Robert Glasgow

Biography
Robert Glasgow was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 17 November 1618. He was recorded as the lawful son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame. National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618; reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis." 

The register transcription also names John and George Glasgow, apparently as godfathers, witnesses or sponsors. Their precise relationships to Robert have not yet been established.

No record presently proves Robert's later residence, occupation, marriage, children or date of death.
Parents
Robert's parents are directly named in the 1618 baptismal entry:

* Robert Glasgow.
* Jonet Conynghame.

The elder Robert was associated with Glasgow and was recorded as a cordiner.

Robert baptised in 1618 should not be confused or merged with his father.
Possible marriage to Jonet Cunningham
A later Glasgow parish record names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham as the parents of a James Glasgow recorded in November 1645. "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK); derived from the Glasgow Old Parish Register. 

It is chronologically possible that the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618. He would have been about twenty-seven years old in 1645.

The record does not, however, give sufficient identifying information to prove that the two Roberts were the same man.

Jonet Cunningham should therefore be treated as an uncertain wife of this Robert unless the original parish registers or another record establish continuity.

This younger Jonet Cunningham should not be confused with Robert's mother, Jonet Conynghame.
Possible son James Glasgow
The James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645 was the son of a Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. 

If the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618, James was his son.

The chronology is entirely compatible, but the identification of the father has not yet been independently proved.

The relationship should therefore remain marked uncertain.

The Scottish James recorded in 1645 has separately been proposed as identical with James Glasgow of Kilwaughter, County Antrim. That Scottish-to-Irish identification is itself unproved and should not be used as evidence that this Robert migrated to Ireland.
Later life
No record has yet been identified that certainly concerns Robert after his baptism.

Several later records for men named Robert Glasgow are chronologically possible matches, but none presently provides enough identifying information to connect them securely with this profile.

A Robert Glasgow was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675 and received cloth for a uniform in an entry dated 23 October 1675. Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690 (Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1905), p. 204, entry dated 23 October 1675. 

Robert baptised in 1618 would have been about fifty-six or fifty-seven at that date, so the identification is chronologically possible.

No evidence presently connects the town officer with the child baptised in 1618. The 1675 occurrence should therefore remain an unconnected same-name record unless further evidence is found.
Death
Robert's date and proved place of death are unknown. The earlier Kilwaughter death-place tradition is retained in the structured field only as uncertain; no inspected record places this Scottish Robert there.

The 1653 Larne occurrence concerns the separate profile Robert Glaskow of Larne and should not be used to infer this Robert's death.
Research NotesIdentity assessment
The only presently secure identification for this profile is:

:17 November 1618 — Robert Glasgow, lawful son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame, baptised at Glasgow High Kirk.

Later records that may concern him include:

* Robert Glasgow, possible husband of Jonet Cunningham and father of James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.
* Robert Glasgow, town officer at Glasgow in 1675.
* Other contemporary men named Robert Glasgow in Scottish records.

None of these later occurrences has yet been proved to concern the child baptised in 1618.
Scottish and Irish connections
Although no record presently proves that this Robert migrated to Ireland, movement between Glasgow and the Larne district was entirely practicable during his lifetime.

The Agnew family of Lochnaw held and administered the Kilwaughter estate near Larne. Their surviving papers include an Irish estate series covering the period from 1636 to 1712. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712. 

This provides a direct Scottish administrative connection into the district where members of the Glasgow family were later recorded. No tenancy, lease or estate record naming this Robert Glasgow has yet been identified in the Agnew papers.

Glasgow Town Council records from 1655 also concern burgesses who had left Glasgow and settled elsewhere. Twelve of the absent burgesses were reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families. Glasgow Town Council minutes, 30 June and 18 August 1655, Glasgow City Archives, original series C1/1/13; printed context in Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662. 

The published extract omits most of the names, so this record does not establish that Robert was one of the emigrants. The complete original list remains an important research target.

Separate testimony from the Larne area documents wartime movement by boat between County Antrim and Scotland by settlers travelling with their families. 1641 Depositions, examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family from the Larne district to Scotland and subsequent return, public deposition item (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html). 

These records demonstrate a credible migration and travel mechanism between western Scotland and the Larne district during Robert's lifetime.

