Researched biography · Glasgow-1505

William Glasgow

c. 1708 – c. 1783

The research recommends recording the birth as “about 1713 or earlier” and the death as “after 6 January 1775”. See the recommended correction.

County Antrim, Ireland

Research last reviewed 7 October 2026How to read the evidence

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About William

William is a real, distinct older Larne man. A published transcript of the Larne and Kilwaughter congregational accounts probably identifies him as William Glasgow Major when the mortcloth was lodged with him in 1734. A derivative account of the session book (not Porter) has William handling mortcloth money in 1739/40, 1741 and 1743. Registry memorial 62131 independently places William as an adjoining Larne occupier in March 1736. These adult occurrences cannot belong to William Glasgow-3326, born in 1730.

Birthc. 1708 · County Antrim, Ireland

Deathc. 1783 · Larne

LocalityCounty Antrim, Ireland

Last reviewed7 October 2026

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Places 1 place

Larne

Sources 17 source pages

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Latest findings about this person 3 findings

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Mentioned in other people's research 8 people

Robert Glasgow4 sections of notes
Alexander Glasgow2 sections of notes
John Glasgow (Glasgow-1022)2 sections of notes
Hugh Glasgow1 section of notes
James Glasgow (Glasgow-1509)1 section of notes
James Glasgow (Glasgow-3986)1 section of notes
John Glasgow (Glasgow-2846)1 section of notes
John Glasgow (Glasgow-867)1 section of notes

1772 Larne witness and identity limit

A manuscript-checked deed dated 12 May 1772 names Wm Glasgow of Larne as a witness. It gives no age, occupation or relative, so it cannot distinguish William-1505 from William-3326; its 9 November 1784 registration does not prove survival. The adult 1734–1743 Larne sequence belongs to the older William and cannot be assigned to the 1730 man. No record names William’s father.

Source: Registry of Deeds, Miller to Drennan, manuscript p. 315, image 166.

Joint lessor records, 1736–1757

The inspected original memorial 63221 confirms a 10 March 1736 lease, registered 10 April 1738, to William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne for two north-side Newtown tenements. Its named lives are George II, Frederick Prince of Wales and Prince William Augustus, not family members; witnesses include James Stenhouse and William Harrison. A separate 4 June 1757 assignment, memorial 159181, manuscript pp.473–474, refers to a head lease granted by William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne. This confirms a joint-lessor association, but neither deed states kinship or names William’s parent, spouse or children.

What the research found

These research notes were last revised on 7 October 2026.

Summary of the research

Overall conclusion

The reported birth about 1708 and death about 1783 remain estimates. The exact St Cedma's inscription has not been recovered, and the derivative reconstruction reports conflicting tombstone-derived birth years of 1699 and 1708. The 1783 probate-index entry is in the Diocese of Connor, not Belfast, and cannot be assigned uniquely because the William born in 1730 was also an adult Larne man.

This Larne man should not be equated with the William at Killycurry in the 1766 Derryloran return or the William of Killycoragh in the 1770 probate index. No record moves William-1505 from County Antrim to those County Tyrone localities.

Registry memorial 62131 independently places William Glasgow as an adjoining occupier at Larne by March 1736. The inspected original memorial 63221 confirms a 10 March 1736 lease to William and Hugh Glasgow jointly (D300/2/1/100/3A-B) and a related lease with 1751 and 1767 new-life endorsements (D2977/3A/4/81/72A); its measuring lives are royal lives, not family members. The same 1736 title was renewed to Elizabeth Glasgow, widow of Larne, in 1824. This is a strong property association and a possible descendant chain, but none of the catalogue abstracts states that William and Hugh were brothers or identifies Elizabeth's husband.

William's current descendants remain useful working hypotheses, not a proved line. James Glasgow-1509, born or recorded about 1737 and later associated with the Larne rope trade, is a chronologically plausible uncertain son. A derivative register chronology instead calls the 1737 James a son of Hugh, so the original MIC/1B/6 entry is decisive. James Glasgow-3986, born about 1773, is far more naturally a grandson or later descendant than William's direct son, although an uncertain attachment remains acceptable while the reported shared memorial is unresolved.

Later additions

Newest first. Each addition adds to the summary above; it does not replace it.

Lady Forbes parallel casualty report, 5 October 2026

The newspaper explicitly names William Glasgow as master. Glasgow as the vessel’s home port supplies no personal birthplace or family identity.

