Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Richard Glasgow

1707 – 1761

Glasgow-1550 · 1 mapped association

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
2Evidence items
11Candidate leads
Birth
1707 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death
1761 · Place not recorded
Parents
Ezekiel Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Jane East
Children
John Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1550
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
7

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 positionJohn Glasgow (1758)
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.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

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

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit29/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1690–?Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesCarnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland · Carnwath — LanarkshireIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Branch Migration · Broad Geography · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Lineage Surname As Middle Name · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • 4 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+8): collateral network, household chronology, naming, specific migration
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: lanarkshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Katherine (Wilson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate-line surnames recur as descendant middle names: Wilson +8 (3 birth-surname profiles) (+8 total)
  • descendant branches converge on the same specific migration destination glasgow (+10; 9 migrated public profiles; +1 repeated-branch bonus)
  • 4 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+8): collateral network, household chronology, naming, specific migration

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit25/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1690–1754Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · At Sea · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 9Age · Broad Migration · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • known spouse Margaret (Davidson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+7)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's household recorded Christian Glasgow in Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Margaret (Davidson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Hannah +12 (9 public profiles; subject branch: Hannah Etta Glasgow; candidate branch: Hannah Glasgow) (+12 total)
  • descendant branches share only a broad migration destination country (+1; weak alone): united states
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's household recorded Christian Glasgow in Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit12/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1683–?Generation24 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJean (Wyllie) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Jean (Wyllie) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Alexander Glasgow in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1703–1715) (+6; other parent Jean (Wyllie) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Jean (Wyllie) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Matthew +14 (6 public profiles; subject branch: Matthew Glasgow; candidate branch: Matthew Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Alexander Glasgow in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit9/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1690–1764Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesKilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilbirnie — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Kilbirnie — Ayrshire is 29.9 km from the subject's birth-period Glasgow (+1; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit9/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1690–1743Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · County Tyrone, Ireland · Ballyjamesduff County CavanIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1690–1759Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 8Age · Broad Migration · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

candidate's household recorded Christian Glasgow in Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Show complete scoring
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Hannah +12 (9 public profiles; subject branch: Hannah Etta Glasgow; candidate branch: Hannah Glasgow) (+12 total)
  • descendant branches share only a broad migration destination country (+1; weak alone): united states
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: candidate's household recorded Christian Glasgow in Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1679–?Generation28 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Matthew +14 (6 public profiles; niece/nephew Matthew Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1670–?Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesDuns — BerwickshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 88 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 88 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit23/100
Weak Lead
Dates1682–?Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Alexander Glasgow in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1703–1715) (+6; other parent John Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Matthew +14 (6 public profiles; subject branch: Matthew Glasgow; candidate branch: Matthew Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Alexander Glasgow in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit15/100
Weak Lead
Dates1685–?Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesEdinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland · EdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1758), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

Same-name candidate

Richard GlasgowGlasgow-3925

Automated fit0/100
Similar Person
Dates1720–1738PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 13 (+2)

death years differ by 23 (−18); unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 13 (+2)

Conflicts: death years differ by 23 (−18); unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Open side-by-side comparison
How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

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Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1707

Profile-stated birthplace: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Glasgow

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1550

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.4 claims
1Derivative
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.2 sources

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

  1. derivative Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245234646
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1550
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-1550 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-12-21.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsEzekiel GlasgowGlasgow-28441690-00-00 · Guernsey, Channel Islands · 1778-00-00 · Charles County, Maryland
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-15491758-00-00 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · 1825-02-00 · Sinking Valley, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
SpousesJaneEast-22251716-00-00 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00

Profile categories

Lanarkshire,_Unsourced_Profiles Unsourced_Profiles

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Memory of Someone: birth-name: Richard Glasgow Memory of Someone: male Memory of Someone: birth: 1707; Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Memory of Someone: death: Sources

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Profile source citations

  1. Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245234646
Full captured biography text
Biography
Memory of Someone: birth-name: Richard Glasgow 
Memory of Someone: male 
Memory of Someone: birth: 1707; Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland 
Memory of Someone: death:
Sources
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Raw WikiTree biography markup
{{Unsourced | Lanarkshire }}
== Biography ==
Memory of Someone: birth-name: Richard Glasgow  
Memory of Someone: male  
Memory of Someone: birth: 1707; Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland  
Memory of Someone: death:

== Sources ==
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