Fraser,Janet

Accused of having sinned and having been deluded by the Devil and of having made paction with him. No descriptions of the Devil.

Type	Text
Paction
Possession

Notes: Accused of having pretended to 'a spirit of prophesy and revelation of things to come'. Confessed that she had visions, later confessed that she was possessed by an evil spirit and wanted ministers to commiserate with her miserable and deluded condition and that they would entreat God by earnest prayer that she may see the evil of her ways and obtain repentence.

• Prophesy

Notes: Presbytery minutes note that she had a written book of her pretended prophecies.

Claimed Bewitched	—
Claimed Possessed	✓
Admitted Lesser Charge	—
Claimed Natural Causes	—
No Defence	—

Notes: Appealed for ministers to pray for her and help save her from the Devil's delusion.

Name	Title	Involvement	Notes
Patrick Flint	Mr	Minister	to make local inquiries
John Laurie	Mr	Minister	to make local inquiries

Source	Reference	Notes
		Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, (Dumfries, 1909), Vol 2 p. 103-104. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research.
Penpoint Presbytery records	CH2/298/1, pp. 5, 9, 14.	Records ongoing discussion of her case at presbytery level. Last entry referred case back to kirk session but no further details.