In June 1661, Marion Ingrahame, a resident of Newton in Haddington, found herself drawn into the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. Classified as an "indweller" of middling socioeconomic status—a designation confirmed by her inclusion in the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland—Marion was a woman integrated into the social fabric of her parish. Despite her established position within the community, her life was interrupted by legal proceedings recorded under case reference C/EGD/1584, marking the beginning of a process that would subject her to the scrutiny of the seventeenth-century kirk and state.
The historical trail of Marion concludes in 1704, with the entry T/JO/1704 documenting the final stage of her trial. While the records offer a sparse outline of her journey through the courts, they situate her firmly within the decades of intense judicial activity that defined the era between 1563 and 1736. Through these formal administrative notations, the trajectory of Marion remains preserved, serving as a testament to the complex legal encounters experienced by ordinary Scots during the height of the witch-hunting period.