Margaret Wilson

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Margaret Wilson was a young Scottish Covenanter martyr famously executed by drowning in 1685 for refusing to renounce her Presbyterian faith during the period known as the Killing Times.

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Margaret Wilson canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr
Scottish Covenanter
historical figure
ageAtDeath young adult
associatedWithEvent Wigtown Martyrs execution
causeOfDeath religious persecution
centuryOfDeath 17th century
commemoratedAs Wigtown Martyr
commemoratedBy Wigtown Martyrs monument
commemoratedIn Scottish Presbyterian tradition
convictedOf attending illegal conventicles
refusing to abjure the Covenants
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
countryOfDeath Scotland
dateOfDeath 1685
hasGender female
hasRelative Agnes Wilson
Thomas Wilson
historicalRegion Galloway
languageSpoken English
Scots
legacy icon of religious conscience against state coercion
symbol of steadfast Presbyterian faith
mannerOfDeath execution by drowning
movement Covenanter movement
notableFor martyrdom during the Killing Times
refusing to renounce her Presbyterian faith
opponent Scottish authorities enforcing episcopacy
Stuart monarchy
linked to: House of Stuart
opposed imposition of episcopacy on the Church of Scotland
partOf Killing Times
Persecution of Covenanters
placeOfDeath Wigtown
refused to swear the Abjuration Oath
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
sharesMartyrdomTraditionWith Margaret McLachlan
linked to: Margaret MacLachlan

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Killing Times notableVictim Margaret Wilson