William Glasgow is named as master of the Lady Forbes in the Sutton shipping casualty report. The paper reports the crew saved. A Scottish vessel designation does not establish the master’s residence or origin. The Public Register, or, Freeman's Journal, 1768-01-23, p.2, The Caledonian Mercury, 1768-02-06, p.2

Additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

Captain Glasgow, vessel William at New-York, 1758: Estimatedc.1708/1783 Larne lifespan permits an adult in 1758. William is this candidate’s name, not a forename established by the vessel; no individual voyage bridge. The master’s forename remains unknown: William is the vessel. The 1738/1754 Robert shipmaster candidate and older William namesakes are compatible comparisons, without a voyage or individual bridge. Do not identify this man with the 1792 Belfast captain solely by surname. No family or life-date change follows.

Newspaper review, 5 October 2026

This is a chronologically compatible candidate for William Glasgow, the Lady Forbes master in January 1768; no identity bridge is established.

What the records show

Source findings, 6 October 2026Source Finding Assessment Classon Porter, "Congregational Memoirs: Larne and Kilwaughter," The Christian Unitarian 3 (1864) In 1734 the new pall bought with Robert Mairns's legacy "was to be…

Source	Finding	Assessment
Classon Porter, "Congregational Memoirs: Larne and Kilwaughter," The Christian Unitarian 3 (1864)	In 1734 the new pall bought with Robert Mairns's legacy "was to be lodged with William Glasgow Major" (p. 230; re-read on the page image, 6 October 2026). Porter prints no later William Glasgow entry: he says only that "There are various annual settlements for the pall-money recorded in the Session Book. The last is dated July 25, 1759." The mortcloth receipts of 1739/40, 1741 and 1743 come from the Life's Weaving account, a derivative of the session book known here only second-hand, and stay unverified until PRONI MIC/1B/6 is read.	One printed occurrence of the older William in 1734. For `Major` see the 6 October 2026 note below.
Connor probate-index transcription, 1783; searchable through PRONI Name Search	William Glasgow, Larne, 1783.	Possible match, but not uniquely distinguishable from William-3962; no relatives or exact death date survive.
1766 Derryloran religious return	William Glasgow appears at Killycurry. No James is listed with him there.	A separate Tyrone occurrence unless a migration bridge is found.
Irish probate index, 1770	William Glasgow of Killycoragh, County Tyrone; probably the later Oritor/Killycurragh locality.	Same-name Tyrone candidate only; not evidence that he was James-1025's son or William-1505.
Registry memorial 62131, deed 10 March 1736	A Larne lease describes William Glasgow as the western adjoining occupier.	Direct early Larne residence/landholding context; no kin.
PRONI `D300/2/1/100/3A` and `3B`, 10 March 1736	Leases New Town of Larne tenements jointly to William and Hugh Glasgow, both of Larne.	Direct official catalogue description of a close property association; no kin term.
PRONI `D2977/3A/4/81/72A`, underlying lease 10 March 1736, endorsed 1751 and 1767	Lease to William and Hugh; new lives inserted at their request.	Original endorsements are priority targets because the catalogue omits the lives' names.
Memorial 63221, FamilySearch image 542, original lease dated 10 March 1736, registered 10 April 1738	William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne jointly leased two north-side Newtown tenements. Frontages were 23 and 32 feet; witnesses were James Stenhouse and William Harrison. The lives were George II, Frederick Prince of Wales and Prince William Augustus.	Original inspected record; confirms association and corrects the former 12 March date, but names no kin.
Memorial 159181, FamilySearch images 257–258, deed poll 4 June 1757, manuscript pp.473–474	A conditional assignment refers to a head lease granted by William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne.	Original inspected record; new joint-lessor occurrence by 1757, with no head-lease date, heir, parent or kinship statement.
PRONI `D300/2/1/100/69` and `D2977/3A/4/81/72B`, 9 August 1824	The 1736 lease was renewed to Elizabeth Glasgow, widow of Larne.	Potential succession evidence, but the abstract does not identify her late husband or relationship to either original lessee.
Archived Kilwaughter chronology	Reports a 1737 James under Hugh, a later ropemaker household with Janet Shutter, and conflicting gravestone-derived dates for the older William.	Derivative reconstruction containing valuable leads and internal conflicts; it cannot settle William's dates, parentage or children without the underlying register and stones.
Bigger and Hughes, Larne churchyard inscriptions, p. 47	Publishes Hugh's family stone and the younger William-and-Elizabeth family stone, but not a complete inscription proving an older William dated 1708-1783.	Negative check against treating the alleged older William stone or a William-and-James relationship as published monument evidence.

