Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Mary Glascow

c. 1711-06-03 – ?

Glasgow-1241 · 7 mapped associations

Uphall, West Lothian, ScotlandDeath place unknown

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

7Mapped records
3Close relations
17Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1711-06-03 · Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Thomas GlasgowunmarkedJean Glasgow Duncanunmarked
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Phillip Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1241
Research clusters
Dublin Glasco watchmakers Unassigned occurrence
Mapped descendants
1

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 positionPhillip Glasgow (1750)
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

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

Estimate and relationship notes
  • The export reports 0 children but 1 named child profiles are recoverable from this export.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

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

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

No candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.

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 fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1715–?PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Same-name candidate

Mary GlasgowGlasgow-1335

Automated fit34/100
Similar Person
Dates1707–?PlacesKirknewton, Linlithgowshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

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.

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Research & records

Latest case researchThe current conclusion from the durable research case file.Updated

Current conclusion

Glasgow-1241

The Irish records define two Dublin watchmakers named Philip Glasco. The elder was established in Christ Church Lane by 1750 and died in 1772; Philip junior married Teresa Plunkett in 1768 and died in 1770. The live profile's Scottish baptism and the Dublin elder are chronologically compatible, but no reviewed record yet proves that the baptised child migrated to Dublin.

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.7 records
Case-file source findingsSource extracts and analysis regenerated from findings.md.1 section(s)

Source findings

Glasgow-1241

SourceFindingAssessment
Dublin Courant extraction, 8 May 1750Philip Glasco senior, eminent watchmaker of Christchurch Lane, had married the widow Mangan of County Kildare.Directly reported contemporary event in a modern newspaper extraction; original issue still preferred.
Faulkner's Dublin Journal extraction, 2 Feb 1760Mrs Glasco, wife of Philip senior, watchmaker in Christchurch Lane, had died.Establishes the elder Philip's wife and continued residence, but gives no forename or children.
Public Gazetteer extraction, 17 Sep 1768Philip Glasco junior of Christchurch Yard, watchmaker, married Teresa Plunkett of Church Street.Directly distinguishes a younger same-name watchmaker. Junior strongly supports two generations but is not by itself a formal parent statement.
Dublin Mercury extraction, 22 Dec 1770Philip Glasco junior, watchmaker, died in Christ Church Lane.Death occurrence for the younger Philip.
Dublin Gazette 6-8 Oct 1772, `DGZ 1772/2547` and 1772 will indexThe Gazette reports the death of Philip Glasco, eminent watchmaker; the will index describes Phillip of Dublin, watchmaker, in 1772.Strong evidence for the elder Dublin Philip's death and will; it does not prove the Scottish baptism identity.
Virtual Record Treasury exact-surname resultPreserves the original Gazette reference, date, image metadata and death snippet.Primary-newspaper metadata and OCR anchor.
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.11 claims
7Unknown
6Derivative
4Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

Mary Glascow was recorded in Christ Church district — Dublin (8 May 1750).

proved1 linked evidence item

Marriage reported in Dublin Courant

Mary Glascow was recorded in Christ Church district — Dublin (2 Feb 1760).

proved1 linked evidence item

Death reported in Faulkner's Dublin Journal

Mary Glascow was recorded in Christ Church district — Dublin (1772).

proved1 linked evidence item

Dublin Gazette death and will index

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Case-file assessments

Identity treatment

Glasgow-1241

  • Keep the Scottish baptism as proved for this profile.
  • Describe the Dublin elder as a possible later identity, not a proved

migration, until his will or another Dublin record names Scottish kin.

  • Create or locate a separate profile for Philip junior before attaching

Teresa Plunkett or the 1770 death.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.4 open

Which records prove the subject's identity across events?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Which original or indexed records identify the parents?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.

Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.14 sources

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

  1. derivative FamilySearch, “Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” Philip Glasgow, baptised 3 June 1711 at Uphall, father Thomas Glasgow and mother Jean Duncan, record VQ48-S7Z (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ48-S7Z). This is a derivative index entry.
  2. unknown Dublin Courant extraction, 8 May 1750 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dc1719_52.html).
  3. unknown Underlying record source: mrs glasco (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html).
  4. unknown Public Gazetteer extraction, 17 September 1768 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/pg1758_74.html).
  5. unknown Dublin Mercury extraction, 22 December 1770 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dm1723_73.html).
  6. unknown Dublin Gazette, 6–8 October 1772, reference DGZ 1772/2547 (https://virtualtreasury.ie/).
  7. derivative Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, 1772 will index (https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/PROI-DKPRI-26-7), Phillip, Dublin, watchmaker.
  8. derivative FamilySearch, Dublin probate index entry for Philip Glasco, 1777, record WGC9-DT2M (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGC9-DT2M).
  9. unknown Underlying record source: mary glascow (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx).
  10. derivative Underlying record source: unidentified glasco (https://irishmanuscripts.ie/womenshistorysources/index.php?whp_field=collection_code&whp_function=2&whp_searchterm=8830).
  11. derivative PRONI Names, Pre-1858 Wills and Admons: Mary Glascow, Dublin, 1747
  12. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1241
  13. derivative Faulkner's Dublin Journal extracts, 1756–1760: death of Mrs Glasco
  14. unknown Irish Manuscripts Commission, Women's History Sources: Rebellion Papers 620/42/15
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-1241 was captured 2026-08-20T17:12:00+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-08-20.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthUphall, West Lothian, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsThomas GlasgowGlasgow-12421675-02-02 · Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ParentsJean GlasgowDuncan-166651692-00-00 · 0000-00-00
ChildrenPhillip GlasgowGlasgow-39321750-00-00 · County Dublin, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsUnknown GlasgowGlasgow-12441704-07-02 · Uphall, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00

Profile categories

Estimated_Birth_Date Glasgow Name Study Glasgow_Name_Study

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Philip Glasgow was baptised on 3 June 1711 at Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, a son of Thomas Glasgow and Jean Duncan. FamilySearch, “Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” Philip Glasgow, baptised 3 June 1711 at Uphall, father Thomas Glasgow and mother Jean Duncan, record VQ48-S7Z (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ48-S7Z). This is a derivative index entry. His structured birth date and place are estimates based on that baptism.
  • No reviewed record proves that this Scottish child later became a Dublin watchmaker. The Dublin records below are retained as evidence for a possible later identity, not as established events in Philip's life. Research Notes Two Dublin watchmakers Irish records distinguish two Dublin watchmakers named Philip Glasco. The elder was established in Christ Church Lane by 1750, when a newspaper reported that Philip Glasco senior had married the widow Mangan of County Kildare. Dublin Courant extraction, 8 May 1750 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dc1719_52.html). His wife died in 1760. Faulkner's Dublin Journal extraction, 2 February 1760 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html).
  • Philip junior of Christchurch Yard married Teresa Plunkett in 1768. Public Gazetteer extraction, 17 September 1768 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/pg1758_74.html). He died in Christ Church Lane in 1770. Dublin Mercury extraction, 22 December 1770 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dm1723_73.html). The designation “junior” strongly supports two generations but does not formally name the elder Philip as his father. Philip junior is therefore retained as an uncertain child.
  • The Dublin Gazette reported the death of the eminent watchmaker Philip Glasco in October 1772, and the 1772 will index describes Phillip of Dublin as a watchmaker. Dublin Gazette, 6–8 October 1772, reference DGZ 1772/2547 (https://virtualtreasury.ie/). Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, 1772 will index (https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/PROI-DKPRI-26-7), Phillip, Dublin, watchmaker. These records identify the elder Dublin man, but do not connect him to the Scottish baptism. A separate FamilySearch probate index entry for a Philip Glasco in Dublin in 1777 is likewise a same-name lead rather than proof for this profile. FamilySearch, Dublin probate index entry for Philip Glasco, 1777, record WGC9-DT2M (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGC9-DT2M).
  • Phillip Glasco remains a possible duplicate of the elder Dublin watchmaker, not a proved duplicate of this Scottish child. No merge is supported without a record connecting the Scottish family to Dublin. Dublin Glasco namesakes Dublin records include Mrs Glasco in 1760, Mary Glascow in a 1747 probate index and an unidentified Glasco in the Rebellion Papers series. They belong to the wider Dublin Glasco research cluster, but none states a relationship to Philip and none should be attached as his wife or child from surname and place alone. Underlying record source: mrs glasco (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html). Underlying record source: mary glascow (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx). Underlying record source: unidentified glasco (https://irishmanuscripts.ie/womenshistorysources/index.php?whp_field=collection_code&whp_function=2&whp_searchterm=8830). Sources

