John Shelton was an important nobleman born around 1140 in Shelton, Norfolk, England. He became the Lord Mayor in Stradbrooke, Suffolk, England, and was married with at least one son, named John, who was born about 20 years later. John’s son married and had three children, Ralph, Nicholas, and Peter. Ralph was born around 1180 in England, while Nicholas was born about 5 years later. Nicholas and Peter were involved in a rebellion against King John of England, which eventually led to the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. As a result of their involvement, they lost their properties and estates but were later restored after the agreement was reached. In 1257, Nicholas was the Lord of Stradbrooke, Suffolk, and Shelton, while Peter was born around 1187 in England.

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Ralph Shelton, 4th Lord of Shelton, was born in England around 1180. He married Catherine de Elleigh in 1228 and they had at least seven children. Their children’s names were Ralph, Nicholas, Henry, Robert, John, Thomas, and William. Ralph, the 4th Lord of Shelton, passed away in England in 1245 at around 65 years of age. His son Ralph, who later became the 6th Lord of Shelton, was born in England around 1229. Sir Henry, the 7th Lord of Shelton, was born in England around 1231 and held titles of Brent (Burnt) Elleigh and Barningham, Suffolk, England. He passed away in 1286 at around 55 years of age. Sir Robert, the 8th Lord of Shelton, was born in England around 1235 and married Isabella. In 1302, he held titles to Shelton, Barningham, Mudhaven, Scole, and Brent (Burnt) Elleigh along with his wife. Robert passed away on August 25, 1306, in England at around 71 years of age. John, Thomas, and William were also born in England, around 1237, 1240, and 1242 respectively. William was granted large land holdings in Kent in 1296.

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Ralph Shelton, 6th Lord of Shelton, was a nobleman who lived in England around 1229. He owned properties in Norfolk and Suffolk and inherited the Shelton estate from his uncle. Ralph got married and had four children: John, Ralph, Henry, and Robert. John was born about 20 years after his father, followed by Ralph, Henry, and Robert.

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Sir John Shelton, 13th Lord of Shelton, was a man born in England around the year 1249. He inherited his family’s land and was also known as Sir John of Skelton Castle. He got married and had at least two children named Adam and Ralph. John was a very important person in his community and even became a Knight in 1318. Adam, his son, was also a Knight in 1330. Ralph, his other son, was born in 1315 and later became the 14th Lord of Shelton.

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Sir Ralph Shelton, 14th Lord of Shelton, was born in England in the 14th century. He built a fortified castle called the Old Shelton Hall and a church named St. Mary’s Church, both located in Shelton, Norfolk. Sir Ralph was the Lord of the Shelton Manor after his mother’s death when he was only eighteen. He married Anne Burgulion and became the heir to her family’s great estates. He later married Joan de Plais, the daughter of Sir John de Plais, and they had at least four children.

 

Sir Ralph fought in the Battle of Crecy and was knighted for his bravery in saving the life of King Edward III’s eldest son. The Battle of Crecy was a significant victory for the English forces in the Hundred Years’ War against France. Sir Ralph also fought in the Battle of Poitiers and was highly favored for his role in the English victory.

 

Sir Ralph and his wife Joan were buried in Shelton Church, and a brass effigy was placed on their grave. The inscription on the crest at the head of the figure was in old French and asked people to pray for Sir Ralph’s soul.

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Sir Ralph Shelton, who was the 15th Lord of Shelton, was born in England around 1330. He was alive in 1385. Sir Ralph joined John of Gaunt, who was the Duke of Lancaster, on a big trip to Spain, and fought in the famous battle of Nazarett. Ralph married Alice Uvedale, who was the daughter of Sir Thomas Uvedale, in England. They had at least two children, named John and Ralph. John was born around 1360 in England. In 1398, he gave up control of Manor of Gedney in Lincolnshire to Abbott of Ramsey. Ralph, who was the 16th Lord of Shelton, was born around 1361 in England.

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Sir Ralph Shelton, 16th Lord of Shelton, a nobleman from England, was born around 1361. He was a part of several voyages, including one to St. Maloes de L’ifle, Scotland, and Spain. He married and had two children, John and Richard. Joan de Plais Shelton, widow of his grandfather, passed away in 1405 when Sir Ralph was around 58 years old. He died in England in 1424 at the age of 63 and was buried in Great Snoring Church, Suffolk, England. Sir Richard, his son, was also born in England and fought alongside Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt. His sword at Armathwaite Castle, Cumberland, is said to rival that of King Edward II at Westminster.

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Sir John Shelton, 17th Lord of Shelton, was an English nobleman who was born around 1380. He was the owner of several large estates in Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, and Cumberland, including Skelton Castle and Armathwaite Castle. Sir John married Margaret Brews, daughter of Sir Robert Brews and Eleanor Stapleton, in England. Margaret was born in Wenham Parva, England, around 1412 and passed away at the age of 67 in 1479. The couple had one son named Ralph, who became the 19th Lord of Shelton and was born in 1430. Sadly, Sir John passed away in 1431 at the age of 51.