FamilySearch full-text deed pass - 20 August 2026

Three primary Registry of Deeds images materially strengthen William's own chronology but do not identify his family:

A lease dated 10 March 1736 names William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne as joint lessees of several Newtown of Larne tenements. Its measuring lives are George II, Frederick Prince of Wales, and Prince William Duke of Cumberland; no family member is named. Primary memorial image.
A separate Earl of Antrim lease made in 1737 names William Glasgow of Larne in an Old Town of Larne house/garden holding north of the street leading from Newtown to the mill. The FamilySearch AI transcript obscures part of the original date, so its wording should be checked against the image before a verbatim transcription is published. Primary memorial image.
A deed dated 19 April 1744 was witnessed by William Glasgow of Larne, gentleman. William personally swore the execution affidavit at Larne on 6 January 1775. This directly carries the same adult William from 1744 to 1775 and strongly favours the older William represented by Glasgow-1505 over a man reportedly born about 1730. Primary memorial image.

The 1736 deed proves association and joint occupation with Hugh, not kinship. None of these records names William's father, wife, or children. Later William Glasgow occurrences in Larne in 1802-1805 and the 1810s belong to a younger namesake generation and cannot be assigned to this profile from name and place alone.

Batch evidence update — 21 September 2026

A manuscript-checked deed dated 12 May 1772 names Wm Glasgow of Larne as a witness; it was registered 9 November 1784. This is an adult Larne occurrence which could belong to William-1505 or the younger William-3326: it names no occupation, age or relative, and registration does not prove survival to 1784. It strengthens neither William's uncertain father attachment nor a descent from Robert-1502. Source: Registry of Deeds, Miller to Drennan, image 166, manuscript p. 315.

Source findings — newspaper review

The Public Register / Freeman’s Journal, 23 January 1768, p.2 explicitly names William Glasgow as master of the Lady Forbes, driven ashore near Sutton while carrying rum for Waterford, with the crew saved.

Source findings

A shipping report states: William Glasgow, from London, at New-York. Adjacent entries pair vessel and master names, including The Nancy, Maxwell. Thus William is read as the vessel and Glasgow as its master’s surname; no personal forename is supplied. London and New-York are voyage context, not proved personal residence. The report supplies no exact arrival day, age, family or bridge to later masters. The master’s forename remains unknown: William is the vessel. The 1738/1754 Robert shipmaster candidate and older William namesakes are compatible comparisons, without a voyage or individual bridge. Do not identify this man with the 1792 Belfast captain solely by surname. The Public Advertiser, 1758-02-18, p.1

Source findingsFindmypast sweep — 7 October 2026

Searches that found nothing: the British Newspaper Archive searches "william glasgow" with Larne (first 200 of 2,387) and the same search limited to 1738–1830 (22 hits) found no notice of a Larne merchant William Glasgow. The only early hit is a 1798 Belfast News-Letter advertisement for "the Brig William, William Glasgow, Master", sailing from Belfast to Bristol (BL/0000038/17981019/070). It falls below a separate Larne passenger notice on the same page and has no stated Larne connection, so it is not evidence for this William. The 1768 and 1802 notices of a James Glasgow of Larne (see Glasgow-1509) do not name William.

Identity and family

Identity and relationship assessments — newspaper review

The vessel’s Glasgow designation does not identify the master’s birthplace, home or family. Existing baptism, Larne and family conclusions remain qualified as previously assessed. Find ownership, master and port-clearance records; do not merge with the unnamed captain of the brig William in 1796.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

The Public Advertiser, 1758-02-18, p.1: no longer a candidate for this profile. 1758 shipping line 'William, Glasgow, from London, at New-York'. William is the vessel and Glasgow the master's surname; the master's forename is unknown, so he cannot be identified.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

The Public Register, or, Freeman's Journal, 1768-01-23, p.2: no longer a candidate for this profile. Freeman's Journal 23 Jan 1768: the Lady Forbes, of Glasgow, William Glasgow master, carrying rum for Waterford, was driven ashore near Sutton and the crew were saved. The master is a real named William Glasgow. At least a dozen compatible William Glasgow profiles exist and nothing in the notice prefers one, so no identification is made.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

The Caledonian Mercury, 1768-02-06, p.2: no longer a candidate for this profile. Jan/Feb 1768: William Glasgow, master of the Lady Forbes (of Glasgow) with rum for Waterford, driven ashore near Sutton, crew saved. No WikiTree William can be singled out.

