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Margaret Wilson (c. 1667 – 11 May 1685) was a young Scottish Covenanter from Wigtown in Scotland who was executed by drowning for refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII of Scotland ( James II of England) as head of the church. She died along with Margaret McLachlan. The two Margarets were known as the Wigtown Martyrs.
The Wigtown Martyrs or Solway Martyrs, Margaret Maclauchlan and Margaret Wilson, were Scottish Covenanters who were executed by Scottish Episcopalians on 11 May, 1685 in Wigtown, Scotland, for refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII of Scotland as head of the church. They were tied to stakes on the town's mudflats and allowed to drown ...
May 11, 2022 · The Wigtown Martyrs are executed. On 11 May 1685, the ‘Wigtown Martyrs’ are executed for refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII/II as head of the church. William Johnston, John Milroy and George Walker were hanged while the elderly Margaret McLachlan and teenager Margaret Wilson were drowned. Online publication covering Scottish ...
May 11, 2008 · 1685: Margaret McLachlan and Margaret Wilson, the Solway Martyrs. Posted on 11 May, 2008 by Headsman. On this date in 1685, a woman of 63 and another of 18 were staked to the tidal channel of Bladnoch River near Wigtown and drowned by the rising waters. Margaret Wilson remembered in heroic — and sexy — marble at Knox College in Toronto, Canada.
Sep 4, 2018 · Margaret Wilson (Scottish martyr) Margaret Wilson (c. 1667 – 11 May 1685) was a young Scottish Covenanter, from Wigtown in Scotland executed by drowning for refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII (James II of England) as head of the church. She died along with Margaret McLachlan.
- 1667
- Penninghame Churchyard , Wigton, Scotland
- Cumnock on Nith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Wilson. Margaret Wilson was an teenage Scottish Covenanter martyr. After refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII as head of the Church was murdered by drowning. The remarkable story of this young women is told below. The following is an excerpt from The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to ...
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May 26, 2020 · They became known as the Scottish Covenanters. Among these was a young girl named Margaret Wilson. When Margaret was about eighteen, she decided she could no longer in good conscience attend the kirk the king commanded them to. She owned the covenant and was willing to do whatever Jesus asked of her. Soon her fifteen-year-old brother, Thomas ...
