Researched biography · Glasgow-1492

Samuel Glasgow

c. 1726 – c. 1824

Moneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland

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The original 1766 Derryloran return proves that a Samuel Glasco was a householder at Gorteen. It does not give his age or parents, so it cannot by itself identify him as this profile or as a son of either currently proposed James Glasgow. The Samuel at Whitehill belongs to the separate adjacent parish of Kildress and must not be used as a second Derryloran occurrence.

Birthc. 1726 · Moneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland

Deathc. 1824 · United States

LocalityMoneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland

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What the research found

Summary of the research

Overall conclusion

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Later additions

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Military roster company correction and consolidation, 5 October 2026

Samuel appears in the final unassigned group. Capt. Murray’s company belongs to William Wood, Thomas Kenady and William Langley immediately before the dash. The notice is dated 19 October 1777, sets 10 November as rendezvous, threatens punishment for failure and offers influence toward pardons. No adjudicated desertion, return, punishment, actual pardon or 1761 military commutation is proved. Three archive page URLs preserve one reprinted notice, including two scans labelled 23 October. Glasgow-1134 is the strongest contextual candidate through his estimated Cecil County birth; service identity remains possible, not proved. The other American candidates remain compatible.

A notice dated Baltimore, 19 October 1777, signed Joseph Ford, orders absent soldiers of the First Maryland Regiment, including Samuel Glasgow, to return by 10 November. It threatens apprehension and punishment as deserters and offers influence toward pardons. Samuel appears in the final unassigned group. Capt. Murray’s company belongs to William Wood, Thomas Kenady and William Langley immediately before the dash. The notice is dated 19 October 1777, sets 10 November as rendezvous, threatens punishment for failure and offers influence toward pardons. No adjudicated desertion, return, punishment, actual pardon or 1761 military commutation is proved. Three archive page URLs preserve one reprinted notice, including two scans labelled 23 October. Maryland Gazette, 1777-10-23, p.2, Maryland Gazette, 1777-11-06, p.2, Maryland Gazette, 1777-10-23, p.2

Earlier 1761 Old Bailey reports, 5 October 2026

Glasgow-3175 cites the identical Old Bailey case. That is a strong case association, not independent proof that the London defendant was the Ulster-born Pennsylvania ancestor.

Samuel Glascow is one of two prisoners reported capitally convicted at the Old Bailey; his charge is stealing a bay gelding belonging to Mr Serjeant Haywood. The manslaughter verdict belongs to William Smith, a separate defendant. The relative trial-day statement has no saved dateline; no 13 May trial date is inferred. This is a newspaper report of the case, not a separate trial or proof of ancestral identity. Berrow’s Worcester Journal, 1761-05-14, p.1, The Derby Mercury, 1761-05-08, p.2, Jackson's Oxford Journal, 1761-05-09, p.2

Additional original newspapers, 5 October 2026

Estimated c.1726 Moneymore birth and c.1824 United States death allow these dates. The separate 1766 Gorteen occurrence does not establish American migration or identity. These are possible identities, not proved matches. The 1770 Whitpain boundary notices, 1777 Maryland recall and 1791 Washington justice commission are separate contexts. The 1794 Old Style London pen-cutter death has no supported match and conditionally conflicts with this profile’s later death estimate. No parent, spouse or migration amendment follows.

Newspaper review, 5 October 2026

Samuel Glascow’s 1761 London case is an unresolved namesake comparison, not a match to this profile.

What the records show

Source findings

Source	Finding	Assessment
National Archives of Ireland `IHP/1/665`, original 1766 Derryloran return	The Gorteen section names `Sam: Glasco`; the same return separately names Glasgow households at Drumearn and Killycury.	Direct Gorteen occurrence; no age or relationship.
National Archives of Ireland `IHP/1/667`, original 1766 Kildress return and RCB Library transcript p. 176	Kildress includes Samuel Glasgoe at Whitehill and James Glasgow at Corvanaghan.	Separate parish cluster; not evidence that the Gortein Samuel also lived at Whitehill.
Virtual Record Treasury `Glasco` result	Preserves the original Derryloran townland sequence and image metadata.	Resolves the exact locality of the Samuel cited on the live profile.

