Researched biography · Glasgow-2426

William Glasgow

c. 1735 – c. 1829

Moneymore, Galway, Connacht, Ireland

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About William

The entered place “Moneymore, Galway, Connacht” combines a real locality name with the wrong county for the Moneymore used by this family reconstruction. The project tree provides no inspected original record proving William's birth, parents, migration or death. Preserve the current fields and parent attachments until a sourced replacement is found, but flag them as unproved.

Birthc. 1735 · Moneymore, Galway, Connacht, Ireland

Deathc. 1829 · United States

LocalityMoneymore, Galway, Connacht, Ireland

Connected pages

Other pages on this site that name William Glasgow: family studies, places, source pages and other people's research.

Family and study pages 2 pages

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Places 1 place

Moneymore

Sources 4 source pages

Research and WikiTree study pages 3 pages

What the research found

Summary of the research

Overall conclusion

This summary is given in full at the top of the page.

Later additions

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

Newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1759-08-09, p.1: William Glasgow (letter addressee, Cecil County) — possible match. Only name + Cecil County. Glasgow-2426 (b. c.1735 'Moneymore', d. c.1829 USA; tree-sourced, no American record) is the only William with any American context, and that context is unproved. Glasgow-4101 (bap. 1733 Dundonald) and Glasgow-4120 (bap. 1723 Irvine) are baptism-only profiles: compatible but nothing points to Maryland. Glasgow-3326 (b. 1730 Kilwaughter) is unlikely: his profile documents him in Larne signing a 1772 petition and in a 1783 Larne will index. MSA's biography of Samuel Glasgow (SC 3520-17195) reports, from Cecil County probate, a William among the children of James Glasgow Sr. (d. 1784) and Ann of Cecil County - but those children were born from c.1749, so that William would be a child in 1759; he is a better fit for the 1771/1775 entries, and WikiTree does not have him. Duplicate search found no Maryland William Glasgow/Glasco/Glascow/Glascoe born 1700-1765 except G Sources: Maryland State Archives Biographical Series, Samuel Glasgow MSA SC 3520-17195 (mentions William among children of James Glasgow Sr. of Cecil County, from probate)

1771 William postal entry, 5 October 2026

These are three independently retained entries, consolidated as an unresolved name study. They may concern different men. No continuous Cecil County residence or identity with the 1775 Maryland William Glascoe, Lady Forbes master, or an Irish William is proved. A fourth retained entry in the 1771 Charles-Town list remains a compatible unresolved name occurrence, without a bridge to the earlier entries or the separately listed John.

William Glasgow is separately listed in the Charles-Town, Maryland, post-office letters notice headed 1 October 1771, beside an entry for John Glasgow of West Nottingham. William has no separately established locality in this line. Sydney George is the next named addressee, with Cecil County attached to Sydney. Colisting does not prove kinship with John, a continuous Maryland residence, letter collection or that William was still alive. Maryland Gazette, 1771-10-24, p.3

Original newspaper batch, 5 October 2026

William Glasgow, Philadelphia postal lists, 1759–1765: Estimated 1735 birth and later United States context are unproved profile data; no postal identity bridge. The Moneymore County Galway field is disputed. These are three independently retained entries, consolidated as an unresolved name study. They may concern different men. No continuous Cecil County residence or identity with the 1775 Maryland William Glascoe, Lady Forbes master, or an Irish William is proved. No relationship or life-date amendment follows.

