Robert Glasgow Esq

Current conclusion

The maintained PRONI Tullyveigh probate occurrence is already an exact match to this profile and its 20 August 1856 death. Earlier Loy, Dunnabraggy and other Tyrone occurrences remain separate unresolved records.

Robert of Tullyveagh is a strong compatible candidate for Benjamin's father in the 1858 Cookstown mill case. The original report names Benjamin as Robert's son and says Robert died in 1856. The live profile, checked 4 October 2026, records Robert's death at Tullyveagh, Cookstown, on 20 August 1856, marriage to Margaret George in 1829 and no children. Its biography cites an unsourced family tree; a profile comment supplies a pre-1858 wills-index lead. Those details are comparison evidence, not an inspected identity bridge.

Source findings

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [PRONI Names, Pre-1858 Wills and Admons search](https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx), Robert Glasgow Esq, Tullyveigh, probate 1856 | Gives Tullyveigh, probate year 1856 and the profile-cited death date 20 August 1856. | Exact match for the Tullyveigh component; supplies no bridge to the earlier Loy or Dunnabraggy men. |
| [Belfast News-Letter, 22 July 1858, p.3, water-course case](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390574459/) | The named witness Benjamin Glasgow says he was son of the late Robert Glasgow, managed his father's mill from 1850, and that his father died in 1856. His uncle was Wm. Glasgow senior. | Certain documentary father–son relationship; Robert-2656's identity remains qualified. |

Unresolved questions

Compare Benjamin's 16 February 1864 marriage to Wilhelmina Pike and the Glasgow and Woods mill's title or lease with this Robert. The maintained PRONI index says its original documents do not survive; do not expect an original will to supply a family bridge. Robert-3941 of Coltrim remains a lower-ranked compatible candidate. Do not attach Benjamin to this profile until the mill identity is established. Margaret George is not proved Benjamin's mother by this notice. Benjamin's daughter Margaret George is named in an 1891 notice, but repeating a name does not establish her grandmother. The co-plaintiff William's brother relationship is supported by counsel's reference to Robert's sons but remains qualified; the senior uncle's paternal or maternal side is unstated.

Recommended action

The Tullyveigh row now carries profile ID Glasgow-2656 directly. Do not map the
other formerly grouped Robert occurrences to this profile without identity
evidence.

Identity assessment — Irish newspaper extension,4 October 2026

The father of the surgeon Benjamin was already described as late by20 May 1834, incompatible with this Robert’s20 August 1856 death and the mill testimony’s 1856 father death. Do not identify those fathers. The living 1836 inn contact and 1840 Academy chairman are compatible Cookstown comparisons, with no identity bridge; they do not prove inn ownership or children.

[Belfast News-Letter, 20 May 1834, p. 3, Benjamin Glasgow death notice](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390554297/)

[Belfast News-Letter, 18 October 1836, p. 3, King’s Arms Inn letting](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390551780/)

[Belfast News-Letter, 30 October 1840, p. 2, Cookstown Academy](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390563103/)

[Connected source account and full held draft](/research/subjects/newspapers-irish-1800-1850/#robert-cookstown-contacts)

Next records to check — newspaper identity

Resolve the documentary person’s identity before changing WikiTree facts or relationships. Original source readings, compatible alternatives and discriminating tests are retained in the linked account.