Source findings — newspaper review

The Derby Mercury, 22 May 1761, p.3 reports respite after gelding theft. Its exact case is the case already cited on Glasgow-3175.

Source findings — additional original newspapers

Whitpain notice; Maryland recall; Washington commission list and saved heading; London death claim and saved heading. Originals inspected 5 October 2026.

Source findingsFindmypast sweep — 7 October 2026

Adds detail to the known 1766 entry: Findmypast's index of the 1766 Religious Census (PRONI T808/15264 etc.) gives "Sam Glasgo", Protestant, townland Gortin, Derryloran (IRE/PRONI/1766RC/G/00422). The separate "Sam Glasgoe" at Whitehill, Kildress, is IRE/PRONI/1766RC/G/00425. The index adds no age or relatives.
Later context, not identity: a Samuel Glasgow lived in the same small group of townlands seventy to ninety years later. "Saml Glasgow" is in the Killycurragh Valuation Office field book of 27 Nov 1834 (IRE/CENSUS/VALUEBOOKS/183583). William, son of Samuel Glasgow, died at Gortin on 18 March 1854, aged 8 (Londonderry Standard, 30 March 1854; IRE notice FN-D-8030132A). Silas Glasgow of Killycurragh, son of Samuel, married Isabella Loughlin in 1855 (Coleraine Chronicle, 8 September 1855; FN-M-9E888343). Griffith's Valuation lists Samuel Glasgow at Gortin, Derryloran. This shows that the name Samuel kept recurring at Gortin and Killycurragh. It does not connect the 1766 householder to them or to this profile.

Searches that found nothing

Findmypast all-record search on the Moneymore place keyword (17 results) found no Glasgow before 1835. The BNA search "samuel glasgow" + moneymore found only the known 1845 tenant-right farmer, a Samuel Glasgow, Esq., P.L.G., who seconded a resolution at the Moneymore Tenant League meeting of 14 March 1851 (Freeman's Journal, 27 March 1851, BL/0000056/18510327/014), and the 1855 marriage of Samuel Glasgow, merchant of Cookstown, to Fanny Stewart Cathcart. None of these is old enough to be this Samuel.

Identity and family

Identity and relationship assessments — newspaper review

This profile’s separate 1766 Gorteen Samuel Glasco occurrence supplies no age or family bridge to the defendant. Preserve the existing Irish assessment and uncertainty; no relationship change is supported.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026The Derby Mercury, 1761-05-08, p.2 : no longer a candidate for this profile.

The Derby Mercury, 1761-05-08, p.2: no longer a candidate for this profile. May 1761 reports that Samuel Glascow was capitally convicted at the Old Bailey for stealing Serjeant Hayward's bay gelding. His own trial testimony describes a Holborn/High Wycombe tradesman. That conflicts with Glasgow-3175 (an Ulster-born Pennsylvania settler), so the London man has no compatible profile.
The Public Advertiser, 1761-05-22, p.3: no longer a candidate for this profile. May 1761 report that Samuel Glascow, horse-stealer, was respited during His Majesty's pleasure on 21 May 1761. This is the same London defendant; no compatible WikiTree profile (draft flagged on group 394296692).
The Public Advertiser, 1761-05-26, p.4: no longer a candidate for this profile. May 1761 advertisement for the printed Old Bailey Proceedings listing Samuel Glascow's horse-stealing trial. This is the same London defendant; it adds no new fact.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1770-02-01, p.3 : no longer a candidate for this profile.

