Joseph Shelton (1696 - 1782)

Born 24 Jun 1696 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 10 Aug 1782 at age 86 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Joseph Shelton was likely born June 24, 1696.^[1]
An alternate birth date is June 2, 1707. ^[2]

^[3] "Joseph, first son of Daniel Shelton, married. 11th May, 1726, his second cousin, Mary Hollister, of Glastonbury, Conn., the daughter of Joseph Hollister and Ann. ...
Joseph Shelton lived at Long Hill, not far from his father's house. He died there 10th Aug. 1782, age 86....
Children of Joseph and Mary Shelton:

1. Joseph, born 2nd April, 1727, died 5th Nov. 1741, age 14.
2. Ann, born 1728.
3. Elizabeth, born 1733
4. Mary, born 1735.
5. William, born 26th July, 1739.
6. Esther, born 1746,"

His inventory was completed on 6 October 1783 at Stratford.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Commemorative biographical record of Fairfield County, Connectitcut pg. 538 - https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio01inchic
2. ↑ Hollister Family of America No. 88, pg 43 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, MD 1886 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
3. ↑ Reunion of the descendants of Daniel Shelton at Birmingham, Connecticut, June 14th, 1877 p. 45 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/417388
4. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B3ZK  : 11 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627137, image 44-45, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1782-1888, Pages 56-58.

• findagrave.com
• Reunion of the descendants of Daniel Shelton, at Birmingham, Conn., June ... by Edward Nelson Shelton
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JC-2X9 : 3 December 2014), Joseph Shelton, 10 Aug 1782; citing , reference p 55 cem 409-6; FHL microfilm 3,362.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JC-2XZ : 3 December 2014), Joseph Shelton, 10 Aug 1782; citing , reference p 55 cem 409-6; FHL microfilm 3,362.