Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

David Glasgow

before 1744-04-13 – ?

Glasgow-1218 · 1 mapped association

Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
6Close relations
11Evidence items
7Candidate leads
Birth
before 1744-04-13 · Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
James Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Janet (Hood) Glasgow
Children
Andrew GlasgowJames GlasgowJohn GlasgowWilliam (Glasgow) Glass
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1218
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
25

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 positionAndrew Glasgow (1767)
Maternal grandfather positionJohn Glasgow (1768)
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Estimate and relationship notes
  • 1 parent reference 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 mothers5 leads

Automated fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1711–?Generationat most 33 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowHugh GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 33 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Ann (Glasgow) Douglas in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 33 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1735–1755) (+3; other parent Hugh Glasgow)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Isabella +10 (27 public profiles; subject branch: Isabella (Glasgow) Lowes, Isabella (Glasgow) Traill; candidate branch: Isabella Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus); Ann +3 (41 public profiles; subject branch: Ann (Glasgow) Hogg; candidate branch: Ann (Glasgow) Douglas); Janet +3 (43 public profiles; subject branch: Janet Glasgow; candidate branch: Janet (Glasgow) Campbell) (+24 total including +8 multi-name bonus)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Ann (Glasgow) Douglas in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit16/100
Weak Lead
Dates1708–?Generationat most 36 years age gapRecorded placesGlencorse, Midlothian, Scotland · Glencorse — MidlothianIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 36 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 36 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; niece/nephew Adam Glasgow) (+12 total)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit16/100
Weak Lead
Dates1708–1790Generationnominally 36 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesKilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilbirnie — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRobert GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 36 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Margaret (Glasgow) Smith in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 36 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1727–1750) (+3; other parent Robert Glasgow)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Adam +12 (15 public profiles; subject branch: Adam Glasgow; candidate branch: Adam Glasgow); Janet +5 (43 public profiles; subject branch: Janet Glasgow; candidate branch: Janet (Glasgow) Cochran, Janet Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus) (+21 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Margaret (Glasgow) Smith in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit16/100
Weak Lead
Dates1700–?Generationat most 44 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 44 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 44 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: David +5 (39 public profiles; subject branch: David Glasgow, David Glasgow; candidate branch: David Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus); Janet +3 (43 public profiles; subject branch: Janet Glasgow; candidate branch: Janet Glasgow) (+12 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

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

Automated fit13/100
Weak Lead
Dates1717–?Generationat most 27 years age gapRecorded placesLivingston — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 27 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 27 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1767), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Andrew +3 (31 public profiles; sibling Andrew Glasgow); Ann +3 (41 public profiles; niece/nephew Ann Glasgow); David +3 (39 public profiles; niece/nephew David Glasgow) (+9 total)

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.

Same-name candidate

David GlasgowGlasgow-3456

Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1744–?PlacesAyrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

David GlasgowGlasgow-1228

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1742–?PlacesLivingston, West Lothian, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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. 1744

Profile-stated birthplace: Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Roxburghshire — exact locality unproved

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 Glasgow-1218

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: County-level representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.11 claims
5Unknown
4Derivative
2Tree Only

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.11 sources

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

  1. derivative https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMMQ-472
  2. derivative https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9R-39J
  3. derivative https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4451-8F3Z
  4. tree_only "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 November 2023, 21:31), entry for David Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K48V-7H3 ); contributed by various users.
  5. unknown https://www.tristandc.com/history1817-1853.php
  6. unknown https://www.geni.com/people/David-Glasgow/6000000036891183011
  7. unknown https://www.kelso.bordernet.co.uk/people/william-glass.html
  8. derivative http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=729646.0
  9. unknown https://www.ancestry.com.au/community/ViewUserContent.aspx?uid=017889a2-0001-0000-0000-000000000000&pp=2&type=story
  10. unknown http://www.tristandacunha.co.uk/home/william-glass-stamps-covers
  11. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1218
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

