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Isabella Glasgow

c. 1560 – after 1600

Glasgow-3026 · 1 mapped association

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland→Briggate, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
4Evidence items
10Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1560 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death
after 1600 · Briggate, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald Glasgowuncertain
Spouses
John Howe
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Glasgow-3026
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
0

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 positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
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

No named children are recoverable, so child-naming analysis cannot be run.

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.

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

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

Latest case researchThe current conclusion from the durable research case file.Updated

Current conclusion

Glasgow-3026

Father assessment: uncertain. Robert Glasgow (about 1520), Glasgow-1096, fisher and burgess of Glasgow is now the leading candidate, but is not proved. Robert appeared with David Howe in two Glasgow transactions in 1557 and 1560, including as a witness when David Howe and Cristina Lyndesay acquired South-Port-to-Clyde-bridge property. By 1600 Isabella was married to John Howe, dyer, in the same southern burgh corridor. This repeated cross-family association is better evidence than the previously cited general proximity to Archibald Glasgow, but no record calls Isabella Robert's daughter or John Howe David's son.

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1560

Profile-stated birthplace: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Glasgow

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-3026

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Case-file source findingsSource extracts and analysis regenerated from findings.md.1 section(s)

Source findings

Glasgow-3026

SourceFindingAssessment
Robert Renwick, ed., *Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow*, vol. 11, protocol 3637, 5 March 1600John Howe, dyer and citizen, and Isabella Glasgw, spouses, sold a workshop, waste ground and stable in a great Briggate tenement set in feu to the couple by John Hamilton.Direct proof of the marriage, occupation and joint property; no parent is named.
Renwick, *Abstracts of Protocols*, vol. 2, protocol 372, 26 July 1557Robert Glesgw and David Howe jointly witnessed sasine of a South-Port-to-Clyde-bridge tenement.First direct Robert-Howe association; relationship unstated.
Renwick, *Abstracts of Protocols*, vol. 2, protocols 525-526, 20 February 1559/60Robert Glesgw witnessed David Howe, dyer, and Cristina Lyndesay acquire and immediately wadset a tenement on the street from the South Port to the Clyde bridge.Second direct association, now involving a Howe dyer and property in the same southern burgh corridor as Isabella and John Howe. It supports a family network but does not prove parentage.
Full published Glasgow protocol search, 1530-1600No act was found calling Isabella a daughter, sister or heir of Archibald, Robert, William or another Glasgow.Negative result; father remains uncertain.
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.4 claims
2Unknown
1Derivative
1Tree Only

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.

Case-file assessments

Relationship reconstruction

Glasgow-3026

  • Confirmed spouses: [Isabella Glasgow (Glasgow-3026), adult by 1600,

Glasgow](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3026) and John Howe, dyer and citizen of Glasgow.

  • Leading father candidate only: [Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-1096), active

1557-1596, Glasgow](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-1096).

  • Do not treat as proved: David Howe as John's father; Robert Glasgow as

Isabella's father; or the 1557/1560 Robert as certainly Glasgow-1096.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.4 open

Which records prove the subject's identity across events?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Which original or indexed records identify the parents?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.

Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Next records to inspect

  1. will — A search of the published Glasgow protocols for 1530–1600 found no act calling Isabella a daughter, sister or heir of Archibald, Robert, William or another Glasgow.
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.4 sources