The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1770-02-01, p.3: no longer a candidate for this profile. Samuel Glasgow is a boundary landowner in a February 1770 Whitpain Township execution-sale notice (late Isaac Williams's estate). A 1769 Philadelphia County proprietary tax list (transcription) independently places a Samuel Glascow in Whitpain, confirming a resident there; no WikiTree Samuel has any eastern-Pennsylvania record, so the best fit, Glasgow-3175, stays only possible.
The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1770-07-12, p.3: no longer a candidate for this profile. Same Whitpain Township estate re-advertised July 1770: Samuel Glasgow is a boundary landowner of the 30-acre part. Same conclusion as group 39398014: a real Whitpain resident (1769 tax list), no profile beyond possible (Glasgow-3175).
Maryland Gazette, 1777-10-23, p.2: no longer a candidate for this profile. Baltimore notice of 19 Oct 1777 (Joseph Ford) ordering absent First Maryland Regiment soldiers, including Samuel Glasgow, to return by 10 November. The Maryland State Archives' biography of Samuel Glasgow (SC 3520-17195) documents exactly this soldier: born Cecil County c.1753-54, enlisted 4th Company, First Maryland, 20 May 1776, captured at Brooklyn, re-enlisted as corporal, sergeant 1777, deserted at Morristown 12 July 1777. MSA tentatively places him in the Cecil County family that WikiTree has under Glasgow-2868, whose son Samuel is Glasgow-1134; that WikiTree match remains possible.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

Aurora General Advertiser, 1791-09-21, p.2: no longer a candidate for this profile. Samuel Glasgow is listed under Washington County among Pennsylvania justices of the peace in commission on 1 September 1791. County records identify him as Samuel Glasgow, Esquire, of Hanover Township: commissioned 7 May 1788, previously a Peters Township wheelwright, and still a JP in the 1800 Hanover assessment. Glasgow-3175 (died 1801, Hanover Township) is the better candidate, but Glasgow-1134 (later of Hanover, Beaver County) has not been excluded, so the match stays possible.

Other research notes

Profile consequence

Retain the Gorteen occurrence as a possible match, explicitly labelled unidentified. Do not use it to make the current father attachment certain and remove any wording that combines Gorteen and Whitehill as one man's movements.

Still open

Questions the records have not yet answered, suggested next searches and suggested corrections.

Next questions

Find local original land, service, office or household records to bridge the named person to this family. Current family assessments retain their existing uncertainty.

Family and relationships

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Parents 2James Glasgowc. 1700–17 January 1759Margaret RutherfordDates not established

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
James Glasgow c. 1700–17 January 1759	father	Unassessed father link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Margaret Rutherford Dates not established	mother	Unassessed mother link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Brothers and sisters 3James Glasgowc. 1722–date not establishedRobert Glasgowc. 1724–date not establishedWilliam Glasgowc. 1735–c. 1829

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
James Glasgow c. 1722–date not established	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Robert Glasgow c. 1724–date not established	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
William Glasgow c. 1735–c. 1829	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Life and records

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Historical chronology

c. 1726

Birth

Subject

Life events

Moneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland

c.1726

Attached son of James-1025

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Moneymore

Record detail

Merged from a former separate-candidate group; underlying parentage evidence still needs citation.

Source register · Open record

1753

Drogheda probate; residence Drumgeerah

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Drogheda

Record detail

The historical residence spelling has not been matched securely; the pin represents the probate registry.

Source register · Open record

c. 1824

Death

Subject

Life events

United States

Sources

Browse 2 source recordsReferences and source limitations

Attached son of James-1025
c.1726 · Moneymore · Source association
Merged from a former separate-candidate group; underlying parentage evidence still needs citation.
Open cited record or transcription · Back to chronology
Drogheda probate; residence Drumgeerah
1753 · Drogheda · Source association
The historical residence spelling has not been matched securely; the pin represents the probate registry.
Open cited record or transcription · Back to chronology

Each entry is a separately identified record. Shared URLs may represent one transcription or search page containing more than one record; they are not independent confirmations.

