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 2nd 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.
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133 responses to “Shelton Family”
I was looking for Lulu Shelton and her brother Joe, walked with a limp who lived in Rural Retreat, near Wytheville VA. Lulu had a daughter named Judy Lynn in 1960
I’m not sure who they are, but if you will email me some information, I will do all I can to help you find them!
what happened to the “Shelton’s of Kentucky” ?
I don’t have but a minute fraction of info here.
Moved to Greenville, TX.
I am the son of Charles Edward Shelton, who in turn is the son of Fred Ames Shelton and in turn is the son of William Edward Shelton… how far back did you want the answer?
My Great Grandmother — http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92045084
Died in Kentucky in 1977
I am curious about your sources specific the ealy portion 1100 to 1600s. I have been working on Shelton Family from North Carolina Tennessee Virginia. So many histories have been built using internet sources etc that has been disproven.
I never use the “work” of others from the internet. I do, however, use the internet to search for documentation sources (not from individuals).
https://sheltonfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/shelton-family-tree/
Check out this one. It is the most accurate I have found.
Hi, I am a descendant of Alfred Munday Shelton, who was the son of Thomas Shelton, d. Mar. 12, 1741. Alfred, along with brother Thomas were orphaned when Thomas died. Does anyone have any information on what happened to brother Thomas, who was b. abt. 1800 ? Thank you. Sue (Shelton) Adams.
I’m away from home this week but will get with you on this on Sunday the 28th. Thanks for everything and will talk with you then.
I’m descended from Capt. John Chilton of Maidstone England (confirmed by DNA). He died in westmoreland, Va 29 April 1708. He was married to Joan (Jane) Ball. At some point, his descendants moved to Accomack county, VA and ultimately to Marion Station in Somerset County MD. By then, they were spelling their name Chelton. Is this group reflected in your research and if so where? Or are they not related. Thanks so much.
I have only found Shelton, Sheldonne and Skelton. Sorry.
Excellent Information.
Through DNA testing, we know that Roderick Shelton is the father of William Duckworth Franklin by way of Mary Stevens Franklin. William Duckworth had 2 daughters, Glumdaclitch Franklin Troy Franklin, each of whom married George Washington Hensley who is the great-great-grandfather of my husband
I’m a descendant of Roderick Shelton whom you mention was born in 1754. In reading the material prior to that paragraph I can’t follow the trail to who his father was. Do you know who Roderick’s father was?
John Shelton was Roderick’s father.
I show the following:
Father – Ralph Shelton, Jr 1709 – 1789 Grandfather – Ralph Shelton 1685 – 1733 Mother – Mary Daniel 1710 – 1764 Grandmother – Mary Jane Crispen 1685 – 1765
Hopes this helps. Feel free to take whatever you need from my online ancestry. It is current with the above information as of today.
Bob Shelton
You have Thomas Shelton birth 1606 married Hannah Wood. They had a son Stephen Shelton in 1730 you state Stephen passed away but I cant find any information listed on Stephen Shelton in your information. Not sure if im just over looking it or if you have no more information.
On my Tree Maker I show Stephen to have been born 1602, died 1653/54, married Anne West. Father was Gentleman James Shelton.
My mother’s maiden name is Shelton. My grandfather is William H Shelton born 11-10-1902 in Cullman Co Alabama and died 9-27-1968 in Portland OR. His family is from Cullman, Alabama. Any info would be appreciated and could they be part of this family tree? His father’s name was James P Shelton born around 1872 in Cullman Co Alabama. His mother’s name was Fletcher McWater who was born in 1878 in Jackson Co GA & died 12-12-1943 in Cullman Alabama, That is about as far as I got.
Hello, my name is Amy. My 5x g.g.father is John Shelton. His son Caibourne Shelton is who I can trace my lineage to. I’m just courious why not much is metioned about him. I do have info on him, I was just wondering. Have a great day ☺
There isn’t much mentioned about most Shelton people. The reason is quite simple: This is not a complete history of every Shelton person or line. This is merely a work in progress. If you want to add any information, I will be happy to add anything verified. Thanks! Karla
There are 2 lines not included. The Sheltons from hanover and also from Greene county. I am a descendant of Ivy Shelton from Greene. I am named after Sarah Shelton, Hanover, who was Patrick Henry’s first wife. A lot if history there.
