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/1720 Margaret Bigland

related case
C/EGD/1737
Given first name
Marget
Given last name
Bigland
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
25 estimated age by child
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
no information
Notes
RPC entry is confusing about relationships between this group of women. It may be that MB was the daughter of Sunna Voe and MB's daughter was Molphrie Porteous.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
Sunna Voe Mother 75 None
Molphrie Porteous Daughter 25 None

Locale

Settlement
no information
Parish
no information
Presbytery
Scalloway
County
Shetland
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/JO/637 Local Court None