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JOHN SHELTON 1559 – 1605 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Dec 1559

Birth Location: SHELTON, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 1605

Death Location: England

Father: Ralph Shelton

Mother: Mary Wodehouse

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cromwell, Joan Maleverer, Jane Maleverer

Children(s):

JOHN SHELTON was born in 1559 in SHELTON, Norfolk, England, the child of Ralph Shelton and Mary Wodehouse. JOHN SHELTON married Elizabeth Cromwell, Joan Jane Maleverer, Jane Maleverer. JOHN SHELTON passed away in 1605 in England.

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Biography

  • JOHN SHELTON was born in 1559 in SHELTON, Norfolk, England, the child of Ralph Shelton and Mary Wodehouse.
  • JOHN SHELTON married Elizabeth Cromwell, Joan Jane Maleverer, Jane Maleverer.
  • JOHN SHELTON passed away in 1605 in England.

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Children(s)

JOHN SHELTON's Ancestors

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JOHN SHELTON
1559 – 1605
Birth Place: SHELTON, Norfolk, England
Parents
Ralph Shelton
1530 – 1580
Shelton Green, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Mary Wodehouse
1534 – 1568
Waxham, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (John) Shelton
1504 – 1558
SHELTON, Norfolk, England
Lady (Margaret, Baroness of Shelton Manor) Parker
1509 – 1558
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
William Wodehouse
1515 – 1563
Kimberely, Norfolk, England
Anne Repps
1525 – 1578
Thorpe Market, Norfolkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Shelton
1472 – 1539
Anne Boleyn
1479 – 1555
Henry Parker
1476 – 1510
Alice John
1476 – 1518
John Woodhouse
1467 – 1518
Alice Crofts
1487 –
Henry Reppes
1448 – 1560
Elizabeth Grimston
1472 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph Shelton
1430 – 1497
Margaret Clere
1438 – 1500
William Boleyn
1451 – 1505
Margaret Butler
1454 – 1539
William Parker
1454 – 1510
Alice Lovel
– 1518
William Lovel
1427 – 1476
Eleanor Morley
1442 – 1476
Edward Woodhouse
1449 – 1477
Jane Swathing
1450 – 1510
William Esquire
1460 –
Ann Crofts
1462 –
Henry Repps
1415 –
Johanna Fastolfe
1417 –
Edward Grimston
1422 – 1478
Mary Drury
1437 – 1470

JOHN SHELTON's Timeline

3 Records

1552
1 Sep 1552
JOHN SHELTON was christened in St Nicholas, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
St Nicholas, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
1559
21 Dec 1559
Birth of JOHN SHELTON in SHELTON, Norfolk, England
SHELTON, Norfolk, England
1605
1605
Age 46
Death of JOHN SHELTON in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Dec 1559
    Event Place: SHELTON, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1552
    Event Place: St Nicholas, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1605
    Event Place: England

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