Person:Abijah Shelton (3)

Name^[1]	Abijah Shelton
Gender	Male
Christening^[1]	12 Jan 1738	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesChrist Church (Prot. Ep.)
Marriage	Bef 1760	Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Abigail). Abijah Shelton and Ruth Wakelee were first cousins once removed. to Ruth Wakelee
Death^[1]	1 Dec 1813	Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[1]		Long Hill Burial Ground, Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 963. Abijah⁵ Shelton, in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
2:1014-15.

963. Abijah⁵ Shelton (Daniel⁴ Shelton Jr., Elizabeth³ Welles, Hon. & Capt. Samuel², Gov. Thomas¹), baptized 12 January 1738 in Stratford, Connecticut (Christ Church Records 1:12, FHL 5799); and died 1 December 1813, at age 76 years, buried in Long Hill Cemetery. Shelton (Hale 50). … Abijah served from 5 April to 2 December 1759 as a clerk, under Capt. Gideon Tomlinson in the French & Indian War (CHS Coll. 10:152). He lived in the Coram neighborhood of Huntington and was a neighbor of William Munson (Munson 736)."