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Catalogue · 27 Sep 2026

Researched biography · Glasgow-2917

Charles James Glasgow

10 October 1686

Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland

About Charles

The profile combines a Scottish baptism with a later Cross, County Londonderry identity. The baptism is evidence for the Scottish child only. No reviewed record bridges that child to Ireland or proves the attached Cross/Derry descent.

Birth10 October 1686 · Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland
DeathDate not established · Cross, County Londonderry, Ireland
LocalityGlencorse, Midlothian, Scotland

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What the research found

Summary of the research

Overall conclusion

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

What the records show

Source findings
Source Finding Assessment
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, Charles Glesgowe, 1686 and FamilySearch VQ4J-JJK Charles Glesgowe was baptised 10 Oct 1686 at South Leith, son of John Glesgowe and Margaret Currie. Extracted indexes; direct for the recorded baptism but silent on later Ireland. Original register image still needs inspection.
Current WikiTree biography/profile audit Explicitly acknowledges that evidence has not been found proving the baptised child was the man at Cross. Negative for the identity bridge.
1740 Ulster religious return The contemporary Glasgow concentrations are two Hugh households at Tamlaght O'Crilly and four households at Derryloran. Does not prove or disprove Charles, but shows why a tree claim must not replace occurrence evidence.
PRONI Guide to Church Records, Derryloran and Cookstown entries The listed surviving local baptism registers begin in 1795/1797 at Derryloran and 1822 or later at Cookstown. Explains the register gap; does not bridge Scotland to Ireland.
PRONI Name Search, pre-1858 wills and administrations A complete Glasgow-surname search returned 47 entries, including William Glasgow of Killycurragh in 1770 and later Cookstown/Oritor people, but no Charles Glasgow at Cross. Negative for the proposed Charles identity while showing a genuine Cookstown-area surname cluster. It cannot bridge the South Leith child to Ireland.
Registry of Deeds Index Project surname search, 30 Aug 2026 The 22 indexed Glasgow results include Larne, Kilwaughter, Cavankilgreen and later Cookstown deeds, but none names Charles, Cross, Derryloran or Moneymore. Incomplete volunteer-index negative; no identity bridge found.
Source findingsFindmypast sweep — 7 October 2026

Searches that found nothing

  • A Findmypast search for Charles Glasgow (variants on) in Ireland, 1680–1780, returned five records, none of them a Glasgow. The two dated ones are a Charles Glass in the 1740 Protestant Householders at Tamlaght Finlagan, Ballykelly (IRE/PRONI/1740PH/G/00366) and a Charles Glass in a 1740 Court of Exchequer bill book, Dublin. The only County Londonderry Glasgow households in the 1740 index are Hugh (1) and Hugh (2) at Tamlaght O'Crilly. The Glasgow-surname place searches for Killycurragh and Ballynasollus found no Charles. Their earliest Glasgow entries are the 1766 William at Killycurragh and the 1834 Valuation Office field book (Saml Glasgow, Killycurragh). No place search was run for Cross. Nothing bridges the South Leith child to Ireland.

Still open

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

Recommended correction applied

Verified live 19 August 2026: the South Leith baptism and parents are retained as confident; the biography separates that child from the unproved Cross identity. The current structured place and Glasgow-2916's father link must not be altered without positive replacement evidence. All prior tree/study links remain only as qualified leads.

A same-day relationship audit found that both parents had accidentally been set to Confirmed with DNA. Both were corrected to Confident; no DNA confirmation is claimed.

Recommended correction following location audit

Retain Cross, County Londonderry, Ireland if it is present as the uncertain death location. The Scottish-to-Irish identity is unproved, but the place is not concretely contradicted and must not be deleted without an evidenced replacement.

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.

Parents 2John Glasgow4 April 1649–date not establishedMargaret (Currie) Glasgow1650–date not established
Person and datesRelationshipCurrent assessmentWhy this relationship is shown
John Glasgow
4 April 1649–date not established
fatherUnassessed father linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Margaret (Currie) Glasgow
1650–date not established
motherUnassessed mother linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Children 1James Glasgow1719–1785
Person and datesRelationshipCurrent assessmentWhy this relationship is shown
James Glasgow
1719–1785
sonUnassessed son linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Brothers and sisters 3Robert Glasgow29 December 1676–date not establishedWilliam Glasgow26 December 1680–date not establishedMargaret Glasgow4 April 1684–date not established
Person and datesRelationshipCurrent assessmentWhy this relationship is shown
Robert Glasgow
29 December 1676–date not established
siblingUnassessed sibling linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
William Glasgow
26 December 1680–date not established
siblingUnassessed sibling linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Margaret Glasgow
4 April 1684–date not established
siblingUnassessed sibling linkFrom the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Life and records

Explore the dated recordsChronology, roles and locations

Historical chronology

Scottish baptism plus profile migration claim

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Cross, County Londonderry

Record detail

The 1686 South Leith baptism is documented. No record proves that child migrated to Cross or fathered James-2916.

