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John Glasgow

1738 – 3 April 1792

Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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John Glasgow is recorded as born in 1738 and as having died on 3 April 1792 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is probably the John Glasgow of West Nottingham whom the Chester County tax index shows as a freeman in 1760, a storekeeper in 1765 and 1767 and a landholder until 1791. His son Hugh Glasgow (Glasgow-2873), born at Nottingham in 1769, is linked on the profile; Hugh's succession to the West Nottingham holding from 1793 and a county history support, but do not prove, that link. The parents given on the profile, John Glasgow (Glasgow-2870) and Mary Cranmer, are unproved, and the biography's confusion of Mary Cranmer as wife and mother is unresolved.

Birth1738 · Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death3 April 1792 · Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
LocalityGlasgow Green, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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What the research found

Summary of the research

Overall conclusion

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Newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1758-01-12, p.1 : John Glasgow (letter addressee, Nottingham) — possible match.
Additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Carlisle postal addressee, 1793: Pennsylvania regional/age comparison only. Exact 1792 death permits posthumous mail; no Carlisle or William Brown bridge. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

Additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Kensing-/ton postal entry, 1769: Chronological/regional namesake; no identifying Kensing-/ton bridge. No existing profile is identified. Nottingham candidates Glasgow-2870 and Glasgow-2871 are compatible namesakes without a place or postal bridge; the elder’s earlier recorded death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail. Keep this separate from the Nottingham cluster. No family or life-date change follows.

Additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Nottingham/Chester postal and near-Oxford book records, 1758–1771: Compatible adult/Chester County namesake, especially for 1771 after the elder’s recorded 1769 death; no individual postal or book-agent bridge. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. No family or life-date change follows.

Pre-1800 original newspapers, 5 October 2026

John Glascow, Chester County land and committee records: possible, strongest located regional/time candidate. Adult at the 1776 roster date and later located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His listed parents are John Glasgow (Glasgow-2870) and Mary Cranmer; that father died in 1769, so the candidate is not excluded. No source ties this son to the 1776 appointment roster or establishes that his surname spelling was Glafcow. Glasgow-2871 is the leading possible regional candidate; Glasgow-4027 is another compatible Pennsylvania candidate with uncertain chronology. No individual identity or family relationship is proved. The two event contexts are consolidated for research, with identity across them still unresolved. No parent, spouse or migration amendment follows.

What the records show

Source findings, 4 October 2026
  • The notice announces a public vendue on 2 September 1760 for creditors of deceased William Graham, including a 200-acre patent tract on the Susquehanna about two miles from Shepard's Ferry in Cecil County, Maryland; about 60 acres were cleared.
  • John Glasgow signed the notice and stated that he intended to open a store in Nottingham by the end of September, selling for ready money or short credit.
  • Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 14 August 1760, p.3, image 39404812, original inspected 4 October 2026.
Source findings

John Glascow is an adjoining landholder in a West-Nottingham Township, Chester County execution-sale notice for 22½ acres, late Michael Dintz’s estate, bounded by Abraham Bunting, John Glascow and others. Planned sale 11 May at one o’clock on the premises; Henry Hayes, sheriff; notice dated 28 April 1773. John is the neighbouring landholder, not the deceased estate owner, buyer or executor. Sale completion is unproved. Two issues print the same notice. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1773-04-28, p.1, The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1773-05-05, p.5

John Glascow is appointed to provide for distressed families of Associators in actual service by the Chester County Committee of Inspection and Observation, in a resolution dated 13 August 1776. Full heading and roster inspected. William Evans is chairman. This establishes an appointment, not that John was a soldier, Associator, recipient or relative of anyone listed. Same-name/county context with the 1773 land notice is compatible, but personal identity across the two events is unproved. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1776-08-28, p.3

Source findingsJohn Glasgow, Nottingham, is an addressee in letters remaining at Philadelphia post office.

