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/723 Janet Boyd

related case
C/EGD/734
Given first name
Janet
Given last name
Boyd
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
no information
Occupation
Servant
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Lower
Notes
She was a servant to the father of Margaret Murdoch, the tormented girl who denounced a lot of the 1699 accused witches.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
Craigtoun
Parish
Govan
Presbytery
Paisley
County
Renfrew
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/LA/1245 Central Court 1700 Edinburgh