Profile source citations

  1. FamilySearch, “Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” Philip Glasgow, baptised 3 June 1711 at Uphall, father Thomas Glasgow and mother Jean Duncan, record VQ48-S7Z (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ48-S7Z). This is a derivative index entry. source link 1
  2. Dublin Courant extraction, 8 May 1750 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dc1719_52.html). source link 1
  3. Faulkner's Dublin Journal extraction, 2 February 1760 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html). source link 1
  4. Public Gazetteer extraction, 17 September 1768 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/pg1758_74.html). source link 1
  5. Dublin Mercury extraction, 22 December 1770 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dm1723_73.html). source link 1
  6. Dublin Gazette, 6–8 October 1772, reference DGZ 1772/2547 (https://virtualtreasury.ie/). source link 1
  7. Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, 1772 will index (https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/PROI-DKPRI-26-7), Phillip, Dublin, watchmaker. source link 1
  8. FamilySearch, Dublin probate index entry for Philip Glasco, 1777, record WGC9-DT2M (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGC9-DT2M). source link 1
  9. Underlying record source: mrs glasco (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html). source link 1
  10. Underlying record source: mary glascow (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx). source link 1
  11. Underlying record source: unidentified glasco (https://irishmanuscripts.ie/womenshistorysources/index.php?whp_field=collection_code&whp_function=2&whp_searchterm=8830). source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Philip Glasgow was baptised on 3 June 1711 at Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, a son of Thomas Glasgow and Jean Duncan. FamilySearch, “Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” Philip Glasgow, baptised 3 June 1711 at Uphall, father Thomas Glasgow and mother Jean Duncan, record VQ48-S7Z (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ48-S7Z). This is a derivative index entry. His structured birth date and place are estimates based on that baptism.

No reviewed record proves that this Scottish child later became a Dublin watchmaker. The Dublin records below are retained as evidence for a possible later identity, not as established events in Philip's life.
Research Notes
Two Dublin watchmakers
Irish records distinguish two Dublin watchmakers named Philip Glasco. The elder was established in Christ Church Lane by 1750, when a newspaper reported that Philip Glasco senior had married the widow Mangan of County Kildare. Dublin Courant extraction, 8 May 1750 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dc1719_52.html). His wife died in 1760. Faulkner's Dublin Journal extraction, 2 February 1760 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html). 

Philip junior of Christchurch Yard married Teresa Plunkett in 1768. Public Gazetteer extraction, 17 September 1768 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/pg1758_74.html). He died in Christ Church Lane in 1770. Dublin Mercury extraction, 22 December 1770 (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dm1723_73.html). The designation “junior” strongly supports two generations but does not formally name the elder Philip as his father. Philip junior is therefore retained as an uncertain child.

The Dublin Gazette reported the death of the eminent watchmaker Philip Glasco in October 1772, and the 1772 will index describes Phillip of Dublin as a watchmaker. Dublin Gazette, 6–8 October 1772, reference DGZ 1772/2547 (https://virtualtreasury.ie/). Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, 1772 will index (https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/PROI-DKPRI-26-7), Phillip, Dublin, watchmaker. These records identify the elder Dublin man, but do not connect him to the Scottish baptism. A separate FamilySearch probate index entry for a Philip Glasco in Dublin in 1777 is likewise a same-name lead rather than proof for this profile. FamilySearch, Dublin probate index entry for Philip Glasco, 1777, record WGC9-DT2M (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGC9-DT2M). 

