'Shedden1'
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Families covered: Shedden of Beith (Beath), Shedden of Marshyland, Shedden of Morris Hill, Shedden of Roughwood
| John Shedden of Beath, Ayrshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Shedden of Beath (a 1675) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Shedden of Millburn & Coalburn, later of Roughwood, Ayrshire (a 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1685) Jean Harvie (dau of John Harvie or Harvey of Greenend) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Shedden of Roughwood & Millburn (d 1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1727) Jean Ralston (dau of Gavin Ralston of that ilk by Anna Porterfield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ralston Shedden of Roughwood & Millburn, later in Virgina then Bermuda then New York (b 23.04.1747, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1785) Rachel Kennedy (d 1786) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Annabella Shedden (married and had issue) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Wilson (dau of David Wilson of New York) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Patrick Ralston Shedden in Calcutta had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1822) Frances Browne (dau of William Browne of Calcultta) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Jean Ralston Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Marion Shedden (b 11.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1761-2) John Patrick of Trearne | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - John (d infant), Gavin (d infant), John (b 1741, dvp Havanna 1763, surgeon), George (d infant), Elizabeth (d infant), Annabella (b 1742, d unm in Bermuda), Jane | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Shedden of Colburn (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Shedden of Aughingree & Kerse (b 17058, d 1751) | ||||||||||||||
| Paterson mentions just 1 younger son, Robert, suggesting that it was him who married a dau of Robert Dobie. BLG1952 shows that it was William who married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Beatrix Dobbie (dau of Robert Dobbie, Chamberlain of Giffen) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Shedden of London then Virginia then Bermuda then New York then London (b 1741, d 26.09.1826) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1767) Agatha Wells Goodrich (d 1837, dau of John Goodrich of Nanesmond Plantation) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Shedden of Paulerspury Park (Northamptonshire), Knockmarloch (Ayrshire) & Hardmead (Buckinghamshire) (d 21.03.1855) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.09.1796) Mary Goodrich (d 02.12.1827, dau/coheir of William Goodrich of Spring Hill, Isle of Wight, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Shedden of Brooklands (Hampshire) & Mary Church (Devon), Sheriff of Hampshire (a 1822) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Millicent Munro (dau of Robert Duncan Munro) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Shedden of Eastonton & Efford, Hampshire (Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1802) Sophia Elizabeth Lewis (dau of Matthew Gregory Lewis, Under-Secretary of War, sister/coheir of Matthew Gregory Lewis, the poet) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | William Shedden of London (d 1820) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Wilhelmina Miller (dau of Captain William Miller RN) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Bartlett Bridger Shedden of Aldham Hall, Suffolk (d 1820) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Shedden Goodrich (dau of Bartlett Goodrich of Saling Grove, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Margaret Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.12.1807) Edward Allfrey of Banstead & Robertsbridge (d 01.06.1834?, son of George of West Dean) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Agatha Beatricx Goodrich Shedden (b c1784, d 29.12.1859) | ||||||||||||||
| (8) | Mary Elizabeth Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. G.S. Griffin Stonestreet of Halton | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeh Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Shedden of Muirston | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - John in London, Agatha in Beith | ||||||||||||||
| c.+ | 1 son + 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Browne of Knockmarloch | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Shedden of Marshyland (a 1686) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Paterson (p275+) & BLG1863 ('Shedden of Morris Hill'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Montgomerie (dau of Matthew Montgomerie of Bogston by Janet, dau of William Muir of Bruntwood) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Shedden of Marshyland | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Shedden of Morris Hill, Ayrshire (a 1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1752) Margaret Simson (dau of William Simson of Willowyard) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Shedden of Morris Hill & Broadstone (d 01.1833) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.06.1787) Barbara Wilson (dau of John Wilson of Kilmarnock (Bailie), half-sister of Robert William Montgomerie of Bogston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alexander Shedden of Morris Hill (b 29.04.1791, 2nd son) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (15.06.1841, spm) Jessie Glasgow Henderson (dau of James Henderson of Greenock) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (22.04.1851, sp?) Martha Wilson (dau of James Wilson, professor in London) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Janet Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Adam of Edinburgh (WS) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1815) James Dobie of Beith (WS) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Barr of Ferguslie Place, Paisley | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Robert (d unm 1828, Captain), John (d yoing) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Shedden (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Shedden (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Reid (sculptor) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Margaret Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Watson of Loindon (upholsterer) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Janet Shedden | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Scrimgeour formerly of Fox Hall (West Lothian) then London | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jessie Janet Scrimgeour | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Arthur Wison of London (son of professor James, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - James, Robert Shedden of Totteridge, William, John, Margaret, Dorothea | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Shedden of Hardmead'), 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p274+), BLG1863 ('Shedden of Paulerspury Park')
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