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/743 Janet Hairstones

related case
C/EGD/754
Given first name
Janet
Given last name
Hairstains
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
no information
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
Widowed
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
no information
Notes
Also recorded as having been in Kirkcudbright after being banished from the Dumfries synod area. She was listed in a porteuous roll of Oct. 1708 as sometime in the parish of Troquer but now in Rockhall. Another person of the same name was listed as being in Collin in the parish of Gothorald(?) at the same time? Possibly two different people, but I think not because Joyce found her in the Prebytery records that she was banished so she probably moved around a lot, and it is an uncommon name. The porteous roll also says she had been banished from the presbytery of Dumfries
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
Collin
Parish
Torthorwald
Presbytery
Dumfries
County
Dumfries
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/JO/966 Local Court None
T/LA/1248 Mixed Central/Local Court 1709 Dumfries