Nicholas Dillard (abt. 1674 - abt. 1745)

Born about 1674 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia Colony

Husband of Mary (Lewis) Dillard — married 1700 in King and Queen, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1745 at about age 71 in Caroline, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Nicholas Dillard was a Virginia colonist.

Nicholas Dillard was born circa 1674 in New Kent, Virginia Colony. He appears in the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls as owning 150 acres. ^[1]

Father said to be George Dillard, controversy re: last name/origins, FamilySearch [1]

From Dillard Family Association Annuals

• Between 1704 and 1728, Nicholas Dillard of King and Queen, patented land on the south side of the Mattapony, on Reedy Swamp in King William County. Several neighbors patented land adjoining Nicholas Dillard's land; and, in each transaction, Reedy Swamp was mentioned as one boundary for those tracts. Reedy Swamp becomes another natural landmark. In 1721, there were three long, finger-shaped counties stretching westward almost from Chesapeake Bay. There were Essex County on the north side, King and Queen in the middle, and King William on the south side of the Mattapony. Spotsylvania County was formed in 1721 by chopping off the western ends of those three counties. Seven years later, in 1728, the western ends of the same three mother counties were again chopped off to form Caroline County. Now, the spring branches of the Mattapony are in the southeastern quarter of Spotsylvania County; the stream flows southeasterly through Caroline County, after which it forms the boundary between what remained of King and Queen and King William Counties. With these county changes, Nicholas Dillard, Sr.'s land and Reedy Swamp fell into the new county of Caroline. Since they previously had been in King William, on the south side of the Mattapony, the swamp and Nicholas Dillard, Sr.'s land had to fall into the southern third of Caroline County. ^[2]

• Thomas Dillard was born circa 1706. The first Spotsylvania County record for Thomas shows him in 1731 to be an overseer on land of Robert Baillor in Prosessioners Precinct 5 of St. George Parish. Precinct 5 was in the southeastern corner of Spotsylvania County, near Nicholas Dillard's place in Caroline. Thomas and his first wife, Elizabeth Holloway, married about 1734. That is the year Thomas first bought land in Spotsylvania County, but I believe Thomas and Elizabeth were still living in Caroline County. Their first child Joseph was born 1735 in Caroline. When in 1756 this child, Joseph, entered military service for the French and Indian War he gave his age as 21 years, making 1735 his year of birth, and his place of birth was given as Caroline County. This son, Joseph, was shown to be of Caroline County eleven years later when, on 2 Nov., 1767, he bought land in Amherst County where he would spend the rest of his life.

• John Dillard, another son of Thomas (and Elizabeth Holladay) was in Drisdale Parish, Caroline County, on 17 Aug., 1775, when he sold the 100 acres inherited from his father, to his brother Richard Dillard. These ties of Thomas Dillard's family to Caroline County lead me to believe that these children were probably the grandchildren of Nicholas Dillard, Sr.

Research Notes: Birth: (1) Probably s/o George DILLARD. (1,6) ca. 1674. New Kent Co., VA. Marriage to Mary LEWIS?: (1b) __ LEWIS? (6) Mary. [NOTE: Son Nicholas' wife?] (1b) King and Queen Co., VA. [NOTE: The basis for her surname LEWIS seems to be that a probable son was named Lewis. No record seen which gives her name.] Death: (1,6,7) ca. 1742. Caroline Co., VA. (1a,2,4a,b,c,d) 1704: George DILLARD (325 acres), Nicholas DILLIARD (150 acres), Edward DILLIARD (150 acres) and Thomas DILLARD (170 acres) were listed together on the King and Queen Co., VA quit rent rolls. (7a,b,c) Nicholas DILLARD paid quit rent on 150 acres, King & Queen Co., VA. The same land later became part of Caroline Co., VA. Two LEWISes had adjoining land. (1b) 1717, 1 Apr: Nicholas DILLARD was living in King William Co., VA on land adjoining the 600 acre patent of John SUTTON, Richard MAULDIN, and Thomas TERRY, between Mattapony River & Reedy Swamp. [NOTE: King William Co. was formed in 1701/2 from King and Queen Co., with the Mattapony River forming the boundary between King William and King and Queen Co.] (1b) 1718, 22 Jan: Nicholas DYLLYARD patented 200 acres of new land on head of the Gum branch, between Reedy Swamp, adjoining Paul PIGG and Thomas BROWNING. (3) 1724: Acquired 200 more acres, King William Co., VA. (1b) 1727, 27 Sep: Isaac ALLEN patented in St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline Co., VA, on branches of the Reedy Swamp, at the corner of William OGLEVIE and Nicholas DILLARD, and on lines of Henry ISBELL and Paul PIGG. [NOTE: Caroline Co. was created 1727/8 from King William, King and Queen and Essex Counties. Reedy Swamp and Nicholas's land fell within the southern third of Caroline Co. on the south side of the Mattapony River.] (1b) 1728, 2 Sep: John SUTTON, Gent., patented land on the south side of Mattapony River adjacent to Nicholas DILLARD. (4e) 1735: From 1735, George, Thomas, and Nicholas DILLARD appear in Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen Co., VA. [NOTE: Same Nicholas?] (2a) 1735, 13 Oct: Nicholas DILLARD, at a Vestry meeting held for Stratton Major Parish at the Upper Parish Church, was ordered to procession land between Pepetico Swamp and the Southern Branch of the Arracoe. Thomas DILLARD was ordered to procession between the Southern and Western Branches of the Arracoe. [NOTE: Same Nicholas?] (5a) 1737, 12 Aug: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of lease and release indented to Head LYNCH, Gent., Caroline Co., VA Court. (5b) 1738, 12 May: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of gift to his son Nicholas DILLARD Jr., Caroline Co., VA Court. (5b) 1740, 13 Jun: Caroline Co., VA Court, ejectionae firma dismissed, Thomas TRYTITLE lessee of John EVANS agt. Nicholas DYLLARD. Ordered that John EVINS pay William ISBELL 160 pounds tobacco for one day's attendance and coming and going 45 miles once as an evidence for him against DYLLARD

