Individual research record
Adam Glasgow
before 1794 – ?
Glasgow-1622 · 1 mapped association
At a glance
Identity & family
Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.
- Birth
- before 1794 · County Antrim, Ireland
- Death
- Not recorded · Place not recorded
- Parents
- Adam Glasgowuncertain
- Spouses
- Not recorded
- Children
- James Glasgow
- Gender
- Male
- WikiTree
- Glasgow-1622
- Research clusters
- Unassigned occurrence
- Mapped descendants
- 1
Comparison context
These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.
Naming sequence used by the parentage model
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.
Possible fathers5 leads
Possible Father
John GlasgowGlasgow-1022
- candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 43 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 43 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
- subject's birth fits within the candidate's overall child-bearing span (1779–1825) (+3; children are not tied to one spouse)
- candidate's other children share uncommon given names with the subject's recorded siblings: Nancy +3 (49 public profiles) (+3 total)
- uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Adam +14 (15 public profiles; subject branch: Adam Glasgow; candidate branch: Adam Glasgow, Adam Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus) (+14 total)
Deductions and cautions: a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)
Possible Father
John GlasgowGlasgow-1657
- candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- known spouse Jane (McClure) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+3)
- a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving); candidate already has another child named Adam Dickie Glasgow (Glasgow-1781) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 28 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
- a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
- known spouse Jane (McClure) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+3)
- uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Adam +12 (15 public profiles; subject branch: Adam Glasgow; candidate branch: Adam Dickie Glasgow) (+12 total)
Deductions and cautions: a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving); candidate already has another child named Adam Dickie Glasgow (Glasgow-1781) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)
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Possible Father
James GlasgowGlasgow-3991
- candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- known spouse Jane Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+3)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 46 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 46 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- weak broad-area overlap: antrim (+1; not a locality match)
- known spouse Jane Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+3)
- candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)
Deductions and cautions: a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)
Possible Father
James GlasgowGlasgow-3986
- candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- weak broad-area overlap: antrim (+1; not a locality match)
a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- weak broad-area overlap: antrim (+1; not a locality match)
- candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)
Deductions and cautions: a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)
Possible Father
Hugh GlasgowGlasgow-540
- candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
- known spouse Sarah (Blair) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (37) at the subject's birth (+3)
a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 55 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
- known spouse Sarah (Blair) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (37) at the subject's birth (+3)
- candidate's other children share uncommon given names with the subject's recorded siblings: Alexander +3 (59 public profiles); Nancy +3 (49 public profiles) (+6 total)
Deductions and cautions: a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)
Possible mothers5 leads
Possible Mother
Rose GlasgowUnknown-760890
- candidate is already linked as parent of 3 exact subject sibling profiles (+24): James Glasgow, Eliza Glasgow, Nancy Glasgow
- candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- candidate is the spouse of the linked opposite-sex parent (+8; tree couple clue)
No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required
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- candidate is the spouse of the linked opposite-sex parent (+8; tree couple clue)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 27 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- weak broad-area overlap: inishrush (+1; not a locality match)
- subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1790–1822) (+3; other parent Adam Glasgow)
- candidate is already linked as parent of 3 exact subject sibling profiles (+24): James Glasgow, Eliza Glasgow, Nancy Glasgow
- the candidate and the subject's linked father Adam Glasgow are jointly recorded as parents of 3 exact sibling profiles (+14; strong couple-structure clue)
Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required
Possible Mother
Jane (McClure) GlasgowMcClure-6341
- candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
candidate already has another child named Adam Dickie Glasgow (Glasgow-1781) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- weak broad-area overlap: antrim (+1; not a locality match)
- a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
- uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Adam +12 (15 public profiles; subject branch: Adam Glasgow; candidate branch: Adam Dickie Glasgow) (+12 total)
Deductions and cautions: candidate already has another child named Adam Dickie Glasgow (Glasgow-1781) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)
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Possible Mother
Sarah (Blair) GlasgowBlair-3693
- candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- weak broad-area overlap: antrim (+1; not a locality match)
- a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
- candidate's other children share uncommon given names with the subject's recorded siblings: Alexander +3 (59 public profiles); Nancy +3 (49 public profiles) (+6 total)
Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required
Possible Mother
Jane GlasgowUnknown-763421
- candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 44 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- weak broad-area overlap: antrim (+1; not a locality match)
No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 44 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- weak broad-area overlap: antrim (+1; not a locality match)
- a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)
Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required
Possible Mother
Rosannah (Barclay) GlasgowBarclay-56
- candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 38 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1776–1799) (+3; other parent Robert Glasgow)
same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)
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- bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 38 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
- candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
- subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1776–1799) (+3; other parent Robert Glasgow)
- candidate's other children share uncommon given names with the subject's recorded siblings: Nancy +3 (49 public profiles) (+3 total)
Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)
How parent leads are calculated
Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.
Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.
Same-name candidate
Adam GlasgowGlasgow-3373
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 10 (+10)
- overlapping locality (+8)
uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)
Full comparison detail
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 10 (+10)
- overlapping locality (+8)
Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)
Same-name candidate
Adam GlasgowGlasgow-2605
- same first and last name (+18)
- matching child name: James Glasgow
record-derived birth estimates differ by 35; retained without deduction; uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)
Full comparison detail
- same first and last name (+18)
- matching child name: James Glasgow
Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 35; retained without deduction; uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)
How duplicate leads are calculated
Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.
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Research & records
Latest case researchThe current conclusion from the durable research case file.Updated
Current conclusion
Adam is directly named as the father of James Glasgow in James's original 1851 marriage register. The record does not name James's mother, Adam's residence or Adam's own parents. James's Inishrush residence makes this Adam an important local collateral candidate for Alexander Glasgow-951, but no record yet proves that Adam was Alexander's father or that he was Adam Glasgow-3902's son.
This is nevertheless a record-defined second Adam, not merely an invented name. Target Adam Glasgow-3902 already had a gravestone-proved son James, born about 1794 and still living in 1878. The 1851 groom was a different James, born about 1812/13. It would be exceptionally implausible for the same father to have two simultaneously living sons both named James. The 1851 groom's father should therefore be represented separately from target Adam unless an original record is shown to be wrong.
The present 1780, County Antrim birth is not documentary evidence. The live profile describes the year as a guess, while the marriage establishes only that Adam was old enough to father a child born about 1812/13. His attachment as a son of Glasgow-3902 is chronologically coherent but remains unsupported.
The attachment is nevertheless the strongest of the proposed additional-son hypotheses for target Adam. Target Adam's 1831 Inishrush household contained three males, a coherent fit for elder Adam, his gravestone-proved son James and this younger Adam. Target Adam was the only Glasgow tithe occupier there in 1833, so an adult son could have lived or worked on the same holding without separate tithe liability; this Adam's proved son was later an Inishrush farmer. The fit is not unique and supplies no named relationship, so the edge must remain uncertain.
A final targeted public-web search for a death, will, probate abstract or newspaper notice naming this Adam with either elder Adam or son James found no new record. This is a bounded online negative, not evidence that no record once existed. The unresolved originals are MIC1C/15, D2594/1 and D1062/1/5.
Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
Father named in son's marriage
James Glasgow of Inishrush named farmer Adam Glasgow as his father; the register does not state Adam's residence or identify him with Glasgow-3902.
Source and mapping detail
Candidate matched on record type, year; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.
Precision: Inferred family-location point
Case-file source findingsSource extracts and analysis regenerated from findings.md.1 section(s)
Source findings
| Source | Finding | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| IrishGenealogy marriage record and original register | On 17 March 1851 James Glasgow, 38, bachelor and farmer of Inishrush, married Rosanna Barkley. He named his father as Adam Glasgow, farmer. | Direct evidence that Adam was James's father. It does not identify Adam with Glasgow-3902, name James's mother, or state Adam's residence. |
| Same original register; Peter Barkley's 1854 marriage | Peter Barkley witnessed the 1851 marriage. His own 1854 marriage names his father as Henry Barkley, farmer, matching Rosanna's father. | Supports a Barkley-family witness, probably Rosanna's brother or close relative. It gives no Glasgow relationship or identifying fact about Adam. |
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.6 claims
Documented or strongly supported
Adam Glasgow was recorded in Inishrush (1851).
