NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Shaw, Christian, b. 1685? DNB: Shaw, Christian (b. c.1685, d. in or after 1737), witch accuser and thread manufacturer LBT ID: ChShaw1737 VIAF ID: 21095224 LOC ID: n84212666 | B/BAP: 1685 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
As a girl she accused several persons of witchcraft who were sent to their death in 1697;
as an adult she founded the thread industry in Paisley. | |