Watson,Margaret
Case Reference: C/JO/3014
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3014 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Watson |
| Case Start Date | 9/6/1708 |
| Case Date | 30/6/1725 |
| Common Name | Watson,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Refused Charity | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: She was investigated at the same time as the Ratter family, and appears to have been unpopular because she asked for charity.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Cursed people but no record of what she said.
Harm
| Human Illness | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Human Death | — |
| Animal Illness | — |
| Animal Death | — |
| Female Infertility | — |
| Male Impotence | — |
Methods
| Aggravating Disease | — |
|---|---|
| Transferring Disease | — |
| Laying On | — |
| Quarreling | ✓ |
| Cursing | ✓ |
| Poisoning | — |
Healing / Other
| Removal of Bewitchment | — |
|---|---|
| Recognised Healer | — |
| Healing Humans | — |
| Healing Animals | — |
| Midwifery | — |
| Property Damage | — |
| Weather Modification | — |
Disease Notes: Asked if she was a witch, but denied accusation. Was refused lodgings, later the woman of the house took bad dreams and was out of her wits. Watson agreed that she cursed people if they wronged her.
- Refusal of alms
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Duncan | Mr | Investigator | involved in 1708 and 1725 |
| John Mitchell | Mr | case referred to Mitchell. |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shetland Presbytery records | CH2/1071/1, p 155. | |
| Shetland Presbytery records | CH2/1071/2, pp. 300, 304, 309, 312, 315. |