What the records show

Source findings

Source	Finding	Assessment
Moneymore, Artrea, County Londonderry	Places Moneymore in County Londonderry, not County Galway.	Direct geographic evidence; does not prove William lived there.
PRONI Guide to Church Records, First Moneymore Presbyterian MIC1P/339; Second Moneymore MIC1P/340; Ardtrea/Desertlin MIC1D/35 and T3050	The listed surviving Moneymore baptism registers begin in 1827, 1845 and 1832 respectively, too late to record a birth about 1735.	Authoritative negative evidence about surviving local register coverage; it does not prove William's identity or birthplace.
FamilySearch Family Tree K2TH-64S	User-contributed tree lead currently cited by the profile.	Derivative; original supporting records not inspected.
PRONI Name Search, pre-1858 wills and administrations	None of the 47 Glasgow entries gives Moneymore. A different William Glasgow of Killycurragh, County Tyrone, has a will indexed on 17 December 1770; the original is lost.	The 1770 testator cannot be this William if the profile's circa-1829 death is correct, but he is evidence for an older same-name Cookstown-area cluster.
Registry of Deeds Index Project surname search, 30 Aug 2026	None of the 22 indexed Glasgow results names Moneymore.	Incomplete volunteer-index negative, not proof that no unindexed memorial exists.

Source findings

William Glasgow, Cecil County, is listed among letters remaining in the Philadelphia post office. Alphabetical postal-letter list, not a roster of residents or an advertisement. The printed long-s glyph in Glasſgow is the f-shaped character that can yield OCR Glafgow; the normalized surname reading is Glasgow. Cecil County immediately follows this entry. This is a distinct issue-page occurrence; no identity link to other Williams is inferred. Postal addressee, not proof of continuous residence, age, occupation, family, or identity across these issues. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1759-08-09, p.1

William Glasgow is listed among letters remaining in the Philadelphia post office in February 1763. Alphabetical postal-letter list. The printed long-s glyph in Glasſgow is f-shaped and can yield OCR Glafgow; normalized surname reading Glasgow. The excerpt preserves nearby punctuation and entries: Pennsylvania follows James Gillispie, not an independently assigned locality for William Glasgow. No identity link to other entries is inferred. Postal addressee, not proof of continuous residence, age, occupation, family, or identity across these issues. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1763-02-24, p.1

William Glasgow is listed among letters remaining in the Philadelphia post office in October 1765. Alphabetical postal-letter list; page 4 retains the list-purpose heading and G-section context. The printed long-s glyph in Glasſgow is f-shaped and can yield OCR Glafgow; normalized surname reading Glasgow. No locality or identity beyond the immediate printed sequence is assigned to William. Postal addressee, not proof of continuous residence, age, occupation, family, or identity across these issues. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1765-10-10, p.4

Still open

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

Next questions

Compare original Cecil County tax, land and probate records and Philadelphia postal notices; seek signatures or family identifiers before joining these entries.

Family and relationships

Unless a link is marked otherwise, the family links below come from the WikiTree family tree and have not yet been checked against original records.

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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 establishedSamuel Glasgowc. 1726–c. 1824

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.
Samuel Glasgow c. 1726–c. 1824	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Life and records

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Historical chronology

c. 1735

Birth

Subject

Life events

Moneymore, Galway, Connacht, Ireland

c.1735

Profile-stated Moneymore birth

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Moneymore

Record detail

The profile says Moneymore, County Galway; Moneymore is in County Londonderry, so the county label is treated as an error.

Source register · Open record

c. 1829

Death

Subject

Life events

United States

Sources

The only source so far is the WikiTree profile itselfReferences and source limitations

Profile-stated Moneymore birth
c.1735 · Moneymore · Source association
The profile says Moneymore, County Galway; Moneymore is in County Londonderry, so the county label is treated as an error.
Open cited record or transcription · Back to chronology

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Original notes and downloadsNotes as written, replaced interpretations, comparisons and data exports

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 entered place “Moneymore, Galway, Connacht” combines a real locality name
with the wrong county for the Moneymore used by this family reconstruction. The
project tree provides no inspected original record proving William's birth,
parents, migration or death. Preserve the current fields and parent attachments
until a sourced replacement is found, but flag them as unproved.

