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/2984.1.2 Message Board Post: Roderick Shelton (progenitor) who m. Sarah Briggs was the father of Martin Shelton. Martin Shelton who m. Nancy Stanton was the father of Roderick Shelton who married Mary Dixon. Roderick Shelton who m. Mary Dixon was the father of Christopher Columbus Shelton. Christopher Columbus Shelton who married Melvina Hensley (also a descendant of Roderick) had the following children: Walker Shelton * Eliza H. Shelton * Violet Shelton Mary R. Shelton Samuel Everett Shelton * Henry C. Shelton A. Edgar Shelton Edna Shelton Sarah Elma Shelton * I have further info (from census) on this person for another generation. DNA testing has shown a probable link from Roderick Shelton (progenitor) to Ralph Shelton of Middlesex Co, VA. As yet, we do not know how they are linked.