Father named in son's marriage
Working hypotheses and conflicts
No claims in this category have been formally assessed.
Case-file assessments
Relationship caution
Alexander Glasgow-951 (born about 1811) and James Glasgow-1623 (born about 1812/13) are close in age. They could be brothers, cousins or unrelated namesakes within the wider Bann Valley network. Shared locality and chronology make the possibility worth testing, but do not justify attaching Alexander as Adam's son.
Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.4 open
Which records prove the subject's identity across events?
No current conclusion recorded.
Missing bridge: Not specified
Which original or indexed records identify the parents?
No current conclusion recorded.
Missing bridge: A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.
Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?
No current conclusion recorded.
Missing bridge: Not specified
What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?
No current conclusion recorded.
Missing bridge: Not specified
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.2 sources
Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.
- derivative "Ireland Marriages, 1619–1898," database, FamilySearch (record FGC7-SDN (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGC7-SDN)), marriage of James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley, 17 March 1851, Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland; citing p. 153, line 89.
- tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1622
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WikiTree profile information
Glasgow-1622
Adam Glasgow
Updated 2026-08-19
Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20
WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot
Glasgow-1622 was captured 2026-08-19T10:45:25+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-08-19.
Profile location claims
| Event | Date | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | — | County Antrim, Ireland | WikiTree profile field |
Immediate relationship snapshot
| Relationship | Person | WikiTree ID | Dates and places returned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parents | Adam Glasgow | Glasgow-3902 | 1758-00-00 · 1844-06-30 · Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Ireland |
| Children | James Glasgow | Glasgow-1623 | 1813-00-00 · Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | Eliza Glasgow | Glasgow-3906 | 1790-00-00 · Inishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County Londonderry · 1816-00-00 |
| Siblings | James Glasgow | Glasgow-3903 | 1794-00-00 · Inishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County Londonderry · 1878-12-11 |
| Siblings | Nancy Kyle | Glasgow-3907 | 1822-00-00 · Inishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County Londonderry · 0000-00-00 |
Record-bearing passages
- Biography Adam Glasgow was born before 1794. This estimate assumes that he was at least 18 years old when his son James was born.
- Adam was the father of James Glasgow. James was recorded as aged 38 when he married Rosanna Barkley, daughter of Henry Barkley, on 17 March 1851 at Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland. His age places his birth between 18 March 1812 and 17 March 1813.
The marriage record names Adam Glasgow as James’s father. Sources
- "Ireland Marriages, 1619–1898," database, FamilySearch (record FGC7-SDN (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGC7-SDN)), marriage of James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley, 17 March 1851, Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland; citing p. 153, line 89.
Profile source citations
- "Ireland Marriages, 1619–1898," database, FamilySearch (record FGC7-SDN (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGC7-SDN)), marriage of James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley, 17 March 1851, Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland; citing p. 153, line 89. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography Adam Glasgow was born before 1794. This estimate assumes that he was at least 18 years old when his son James was born. Adam was the father of James Glasgow. James was recorded as aged 38 when he married Rosanna Barkley, daughter of Henry Barkley, on 17 March 1851 at Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland. His age places his birth between 18 March 1812 and 17 March 1813. The marriage record names Adam Glasgow as James’s father. Sources * "Ireland Marriages, 1619–1898," database, FamilySearch (record FGC7-SDN (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGC7-SDN)), marriage of James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley, 17 March 1851, Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland; citing p. 153, line 89.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography == Adam Glasgow was born before 1794. This estimate assumes that he was at least 18 years old when his son James was born. Adam was the father of James Glasgow. James was recorded as aged 38 when he married Rosanna Barkley, daughter of Henry Barkley, on 17 March 1851 at Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland. His age places his birth between 18 March 1812 and 17 March 1813. The marriage record names Adam Glasgow as James’s father. == Sources == <references /> * "Ireland Marriages, 1619–1898," database, FamilySearch ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGC7-SDN record FGC7-SDN]), marriage of James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley, 17 March 1851, Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland; citing p. 153, line 89.