Birth

Subject

Life events

Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

The only source so far is the WikiTree profile itselfReferences and source limitations
  1. Scottish baptism plus profile migration claim

    10 Oct 1686 · Cross, County Londonderry · Source association

    The 1686 South Leith baptism is documented. No record proves that child migrated to Cross or fathered James-2916.

Each entry is a separately identified record. Shared URLs may represent one transcription or search page containing more than one record; they are not independent confirmations.

Suggested profile text

WikiTree profile and prepared draft

WikiTree profile text

The prepared text for the public WikiTree profile, kept here so it can be compared with the current profile.

The prepared amendment is already on WikiTree; no pending biography change.

Compared with Glasgow-2917, captured 2026-09-07T21:05:55+00:00 · 2026-08-30.

Current captured WikiTree biography

Read-only capture used for the comparison above.

Side-by-side comparison of the live and replacement profiles

No biography changes in this draft.

Current profileReplacement profile
Current profile1== Biography ==
Replacement profile1== Biography ==
Current profile2
Replacement profile2
Current profile3Charles Glesgowe was baptised on 10 October 1686 at South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, a child of [[Glasgow-3012|John Glasgow]] and [[Currie-4998|Margaret Currie]].<ref name="FSBaptism">“Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4J-JJK : accessed 16 September 2021), John Glesgowe in the entry for Charles Glesgowe, 1686.</ref><ref>“Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” database, Ancestry ([https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60143/records/21451068 record 21451068] : accessed 30 August 2026), Charles Glesgowe, 1686; extracted index, original register image not inspected.</ref>
Replacement profile3Charles Glesgowe was baptised on 10 October 1686 at South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, a child of [[Glasgow-3012|John Glasgow]] and [[Currie-4998|Margaret Currie]].<ref name="FSBaptism">“Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4J-JJK : accessed 16 September 2021), John Glesgowe in the entry for Charles Glesgowe, 1686.</ref><ref>“Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” database, Ancestry ([https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60143/records/21451068 record 21451068] : accessed 30 August 2026), Charles Glesgowe, 1686; extracted index, original register image not inspected.</ref>
Current profile4
Replacement profile4
Current profile5== Research Notes ==
Replacement profile5== Research Notes ==
Current profile6
Replacement profile6
Current profile7=== Scottish child versus Cross identity ===
Replacement profile7=== Scottish child versus Cross identity ===
Current profile8
Replacement profile8
Current profile9The extracted baptism indexes establish the Scottish child and named parents. No reviewed record shows that this child migrated to Cross, County Londonderry, or that he became the father of [[Glasgow-2916|James Glasgow]]. Chronological fit and an uncommon given name are not an identity bridge.
Replacement profile9The extracted baptism indexes establish the Scottish child and named parents. No reviewed record shows that this child migrated to Cross, County Londonderry, or that he became the father of [[Glasgow-2916|James Glasgow]]. Chronological fit and an uncommon given name are not an identity bridge.
Current profile10
Replacement profile10
Current profile11The structured Cross death place and the son link are retained as uncertain research claims pending an evidenced replacement. The [[Space:Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland|Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland]] study and a user-submitted MyHeritage tree preserve the proposed Derry lineage as leads, not as independent proof.<ref name="IrelandStudy">[[Space:Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland|Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland]], accessed 19 August 2026.</ref><ref>[https://www.myheritage.com/profile-798694011-2003650/charles-james-glasgow MyHeritage user-submitted tree for Charles James Glasgow]; unsourced and used only as a lead.</ref>
Replacement profile11The structured Cross death place and the son link are retained as uncertain research claims pending an evidenced replacement. The [[Space:Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland|Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland]] study and a user-submitted MyHeritage tree preserve the proposed Derry lineage as leads, not as independent proof.<ref name="IrelandStudy">[[Space:Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland|Glasgow Branches in Early Ireland]], accessed 19 August 2026.</ref><ref>[https://www.myheritage.com/profile-798694011-2003650/charles-james-glasgow MyHeritage user-submitted tree for Charles James Glasgow]; unsourced and used only as a lead.</ref>
Current profile12
Replacement profile12
Current profile13The 1740 Ulster religious return shows contemporary Glasgow households at Tamlaght O'Crilly and Derryloran but does not identify Charles or bridge him to the Scottish baptism.<ref>[https://www.billmacafee.com/1740returns/1740religiousreturnsulstername.pdf 1740 Protestant Householders' Return for Ulster], surname index.</ref> PRONI's guide lists Derryloran baptisms only from 1795/1797 and Cookstown Presbyterian baptisms from 1822 or later.<ref>[https://www.proni.gov.uk/publications/proni-guide-church-records Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Guide to Church Records''], Derryloran and Cookstown entries; consulted 30 August 2026.</ref> That survival gap explains why ordinary parish-register searches cannot bridge the Scottish child to Ireland. Deeds, estate papers, probate, religious returns and migration evidence are the appropriate next sources.
Replacement profile13The 1740 Ulster religious return shows contemporary Glasgow households at Tamlaght O'Crilly and Derryloran but does not identify Charles or bridge him to the Scottish baptism.<ref>[https://www.billmacafee.com/1740returns/1740religiousreturnsulstername.pdf 1740 Protestant Householders' Return for Ulster], surname index.</ref> PRONI's guide lists Derryloran baptisms only from 1795/1797 and Cookstown Presbyterian baptisms from 1822 or later.<ref>[https://www.proni.gov.uk/publications/proni-guide-church-records Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Guide to Church Records''], Derryloran and Cookstown entries; consulted 30 August 2026.</ref> That survival gap explains why ordinary parish-register searches cannot bridge the Scottish child to Ireland. Deeds, estate papers, probate, religious returns and migration evidence are the appropriate next sources.
Current profile14
Replacement profile14
Current profile15== Sources ==
Replacement profile15== Sources ==
Current profile16<references />
Replacement profile16<references />
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The material the page is built from: research notes as originally written, earlier interpretations that have been replaced, automated comparisons and data downloads. The account above is the current one; nothing here overrides it.