Glasgow-1218 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-09-24.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Stitchel, Roxburghshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames GlasgowGlasgow-12381712-05-05 · Uphall, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · 1782-00-00 · Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
ParentsElizabathTait-25061720-00-00 · 0000-00-00
ChildrenAndrew GlasgowGlasgow-16161767-11-25 · Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-12211768-06-12 · Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJames GlasgowGlasgow-12221777-12-25 · Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland · 1853-06-21 · Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
ChildrenCorporal William GlassGlasgow-12201786-05-11 · Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland · 1853-11-24 · Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena
SiblingsMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-16071740-00-00 · 0000-00-00
SiblingsPatrick GlasgowGlasgow-12251742-06-20 · Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJamesGlasgoue-11746-00-00 · Roxburghshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsElspethGlasgou-21748-00-00 · 0000-00-00
SiblingsHelen GlasgowGlasgow-35131750-02-04 · Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-12231765-08-04 · Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland · 1820-01-15 · Kirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
SpousesJanet GlasgowHood-60281746-07-23 · Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland · 1851-00-00 · 1767-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMMQ-472 source link 1
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9R-39J source link 1
  3. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4451-8F3Z source link 1
  4. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 November 2023, 21:31), entry for David Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K48V-7H3 ); contributed by various users. source link 1 source link 2
  5. https://www.tristandc.com/history1817-1853.php source link 1
  6. https://www.geni.com/people/David-Glasgow/6000000036891183011 source link 1
  7. https://www.kelso.bordernet.co.uk/people/william-glass.html source link 1
  8. http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=729646.0 source link 1
  9. https://www.ancestry.com.au/community/ViewUserContent.aspx?uid=017889a2-0001-0000-0000-000000000000&pp=2&type=story source link 1
  10. http://www.tristandacunha.co.uk/home/william-glass-stamps-covers source link 1

Other external links in the profile

Full captured biography text
Glasgow Surname in the Scottish Borders
Biography
Daved Glasgou was christened 6 Jun 1744 in Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland to parents James and Elizabeth https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMMQ-472 

* David Glasgow, father-in-law Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom to James Thom for his daughter Mary https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9R-39J 
* Ireland 1826-1828 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4451-8F3Z 
Similar profiles
* David Glasgow. Father James Glasgow (born 1712) son of Patrick Glasgow and Helen Glasgow. mother Elizabeth Glasgow
* David Glasgow (abt.1742-), father Abraham Glasgow (born 1719) son of Thomas Glasgow and Katrin Glasgow. mother Janet Cunninghayme 

David Glasgow (1570 - 1640). 1 daughter, Issobell Glasgow 1590 - 1642
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/david-glasgow-24-2czwc9n

David Glasgow - 24 Nov 1765 - Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY7P-43J

David Glasgow - 23 May 1742 - Livingston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland - Abraham Glasgow & Janet Cunnyngham
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1RG-PMQ
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MB3D-DWG

* Fact: Christening (06 Jun 1744) , Stitchel, Roxburgh, Scotland
Sources
* "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 November 2023, 21:31), entry for David Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K48V-7H3 ); contributed by various users.
* https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMMQ-472
* https://www.tristandc.com/history1817-1853.php
* https://www.geni.com/people/David-Glasgow/6000000036891183011
* https://www.kelso.bordernet.co.uk/people/william-glass.html
* http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=729646.0
* https://www.ancestry.com.au/community/ViewUserContent.aspx?uid=017889a2-0001-0000-0000-000000000000&pp=2&type=story
* http://www.tristandacunha.co.uk/home/william-glass-stamps-covers
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Space:Glasgow_Surname_in_the_Scottish_Borders|Glasgow Surname in the Scottish Borders]]
== Biography ==
Daved Glasgou was christened 6 Jun 1744 in Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland to parents James and Elizabeth<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMMQ-472</ref>

* David Glasgow, father-in-law Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom to James Thom for his daughter Mary<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9R-39J</ref>
* Ireland 1826-1828<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4451-8F3Z</ref>


=== Similar profiles ===

* David Glasgow. Father James Glasgow (born 1712) son of Patrick Glasgow and Helen Glasgow. mother Elizabeth Glasgow
* [[Glasgow-1228|David  Glasgow (abt.1742-)]], father Abraham Glasgow (born 1719) son of Thomas Glasgow and Katrin Glasgow. mother Janet Cunninghayme 


David Glasgow (1570 - 1640). 1 daughter, Issobell Glasgow 1590 - 1642
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/david-glasgow-24-2czwc9n

David Glasgow - 24 Nov 1765 -  Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY7P-43J

David Glasgow -  23 May 1742 -  Livingston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland - Abraham Glasgow & Janet Cunnyngham
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1RG-PMQ
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MB3D-DWG


* Fact: Christening (06 Jun 1744)  , Stitchel, Roxburgh, Scotland


== Sources ==
<references />


* "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 November 2023, 21:31), entry for David Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K48V-7H3 ); contributed by various users.
* https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMMQ-472
* https://www.tristandc.com/history1817-1853.php
* https://www.geni.com/people/David-Glasgow/6000000036891183011
* https://www.kelso.bordernet.co.uk/people/william-glass.html
* http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=729646.0
* https://www.ancestry.com.au/community/ViewUserContent.aspx?uid=017889a2-0001-0000-0000-000000000000&pp=2&type=story
* http://www.tristandacunha.co.uk/home/william-glass-stamps-covers