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== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
{{Migrating Ancestor | origin = Ireland | destination = United States | origin-flag = Flags-1.gif | destination-flag = US_Flags-1.png}}

Samuel's birth about 1726 and death about 1824 are family-tree estimates. He is currently attached to [[Glasgow-1025|James Glasgow]] and [[Rutherford-4861|Margaret Rutherford]] as uncertain parents. Neither inspected 1766 return gives Samuel's age or parents, so those returns do not prove this parentage.

=== Separate 1766 occurrences ===
The original 1766 religious return for Derryloran parish names “Sam: Glasco” as a householder at '''Gorteen'''.<ref name="Gorteen1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/665, original 1766 Derryloran religious return, Gorteen section, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-665 Virtual Record Treasury].</ref> This is a possible match for this profile, but the return does not contain enough identifying information to establish that it was this Samuel. The same return separately records Glasgow households at Drumearn and Killycury; the William at Killycury may be [[Glasgow-1505|William Glasgow]], but that identification is also unproved.

A different 1766 return, for the adjacent parish of Kildress, names a Samuel Glasgoe at '''Whitehill''' and James Glasgow at Corvanaghan.<ref name="Whitehill1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/667, original 1766 Kildress religious return, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-667 Virtual Record Treasury]; RCB Library transcript, p. 176, [https://by2022-prod.adaptcentre.ie/loris/RCBL_23_176.JPG/full/full/0/default.jpg image].</ref> Whitehill is therefore a separate Kildress occurrence, not a second location for the Gorteen householder. No inspected record proves that the two Samuels were the same man.

=== 1753 Drogheda namesake ===
A 1753 probate-index occurrence names Samuel Glasgow with residence Drumgeerah in the Drogheda registry. It is chronologically compatible with this Samuel, but no migration, occupation or relationship identifies the Irish testator with this profile.<ref>[https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx Underlying record source: samuel glasgow].</ref>

== Sources ==
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=== Research links ===
The following collaborative trees are clues only and do not establish Samuel's identity or parentage:

* [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MCTD-7P6 FamilySearch Family Tree: Samuel Glasgow, MCTD-7P6].
* [https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Glasgow/6000000032776545045 Geni collaborative profile].

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Current profile2{{Ireland Native}}

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Replacement profile3{{Migrating Ancestor | origin = Ireland | destination = United States | origin-flag = Flags-1.gif | destination-flag = US_Flags-1.png}}

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Current profile5Samuel's birth about 1726 and death about 1824 are family-tree estimates. He is currently attached to [[Glasgow-1025|James Glasgow]] and [[Rutherford-4861|Margaret Rutherford]] as uncertain parents. Neither inspected 1766 return gives Samuel's age or parents, so those returns do not prove this parentage.

Replacement profile5Samuel's birth about 1726 and death about 1824 are family-tree estimates. He is currently attached to [[Glasgow-1025|James Glasgow]] and [[Rutherford-4861|Margaret Rutherford]] as uncertain parents. Neither inspected 1766 return gives Samuel's age or parents, so those returns do not prove this parentage.

Current profile6

Replacement profile6

Current profile7=== Separate 1766 occurrences ===

Replacement profile7=== Separate 1766 occurrences ===

Current profile8The original 1766 religious return for Derryloran parish names “Sam: Glasco” as a householder at '''Gorteen'''.<ref name="Gorteen1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/665, original 1766 Derryloran religious return, Gorteen section, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-665 Virtual Record Treasury].</ref> This is a possible match for this profile, but the return does not contain enough identifying information to establish that it was this Samuel. The same return separately records Glasgow households at Drumearn and Killycury; the William at Killycury may be [[Glasgow-1505|William Glasgow]], but that identification is also unproved.