They provide useful historical context for the former hypothesis identifying him with Robert Glaskow of Larne, but they do not document Robert's personal movements or establish that the two men were identical.
Separation from Robert Glaskow of Larne
This Robert should presently be maintained as a separate individual from Robert Glaskow of Larne, the man recorded as living at Larne, County Antrim, in 1653. The 1653 occurrence belongs to Glasgow-3970 and does not establish any later event for this Scottish Robert.

An examination taken on 21 April 1653 contains the description:

:one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne

The record does not identify the Larne man's age, birthplace, parents, wife or children. Aidan Clarke et al., editors, 1641 Depositions, vol. III: Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2014), TCD MS 838, examination dated 21 April 1653; public deposition item (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html). 

Earlier research proposed that the Larne resident was the Robert baptised at Glasgow in 1618.

That hypothesis was based upon several circumstantial factors:

* Compatible chronology.
* The shared given name and surname.
* The relative rarity of the surname in surviving County Antrim records.
* Known movement between western Scotland and County Antrim.
* Glasgow burgesses known to have settled in Ireland.
* The Scottish administration of the nearby Kilwaughter estate.
* The later appearance of Glasgow households at Kilwaughter.

These factors make the proposed identity possible, but none establishes it.

No record has yet been found stating that Robert of Larne:

* Was born at Glasgow.
* Was the son of Robert Glasgow.
* Was the son of Jonet Conynghame.
* Had previously lived in Glasgow.
* Was married to Jonet Cunningham.
* Was the father of the James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.

The Scottish and Larne Roberts should therefore remain separate profiles unless a documentary bridge is found.
Why the Scottish and Larne profiles were separated
The former reconstruction effectively required several separate propositions to be true:

:Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow in 1618
:↓
:Robert Glasgow, father of James at Glasgow in 1645
:↓
:Robert Glaskow living at Larne in 1653
:↓
:ancestor of the later Kilwaughter Glasgows

Each step is chronologically and historically plausible, but none is presently established by direct evidence.

Combining those propositions on one profile gave the overall reconstruction more apparent certainty than the surviving records justify.

The more conservative approach is therefore to maintain separate research identities:

* Robert Glasgow of Glasgow — baptised in 1618; parents proved.
* Robert Glasgow, father of James in 1645 — possibly the 1618 Robert, but not proved.
* Robert Glaskow of Larne — documented at Larne in 1653; origins unknown.

The profiles should only be merged if new evidence establishes continuity.
Possible wife and son
The 1645 Glasgow record remains significant because the chronology fits Robert baptised in 1618 particularly well.

The working hypothesis is:

:Robert Glasgow, baptised 1618
:possibly married or partnered Jonet Cunningham
:*
:* James Glasgow, recorded November 1645

The original Glasgow Old Parish Register page should be examined before this family structure is treated as more than uncertain.

Particular attention should be paid to:

* Robert's occupation.
* Robert's residence.
* Whether the entry identifies him by status or relationship.
* Witnesses or sponsors.
* Other children of the same Robert and Jonet.
* Whether the couple appears consistently in the same district.
* Whether another contemporary Robert Glasgow can be distinguished.
Possible relationship to John and George Glasgow
The 1618 baptismal transcription names John and George Glasgow following Robert's parents:

:Godf: John & George Glasgowis.

They were apparently godfathers, witnesses or sponsors.

Their shared surname makes a family relationship likely, but the baptismal entry does not state what that relationship was.

Possible relationships include:

* Paternal uncles.
* A grandfather and uncle.
* Great-uncles.
* Cousins or other members of the Glasgow kin group.

Identifying John and George may help reconstruct the wider family of Robert Glasgow and distinguish this Robert from other contemporary men of the surname.
No proved Irish residence
No Irish residence should presently be entered as a fact for this Robert.

In particular:

* Larne should not be entered as a proved residence.
* Kilwaughter should not be entered as a proved residence.
* County Antrim should not be entered as a death place.
* The later Kilwaughter Glasgows should not be treated as his proved descendants.

The possible Irish connection belongs in Research Notes until a record establishes Robert's migration or family continuity.
Other men named Robert Glasgow
Robert Glasgow, associated with Inveresk and Musselburgh in Midlothian, appears in later Scottish records and should remain separate unless evidence establishes otherwise.