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Sir Ralph Shelton, 19th Lord of Shelton, was a nobleman who lived in Shelton, Norfolk, England in the 15th century. He had two wives, Joan and Margaret Clere, and at least five children – John, Ralph, Richard, Elizabeth, and Alice. Sir Ralph was a respected member of his community and held many important positions, including being the High Sheriff of Norfolk. He inherited several properties from his uncle and also received a grant from King Henry VII. Sir Ralph and his wife Margaret built the Shelton Church in 1480 and the Shelton Hall, both of which were important landmarks in the area. Sir Ralph died at age 67 in 1497, and his wife Margaret passed away a year later at age 65. In her will, Margaret expressed her desire to be buried beside her husband in the Shelton Church.

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Sir John Shelton, who was the 20th Lord of Shelton, was born in Shelton, Norfolk, England around 1450. He got married to a lady named Margaret in England, and they had four children together: John, Dorothy, William, and Ralph. Their son John was born in Shelton, Norfolk, England in 1472. Their daughter Dorothy was also born in Shelton, while William and Ralph were also born in Norfolk, England. Sir John passed away before his wife Margaret, who died at about the age of 50 in 1500. 

 

Alice Shelton, who was born around 1460 in Shelton, Norfolk, England, got married to Sir John Heveningham, the son of Thomas Heveningham, Esquire, in England. John, who was also born in England, passed away in 1530. Alice and John had at least one son named Anthony.

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Sir John Shelton, the 21st Lord of Shelton, was born in Shelton, Norfolk, England around the year 1472. He married Lady Anne Boleyn, the aunt of the famous Anne Boleyn, who was the second wife of King Henry VIII. Lady Anne and King Henry had a daughter named Elizabeth I, who later became the Queen of England. Sir John and Lady Anne Shelton were great uncle and aunt to Elizabeth I.

 

As a Protestant, Princess Elizabeth was under suspicion by her half-sister Queen Mary I. The Sheltons were kind to Elizabeth and even provided her with a place to stay when she was still a princess. They took care of her and even hid her in the tower of Shelton Church. When Elizabeth became the queen, she invited her aunt’s family to live with her in the Palace, and their descendants lived at the Court for her entire reign.

 

Sir John was Governor of the Household of the King, and Lady Anne was the governess to Princess (later Queen) Mary. Sir John was also the High Sheriff of Norfolk, England in 1504. He was knighted in 1509 and was present at the Coronation of Henry VIII. Sir John died in 1539 in Shelton, Norfolk, England at the age of 67. Lady Anne died on January 6, 1556, in Carrow Abbey, Norwich, Norfolk, England at the age of 80.

 

Sir John and Lady Anne had at least nine children, including John, Margaret, Ralph, Thomas, Anne, Mary, Gabriella, Emma, and Elizabeth. John, their eldest son, became the 22nd Lord of Shelton. Margaret was an attendant at the Court of Queen Anne Boleyn and was commanded by her to distract the attention of Henry when he was making love to Jane Seymour. Ralph was granted all land and appurtenances of John Amerye and of the Monastery of Brodsley in Worcestershire. Thomas was the Gentleman Porter of Her Majesty’s Tower. Anne married Sir Edmund Knevett and later Christopher Coote, Esquire. Mary married Sir Anthony Heveningham, son of Sir John Heveningham and Alice Shelton, and later Philip Appleyard, Esquire. Gabriella and Emma were born in Shelton, Norfolk, England, and Elizabeth was also born there.

 

Sir John Shelton was an important figure in medieval times, and his family played a crucial role in English history.

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Sir Anthony Heveningham was married twice. His first wife was Katherine Calthorpe, and his second wife was Mary Shelton, daughter of Sir John Shelton. They had a son together named Sir Arthur. Sir Anthony owned a lordship in a parish, which he settled for himself and Mary in 1546. Unfortunately, Sir Anthony passed away in 1558, and Mary remarried to Philip Appleyard. However, she also passed away soon after, leaving Sir Arthur as her only son and heir. By 1570, Sir Arthur was the owner of the manor. This information is from a book called “A Supplement to the Suffolk Traveler.”

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Sir John Shelton, the 22nd Lord of Shelton, was born around 1504 in a place called Shelton, which is in Norfolk, England. He got married to Margaret Parker who was born around 1510 in Bletsoe, Bedford, England. Together, they had five children – Alice, Anne, Thomas, Ralph (who became the 23rd Lord of Shelton), and Mary. Sir John was a famous personality of his time, and he was known as “Sir John the Younger.” He was the High Sheriff of Norfolk from 1522 to 1525. In 1546, Sir John was knighted, and he later became a Knight of the Bath. Sir John was one of Queen Mary’s supporters and helped her ascend to the throne. However, when Queen Elizabeth came to power in 1558, the Shelton family moved to London. At the time of her death in 1554, one of Sir John’s daughters was engaged to Thomas Clere, and she is known as “Shelton for Love” in the Earl of Surrey’s sonnet “To Clere.” Sir John passed away at the age of about 54 on November 15, 1558, and he was buried in Shelton, Norfolk, England.

