Kintyre People


A genealogical database of individuals who lived in Kintyre during the early modern period, from roughly 1500 CE to 1800 CE.

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Sheddan, James

Sheddan, James

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  • Name Sheddan, James
    Gender Male
    Residence 1710  Killeonan, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 14 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "James Sheddan in Killeunan guilty of burying of a Child of his in Linen Cloath w[ith]in these two years" 
    Occupation 20 Oct 1710  Killeonan, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Tacksman 
    Person ID I582  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2026

    Family Ross, Margaret
    Marriage 30 Dec 1697  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • The identity of the child buried between 1708 and 1710 is unknown.
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Sheddan, John,   c. 29 Sep 1700, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Sheddan, Jean,   c. 29 Nov 1702, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Sheddan, Alexander,   c. 31 Dec 1704, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Sheddan, William,   c. 29 Dec 1706, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Sheddan, James,   c. 26 Feb 1709, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Sheddan, Janet,   c. 11 Nov 1711, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Living
    Family ID F99  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2026

  • Notes 
    • In 1692, James Shedden was a Lowland Fencible man at Killeonan. This was likely the same person or could have been his son.

      On 20 October 1709 James, along with John Ryburn, John Fleming, and Mathew Ryburn younger, received a tack for three of the four merklands of Kelleonan.

      James Shedden married Margaret Rosse on 30 December 1697. They baptized the following children:
      Agnes 1698
      John 1700
      Jean 1702
      Alexander 1704
      William 1706
      James 1709
      Janet 1711
      Agnes 1716

      James may have been the son of John Sheddan and Jenat Longwill, who baptized a son named James in Campbeltown on 19 November 1671 [507 11/13]. They baptized a son named Alexander in 1678 and his occupation was listed as shoemaker.

      The naming pattern suggests that Margaret's parents were named Agnes and Alexander, and James's parents were named John and Jean. More research is needed to confirm his parents identity.

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/6.

    2. [S4] A. I. B. Stewart and Andrew McKerral, Kintyre Rentals, 110.

    3. [S4] A. I. B. Stewart and Andrew McKerral, Kintyre Rentals, 110.
      "9. 20 Oct. 1709
      John Ryburn, John Fleming, James Sheddan and Mathew Ryburn younger in Killeonan
      3 mklands of 4 mklands of Killeonan"

    4. [S3] OPR - Banns & Marriages, 507 10/24.
      "James Sheddan
      Marg[are]t Rosse (par[ish] 30 Dec[ember]"