A Robert Glasgow was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675. 

It is chronologically possible that the town officer was Robert baptised in 1618, but no evidence links the two occurrences.

Researchers should also distinguish this profile from Robert Glasgow, his father.
Date and place guidance
Recommended profile data:

* Birth/Baptism: 17 November 1618.
* Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
* Father: Robert Glasgow, certain.
* Mother: Jonet Conynghame, certain.
* Spouse: Jonet Cunningham, uncertain if retained.
* Child: James Glasgow recorded in November 1645, uncertain if attached.
* Occupation: unknown.
* Later residence: unknown.
* Death: unknown.
* Death place: unknown.

The 17 November 1618 event is a baptism, not presently a proved birth date.

If WikiTree requires a birth date in the data field, 17 November 1618 should be marked uncertain unless the original register supplies an actual birth date.
Research priorities
Original 1618 Glasgow High Kirk register

* Examine NRS Glasgow High Kirk OPR 644/1 directly.
* Confirm the complete wording of the 17 November 1618 entry.
* Determine whether a residence or occupation is supplied for Robert's father.
* Identify John and George Glasgow if possible.
* Review adjacent Glasgow surname entries for related households.

Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham

* Obtain the original register page containing the November 1645 James Glasgow entry.
* Determine whether the conflicting 11 and 25 November dates represent birth and baptism.
* Search for every child recorded to a Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.
* Establish the couple's residence and Robert's occupation.
* Compare witnesses and associates with the 1618 family.
* Search for a marriage or proclamation of banns for Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

Glasgow burgess and craft records

* Search for Robert Glasgow after 1618 in burgess, guild and craft records.
* Determine whether he followed his father into the cordiner trade.
* A record identifying him as "Robert Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow, cordiner" would provide a strong adult identity.

Glasgow absent-burgess records

* Examine the complete Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13 material, particularly the entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655.
* Identify the twelve burgesses reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.
* Evidence naming Robert Glasgow among them would materially strengthen the Irish migration hypothesis.
* Evidence naming Larne, Carrickfergus or County Antrim would be especially significant.
* Mere absence from Glasgow would not establish migration to Ireland.

Agnew estate papers

* Search NRS GD154/505–534, the Agnew family's Irish estate papers for Kilwaughter, 1636–1712.
* Search Robert Glasgow, Glaskow, Glascho and similar surname variants.
* Look especially for early leases, rentals, correspondence or named lives before 1669.
* Any reference connecting a Glasgow resident of Scotland with the Kilwaughter estate would materially strengthen the migration hypothesis.

Glasgow Town Council records

* Investigate the Robert Glasgow serving as town officer in 1675.
* Search earlier and later council minutes for identifying details.
* Look for references to his family, occupation, age or previous service.

Test the Larne hypothesis independently

* Research the separate Robert Glaskow of Larne without assuming Scottish origins.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus for Robert Glaskow, Glasgow, Glascho and related variants.
* Search Irish land, taxation and estate records for his occupation, associates and family.
* Only reconnect the Scottish and Larne profiles if evidence independently points from one man to the other.
Sources
* National Records of Scotland. Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. Reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."

* FamilySearch. "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. Used for the possible later family of Robert. FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK).

* National Records of Scotland. Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.

* Glasgow City Archives. Glasgow Town Council minutes, C1/1/13, entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655 concerning absent burgesses; printed context in Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662.

* 1641 Depositions Project. Examination mentioning Robert Glaskow "liuing in Larne," dated 21 April 1653. Used only in assessing the separate Larne identity. Public deposition item (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html).

* 1641 Depositions Project. Examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family between the Larne district and Scotland. Used as evidence for contemporary travel between the two regions. Public deposition item (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html).

* Scottish Burgh Records Society. Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690 (1905), p. 204, entry of 23 October 1675 concerning a town officer named Robert Glasgow.

== Biography ==

{{Estimated Date}}
{{One Name Study|name=Glasgow}}

'''Robert Glasgow''' was baptised at '''Glasgow High Kirk, Lanarkshire, Scotland''', on '''17 November 1618'''. He was recorded as the lawful son of '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''' and '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618; reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."</ref>

The register transcription also names '''John and George Glasgow''', apparently as godfathers, witnesses or sponsors. Their precise relationships to Robert have not yet been established.

