Researched biography · Glasgow-2915
William Glasgow
1760
Scotland
About William
No inspected record proves that William Glasgow, reportedly born about 1760, was the son of Glasgow-2916 or that he married Margaret Mitchell at Cookstown. The principal surviving Derryloran and Cookstown church registers listed by PRONI begin too late to record a 1760 baptism. The chain is therefore a research hypothesis, not a sourced lineage; preserve the present attachments until positive replacement evidence is found.
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Places 1 place
Sources 3 source pages
Research and WikiTree study pages 3 pages
Mentioned in other people's research 2 people
- James Glasgow2 sections of notes
- Robert Glasgow1 section of notes
What the research found
Summary of the research
Overall conclusion
New evidence reviewed 4 October 2026: The 16 January 1793 Kildress reform meeting named an adult William Glasgow as delegate and subsequent chairman. This William’s reported c.1760 date and Cookstown district make him compatible with that role, but the record gives no age, precise residence, wife or father. It does not cure the existing father/spouse evidence gap.
Later additions
Newest first. Each addition adds to the summary above; it does not replace it.
Newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026
- Northern Star, 1793-01-23, p.2: William Glasgow (Kildress delegate; chairman) (delegate and chairman of a parish meeting) — possible match. The notice establishes an adult William Glasgow acting for Kildress parish in Jan 1793. Glasgow-2915 (William, reported b. 1760, died Cookstown; spouse Mitchell-48576, Margaret Mitchell 'of Ballynasollus, Kildress'; sons born 1799 Tyrone, 1804, and 1815 at Killycurragh, Derryloran) fits the age and the Kildress/Derryloran district. However, his family links rest on a MyHeritage tree, and the project's findings say no primary record yet proves them. The 1796 Flax Growers' list for Tyrone has only one William of the surname: 'Glasco, William, Derryloran' (the parish next to Kildress). That fits a local William in the 1790s, but it is not in Kildress itself and does not bridge to any profile. Other namesakes: Glasgow-3962 (William, Tyrone, witness 1746, about 68 in 1793; possible but old). The William Glasgow of Killycurragh whose will was indexed in 1770 is dead before 1793 and is excluded Sources: Flax Growers of Ireland 1796 — County Tyrone (transcription): 'Glasco, William, Derryloran'; WikiTree Glasgow-2915
- The Northern Star, 1793-01-26, p.4: William Glasgow, Kildress (delegate and chairman) — possible match. Same man and meeting as group 72019090. Glasgow-2915 is compatible by age and district, but his own family and residence evidence is unsourced (MyHeritage), and nothing in the notice gives a townland, age or relative. The 1796 Tyrone flax list has one William Glasco, in Derryloran, as a collateral lead. Sources: Flax Growers of Ireland 1796 — County Tyrone
Additional 1792–1793 newspaper originals, 5 October 2026
William Glasgow, Kildress delegate and subsequent chairman; meeting 16 January 1793. Repeated Kildress resolutions; meeting date is 16 January 1793 from the earlier complete headed original, not the 30 January issue date. This bounded passage names Hugh Faulkner and William Glasgow as delegates and Glasgow taking the chair. No spouse, parent or birthplace is given. Northern Star, 1793-01-30, p.4
What the records show
Source findings
| Source | Finding | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| PRONI Guide to Church Records, Derryloran CR1/114 and MIC1/15/1; First Cookstown Presbyterian MIC1P/43, MIC1P/139 and MIC1P/460 | Derryloran Church of Ireland baptisms begin in 1795/1797; First Cookstown Presbyterian baptisms begin in 1836. The other Cookstown Presbyterian baptism series listed in the guide begin in 1822 and 1835. | Authoritative negative evidence about surviving register coverage; it does not disprove the family. |
| Exact-name web and major index searches for William Glasgow with Margaret Mitchell at Cookstown, completed 30 Aug 2026 | No primary or contemporaneous record was located. | Negative search result; user trees are leads only. |
| PRONI Name Search, pre-1858 wills and administrations | A Glasgow-surname search returned 47 entries. One is a 17 December 1770 Armagh diocesan will index for William Glasgow of Killycurragh, County Tyrone; the original no longer exists. Killycurragh is in Derryloran parish near Cookstown. | Direct index evidence for an older same-name man in the exact district. A William born about 1760 cannot safely be identified as the 1770 testator without contrary proof of the birth estimate. |