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Sir Ralph Shelton, 23rd Lord of Shelton, born in 1530 in Shelton, Norfolk, England, was a prominent figure in his time. He was the High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1571 and was also a Knight of the Garter. He was even knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1578. He married Mary Wodehouse in 1551 and they had at least seven children together. 

 

Their first child, Alice, was born in 1555 and she went on to marry three times. Their second child, Margaret, was born in 1556 and married Anthony Southwell. Their third child, Thomas, was born in 1558 and became the 24th Lord of Shelton. John, their fourth child, was born in 1559 and later became the 25th Lord of Shelton. Ralph, their fifth child, was born in 1560 and their sixth child, Edward, was born in 1564 but sadly passed away soon after. Their youngest child, Audrey, was born in 1568 and married Sir Thomas Walsingham.

 

Sir Ralph Shelton passed away in 1580 at the age of 49. He was buried in Shelton, Norfolk, England. He owned several properties, including Shelton Overall in Shelton and diverse lands in Norfolk, Barrett in Hardwicke, Snoring 2, Magna and Parva, Thursford 2, Magna and Parva, and Barrett’s held by Earl of Arundel. He named his son Thomas, Porter of the Tower of London, as his heir.

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Sir Ralph Shelton, the 26th Lord of Shelton, was born in Shelton, Norfolk, England on November 1, 1560. He led an interesting life and had many titles, including Minister to Spain, Secretary to the Prince of Wales, and one of the entourage of the Earl of Carlisle on a trip to France in 1612. Sir Ralph was a prominent member of the Second and Third London Companies, which sailed under Lord de la Warr with nine ships and 500 people to America in 1610. However, there is no record that he ever lived in America. 

 

Sir Ralph had two sons, James and Thomas. James was born in England and came to America with Lord de la Warr in June 1610, where he founded the Shelton family of America in Virginia. Thomas, on the other hand, invented the first process of shorthand in 1630, which was used by Samuel Pepys in his “Diary.”

 

Sir Ralph was also a Member of Parliament and signed a petition circulated by the London Company in 1610. He married Jane West and had at least two children with her. He was killed in 1628 at the Isle of Rhe, France, at the age of 68.

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James Shelton, a gentleman, was born in England around 1585 and came to Virginia with his relative Lord de la Warr in 1610. He lived there for some time and married Anne Hebert. They had ten children together. James died in Bermuda in 1668. His son James Jr. lived in Warwickshire, England, and his son Stephen owned a ship called “Captain John Stone” and was one of the earliest judges in Baltimore County, Maryland. Joane married someone named Hall and John was a ship owner and merchant who also moved to South Carolina. William wrote his will while aboard his ship “The William” and died at sea soon afterward. Thomas, Robert, George, and Richard also lived in Virginia. Richard died at age 91 and had land grants in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

 

James and his father were members of the London Company, which was an association of “noblemen, gentlemen, and merchants” granted a charter by King James I to settle South Virginia. Some Sheltons also owned ships and traded with Bermuda and America. The Governor of Bermuda, Captain Wodehouse, was related to Sir Ralph Shelton, and Sir John Shelton, James’s son, was a successful merchant who made large sales of commodities to the Virginia planters. The Shelton family was considered to be “gentlemen” and had the right to bear arms, which was a sign of distinction in English society at the time.

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Thomas Shelton was a man who was born in England around 1606. He later moved to Bermuda, and then to Virginia in 1628 on a ship called the “Hopewell”. In 1629, he got married to a woman named Hannah Wood, who was also from England. They settled in Norfolk County, Virginia and had at least seven children: James, John, Stephen, George, Thomas, William, and Elizabeth. 

 

Thomas owned a lot of land in Virginia and Maryland. After Hannah passed away in 1684 in Maryland at the age of 78, she was buried there. Elizabeth, their youngest child, married two men: first, someone named Whitten, and then Reuben Shelton, who was born in York County, Virginia in 1652. 

 

Thomas passed away on October 24, 1683, in Cecil County, Maryland at the age of 77. He was also buried in Maryland.

