{"schema_version":"1.0","id":"Edstoun-4","alternate_ids":[],"catalogue_id":"edstoun-4","name":"Cuthbert Edstoun","canonical_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/edstoun-4.html","json_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/edstoun-4.json","network_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/edstoun-4.network.json","wikitree_url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edstoun-4","vitals":{"birth":{"date":"before 1578","place":"Croftmalloch, Whitburn parish, Linlithgowshire, Scotland","status":"uncertain"},"death":{"date":null,"place":null,"status":null}},"identity":{"gender":"Male","occupations":[],"locations":["Croftmalloch, Whitburn parish, Linlithgowshire, Scotland"],"aliases":[],"research_clusters":[]},"relationships":{"parents":[{"id":"Edstoun-3","name":"John Edstoun","relationship":"father","status":"unknown","status_label":"WikiTree tree relationship","basis":"tree","evidence_ids":[],"tree_relationship":true,"relationship_source":"wikitree_parent_field","tree_status":"uncertain","tree_status_label":"WikiTree: uncertain parent","url":null,"json_url":null,"network_url":null,"wikitree_url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edstoun-3","claim_id":"C-59451d0e9ea6"},{"id":"Glasgow-3613","name":"Margaret (Glasgow) Edstoun","relationship":"mother","status":"unknown","status_label":"WikiTree tree relationship","basis":"tree","evidence_ids":[],"tree_relationship":true,"relationship_source":"wikitree_parent_field","tree_status":"confident","tree_status_label":"WikiTree: confident parent","url":null,"json_url":null,"network_url":null,"wikitree_url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3613","claim_id":"C-d41e6a78c14c"}],"spouses":[],"children":[],"siblings":[]},"claims":[{"id":"C-59451d0e9ea6","type":"tree_relationship","subject_ids":["Edstoun-4","Edstoun-3"],"claim":"WikiTree currently connects Cuthbert Edstoun and John Edstoun as father.","status":"unknown","status_label":"WikiTree tree relationship","evidence_ids":[],"notes":"Tree structure only; no documentary conclusion is implied.","provenance":"wikitree_parent_field"},{"id":"C-d41e6a78c14c","type":"tree_relationship","subject_ids":["Edstoun-4","Glasgow-3613"],"claim":"WikiTree currently connects Cuthbert Edstoun and Margaret (Glasgow) Edstoun as mother.","status":"unknown","status_label":"WikiTree tree relationship","evidence_ids":[],"notes":"Tree structure only; no documentary conclusion is implied.","provenance":"wikitree_parent_field"}],"evidence":[{"id":"E-b746081fcc6d","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Edstoun-4"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-089145e26568","source":{"title":"National\nRecords of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/8, image 355, testament\ndative and inventory of Margaret Glasgow; diplomatic transcription preserved\non Margaret Glasgow's profile. The printed index is\nCommissariot of Edinburgh: Register of Testaments, 1514-1600,\np. 108 (https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso01scotuoft/page/n117/mode/1up).","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso01scotuoft/page/n117/mode/1up"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"}],"open_questions":[{"id":"Q-927a0b466b65","question":"Which records prove the subject's identity across events?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Edstoun-4/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-ae647819311e","question":"Which original or indexed records identify the parents?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":"A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.","lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Edstoun-4/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-9691eb84ba3e","question":"Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Edstoun-4/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-2027a48b3357","question":"What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Edstoun-4/research_plan.json"}],"research_leads":[],"source_summary":[{"title":"National\nRecords of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/8, image 355, testament\ndative and inventory of Margaret Glasgow; diplomatic transcription preserved\non Margaret Glasgow's profile. The printed index is\nCommissariot of Edinburgh: Register of Testaments, 1514-1600,\np. 108 (https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso01scotuoft/page/n117/mode/1up).","url":"https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso01scotuoft/page/n117/mode/1up","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-089145e26568","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"}],"warnings":[],"provenance":{"tree":"WikiTree One-Tree export","mapped_records":"Glasgow Surname Project map dataset","profile_capture":"Public WikiTree profile evidence capture","relationship_assessments":"Controlled local relationship hypothesis register","research_findings":"Maintained research case files; inclusion reviewed in research-catalogue-cases.json"},"research_findings":[{"profile_id":"Edstoun-4","updated":null,"source_path":"research/Edstoun-4/findings.md","sections":[{"title":"Current conclusion","category":"conclusion","markdown":"The existing profile `Edstoun-4` uniquely represents **Cuthbert Kaddell/Keddell of\nCroftmalloch**, whom [Margaret Glasgow (Glasgow-3613)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3613)\ndirectly called her son and who acted as her executor-dative. His current\nEdstoun surname is a manuscript misreading. The opening spells his surname\nKaddell and the confirmation spells it Keddell. Use **Keddell** for LNAB and\ncurrent surname, preserving Kaddell as an other-surname form, rather than\ncreating a duplicate.