Current conclusion — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

- [Belfast News-Letter, 1836-10-18, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390551780/): Mr Robert Glasgow, Cookstown (contact for letting the King's Arms Inn) — **possible** match. Name + Cookstown + adult property agent in 1836. Glasgow-2656 (Robert Esq, b. c.1798, of Tullyveagh, Cookstown, d. 20 Aug 1856; prerogative probate 1856; mill-owning family) was a gentleman of property in the town at this date. Glasgow-3941 (Coltrim, Lissan) is weaker (outside the town; last record 1831). The surgeon's father Robert was already dead by 1834 and is excluded. The advertisement gives no designation linking to Tullyveagh. Sources: [WikiTree Glasgow-2656 live profile](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2656)
- [Belfast News-Letter, 1840-10-30, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390563103/): Mr Robert Glasgow (chairman, Cookstown Academy superintending committee) — **possible** match. A committee chairman would be a man of local standing. Glasgow-2656 is 'Robert Glasgow, Esq.', who died at Tullyreagh, Cookstown, on 20 Aug 1856 (Londonderry Sentinel 29 Aug 1856, transcription); his age (b. c.1798) fits. Slater's 1846 also lists a Robert Glasgow, oatmeal merchant, William Street, Cookstown, who may be the same man. Nothing links the chairman to Tullyreagh. Glasgow-3941 died in 1831 per the catalogue, a concrete conflict, so unlikely. Glasgow-587 (b. c.1830) is too young. Sources: [Londonderry Sentinel transcriptions (cotyroneireland)](https://cotyroneireland.com/surnames/glasgow.html); [Slater's 1846 Cookstown (transcription)](https://www.cotyroneireland.com/slaterscookstown.html)
- [Belfast News-Letter, 1840-11-20, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390563666/): Mr Robert Glasgow (chairman, Cookstown Academy committee) — **possible** match. Repeat advertisement; see group 390563103. Glasgow-2656 is the most plausible profile, but there is no record bridge. Glasgow-3941 is unlikely (d. 1831).
- [Belfast News-Letter, 1858-07-22, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390574459/): Robert Glasgow (deceased) (father of witness; mill owner, d. 1856) — **probable** match. Robert died in 1856 (son's sworn testimony) and owned the mill Benjamin managed from 1850. Glasgow-2656, 'Robert Glasgow Esq', died 20 Aug 1856 at Tullyveigh, Cookstown (Prerogative probate 1856, PRONI pre-1858 wills index cited on profile), and married on 10 Mar 1829, as 'Mr Robert Glasgow, of Cookstown', Margaret, daughter of John George of Coagh (BNL 13 Mar 1829, quoted on George-14386). That fits a son of mill-managing age by 1850 and agrees with Slater 1846 (Robert Glasgow, oatmeal merchant; Glasgow & Wool[s] spinners, Draper's field). Naming supports it: Benjamin's eldest daughter is 'Margaret George Glasgow' (1891), and John George Glasgow-3889 (c.1831-1870; daughter married at Newry, where Margaret George died 1879) looks like a brother. Glasgow-3941 (Coltrim, recorded death 1831) conflicts with an 1856 death, so he is unlikely. Probable, not strong: no record names 2656 as owner Sources: [WikiTree Glasgow-2656 (PRONI pre-1858 wills index: Robert Glasgow Esq, Tullyveigh, d. 20/08/1856)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2656); [WikiTree George-14386 (BNL 13 Mar 1829 marriage to Mr Robert Glasgow of Cookstown)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/George-14386); [Slater's 1846 Cookstown transcription](https://www.cotyroneireland.com/slaterscookstown.html); [WikiTree Glasgow-3889 (John George Glasgow c.1831-1870)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3889)
- [Belfast News-Letter, 1864-01-19, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/387805714/): Robert Glasgow (late) (former resident of the house) — **probable** match. As group 390574459 (1856 death, 'of Cookstown' 1829 marriage to Margaret George, Slater 1846 Robert and the Draper's field spinning firm). Here the late Robert's former house is handled by the Drapersfield mill partners, which ties the mill-owner Robert of 1858 to the Drapersfield firm. Glasgow-3941 (d. 1831) is unlikely. Sources: [WikiTree Glasgow-2656](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2656); [Slater's 1846 Cookstown transcription](https://www.cotyroneireland.com/slaterscookstown.html)

Relationship assessment — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

- Glasgow-4340 — son of — Glasgow-2656: **add uncertain** (WikiTree now: not linked (4340 has no parents; 2656 has no children)). Benjamin testified that he was son of the late Robert Glasgow, that he managed his father's mill from 1850, and that his father died in 1856 (BNL 22 July 1858). Witness = 4340 is probable (Drapersfield partnership; 1864 late-Robert house notice). Robert = 2656 is probable (1856 death; Cookstown trade). Both are only probable and the mill-to-2656 bridge is indirect, so uncertain. ([Belfast News-Letter, 1858-07-22, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390574459/))
- Glasgow-4340 — connected to (probable son of) — Glasgow-2656: **research note only** (WikiTree now: not linked). Not a kin statement. The late Robert's former residence is let through Benjamin and William of Drapersfield Mills, which supports the father link proposed from the 1858 testimony (group 390574459). ([Belfast News-Letter, 1864-01-19, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/387805714/))
- Glasgow-4293 — granddaughter of — Glasgow-2656 / George-14386: **research note only** (WikiTree now: not linked). Her middle name George matches Robert-2656's wife Margaret George. This supports, but does not prove, the 4340-son-of-2656 proposal. ([Belfast News-Letter, 1891-10-16, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/388748472/))

Source findings

### Newspaper identity review — 6 October 2026

- Lead: a Robert Glasgow chaired the Cookstown Academy committee in Oct 1840. Identity with this profile is unproved. — Belfast News-Letter 30 Oct 1840, image 390563103 ([Belfast News-Letter, 1840-10-30, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/390563103/))