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James Shelton was born around the year 1629. He married Mary Jane Bathurst in 1650 in Virginia. Mary was born in 1630 and passed away at the age of 52 in 1682. Together, they had at least seven children. Their children’s names were Bathurst, William, John, Reuben, Richard, Thomas, and Daniel. William, the second child, married Katherine Metting and passed away at the age of 72 in 1727. John, the third child, married a lady named Jane and passed away at the age of 47 in 1706. Reuben, the fourth child, passed away at the age of 100 in 1759, without any children. Richard, the fifth child, passed away at the age of 95 in 1759. Thomas, the sixth child, was born after the year 1665 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and married a lady named Jane (Jenny). The youngest child, Daniel, was born in 1668 in Virginia.

 

James served as a clerk of York County in Virginia from 1714 to 1716 and was also a vestryman at St. Paul’s Church. He passed away in 1716 at around the age of 87. When Reuben passed away, his will named his brother Daniel as the beneficiary. However, the other living brothers decided to bring a lawsuit to settle the estate since it wasn’t known whether Reuben was alive or dead. It was thought that his ship was cut off by the Indians.

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Daniel Shelton was born in Virginia in 1668. He got married to Elizabeth Welles on April 14, 1692, in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth was born in 1670 in Connecticut and died on April 1, 1747, in Connecticut at the age of 77. They had two children, Sarah and Samuel. Sarah was born on January 2, 1694, in Connecticut and married James Wakelee in 1715. James was born on December 28, 1688, in Connecticut and died on May 4, 1762, in Connecticut at the age of 73. Sarah and James had a son named James who was born in Connecticut in 1733 and died there in 1799 at the age of 66. Sarah died on August 31, 1787, in Connecticut at the age of 93. Samuel, their other child, was born on February 10, 1705, in Connecticut.

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Samuel Shelton was born in 1704 in Connecticut and married Abigail Nicholls on October 2, 1735. They had at least 14 children together, all born in Connecticut. Their children’s names were Mary, Daniel, Samuel, Elizabeth, David, Abigail E., Joseph, Andrew, Sarah, Ann, Josiah, Philo, Isaac Wells, and Agur. 

 

Daniel, Elizabeth, David, Joseph, Andrew, Sarah, and Ann all passed away at different ages. Josiah lived to be 112 years old, and Philo had a son named William who married a woman named Lucretia Shethar Stanley. 

 

Philo passed away when he was 70 years old, and Isaac Wells passed away when he was 74. Agur passed away at the age of 86, and Samuel passed away at the age of 67. Abigail passed away at the age of 79.

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Ralph Shelton was born in 1685 in Middlesex County, Virginia. He got married to Mary Jane Crispin in 1706 in the same county. They had at least 11 children, including Thomas, Ralph, Elizabeth, Crispin Eliphas, Reuben, Mary, Catherine, John, Benjamin, James, and Daniel. Ralph and Mary lived in Virginia all their lives. 

 

Ralph passed away when he was 48 years old in 1733, and his wife Mary married William Clark afterward. In her will, she mentioned her children and grandchildren, including Crispin Shelton, John Shelton, Benjamin Shelton, James Shelton, Ralph Shelton, Daniel Shelton, Reuben Shelton, and Patience Catesby Blakey, and daughter Elizabeth Davis. 

 

Mary passed away in 1771 at the age of 81. She was buried in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

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Thomas Shelton was born on November 9, 1707, in Middlesex County, Virginia.  He married Mary Probert about 1729 in Middlesex County, Virginia.  They had at least five children:  Reuben, Josiah, Mary, Thomas, and Micajah.  Reuben was born on May 16, 1733, in Virginia.  Josiah was born in 1735 in Virginia.  Mary was born on February 21, 1837, in Virginia.  She died on August 5, 1742, in Virginia at age 5.  Thomas was born on May 2, 1740, in Virginia.  Micajah was born on June 20, 1741, in Virginia.  Thomas died on March 24, 1741, in Virginia at age 33.  Mary died in 1742.

Ralph Shelton was born on October 23, 1709, in Middlesex County, Virginia.  He married Mary Daniel, daughter of William Daniel and Mary Moseley, on June 10, 1731, in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia.  Mary was born on April 16, 1710, in Middlesex County, Virginia, and died in 1764 in Henry County, Virginia at age 54.  They had at least 15 children:  Roger, Sarah, Katherine, John, Palatiah, Eliphaz, James, Ralph, Hezekiah, Jeremiah, Derina, Elizabeth, Azariah, Susannah, and Mary.  Roger was born in Amelia County, Virginia.  Sarah was born about 1750 in Amelia County, Virginia.  She married _____ Robertson in Virginia.  Katherine was born about 1749 in Amelia County, Virginia.  She married _____ Rutherford and later married West Dandridge Hurt in Virginia.  John was born in 1732 in Amelia County, Virginia.  He married and had at least one son, Roderick.  Palatiah was born after 1732 in Essex County, Virginia.  Eliphaz was born in 1733 in Essex County, Virginia.  He died in August 1826 in Virginia at age 93.  James was born in 1734.  He married Jencia.  He died in 1794 in Virginia.  Ralph was born in 1735 in Essex County, Virginia.  Ralph married before 1811 in Tennessee.  Hezekiah was born in 1736 in Essex County, Virginia.  Jeremiah was born in 1740 in Virginia.  He married Nancy Asher in Virginia.  Derina (Rina) was born about 1752 in Amelia County, Virginia.  She married William McGehee in Virginia.  Elizabeth was born in 1760 in Amelia County, Virginia.  Azariah was born in 1747 in Amelia County, Virginia.  He married about 1770 in Virginia and died in Tennessee.  Susannah was born in 1756 in Amelia County, Virginia.  She married _____ Jones in Virginia.  She died in 1844 in Virginia at age 88.  Mary was born in 1757 in Amelia County, Virginia.  Ralph died in 1789 in Patrick County, Virginia at age 80.