| Registry of Deeds Index Project surname search, 30 Aug 2026 | No indexed deed named Cross, Derryloran or Moneymore. Later Cookstown memorials name Robert Glasgow junior, gent. (1817, memorial 488398) and John Glasgow senior of Gortin with John Glasgow junior, Cookstown grocer (1825, memorial 548981). | Collateral locality leads only. The volunteer index is incomplete, and neither abstract states kinship to this William or Margaret Mitchell. |
| Northern Star, 23 January 1793, p.2 | William Glasgow and Hugh Faulkner elected reform delegates; William subsequently took the chair at the Kildress meeting of 16 January 1793. | Direct surname occurrence; compatible profile candidate only. | | Northern Star, 26 January 1793, p.4 | Repeats the same 16 January Kildress meeting resolutions, naming William as delegate and subsequent chairman. | Same notice, not independent family evidence. |
Source findingsFindmypast sweep — 7 October 2026New (index only): Ireland, Outrage Reports 1836–1840 (TNA HO 100/255, image 393) indexes "William Glasgow" at "Orator" (Oritor), Kildress parish, County Tyrone, on 5 July 1838 (Findmypast…
- New (index only): Ireland, Outrage Reports 1836–1840 (TNA HO 100/255, image 393) indexes "William Glasgow" at "Orator" (Oritor), Kildress parish, County Tyrone, on 5 July 1838 (Findmypast IRE/HO100/020002). The index does not say whether William was a victim, a complainant or a witness, and it gives no age. A William Glasgow in Kildress in 1838 is compatible with the 1793 Kildress delegate, but also with the separate William Glasgow of Oritor whose will is dated about 1827 (PRONI T/1762), or with a younger man. Candidate only; read the report image before using it.
- New (index only): the Index of Irish Wills 1484–1858 has a will of William Glasgow proved in Armagh Diocese in 1836 (NAI IWR/1836/F/177, volume 4/236/27; Findmypast IRE/ENEC001/26356). The index gives no residence. It may be the probate of the Oritor will or of another William. It is not evidence for this profile until the residence is known.
- Context: in 1825 a Robert Glasgow and a William Glasgow acted as executors of an "R. Glasgow, deceased" of Cookstown (Belfast News-Letter, 22 July 1825, BL/0000038/18250722/088). Nothing in the notice links them to this William.
Searches that found nothing
- BNA searches for "william glasgow" with oritor (14 results) and with orritor (102 results) found no Glasgow entry before 1871. "william glasgow" with kildress (32 results) found only a Cookstown public meeting of February 1848 (Newry Examiner, 19 February 1848). No Findmypast record names a William Glasgow with Margaret Mitchell.
Still open
Questions the records have not yet answered, suggested next searches and suggested corrections.
Unresolved questions — reviewed 4 October 2026
Identify the delegate’s residence and signature through Kildress leases and reform correspondence; keep the father and Margaret Mitchell links at their existing uncertainty.
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.
How to read the evidence What “Documented”, “Probable”, “Possible” and “Unassessed tree link” mean.
Parents 1James Glasgow1719–1785
| Person and dates | Relationship | Current assessment | Why this relationship is shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Glasgow 1719–1785 | father | Unassessed father link | From the family tree; not yet checked against records. |
Spouse or partner 1Margaret Glasgow Mitchell1765–date not established
| Person and dates | Relationship | Current assessment | Why this relationship is shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Glasgow Mitchell 1765–date not established | spouse | Unassessed partner link | From the family tree; not yet checked against records. |
Children 3James Glasgowbefore 21 August 1799–15 March 1882William Glasgowc. 1804–9 April 1898Thomas Glasgowbefore 1815–before 1844
| Person and dates | Relationship | Current assessment | Why this relationship is shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Glasgow before 21 August 1799–15 March 1882 | son | Unassessed son link | From the family tree; not yet checked against records. |
| William Glasgow c. 1804–9 April 1898 | son | Unassessed son link | From the family tree; not yet checked against records. |
| Thomas Glasgow before 1815–before 1844 | son | Unassessed son link | From the family tree; not yet checked against records. |
Suggested profile text
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Suggested update to the WikiTree profile
This study has prepared revised text for the public WikiTree profile. WikiTree editors can compare it with the current profile and copy it; the research account above is the study's own.
