Margaret Mitchelson
Mitchelson [Mitchel], Margaret (fl. 1638), prophetess
About Margaret Mitchelson
Margaret Mitchelson was a Scottish prophet.
Margaret Mitchelson (fl. 1638 ) was a Scottish prophet. Her father may have been the East Lothian minister of Yester, James Mitchelson.
None of her prophesies appear to have been published. She is not recorded after 1638 but she is credited with improving the morale of the covenanters.
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Mitchelson [Mitchel], Margaret (fl. 1638), prophetess
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Margaret Mitchelson was a prophet.
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Margaret Mitchelson was Scottish.
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