Elizabeth (Welles) Shelton (1670 - bef. 1746)

Born 1670 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Shelton — married 14 Apr 1692 (to 1728) in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT

Descendants

Died before 6 May 1746 before age 76 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth married Daniell Shelton on 4 April 1692 in Stratford, Connecticut, United States.^[1]

Children:

• Elizabeth (Shelton) Masters (____ - 1758)
• Thaddeus Shelton (____ - 1781)
• John Shelton (____ - 1733)
• Sarah (Shelton) Wakelee (1694 - 1787)
• Joseph Shelton (1696 - 1782)
• Daniel Shelton (1700 - 1773)
• Samuel Shelton (1704 - 1772)
• James Shelton (1710 - 1802)
• Josiah Shelton (1714 - 1782)

Elizabeth (age 77) died on 1 April 1747 and was buried in Long Hill Cemetery, Connecticut, United States.^[2]

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ELIZABETH WELLES SHELTON^[3][4]
(Her will lists five endlaved persons - named Daris, Abel, Sibl, Olive, and Noah.)
In the Name of God amen I Elifabeth Shelton of Stratford in fairfield County being aged and sick and apprehenfive of being Near My End but through y’e Goodnefs of God have y’e ufe of Reafon & understanding and knowing y’t it is appointed for all to die thing (sic) beft to make this my Laft Will and teftament and firft of all I freely Refigne My Soul into y’e hands of God who Gave it hopeing and trufting in Marcy of God and y’e Merits Jefus Chrift My ownly Saveour & Redeemer to find pardon & acceptance and my body to be Commited to y’e duft from whence it was taken to a defent buriall at y’e defcretion of my Executor here after Named and as for what Worldly Goods & Eftate it hath pleafed y’e Lord to befto upon me I freely Give & bequeath as followeth -

• in y’e firft place my Will is that all my Juft debts and funarel Expences shall be firft paid and satisfied
• IT’M: I freely Give and bequeeth unto my Loveing dafter Sarah wakelee to her and her heirs forever my Gold Beeds & alfo y’e Equil half of my wareing apparil and twenty pounds Bills of Cred’t of y’e old tenner
• IT’M: I freely Give and bequeath unto my Loveing Son James Shelton and to his heirs and afsegns for Ever my Negro Garl Called Darifs
• IT’M: I freely Give and bequeath unto my Loveing Son Josiah Shelton & to his heirs forever My four Negros Namely Abel Sibl olive and Noah
• IT’M: I freely Give and bequeath to my Loveing dafter Elifabeth Mafters of Woodbury y’e Equil half of all my wareing apparil and alfo ten pounds in Bills of Credit of y’e Old tenner to her & to her heirs for Ever
• and my will further is that all y’e Reft of my Eftate Shall be Equilly divided between My Children here after Named that is to Say Joseph Shelton daniel Shelton Thaddeus Shelton Sam’ll Shelton James Shelton & Josiah Shelton to them & there heirs for Ever - and I do hereby Confitute and appoint my trufty and Loveing friend Capt Richard Hubbell of Stratford to be my Sole Executor of this my Laft will and teftament hereby Revoking and Makeing Null & void all other & former wills by me here to fore Made Ratyfing & Confirming this to be my Laft will & Teftament in witnefs whereof I do hereby Signe Seal publifs & declare this to be Laft will & teftament
• ELSIBATH SHELTON

Her inventory was taken on 13 April 1747. It included the following enslaved persons, a man named Abel, a woman named Sibb (they were valued together, not separate), a girl named "Darkess" (Dorcas), a 6-year-old girl not named, and a three-year-old boy not named.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)", Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Author: White, Lorraine Cook, Ed.; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 41, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1062 #587724, [Elizabeth Welles marriage to Daniell Shelton on 4 Apr 1692 in Stratford, Connecticut]
2. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934", Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2900 #1163133, [Elizabeth Shelton burial (died on 1 Apr 1747 at age 77) in Long Hill Cemetery, Connecticut]
3. ↑ 'Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Fairfield Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1741-1755.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-671T  : 13 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 190, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 357-358.
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-67B6  : 13 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 210-211, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 397-398.

See also:

• #15, pg 32 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayerre Wallace Case, MD 1886 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
• Find A Grave Memorial# 28920791
• pg 113 - History of the Welles family in England and Normandy, with the derivation from their progenitors of some of the descendants in the United States - https://archive.org/stream/historywellesfa00wellgoog#page/n6/mode/2up
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Vol. 1, page 656
• Elizabeth in entry for Sarah Shelton, “Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649–1906”.