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/159 Alison Nisbet

related case
C/EGD/170
Given first name
Alisone
Given last name
Nisbet
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
no information
Occupation
Midwife
Marital Status
Married
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Lower
Notes
She is also referred to as Elie Nesbitt. Repute a witch for 13 years. She was married and admitted to committing adultery with Andrew Park. At one point she was a servant to the minister of Hilton, described as 'fostering his eldest son' [Fostering could be wet-nursing], until one of her patients told the minister about an afterbirth ritual she did that had supposedly resulted in someone's death. Alison's mother supposedly fled to England after a commission was granted ot arrest and try her.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
no information
Parish
Hilton
Presbytery
Chirnside
County
Berwick
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/LA/25 Central Court 1632 Edinburgh