No record presently proves Robert's later residence, occupation, marriage, children or date of death.

=== Parents ===

Robert's parents are directly named in the 1618 baptismal entry:

* '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]'''.
* '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

The elder Robert was associated with Glasgow and was recorded as a cordiner.

Robert baptised in 1618 should not be confused or merged with his father.

=== Possible marriage to Jonet Cunningham ===

A later Glasgow parish record names '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunningham''' as the parents of a James Glasgow recorded in November 1645.<ref name="James1645">"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK]; derived from the Glasgow Old Parish Register.</ref>

It is chronologically possible that the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618. He would have been about twenty-seven years old in 1645.

The record does '''not''', however, give sufficient identifying information to prove that the two Roberts were the same man.

'''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]''' should therefore be treated as an '''uncertain wife''' of this Robert unless the original parish registers or another record establish continuity.

This younger Jonet Cunningham should not be confused with Robert's mother, '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

=== Possible son James Glasgow ===

The James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645 was the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunningham'''.<ref name="James1645" />

If the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618, James was his son.

The chronology is entirely compatible, but the identification of the father has not yet been independently proved.

The relationship should therefore remain marked '''uncertain'''.

The Scottish James recorded in 1645 has separately been proposed as identical with '''[[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow of Kilwaughter]]''', County Antrim. That Scottish-to-Irish identification is itself unproved and should not be used as evidence that this Robert migrated to Ireland.

=== Later life ===

No record has yet been identified that certainly concerns Robert after his baptism.

Several later records for men named Robert Glasgow are chronologically possible matches, but none presently provides enough identifying information to connect them securely with this profile.

A '''Robert Glasgow''' was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675 and received cloth for a uniform in an entry dated 23 October 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675">''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1905), p. 204, entry dated 23 October 1675.</ref>

Robert baptised in 1618 would have been about fifty-six or fifty-seven at that date, so the identification is chronologically possible.

No evidence presently connects the town officer with the child baptised in 1618. The 1675 occurrence should therefore remain an unconnected same-name record unless further evidence is found.

=== Death ===

Robert's date and proved place of death are unknown. The earlier Kilwaughter death-place tradition is retained in the structured field only as uncertain; no inspected record places this Scottish Robert there.

The 1653 Larne occurrence concerns the separate profile [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]] and should not be used to infer this Robert's death.

== Research Notes ==

=== Identity assessment ===

The only presently secure identification for this profile is:

:'''17 November 1618''' — Robert Glasgow, lawful son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame, baptised at Glasgow High Kirk.

Later records that may concern him include:

* Robert Glasgow, possible husband of Jonet Cunningham and father of James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.
* Robert Glasgow, town officer at Glasgow in 1675.
* Other contemporary men named Robert Glasgow in Scottish records.

None of these later occurrences has yet been proved to concern the child baptised in 1618.

=== Scottish and Irish connections ===

Although no record presently proves that this Robert migrated to Ireland, movement between '''Glasgow and the Larne district''' was entirely practicable during his lifetime.

The '''Agnew family of Lochnaw''' held and administered the Kilwaughter estate near Larne. Their surviving papers include an Irish estate series covering the period from '''1636 to 1712'''.<ref name="AgnewEstate">National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.</ref>

This provides a direct Scottish administrative connection into the district where members of the Glasgow family were later recorded. No tenancy, lease or estate record naming this Robert Glasgow has yet been identified in the Agnew papers.

Glasgow Town Council records from '''1655''' also concern burgesses who had left Glasgow and settled elsewhere. Twelve of the absent burgesses were reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.<ref name="AbsentBurgesses">Glasgow Town Council minutes, 30 June and 18 August 1655, Glasgow City Archives, original series C1/1/13; printed context in ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662''.</ref>

The published extract omits most of the names, so this record does '''not''' establish that Robert was one of the emigrants. The complete original list remains an important research target.

Separate testimony from the Larne area documents wartime movement by boat between County Antrim and Scotland by settlers travelling with their families.<ref name="LarneTravel">1641 Depositions, examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family from the Larne district to Scotland and subsequent return, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html public deposition item].</ref>

These records demonstrate a credible migration and travel mechanism between western Scotland and the Larne district during Robert's lifetime.