John Glasgow, Nottingham, is an addressee in letters remaining at Philadelphia post office. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1758-01-12, p.1

John Glasgow, in Nottingham Township, Chester County, is an addressee in letters remaining at Chester post office. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. The Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser, 1765-10-17, p.1

John Glasgow, Nottingham, is an addressee in letters remaining at Chester post office. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1765-11-28, p.4

John Glasgow near Oxford is listed among people taking in subscriptions for De Jure Regni; advertisement dated 22 May 1766. The notice explicitly says subscriptions are taken in by the named people: John is a listed subscription collector/agent, not a proved paying subscriber. Oxford is preserved without assigning a modern jurisdiction; locality comparison is qualified. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1766-05-29, p.4

John Glasgow, in West Nottingham, Chester County, and William Glasgow are separate addressees in the Charles-Town, Maryland, post-office list headed 1 October 1771. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The original heading says Charles-Town, Maryland, not Anne Arundel County. Sydney George is a separate next addressee; Cecil County accompanies Sydney, not a newly established address for William. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. Maryland Gazette, 1771-10-24, p.3

Source findings

John Glasgow, Kensing- / ton, is an addressee in letters remaining at Philadelphia post office. Original Philadelphia post-office heading and entry saved separately. The place is printed across lines as Kensing- / ton; no individual, residence, life status or link to the Nottingham cluster is established. No existing profile is identified. Nottingham candidates Glasgow-2870 and Glasgow-2871 are compatible namesakes without a place or postal bridge; the elder’s earlier recorded death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail. Keep this separate from the Nottingham cluster. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1769-10-26, p.1

Source findings

John Glasgow, care of William Brown, Esq., is an addressee in the Carlisle post-office list headed 1 January 1793. Care of is a mailing direction, not kinship, residence, occupation or proof the addressee was alive. Glasgow-2871 remains another weak Pennsylvania regional comparison, with recorded 1792 death allowing possible posthumous mail. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge, 1793-03-06, p.1

Source findingsNewspaper identity review — 6 October 2026
  • John Glasgow, West Nottingham, Chester County: taxed as freeman 1760; storekeeper 1765 and 1767 (50 acres); landholder 50 acres to 1786, 80 acres 1787-1791 (Chester County tax index). Signed 14 Aug 1760 Pennsylvania Gazette vendue notice for creditors of William Graham and announced a Nottingham store (identification probable). — https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G ; https://www.newspapers.com/image/39404812/ (The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1760-08-14, p.3)
  • Named as adjoining landholder ('John Glascow') to Michael Dintz's 22.5-acre tract in West Nottingham, sheriff's sale notice dated 28 Apr 1773 (identification probable). — https://www.newspapers.com/image/39401494/ (The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1773-04-28, p.1)

Identity and family

Identity assessment — 4 October 2026 review

Glasgow-2871 remains a compatible candidate for the documentary John Glasgow who signed a 14 August 1760 Pennsylvania Gazette advertisement concerning a Cecil County vendue and a planned Nottingham store. The merchant context is a stronger occupational fit than Glasgow-2870, but the record does not identify him. No family or relationship change follows.

Identity and relationship assessment

Glasgow-2871 (born 1738, died 1792 in Chester County) and Glasgow-2870 (born 1722 at Libberton, died 1769 at Nottingham) remain compatible candidates after a bounded public catalogue search and live biography review. Glasgow-2871's merchant context is the stronger occupational fit. The notice names no kin or origin; do not infer Irish origin or attach family. The existing Glasgow-2871 biography's conflation of wife Mary Cranmer with mother is not resolved by this source.

Relationship assessment — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026
  • Glasgow-2871 (John Glasgow, d. 1792) — father of — Glasgow-2873 (Hugh Glasgow, 1769-1818): research note only (WikiTree now: linked (relationship status not set)). Not stated in the notice. Supporting, not proving: tax-index succession of the West Nottingham 80-acre holding from John (1787-1791) to Hugh (1793-1799), and Gibson's statement that Hugh was born at Nottingham, where his father had settled. Existing link; record the tax succession as corroboration. (The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1760-08-14, p.3)
Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

Still open

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

Unresolved / priority actions

Compare Cecil and Chester deeds, probate and Nottingham store records for an address, signature, estate or associate that distinguishes John Glasgow from the two candidates.

Next questions

Inspect original Chester County land, tax and committee papers, township residence and signatures; compare the records behind Glasgow-2871 and Glasgow-4027 before linking the subjects.

Next questions

Check the family Bible/migration/probate evidence behind Glasgow-2870 and Glasgow-2871, original Chester County tax and land records, and book-subscription accounts for individual identifiers.

Next questions

Check original Philadelphia/Kensington tax, directories, land and probate records, and candidate sources; seek an identifier beyond the name.

