In February 1662, Jonat Mar, an indweller of Collesie in Fife, found herself at the centre of a judicial inquiry into the practice of witchcraft. As a woman of middling socioeconomic status, Jonat occupied a position within the community that suggests she was likely a settled and recognisable member of the parish. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/1452, brought her before the legal authorities during a period of heightened sensitivity regarding perceived supernatural threats in Scotland.
The formal charges brought against Jonat were grave, specifically alleging that she had entered into a pact with the demonic. Records indicate that she provided a confession on the same month as her initial appearance in February 1662. While the surviving notes from her subsequent trial (T/JO/862) do not preserve the specific testimony or the ultimate outcome of the proceedings, the existence of a recorded confession remains a central feature of her surviving archival footprint, marking the brief, documented intersection of her life with the formal machinery of the Scottish witch trials.