James Stephen Dillard, {Fictional}

Not the son of George ‘of Stratton Major Parish’ Dillard, Sr.

This person has been proven to be a myth created by H. Moorman Dillard. Please see lengthy research done on George Dillard and his children on WIKI

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dillard-85
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Dillard_Family_Association

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• James Stephen Dillard, born 1658, was said to be the son of George Dillard. The existence of anyone named James Stephen Dillard is disproven. Some records of a real James Dillard have been identified, which appear at James Dillard. H. M. Dillard reported that "According to George Dillard's will he had one son, but it is believed he had more and two daughters. This son, James Stephen, came to America at the age of two. He married Louise Page and settled in James City County, Virginia. He, with Captain Wise, was granted 25,000 acres of land known as Williamsburg Plantation."[6] However:
• No record of a John Stephen Dillard has been found.
• There is no record of such a person being granted 25,000 acres known as the Williamsburg Plantation.
• Dorothy Dillard Hughes asserts, This person was not from Wiltshire, did not live in Virginia and was not the son of George Dillard. [5]
• Hughes adds that "There was no James Stephen Dillard, but there was a James Dillard of record, who very well could have been George Dillard's son. This James Dillard had a son, James, also of record, who probably was the ancestor of some later Dillards, but he was not the progenitor of all later Dillards, as a number of printed genealogies imply. Dillards with other given names also had children. [5]
• This James Stephen Dillard married, but the name of his wife is somewhat clouded, but was probably a Miss Lewisa Page. [2]
• No record of such a person have been found.
• Names James Stephen Dillard as son in Will. In his will he gives 289 acres to a son, James Stephen Dillard of James City County, and two girls. [6] However:
• Despite the statement of Henry Moorman Dillard that the will is in his possession [6] no will has been found.
• No documentation has been found for the existence of any Dillard with the double given name of James Stephen. Double given names were not customary during the time period he would have lived.

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• http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.dillard/623.4/mb.ashx