These 14/- shilling lands were acquired by John Shedden "of Hazlehead-toun" from John and Hugh Lyles in 1686 and later he also acquired the 32 Penny lands that were locally known as Erestoun's Mailing or Burnside of Marshalland.
John the elder had four sons, John (b. 1676), Robert (b. 1679), William (b. 1691) and James (b. circa 1694).
John and Robert were born at Upper Hessilhead.
In 1746 John's son, also John, passed the lands of Marshalland to his eldest son, again John, reserving only "certain houses and fields" to himself.

John the younger, circa 1706, married Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Matthew Montgomerie of Bogston.
The couple had nine children, five sons and four daughters.
He was an elder of the church in 1710 and in 1727 he was appointed to "perambulate and value" the lands of Mainshill in Beith that the Earl of Eglinton was intending to exchange for the old Glebe of Beith.
 John died circa 1765 and his son sold Marshalland to Robert Service who farmed at the Bigholm in 1785.

John Shedden the younger was known as "The Lang Laird" and married Mary Stevenson of Townend of Threepwood.
The couple had five daughters and one son, John, known as "Jack the Marshalland" or "The Gem-keeper".

Robert Service in 1785 had purchased Marshalland and in 1816 his son, Robert "of Bogside" inherited and sold the property to Robert Spier, writer in Beith.
The lands were inherited by his son John who lived at Eglinton Street in Beith and then became a part of the Foundation endowment of Spier's School, now the Spier's Trust.

In the 1850s an Andrew Spier is listed as resident at Marshyland (sic).
These 14/- shilling lands were acquired by John Shedden "of Hazlehead-toun" from John and Hugh Lyles in 1686 and later he also acquired the 32 Penny lands that were locally known as Erestoun's Mailing or Burnside of Marshalland. John the elder had four sons, John (b. 1676), Robert (b. 1679), William (b. 1691) and James (b. circa 1694). John and Robert were born at Upper Hessilhead. In 1746 John's son, also John, passed the lands of Marshalland to his eldest son, again John, reserving only "certain houses and fields" to himself.
John the younger, circa 1706, married Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Matthew Montgomerie of Bogston. The couple had nine children, five sons and four daughters. He was an elder of the church in 1710 and in 1727 he was appointed to "perambulate and value" the lands of Mainshill in Beith that the Earl of Eglinton was intending to exchange for the old Glebe of Beith.  John died circa 1765 and his son sold Marshalland to Robert Service who farmed at the Bigholm in 1785.
John Shedden the younger was known as "The Lang Laird" and married Mary Stevenson of Townend of Threepwood. The couple had five daughters and one son, John, known as "Jack the Marshalland" or "The Gem-keeper".
Robert Service in 1785 had purchased Marshalland and in 1816 his son, Robert "of Bogside" inherited and sold the property to Robert Spier, writer in Beith. The lands were inherited by his son John who lived at Eglinton Street in Beith and then became a part of the Foundation endowment of Spier's School, now the Spier's Trust.
In the 1850s an Andrew Spier is listed as resident at Marshyland (sic).
Lands of Marshalland