Identity assessment — "William Glasgow Major", 6 October 2026

On the page image of Porter, vol. 3 p. 230 "Major" is printed in roman type directly after the surname, with no comma before it. In these printed minutes ranks come before a name ("Capt. Patrick Agnew", "Captain Shaw") and words that distinguish namesakes come after it ("John Kerr, sen.", "Robert Mea, jun.", "Alex. Miller, Elder", "Alex. Miller, younger"). "Major" may therefore mean "the elder" (possible; a rank, a byname or a copying slip cannot be excluded). If so, a second William Glasgow was known in the congregation in 1734, not necessarily an adult.

This is a research lead only. An older William would be one candidate father to test for the men born about 1700-1710, beside the Dublin "Wm Glasroe" of the 1704 baptism. The derivative chronology's two gravestone-derived birth years for William (1699 and 1708) are unverified.

Relationship assessment — William and the Lisnagaver family, 6 October 2026

No record joins William to John Glasgow, farmer, the probable father of Alexander Glasgow-951. William as John farmer's father is unresolved, with no record. The older version of that route ran through John Glasgow-1022 of Glenleslie and needs John, farmer, to be that John, which is disfavoured: John-1022's 1851 household records a daughter Nancy who died in 1847 aged 36, while Nancy of Plattsburgh, Alexander's probable sister, lived to 1891. In the WikiTree snapshot of 28 September 2026 John-1022's father is John Glasgow-3959 of Ballyboggy (uncertain), so his earlier attachment to William is historical. No relationship is changed. Full comparison.

Still open

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

WikiTree recommendationsRetain birth about 1708 and death about 1783 only as uncertain estimates; the securely evidenced range is probable adult activity from 1734 and direct property/congregational activity from 1736…

Retain birth about 1708 and death about 1783 only as uncertain estimates; the securely evidenced range is probable adult activity from 1734 and direct property/congregational activity from 1736 through 1743.
Use Larne as proved probate residence, not automatically as certain death place.
Remove any statement that the Killycurry William was listed alongside James; the return does not say that.
Remove or qualify any identification with the Derryloran/Killycoragh men.
Keep Robert-1502, James-1509 and James-3986 as uncertain working attachments if useful; do not describe the edges as proved. No wife has yet been identified.
Inspect the named lives and title recitals in the PRONI leases; do not infer brotherhood or descent from joint occupation alone.
Prioritise MIC/1B/6, the 1751/1767 lease endorsements, the 1824 renewal, the complete St Cedma's inscriptions and William-3324's surviving 1815 will (D300/1/5/49).

Suggested edit summary: Add the 1783 Larne probate match and separate the Tyrone Williams.

Next questions

Inspect vessel William registers and London/New-York clearances for master’s full name, age or owners; compare independently named masters only with an individual bridge.

Recommended correction — vital dates, 6 October 2026

Birth: about 1713 or earlier (estimate; adult by 1734, when the pall was lodged with "William Glasgow Major"). A derivative chronology reports gravestone-derived years of 1699 and 1708; the stone has not been seen, and the 1900 article on the Larne armorial stones does not print it (that article covers armorial stones only, so its silence proves little).

Death: after 6 January 1775, when he swore the execution affidavit for a 1744 deed at Larne (project reading of the memorial image). A William Glasgow of Larne has a Connor probate-index entry in 1783 which may be his but is not uniquely so. The present "about 1708 to about 1783" rests on the unseen stone.

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Family and relationships

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Parents 1Robert Glasgowc. 1675–date not established

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Robert Glasgow c. 1675–date not established	father	Unassessed father link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Children 1James Glasgow1737–1802

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
James Glasgow 1737–1802	son	Possible son	The maintained research assesses this relationship; the linked record and qualification explain what is established.