Just discovered this site today and I think it is the most complete history I have come across. I have been searching for the parents of Ezekiel Henderson Shelton b 1776. Surry Co NC since I 1st discovered his marriage record in Grainger Co, TN back in the 80’s. Many researchers have his father as ABRAHAM COOPER SHELTON b 04 MAR 1735 • Middlesex, Accomack County, Virginia. But Abraham left a will and there is no Ezekiel mentioned. I have no proof but believe Ezekiel H. is the son of Ezekiel b 1733 son of Ralph b 1709 and his wife Susanna Fretwell. Any help will be greatly appreciated. James Clark
Hi, I am a descendant of James Shelton (b. 1725) 7x ggfather. I save my tree in Ancestry.com and familysearch.com, they are stalled at Sir. Ralph Shelton 23rd Lord of Shelton. Thank you for your work on this! I am hoping you would be willing to provide documentation regarding this line that I can save in these databases. Please let me know.
Hi, I’m looking for some information on “Malinda” Shelton born in Alabama in 1865. She married my great grandfather, William Baxter Griffith, in Shelby county, Tennessee in 1891 and she already had 3 children – Virgie “Lizzie” Mae Elizabeth Shelton born 1886 and Elliott Caryle Shelton born 1886 and Alice Shelton born 1881. She died in White County, Arkansas as Malinda Griffith, but we don’t know the exact date of death. Her headstone is missing the dates due to tornado damage from many years ago. I’m trying to find out who Malinda’s previous husband was and I’m assuming he was a Shelton. Do you have any information on this Malinda Shelton?
One more thing that might help – I found her oldest daughter, Alice Shelton, on the 1910 census living with her grandmother Jane C. Gammond.
I think you have made an error regarding Thomas Shelton at the beginning of the 1600s — There are two Thomas Shelton listings in wikipedia for the beginning of the 1600s – one as stenographer (belonging to this Shelton family) and the other as a translator (Not from this branch…) Here are the two listings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Shelton_(translator)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Shelton_(stenographer)
Thank you ever so much for your comment, Ted! I had wondered about that for SUCH a long time, but no one else seemed to notice the possible error. I haven’t worked on any of this file for literally years! I will certainly correct this. Again, Ted, THANK YOU!!!
Happy to help – very interested in your work. My dad had done a lot of independent research when I was younger but I wasn’t much interested in it at that time. My own children are now asking about our ancestry and it was great to find your website so that I could tell them something of where our family came from.
I’ve just ordered this book on Amazon which has a perspective from my great Aunt on our family (but is mostly about her own life) — https://www.amazon.com/Song-Life-Shelton-Maud-Key-Rock/dp/1401031153
If I find anything interesting I will pass it along!
Thank you ever so much, Ted! 🙂
My Grandfather was Eli Shelton, married Jane Price. They owner land in the smokey mountains in Tennessee,Tobacco growers. My Dad was Stephen Isac Shelton born 1900 one of 11 children he married to Cynthia Ellen Rains.I see nothing of them.
As you may have noticed, this site does not have every Shelton person included. If you would like to send your documented information, I will happily include your family. Thank you ever so much!
I HAVE MORE GENEA
LOGY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE SHELTON BLUE BLOODS!
I would love to see what you have, Melissa. Please email me at any time.
Where is the line from Madison County, NC.
That line isn’t included as of yet. It is also part of my own family line. As noted, this is not a complete all-encompassing every single person and/or line included here at this time. Please feel free, any and all, to email me with any documented information you would like to see here. Thanks!
My family tree descends from Roderick Shelton. My father was Stephen I. Shelton,and his dad was Eli Shelton. I have a copy of our family tree going back to the Knights of the round table. We also are related to Abraham Lincolns wife. When I get a chance I will copy,and try to email this to you. My name is Brenda Shelton. Please leave your email
I can get my Shelton tree to go back to 1033 with Robert De Sheldonne who died after 1070. I read one story that the Shelton line began with two brothers that came to England with William the Conqueror and they did well for him and he rewarded them with land known as Shelton and they changed their names to Shelton.
My tree is huge, I think, with 45,000 entries. What would you want to see?
