Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Glasgow

before 1680 – ?

Glasgow-3161 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
1Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
before 1680 · Place not recorded
Death
Not recorded · West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Patrick Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3161
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
1

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 positionPatrick Glasgow (1700)
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

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1645–?Generationat most 35 years age gapRecorded placesGordon, Berwickshire, Scotland · Gordon — BerwickshireIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Agnes (Watt) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (39) at the subject's birth (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-3117) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 35 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Agnes (Watt) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (39) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Patrick +16 (7 public profiles; subject branch: Patrick Glasgow; candidate branch: Patrick Glasgow, Patrick Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus) (+16 total)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-3117) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1649–?Generationat most 31 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowMargaret (Currie) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Margaret (Currie) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (30) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 31 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 31 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: west (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1676–1686) (+3; other parent Margaret (Currie) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Margaret (Currie) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (30) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit23/100
Weak Lead
Dates1667–?Generationnominally 13 years; approximate dates permit about 16–23 years age gapRecorded placesGordon, Berwickshire, Scotland · Stitchill, Roxburghshire, Scotland · Gordon — BerwickshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 13-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–23 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 33 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-1444) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • the nominal 13-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–23 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 33 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Patrick Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+14; catalogue rarity 7, Patrick in 7 profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Patrick +14 (7 public profiles; subject branch: Patrick Glasgow; candidate branch: Patrick Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-1444) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit21/100
Weak Lead
Dates1650–?Generationat most 30 years age gapRecorded placesCavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland · Cavers — RoxburghshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 30 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 30 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1626–?Generationat most 54 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Ayrshire, Scotland · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 54 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 54 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1641–?Generationat most 39 years age gapRecorded placesPolwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland · Polwarth — BerwickshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 39 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 39 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Patrick +16 (7 public profiles; subject branch: Patrick Glasgow; candidate branch: Patrick Glasgow, Patrick Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus) (+16 total)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1652–?Generationnominally 28 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesKirknewton and East Calder, Edinburghshire, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 28 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: west (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 28 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: west (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Patrick +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Patrick Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1643–?Generationat most 37 years age gapRecorded placesEdinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland · EdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Patrick +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Patrick Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit19/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1655–?Generationat most 25 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Mapped Proximity · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 25 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 25 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Kilwinning — Ayrshire is 10.9 km from the subject's birth-period West Kilbride — Ayrshire (+2; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit18/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1650–?Generationat most 30 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 30 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: west (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 30 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1700), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: west (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1676–1686) (+3; other parent John Glasgow)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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.

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-1434

Automated fit51/100
Similar Person
Dates1679–?PlacesKilwinning, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-3990

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1680–?PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
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

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1680

Profile-stated death place: West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland

West Kilbride — Ayrshire

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-3161

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement/parish centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.2 claims
1Tree Only
1Unknown

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.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.2 sources

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

  1. unknown PATRICK 03-01-1700 JOHN GLASGOW/ West Kilbride 620/ M
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3161
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

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-3161 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-07-11.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
death—West Kilbride, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenPatrick GlasgowGlasgow-31601700-03-01 · West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography John was born before 1680. Sources

    • PATRICK 03-01-1700 JOHN GLASGOW/ West Kilbride 620/ M

Profile source citations

  1. PATRICK 03-01-1700 JOHN GLASGOW/ West Kilbride 620/ M
Full captured biography text
Biography
John was born before 1680. 
Sources
* PATRICK 03-01-1700 JOHN GLASGOW/ West Kilbride 620/ M 

Similar to John Glasgow (abt.1679-) & John Glasgow (abt.1681-)
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

John was born before 1680. 
== Sources ==
<references />
* PATRICK 03-01-1700 JOHN GLASGOW/ West Kilbride 620/ M 

Similar to [[Glasgow-1434|John Glasgow (abt.1679-)]] & [[Glasgow-551|John Glasgow (abt.1681-)]]