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Title: Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917 Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917 Bostwick, Frederick, b. 1852 Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843-1920 Stearns, Ezra S
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Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Publishing
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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l holds bothoffices. He is unmarried. Daniel Shelton. immigrantSHELTON ancestor, was born at Dept-ford, Yorkshire, England,about 1686-90. He came to this country asa merchant. He settled in Stratford. Connect-icut, now Huntington. He mg^ried Elizabeth,daughter of Governor Samuel Welles, ofWethersfield, z^pril 4, 1692, and resided inStratford until about 1707-08, when he settledat Long Hill, Huntington. He died there in1728. His widow Elizabeth died Aj^ril i, 1747,aged seventy-seven. The distribution of hisestate, dated !\Iarch 17, 1746-47, is as follows:To the heirs of Elizabeth, who was widowof Daniel Shelton, £283 6s. 8d.; to JosephShelton, eldest son, £1574 2s. 6d.; to DanielShelton, ;£774 los. 3d.; to Thaddeus Shelton,£774 8s.; to Samuel Shelton, £774 8s.; tolames Shelton, £774 8s.; to josiah Shelton,£774 8s.; to the heirs of John Shelton, de-ceased. £774 8s.; to Elizabeth, wife of Nich-olas Masters, of Woodbury, £774 8s.: to Sa-rah, wife of James Wakelee, £774 8s. Chil-
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9ix>^jJLeli a JkjdA ^-i>n^o CONNECTICUT 2153 dren: Elizabeth, born January 2, 1692-93;Sarah, January 2, 1694-95; Joseph, June 24,1698; Daniel, July 21, 1700; Thaddeus, 1702;Samuel, mentioned below; James, about 1710;John, about 1712; Josiah, about 1714. (II) Samuel, son of Daniel Shelton, wasbaptized February 10, 1705-06. He marriedAbigail, daughter of Captain Joseph Nichols,of Unity, October 2, 1735. Their residencewas in Huntington, where he died November12, 1772. She died February 21, 1794. Chil-dren: Mary, born February 13, 1736; Daniel,mentioned below; Samuel, August 24, 1738;Elizabeth, February 13, 1739-40; David, June 16, 1741; Abigail, December 29, 1742; Joseph,February 2, 1744; Andrew, November 26,1746; Sarah, July 19, 1748; Ann, February7, 1749-50; Josiah, December 30, 1751; Philo,May 4, 1754; Isaac Wells, March 11, 1756;Agur. (III) Daniel (2), son of Samuel Shelton,was born April 26, 1737. He married Me-hitable, daughter of Daniel Shelton, 2nd. Hewas called Little Dan

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