Add the original 1793 Kildress delegate notice as a compatible candidate, preserving the unproved father and wife assessment.
Compared with Glasgow-2915, captured 2026-09-07T21:05:55+00:00 · 2026-08-30.
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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
No inspected record proves that William Glasgow, reportedly born about 1760, was the son of [[Glasgow-2916]] or that he married Margaret Mitchell at Cookstown. The principal surviving Derryloran and Cookstown church registers listed by PRONI begin too late to record a 1760 baptism. The chain is therefore a research hypothesis, not a sourced lineage; preserve the present attachments until positive replacement evidence is found. New evidence reviewed 4 October 2026: The 16 January 1793 Kildress reform meeting named an adult William Glasgow as delegate and subsequent chairman. This William’s reported c.1760 date and Cookstown district make him compatible with that role, but the record gives no age, precise residence, wife or father. It does not cure the existing father/spouse evidence gap.
Source findings
| Source | Finding | Assessment | | --- | --- | --- | | [PRONI Guide to Church Records](https://www.proni.gov.uk/publications/proni-guide-church-records), Derryloran CR1/114 and MIC1/15/1; First Cookstown Presbyterian MIC1P/43, MIC1P/139 and MIC1P/460 | Derryloran Church of Ireland baptisms begin in 1795/1797; First Cookstown Presbyterian baptisms begin in 1836. The other Cookstown Presbyterian baptism series listed in the guide begin in 1822 and 1835. | Authoritative negative evidence about surviving register coverage; it does not disprove the family. | | Exact-name web and major index searches for William Glasgow with Margaret Mitchell at Cookstown, completed 30 Aug 2026 | No primary or contemporaneous record was located. | Negative search result; user trees are leads only. | | [PRONI Name Search](https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx), pre-1858 wills and administrations | A Glasgow-surname search returned 47 entries. One is a 17 December 1770 Armagh diocesan will index for William Glasgow of Killycurragh, County Tyrone; the original no longer exists. Killycurragh is in Derryloran parish near Cookstown. | Direct index evidence for an older same-name man in the exact district. A William born about 1760 cannot safely be identified as the 1770 testator without contrary proof of the birth estimate. | | [Registry of Deeds Index Project surname search](https://www.irishdeedsindex.net/search/index.php), 30 Aug 2026 | No indexed deed named Cross, Derryloran or Moneymore. Later Cookstown memorials name Robert Glasgow junior, gent. (1817, [memorial 488398](https://www.irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=488398)) and John Glasgow senior of Gortin with John Glasgow junior, Cookstown grocer (1825, [memorial 548981](https://www.irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=548981)). | Collateral locality leads only. The volunteer index is incomplete, and neither abstract states kinship to this William or Margaret Mitchell. | | [Northern Star, 23 January 1793, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/72019090/) | William Glasgow and Hugh Faulkner elected reform delegates; William subsequently took the chair at the Kildress meeting of 16 January 1793. | Direct surname occurrence; compatible profile candidate only. | | [Northern Star, 26 January 1793, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/72019250/) | Repeats the same 16 January Kildress meeting resolutions, naming William as delegate and subsequent chairman. | Same notice, not independent family evidence. |
Unresolved questions — reviewed 4 October 2026
Identify the delegate’s residence and signature through Kildress leases and reform correspondence; keep the father and Margaret Mitchell links at their existing uncertainty.