Source findings

### Findmypast sweep — 7 October 2026
- **New: the 1829 groom was the Robert Glasgow of Tullyveagh.** A death notice reads: "On the 8th instant, at Tullyreagh, near Cookstown, the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Robert Glasgow, Margaret, relict of Mr. John George, formerly of Coagh, County Tyrone." (Banner of Ulster, 9 December 1854, p.2, BNA article BL/0001375/18541209/039; OCR checked.) The notice states that Robert was the son-in-law of John George's widow, and it places him at Tullyveagh. That ties the 1829 marriage of Robert Glasgow of Cookstown to Margaret, daughter of John George of Coagh, to the Tullyveagh Robert who died on 20 August 1856. It does not name Robert's children. The later names John George Glasgow (died at Drapersfield in 1870, aged 39) and Margaret George Glasgow fit this marriage, but repeating a name does not prove descent.
- **New: the Glasgow & Wood partnership at Drapersfield and Tullyveagh, 1850.** A notice from Glasgow & Wood, dated at Drapersfield Mill, Cookstown, on 6 July 1850, says the partners had "mutually agreed to dissolve Partnership" and offered "Drapersfield Flaxspinning Mill" and Tullyveagh Mills for sale by auction on 13 August 1850. Drapersfield (25a 3r 8p, a mill with 2,744 spindles) was "held by lease under the Worshipful the Company of Drapers, London, for a term of years, from 1847". Tullyveagh Farm, across the river (30a 2r 31p plus bog, with a dwelling-house and a bleach-mill), was held "in perpetuity under his Grace the Lord Primate" at £22 15s. A further 1a 3r 37p at Doorless was held by lease for lives. (Newry Telegraph, 20 July 1850, p.1, BL/0000998/18500720/004; OCR checked. The same advertisement ran in the Northern Whig, Banner of Ulster and Londonderry Standard, July–August 1850.) The Gazette abstract for 4 February 1851 lists "Glasgow and Wood, of Drapersfield, Cloghog, and at Tullyveagh, Tyrone, yarn spinners", dissolved on 1 November, with "Debts by Glasgow" (Perry's Bankrupt Gazette, 8 February 1851, BL/0000207/18510208/026). Neither notice gives the partners' forenames. Benjamin's 1858 evidence that he managed his father's mill from 1850 agrees with the Glasgows keeping the business after Wood left. This is a candidate link to Robert, not proof.
- **New: an earlier Cookstown estate, 1825 (candidate older generation).** A sale notice for two houses in Cookstown and 6 acres nearby, all held under William Stewart, Esq., of Killymoon, is signed "ROBERT GLASGOW, WILLIAM GLASGOW, Executors of R. GLASGOW, deceased. COOKSTOWN, 13th July, 1825." (Belfast News-Letter, 22 July 1825, p.3, BL/0000038/18250722/088; Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 3 August 1825, BL/0001287/18250803/033; OCR checked.) The notice does not say how the executors were related to the deceased. The deceased R. Glasgow is a strong candidate for the "late Mr. Robert Glasgow, of Cookstown" named as the surgeon Benjamin's father in 1834. A Robert-and-William pair of executors also matches the 1858 mill household, where the uncle was William Glasgow senior. Kinship is not proved.
- **New (index only):** Landed Estates Court rentals, Jan–Feb 1851 (FamilySearch DGS 4506849, volume 005, document 023), list Robert Glasgow and William Glasgow at Cookstown with tenancies dated 1839 (Findmypast IRE/LEC/4506849/00763/010–011) and 1851 (00761/010–012). The same rental lists Matthew S. Glasgow at Loy (1824 and 1851) and at Tullagh. Only the index has been seen. The rental page, which may give lease terms and lives, has not been read.
- **Adds detail:** the Valuation Office field book for Cookstown town (valued 26 Dec 1834, revised 17 Sep 1836; NAI OL/4/4555) lists Robert Glasgow and Wm Glasgow (IRE/CENSUS/VALUEBOOKS/183798, 183796). Pigot's 1824 directory (IRE/IET0005/399/007) and Slater's 1846 directory (IRE/IET0010/692/097, /001) list Robert, and in 1846 William, at Cookstown. These are index entries; their trade entries were not read.
- **Context, not assigned to anyone:** "William Glasgow, jun., aged twenty-eight years" died at Drapersfield on 17 November 1866 (Northern Whig, 24 November 1866, BL/0007614/18661124/121). "Ellen Glasgow" died on 17 May 1869 "at her brother's residence, Drapersfield House, Cookstown" (Londonderry Standard, 22 May 1869, BL/0001318/18690522/053). Neither notice names a parent.