Glasgow Surname Project

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Jean (Cunningham) Glasgow

before 1674 – before 1699-03

Cunningham-20924 · 1 mapped association

Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland→Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
7Close relations
3Evidence items
3Candidate leads
Birth
before 1674 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
before 1699-03 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
John Glasgow M.A
Children
Alexander GlasgowElizabeth GlasgowJeane GlasgowJohn Glasgow MAMargaret GlasgowRobert Glasgow
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Cunningham-20924
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
47

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionJohn Glasgow MA (1690)
Maternal grandfather positionRobert Glasgow (1693)
Maternal grandmother positionElizabeth Glasgow (1692)
Paternal grandmother positionMargaret Glasgow (1692)

Known-position checks: 1 support · 2 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Estimate and relationship notes
  • 2 parent references point outside the current export.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

Possible mothers1 leads

Automated fit0/100
Weak Lead
Dates1624–?Generationat most 50 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1690), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • less typical 50-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • less typical 50-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1690), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the second dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Robert in 165 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

Automated fit58/100
Similar Person
Dates1682–?PlacesKilwinning, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 8 (+10)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 8 (+10)
  • overlapping locality (+8)
  • matching child names: Alexander Glasgow, Margaret Glasgow
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: John

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit51/100
Similar Person
Dates1676–?PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1674

Profile-stated birthplace: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

Kilbirnie — Ayrshire

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Cunningham-20924

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement/parish centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.8 claims
1Derivative
1Tree Only
1Unknown

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.3 sources

Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.

  1. derivative Kilbirnie Parish, Church of Scotland, "Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages," database with images, National Records of Scotland (ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) : image accessed 20 Nov 2025), marriage of John Glasgow and Jeane Cunynghame 14 Jan 1690; citing Ref No: 10 / 9, parish 596.
  2. unknown James Paterson, History of the County of Ayr : with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire, (Edinburgh : T.G. Stevenson, 1847-1852), Vol. II, p. 252 - 253; Internet Archive, (Available on Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo02pateuoft/page/252/mode/2up) : viewed 3 December 2025)
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Cunningham-20924
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Cunningham-20924 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-02-09.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field
death—Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field
marriage1690-01-14Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJohnCunningham-209151647-00-00 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1692-00-00
ParentsElizabethCampbell-730401657-00-00 · Scotland · 1692-05-00 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
ChildrenProvost John Glasgow MAGlasgow-10771690-12-09 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1764-00-00 · Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
ChildrenElizabeth GlasgowGlasgow-11531692-04-17 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-11541692-04-17 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenDr. Robert GlasgowGlasgow-10751693-10-17 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1766-05-09
ChildrenAlexander GlasgowGlasgow-35141695-07-15 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJeane GlasgowGlasgow-14361697-04-16 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1723-00-00 · Glasgow, Scotland
SiblingsElizabethCunningham-231201685-09-27 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsWilliamCunningham-231131692-00-00 · Robertland, Stewarton, Ayr, Scotland · 1727-06-00 · Auchinskeith, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
SpousesRev. John Glasgow M.AGlasgow-10731653-00-00 · Scotland · 1721-12-00 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1690-01-14

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Jean was born about 1660. She was the daughter of John Cunningham and Elizabeth Campbell. Jean married John Glasgow, Minister of Kilbirnie. Kilbirnie Parish, Church of Scotland, "Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages," database with images, National Records of Scotland (ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) : image accessed 20 Nov 2025), marriage of John Glasgow and Jeane Cunynghame 14 Jan 1690; citing Ref No: 10 / 9, parish 596. They had at least six children. Jean passed away before 1699, when her husband married, secondly, Margaret Scott. Research Notes From History of the County of Ayr: James Paterson, History of the County of Ayr : with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire, (Edinburgh : T.G. Stevenson, 1847-1852), Vol. II, p. 252 - 253; Internet Archive, (Available on Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo02pateuoft/page/252/mode/2up) : viewed 3 December 2025) GLASGOW OF MOUNTGREENAM.I. REV. JOHN GLASGOW, minister of Kllbirnie from 1688 to 1721, when he died. He married, first, 14th January 1690, Jean, daughter of John Cunningham of Wattieston, Chamberlain to the Laird of Glengarnock, of the family of Robertland; secondly, Margaret, daughter of Robert Scott, merchant in Beith, 19th April 1699. He had fourteen children; but there is no tradition of any of them save his son. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Kilbirnie Parish, Church of Scotland, "Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages," database with images, National Records of Scotland (ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) : image accessed 20 Nov 2025), marriage of John Glasgow and Jeane Cunynghame 14 Jan 1690; citing Ref No: 10 / 9, parish 596. source link 1
  2. James Paterson, History of the County of Ayr : with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire, (Edinburgh : T.G. Stevenson, 1847-1852), Vol. II, p. 252 - 253; Internet Archive, (Available on Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo02pateuoft/page/252/mode/2up) : viewed 3 December 2025) source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Jean was born about 1660. She was the daughter of John Cunningham and Elizabeth Campbell. Jean married John Glasgow, Minister of Kilbirnie. Kilbirnie Parish, Church of Scotland, "Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages," database with images, National Records of Scotland (ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) : image accessed 20 Nov 2025), marriage of John Glasgow and Jeane Cunynghame 14 Jan 1690; citing Ref No: 10 / 9, parish 596. They had at least six children. Jean passed away before 1699, when her husband married, secondly, Margaret Scott.
Research Notes
From History of the County of Ayr: James Paterson, History of the County of Ayr : with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire, (Edinburgh : T.G. Stevenson, 1847-1852), Vol. II, p. 252 - 253; Internet Archive, (Available on Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo02pateuoft/page/252/mode/2up) : viewed 3 December 2025) 
 GLASGOW OF MOUNTGREENAM.I. REV. JOHN GLASGOW, minister of Kllbirnie from 1688 to 1721, when he died. He married, first, 14th January 1690, Jean, daughter of John Cunningham of Wattieston, Chamberlain to the Laird of Glengarnock, of the family of Robertland; secondly, Margaret, daughter of Robert Scott, merchant in Beith, 19th April 1699. He had fourteen children; but there is no tradition of any of them save his son. 
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
Jean was born about 1660. She was the daughter of John Cunningham and Elizabeth Campbell. Jean married John Glasgow, Minister of Kilbirnie.<ref>Kilbirnie Parish, Church of Scotland, "Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages," database with images, National Records of Scotland ([https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ScotlandsPeople] : image accessed 20 Nov 2025), marriage of John Glasgow and Jeane Cunynghame 14 Jan 1690; citing Ref No: 10 / 9, parish 596.</ref> They had at least six children. Jean passed away before 1699, when her husband married, secondly, Margaret Scott.

==Research Notes==
From ''History of the County of Ayr'':<ref>James Paterson, ''History of the County of Ayr : with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire'', (Edinburgh : T.G. Stevenson, 1847-1852), Vol. II, p. 252 - 253; Internet Archive, ([https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo02pateuoft/page/252/mode/2up Available on Archive.org] : viewed 3 December 2025)</ref>
<blockquote>GLASGOW OF MOUNTGREENAM.I. REV. JOHN GLASGOW, minister of Kllbirnie from 1688 to 1721, when he died. He married, first, 14th January 1690, Jean, daughter of John Cunningham of Wattieston, Chamberlain to the Laird of Glengarnock, of the family of Robertland; secondly, Margaret, daughter of Robert Scott, merchant in Beith, 19th April 1699. He had fourteen children; but there is no tradition of any of them save his son.</blockquote>

== Sources ==
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