Replacement profile8The original 1766 religious return for Derryloran parish names “Sam: Glasco” as a householder at '''Gorteen'''.<ref name="Gorteen1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/665, original 1766 Derryloran religious return, Gorteen section, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-665 Virtual Record Treasury].</ref> This is a possible match for this profile, but the return does not contain enough identifying information to establish that it was this Samuel. The same return separately records Glasgow households at Drumearn and Killycury; the William at Killycury may be [[Glasgow-1505|William Glasgow]], but that identification is also unproved.

Current profile9

Replacement profile9

Current profile10A different 1766 return, for the adjacent parish of Kildress, names a Samuel Glasgoe at '''Whitehill''' and James Glasgow at Corvanaghan.<ref name="Whitehill1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/667, original 1766 Kildress religious return, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-667 Virtual Record Treasury]; RCB Library transcript, p. 176, [https://by2022-prod.adaptcentre.ie/loris/RCBL_23_176.JPG/full/full/0/default.jpg image].</ref> Whitehill is therefore a separate Kildress occurrence, not a second location for the Gorteen householder. No inspected record proves that the two Samuels were the same man.

Replacement profile10A different 1766 return, for the adjacent parish of Kildress, names a Samuel Glasgoe at '''Whitehill''' and James Glasgow at Corvanaghan.<ref name="Whitehill1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/667, original 1766 Kildress religious return, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-667 Virtual Record Treasury]; RCB Library transcript, p. 176, [https://by2022-prod.adaptcentre.ie/loris/RCBL_23_176.JPG/full/full/0/default.jpg image].</ref> Whitehill is therefore a separate Kildress occurrence, not a second location for the Gorteen householder. No inspected record proves that the two Samuels were the same man.

Current profile11

Replacement profile11

Current profile12=== 1753 Drogheda namesake ===

Replacement profile12=== 1753 Drogheda namesake ===

Current profile13A 1753 probate-index occurrence names Samuel Glasgow with residence Drumgeerah in the Drogheda registry. It is chronologically compatible with this Samuel, but no migration, occupation or relationship identifies the Irish testator with this profile.<ref>[https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx Underlying record source: samuel glasgow].</ref>

Replacement profile13A 1753 probate-index occurrence names Samuel Glasgow with residence Drumgeerah in the Drogheda registry. It is chronologically compatible with this Samuel, but no migration, occupation or relationship identifies the Irish testator with this profile.<ref>[https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx Underlying record source: samuel glasgow].</ref>

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Current profile15== Sources ==

Replacement profile15== Sources ==

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Current profile17

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Current profile18=== Research links ===

Replacement profile18=== Research links ===

Current profile19The following collaborative trees are clues only and do not establish Samuel's identity or parentage:

Replacement profile19The following collaborative trees are clues only and do not establish Samuel's identity or parentage:

Current profile20

Replacement profile20

Current profile21* [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MCTD-7P6 FamilySearch Family Tree: Samuel Glasgow, MCTD-7P6].

Replacement profile21* [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MCTD-7P6 FamilySearch Family Tree: Samuel Glasgow, MCTD-7P6].

Current profile22* [https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Glasgow/6000000032776545045 Geni collaborative profile].

Replacement profile22* [https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Glasgow/6000000032776545045 Geni collaborative profile].

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== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
{{Migrating Ancestor | origin = Ireland | destination = United States | origin-flag = Flags-1.gif | destination-flag = US_Flags-1.png}}

Samuel's birth about 1726 and death about 1824 are family-tree estimates. He is currently attached to [[Glasgow-1025|James Glasgow]] and [[Rutherford-4861|Margaret Rutherford]] as uncertain parents. Neither inspected 1766 return gives Samuel's age or parents, so those returns do not prove this parentage.

=== Separate 1766 occurrences ===
The original 1766 religious return for Derryloran parish names “Sam: Glasco” as a householder at '''Gorteen'''.<ref name="Gorteen1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/665, original 1766 Derryloran religious return, Gorteen section, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-665 Virtual Record Treasury].</ref> This is a possible match for this profile, but the return does not contain enough identifying information to establish that it was this Samuel. The same return separately records Glasgow households at Drumearn and Killycury; the William at Killycury may be [[Glasgow-1505|William Glasgow]], but that identification is also unproved.

