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/2377 Jean Brown

related case
C/EGD/2453
Given first name
Jean
Given last name
Brown
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
41 estimated age by career
Occupation
Servant
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Lower
Notes
Recorded as a servtrix. She denied she was married although witnesses confirmed that she was. She also appears to have had a daughter. Claimed that the spirits had appeared to her 16 years before (16+25=41)
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
no information
Parish
Penninghame
Presbytery
Wigtown
County
Wigtown
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/JO/1077 Local Court None