In January 1662, the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials turned its attention toward Jonat McConachie, a married woman residing in Barmore on the island of Bute. Recorded also under the name NcConachie, her case (C/EGD/1548) was formally initiated on the 28th of that month. Within the context of the mid-17th century, such an event marked the beginning of a profound judicial ordeal, placing Jonat at the intersection of local suspicion and the rigorous ecclesiastical and civil oversight that characterized the period.
Following the initial proceedings, her case advanced toward a formal hearing under the reference T/JO/1890. While the surviving records are brief, they document the institutional framework through which Jonat was processed by the authorities of the time. Her experience reflects the wider pattern of seventeenth-century Bute, where the scrutiny of marital status and place of residence often preceded the formal allegations brought against an individual in the kirk sessions and courts. Through these administrative fragments, Jonat remains a figure defined by the specific bureaucratic and legal movements of the 1662 trial process.