Ninian Glasgow

Biography
⚠️ Palaeographic and identity warning

This profile is based on two registered testaments in the Glasgow Commissary Court and a contemporary-period burgess list reproduced in a nineteenth-century history. The manuscript records control the spelling of names, stated relationships and occupation. Printed indexes and later database entries are treated as finding aids rather than exact transcriptions.

The principal records are:

* the testament of Jonet Meik, spouse of Niniane Glasgw, National Records of Scotland reference CC9/7/5, Images 82–83; National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/5, Images 82–83, testament testamentar and inventory of Jonet Meik, spouse to Niniane Glasgw. 
* the testament of Niniane Glasgw, National Records of Scotland reference CC9/7/9, Images 142–145. National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, Images 142–145, testament testamentar and inventory of Niniane Glasgw, fisher and burgess of Glasgow, 1613. 
Identity, trade and civic status
Niniane Glasgw was a fyscher and burges of Glasgw — a fisher and burgess of Glasgow. 

The occupation was formerly misread as flescher, meaning butcher. That reading should be withdrawn. The manuscript word is fyscher. An independent burgess list also places Niniane Glasgow under the heading Marinellis and Fischeris, meaning mariners and fishers. George Crawfurd, A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Trades' House of Glasgow: Its Constitution, Funds, and Bye-laws (Glasgow: Bell & Bain, 1858), pp. 49 and 56–57, reproducing the burgess roll associated with the reorganisation of 14 February 1605; Niniane Glasgow appears under “Marinellis and Fischeris”. 

The 1605 list shows that he was already a burgess and associated with the fishing or maritime trade by that date. It does not necessarily give the date on which he was first admitted as a burgess.

James R. Anderson, ed., Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750 (1925), [p. 24](https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso43scotuoft/page/24/mode/2up), 23 October 1596 | The roll admits "Glasgow, Ninian, B. and F., as second son to Robert G., fisher, burgess." | Direct father-son evidence; also establishes Ninian's birth order, civic status and his father's occupation/status.
Chronology
* 1605 — Niniane Glasgow appears in the burgess roll under mariners and fishers. 
* By 1607 — he was the husband of Jonet Meik and the father of Robert Glasgow. Jonet's testament was indexed or recorded on 27 August 1607. Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800, Scottish Record Society, old series vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1901), entries under Glasgow, Ninian, and Meik, Jonet. 
* 10 January 1613 — Niniane made his own testament at Glasgow. 
* January 1613 — he died during that month; the exact day is not stated. 
* 8 May 1613 — his testament was indexed or recorded under that date. 

The 8 May date is not his date of death.
Earlier known wife: Jonet Meik
The earlier wife was Jonet Meik. Her surname is written Meik in the manuscript and in the printed testament index. The database form Melk is a later transcription or OCR error and should not be used as her surname. 

Jonet's testament describes her as:

:Jonet meik spous to Niniane glasgw burges of glasgw

The executor or giving-up clause names:

:Niniane glasgw hir spous and Robert glasgw hir sone

A later legacy or residue clause again calls Robert:

:Robert glasgw hir sone

Robert is therefore directly identified as Jonet's son in two places. Niniane's 1613 testament independently calls Robert his son. This establishes Robert as the son of both Niniane Glasgow and Jonet Meik, rather than merely a probable relative.

Jonet also left a legacy to:

:Johne meik hir brother

A Marion Glasgow is named as a legatee in Jonet's testament, apparently receiving an article of clothing, but the clerk does not call Marion her daughter. Other Glasgow recipients may occur in the legacy list, but their forenames or relationships are not sufficiently clear to establish additional children.

Jonet was dead before her testament was recorded on 27 August 1607. Her death clause appears to refer to February, but the precise year numeral is not treated as settled here.
Later wife: Jonet Hutchesoun
Niniane had remarried by 10 January 1613. His later wife was another woman named Jonet. Her surname appears twice in his testament: once in the nomination of executors and again in the confirmation clause.

The best palaeographic reading is Hutchesoun, possibly Huchesoun. The middle of the word contains a crossed t followed by a ch-type group. The earlier working reading Herbessoun was closer than Smythesoun, but does not fit the repeated letter pattern as well. Smythesoun should be withdrawn.

In a cautious semi-diplomatic transcription the name should be shown as:

:Jonet ⟦Hutchesoun?⟧

Jonet Hutchesoun and Robert Glasgow were appointed executors and intromitters with Niniane's movable estate. 

No surviving clause states that Jonet Hutchesoun was the mother of Robert or William. Robert's mother is independently proved to have been Jonet Meik. William's mother is not established by either testament.

