Person:William Dillon (3)
William Dillon, of Back Creek, Frederick County, VA
b.1715 Ireland
d.10 Nov 1762 Frederick County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1705
  1. Hannah Dillon1705 - 1716
  2. Mary Dillon1709 - 1717
  3. Daniel Dillon1713 - 1805
  4. William Dillon, of Back Creek, Frederick County, VA1715 - 1762
  5. Luke Dillon1717 - 1807
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Dillon, of Back Creek, Frederick County, VA1715 - 1762
  • W.  Mary Susanna Reese1723 - 1800
m. Abt 1741/42
  1. Charity Dillon1743 - 1827
  2. James DillonAbt 1745 - 1807
  3. Anna Dillon1746 -
  4. John Dillon1751 - 1814
  5. Susannah Dillon1755 - 1804
  6. Mary Dillon1757 -
  7. Hannah Dillon1760 -
  8. Keziah Dillon1762 -
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Facts and Events
Name William Dillon, of Back Creek, Frederick County, VA
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1715 Ireland
Marriage Abt 1741/42 to Mary Susanna Reese
Will? 13 Oct 1762 Frederick County, Virginia[Will Written]
Death[1] 10 Nov 1762 Frederick County, Virginia
Burial[1] 1762 Mount Pleasant Meeting House Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Frederick County, Virginia
Probate? 3 Nov 1762 Frederick County, Virginia[Will Proven]
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Land Records

  • 9 November 1739: William Dillon purchased 219 acres from John Littler for 7 pounds. [Frederick County Deed Book 7, page 65].
  • 2 April 2, 1762, William Dillon and Mary his wife sold 398 acres to Joseph Thompson for 500 pounds. [Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 7, page 65].
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Early Land Grants in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • H-213: William Dillon of Frederick County, 400 acres in said County. surv. Mr. John Mauzy. On Back Creek, adj. William Joliffe. 15 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 53].
  • H-214: William Dillon of Frederick County, 398 acres in said county. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. On Dividing Ridge of Opeckon Creek & Back Creek., adj. Dillon. 16 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 53].
  • H-215: William Dillon of Frederick County, 384 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. William Baylis. Adj. William Joliffe, on Opeckon, Mr. William Frost, West side of Back Creek. 16 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 53].
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Records in Virginia

