Marion Veitch

Marion Veitch born Marion Fairlie (1639 – 9 May, 1722) was a Scottish Presbyterian diarist who at times was exiled by her families religion before the Glorious Revolution.

Veitch was born in Edinburgh and baptised at the end of 1639. Her parents were the shoemaker James and his wife Euphan Kincaid Fairlie. In 1664 she married in the High Kirk of Lanark, William Veitch who was a minister. They were Presbytarian and their lives were made difficult. At times they lived outside Scotland and at times they lived apart. Irrespective they had ten children including Samuel Vetch who went on to be Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. She spent five years at Hanham Hall and her time living in Newcastle was only brought to an end in 1688 by the Glorious Revolution in Scotland. She and her husband were allowed to return to Scotland. Her husband became a minister at Peebles. They moved to Dumfries where they both died. Veitch died in 1722, the day after William.

The free church of Scotland published her memoirs in 1846. Unlike her husband's memoir, her diary included an account of the death of four of her children to the will of God.