They provide useful historical context for the former hypothesis identifying him with Robert Glaskow of Larne, but they do '''not''' document Robert's personal movements or establish that the two men were identical.

=== Separation from Robert Glaskow of Larne ===

This Robert should presently be maintained as a '''separate individual''' from [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]], the man recorded as living at Larne, County Antrim, in 1653. The 1653 occurrence belongs to Glasgow-3970 and does not establish any later event for this Scottish Robert.

An examination taken on '''21 April 1653''' contains the description:

:''one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne''

The record does not identify the Larne man's age, birthplace, parents, wife or children.<ref name="RobertLarne">Aidan Clarke et al., editors, ''1641 Depositions'', vol. III: ''Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone'' (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2014), TCD MS 838, examination dated 21 April 1653; [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html public deposition item].</ref>

Earlier research proposed that the Larne resident was the Robert baptised at Glasgow in 1618.

That hypothesis was based upon several circumstantial factors:

* Compatible chronology.
* The shared given name and surname.
* The relative rarity of the surname in surviving County Antrim records.
* Known movement between western Scotland and County Antrim.
* Glasgow burgesses known to have settled in Ireland.
* The Scottish administration of the nearby Kilwaughter estate.
* The later appearance of Glasgow households at Kilwaughter.

These factors make the proposed identity possible, but none establishes it.

No record has yet been found stating that Robert of Larne:

* Was born at Glasgow.
* Was the son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]].
* Was the son of [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].
* Had previously lived in Glasgow.
* Was married to [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]].
* Was the father of the James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.

The Scottish and Larne Roberts should therefore remain separate profiles unless a documentary bridge is found.

=== Why the Scottish and Larne profiles were separated ===

The former reconstruction effectively required several separate propositions to be true:

:Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow in 1618
:↓
:Robert Glasgow, father of James at Glasgow in 1645
:↓
:Robert Glaskow living at Larne in 1653
:↓
:ancestor of the later Kilwaughter Glasgows

Each step is chronologically and historically plausible, but none is presently established by direct evidence.

Combining those propositions on one profile gave the overall reconstruction more apparent certainty than the surviving records justify.

The more conservative approach is therefore to maintain separate research identities:

* '''Robert Glasgow of Glasgow''' — baptised in 1618; parents proved.
* '''Robert Glasgow, father of James in 1645''' — possibly the 1618 Robert, but not proved.
* '''Robert Glaskow of Larne''' — documented at Larne in 1653; origins unknown.

The profiles should only be merged if new evidence establishes continuity.

=== Possible wife and son ===

The 1645 Glasgow record remains significant because the chronology fits Robert baptised in 1618 particularly well.

The working hypothesis is:

:'''Robert Glasgow''', baptised 1618
:possibly married or partnered '''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]'''
:*
:* '''James Glasgow''', recorded November 1645

The original Glasgow Old Parish Register page should be examined before this family structure is treated as more than uncertain.

Particular attention should be paid to:

* Robert's occupation.
* Robert's residence.
* Whether the entry identifies him by status or relationship.
* Witnesses or sponsors.
* Other children of the same Robert and Jonet.
* Whether the couple appears consistently in the same district.
* Whether another contemporary Robert Glasgow can be distinguished.

=== Possible relationship to John and George Glasgow ===

The 1618 baptismal transcription names '''John and George Glasgow''' following Robert's parents:

:''Godf: John & George Glasgowis.''

They were apparently godfathers, witnesses or sponsors.

Their shared surname makes a family relationship likely, but the baptismal entry does not state what that relationship was.

Possible relationships include:

* Paternal uncles.
* A grandfather and uncle.
* Great-uncles.
* Cousins or other members of the Glasgow kin group.

Identifying John and George may help reconstruct the wider family of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and distinguish this Robert from other contemporary men of the surname.

=== No proved Irish residence ===

No Irish residence should presently be entered as a fact for this Robert.

In particular:

* Larne should not be entered as a proved residence.
* Kilwaughter should not be entered as a proved residence.
* County Antrim should not be entered as a death place.
* The later Kilwaughter Glasgows should not be treated as his proved descendants.