If you want to send a gedcom or anything else to me, please send it to my email – nelsonkarlaj at outlook.com. Thanks!!!
Did you know that the Shelton family managed all of the properties for Henry the 8th?
Yes, I did! I’m happy that you, too, know that! 😀
The 21st Lord, Sir John William Shelton, born 12/12/1472. I show he was married to Lady Anne Boleyn, the aunt of Henry’s wife that lost her head.
Anne Boleyn was only married to Henry.
There were two Anne Boleyns. The elder was the paternal aunt of Queen Anne, wife of King Henry VIII. In other words, there were, indeed, two women named Anne Boleyn. The Queen Anne Boleyn’s dad’s sister was also named Anne, maiden name Boleyn, who married one John Shelton.
I think that is what I said.
Yes, but I was replying to Rita’s comment that Anne (the Queen) was only married to Henry. I’m not certain she recognized that there were actually two women named Anne Boleyn, although we had both mentioned that fact.
My mistake. I caught that after I posted. Sorry.
Thank you
I have a Scottish line that is even more prolific than is the Shelton line. I am related to the Bruce clan, Robert and others. And another that is Irish and it makes me kin to all of the ancient Kings of Ireland.
It is fun as well as very educational to develop all of our lines. They are a wealth of information if one spends the time to work them as far as they will go.
Absolutely! Thank you!!
Hello! I am a descendant of the Alabama line. My Great grandfather is Ethan Shelton of Reform, AL. I understand that there is not much about our line? We have a hardcover book that was made in the 1980s (I think) that shows the connection back to the Middle Ages. Is anyone familiar with this book? My mother (Patresa Shelton) has one I know. I do not.
Look up the Old Rectory in Great Snoring and Sir Ralph Shelton in the 1600’s and note the book mentioned. Actually, there is a great deal about the Shelton’s. You just have to do the searching. The Shelton family managed all of Henry the 8th’s property and one of the Shelton wives was the Aunt of Anne Boleyn.
You are correct, Robert. I have done the searching and research. I don’t have everything I’ve researched on here. I do, however, have Sir John Shelton, 21st Lord of Shelton, married to Anne Boleyn, aunt of the Queen.
Thank you for posting!
I, like you, always believed there was not much on the Shelton’s until Ancestry.com gave me 90 days for free and that hooked me and I now have a ton of information. If you get really into our background you will find all of the Irish kings and many, many from Scotland, along with those that actually settled Ireland.
I have always thought it clever how the Shelton’s came about. There really were no Shelton’s, but there was some land and a town called Shelton Green and Shelton and two brothers came over with William the Conqueror and he rewarded them with that land and that town and they took the name Shelton as their own.
So, when you do your ancestry history, it is not Shelton history, but the history of those that married into the Shelton family that gives you your background. We just have to hope they married well.
Some of this stuff gets more than a bit bizarre. I show that my 64th Great Grandfather is Marc Antony. Or, that another Great Grandfather was one of Alexander’s 5 generals that divided up his kingdom after his death. How about Robert I, King of the Scots “the Bruce” as a 20th Great Uncle?
This, of course, presumes that everything we find is accurate. 🙂
When you are dealing with their relationship to the Tudor’s, Henry 8th, they had a pretty solid relationship, but when the Tudor’s were out, so were the Shelton’s. When they sold the Old Rectory in 1600 and something, they were in hock up to their ears and it was a must sell. Find that book I mentioned earlier. It is supposed to have a ton of Shelton history in it.
It is addictive to play with all of the ancient history.
Robert
My grandmother, Ivy Shelton, comes down from the John Shelton who was Lord High Sheriff of London. His wife was a lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth. I don’t have the history in front of me, but tree has been done and authentic ated by the Sheltons of Rural Point in Hanover County VA., as well as other relatives. I am named after Sarah Shelton, 1st wife of Patrick Henry. There is, of course, so much more. Wish I had the history. I used to, but no longer. Several other family members and relative do have it, however.
Very interesting, Alison! I live in Alabama, but not from an Alabama-based line. I’m sure, however, that we must certainly be related somewhere up the line! Thank you for posting!
Thank you, Robert, for your input. I started researching long before computers were even in the hands of people, long before Ancestry dot com came about. I have a huge collection of ancient books upon which most of my research has been done on the Sheltons of England. Keep it coming! 🙂
Thank you, Sarah, for your input. It’s all oh, so very interesting, for sure!