A different 1766 return, for the adjacent parish of Kildress, names a Samuel Glasgoe at '''Whitehill''' and James Glasgow at Corvanaghan.<ref name="Whitehill1766">National Archives of Ireland, IHP/1/667, original 1766 Kildress religious return, [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-667 Virtual Record Treasury]; RCB Library transcript, p. 176, [https://by2022-prod.adaptcentre.ie/loris/RCBL_23_176.JPG/full/full/0/default.jpg image].</ref> Whitehill is therefore a separate Kildress occurrence, not a second location for the Gorteen householder. No inspected record proves that the two Samuels were the same man.

=== 1753 Drogheda namesake ===
A 1753 probate-index occurrence names Samuel Glasgow with residence Drumgeerah in the Drogheda registry. It is chronologically compatible with this Samuel, but no migration, occupation or relationship identifies the Irish testator with this profile.<ref>[https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx Underlying record source: samuel glasgow].</ref>

== Sources ==
<references />

=== Research links ===
The following collaborative trees are clues only and do not establish Samuel's identity or parentage:

* [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MCTD-7P6 FamilySearch Family Tree: Samuel Glasgow, MCTD-7P6].
* [https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Glasgow/6000000032776545045 Geni collaborative profile].

Open WikiTree profile

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The material the page is built from: research notes as originally written, earlier interpretations that have been replaced, automated comparisons and data downloads. The account above is the current one; nothing here overrides it.

Research notes as originally written

Current conclusion

The original 1766 Derryloran return proves that a **Samuel Glasco was a
householder at Gorteen**. It does not give his age or parents, so it cannot by
itself identify him as this profile or as a son of either currently proposed
James Glasgow. The Samuel at Whitehill belongs to the separate adjacent parish
of Kildress and must not be used as a second Derryloran occurrence.

Source findings

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [National Archives of Ireland `IHP/1/665`, original 1766 Derryloran return](https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-665) | The Gorteen section names `Sam: Glasco`; the same return separately names Glasgow households at Drumearn and Killycury. | Direct Gorteen occurrence; no age or relationship. |
| [National Archives of Ireland `IHP/1/667`, original 1766 Kildress return](https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-667) and [RCB Library transcript p. 176](https://by2022-prod.adaptcentre.ie/loris/RCBL_23_176.JPG/full/full/0/default.jpg) | Kildress includes Samuel Glasgoe at Whitehill and James Glasgow at Corvanaghan. | Separate parish cluster; not evidence that the Gortein Samuel also lived at Whitehill. |
| [Virtual Record Treasury `Glasco` result](../../surname-research/sources/virtual_treasury_glasco_exact_2026-07-17.json) | Preserves the original Derryloran townland sequence and image metadata. | Resolves the exact locality of the Samuel cited on the live profile. |

Profile consequence

Retain the Gorteen occurrence as a possible match, explicitly labelled
unidentified. Do not use it to make the current father attachment certain and
remove any wording that combines Gorteen and Whitehill as one man's movements.

Current conclusion — newspaper review, 5 October 2026

Samuel Glascow’s 1761 London case is an unresolved namesake comparison, not a match to this profile.

Source findings — newspaper review

The [Derby Mercury, 22 May 1761, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/394296948/) reports respite after gelding theft. Its exact case is the case already cited on Glasgow-3175.

Identity and relationship assessments — newspaper review

This profile’s separate 1766 Gorteen Samuel Glasco occurrence supplies no age or family bridge to the defendant. Preserve the existing Irish assessment and uncertainty; no relationship change is supported.