Current conclusion — additional 1792–1793 newspaper originals, 5 October 2026
William Glasgow, Kildress delegate and subsequent chairman; meeting 16 January 1793. Repeated Kildress resolutions; meeting date is 16 January 1793 from the earlier complete headed original, not the 30 January issue date. This bounded passage names Hugh Faulkner and William Glasgow as delegates and Glasgow taking the chair. No spouse, parent or birthplace is given. [Northern Star, 1793-01-30, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/72019314/)
Current conclusion — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026
- [Northern Star, 1793-01-23, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/72019090/): William Glasgow (Kildress delegate; chairman) (delegate and chairman of a parish meeting) — **possible** match. The notice establishes an adult William Glasgow acting for Kildress parish in Jan 1793. Glasgow-2915 (William, reported b. 1760, died Cookstown; spouse Mitchell-48576, Margaret Mitchell 'of Ballynasollus, Kildress'; sons born 1799 Tyrone, 1804, and 1815 at Killycurragh, Derryloran) fits the age and the Kildress/Derryloran district. However, his family links rest on a MyHeritage tree, and the project's findings say no primary record yet proves them. The 1796 Flax Growers' list for Tyrone has only one William of the surname: 'Glasco, William, Derryloran' (the parish next to Kildress). That fits a local William in the 1790s, but it is not in Kildress itself and does not bridge to any profile. Other namesakes: Glasgow-3962 (William, Tyrone, witness 1746, about 68 in 1793; possible but old). The William Glasgow of Killycurragh whose will was indexed in 1770 is dead before 1793 and is excluded Sources: [Flax Growers of Ireland 1796 — County Tyrone (transcription): 'Glasco, William, Derryloran'](https://www.failteromhat.com/flax/tyrone.htm); [WikiTree Glasgow-2915](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2915) - [The Northern Star, 1793-01-26, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/72019250/): William Glasgow, Kildress (delegate and chairman) — **possible** match. Same man and meeting as group 72019090. Glasgow-2915 is compatible by age and district, but his own family and residence evidence is unsourced (MyHeritage), and nothing in the notice gives a townland, age or relative. The 1796 Tyrone flax list has one William Glasco, in Derryloran, as a collateral lead. Sources: [Flax Growers of Ireland 1796 — County Tyrone](https://www.failteromhat.com/flax/tyrone.htm)
Source findings
### Findmypast sweep — 7 October 2026 - **New (index only):** Ireland, Outrage Reports 1836–1840 (TNA HO 100/255, image 393) indexes "William Glasgow" at "Orator" (Oritor), Kildress parish, County Tyrone, on 5 July 1838 (Findmypast IRE/HO100/020002). The index does not say whether William was a victim, a complainant or a witness, and it gives no age. A William Glasgow in Kildress in 1838 is compatible with the 1793 Kildress delegate, but also with the separate William Glasgow of Oritor whose will is dated about 1827 (PRONI T/1762), or with a younger man. Candidate only; read the report image before using it. - **New (index only):** the Index of Irish Wills 1484–1858 has a will of William Glasgow proved in Armagh Diocese in 1836 (NAI IWR/1836/F/177, volume 4/236/27; Findmypast IRE/ENEC001/26356). The index gives no residence. It may be the probate of the Oritor will or of another William. It is not evidence for this profile until the residence is known. - **Context:** in 1825 a Robert Glasgow and a William Glasgow acted as executors of an "R. Glasgow, deceased" of Cookstown (Belfast News-Letter, 22 July 1825, BL/0000038/18250722/088). Nothing in the notice links them to this William. ### Searches that found nothing - BNA searches for "william glasgow" with oritor (14 results) and with orritor (102 results) found no Glasgow entry before 1871. "william glasgow" with kildress (32 results) found only a Cookstown public meeting of February 1848 (Newry Examiner, 19 February 1848). No Findmypast record names a William Glasgow with Margaret Mitchell.
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.
- Unknown (Mitchell) Glasgow: 39/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
- Mary (Harkness) Glasgow: 39/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
- Mary (Robertson) Glasgow: 34/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
- Mary (Crosier) Glasgow: 32/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
- Margaret (Allan) Glasgow: 29/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
- James Glasgow: 39/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
- James Glasgow II: 39/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
- Andrew Glasgow: 27/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
- James Glasgow: 21/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
- James Glasgow: 21/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Research data and downloads
Person data (JSON) · Family network
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