The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003


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Accused Details

A/EGD/1311 Margaret Dickson

related case
C/EGD/1323
Given first name
Margaret
Given last name
Dicksone
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
30 estimated age by career
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
no information
Notes
Named by Agnes Hunter initially but also by Issobell Murray. Her age is probably older as she has a daughter who is of working age, but she confessed she had been 5 years in devil's service. This may be the same Margaret Dicksone from Pencaitland accused in 1643, C/JO/2632.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
Penston
Parish
Pencaitland
Presbytery
Haddington
County
Haddington
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/JO/95 Local Court None