The 1605 fisher list also contains a man printed as Niniane Hutchisonne immediately beside Niniane Glasgow. This makes Hutchesoun a locally and occupationally plausible surname, but it does not prove that the listed man was related to Niniane's later wife.

His assumed brother, John Glasgow (abt.1540-1576) married a Margaret (Hutcheson) Glasgow (1550-), and his presumed Uncle William Glasgow (abt.1525-bef.1586), married Margaret (Herbison) Glasgow (abt.1540-). Margaret’s father, Sir William Herbesoun, was a Roman priest with close ties to the Hutcheson family through his sister Helen Herbertson, who married Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill. This connection made Margaret Herbison likely a cousin of George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson Jr..
Evidence that the records concern the same Niniane Glasgow
The 1607 and 1613 testamentary records should be treated as referring to the same man.

The identification rests on a combined evidence set:

# Both records name Niniane Glasgow in Glasgow.
# The 1607 record calls him a burgess of Glasgow.
# The 1605 roll lists a Niniane Glasgow among Glasgow's mariners and fishers.
# The 1613 record calls him a fisher and burgess of Glasgow.
# The 1607 testament calls Robert Glasgow the son of Jonet Meik.
# The 1613 testament calls Robert Glasgow the son of Niniane Glasgow.
# The records fall only six years apart and form a coherent sequence: Jonet Meik died, Niniane remarried, and Niniane later made his own testament.

The shared son Robert is the strongest point. The identification does not depend only on the rarity of the surname, although the rarity of the name combination provides further support. A second contemporary Ninian Glasgow, burgess or fisher of Glasgow, with a son Robert would be required to displace this identification.
Children and other stated family
The records establish the following relationships:

* Robert Glasgw — son of Niniane Glasgow and Jonet Meik.
** Jonet's 1607 testament calls him hir sone.
** Niniane's 1613 testament calls him his sone.
** He appears in the administration of both estates.
* William Glasgw — son of Niniane Glasgow.
** He received a separate provision in Niniane's 1613 testament.
** His mother is not identified in the surviving wording.
* Johne Glasgw — brother of Niniane Glasgow.
** Niniane left him ane new gowne.
* Johne Meik — brother of Jonet Meik.
** Jonet left him a legacy in her testament.
* Marion Glasgow — named as a legatee by Jonet Meik.
** No relationship is stated, so she should not presently be attached as a daughter solely from this entry.

Neither testament names Niniane's father or mother. No birthplace is stated.
Inventory and estate
Niniane's inventory concerns his household goods, furnishings, vessels, money and debts.

Substantially readable items include:

* twa kistis and ane pres — two chests and a press or cupboard;
* ane mekill and littill buird — a large and a small board or table;
* all vther tymmer wark — the remaining wooden furniture;
* pewter vessels, described by weight;
* brewing vessels and other household vessels;
* the abuilzement of his bodie — his clothing or personal apparel.

The clerk lists debts owed to Niniane, debts payable from his estate, the free gear remaining after deduction, and division of the net movable estate. The exact totals and several debtor or creditor names remain too compressed or faded to quote safely from the present images.

The presence of brewing vessels is ordinary household evidence and does not make Niniane a brewer. His stated occupation remains fisher.
Testamentary provisions
Niniane's personal testament begins at Glasgow on 10 January 1613. He was described as sick in body but of sound or perfect memory. He committed his soul to God and directed that his body be buried, although the precise burial wording is indistinct.

He appointed:

* his later wife, Jonet Hutchesoun; and
* his son, Robert Glasgw

as his executors and intromitters.

Among the readable legacies:

* Johne Glasgw his brother was to receive ane new gowne;
* William Glasgw his sone received a separate provision, the exact object or amount being partly indistinct;
* further directions concern debts, expenses, legacies and the administration of the remaining estate.
Confirmation and archival extent
Niniane's testament begins partway down Image 142, continues through Images 143 and 144, and concludes in the upper portion of Image 145. The large new testament heading in the lower portion of Image 145 belongs to another deceased person.

The lower part of Image 144 and upper part of Image 145 contain the formal Commissary Court confirmation. Jonet Hutchesoun and Robert Glasgow are again named in the executor wording. A cautioner or surety was provided, though the name and parts of the formula remain difficult to read.
Key semi-diplomatic extracts
Jonet Meik's testament, 1607

:Jonet meik spous to Niniane glasgw burges of glasgw
:...
:be Niniane glasgw hir spous and Robert glasgw hir sone
:...
:to Johne meik hir brother
:...
:Robert glasgw hir sone

Niniane Glasgow's testament, 1613

:The testament testamentar and Inventar
:of the guidis geir debitis and sowmes of money q[uhi]lkis
:pertening to vmq[uhi]le Niniane glasgw fyscher burges
:of glasgw ...

