Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Glasgow

before 1685 – ?

Glasgow-2475 · 1 mapped association

Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
4Close relations
3Evidence items
18Candidate leads
Birth
before 1685 · Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
William Glasgowuncertain
Spouses
Isabell (Kyle) Glasgow
Children
Robert GlasgowWilliam Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2475
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
4

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 positionWilliam Glasgow (1706)
Maternal grandfather positionRobert Glasgow (1716)
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 fit5/100
Weak Lead
Dates1626–?Generationat most 59 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Ayrshire, Scotland · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 80 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • less typical 59-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)

a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)

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  • less typical 59-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • candidate's birth is 80 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: a different linked father is explicitly uncertain (−6; an existing hypothesis still needs resolving)

Automated fit3/100
Weak Lead
Dates1650–?Generationat most 35 years age gapRecorded placesCavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland · Cavers — RoxburghshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 35 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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 35 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

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)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit2/100
Weak Lead
Dates1662–?Generationnominally 23 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesSaint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland · EdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 44 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 23 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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 nominally 23 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 44 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son William Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, William in 223 profiles)

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)

Automated fit2/100
Weak Lead
Dates1648–?Generationat most 37 years age gapRecorded placesMid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Mid CalderIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

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)

Automated fit2/100
Weak Lead
Dates1648–?Generationat most 37 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son William Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, William in 223 profiles)

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

Automated fit17/100
Weak Lead
Dates1676–?Generationnominally 9 years; approximate dates permit about 15–19 years age gapRecorded placesIrvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Local Sibling Birth · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: irvine ayrshire (+10)
  • the nominal 9-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–19 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 30 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)

parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction)

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  • the nominal 9-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–19 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 30 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: irvine ayrshire (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate has another child, Hugh Glasgow, born 11 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+2; possible sibling-household clue)

Deductions and cautions: parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction)

Automated fit0/100
Weak Lead
Dates1670–?Generationat most 15 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Derryloran, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowWilliam Walter GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 36 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 15 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Bessie Glasgow in Kirknewton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-1544) 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 15 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 36 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1682–1705) (+3; other parent William Walter Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son William Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; William in 223 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Bessie Glasgow in Kirknewton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-1544) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit14/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1651–?Generationat most 34 years age gapRecorded placesVirginia · Currituck, North CarolinaIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 34 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 34 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Automated fit14/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1640–?Generationat most 45 years age gapRecorded placesEdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 45 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • 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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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 45 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Automated fit8/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1645–?Generationnominally 40 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesEdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 40 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 40 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

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

John Glasgow MAGlasgow-1077

Automated fit70/100
Possible Duplicate
Dates1690–1764PlacesKilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland → Irvine, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)
  • matching child name: Robert Glasgow

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-1065

Automated fit51/100
Similar Person
Dates1683–?PlacesKilwinning, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-3018

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1675–?PlacesIrvine, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 10 (+10)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 10 (+10)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-1473

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1693–?PlacesIrvine, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 8 (+10)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 8 (+10)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Open side-by-side comparison
Show 4 lower-scoring duplicate lead(s)

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-3161

Automated fit44/100
Similar Person
Dates1680–?PlacesWest Kilbride, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-551

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1681–?PlacesScotland → County Tyrone, IrelandParent comparisonSame parent name; profile identity unproved
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: William Glasgow (+2)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: William Glasgow (+2)

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-1434

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1679–?PlacesKilwinning, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 6 (+10)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 6 (+10)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-3990

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1680–?PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

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. 1685

Profile-stated birthplace: Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

Irvine — Ayrshire

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-2475

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.5 claims
1Derivative
1Tree Only
1Unknown

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.3 sources

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

  1. derivative "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTV2-YVQ : 16 September 2021), John Glasgow in entry for Robert Glasgow, 1716.
  2. unknown JOHN 08-10-1693 JOHN GLASGOW/AGNES MARTINE FR23 (FR23) Irvine 595/ M
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2475
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-2475 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-07-11.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Irvine, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-30801660-10-15 · South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-34081706-04-16 · Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenRobert GlasgowGlasgow-24741716-01-10 · Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
SpousesIsabell GlasgowKyle-24711685-00-00 · Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Born in Irvine before 1690. Potentially related to Michael Glasgow (bef.1680-) and part of the Ayrshire branch. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTV2-YVQ : 16 September 2021), John Glasgow in entry for Robert Glasgow, 1716. source link 1
  2. JOHN 08-10-1693 JOHN GLASGOW/AGNES MARTINE FR23 (FR23) Irvine 595/ M
Full captured biography text
Biography
Born in Irvine before 1690. Potentially related to Michael Glasgow (bef.1680-) and part of the Ayrshire branch.
Sources
* "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTV2-YVQ : 16 September 2021), John Glasgow in entry for Robert Glasgow, 1716.
* JOHN 08-10-1693 JOHN GLASGOW/AGNES MARTINE FR23 (FR23) Irvine 595/ M
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Born in Irvine before 1690. Potentially related to [[Glasgow-1406|Michael Glasgow (bef.1680-)]] and part of the Ayrshire branch.


== Sources ==
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* "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTV2-YVQ : 16 September 2021), John Glasgow in entry for Robert Glasgow, 1716.
*      JOHN 08-10-1693 JOHN GLASGOW/AGNES MARTINE FR23 (FR23) Irvine 595/ M