Next questions, 6 October 2026

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Family and relationships

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Parents 2John Glasgow23 September 1722–23 May 1769Mary (Cranmer) Glasgowc. 1725–date not established
Person and datesRelationshipCurrent assessmentWhy this relationship is shown
John Glasgow
23 September 1722–23 May 1769		fatherUnassessed father linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Mary (Cranmer) Glasgow
c. 1725–date not established		motherUnassessed mother linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Children 1Hugh Glasgow8 September 1769–31 January 1818
Person and datesRelationshipCurrent assessmentWhy this relationship is shown
Hugh Glasgow
8 September 1769–31 January 1818		sonUnassessed son linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Brothers and sisters 1Samuel Glasgow1761–17 May 1824
Person and datesRelationshipCurrent assessmentWhy this relationship is shown
Samuel Glasgow
1761–17 May 1824		siblingUnassessed sibling linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.

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Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Profile-stated birthplace: Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Glasgow

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Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Research notes as originally written

Current conclusion

John Glasgow is recorded as born in 1738 and as having died on 3 April 1792 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is probably the John Glasgow of West Nottingham whom the Chester County tax index shows as a freeman in 1760, a storekeeper in 1765 and 1767 and a landholder until 1791. His son Hugh Glasgow (Glasgow-2873), born at Nottingham in 1769, is linked on the profile; Hugh's succession to the West Nottingham holding from 1793 and a county history support, but do not prove, that link. The parents given on the profile, John Glasgow (Glasgow-2870) and Mary Cranmer, are unproved, and the biography's confusion of Mary Cranmer as wife and mother is unresolved.

Identity assessment — 4 October 2026 review

Glasgow-2871 remains a compatible candidate for the documentary John Glasgow who signed a 14 August 1760 Pennsylvania Gazette advertisement concerning a Cecil County vendue and a planned Nottingham store. The merchant context is a stronger occupational fit than Glasgow-2870, but the record does not identify him. No family or relationship change follows.

Source findings

- The notice announces a public vendue on 2 September 1760 for creditors of deceased William Graham, including a 200-acre patent tract on the Susquehanna about two miles from Shepard's Ferry in Cecil County, Maryland; about 60 acres were cleared.
- John Glasgow signed the notice and stated that he intended to open a store in Nottingham by the end of September, selling for ready money or short credit.
- Source: [Pennsylvania Gazette, 14 August 1760, p.3, image 39404812](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39404812/), original inspected 4 October 2026.

Identity and relationship assessment

Glasgow-2871 (born 1738, died 1792 in Chester County) and Glasgow-2870 (born 1722 at Libberton, died 1769 at Nottingham) remain compatible candidates after a bounded public catalogue search and live biography review. Glasgow-2871's merchant context is the stronger occupational fit. The notice names no kin or origin; do not infer Irish origin or attach family. The existing Glasgow-2871 biography's conflation of wife Mary Cranmer with mother is not resolved by this source.

Unresolved / priority actions

Compare Cecil and Chester deeds, probate and Nottingham store records for an address, signature, estate or associate that distinguishes John Glasgow from the two candidates.

Current conclusion — pre-1800 original newspapers, 5 October 2026

John Glascow, Chester County land and committee records: possible, strongest located regional/time candidate. Adult at the 1776 roster date and later located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His listed parents are John Glasgow (Glasgow-2870) and Mary Cranmer; that father died in 1769, so the candidate is not excluded. No source ties this son to the 1776 appointment roster or establishes that his surname spelling was Glafcow. Glasgow-2871 is the leading possible regional candidate; Glasgow-4027 is another compatible Pennsylvania candidate with uncertain chronology. No individual identity or family relationship is proved. The two event contexts are consolidated for research, with identity across them still unresolved. No parent, spouse or migration amendment follows.

Source findings

John Glascow is an adjoining landholder in a West-Nottingham Township, Chester County execution-sale notice for 22½ acres, late Michael Dintz’s estate, bounded by Abraham Bunting, John Glascow and others. Planned sale 11 May at one o’clock on the premises; Henry Hayes, sheriff; notice dated 28 April 1773. John is the neighbouring landholder, not the deceased estate owner, buyer or executor. Sale completion is unproved. Two issues print the same notice. [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1773-04-28, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39401494/), [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1773-05-05, p.5](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39401765/)

John Glascow is appointed to provide for distressed families of Associators in actual service by the Chester County Committee of Inspection and Observation, in a resolution dated 13 August 1776. Full heading and roster inspected. William Evans is chairman. This establishes an appointment, not that John was a soldier, Associator, recipient or relative of anyone listed. Same-name/county context with the 1773 land notice is compatible, but personal identity across the two events is unproved. [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1776-08-28, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39398635/)

Next questions

Inspect original Chester County land, tax and committee papers, township residence and signatures; compare the records behind Glasgow-2871 and Glasgow-4027 before linking the subjects.