Crispin Eliphas Shelton was born on April 1, 1713, in Middlesex County, Virginia, and was christened on May 17, 1713, in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia.  He married Letitia Buford in 1734 in Middlesex County, Virginia.  They had at least ten children:  Jane, Susannah, Lewis, Abraham, Elizabeth, Gabriel, Beverly, Spencer, Armistead, and Vincent.  Jane was born in Virginia.  She married William Todd on February 7, 1774, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.  She was the great-grandmother of Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln.  Susannah was born in Virginia.  She married Griffith Dickinson on October 12, 1785, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.  Lewis was born about 1734.  He was a Baptist Preacher.  Abraham was born in 1737 in Amelia County, Virginia.  He married Chloe Robertson on January 16, 1760, in Amelia County, Virginia.  He moved with his father to Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1762.  His home was on Buck Branch, near Chalk Level.  Spotsylvania Bicentennial pageant gave a tribute to Major Abraham Shelton, commander of the military depot at Peytonburg during the Revolutionary War.  He served two terms in General Assembly.  Like his father, he was an early justice, vestryman, and sheriff.  He was a member of the Patriot Committee and escheator of county properties in 1777 and 1778.  After the war, he served as Colonel of the First Battalion of County Militia, until his death in 1789 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia at age 52.  He was one of three men from Spotsylvania who represented the county at a church conference in Richmond in 1785 that helped separate the Anglican or Established Church.  This set up the Episcopal Church, of which he became a vestryman.  Elizabeth was born about 1738 in Virginia.  She married _____ Hurt in Virginia.  Gabriel was born in 1740.  He married Elizabeth Shepard on March 24, 1762, in Amelia County, Virginia.  He secured grants in 1772 and 1773 for 400, 404, and 794 acres (probably on Whitethorn Creek).  He was a captain in the militia from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War.  He was on the Committee of Safety in 1775 and a vestryman of the parish.  His will was made on June 20, 1803.  Beverly was born about 1743 in Virginia.  He married Rita Shelton, daughter of Armistead Shelton and Susannah Shelton, on October 31, 1803, in Virginia.  Rita was his niece.  Spencer was born in 1746 in Virginia.  He was a Lieutenant in the Pittsylvania County Militia.  Spencer married Clara Shelton, daughter of Daniel Shelton and Lettice Young, in Virginia.  Clara was born about 1746 in Virginia.  Armistead was born in 1753 in Virginia.  He moved with his father to Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1762.  He was an Ensign in the Pittsylvania County Militia.  Armistead married Susannah Shelton, daughter of Daniel Shelton and Lettice Young, on September 1, 1774, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.  Susannah was born in Virginia.  They had at least one daughter, Rita, who married her uncle, Beverly Shelton, brother to her father.  Vincent, the eighth son of Crispin Shelton and Letitia Buford, was born about 1754 in Amelia County, Virginia.  He was a Lieutenant and then Major in the Pittsylvania County Militia.  Vincent married Susannah Robertson, sister of his brother Abraham’s wife Chloe Robertson, on January 27, 1777, in Virginia.  Susannah and Chloe were daughters of John Robertson of Amelia County, Virginia.  In 1930 Josephine Robertson, of Cleveland, North Carolina, wrote:  “John Robertson of Amelia County, Virginia, was the grandson of the first William Robertson of Edinburgh, Scotland.  There were no finer people in eastern Virginia… a Governor of Virginia and also a Louisiana Congressman, judges, diplomats, etc.  My nephew saw the portrait of Governor Thomas Bolling Robertson in the (former) Capitol at New Orleans.”  Vincent was appointed 2^nd Lieutenant in the company of his brother, Captain Gabriel Shelton, in 1779.  They served from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, during the next few years of the Revolutionary War.  From 1790 to 1797 Vincent served as Justice of the Peace and in 1802 he was sheriff at Spotsylvania County.  He and his brother, Armistead, were members of the Commission of the Peace and held court for civil cases.  He was listed as Major Vincent Shelton in the 1810 Tax List in Virginia.  Vincent was willed all lands by his father, possibly because earlier Crispin sold his other son’s 400 acres of land at about $1 per acre, far below the price he had paid for it.  Crispin died on October 29, 1787, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia at age 74.