Roderick Shelton and Sarah Ursula Briggs are my 6 times great-grandparents, thier Daughter Sarah Shelton married David Norton in 1794 (my 5 times great-greandparents). Thier son Jesse John Norton was born in 1795 and died in 1850. He was married to Mary Pollly Ransey. (my 4 times great grand-parents) They had a son William Josiah Northon 1823 married Jeannie Ponder (my 3 times great-grandparents) who moved to Arkansas after his death in 1867 .
I have alot more if you would like.
Thank you so much for posting this.
Thank you, Joni! So… are you, then, from any of the Shelton Laurel, NC bunch?
Yes. Roderick Shelton was John Ralph Shelton’s son who moved there from Virgina.
Then we’re distant cousins, Joni! 😀
Nice to meet ya….
That’s awesome…
Feel free to email me personally.. I can give you the rest I have….
Very impressive work. Thank you.
Thank you, Robert. Someday I may get this thing added onto. I’ve got tons of info… just finding the time to incorporate it here is quite a challenge at this point in time.
Nice to meet ya….
That’s awesome…
Feel free to email me personally.. I can give you the rest I have….
Will do, Joni. Are you a member of any of the Shelton Laurel, NC groups on FB?
No . I didn’t even know they had any.
Oh, yes. I will email you a link.
Fantastic!!
You’ll be finding a zillion and one relatives there. 😉 Happy you found us.
I have joined them…. I can see that… Reading all the posts now…..
I’m so happy that you have joined us, Joni! I know everyone there is thrilled to have you with us, as well. 😀
Thank you… It is alwats nice to find and be around “new” family…😳
My wife’s family is descended from William Duckworth (Duck Shelton) Franklin. My request for your opinion is this: Since it is fairly well documented that Ducky is possibly the illegitimate son of Roderick Shelton, should we perpetuate the myth and continue to document the father as William Franklin, or follow the Shelton line? I have found some Franklin Ancestry trees that claim their DNA results connects them to the Sheltons. Not yet sure how I’m going to enter the info…
any insight you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your opinion!
I descend from Roderick (1754-1816) and Sarah (Briggs) Shelton’s son, John. DNA does prove that Duck Franklin was, indeed, a son of Roderick Shelton and Mary Franklin. Duck was illegitimate, so he was given his mother’s maiden name. Thank you ever so much for asking, Alvin! Your wife and I are blood-related, although quite distantly! 😀
My wife was born a Franklin. With my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, does this mean that she, and all previous Franklins all the way back to Ol’ Duckworth are actually Sheltons? And to keep from tangling up my already gnarled tree, I should disregard any Franklin ancestry prior to Ducky and just go with the Shelton bloodline?
In all actuality, this is for my and my children’s info, my wife thinks genealogy is generally a waste of time!!
Again, thanks for all your hard work and helping me out!
Your wife and your children, do, indeed, carry the Shelton bloodline. However, Duck’s mother was a Franklin, so they carry the Franklin blood as well. So no, don’t disregard any Franklin ancestry prior to Duck (I love how you call him “Ducky”). Just make certain you follow the Franklin bloodline backward in time from Mary Franklin, over and toward the current time.
Remember one thing. Even though Duck was the son of Roderick Shelton, he was given the surname of Franklin for a reason. So all of his descendants are Franklins as well as Sheltons, and they should carry the Franklin name with much pride.
I am so happy you’re working on this for you and your children as well. I’m sorry your wife doesn’t share your enthusiasm, but everyone in the world isn’t as interested in our ancestors as are we. My husband used to think that my research had been a waste of time… until he tested for DNA! Now he’s quite interested… just not interested enough to do any research of his own. hahaha
You’re ever so welcome for the tiny bit of help I may have given you.
Genealogy is genetic research. Family History is all about family, blood-related or not. They do go hand in hand, in my humble opinion. We have so many in our histories who were illegitimate, adopted, etc. But that never makes them any less family. 😀
Alvin, if you would email me at nelsonkarlaj@outlook.com, I will happily share the link to my ancestry tree with you, if you think it might be of some help.