Current conclusion — additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Nottingham/Chester postal and near-Oxford book records, 1758–1771: Compatible adult/Chester County namesake, especially for 1771 after the elder’s recorded 1769 death; no individual postal or book-agent bridge. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. No family or life-date change follows.

Source findings

John Glasgow, Nottingham, is an addressee in letters remaining at Philadelphia post office. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1758-01-12, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39389283/)

John Glasgow, in Nottingham Township, Chester County, is an addressee in letters remaining at Chester post office. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. [The Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser, 1765-10-17, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1033731085/)

John Glasgow, Nottingham, is an addressee in letters remaining at Chester post office. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1765-11-28, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39406491/)

John Glasgow near Oxford is listed among people taking in subscriptions for De Jure Regni; advertisement dated 22 May 1766. The notice explicitly says subscriptions are taken in by the named people: John is a listed subscription collector/agent, not a proved paying subscriber. Oxford is preserved without assigning a modern jurisdiction; locality comparison is qualified. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1766-05-29, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39391550/)

John Glasgow, in West Nottingham, Chester County, and William Glasgow are separate addressees in the Charles-Town, Maryland, post-office list headed 1 October 1771. Postal-office and address context retained; an addressee is not proof of residence, letter collection, occupation, household or continued life. Nearby addressees and their localities are separate. The original heading says Charles-Town, Maryland, not Anne Arundel County. Sydney George is a separate next addressee; Cecil County accompanies Sydney, not a newly established address for William. The earlier Nottingham/Chester County/near-Oxford entries fit Glasgow-2870 as a probable candidate; Glasgow-2871 remains possible. This is a qualified regional documentary cluster, potentially more than one John. A postal list does not prove the addressee alive: the elder’s recorded May 1769 death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail in 1771. No parent, spouse or child is proved by these notices. [Maryland Gazette, 1771-10-24, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/41041559/)

Next questions

Check the family Bible/migration/probate evidence behind Glasgow-2870 and Glasgow-2871, original Chester County tax and land records, and book-subscription accounts for individual identifiers.

Current conclusion — additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Kensing-/ton postal entry, 1769: Chronological/regional namesake; no identifying Kensing-/ton bridge. No existing profile is identified. Nottingham candidates Glasgow-2870 and Glasgow-2871 are compatible namesakes without a place or postal bridge; the elder’s earlier recorded death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail. Keep this separate from the Nottingham cluster. No family or life-date change follows.

Source findings

John Glasgow, Kensing- / ton, is an addressee in letters remaining at Philadelphia post office. Original Philadelphia post-office heading and entry saved separately. The place is printed across lines as Kensing- / ton; no individual, residence, life status or link to the Nottingham cluster is established. No existing profile is identified. Nottingham candidates Glasgow-2870 and Glasgow-2871 are compatible namesakes without a place or postal bridge; the elder’s earlier recorded death does not absolutely exclude posthumous mail. Keep this separate from the Nottingham cluster. [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1769-10-26, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39396485/)

Next questions

Check original Philadelphia/Kensington tax, directories, land and probate records, and candidate sources; seek an identifier beyond the name.

Current conclusion — additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Carlisle postal addressee, 1793: Pennsylvania regional/age comparison only. Exact 1792 death permits posthumous mail; no Carlisle or William Brown bridge. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

Source findings

John Glasgow, care of William Brown, Esq., is an addressee in the Carlisle post-office list headed 1 January 1793. Care of is a mailing direction, not kinship, residence, occupation or proof the addressee was alive. Glasgow-2871 remains another weak Pennsylvania regional comparison, with recorded 1792 death allowing possible posthumous mail. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. [The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge, 1793-03-06, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1033763029/)