Phillip Glasco remains a possible duplicate of the elder Dublin watchmaker, not a proved duplicate of this Scottish child. No merge is supported without a record connecting the Scottish family to Dublin.
Dublin Glasco namesakes
Dublin records include Mrs Glasco in 1760, Mary Glascow in a 1747 probate index and an unidentified Glasco in the Rebellion Papers series. They belong to the wider Dublin Glasco research cluster, but none states a relationship to Philip and none should be attached as his wife or child from surname and place alone. Underlying record source: mrs glasco (https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html). Underlying record source: mary glascow (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx). Underlying record source: unidentified glasco (https://irishmanuscripts.ie/womenshistorysources/index.php?whp_field=collection_code&whp_function=2&whp_searchterm=8830). 
Sources
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== Biography ==
Philip Glasgow was baptised on 3 June 1711 at Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, a son of [[Glasgow-1242|Thomas Glasgow]] and [[Duncan-16665|Jean Duncan]].<ref name="Baptism">FamilySearch, “Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” Philip Glasgow, baptised 3 June 1711 at Uphall, father Thomas Glasgow and mother Jean Duncan, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ48-S7Z record VQ48-S7Z]. This is a derivative index entry.</ref> His structured birth date and place are estimates based on that baptism.

No reviewed record proves that this Scottish child later became a Dublin watchmaker. The Dublin records below are retained as evidence for a possible later identity, not as established events in Philip's life.

== Research Notes ==
=== Two Dublin watchmakers ===

Irish records distinguish '''two Dublin watchmakers named Philip Glasco'''. The elder was established in Christ Church Lane by 1750, when a newspaper reported that Philip Glasco senior had married the widow Mangan of County Kildare.<ref name="ProjectSource1">[https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dc1719_52.html ''Dublin Courant'' extraction, 8 May 1750].</ref> His wife died in 1760.<ref name="ProjectSource2">[https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html ''Faulkner's Dublin Journal'' extraction, 2 February 1760].</ref>

Philip junior of Christchurch Yard married Teresa Plunkett in 1768.<ref name="ProjectSource3">[https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/pg1758_74.html ''Public Gazetteer'' extraction, 17 September 1768].</ref> He died in Christ Church Lane in 1770.<ref name="ProjectSource4">[https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/dm1723_73.html ''Dublin Mercury'' extraction, 22 December 1770].</ref> The designation “junior” strongly supports two generations but does not formally name the elder Philip as his father. [[Glasgow-3932|Philip junior]] is therefore retained as an uncertain child.

The Dublin Gazette reported the death of the eminent watchmaker Philip Glasco in October 1772, and the 1772 will index describes Phillip of Dublin as a watchmaker.<ref name="ProjectSource5">[https://virtualtreasury.ie/ ''Dublin Gazette'', 6–8 October 1772, reference DGZ 1772/2547].</ref><ref name="Will1772">Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, [https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/PROI-DKPRI-26-7 1772 will index], Phillip, Dublin, watchmaker.</ref> These records identify the elder Dublin man, but do not connect him to the Scottish baptism. A separate FamilySearch probate index entry for a Philip Glasco in Dublin in 1777 is likewise a same-name lead rather than proof for this profile.<ref name="Probate1777">FamilySearch, Dublin probate index entry for Philip Glasco, 1777, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGC9-DT2M record WGC9-DT2M].</ref>

[[Glasco-146|Phillip Glasco]] remains a possible duplicate of the elder Dublin watchmaker, not a proved duplicate of this Scottish child. No merge is supported without a record connecting the Scottish family to Dublin.

=== Dublin Glasco namesakes ===
Dublin records include Mrs Glasco in 1760, Mary Glascow in a 1747 probate index and an unidentified Glasco in the Rebellion Papers series. They belong to the wider Dublin Glasco research cluster, but none states a relationship to Philip and none should be attached as his wife or child from surname and place alone.<ref>[https://eddiesextracts.com/extracts1700/fdj1725_98.html Underlying record source: mrs glasco].</ref><ref>[https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx Underlying record source: mary glascow].</ref><ref>[https://irishmanuscripts.ie/womenshistorysources/index.php?whp_field=collection_code&whp_function=2&whp_searchterm=8830 Underlying record source: unidentified glasco].</ref>

== Sources ==
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