Wasn’t Duck’s mother only a Franklin by marriage. Reportedly, her maiden name was Stevens. Besides, being six generations removed from Roderick and Glumdalclitch’s “indiscretions”, it would be a little late to fix the surname situation now (not to mention quite confusing!!)!
I am sending you an email to your address now, thanks for the assist!
I’m not positive about Mary’s parentage. I’ve seen her listed as “Franklin” and as “Stevens” – I’ve yet to see the correct answer.
I am looking for information on Jane Levina Shelton, daughter of John Shelton and Susan (Sukie) Hord of Spotsylvania Cnty, VA. Her father’s will does not mention her or another daughter. I have been working on an SAR supplemental on John and I am descended from Jane. SAR will not accept any references from “A History of the Shelton Family of England and America” which states she was John’s daughter, or the “Genealogy of the Hord Family” by Arnold Harris Hord (1898) which also names Jane as a daughter, nor the Hord book review published 1899 in the “Virginia Magazine of History and Biography” which states the book is accurate on the genealogies. Does anyone have any knowledge that will help or a scan of an original document connecting Jane and her parents? I believe she was left out of the will because she was about to be married when John apparently became ill and wrote his will. He passed before the marriage occurred a couple of months later. I found a DAR application but they would not accept it either, even though DAR had accepted the Shelton book references. Jane is the roadblock to completion of an SAR supplemental on her father.
I’ll see what I can dig up for you, Wiley. Will get back with you tomorrow. It’s late here and I’ve got to hit the hay.
Wiley, currently I have no information at all about Jane Levina Shelton. It appears I have some work to do!! 😀 Let me know what you find out?
The SAR genealogist insists when is not a descendent of John based only on the will that they have a copy of. The DAR accepts the Shelton book reference as proof but has no knowledge of the Hord book that was 30 years earlier. The Virginia Genealogical society accepts the Hord book as proof the year following publication but the SAR genealogist does not. Does this sound like the vicious circle? I will be back in Virginia the last week of July for the Jamestowne Society event and if time permits, I will try to stop off in Spotsylvania to see if there might some documents at their library. We will also be stopping at the DAR headquarters the week before for the same reason.
It’s a vicious (and I do mean VICIOUS) circle, to say the least. I wish you the best of luck. Thank you ever so much for keeping us posted on your progress! Do they not realize he omitted her from his will because she was about to be married, but that he died just prior to her marriage?? *sigh*
Yep, we tried to tell them that. There were actually two daughters omitted out of the will. Jane and her sister, Elizabeth, who I believe was already married. That particular genealogist would not accept the fact that the marriage was already planned, for October (two months after the sign date of the will) and that John had probably already given a dowry of some sort to Jane and her future husband. If I find an actual document I will post a link here for others. My cousin and I spent some time viewing Shelton business papers at the Virginia library archives but they were related to a different Shelton in Spotsylvania (possibly an uncle). We were told that their archived documents were purchased from a collector in California who had purchased the Shelton Papers from the Virginia Historical Society. The “Shelton Family in England and America” book also references an earlier family tree that was put together in the late 1800’s by one of their very respected members but we have not been able to locate that particular document. Of course, it probably would not do use much good if it did not include references to actual documents.
Who did Jane marry? Was it a Cook?
I do not know if my last comment posted so I will try again. Delete one if it did go though unless you want both.
Henry Cook III
1782–1850
Birth 21 MAY 1782 • Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Death 29 APR 1850 • Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United State
Jane Levina Shelton
1785–1832
Birth 18 MAY 1785 • Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Death 06 NOV 1832 • Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, United States
Marriage
25 Nov 1805 • Orange, Virginia, United States
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Parents of Jane Shelton:
John Shelton
1740–1805
Birth 1740 • Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death 28 AUG 1805 • Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Susan (Sukie) Hord
1742–1799
Birth 23 APR 1742 • King George County, Virginia, USA
Death 1799 • Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
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I have an approved SAR supplemental 188096-ACN #80423 on my cook family line that accepts Henry Shelton Cook as Henry and Janes son. I also have family bible pages proving the Cook-Shelton marriage which SAR has accepted. But that is where it goes no further.
here’s a link to the Hord Family book that has the family tree for John Shelton/Susan Hord
Click to access genealogyofhordf00hord.pdf
I dug out my digital copy from (one of my many) external hard drives I use for genealogy safe-keeping the very next morning after I got your first comment here. I don’t know why on earth that person you’re having to deal with won’t budge!! It’s nuts! I’ve been searching all over the Library of Virginia online archives, as well as the Library of Congress! Cannot find a doggone thing! UGH! That person just needs to realize that records then do not equate to records today. Are she and her husband possibly mentioned in a will of one of Jane’s siblings listing her as such???