Brothers and sisters 3Hugh Glasgow R.Ec. 1705–c. 8 July 1767James Glasgowc. 1707–date not establishedRobert Glasgowc. 1710–c. 1772

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Hugh Glasgow R.E c. 1705–c. 8 July 1767	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
James Glasgow c. 1707–date not established	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Robert Glasgow c. 1710–c. 1772	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

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Historical chronology

c. 1708

Birth

Subject

Life events

County Antrim, Ireland

c.1708–1783

Larne adult

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Larne

Record detail

Gravestone- and will-backed adult; parentage remains unknown.

Source register · Open record

1736

Registry of Deeds memorial 62131

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Larne

Record detail

Named in a Larne deed concerning tenements and gardens near the road from Newtown to the mill; registered 1737.

Source register · Open record

1783

Belfast probate; residence Larne

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Larne

Record detail

The name residence and year match William-1505's reported death at Larne.

Source register · Open record

c. 1783

Death

Subject

Life events

Larne

undated

Probate residence: Larne

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Larne

Record detail

No date or relationship is supplied.

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Sources

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Larne adult
c.1708–1783 · Larne · Source association
Gravestone- and will-backed adult; parentage remains unknown.
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Registry of Deeds memorial 62131
1736 · Larne · Source association
Named in a Larne deed concerning tenements and gardens near the road from Newtown to the mill; registered 1737.
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Belfast probate; residence Larne
1783 · Larne · Source association
The name residence and year match William-1505's reported death at Larne.
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Probate residence: Larne
undated · Larne · Source association
No date or relationship is supplied.
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Research notes as originally written

Current conclusion

William is a real, distinct older Larne man. A published transcript of the
Larne and Kilwaughter congregational accounts probably identifies him as
`William Glasgow Major` when the mortcloth was lodged with him in 1734. A
derivative account of the session book (not Porter) has William handling
mortcloth money in 1739/40, 1741 and 1743. Registry
memorial 62131 independently places William as an adjoining Larne occupier in
March 1736. These adult occurrences cannot belong to [William Glasgow-3326](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3326),
born in 1730.

The reported birth about 1708 and death about 1783 remain estimates. The exact
St Cedma's inscription has not been recovered, and the derivative reconstruction
reports conflicting tombstone-derived birth years of 1699 and 1708. The 1783
probate-index entry is in the **Diocese of Connor**, not Belfast, and cannot be
assigned uniquely because the William born in 1730 was also an adult Larne man.

This Larne man should not be equated with the William at Killycurry in the 1766
Derryloran return or the William of Killycoragh in the 1770 probate index. No
record moves William-1505 from County Antrim to those County Tyrone localities.

Registry memorial 62131 independently places William Glasgow as an adjoining
occupier at Larne by March 1736. The inspected original memorial 63221 confirms
a **10 March 1736** lease to William and Hugh Glasgow jointly (`D300/2/1/100/3A-B`)
and a related lease with 1751 and 1767 new-life endorsements
(`D2977/3A/4/81/72A`); its measuring lives are royal lives, not family members. The same
1736 title was renewed to Elizabeth Glasgow, widow of Larne, in 1824. This is a
strong property association and a possible descendant chain, but none of the
catalogue abstracts states that William and Hugh were brothers or identifies
Elizabeth's husband.

William's current descendants remain useful working hypotheses, not a proved
line. James `Glasgow-1509`, born or recorded about 1737 and later associated
with the Larne rope trade, is a chronologically plausible uncertain son. A
derivative register chronology instead calls the 1737 James a son of Hugh, so
the original `MIC/1B/6` entry is decisive. James `Glasgow-3986`, born about
1773, is far more naturally a grandson or later descendant than William's
direct son, although an uncertain attachment remains acceptable while the
reported shared memorial is unresolved.

