This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: pollard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hEBBAIB/1188.2.2.1.2 Message Board Post: Yes, my great grandfather was George Washington, one of the sons of Benjamin Pollard. I do know that George W. married a Mary Ann Gillett and around the turn of the century moved to the Durham area due to economic hard times in Onslow County. It may have been that there was a family connection that brought them to that area.