Margaret Wilson

As the older woman was drowning, the soldiers asked the younger Margaret what she thought of her hero, the older Margaret.

Margaret Wilson replied, I see Christ wrestling there.

Then just when she herself was about to drown, the soldiers lifted her up and asked her to pray for the king.

She answered, God save him, if he will, for it is his salvation I desire.

It was a beautiful May morning when Major Windram rode into Wigtown and demanded the surrender to him and his soldiers of two women who had been convicted of attending a conventicle.

One of them was Margaret Wilson, a fair young girl of 18.

She was condemned to be lashed to a stake at low tide in such a way that the rising waters would slowly overwhelm her.

In hope of shaking her fidelity and saving her life, it was ordained that her companion should be fastened to a stake a little farther out.