\n\nCuthbert was born before his mother's death in December 1578. Croftmalloch is a\nsupported uncertain birth location because the record places Cuthbert there.\nMargaret is his proved mother. Her sometime husband\n[John Edstoun (Edstoun-3)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edstoun-3) is not\ncalled Cuthbert's father; preserve the existing attachment but mark it\nuncertain."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, `CC8/8/8`, images 355–356; [printed testament index, p. 108](https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso01scotuoft/page/n117/mode/1up) | Cuthbert is surnamed Kaddell in the opening and Keddell in the confirmation, is repeatedly called the son of the late Margaret Glasgow, and acted as her executor-dative at Croftmalloch. The decree appears dated 16 October 1580. | Direct evidence for his surname variants, place, mother and executor role. It does not name his father. |\n| [Findmypast, `SCOT/WILLS/057454`](https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=SCOT%2FWILLS%2F057454&tab=this) | Identifies Margaret as sometime spouse to John Edstoun in Croftmalloch; index date 8 November 1580. | Supports the household and spouse context only. It does not identify John as Cuthbert's father. |"},{"title":"Duplicate and surname audit — 8 September 2026","category":"assessment","markdown":"Searches for Cuthbert Keddell, Kedell, Kaddell, Caddell, Cadell and Keddle found\nno compatible profile. `Edstoun-4` is the already-created profile for the same\nexecutor named in Margaret's testament. The safe action is an LNAB/current-name\ncorrection on the existing profile, not new creation."},{"title":"Relationship assessment","category":"assessment","markdown":"- Margaret Glasgow-3613: **proved mother**.\n- John Edstoun-3: **possible father only; retain attached as uncertain**.\n- James Estoun/Easton: a debtor in Margaret's estate; no relationship stated."},{"title":"Recommended amendments","category":"actions","markdown":"Use the complete replacement draft in `Edstoun-4.md` (also preserved in the\nresolved evidence draft `1578_Scotland_Croftmalloch_Cuthbert_Edstoun.md`).\nChange LNAB and current surname to Keddell, record Kaddell as another surname,\nuse birth before December 1578 and Croftmalloch as uncertain, retain Margaret\nas confident mother, and mark John as uncertain father."},{"title":"Unresolved priorities","category":"actions","markdown":"Search Croftmalloch property, court, kirk and testament records for Cuthbert\nKeddell and for a direct statement of his father."}]}],"similar_people":[],"potential_parentage":{},"wikitree_update":{"profile_id":"Edstoun-4","significance":78,"summary":"Replace unsupported Edstoun surname with Keddell, retain Kaddell as another surname, use the supported pre-December 1578 boundary and Croftmalloch uncertain, retain Margaret as confident mother and John Edstoun as uncertain father.","remote_captured_at":"2026-09-10T00:48:16+00:00","remote_revision":"2026-08-26","draft_wikitext":"[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]\n{{Estimated Date}}\n\n== Biography ==\n'''Cuthbert Keddell''' lived at Croftmalloch in the late sixteenth century. His surname is written '''Kaddell''' in the opening of his mother's testament and '''Keddell''' in its confirmation. He was the son of [[Glasgow-3613|Margaret Glasgow]], spouse or sometime wife of [[Edstoun-3|John Estoun or Edstoun]]. The record repeatedly calls Cuthbert her son and says that he gave up her inventory as executor-dative. The decree appointing or surrogating him in place of the procurator fiscal appears dated 16 October 1580.<ref name=\"MargaretTestament\">National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/8, images 355–356, testament dative and inventory of Margaret Glasgow; ''Commissariot of Edinburgh: Register of Testaments, 1514–1600'', [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso01scotuoft/page/n117/mode/1up p. 108].</ref>\n\nCuthbert was born before his mother's death in December 1578. Croftmalloch is a reasonable uncertain birth location because the record places him there, but no birth record has been found.<ref name=\"MargaretTestament\" />\n\n== Research Notes ==\nThe manuscript gives both '''Kaddell''' and '''Keddell''', not Edstoun. Keddell is used as the principal surname and Kaddell should be preserved as another-surname form. This profile represents the same executor already attached to Margaret, so its surname should be corrected rather than a duplicate created.\n\nJohn Edstoun was Margaret's husband and is a natural candidate for Cuthbert's father, but the testament never calls Cuthbert his son. The existing father attachment should remain uncertain pending direct evidence.\n\nThe derivative index dates Margaret's entry 8 November 1580 and calls her sometime spouse to John Edstoun in Croftmalloch.<ref>[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=SCOT%2FWILLS%2F057454&tab=this Findmypast, Scotland, Will and Testament Index 1481–1807, record SCOT/WILLS/057454], Margaret Glasgow, 8 November 1580.</ref> That index date does not change Cuthbert's birth boundary or identify his father.\n\n== Sources ==\n<references />"}}