I thought that was who she had married. I just haven’t added them into all this yet. Let me take my thinking cap OFF, get up, turn around, and put it back ON. Maybe that will clear my head for a minute. 😀 We’re not giving up on this! Not without a fight!
Oh, there has already been a fight with SAR. My cousin saw to that when his application was turned down! LOL I was reading some of your history above and saw where James arrived in Jamestown in 1610 and was a land owner. I went over to the Jamestowne Society website and did not see him listed as a qualifying ancestor so I sent them an email just to see why he isn’t listed. As a land grant owner and a member of the first courts from 1619 to 1624, he is qualified to be listed. I’m a member of Jamestowne Society on another family line (Wm. Farrar and Cecily Jordan). Cecily also arrived in 1610. If I can ever prove this connection of Jane Shelton to her parents, Jamestown Society will be the next!
I’m very familiar with the William Farrar and Cecily Jordan names. I cannot believe they aren’t listed with the Jamestowne Society! Good grief!!
Well, just keep up the good work, Wiley!!! We’ll both just keep on keepin’ on, I guess! 😉 I’d love to hear about your cousin and “the fight”. LOL
It’s the Shelton name that I could not find, not the Farrar line. I’m a member using Wm Farrar. With what is on your page here and a number of other pages I have read on James Shelton, I expected to find James Shelton but it isn’t in their list.
I gotcha!
My Grandfather was Harry L Shelton. His Father was born in Virginia. Need help on his particulars. Thanks. Joel Stephen Shelton. Jsteve1@protonmail.com.
My Grandfather was Harry L Shelton Methodist Minister B 1873 Arkansas. His Father was born in Virginia. Need help on his particulars. Thanks. Joel Stephen Shelton. Jsteve1@protonmail.com.
Hi, Joel Stephen Shelton! What, specifically, do you need help with concerning Harry L. Shelton? Have you got a tree available for me to see what you currently have and what you need help with?
I just found your tree on Ancestry. I’ll look at it and try to figure out what may help you.
Karla
Figured I come in and report on my research into the Shelton line in my family that came out of Spotsylvania, VA. Recently, Ancestry DNA has expanded their DNA to 5th great grand parents. My DNA had been previously tied to Jane Levina Shelton and Henry Cook II but had not been tied to her parents, which I have commented on Jane earlier. When the newer DNA ThruLines was posted, it tied me to William Parks Shelton, the father of John Shelton and grandfather of Jane Levina Shelton. It also linked me to Thomas Hord, the father of Susannah “Sukey” Hord who married John Shelton and was Jane’s mother. While this DNA is not accepted by SAR and DAR for proof of lineage, it does show that my family tree is accurate back to 5th great grandparents and that the books “A history of the Shelton family of England and America”, 1941 by Mildred Campbell Whitaker (Author) is accurate as is it shows the family tree of John Shelton with Jane as a daughter. The book on the Hord family also has the same information published almost 50 years earlier but declared unacceptable by SAR, as was the Shelton book. The VA Historical Society verified the accuracy of the Hord Book when it was published and posted a review in their publication. The DNA explodes the view by the SAR genealogist that Jane was someone else’s daughter as others are also linked. I believe that she was left out of her father’s will because of her pending marriage to Henry and had already been given her inheritance. The lack of documentation has proved to be a real problem. I’m thinking those surviving records from the 18th century became a casualty of the Civil War.
Thank you ever so much for the update! Very interesting!
Both of my parents are descendants of Ralph Shelton (Mary Daniels) and his sister Elizabeth Shelton (William Davis). I am happy to share what I have regarding their lines.
So nice of you! Feel free to email me anytime at kayjayshelton @ outlook dot com! 🙂
Hi y’all…I’m looking for any information on a Henley or Henly Shelton. I saw that he was a brother to Eli, but I can not find a thing on him. Thank you in advance.