The historical record concerning the daughter of Agnes Sampson, who resided in Haddington, remains sparse yet significant within the legal landscape of the 1591 witch trials. Following the sensational proceedings against her mother—a midwife and healer famously implicated in the North Berwick witch trials—the daughter was brought before the authorities on 8 May 1591. While her primary identity in the archival records is defined by her maternal connection, the case files C/LA/2909 and T/LA/983 confirm that she was subjected to her own legal scrutiny during a period of intense judicial focus on the families of those previously condemned.
The records clarify that while she is catalogued under the name of her mother, her true surname would not have been Sampson or Sampsoun, suggesting a familial identity obscured by the legal proceedings of the time. The transition of the case from the initial documentation to the trial stage (T/LA/983) underscores the formal nature of the inquiry into her activities. By examining these specific documents, historians can observe the secondary reach of the 1591 investigations, as the justice system extended its scope beyond the primary accused to those residing in her household or sharing her lineage in Haddington.