Uriah Shelton
10/06/2012 – Uriah Shelton – WordTheatre Presents “Storytales” – Arrivals – Ford Ampitheatre – Hollywood, CA – Photo Credit: Joshua Tousey / PR Photos
Birth Name: Uriah Justus Shelton
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 10, 1997
Ethnicity: English, German, Danish, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, possibly distant Melungeon
Uriah Shelton is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles on the series The Glades, Blue, and Girl Meets World, and in the films Alabama Moon, Lifted, The Warriors Gate, Freaky, and Unhuman.
He was partly raised in Magnolia Springs, Alabama.
Uriah’s maternal grandfather was Homer Edward Massey (the son of Crimm Sanders Massey and Maude Lee Mathis). Crimm was the son of Homer Rodolphus Massey and Anna Lee Huey. Maude was the daughter of Henry E. Mathis and Alice.
Uriah’s maternal grandmother was Helen Emogene “Jean” Nelson (the daughter of Lawrence Emile Nelson and Helen Emogene Wenzel). Helen was born in Bon Secour, Alabama. Lawrence was the son of Frank Edward Nelson, who was Danish, from Copenhagen, and of Annie/Anna Laura Plash, whose father was German, and whose mother was the daughter of a German father and a Swiss-German mother. Helen was the daughter of Joseph Edward Wenzel, whose father was the son of German parents, and of Hela Tabitha Donaldson.
Uriah’s five-times great-grandmother was named Frances Jane Cumbaa. Cumbaa is usually a Melungeon or Lumbee name.
Sources: Obituary of Uriah’s maternal grandfather, Homer Edward Massey – https://www.pinerestfuneralhome.com
Genealogy and obituary of Uriah’s maternal grandmother, Helen Emogene “Jean” (Nelson) Massey – https://sv.findagrave.com
Uriah’s maternal great-grandfather, Lawrence Emile Nelson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Uriah’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Annie/Anna Laura Plash, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Really interested in what’s censored out. Guessing the blanks are the only halfway interesting/entertaining parts of these posts, anymore.
Agreed. they really need to quit censoring that user.
Uriah’s maternal grandfather was Homer Edward Massey (the son of Crimm Sanders Massey and Maude Lee Mathis). Crimm was the son of Homer Rodolphus Massey and Anna Lee Huey. Maude was the daughter of Henry E. Mathis and Alice.
Uriah’s maternal grandmother was Helen Emogene Nelson (the daughter of Lawrence Emile Nelson and Helen Emogene Wenzel). Lawrence was the son of Frank Edward Nelson, who was Danish, from Copenhagen, and of Annie/Anna Laura Plash, whose father was German and whose mother was the daughter of a German father and a Swiss-German mother. Helen was the daughter of Joseph Edward Wenzel, whose father was the son of German parents, and of Hela Tabitha Donaldson.
More distantly, he is also part Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.
https://www.pinerestfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Homer-Massey-3/#!/Obituary
https://sv.findagrave.com/memorial/50456274/helen-emogene-massey
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCG-YSN
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N1-FZN
His five-times great-grandmother’s name was Frances Jane Cumbaa. Cumbaa appears to be a Melungeon or Lumbee surname but I can’t trace it to an ancestor who definitely belonged to either of those groups. The earliest of Uriah’s Cumbaa ancestors I could find was this man:
https://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Cumbaa/6000000093676467858
Melungeon ancestry would definitely make sense.
If he has Melungeon ancestry, it’s an incredibly small amount.
Yes, still interesting.
Cumbaa in one of the only two surnames of African origin that have survived in Colonial America.
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I don’t believe those ancestors names are accurate. Uriah Shelton is the son of William Allen Shelton and Cynthia Jean Massey. Cynthia was the daughter of Homer Edward Massey and Louise (Goodfellow) Massey. Homer’s parents were Robert L. Massey (the son of Richard Andrew Massey and Nellie E. White) and Mary Knowles (the daughter of Allen Jefferson Noles and Vada Ann. Vincent).
Paternal grandfather: Gentry A. Shelton was the son of Allin McAtee Shelton and Blanche B. Williams. Allin was the son of William Shelton and Margaret Caroline Bennett. Blanche was the daughter of Darius Williams and Margaret Kenton.
Paternal grandmother: Mary Ingle was the daughter of Williams Joshua McGill and Mary Adelaide Ingle. Uriah is of English, Scottish, Irish, and German descent.
Sources/References: Texas U.S. Birth Index 1903-1997 Uriah Shelton (parents names)
Miss Cynthia Jean Massey in the U.S. Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (lists husband and father)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35013254/homer-robert-massey?_gl=1*kz3m09*_ga*MTg3NTc0MDY4My4xNjUxMzUyMDAz*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1NzI1NzEzNy44MC4xLjE2NTcyNjA3MDguMA.. (Maternal grandfathers obituary)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35239442/louise-massey?_gl=1*18o4il8*_ga*MTg3NTc0MDY4My4xNjUxMzUyMDAz*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1NzI1NzEzNy44MC4xLjE2NTcyNjA3NDcuMA.. (maternal grandmothers obituary)
You’re saying his maternal grandmother was born in 1900? Obviously the movie’s no good.
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Kinda looks like he could be part Danish.
You were right.
I figured. He looks exactly like one of my friends from Idaho is mostly Danish American with some English and Scottish in his bloodline. My friend is much paler though with blonder hair and big deep set blue eyes but his facial structure is very similar to Uriah’s. Ironically my friend also had 2% SSA in his DNA test he took a few years ago. It traced to Benin and Togo. I’m not sure if the african ancestors from Melungeon people come from that part of Africa though.
Uriah is a popular (biblical) name in Israel.