Next questions

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Current conclusion — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1758-01-12, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39389283/): John Glasgow (letter addressee, Nottingham) — **possible** match. Chester County tax index: John first appears in West Nottingham in 1760 as a 'Freeman' (single man), then householder 1762-1764, storekeeper 1765 and 1767, landholder to 1791; Hugh Glasgow then holds land in West Nottingham 1793-1799 (80 acres, as John did 1787-1791). That chain fits Glasgow-2871 (John, b. 1738, d. 3 Apr 1792 Chester County, father of Hugh Glasgow-2873). In 1758 that man was about 20, plausibly the addressee. Glasgow-2870 (b. 1722 Libberton, d. 23 May 1769 Nottingham per Find a Grave/family-Bible narrative) never appears as a taxed householder in Nottingham 1747-1764, which weakens the earlier 'probable' grade for him: the only basis was a shared place name and an age fit that 2871 also meets. Neither is excluded; downgraded 2870 to possible because the stated reason for preferring him applies equally to 2871 and the tax series favours the younger man. Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1715-1764 Chester County Tax Index D-I (John Glasgow West Nottingham 1760 Freeman; 1762-1764)](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46792/1715-1764-Chester-County-Tax-Index-D-I); [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G); [Find a Grave memorial 93259804, John Glasgow Sr. (1722-1769), contributor narrative](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93259804/john-glasgow)
- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1760-08-14, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39404812/): John Glasgow (signer of creditors' vendue notice; prospective Nottingham storekeeper) — **possible** match. Independent record chain: Chester County tax index - John Glasgow, West Nottingham, 1760 'Freeman' (the only John in Nottingham that year), 1762-1764 taxed, 1765 'Storekeeper' (50 acres), 1767 'Storekeeper' (50 acres), landholder 50 acres 1768-1786 and 80 acres 1787-1791; then Hugh Glasgow, West Nottingham, 1793-1799, 80 acres. The notice's intention to open a Nottingham store by end of September 1760 is fulfilled by the storekeeper entries; the holding series ends in 1791 and Glasgow-2871 died 3 Apr 1792 in Chester County; WikiTree and Gibson's History of York County make Hugh (b. 1769 Nottingham) his son, and Hugh takes up an 80-acre West Nottingham holding from 1793. Name + township + occupation + continuous holding + death-year fit + heir. Glasgow-2870 (b. 1722, married, d. May 1769) is unlikely for this notice: the 1760 John of West Nottingham was taxed as a single freeman, which do Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1715-1764 Chester County Tax Index D-I](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46792/1715-1764-Chester-County-Tax-Index-D-I); [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G (John Glasgow/Glascow storekeeper 1765, 1767; landholder to 1791; Hugh 1793-1799)](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G); [Gibson, History of York County (1886), Hugh Glasgow sketch (ldsgenealogy.com transcription)](https://ldsgenealogy.com/PA/books/History-of-York-County-Pennsylvania-Volume-I-part-102.htm)
- [The Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser, 1765-10-17, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1033731085/): John Glasgow (letter addressee, Nottingham Township, Chester County) — **possible** match. 1765 Chester County tax index: John Glascow, West Nottingham, 50 acres, Storekeeper; and John Glasco, West Nottingham, Inmate. The storekeeper is probably Glasgow-2871 (see group 39404812: freeman 1760, storekeeper 1765/1767, holding to 1791, succeeded by Hugh 1793). A storekeeper is the likelier recipient of mail, but the inmate John is a real simultaneous namesake in the same township, so possible only. Glasgow-2870 (d. 1769) is not visible as a Nottingham taxpayer at any date and is downgraded to possible for want of any distinguishing evidence. Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G (1765: John Glascow storekeeper; John Glasco inmate, West Nottingham)](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G)
- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1765-11-28, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39406491/): John Glasgow (letter addressee, Nottingham) — **possible** match. As group 1033731085: two Johns taxed in West Nottingham in 1765 (storekeeper 50 acres; inmate). The storekeeper chain points to Glasgow-2871; the inmate cannot be excluded for a letter. Glasgow-2870 left possible. Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G)
- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1766-05-29, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39391550/): John Glasgow (local subscription agent for De Jure Regni, near Oxford) — **possible** match. A subscription agent is typically a storekeeper or other local man of business, which favours the West Nottingham storekeeper John (taxed storekeeper 1765 and 1767; probably Glasgow-2871). But the Chester County tax index also has a John Glascow/Glasgow landholder in East Nottingham 1768-1775, and East Nottingham adjoins Oxford, so 'near Oxford' does not single out the West Nottingham man. Glasgow-2870 remains a possible namesake without distinguishing evidence. Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G (John Glasgow/Glascow, East Nottingham 1768, 1770, 1773, 1774, 1775; West Nottingham storekeeper 1765, 1767)](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G)
- [Maryland Gazette, 1771-10-24, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/41041559/): John Glasgow (letter addressee, West Nottingham, Chester County) — **possible** match. 1771 Chester County tax index: John Glasko, West Nottingham, 70 acres, landholder, and John Glascow, West Nottingham, inmate. The landholder is the continuing holding probably belonging to Glasgow-2871 (see group 39404812); the inmate is another adult John (possibly the Moneymore John, Glasgow-4027, whose family arrived in Nottingham c.1769 per Robert Glasgow's pension R4057 - he was in Peters Twp, Cumberland Co., by 1779). Glasgow-2870 is unlikely: recorded dead May 1769, and two living same-name residents of the township are available. Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G (1771 West Nottingham: John Glasko landholder 70; John Glascow inmate)](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G); [Robert Glasgow pension application R4057 (arrival at Nottingham 1769), cited on Glasgow-1024/Glasgow-12](https://revwarapps.org/r4057.pdf)
- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1773-04-28, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39401494/): John Glascow (adjoining landholder, West Nottingham Township) — **possible** match. 1773 Chester County tax index, West Nottingham: John Glasgow, 50 acres, Landholder, and John Glasgow, Inmate (an inmate is a non-landholding lodger and so cannot be the bounding landholder). The landholder's holding runs continuously 1765-1791 (storekeeper 1765/1767) and is followed by Hugh Glasgow's West Nottingham holding from 1793, matching Glasgow-2871 (d. 3 Apr 1792; father of Hugh, Glasgow-2873). Glasgow-2870 died 1769. Glasgow-4027 (Moneymore John, later of Peters Twp, Cumberland Co.) is at most the inmate. The East Nottingham landholder John (30 acres in 1773) is a residual competitor only if the Dintz tract straddled the township line. Name + township + landholder status + date agree; competitors weaker for stated reasons. [Independent check 6 October 2026: downgrade — OCR of the notice: 22 1/2 acres in West-Nottingham township 'bounded by lands of Abraham Bunting, John Glascow, Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G (1773 West Nottingham: John Glasgow landholder 50; John Glasgow inmate)](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G)
- [The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1776-08-28, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39398635/): John Glascow (committee appointee for relief of Associators' families, Chester County) — **possible** match. Chester County tax index, 1775-76: John Glascow, West Nottingham, 50 acres, landholder (1775, 1776) - probably Glasgow-2871; John Glasgow, East Nottingham, 50 acres, landholder (1775); John Glascow, East Bradford, freeman (1776). Such appointments went to established local householders, which favours a landholder, but two landholding Johns existed and the notice gives no township. Glasgow-4027 (Moneymore John) was probably the West Nottingham inmate and later of Peters Twp, Cumberland Co. (will 1779): weak. Sources: [Chester County Archives, 1765-1799 Chester County Tax Index E-G](https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G)

