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/2769.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you know who the first Sheltons were to arrive in New York City by ship? Any you know of during 1850's? I know my GG Grandfather, Joseph Shelton was there in the 1860 census. Census states he was born in Germany. Strange that he has an English name. Any ideas?