This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2769.2.2 Message Board Post: Actually there are several Shelton families in Virginia and they are not related to each other. Among them are the Sheltons of Rural Plans, Shelton in Stafford co VA, the family of Ralph Shelton and Mary Pollard. My ancestor is Ralph Shelton of Middlesex co VA who has no connection to a James. My Ralph transported to Virginia prior to 1702 and married Mary. He was born probably 1665-1680 and his origins and parentage is not known. There really is no founder of the Sheltons of Virginia