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Ralph SHELTON 1685 – 1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1685

Birth Location: Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1799

Death Location: Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

Father: Thomas (Hord)

Mother: Jane Miller

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Ralph SHELTON was born in 1685 in Virginia, United States, the child of Thomas Howard (Hord) and Jane Miller. Ralph SHELTON passed away in 1799 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Ralph SHELTON was born in 1685 in Virginia, United States, the child of Thomas Howard (Hord) and Jane Miller.
  • Ralph SHELTON passed away in 1799 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States.

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Ralph SHELTON's Ancestors

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Ralph SHELTON
1685 – 1799
Birth Place: Virginia, United States
Parents
Thomas Howard (Hord)
1701 – 1766
Ewell, Epsom and Ewell Borough, Surrey, England
Jane Miller
1710 – 1774
King George, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John Hord
1663 – 1749
Essex
Elizabeth (Jane) Redd
1685 – 1747
Ewell, Surrey, England
Simon Miller
1670 – 1720
Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, American Colonies
Margaret Taylor
1670 – 1735
Julian Creek, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Hord
1630 – 1678
John Redd
1642 – 1742
Mary Waller
1650 – 1686
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Hord
1565 – 1638
Mary Millet
1580 – 1634

Ralph SHELTON's Timeline

2 Records

1685
1685
Birth of Ralph SHELTON in Virginia, United States
Virginia, United States
1799
1799
Age 114
Death of Ralph SHELTON in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1685
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1799
    Event Place: Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

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