Daniel Shelton was born on May 17, 1729, in Middlesex County, Virginia.  He married Lettice Young in 1750 in Middlesex County, Virginia.  They had at least ten children:  Susannah, Clara, Milly, Polly, Young, Leroy, Daniel, Tunstall, Sarah, and Willis.  All their children were born in Virginia.  Susannah married Armistead Shelton, son of Crispin Eliphas Shelton and Letitia Buford, on September 1, 1774, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.  Armistead was born in 1753 and died on June 16, 1844, at age 91.  They had at least one daughter, Rita.  Clara was born about 1754.  She married Spencer Shelton, son of Crispin Eliphas Shelton and Letitia Buford, in Virginia.  Spencer was born in 1746 in Virginia.  Daniel had land in Amelia County, Virginia until after 1789, when that portion became Nottoway County.  He was a militia Captain in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, promoted to Major in 1778.  He was also a member of the Committee of Safety.  Daniel died on September 18, 1809, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia at age 80.

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Roderick Shelton was born in 1754 in Virginia and got married to Sarah Ursula Briggs around 1773. Sarah was born around 1755 and they had eight children together. Martin was born in Virginia and died in North Carolina, Lewis died in Missouri, Armstrong died in Kentucky, David married Elizabeth Shields and died in North Carolina at age 81, Sarah and John were born in Virginia, James was born in Virginia and died in Tennessee at age 88, and Roderick was born in Virginia and died in North Carolina at age 72. Roderick’s father died in North Carolina when he was 62 years old.

 

Elizabeth Shelton was born in Virginia in 1760 and married William Arnold, son of Henry Arnold, in 1777. William was born in Virginia in 1759 and died in Georgia at age 66. They had four children: James, William, Thomas, and Ambrose. James married Elizabeth Ann Arnett and had eight children: Permelia A., Arnett, Harrell, Harriet, Julia Ann, James, Martha Anne, and Elizabeth Ann. All of them were born in the early 1800s. James died in Georgia at around 47 years old.

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John Shelton was an American born in the year 1778 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Smith in Tennessee on March 19, 1800. Elizabeth was born in Tennessee around the year 1780. Together, they had at least eight children, namely William M., David, James, Levina, Mary Ann, Margaret, Canzada, and George Washington. William Thomas was born on March 1, 1801, in Tennessee. David was born on March 1, 1804, in Tennessee and passed away in Missouri. James was born in Tennessee. Levina was born in Tennessee and married Wyatt Stubblefield. Mary Ann was born in Tennessee and married Jonathan Hale. Jonathan died in Missouri. Margaret was born in Tennessee and married William J. Hale. William died in Missouri. Canzada was born in Tennessee and married William Henderson. George Washington was born about 1815 in Tennessee. John died on July 31, 1855, in Missouri at the age of 77.

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James Arnold was born in North Carolina in 1812 and later married Martha Ann Givens in 1846 in Alabama. They were blessed with at least eleven children, all born in Henry County, Alabama. James and Martha’s children were: William M., Permelia Ann, James Jefferson, Elizabeth Winifred, Alicia Jeanette, Martha Juliann, Frances Harriet, John Abner, Henry Harrell, Mary Eliza, and Sarah Delilah. Sadly, Martha passed away in 1888 at the age of 60 and James passed away four years later in 1882 at the age of 70.

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William Thomas Shelton was born in Tennessee on March 1, 1810. He got married to Annie Wisdom Spearman in early 1820s and they had seven children together. Annie passed away at the age of 81 due to typhoid fever in Missouri in 1888. William Thomas Shelton died at the age of 80 in Missouri on August 24, 1881.

 

George Washington Shelton, Sr. was born in Tennessee around 1815. He married Celia Burks and had eight children together. George’s first wife passed away, and he married _____ Roberds. They had two children together. George Washington Shelton, Sr. died at the age of 45 in Missouri on July 20, 1860.

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Sarah Delilah Arnold was born in Alabama in 1870. She married Henry Washington Johnson in 1889 and they had at least 12 children together. They lived in Alabama for their entire lives. Henry died in 1942 and Sarah Delilah passed away in 1944. Both are buried in a cemetery in Cowarts, Houston County, Alabama.

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Thomas Sterling Shelton was born in Tennessee in 1822 and later married Elizabeth Canzada Wright in 1842. They had nine children together, Elvira Jane, Dorcas Cansada, Martha Ann, John Monrow, Josephine A., William Right, Lucy Emily, Charles Thomas, and Edmond Spearman. Sadly, Thomas passed away on the same day that his youngest child, Edmond, was born.

 

Thomas’ brother, George R. Shelton, was also born in Tennessee, but in 1829. George married Eliza E. Castleman, and they had three children together: Eliza A., James W., and Martha Priscilla. George died at the age of 36 in Missouri, leaving Eliza to raise their children alone.