Current conclusion — additional original newspapers, 5 October 2026

Estimated c.1726 Moneymore birth and c.1824 United States death allow these dates. The separate 1766 Gorteen occurrence does not establish American migration or identity. These are possible identities, not proved matches. The 1770 Whitpain boundary notices, 1777 Maryland recall and 1791 Washington justice commission are separate contexts. The 1794 Old Style London pen-cutter death has no supported match and conditionally conflicts with this profile’s later death estimate. No parent, spouse or migration amendment follows.

Source findings — additional original newspapers

[Whitpain notice](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39398014/); [Maryland recall](https://www.newspapers.com/image/590968568/); [Washington commission list and saved heading](https://www.newspapers.com/image/584905489/); [London death claim and saved heading](https://www.newspapers.com/image/32751669/). Originals inspected 5 October 2026.

Next questions

Find local original land, service, office or household records to bridge the named person to this family. Current family assessments retain their existing uncertainty.

Current conclusion — earlier 1761 Old Bailey reports, 5 October 2026

Glasgow-3175 cites the identical Old Bailey case. That is a strong case association, not independent proof that the London defendant was the Ulster-born Pennsylvania ancestor.

Samuel Glascow is one of two prisoners reported capitally convicted at the Old Bailey; his charge is stealing a bay gelding belonging to Mr Serjeant Haywood. The manslaughter verdict belongs to William Smith, a separate defendant. The relative trial-day statement has no saved dateline; no 13 May trial date is inferred. This is a newspaper report of the case, not a separate trial or proof of ancestral identity. [Berrow’s Worcester Journal, 1761-05-14, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1212389396/), [The Derby Mercury, 1761-05-08, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/394296692/), [Jackson's Oxford Journal, 1761-05-09, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/396510014/)

Current conclusion — military roster company correction and consolidation, 5 October 2026

A notice dated Baltimore, 19 October 1777, signed Joseph Ford, orders absent soldiers of the First Maryland Regiment, including Samuel Glasgow, to return by 10 November. It threatens apprehension and punishment as deserters and offers influence toward pardons. Samuel appears in the final unassigned group. Capt. Murray’s company belongs to William Wood, Thomas Kenady and William Langley immediately before the dash. The notice is dated 19 October 1777, sets 10 November as rendezvous, threatens punishment for failure and offers influence toward pardons. No adjudicated desertion, return, punishment, actual pardon or 1761 military commutation is proved. Three archive page URLs preserve one reprinted notice, including two scans labelled 23 October. [Maryland Gazette, 1777-10-23, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/590968568/), [Maryland Gazette, 1777-11-06, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/41048973/), [Maryland Gazette, 1777-10-23, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/41048937/)

