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Captain John Armistead ** Shelton 1704–1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jul 1704

Birth Location: Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 11 September 1777

Death Location: Killed at Battle of Brandywine

Father: John Currioman

Mother: Mary Ball

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Captain John Armistead ** Shelton was born in 1704 in Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Chilton Shelton Of Currioman And Mary Ball. Captain John Armistead ** Shelton passed away in 1777 in Killed at Battle of Brandywine.

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Biography

  • Captain John Armistead ** Shelton was born in 1704 in Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Chilton Shelton Of Currioman And Mary Ball.
  • Captain John Armistead ** Shelton passed away in 1777 in Killed at Battle of Brandywine.

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Captain Shelton's Ancestors

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Captain Shelton
1704–1777
Birth Place: Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Chilton\Shelton of Currioman
1666–1726
Northampton, Virginia, United States
Mary Ball
1673–1760
Springfield, Hamptden, Massachusetts
Grandparents
William (Ball, IV Downman Ball Jr, Capt of Millenbeck Justice 1680, Mem of VA House of Burgesses 1685 Jr,) IV
1641–1694
Barkham, Berkshire, England
Margaret (Mary Williamson Downman - Ball (1641 or) 1644-1709)
1644–1709
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Colonel Grandfather
1615–1680
Hannah Virginia
1614–1695
Dr. Roosevelt)
1621–1656
Elizabeth Underwood
1629–1662
2nd-Great-Grandparents
WILLIAM Militia
1573–1647
Dorothy Tuttle
1580–1689
William Underwood
1609–1643
Margaret Underwood
1606–1669

Captain Shelton's Timeline

2 Records

1704
13 Jul 1704
Birth of Captain John Armistead ** Shelton in Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
1777
11 September 1777
Age 73
Death of Captain John Armistead ** Shelton in Killed at Battle of Brandywine
Killed at Battle of Brandywine

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Jul 1704
    Event Place: Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 September 1777
    Event Place: Killed at Battle of Brandywine

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