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George Washington Shelton, Jr. was born on January 27, 1849, in Missouri. He married Mary Jane Brandon, who was born on February 26, 1851, in Alabama. The couple had nine children together: Doward Belmont, Walton, William Herbert, Mary Ollie, Edmond L., Edith Lou, George Washington III, Sarah Eliza, and Allen T. Unfortunately, some of their children passed away at young ages.

 

Doward Belmont was the oldest of their children and was born on November 18, 1870, in Missouri. Walton was born on February 6, 1871, but he passed away at the age of three. William Herbert was born in 1874 and passed away in 1921 at the age of 47. Mary Ollie was born in 1876 and passed away in 1895 at the age of 19. Edmond L. was born in 1878, and he married Flora Drake in 1902. Edith Lou was born in 1881, and George Washington III was born in 1883, but he passed away at age 22. Sarah Eliza was born in 1886, but she passed away in 1929 at the age of 43. Finally, Allen T. was born on February 27, 1889, and he married Montie Humphrey in 1910.

 

George Washington Shelton, Jr. passed away on May 1, 1931, at the age of 82. His wife Mary Jane Brandon passed away a few years earlier on March 7, 1934, at the age of 83.

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Carrie Bell Johnson was born in Henry County, Alabama on February 1, 1892. She got married to Rufus Elbert Rabon, who was born on August 8, 1890, and was the son of Elbert Rabon and Mary Coxwell, on September 10, 1911. They had at least four children: Mallie, Blanche Lucille, Carrie Mitchelle, and Willis Elbert. Rufus passed away on June 11, 1973, at the age of 82 in Chipley, Florida. 

 

Mallie, their first child, was born on May 12, 1913. He married Clara, and they had at least two children: Myrtle and Brenda. Myrtle married Jerry Driver, and Brenda married Doyle Cumbie. Mallie passed away on October 3, 1997, at the age of 84 in Chipley, Florida. 

 

Blanche Lucille, their second child, was born in Alabama on March 17, 1916. She passed away on November 24, 1917, at the age of one and was buried in Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Webb, Houston County, Alabama.

 

Carrie Mitchelle Rabon was born on June 18, 1926. She had a relationship with someone named Cooper and had a daughter named Michelle Rabon. 

 

Willis Elbert Rabon, Sr., their last child, was born on June 10, 1928. He married and had at least one son named Willis Elbert, Jr. Willis Sr. passed away on July 19, 1992, at the age of 64 in Chipley, Florida. 

 

Carrie Bell Johnson, their mother, passed away on February 24, 1992, at the age of 100 in Chipley, Florida.

Bera Johnson was born on December 14, 1895, in Alabama. She married Wright Coxwell Rabon, Sr. in 1913, and they had nine children. Mary Frances was their first child. Willis Otho, Elbert Otis, Mattie Monnell, Sarah Kathryn, Wright Coxwell Jr., Billy Ray, Johnnie Gerald, and David Manuel were their other children. 

 

Bera’s husband, Wright, passed away in 1969, and he was buried in Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Bera died on December 31, 1975, in Ashford, Houston County, Alabama. 

 

Mary Frances passed away in 1997 in Dothan, Alabama, at the age of 82. Willis Otho got married to Evie Roberts in 1938. Elbert Otis married Willie Mae Adams in 1942, and they had a son named Elbert Stanley. Willie Mae Adams died in November 1979 in Auburndale, Polk County, Florida, at the age of 58, and Elbert Otis died in January 1994 in Auburndale, Polk County, Florida, at the age of 74. 

 

Mattie Monnell got married to Paul Schaeffer, and they had four children: Richard Allen, Stevie Lee, Joann, and Paul Rabon. Paul Schaeffer died in November 1985 in Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 65. 

 

Sarah Kathryn got married to James McCraney in 1941, and they had two children: Sarah Diane and Ronnie Frank. James McCraney died in 1997 in Alabama at the age of 78. Sarah Kathryn died in 1971 in Ashford, Houston County, Alabama, at the age of 47. 

 

Wright Coxwell Jr. got married to Florence, and they had a daughter named Margaret. Wright Coxwell Jr. died in 1981 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, at the age of 55. 

 

Johnnie Gerald passed away when he was just two years old in Ashford, Houston County, Alabama, and he was buried there. David Manuel married Patsy Fowler in 1958, and they had two children: Timothy David and Gail.

William Winford Johnson was born on March 30, 1912, in Houston County, Alabama. He got married to Bertha Mae Helms in 1932, and they had four children named Blondell, Reuben Earl, Andrew Joseph, and Bennie Rex. Blondell got married to Francis George Bosze, and they had a daughter named Karon Michelle. William Winford Johnson passed away in 1992, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Cowarts, Houston County, Alabama. Blondell passed away in 1990, at the age of 57, in Arlington, Virginia, and was buried in the same cemetery as her father.