Source findings

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Classon Porter, "Congregational Memoirs: Larne and Kilwaughter," *The Christian Unitarian* 3 (1864)](https://archive.org/stream/christianunitari0003unse/christianunitari0003unse_djvu.txt) | In 1734 the new pall bought with Robert Mairns's legacy "was to be lodged with William Glasgow Major" (p. 230; re-read on the page image, 6 October 2026). Porter prints no later William Glasgow entry: he says only that "There are various annual settlements for the pall-money recorded in the Session Book. The last is dated July 25, 1759." The mortcloth receipts of 1739/40, 1741 and 1743 come from the Life's Weaving account, a derivative of the session book known here only second-hand, and stay unverified until PRONI MIC/1B/6 is read. | One printed occurrence of the older William in 1734. For `Major` see the 6 October 2026 note below. |
| Connor probate-index transcription, 1783; searchable through [PRONI Name Search](https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx) | William Glasgow, Larne, 1783. | Possible match, but not uniquely distinguishable from William-3962; no relatives or exact death date survive. |
| 1766 Derryloran religious return | William Glasgow appears at Killycurry. No James is listed with him there. | A separate Tyrone occurrence unless a migration bridge is found. |
| Irish probate index, 1770 | William Glasgow of Killycoragh, County Tyrone; probably the later Oritor/Killycurragh locality. | Same-name Tyrone candidate only; not evidence that he was James-1025's son or William-1505. |
| [Registry memorial 62131](https://www.irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=62131), deed 10 March 1736 | A Larne lease describes William Glasgow as the western adjoining occupier. | Direct early Larne residence/landholding context; no kin. |
| PRONI `D300/2/1/100/3A` and `3B`, 10 March 1736 | Leases New Town of Larne tenements jointly to William and Hugh Glasgow, both of Larne. | Direct official catalogue description of a close property association; no kin term. |
| PRONI `D2977/3A/4/81/72A`, underlying lease 10 March 1736, endorsed 1751 and 1767 | Lease to William and Hugh; new lives inserted at their request. | Original endorsements are priority targets because the catalogue omits the lives' names. |
| [Memorial 63221, FamilySearch image 542](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN1-FXR2), original lease dated 10 March 1736, registered 10 April 1738 | William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne jointly leased two north-side Newtown tenements. Frontages were 23 and 32 feet; witnesses were James Stenhouse and William Harrison. The lives were George II, Frederick Prince of Wales and Prince William Augustus. | Original inspected record; confirms association and corrects the former 12 March date, but names no kin. |
| [Memorial 159181, FamilySearch images 257–258](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJM-MJX4), deed poll 4 June 1757, manuscript pp.473–474 | A conditional assignment refers to a head lease granted by William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne. | Original inspected record; new joint-lessor occurrence by 1757, with no head-lease date, heir, parent or kinship statement. |
| PRONI `D300/2/1/100/69` and `D2977/3A/4/81/72B`, 9 August 1824 | The 1736 lease was renewed to Elizabeth Glasgow, widow of Larne. | Potential succession evidence, but the abstract does not identify her late husband or relationship to either original lessee. |
| [Archived Kilwaughter chronology](https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184247id_/http://lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Kilwaughter/Timeline.html) | Reports a 1737 James under Hugh, a later ropemaker household with Janet Shutter, and conflicting gravestone-derived dates for the older William. | Derivative reconstruction containing valuable leads and internal conflicts; it cannot settle William's dates, parentage or children without the underlying register and stones. |
| [Bigger and Hughes, Larne churchyard inscriptions](https://archive.org/stream/ulsterjournalofa06ulstiala/ulsterjournalofa06ulstiala_djvu.txt), p. 47 | Publishes Hugh's family stone and the younger William-and-Elizabeth family stone, but not a complete inscription proving an older William dated 1708-1783. | Negative check against treating the alleged older William stone or a William-and-James relationship as published monument evidence. |

WikiTree recommendations

1. Retain birth **about 1708** and death **about 1783** only as uncertain
   estimates; the securely evidenced range is probable adult activity from 1734
   and direct property/congregational activity from 1736 through 1743.
2. Use Larne as proved probate residence, not automatically as certain death
   place.
3. Remove any statement that the Killycurry William was `listed alongside
   James`; the return does not say that.
4. Remove or qualify any identification with the Derryloran/Killycoragh men.
5. Keep Robert-1502, James-1509 and James-3986 as uncertain working attachments
   if useful; do not describe the edges as proved. No wife has yet been identified.
6. Inspect the named lives and title recitals in the PRONI leases; do not infer
   brotherhood or descent from joint occupation alone.
7. Prioritise `MIC/1B/6`, the 1751/1767 lease endorsements, the 1824 renewal,
   the complete St Cedma's inscriptions and William-3324's surviving 1815 will
   (`D300/1/5/49`).