Research notes as originally written

Current conclusion

The profile combines a Scottish baptism with a later Cross, County Londonderry
identity. The baptism is evidence for the Scottish child only. No reviewed
record bridges that child to Ireland or proves the attached Cross/Derry descent.

Source findings

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, Charles Glesgowe, 1686](https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60143/records/21451068) and FamilySearch VQ4J-JJK | Charles Glesgowe was baptised 10 Oct 1686 at South Leith, son of John Glesgowe and Margaret Currie. | Extracted indexes; direct for the recorded baptism but silent on later Ireland. Original register image still needs inspection. |
| Current WikiTree biography/profile audit | Explicitly acknowledges that evidence has not been found proving the baptised child was the man at Cross. | Negative for the identity bridge. |
| [1740 Ulster religious return](https://www.billmacafee.com/1740returns/1740religiousreturnsulstername.pdf) | The contemporary Glasgow concentrations are two Hugh households at Tamlaght O'Crilly and four households at Derryloran. | Does not prove or disprove Charles, but shows why a tree claim must not replace occurrence evidence. |
| [PRONI Guide to Church Records](https://www.proni.gov.uk/publications/proni-guide-church-records), Derryloran and Cookstown entries | The listed surviving local baptism registers begin in 1795/1797 at Derryloran and 1822 or later at Cookstown. | Explains the register gap; does not bridge Scotland to Ireland. |
| [PRONI Name Search](https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx), pre-1858 wills and administrations | A complete Glasgow-surname search returned 47 entries, including William Glasgow of Killycurragh in 1770 and later Cookstown/Oritor people, but no Charles Glasgow at Cross. | Negative for the proposed Charles identity while showing a genuine Cookstown-area surname cluster. It cannot bridge the South Leith child to Ireland. |
| [Registry of Deeds Index Project surname search](https://www.irishdeedsindex.net/search/index.php), 30 Aug 2026 | The 22 indexed Glasgow results include Larne, Kilwaughter, Cavankilgreen and later Cookstown deeds, but none names Charles, Cross, Derryloran or Moneymore. | Incomplete volunteer-index negative; no identity bridge found. |

Recommended correction applied

Verified live **19 August 2026**: the South Leith baptism and parents are retained
as confident; the biography separates that child from the unproved Cross
identity. The current structured place and Glasgow-2916's father link must not
be altered without positive replacement evidence. All prior tree/study links
remain only as qualified leads.

A same-day relationship audit found that both parents had accidentally been
set to **Confirmed with DNA**. Both were corrected to **Confident**; no DNA
confirmation is claimed.

Recommended correction following location audit

Retain **Cross, County Londonderry, Ireland** if it is present as the uncertain
death location. The Scottish-to-Irish identity is unproved, but the place is not
concretely contradicted and must not be deleted without an evidenced replacement.

Source findings

### Findmypast sweep — 7 October 2026

### Searches that found nothing
- A Findmypast search for Charles Glasgow (variants on) in Ireland, 1680–1780, returned five records, none of them a Glasgow. The two dated ones are a Charles Glass in the 1740 Protestant Householders at Tamlaght Finlagan, Ballykelly (IRE/PRONI/1740PH/G/00366) and a Charles Glass in a 1740 Court of Exchequer bill book, Dublin. The only County Londonderry Glasgow households in the 1740 index are Hugh (1) and Hugh (2) at Tamlaght O'Crilly. The Glasgow-surname place searches for Killycurragh and Ballynasollus found no Charles. Their earliest Glasgow entries are the 1766 William at Killycurragh and the 1834 Valuation Office field book (Saml Glasgow, Killycurragh). No place search was run for Cross. Nothing bridges the South Leith child to Ireland.
Research data and downloads

Person data (JSON) · Family network

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