Barbara Peebles

Barbara Peebles was a Scottish Presbyterian, visionary and prophet known to have been active in the 1660s.

Visions and prophesies Peebles' visions began in 1660 during an illness when she expected to die. She described the power going from her body and a temporary loss of speech. In one of her visions, Peebles said she had visited heaven.

As a Presbyterian visionary, she was cautious to describe her visions within the context of theology appropriate to her creed. This recording of her own visions, rather than the transcription being undertaken by a man, was more unusual for a woman visionary and may explain why Peebles used God as a defence for her move to manifest her visions to the ministry. Scottish Presbyterians were persecuted during the Commonwealth rule and then following Charles II's Restoration in 1660. In this sense, they act as a commentary on and explanation of crises.

Birthdate, family life, and death Peebles' birthdate and date of death are not known although she may be the Barbara Peebles who died in Edinburgh in 1670. Details in some of Peebles' writings show that she was married.