Relationship assessment — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

- Glasgow-2871 (John Glasgow, d. 1792) — father of — Glasgow-2873 (Hugh Glasgow, 1769-1818): **research note only** (WikiTree now: linked (relationship status not set)). Not stated in the notice. Supporting, not proving: tax-index succession of the West Nottingham 80-acre holding from John (1787-1791) to Hugh (1793-1799), and Gibson's statement that Hugh was born at Nottingham, where his father had settled. Existing link; record the tax succession as corroboration. ([The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1760-08-14, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39404812/))

Source findings

### Newspaper identity review — 6 October 2026

- John Glasgow, West Nottingham, Chester County: taxed as freeman 1760; storekeeper 1765 and 1767 (50 acres); landholder 50 acres to 1786, 80 acres 1787-1791 (Chester County tax index). Signed 14 Aug 1760 Pennsylvania Gazette vendue notice for creditors of William Graham and announced a Nottingham store (identification probable). — https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/46798/1765-1799-Chester-County-Tax-Index-E-G ; https://www.newspapers.com/image/39404812/ ([The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1760-08-14, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39404812/))
- Named as adjoining landholder ('John Glascow') to Michael Dintz's 22.5-acre tract in West Nottingham, sheriff's sale notice dated 28 Apr 1773 (identification probable). — https://www.newspapers.com/image/39401494/ ([The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1773-04-28, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/39401494/))

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge, 1793-03-06, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1033763029/): no longer a candidate for this profile. A Carlisle post-office list headed 1 January 1793 includes letters for John Glasgow, care of William Brown, Esq. No WikiTree profile can be identified. Cumberland County-born John Glasgow (Glasgow-3726) is a newly noted regional possibility; the earlier namesake comparisons are weak or unlikely.
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: 39/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Richard Glasgow: 28/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Hugh Glasgow: 23/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Jacob Glasgow M.A: 17/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Nathaniel Glasgow M.A.: 14/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Mary Jones: 13/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Hugh Glasgow: 3/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Mary (Robertson) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Unknown (Mitchell) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
  • Margaret Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
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