Crispin Shelton

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Personal and Family Information

Crispin was born on 1 Apr 1713 in Virginia, the son of Ralph Sr Shelton and Mary unknown.

He died in 1794 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

His wife was Letita unknown, who he married in 1734 in Middlesex County, Virginia. Their eleven known children were William (1735-<1787), Abraham (1737-1789), Gabriel (1739-1803), Elizabeth (1740-1816), Lewis (1741-1794), Spencer (1743-1803), Beverly B (1744-1825), Jane (1744-1821), Susanna (1752-1847), Armistead (1753-1844) and Vincent (1754-1802).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Crispin Shelton
(1713-1794)

 

Ralph Sr Shelton
(c1685-1733)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Mary unknown
(c1690-1750)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth1 APR 1713
Place: Virginia
Death1794
Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Baptism17 MAY 1713
Place: Middlesex County, Virginia
Will17 FEB 1794
Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Address: page 524, signed 29 Oct 1787, proven 1794 sons: Abraham, Garriel, Lewis, Beverley, Spencer, Armistead, and Vincent grandson Crispin Shelton son of Abraham, daughters Elizabeth Hurt, Jane Todd, Susanna Dickerson. Wife Lettice Shelton
Will-SheltonCrispin1787
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Will29 AUG 1750
Place: Nottoway, Virginia
Address: Marky Clock, Parish of Nottoway, Amelia County d june 30 1750, probabte Aug 29, 1770 witness Crespen Shelton, John Shelton names legimate sons, Ralph Shelton, John Shelton, Crispen Shelton, Benjamin Shelton, James Shelton, Daniel Shelton, daughter Elizabeth Davis grandchildren Reuben Shelton and Patience Catesby Blockey
Virginia Will Records-page 259 -260
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Notes

Note 1

75 DNA matches thru 9 children as of 30 April 2020. Includes 7 matches via William Shelton, only evidence is birth and baptism at Christ Church, Middlesex.

multiple paths at least with Gabriel and Beverly, maybe more.

Sources

  1. Shelton County, A Genealogy of Pittsylvania County’s Largest Family
    Source: Shelton County, A Genealogy of Pittsylvania County’s Largest Family
    Authors: April Miller
    Date: 1994
    Publisher: Printed on demand by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts www.HigginsonBooks.com 142 pages including index of Coupes with surname Shelton and Names with other than Shelton.
  2. The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va from 1653 to 1812
    Source: The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va from 1653 to 1812
    Date: 1897
    Publisher: The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia. Richmond, Wm Ellis Jones, Steam Book and Job Printer