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [The Derby Mercury, 1761-05-08, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/394296692/): no longer a candidate for this profile. May 1761 reports that Samuel Glascow was capitally convicted at the Old Bailey for stealing Serjeant Hayward's bay gelding. His own trial testimony describes a Holborn/High Wycombe tradesman. That conflicts with Glasgow-3175 (an Ulster-born Pennsylvania settler), so the London man has no compatible profile.
- [The Public Advertiser, 1761-05-22, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/34424820/): no longer a candidate for this profile. May 1761 report that Samuel Glascow, horse-stealer, was respited during His Majesty's pleasure on 21 May 1761. This is the same London defendant; no compatible WikiTree profile (draft flagged on group 394296692).
- [The Public Advertiser, 1761-05-26, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/34424864/): no longer a candidate for this profile. May 1761 advertisement for the printed Old Bailey Proceedings listing Samuel Glascow's horse-stealing trial. This is the same London defendant; it adds no new fact.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1770-02-01, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39398014/): no longer a candidate for this profile. Samuel Glasgow is a boundary landowner in a February 1770 Whitpain Township execution-sale notice (late Isaac Williams's estate). A 1769 Philadelphia County proprietary tax list (transcription) independently places a Samuel Glascow in Whitpain, confirming a resident there; no WikiTree Samuel has any eastern-Pennsylvania record, so the best fit, Glasgow-3175, stays only possible.
- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1770-07-12, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39400791/): no longer a candidate for this profile. Same Whitpain Township estate re-advertised July 1770: Samuel Glasgow is a boundary landowner of the 30-acre part. Same conclusion as group 39398014: a real Whitpain resident (1769 tax list), no profile beyond possible (Glasgow-3175).
- [Maryland Gazette, 1777-10-23, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/41048937/): no longer a candidate for this profile. Baltimore notice of 19 Oct 1777 (Joseph Ford) ordering absent First Maryland Regiment soldiers, including Samuel Glasgow, to return by 10 November. The Maryland State Archives' biography of Samuel Glasgow (SC 3520-17195) documents exactly this soldier: born Cecil County c.1753-54, enlisted 4th Company, First Maryland, 20 May 1776, captured at Brooklyn, re-enlisted as corporal, sergeant 1777, deserted at Morristown 12 July 1777. MSA tentatively places him in the Cecil County family that WikiTree has under Glasgow-2868, whose son Samuel is Glasgow-1134; that WikiTree match remains possible.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [Aurora General Advertiser, 1791-09-21, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/584905489/): no longer a candidate for this profile. Samuel Glasgow is listed under Washington County among Pennsylvania justices of the peace in commission on 1 September 1791. County records identify him as Samuel Glasgow, Esquire, of Hanover Township: commissioned 7 May 1788, previously a Peters Township wheelwright, and still a JP in the 1800 Hanover assessment. Glasgow-3175 (died 1801, Hanover Township) is the better candidate, but Glasgow-1134 (later of Hanover, Beaver County) has not been excluded, so the match stays possible.

Source findings

### Findmypast sweep — 7 October 2026
- **Adds detail to the known 1766 entry:** Findmypast's index of the 1766 Religious Census (PRONI T808/15264 etc.) gives "Sam Glasgo", Protestant, townland **Gortin**, Derryloran (IRE/PRONI/1766RC/G/00422). The separate "Sam Glasgoe" at Whitehill, Kildress, is IRE/PRONI/1766RC/G/00425. The index adds no age or relatives.
- **Later context, not identity:** a Samuel Glasgow lived in the same small group of townlands seventy to ninety years later. "Saml Glasgow" is in the Killycurragh Valuation Office field book of 27 Nov 1834 (IRE/CENSUS/VALUEBOOKS/183583). William, son of Samuel Glasgow, died at Gortin on 18 March 1854, aged 8 (Londonderry Standard, 30 March 1854; IRE notice FN-D-8030132A). Silas Glasgow of Killycurragh, son of Samuel, married Isabella Loughlin in 1855 (Coleraine Chronicle, 8 September 1855; FN-M-9E888343). Griffith's Valuation lists Samuel Glasgow at Gortin, Derryloran. This shows that the name Samuel kept recurring at Gortin and Killycurragh. It does not connect the 1766 householder to them or to this profile.

### Searches that found nothing
- Findmypast all-record search on the Moneymore place keyword (17 results) found no Glasgow before 1835. The BNA search "samuel glasgow" + moneymore found only the known 1845 tenant-right farmer, a Samuel Glasgow, Esq., P.L.G., who seconded a resolution at the Moneymore Tenant League meeting of 14 March 1851 (Freeman's Journal, 27 March 1851, BL/0000056/18510327/014), and the 1855 marriage of Samuel Glasgow, merchant of Cookstown, to Fanny Stewart Cathcart. None of these is old enough to be this Samuel.

Automated parent comparison (research aid, not a recommendation)

Stored scores are preserved for audit only. They are not probabilities or genealogical evidence, and a reviewed exclusion remains excluded.

James Glasgow: 3/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
James Glasgow: 3/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
James Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
James Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
James Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Mary Jones: 4/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Agnes Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Isobel Clerk: 0/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Margaret Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Mary Borland: 0/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback

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