Name

Nicholas Dillard^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Birth

1674 New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA^[8][9] 1675^[10] Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1674

Marriage

Marriage:

1700

Place: King and Queen, Virginia, USA^[11]

Husband: Nicholas Dillard

Wife: Mary Lewis

Child: Thomas Dillard

Child: Lewis Dillard

Child: George Dillard

Child: Nicholas Dillard

Child: John Dillard

Child: Edward Dillard

Spouse said to be Mary Lewis (1668-1728).

Death

1745 Caroline, Virginia, USA^[12][13] 1742^[14] Found multiple copies of DEATH DATE. Using 1745

Sources

1. ↑ My Reid and Harrison Families in North America from Their Arrival to Present: With Special Section on the Eells, Loss, Smiths of New York, p. 27, Larry E. Reid, Jan 1, 2006 - Connecticut
2. ↑ page 9 of the: DILLARD ANNUAL, Vol. 4, Jan., 1997, Compiled and edited by John M. Dillard
3. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for George Dillard
4. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for George Dillard
5. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for Nicholas Dillard
6. ↑ Source: #S435 Date of Import: 22 Sep 2002
7. ↑ Source: #S186 Ancestry Family Trees
8. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for George Dillard
9. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for Nicholas Dillard
10. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for George Dillard
11. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for Nicholas Dillard
12. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for George Dillard
13. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for Nicholas Dillard
14. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for George Dillard

See Also:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Dillard_Family_Association
• FamilySearch [2]

(1) "Back to Old Virginia with Dillard, Daniel and Kin," comp. by Carlton M. Dillard (Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1993) p.8-9, 11-12, 139. FHL 929.273 D581di. Cites: (a) "Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704," by Annie Laurie Smith (1957; rpt. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987). (b) Dorothy Dillard Hughes, Lubbock, TX, citing "Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666," by Nell Marion Nugent (Richmond, 1934; rpt. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1963) Vol. 2; Vol. 3, p.189, 268, 357, 359. (2) "Historical Southern Families," by John Bennett Boddie (Clearfield Co., Redwood City, CA, 1960; rpt. Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1967) Vol. 5, p.8. Cites: (a) Stratton Major Parish Vestry Bk, p.22-23. (3) "Dillards of Culpeper County, Virginia and Related Families of South Carolina," by Dorothy Dillard Hughes, "Dillard Annual," Vol. 5 (Jan 1998) p.21. (4) "Updating Dillard Family Traditions," by Dorothy Dillard Hughes, "Dillard Annual," ed. John M. Dillard, Vol. 4 (Jan 1997) p.27-29. Cites: (a) "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," ed. William G. Stanard, Vol. 29 (1921) p.342; Vol. 31 (1923) p.218; Vol. 32 (1924) p.147. (b) "The Planters of Colonial Virginia," by Thomas J. Wertenbaker (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1922) p.26, 177, 297. (c) "Virginia Rent Rolls 1704," by Elizabeth Lawrence Dow (New York: National Edition and Library Bindery, 1979) p.71, 96. (d) "The Quit Rent Rolls of Virginia, 1704," by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.) p.26-28. (e) "The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish King and Queen County, Virginia 1729-1783," ed. by C G. Chamberlayne (Richmond, VA: Division of Purchase and Printing, 1931) p.42-47, 22, 26, 34, 49, 59, 68, 76, 86, 102, 109, 124, 136, 143, 145, 153-154, 158, 160-161, 163, 167-168, 172, 174, 187, 205, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 216-217, 219, 221-230. (5) "Caroline County, Virginia Order Books," abstracted & comp. by John Frederick Dorman (Washington D.C., J.F. Dorman, 1965). FHL 975.5362 P2d. (a) Vol. 1, Part 1, p.105. (b) Vol. 1, Part 3, p.12, 93, 97. (6) Kathie Schwend. CItes: (a) Dorothy D. Hughes, p.9-10. (7) Pat C. Greenwood, Springfield, TN.: (a) 1704 Quit Rent Rolls, King & Queen Co., TN. (b) Land records. (c) "Atlas of County Boundary Changes in Virginia, 1634-1895," Spotslvania and Caroline Cos. from King William, King & Queen & Essex Cos.

GEDCOM Bowden-Riley Family.ged

• Source: S1 Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 [www.ancestry.com]

GEDCOM ROBISON Gedcom of DRR Ancestors and Descendants for WikiTree 01 JUL 2012.ged

• Source: S186 Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R3 This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Repository: R3 Ancestry.com [3]
• Source: S435 DILLARD from England.ged, Source Medium: Other

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dillard-317 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. s.
• WikiTree profile Dillard-385 created through the import of ROBISON Gedcom of DRR Ancestors and Descendants for WikiTree 01 JUL 2012.ged on Jul 1, 2012 by Dave Robison.