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Mary Shelton 1720 – 1773 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1720

Birth Location: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 1773

Death Location: Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Father: Richard Sheldon

Mother: Anne Jones

Spouse(s): Moses (Thomson)

Children(s): Peter Thompson

Mary Shelton was born in 1720 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Richard Sheldon and Anne Maria Jones. Mary Shelton married Moses Elkanah THOMPSON (Thomson), and had children including Peter James Thompson. Mary Shelton passed away in 1773 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary Shelton was born in 1720 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Richard Sheldon and Anne Maria Jones.
  • Mary Shelton married Moses Elkanah THOMPSON (Thomson), and had children including Peter James Thompson.
  • Mary Shelton passed away in 1773 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Shelton's Ancestors

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Mary Shelton
1720 – 1773
Birth Place: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Richard Sheldon
1663 – 1751
England or Wales
Anne (Maria) Jones
1700 –
England
Grandparents
Evan Jones
– 1715
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Shelton's Descendants

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Mary Shelton (ABT 1720 – 1773) m. Moses (Elkanah THOMPSON) (Thomson) (7 Feb 1706 – 31 Jul 1745)
  1. 1. Peter (James) Thompson (3 Jul 1746 – 11 Apr 1823)
    1. 1. Moses (Elkanah) Thompson (29 May 1772 – 28 Oct 1842) m. Elizabeth (Rootes) Sudderth (1773 – 27 OCT 1838)
      1. 1. William (Alexander) Thompson (8 Mar 1808 – 10 Dec 1855) m. Artemesia ((Arta)) Thompson (1813 – aft 1870)
        1. 1. Emanuel (("Manuel") Suddarth) Thompson (28 Apr 1831 – 23 Sep 1891) m. Sarah (Sallie) Cunningham (1 Jan 1834 – 21 January 1911)
      2. 2. Emanuel (Suddarth) Thompson (1 April 1814 – 18 March 1879) m. Mary (Womack) Brinson (Apr 1821 – 21 Mar 1892)
        1. 1. Eleanor ((Ellen) Louisa) Thompson (05 May 1843 – 15 May 1922) m. James (William) Bailey (8 Apr 1838 – 04 Jan 1908)

Mary Shelton's Timeline

2 Records

1720
ABT 1720
Birth of Mary Shelton in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1773
1773
Age 53
Death of Mary Shelton in Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1720
    Event Place: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1773
    Event Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA

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