The possible Irish connection belongs in Research Notes until a record establishes Robert's migration or family continuity.

=== Other men named Robert Glasgow ===

'''[[Glasgow-1149|Robert Glasgow]]''', associated with Inveresk and Musselburgh in Midlothian, appears in later Scottish records and should remain separate unless evidence establishes otherwise.

A Robert Glasgow was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675" />

It is chronologically possible that the town officer was Robert baptised in 1618, but no evidence links the two occurrences.

Researchers should also distinguish this profile from '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''', his father.

=== Date and place guidance ===

Recommended profile data:

* '''Birth/Baptism:''' 17 November 1618.
* '''Place:''' Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
* '''Father:''' [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]], certain.
* '''Mother:''' [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]], certain.
* '''Spouse:''' [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]], uncertain if retained.
* '''Child:''' James Glasgow recorded in November 1645, uncertain if attached.
* '''Occupation:''' unknown.
* '''Later residence:''' unknown.
* '''Death:''' unknown.
* '''Death place:''' unknown.

The 17 November 1618 event is a '''baptism''', not presently a proved birth date.

If WikiTree requires a birth date in the data field, 17 November 1618 should be marked uncertain unless the original register supplies an actual birth date.

=== Research priorities ===

'''Original 1618 Glasgow High Kirk register'''

* Examine NRS Glasgow High Kirk OPR 644/1 directly.
* Confirm the complete wording of the 17 November 1618 entry.
* Determine whether a residence or occupation is supplied for Robert's father.
* Identify John and George Glasgow if possible.
* Review adjacent Glasgow surname entries for related households.

'''Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham'''

* Obtain the original register page containing the November 1645 James Glasgow entry.
* Determine whether the conflicting 11 and 25 November dates represent birth and baptism.
* Search for every child recorded to a Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.
* Establish the couple's residence and Robert's occupation.
* Compare witnesses and associates with the 1618 family.
* Search for a marriage or proclamation of banns for Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

'''Glasgow burgess and craft records'''

* Search for Robert Glasgow after 1618 in burgess, guild and craft records.
* Determine whether he followed his father into the cordiner trade.
* A record identifying him as "Robert Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow, cordiner" would provide a strong adult identity.

'''Glasgow absent-burgess records'''

* Examine the complete Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13 material, particularly the entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655.
* Identify the twelve burgesses reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.
* Evidence naming Robert Glasgow among them would materially strengthen the Irish migration hypothesis.
* Evidence naming Larne, Carrickfergus or County Antrim would be especially significant.
* Mere absence from Glasgow would not establish migration to Ireland.

'''Agnew estate papers'''

* Search NRS GD154/505–534, the Agnew family's Irish estate papers for Kilwaughter, 1636–1712.
* Search Robert Glasgow, Glaskow, Glascho and similar surname variants.
* Look especially for early leases, rentals, correspondence or named lives before 1669.
* Any reference connecting a Glasgow resident of Scotland with the Kilwaughter estate would materially strengthen the migration hypothesis.

'''Glasgow Town Council records'''

* Investigate the Robert Glasgow serving as town officer in 1675.
* Search earlier and later council minutes for identifying details.
* Look for references to his family, occupation, age or previous service.

'''Test the Larne hypothesis independently'''

* Research the separate Robert Glaskow of Larne without assuming Scottish origins.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus for Robert Glaskow, Glasgow, Glascho and related variants.
* Search Irish land, taxation and estate records for his occupation, associates and family.
* Only reconnect the Scottish and Larne profiles if evidence independently points from one man to the other.

== Sources ==

<references />

* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. Reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."

* '''FamilySearch.''' "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. Used for the possible later family of Robert. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK].

* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.

* '''Glasgow City Archives.''' Glasgow Town Council minutes, C1/1/13, entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655 concerning absent burgesses; printed context in ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662''.

* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination mentioning Robert Glaskow "liuing in Larne," dated 21 April 1653. Used only in assessing the separate Larne identity. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html Public deposition item].

* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family between the Larne district and Scotland. Used as evidence for contemporary travel between the two regions. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html Public deposition item].

* '''Scottish Burgh Records Society.''' ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (1905), p. 204, entry of 23 October 1675 concerning a town officer named Robert Glasgow.