  • Frederick County, VA Road Orders: 10 February 1743/44 O. S., FOB 1, pp. 29-30. John Littler & William Dillon having made their return on the Order for Viewing & laying of the Road from John ffrosts Mill to the main Road between John Littlers & John Milbourns plantation in these Words, We have laid off the Road from Capt ffrost’s Mill thence to Buffler lick thence to the Backside John Bossers field, thence to David Springers thence to the Usual ford thence on the East Side Wm. ffrosts plantation thence along a good Ridge by a Course of Marked Trees to Mathias Elmores thence along the said Elmors Creek to the head, the best Convenientest Way that can be had by Widow Dillons thence by the said Marked Trees to the main Road Leading to Rappahannock between John Littlers & John Milbourns which includes the whole, Its Ordered that the said Road be cleared by the Petrs. and Joseph Burkham & Wm. ffrost are hereby Appointed Overseers of the said Road & its further Ordered that they clear the same According to Law.
  • Frederick County, VA Road Orders: 3 June 1746 O. S., FOB 2, p. 102. William Dillon is hereby Appointed Overseer of the Road from Captn Frosts Mill to the Main Road between John Littler & John Milburns in the Room of William Frost & it is Ordered that the Tithables living within Two Miles on Each Side the said Road work on the same And it is further Ordered that the said Wm Dillon cause the said road to be kept in good repair According to Law.
  • Frederick County, VA Road Orders: 1 March 1747 O. S., FOB 2, p. 366. Thomas Provin is hereby Appointed Overseer of the Road from Jno Frosts Mill to the Main Road betwist John Littlers & John Milburns in the Room of William Dillon & it is Ordered that the said Thomas Provin cause the said Road to be kept in good repair according to Law
  • H-265: James Crumley of Frederick County, 39 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. Adj. Crumley's Patent, Back Creek, Woolory Rubil, William Dillon. 20 March 1753. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 66].
  • H-417: Robert Morgan of Pensylvania, 442 acres in Frederick County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. On Opeckon, adj. William Dillon, William Joliffe the Elder, Josiah Ridgway, Georbe Hobson, Jeremiah Poor. 5 Jan. 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 73].
  • H-536: Dennis Springer of Frederick County, 353 acres in said County. Surv. John Mauzy. Where he lives on Back Creek, adj. Phillip Dorset, Wm. Dillon. 4 Nov. 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 79].
  • Hopewell Friends Monthly Meeting Minutes, Frederick County, VA, 1760:
The friends appointed to read the testimony against Robert McCoy to him Report that they have so done & that he don't incline to appeall therefore it was published at the close of a first days Meeting at Crooked Run and the Meeting appoints William Dillon to Read it here to the Clerk in order to be recorded.
at this meeting there was a Letter Received the Cain Creek Monthly Meeting Expressing their Dissatisfaction with James Moons Certificate & the Meeting appoints William Dillon to wright an answer to the said Letter & bring to next Monthly Meeting for approbation.
[Source: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1759-1776, Ancestry.com]
  • K-149: Thomas Rees of Frederick county, 430 acres in said County on Mill Creek of Opeckon. Surv. William Baylis. Adj. Thomas Rees, James Crumly, William Dillon, Jonah Ridgeway [Ridgway], Hobson, Henry Bowing. 4 June 1760. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 119].
  • Hopewell Friends Monthly Meeting Minutes, Frederick County, VA, 1760:
To this Meeting that Peter Babb has attended a Marriage consumated contrary to our discipline & that he was guilty of singing and dancing. The Meeting appoints William Barrett & William Dillon to treat with the said Babb & see what State of Mind he appears to be in & make Report at next Monthly Meeting.
[Source: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1759-1776, Ancestry.com]
  • K-341: Luke Dillon of Frederick County, 86 acres on Back Creek in said County. Surv. John Mauzy. Adj. William Dillon, Thomas Crumley, Woolery Rubil, James Haywarth. 1 Oct. 1761. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 129].
  • M-16: Daniel Dillon of Frederick County, 342 acres near dividing ridge of Opeckon & Back Creek in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzey. Adj. William Joliffe, Josiah Ridgway, William Dillon, Owen Long. 13 Aug. 1762. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 143].
  • Frederick County, VA Road Orders: 6 April 1762, FOB 9, p. 431. John Provan is Appointed Overseer of ye Road from William Frosts to William Dillons in the room of Thomas Provan. Ordered that the Tithables formerly Appointed work on the Same
  • N-74: Able Walker of Frederick County, 338 acres on Mill Creek in said County. Surv. William Baylis. Adj. Even Thomas, Alexander Ross, William Dillon, William Joliffe Sr.. 1 Aug. 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 172].
  • N-192: Thomas Doster [Foster?] of Frederick County, 379 acres on Back Creek under South side of North Mt. in said County. Surv. John Mauzy. Adj. Wollery Rubell, William Dillon, Matthias Elmore, James Grumly, Hayworth's survey. 8 Sept. 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 178].
  • N-308: William Jolliffe of Frederick County, 129 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Ross, said Jolliffe, William Doster, William Dillon, surv. made for William & James Joliffe. 4 Nov. 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 185].
  • P-295: Henry Cowgill of Frederick County, 98 acres on Back Creek in said County surv'd for Benjamin Barratt and plot returned by John Mauzy, 11 Nov. 1752. Barratt not complying with Advertisement and recorded in Book N. Adj. William Dillon, Daniel Dillon, Owen Long, Maurice Reese, said Barrat and his brother John Barrat, James Crumley. 28 Sept. 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 226].
  • Pg. 348: James Dillon of Frederick County, son & devisee of William Dillon dec'd, 56 acres on Back Creek in said County. Reserving unto Mary Bridges widow of said William Dillon, ⅓ during her natural life and afte her decease whole to said James Dillon. Surv. 13 Mar. 1754 made for William Dillon by John Mauzy and forfeited by advertisement. See book N. deed to James Dillon. Adj. said William Dillon, William Frost. 18 April 1775. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 145].
References
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    William Dillon
    Birth: Feb., 1715
    Bucks County
    Pennsylvania, USA
    Death: Nov. 10, 1762
    Frederick County
    Virginia, USA


    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Mary Reece Dillon (1720 - 1781)*

    Children:
    Ann Dillon Hayworth (1746 - 1844)*
    John Dillon (1751 - 1814)*

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