Person:Ralph Shelton (3)

• 10 Oct 1702: Certificate according to Act of Assembly is granted to Thos. Meriwether for the importation of seven persons into this Colony by name Sarah Eaton, Richd Cullen, Ralph Sheldon, [name illegible], Mary Millnor, Isaac Bayly, Edw Cartwright.

(From RALPH SHELTON OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS, citing Essex County Deeds and Wills Vol. 10 (1699-1702) page 133).

• 7 Jan 1708: Ralph Shelton named as a legatee and witness in the will of Thomas Meriwether who imported Ralph Shelton in 1702.

Will of Thomas Meriwether, South Farnham Parish, Essex County. Will written 7 January 1708

1. Named brother, Nicholas Meriwether of New Kent County with legacy of F100.
2. Named brother, Francis Meriwether of Essex County with legacy of F100.
3. Named sister, Jane Browne, wife of William Browne of Surry County with legacy of plate (silver) worth F10.
4. Named wife, Susanna with legacy of bed and furniture, set of chairs and linens.
5. Named “young daughter, who now sucks my said wife (as yet unbaptized)”.
6. Wife to receive plantation “where I now live”.
7. Named three nephews, William, David, and Nicholas Meriwether, sons of brother, Nicholas.
8. Named Ralph Shelton (relationship unidentified) to receive 60 acres of land that joined Rice Jones, John Loheed, and formerly belonged to Capt. Edmund Thomas.
9. Bestland Tract purchased of Richard Covington, except small parcel adjoining land purchased of William Cole (other side of swamp), to first male child of brother, Francis Meriwether.
10. Mentioned water mill in Middlesex County.
11. Mentioned Micajah Perry as merchant in London
12. Nicholas and Francis Meriwether appointed executors of estate.
13. Witnesses: Mary Meriwether, Ralph Shelton, Wm. Killingley, Ann Whitehorse (her mark)
14. (signed) Thomas Meriwether
15. Will proved in Essex County, 10 February 1708/9

(Meriwether Family Genealogy Forum, Will of Thomas Meriwether, 1708, message #143, posted by Marla Moore,citing Wills from The Bird Papers, 1696-1810 King and Queen County Continued from The Bird Papers, Volume 2, Number 1, page 9 and Bird vs. John Dunn Suit Papers, 1800-1809, Transcription of the copies. Accession Number 25817. Archives and Records Division, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond, Virginia. ) Notes: The chancery suit of Bird versus Dunn (1800-1809) created an assortment of legal documents that have survived to this day. The wills herein abstracted are a part of this unusual collection of copies of county court papers entered into the records of this chancery court case. The original copies of these papers have not been located (see TVF, V2N1 8 for more complete explanation).

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1. ↑ The Parish register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va., from 1653 to 1812. (Richmond, Virginia: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1897)
   189.

   Ralph Shelton dyed March y 13. 1733.

2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable primary source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).

   Birth date: 1685; Birth place: VA; Marriage date: 1706; Marriage place: VA