This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DILL, HORTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/413 Message Board Post: Does anyone know if church records for Eastham and Wellfleet are available for the late 1700's and early 1800's? I didn't see any listings on the FHLC at www.familysearch.org. My specific problem is Elizabeth Horton Dill, who was a schoolteacher from Eastham when she settled in Dedham in 1822, joined the church there, married Alpheus Smith there in 1826, and they settled in Medfield and had children Lucretia and James Smith. Eliza Smith died in 1869 in Leominster MA, and her death record says she was born in Eastham in 1794 to Jabez and Mary (Horton) Dill. Another death record in Medfield says she was born in Eastham in 1794 to Thomas and Mary (Horton) Dill. This info from MA VRs, not the town records themselves. Obviously, I need to reconcile the conflict of evidence, realizing it is secondary evidence as far as birth year, location and parents names. Over many years, I have visited Eastham Library (once), searched the Eastham and Wellfleet town records, the Barnstable probate and land records, etc. There was a marriage of Thomas Dill and a Hannah Horton, and they had a Jabez (born 1789) and an Elizabeth (born 1791) and other children. There were no earlier Jabez Dill persons in any of the records. Anyway - if someone knows what churches were there in the 1790 to 1820 time frame, and if records are still extant, I would appreciate knowing about it. Thanks -- Randy Seaver in Chula Vista CA (rjseaver@cox.net)