key document(s) that tie it together are her birth record and her church admission in Dedham. That record is the key. It calls her Elizabeth Horton Dill of Eastham. The age discrepancy is minor. She shaves off two years herself between 1850 and 1860. Her gravestone differs from her death record. All of which doesn&#39;t stray far (plus/minus two or three years) from the birth record. <br /><br />People didn&#39;t pick middle names out of a hat. That Horton middle name means something. I&#39;m sure you realize you have three Mayflower lines behind her (two to Stephen Hopkins and one to William Brewster). I would look into the land records next, but I can&#39;t imagine the Mayflower Society not accepting you since you have the birth; church admission; marriage; and death records of this woman. My opinion.mhollickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17205797878738290997noreply@blogger.com