Individual Details

Miscellaneous

On c 7-18-1733, John Chilton sold 764 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia, to Richard Blackburn. This land had been granted to his father Mark Chilton on 2-15-1728.

Miscellaneous

On c 9-18-1733, John Chilton sold a second tract of land in Prince William County, Virginia, to Richard Blackburn that had previously been granted to his father Mark Chilton on c 2-24-1728/29.

Miscellaneous

On c 11-22-1733, John Chilton sold 102 acres on Powell's Run in Prince William County, Virginia, to Thomas Chilton, a gentleman, from Cople Parish in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous

On c 11-22-1738, John Chilton sold his half of 800 acres in Prince William County, Virginia, to William Davis.
This land had been patented by his father, Mark Chilton, and William Linton.
At the time of sale John Chilton was living in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Miscellaneous

On c 11-22-1738, John Chilton sold his half of 800 acres in Prince William County, Virginia, to William Davis.
At the time of sale John Chilton was living in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Miscellaneous

There is no record of the wife or children of John Chilton, however DNA, land, marriage, and other local records strongly suggest these are likely his children:
Mark, Charles, William, John, George, and Thomas.

Probate

Probate for John Chilton began on 3-26-1744, with the administrator, James Turner, posting bond of £ 50.
On 3-31-1744, the inventory of John Chilton's estate had a value of £ 12.7.0.

Miscellaneous

John Chilton (d. 1744) and his unknown wife have been shown to be the common ancestor couple of Sherry L. Lawrence and Karol Harwig Richardson by autosomal DNA tests taken by these individuals: Larry D. Lawrence, Karol Hartwig Richardson, Larry K. Shelton, Loyd Lee, Sue Ferbrache, and Christian David Haugen.
DNA tests for Larry D. Lawrence are incomplete, but his relationship to John Chilton (d. 1744) and his unknown wife can be inferred through the results for Sherry L. Lawrence.

Autosomal DNA segment matches from tests taken by these individuals at Family Tree DNA, other DNA testing companies, or whose test results were transferred to My Heritage DNA showed matching or overlapping DNA segments in common with Sherry L. Lawrence and Larry D. Lawrence that fall into three groups of matching segments.

Additionally, genealogical information is consistent with that of Sherry L. Lawrence, Larry D. Lawrence, and Karol Hartwig Richardson.

Group 1
Name Initials DNA Segment Range Centimorgans Chromosome
SLL 170,827,564 - 191,152,644 37.82 4
LDL 170,827,564 - 191,152,644 37.82 4
KHR 186,113,129 - 191,152,644 10.59 4
LKS 186,509,767 - 189,592,662 7.46 4
LL 185,882,612 - 190,937,862 12.5 4
SF 185,882,612 - 190,937,862 12.5 4

Matches in Common:
Sherry L. Lawrence: LDL, KHR, LKS, LL, and SF
Larry D. Lawrence: SLL, KHR, and LKS (Note: LDL does not include My Heritage results)
Karol Hartwig Richardson: SLL, LDL,Sue Ferbache, and Loyd Lee
Larry K. Shelton: SLL, LDL, and CDH
Loyd Lee: SLL and Karol Richardson
Sue Ferbrache: SLL and Karol Richardson

Note: Group 1
These matches do not satisfy the requirements for Triangulated DNA Segment matches that is an indication of probable confirmation of a common ancestor couple by autosomal DNA testing. This group was not tested for matching DNA segments to each other, except for SLL and LDL.
The validity of John Chilton and his unknown wife being the common ancestor couple for SLL and KHR in this this group is supported by Matches in Common and overlapping DNA segments, and this combination of DNA test results is considered by many genealogical DNA researchers to be close to 100% as accurate as DNA Segment Triangulation.
Note: Results are not available for all individuals from all testing sites.

Group 2
Name Initials DNA Segment Range Centimorgans Chromosome
SLL 119,446,450 - 135,327,873 36.04 10
LDL 119,446,450 - 135,327,873 36.04 10
CDH 119,446,450 - 131,475,141 27.27 10
LKS 119,446,450 - 131,774,161 27.94 10
Matches in Common:
Sherry L. Lawrence: LDL, LKS, and CDH
Larry D. Lawrence: SLL, LKS, and CDH (Note: LDL does not include My Heritage results)
CDH: SLL, LDL, and Larry K. Shelton
Larry K. Shelton: SLL, LDL, and CDH

Group 2:
These matches do not satisfy the requirements for Triangulated DNA Segment matches that is an indication of probable confirmation of a common ancestor couple by autosomal DNA testing. This group was not tested for matching DNA segments to each other, except for SLL and LDL.
The validity of John Chilton and his unknown wife being the common ancestor couple for anyone in this group is not supported by Matches in Common, but they all have overlapping DNA segments.