Suggested edit summary: `Add the 1783 Larne probate match and separate the Tyrone Williams.`

FamilySearch full-text deed pass - 20 August 2026

Three primary Registry of Deeds images materially strengthen William's own
chronology but do not identify his family:

* A lease dated 10 March 1736 names William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne as joint
lessees of several Newtown of Larne tenements. Its measuring lives are George
II, Frederick Prince of Wales, and Prince William Duke of Cumberland; no
family member is named. [Primary memorial image](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN1-FXR2).
* A separate Earl of Antrim lease made in 1737 names William Glasgow of Larne
in an Old Town of Larne house/garden holding north of the street leading from
Newtown to the mill. The FamilySearch AI transcript obscures part of the
original date, so its wording should be checked against the image before a
verbatim transcription is published. [Primary memorial image](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-S3FM-8).
* A deed dated 19 April 1744 was witnessed by William Glasgow of Larne,
gentleman. William personally swore the execution affidavit at Larne on
6 January 1775. This directly carries the same adult William from 1744 to
1775 and strongly favours the older William represented by Glasgow-1505 over
a man reportedly born about 1730. [Primary memorial image](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-C674).

The 1736 deed proves association and joint occupation with Hugh, not kinship.
None of these records names William's father, wife, or children. Later William
Glasgow occurrences in Larne in 1802-1805 and the 1810s belong to a younger
namesake generation and cannot be assigned to this profile from name and place
alone.

Batch evidence update — 21 September 2026

A manuscript-checked deed dated 12 May 1772 names **Wm Glasgow of Larne** as a witness; it was registered 9 November 1784. This is an adult Larne occurrence which could belong to William-1505 or the younger William-3326: it names no occupation, age or relative, and registration does not prove survival to 1784. It strengthens neither William's uncertain father attachment nor a descent from Robert-1502. Source: [Registry of Deeds, Miller to Drennan, image 166, manuscript p. 315](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-SQLT-3).

Current conclusion — newspaper review, 5 October 2026

This is a chronologically compatible candidate for William Glasgow, the Lady Forbes master in January 1768; no identity bridge is established.

Source findings — newspaper review

The [Public Register / Freeman’s Journal, 23 January 1768, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050136699/) explicitly names William Glasgow as master of the Lady Forbes, driven ashore near Sutton while carrying rum for Waterford, with the crew saved.

Identity and relationship assessments — newspaper review

The vessel’s Glasgow designation does not identify the master’s birthplace, home or family. Existing baptism, Larne and family conclusions remain qualified as previously assessed. Find ownership, master and port-clearance records; do not merge with the unnamed captain of the brig William in 1796.

Current conclusion — additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

Captain Glasgow, vessel William at New-York, 1758: Estimatedc.1708/1783 Larne lifespan permits an adult in 1758. William is this candidate’s name, not a forename established by the vessel; no individual voyage bridge. The master’s forename remains unknown: William is the vessel. The 1738/1754 Robert shipmaster candidate and older William namesakes are compatible comparisons, without a voyage or individual bridge. Do not identify this man with the 1792 Belfast captain solely by surname. No family or life-date change follows.

Source findings

A shipping report states: William Glasgow, from London, at New-York. Adjacent entries pair vessel and master names, including The Nancy, Maxwell. Thus William is read as the vessel and Glasgow as its master’s surname; no personal forename is supplied. London and New-York are voyage context, not proved personal residence. The report supplies no exact arrival day, age, family or bridge to later masters. The master’s forename remains unknown: William is the vessel. The 1738/1754 Robert shipmaster candidate and older William namesakes are compatible comparisons, without a voyage or individual bridge. Do not identify this man with the 1792 Belfast captain solely by surname. [The Public Advertiser, 1758-02-18, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/34419759/)

Next questions

Inspect vessel William registers and London/New-York clearances for master’s full name, age or owners; compare independently named masters only with an individual bridge.

Current conclusion — Lady Forbes parallel casualty report, 5 October 2026

The newspaper explicitly names William Glasgow as master. Glasgow as the vessel’s home port supplies no personal birthplace or family identity.