Source findings

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Moneymore, Artrea, County Londonderry](https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/loughinsholin/artrea/moneymore/moneymore/) | Places Moneymore in County Londonderry, not County Galway. | Direct geographic evidence; does not prove William lived there. |
| [PRONI Guide to Church Records](https://www.proni.gov.uk/publications/proni-guide-church-records), First Moneymore Presbyterian MIC1P/339; Second Moneymore MIC1P/340; Ardtrea/Desertlin MIC1D/35 and T3050 | The listed surviving Moneymore baptism registers begin in 1827, 1845 and 1832 respectively, too late to record a birth about 1735. | Authoritative negative evidence about surviving local register coverage; it does not prove William's identity or birthplace. |
| [FamilySearch Family Tree K2TH-64S](https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2TH-64S) | User-contributed tree lead currently cited by the profile. | Derivative; original supporting records not inspected. |
| [PRONI Name Search](https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx), pre-1858 wills and administrations | None of the 47 Glasgow entries gives Moneymore. A different William Glasgow of Killycurragh, County Tyrone, has a will indexed on 17 December 1770; the original is lost. | The 1770 testator cannot be this William if the profile's circa-1829 death is correct, but he is evidence for an older same-name Cookstown-area cluster. |
| [Registry of Deeds Index Project surname search](https://www.irishdeedsindex.net/search/index.php), 30 Aug 2026 | None of the 22 indexed Glasgow results names Moneymore. | Incomplete volunteer-index negative, not proof that no unindexed memorial exists. |

Current conclusion — original newspaper batch, 5 October 2026

William Glasgow, Philadelphia postal lists, 1759–1765: Estimated 1735 birth and later United States context are unproved profile data; no postal identity bridge. The Moneymore County Galway field is disputed. These are three independently retained entries, consolidated as an unresolved name study. They may concern different men. No continuous Cecil County residence or identity with the 1775 Maryland William Glascoe, Lady Forbes master, or an Irish William is proved. No relationship or life-date amendment follows.

Source findings

Next questions

Compare original Cecil County tax, land and probate records and Philadelphia postal notices; seek signatures or family identifiers before joining these entries.

Current conclusion — 1771 William postal entry, 5 October 2026

These are three independently retained entries, consolidated as an unresolved name study. They may concern different men. No continuous Cecil County residence or identity with the 1775 Maryland William Glascoe, Lady Forbes master, or an Irish William is proved. A fourth retained entry in the 1771 Charles-Town list remains a compatible unresolved name occurrence, without a bridge to the earlier entries or the separately listed John.

William Glasgow is separately listed in the Charles-Town, Maryland, post-office letters notice headed 1 October 1771, beside an entry for John Glasgow of West Nottingham. William has no separately established locality in this line. Sydney George is the next named addressee, with Cecil County attached to Sydney. Colisting does not prove kinship with John, a continuous Maryland residence, letter collection or that William was still alive. [Maryland Gazette, 1771-10-24, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/41041559/)

Current conclusion — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1759-08-09, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39399295/): William Glasgow (letter addressee, Cecil County) — **possible** match. Only name + Cecil County. Glasgow-2426 (b. c.1735 'Moneymore', d. c.1829 USA; tree-sourced, no American record) is the only William with any American context, and that context is unproved. Glasgow-4101 (bap. 1733 Dundonald) and Glasgow-4120 (bap. 1723 Irvine) are baptism-only profiles: compatible but nothing points to Maryland. Glasgow-3326 (b. 1730 Kilwaughter) is unlikely: his profile documents him in Larne signing a 1772 petition and in a 1783 Larne will index. MSA's biography of Samuel Glasgow (SC 3520-17195) reports, from Cecil County probate, a William among the children of James Glasgow Sr. (d. 1784) and Ann of Cecil County - but those children were born from c.1749, so that William would be a child in 1759; he is a better fit for the 1771/1775 entries, and WikiTree does not have him. Duplicate search found no Maryland William Glasgow/Glasco/Glascow/Glascoe born 1700-1765 except G Sources: [Maryland State Archives Biographical Series, Samuel Glasgow MSA SC 3520-17195 (mentions William among children of James Glasgow Sr. of Cecil County, from probate)](https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/017100/017195/html/17195bio.html)

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.

Margaret McCullough: 7/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Mary Jones: 5/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Ezekiel Glasgow: 4/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Hugh Glasgow: 3/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
George Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Margaret Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Jean Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
John Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Mary (Auld) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Robert Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent

Research data and downloads

Person data (JSON) · Family network

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