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

  1. unknown Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 11, protocol 3637, 5 March 1600, p. 144 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc00renwgoog/page/144/mode/1up).
  2. derivative Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocol 372, 26 July 1557, protocol abstract (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n51/mode/1up).
  3. unknown Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocols 525–526, 20 February 1559/60, protocol abstracts (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n93/mode/1up).
  4. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3026
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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-3026 was captured 2026-08-19T15:12:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-08-19.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field
death—Briggate, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsArchibald GlasgowGlasgow-10971533-00-00 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · 1560-00-00 · Bridgegate, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SiblingsRobert Glasgow IGlasgow-11561582-00-00 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · 1647-01-17 · Duddingston, Edinburghshire, Scotland
SpousesJohn HoweHowe-158401560-00-00 · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Isabella Glasgow was an adult by 5 March 1600 and was married to John Howe, a dyer and citizen of Glasgow. On that date protocol 3637 records the spouses selling a workshop, waste ground and stable in a great Briggate tenement which John Hamilton had set in feu to the couple. Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 11, protocol 3637, 5 March 1600, p. 144 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc00renwgoog/page/144/mode/1up). This is direct evidence for their marriage, John's occupation and their joint property, but it names neither of Isabella's parents. Research NotesParentage The attached father, Archibald Glasgow, remains uncertain. A search of the published Glasgow protocols for 1530–1600 found no act calling Isabella a daughter, sister or heir of Archibald, Robert, William or another Glasgow.
  • Robert Glasgow, fisher and burgess of Glasgow, is presently the leading father candidate, but is not proved. Robert Glesgw and David Howe jointly witnessed sasine of a tenement on the street from the South Port to the Clyde bridge on 26 July 1557. Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocol 372, 26 July 1557, protocol abstract (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n51/mode/1up). On 20 February 1559/60 Robert Glesgw witnessed David Howe, dyer, and Cristina Lyndesay acquire and immediately wadset another tenement on that street. Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocols 525–526, 20 February 1559/60, protocol abstracts (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n93/mode/1up).
  • Robert Herbertson's appearance as a witness to the 1600 transaction does not establish that Isabella was related to Margaret Herbesoun. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 11, protocol 3637, 5 March 1600, p. 144 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc00renwgoog/page/144/mode/1up). source link 1
  2. Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocol 372, 26 July 1557, protocol abstract (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n51/mode/1up). source link 1
  3. Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocols 525–526, 20 February 1559/60, protocol abstracts (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n93/mode/1up). source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Isabella Glasgow was an adult by 5 March 1600 and was married to John Howe, a dyer and citizen of Glasgow. On that date protocol 3637 records the spouses selling a workshop, waste ground and stable in a great Briggate tenement which John Hamilton had set in feu to the couple. Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 11, protocol 3637, 5 March 1600, p. 144 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc00renwgoog/page/144/mode/1up). This is direct evidence for their marriage, John's occupation and their joint property, but it names neither of Isabella's parents.
Research NotesParentage
The attached father, Archibald Glasgow, remains uncertain. A search of the published Glasgow protocols for 1530–1600 found no act calling Isabella a daughter, sister or heir of Archibald, Robert, William or another Glasgow.

Robert Glasgow, fisher and burgess of Glasgow, is presently the leading father candidate, but is not proved. Robert Glesgw and David Howe jointly witnessed sasine of a tenement on the street from the South Port to the Clyde bridge on 26 July 1557. Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocol 372, 26 July 1557, protocol abstract (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n51/mode/1up). On 20 February 1559/60 Robert Glesgw witnessed David Howe, dyer, and Cristina Lyndesay acquire and immediately wadset another tenement on that street. Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. 2, protocols 525–526, 20 February 1559/60, protocol abstracts (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n93/mode/1up). 

Those repeated Robert–Howe associations, involving a Howe dyer and property in the same southern burgh corridor as Isabella and John Howe in 1600, support a possible family network. They do not prove that Robert was Isabella's father, that David was John's father, or that the Robert in the 1557 and 1560 acts was certainly Glasgow-1096.

Robert Herbertson's appearance as a witness to the 1600 transaction does not establish that Isabella was related to Margaret Herbesoun.
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
'''Isabella Glasgow''' was an adult by 5 March 1600 and was married to [[Howe-15840|John Howe]], a dyer and citizen of Glasgow. On that date protocol 3637 records the spouses selling a workshop, waste ground and stable in a great Briggate tenement which John Hamilton had set in feu to the couple.<ref>Robert Renwick, ed., ''Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow'', vol. 11, protocol 3637, 5 March 1600, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc00renwgoog/page/144/mode/1up p. 144].</ref> This is direct evidence for their marriage, John's occupation and their joint property, but it names neither of Isabella's parents.

== Research Notes ==

=== Parentage ===
The attached father, [[Glasgow-1097|Archibald Glasgow]], remains uncertain. A search of the published Glasgow protocols for 1530–1600 found no act calling Isabella a daughter, sister or heir of Archibald, Robert, William or another Glasgow.

[[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]], fisher and burgess of Glasgow, is presently the leading father candidate, but is not proved. Robert Glesgw and David Howe jointly witnessed sasine of a tenement on the street from the South Port to the Clyde bridge on 26 July 1557.<ref>Renwick, ''Abstracts of Protocols'', vol. 2, protocol 372, 26 July 1557, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n51/mode/1up protocol abstract].</ref> On 20 February 1559/60 Robert Glesgw witnessed David Howe, dyer, and Cristina Lyndesay acquire and immediately wadset another tenement on that street.<ref>Renwick, ''Abstracts of Protocols'', vol. 2, protocols 525–526, 20 February 1559/60, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08scogoog/page/n93/mode/1up protocol abstracts].</ref>

Those repeated Robert–Howe associations, involving a Howe dyer and property in the same southern burgh corridor as Isabella and John Howe in 1600, support a possible family network. They do not prove that Robert was Isabella's father, that David was John's father, or that the Robert in the 1557 and 1560 acts was certainly Glasgow-1096.

Robert Herbertson's appearance as a witness to the 1600 transaction does not establish that Isabella was related to [[Herbison-439|Margaret Herbesoun]].

== Sources ==
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