William Glasgow is named as master of the Lady Forbes in the Sutton shipping casualty report. The paper reports the crew saved. A Scottish vessel designation does not establish the master’s residence or origin. [The Public Register, or, Freeman's Journal, 1768-01-23, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050136699/), [The Caledonian Mercury, 1768-02-06, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/395700744/)

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [The Public Advertiser, 1758-02-18, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/34419759/): no longer a candidate for this profile. 1758 shipping line 'William, Glasgow, from London, at New-York'. William is the vessel and Glasgow the master's surname; the master's forename is unknown, so he cannot be identified.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [The Public Register, or, Freeman's Journal, 1768-01-23, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050136699/): no longer a candidate for this profile. Freeman's Journal 23 Jan 1768: the Lady Forbes, of Glasgow, William Glasgow master, carrying rum for Waterford, was driven ashore near Sutton and the crew were saved. The master is a real named William Glasgow. At least a dozen compatible William Glasgow profiles exist and nothing in the notice prefers one, so no identification is made.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [The Caledonian Mercury, 1768-02-06, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/395700744/): no longer a candidate for this profile. Jan/Feb 1768: William Glasgow, master of the Lady Forbes (of Glasgow) with rum for Waterford, driven ashore near Sutton, crew saved. No WikiTree William can be singled out.

Identity assessment — "William Glasgow Major", 6 October 2026

On the page image of [Porter, vol. 3 p. 230](https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse/page/230/mode/1up) "Major" is printed in roman type directly after the surname, with no comma before it. In these printed minutes ranks come before a name ("Capt. Patrick Agnew", "Captain Shaw") and words that distinguish namesakes come after it ("John Kerr, sen.", "Robert Mea, jun.", "Alex. Miller, Elder", "Alex. Miller, younger"). "Major" may therefore mean "the elder" (possible; a rank, a byname or a copying slip cannot be excluded). If so, a second William Glasgow was known in the congregation in 1734, not necessarily an adult.

This is a research lead only. An older William would be one candidate father to test for the men born about 1700-1710, beside the Dublin "Wm Glasroe" of the 1704 baptism. The derivative chronology's two gravestone-derived birth years for William (1699 and 1708) are unverified.

Recommended correction — vital dates, 6 October 2026

**Birth: about 1713 or earlier** (estimate; adult by 1734, when the pall was lodged with "William Glasgow Major"). A derivative chronology reports gravestone-derived years of 1699 and 1708; the stone has not been seen, and the 1900 article on the Larne armorial stones does not print it (that article covers armorial stones only, so its silence proves little).

**Death: after 6 January 1775**, when he swore the execution affidavit for a 1744 deed at Larne (project reading of the memorial image). A William Glasgow of Larne has a Connor probate-index entry in 1783 which may be his but is not uniquely so. The present "about 1708 to about 1783" rests on the unseen stone.

These are proposals for the WikiTree date fields and are queued for review; nothing has been changed on WikiTree.

Relationship assessment — William and the Lisnagaver family, 6 October 2026

No record joins William to John Glasgow, farmer, the probable father of Alexander Glasgow-951. William as John farmer's father is unresolved, with no record. The older version of that route ran through John Glasgow-1022 of Glenleslie and needs John, farmer, to be that John, which is disfavoured: John-1022's 1851 household records a daughter Nancy who died in 1847 aged 36, while Nancy of Plattsburgh, Alexander's probable sister, lived to 1891. In the WikiTree snapshot of 28 September 2026 John-1022's father is John Glasgow-3959 of Ballyboggy (uncertain), so his earlier attachment to William is historical. No relationship is changed. [Full comparison](/people/glasgow-951.html#larne-reconstruction).

Source findings

### Findmypast sweep — 7 October 2026
- Searches that found nothing: the British Newspaper Archive searches "william glasgow" with Larne (first 200 of 2,387) and the same search limited to 1738–1830 (22 hits) found no notice of a Larne merchant William Glasgow. The only early hit is a 1798 *Belfast News-Letter* advertisement for "the Brig William, William Glasgow, Master", sailing from Belfast to Bristol (BL/0000038/17981019/070). It falls below a separate Larne passenger notice on the same page and has no stated Larne connection, so it is not evidence for this William. The 1768 and 1802 notices of a James Glasgow of Larne (see Glasgow-1509) do not name William.

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.

Rachel Wilson: 17/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
William Glasgow: 15/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
John Glasgow: 8/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
William Glasgow: 1/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
James Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
James Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Agnes (Ferguson) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Janet (Kilpatrick) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Mary (Simpson) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Mary (Gemill) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead

Research data and downloads

Person data (JSON) · Family network

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