This appears to be my family. I think the Chilton and Shelton lines are separate lines............this is what DNA testing indicates............. My line went by Shelton for over 200 years but match the DNA of early Chiltons........ I don't know the exact info on how my line ties in but my great, great grandfather was born in Pittsylvania County , Va in 1804. His father is believed to be named George. This line of Chilton/Sheltons seem to have started going by Shelton in the middle to late 1700's. This Chilton/Shelton group also appears in Halifax Va. and in North Carolina and many places in Virginia. I suspect a connection to Mark Chilton/Shelton but so far have found records lacking in information. Bennet is very definitely a Chilton/Shelton name. Seems this line (if I remember correctly) descended from an early Thomas.......I can give you more on this Bennett connection.........There are some from this Bennett line that migrated to Tn. My Chilton/Sheltonline also went into Tn. There is a Joel Shelton who is in Dickson County Tn. (where some of this line appeared to be and the descendants have matching DNA)) who married a Mary Davidson ......don't know if it is connected with the same Davidsons you mention or not. I can check it out but I think some of Bennett's descendants show up in Williamson County, Tn. and in another county there. I have more information on them, just have to find it. It is also a possiblity that some of the Chiltons and Sheltons inter-married at some point. There are a lot of Davidson's in Dickson County Tn. early and also other counties in Tn. Hope to hear back from you. Beth Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:39 AM Subject: [Shelton-L] Mark Shelton/Chilton in Pittsylvania Co., VA-died 1801 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Shelton, Chilton, Davidson, Wright > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2891 > > Message Board Post: > > The above man left a will in Pittsylvania dated 25 May 1801. He named a > wife Rachel, and children: John Shelton, Nancy Davidson, George Shelton, > Rachel Davidson, Frankey Wright, William Shelton, Charles Shelton and > Spencer Shelton. I know that a John Davidson married a Rachel "Chilton" > in Pittsylvania Co., VA in 1786, so that was probably the daughter of Mark > Shelton/Chilton mentioned above. > > Does anyone know how/if this Mark Shelton/Chilton was related to the other > Sheltons/Chiltons in Pittsylvania Co., VA in the 1700s? Does anyone know > from which Davidson family the husbands of Rachel and Nancy were > descended? There were apparent brothers in the Halifax and Pittsylvania > area named Abraham, Joseph and John Davidson, but I don't know if their > family members married into the Chilton/Shelton family. > > By the way, has it been determined that the various Shelton and Chilton > families in VA in the 1700s and 1800s were probably from the same overall > family (or were there some Chiltons in VA then with no "blood connection" > whatsoever to the Sheltons, and vice-versa)? > > Finally, I note from some other posts that there was one or more Bennett > Sheltons, and that the Sheltons had a Middlesex Co., VA "connection." My > likely 3rd maternal ggf, John Brown, married a Mary Bennett in Middlesex > Co., VA, and there had been a very wealthy Bennett family in Isle of Wight > Co., VA since the very early 1600s. Does anyone know if the Sheltons > married into a Bennett family? > > > ==== SHELTON Mailing List ==== > Never post messages regarding viruses to this list. Forward them to the > list administrator instead at: [email protected] They will be > forwarded only at the administrator's discretion. > >