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|Dates=1675
|Location=London
|Place of Birth=Hilltown of Falkland, Fife
|Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Daughter of John Gedde. Extremely pious child who was often invited to pray at clandestine Presbyterian prayer meetings. Conferred with ministers and considered a child prophet and became much sought after for spiritual council.
Went with her parents to London in 1675, learned to write at a private school. Had returned to Scotland by 1679 where she died in 1681, aged 16.