Jane Shelton

1747 - 1800  (52 years)

• Name	Jane Shelton  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1 Sep 1747	Louisa County, Virginia, United States of America   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Aug 1800	Amherst, Virginia, USA   [1, 3]
  Burial	Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America   [1]
  Person ID	I18770	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Richard Gissage Shelton Skelton,   b. 14 Aug 1728, King William County, Virginia, United States of America d. 5 Jan 1821, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Wright,   b. 1728, Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States bur. Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Aug 1746	Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F6263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josiah Ellis, Sr (childhood friend of Edgar Allan Poe),   b. 16 Feb 1746, Tuckahoe, Henrico, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA d. 29 Jun 1810, Amherst, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1766	Virginia, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 6]
  Children	1. Nancy Ellis,   b. 5 Mar 1770, Red Hill, Amherst, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA d. Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas Harding Ellis,   b. 14 May 1781   d. 12 Sep 1804 (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Powhatan Ellis,   b. 17 Jan 1790   d. 18 Mar 1863, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Charles Ellis,   b. 19 Jun 1772   d. 22 Nov 1840 (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Wright Montgomery,   b. 6 Jan 1779, Red Hill, Amherst, Virginia, USA d. 3 Aug 1814, Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John Ellis,   b. 31 Jul 1768, Red Hill, Amherst, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA d. 31 Jan 1826, Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Joshua Shelton Ellis,   b. 20 Dec 1787, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America d. 24 May 1825, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Josiah Shelton Ellis, Jr,   b. 5 Jan 1777, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America d. 20 Apr 1836, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Richard Shelton Ellis,   b. 13 Mar 1775, Red Hill, Amherst, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA d. 17 Apr 1846, Texas, Texas, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Jane Shelton Ellis,   b. 22 Sep 1783, Red Hill, Amherst, Virginia, USA d. 9 Aug 1838, Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144020995/jane-ellis [S717] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84-4542. [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/bobpenry?n=shelton&oc=&p=jane [S717] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0699. [S20] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/bobpenry?n=ellis&oc=&p=josiah