Group 3
Name Initials DNA Segment Range Centimorgans Chromosome
SLL 61,566 - 160,560,801 157.25 4
LDL 61,566 - 160,560,801 157.25 4
KHR 72,156,309 - 75,798,477 2.82 4
CDH 120,175,537 -122,535,192 2.1 4
Matches in Common:
Sherry L. Lawrence: LDL, KHR, and CDH
Larry D. Lawrence: SLL, KHR, and CDH (Note: LDL does not include My Heritage results)
Karol Hartwig Richardson: SLL and LDL
CDH: SLL, LDL, and Larry K. Shelton

Group 3:
Note: This group is not as complete as Group 1 and 2.
These matches do not satisfy the requirements for Triangulated DNA Segment matches that is an indication of probable confirmation of a common ancestor couple by autosomal DNA testing. This group was not tested for matching DNA segments to each other, except for SLL and LDL.
The validity of John Chilton and his unknown wife being the common ancestor couple for anyone in this group is not supported by Matches in Common but they do have overlapping DNA segments.

Genealogy for all matching individuals:
SLL and LDL: John Chilton (d. 1744) - his son Thomas - his
daughter Lucy
LKS: John Chilton (d. 1744) - his son Mark - his son William
Karol Hartwig Richardson - John Chilton (d. 1744) - his son Mark -
his son John - his son Elisha
Loyd Lee: John Chilton (d. 1744) - his son Mark - his son John -his
son Joel
SF: John Chilton (d. 1744) - his son Mark
CDH: John Chilton (d. 1744) - his son Thomas - his daughter Nancy

These matches also conform to the DNA standards of the Board for Certification of Genealogists in that all individuals have genealogically established direct lines of descendancy from John Chilton and his unknown wife through two of their children and four grandchildren. The matches do not have any common ancestor except John Chilton and his unknown wife.

Y-DNA test analysis for Shelton descendants at a Family Tree DNA partner project are available at Tina Hall's website: tinasgenealogy.ushalls.com/dna.html
This project has determined three distinct and apparently unrelated Shelton families using variations of surnames Shelton, Chilton, Chelton, Skelton, Sheldon, or other similar names in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

The Lucy Shelton-Sanford G. Slayton-Lucy Slayton and Edwin L. Lawrence family's Shelton ancestors originated from John Chilton (d. 1744.)
Y-DNA tests at the Shelton DNA Project show the following testers with Y-DNA results consistent with descendants of Mark Chilton/Shelton son of John Chilton (d. 1744):
SH 49, SH 100 (cousin of Karol Hartwig Richardson an Autosomal DNA match to Sherry L. and Larry D. Lawrence), SH 111, and SH 113.
These testers are from various branches of known descendants of Mark Chilton/Shelton.
By virtue of Autosomal DNA matches with Karol Hartwig Richardson and several other descendants of her branch of the Mark Chilton/Shelton family descent from John Chilton (d. 1744) is established for Sherry L. and Larry D. Lawrence.

Y-DNA testers matching descendants of Thomas Shelton (d. 1808) son of John Chilton (d. 1744) are:
SH 86: Tester is a descendant of Bennett Shelton, who is son of Thomas Shelton (d, 1808) and his wife Jane. The genealogy for this tester has not been clearly established.
SH 133: Ted Shelton-descendant of Bennett Shelton (son of William Shelton, who was the grandson of Thomas (d. 1808) and his wife Jane.
Sh 166: Michael Shelton- descendant of Thomas Shelton (son of Bennett Shelton, who was son of Thomas Shelton (d. 1808) and his wife Jane Shelton.
The Y-DNA confirmed descent of Sherry L. and Larry D. Lawrence from Thomas Shelton (d. 1808) is inferred by established genealogical research.

The identity of John Chilton and his unknown wife as the ancestor couple of Sherry L. Lawrence and Karol H. Richardson conforms to the DNA standards of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, in that all individuals have genealogically established direct lines of descendancy from John Chilton and his unknown wife and have matching DNA segments. The matches do not have any genealogically common ancestor except John Chilton and his unknown wife.