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William Right Shelton was a man born in Missouri in 1852. He had two marriages. His first marriage was with Nancy Sanders, with whom he had three children; Martha, Edna and Cora. They got divorced in 1881. He then married Julia Ann Wall in 1882, with whom he had eight children; William Anderson, Robert Frederick, Charles Medford, Mornia Adeline, Albert Virgil, Mary Artisha, George Evert Shelton and Roy Raymond. William Right passed away in 1925 in Texas County, Missouri.

 

Lucy Emily Shelton was born in 1856 in Missouri. She married Joseph Harrison Davidson, with whom she had at least 11 children. Their children were; John R., Elsie Ophelia, Minnie J., William Thomas G., Lucinda L. Elizabeth, Margaret “Maggie” Catherine, Ida Ann, Everett Harrison, James Edmond, Charles Otis, and Joseph Elmer. Lucy Emily passed away in 1937 in Texas.

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Doward Belmont Shelton was born on November 18, 1870, in Missouri. He married Martha Jane Pendleton on November 3, 1892. They had ten children together. William Owen, the first child, was born on November 5, 1893. Edith M., Lawrence B., Otto Dewey, Ray, Mary O., Myrl A., Olen G., Truman P., and Lorene were their other children. Martha, Doward’s wife, died on August 1, 1958, in Illinois at the age of 34.

 

William Owen married Edna Hansford, who was born about 1895. He passed away on August 5, 1975, in Missouri at the age of 80. Edith M. was born in 1895 in Missouri. She married James P. Wilson on December 24, 1916, and Edith died in 1983 in Missouri. Lawrence B. was born in 1897 and married Laura Alexander. Laura was born about 1900, and Lawrence died in 1960 in Illinois at the age of 63.

 

Otto Dewey, Sr. was born on January 11, 1899, in Missouri. He married Hester Prynne McKee on August 11, 1922. They had two children together, Otto Dewey, Jr. and Patricia Ruth. Otto Dewey, Jr. was born on April 2, 1924, in Illinois. He married Marian Rose Hileman. Otto, Jr. died on June 9, 1974, in Illinois at the age of 50, while Patricia Ruth was born on December 20, 1926, in Illinois. She married William Harold Harvey and later married Marion William Kozak. Otto Dewey, Sr. died on September 18, 1971, in Illinois at the age of 72.

 

Ray was born on December 11, 1901, in Missouri, and he married Ella Renfrow. Mary O. was born in 1904 in Missouri and married Joseph Lurton. She died in 1979 in Illinois at the age of 75. Myrl A. was born in 1905 and married Enid Kinworthy. He died on October 5, 1981, in Illinois at the age of 76. Olen G. married Evelyn.

 

Truman P. was born on April 6, 1910, in Missouri. He married Dolly Lee, and he died on October 23, 1986. Doward, the father, died on August 6, 1951, in Illinois at the age of 80.

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Billy Ray was born in a place called Ashford, Houston County, Alabama on December 1, 1929. He got married to a woman named Mary Ethel Bruner on June 12, 1954, in Alabama. Mary was born on May 20, 1936, in a place called Pansey, Alabama. Together, they had four children and all four of them are alive.

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Charles Medford “Med” Shelton was born in April 1887 in Missouri. He and his wife, Mamie O. Gilmore, got married in 1910 and had six children, all born in Missouri. Their children were Mildred M., Elvin Charles “Smiley”, George C., Lorene Ada, James G., and Bessie M. Bessie later married ______ Richardson and had a daughter and two sons named James Evert and Robert. James Evert, who was a sergeant, died in the Vietnam War in 1968 in a helicopter crash and never got to see his daughter. Robert died at a nursing care facility in Missouri. Charles Medford Shelton, also known as “Med,” died in 1960 at the age of 73.

 

Roy Raymond Shelton, born on April 2, 1900, in Upton, Texas County, Missouri, married Dortha “Dorothy” Maverine Coats on January 10, 1920, in Texas County, Missouri. They had three children: Bertha Wiletta, Vancil Winford, and Bonnie Arlene. Roy died in 1970 due to a heart attack at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Missouri. His wife, Dortha, died in 2004 at the age of 101 and was buried at Pine Lawn Cemetery in Houston, Texas County, Missouri.

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Vancil Winford Shelton was born on September 11, 1925, in Bado, Texas County, Missouri.  He married Wanda “Maxine” Higginson, daughter of Charles Edward Higginson and Elsie Vivian Lowry, on September 11, 1945, at the Richland County Court House, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.  Maxine was born on December 22, 1927, in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois.  They had five daughters, all still living.  Vancil Shelton died on March 3, 1995, at Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri.  He was buried on March 7, 1995, at Pine Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Texas County, Missouri.