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/149 Isobel Young

related case
C/EGD/160
Given first name
Isobell
Given last name
Young
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
60 estimated age by career
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
Married
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Middling
Notes
Wife of a portioner, money lending, had many servants, sold cloth and dairy products. She had a reputation for witchcraft for 40 years (plus 25 base line age), thus her minimum age was 65.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
George Smith Husband None Portioner
James Smith Son None None
William Smith Son None None
John Smith Son None None
George Smith Son None None

Locale

Settlement
East Barns
Parish
Dunbar
Presbytery
Dunbar
County
Haddington
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
National Grid Reference (ngr): NT780670}
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/LA/1 Central Court 1629 Edinburgh
T/LA/13 Mentioned in trial None