:At glasgw the tent day of Januar 1613 zeiris
:...
:constitutis Jonet ⟦Hutchesoun?⟧ his spous & Robert
:glasgw his sone his executouris & intromettouris
:...
:Item to Johne glasgw his brother ane new gowne
:...
:Item to William glasgw his sone ⟦legacy partly indistinct⟧
Modern English rendering
Ninian Glasgow was a fisher and burgess of Glasgow. A burgess roll from 1605 places him among the city's mariners and fishers.

His earlier known wife was Janet Meik. Her testament identifies Ninian as her husband and Robert Glasgow as her son. It again describes Robert as her son in the legacy or residue section. Ninian's own testament later describes Robert as his son, directly establishing Robert as the child of both spouses.

Janet Meik died before her testament was recorded in August 1607. Ninian subsequently remarried. By January 1613 his wife was another Janet, whose surname is best read as Hutchesoun. She and Robert were appointed to administer Ninian's estate.

Ninian made his will at Glasgow on 10 January 1613 and died during that month. He left a new gown to his brother John Glasgow and made a separate provision for his son William. His testament was recorded or confirmed on 8 May 1613.
Research notes
* Meik, not Melk, is the correct surname in the 1607 testament.
* The 1607 Jonet Meik was the earlier known wife of the same Ninian Glasgow who died in 1613.
* Robert Glasgow is directly proved as the son of both Ninian Glasgow and Jonet Meik.
* William Glasgow is directly proved as Ninian's son, but his mother remains unproved.
* Marion Glasgow is a named legatee in Jonet's testament, not a proved daughter.
* Ninian's occupation was fyscher or fisher, not flescher or butcher.
* The printed testament index's description of him as a fisher is correct on this point.
* The later wife's surname is best read Hutchesoun; Huchesoun remains a possible spelling. Smythesoun is withdrawn, and Herbessoun is less consistent with the repeated manuscript forms.
* The nearby Niniane Hutchisonne in the 1605 fisher list is a research lead only. No relationship to Jonet Hutchesoun is established.
* An estimated birth around 1550 is not stated in the records and should be labelled as an estimate, not a documented date.
* No parentage or birthplace for Ninian is supplied by either testament.
* No exact inventory or free-gear total is quoted here because the numeral groups have not yet been read securely.
Sources
* National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/5, Images 82–83, testament testamentar and inventory of Jonet Meik, spouse to Niniane Glasgw.
* National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, Images 142–145, testament testamentar and inventory of Niniane Glasgw, fisher and burgess of Glasgow.
* Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800, Scottish Record Society, old series vol. 7, Edinburgh, 1901.
* George Crawfurd, A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Trades' House of Glasgow: Its Constitution, Funds, and Bye-laws, Glasgow, 1858, burgess-roll section, pp. 49 and 56–57.

==  Biography  ==
⚠️ '''Palaeographic and identity warning'''

This profile is based on two registered testaments in the Glasgow Commissary Court and a contemporary-period burgess list reproduced in a nineteenth-century history. The manuscript records control the spelling of names, stated relationships and occupation. Printed indexes and later database entries are treated as finding aids rather than exact transcriptions.

The principal records are:

* the testament of '''Jonet Meik''', spouse of Niniane Glasgw, National Records of Scotland reference '''CC9/7/5''', Images 82–83;<ref name="Jonet1607">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/5, Images 82–83, testament testamentar and inventory of Jonet Meik, spouse to Niniane Glasgw.</ref>
* the testament of '''Niniane Glasgw''', National Records of Scotland reference '''CC9/7/9''', Images 142–145.<ref name="Ninian1613">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, Images 142–145, testament testamentar and inventory of Niniane Glasgw, fisher and burgess of Glasgow, 1613.</ref>

{{Image|file=Ninian_Glasgow_identity_evidence_1605_1613.png|align=c|size=xl|caption=Identity evidence from the 1605 printed burgess roll, Jonet Meik's 1607 testament and Niniane Glasgow's 1613 testament. Manuscript extracts Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland.}}

===  Identity, trade and civic status  ===

'''Niniane Glasgw''' was a '''fyscher''' and '''burges of Glasgw''' — a fisher and burgess of Glasgow.<ref name="Ninian1613" />

The occupation was formerly misread as '''flescher''', meaning butcher. That reading should be withdrawn. The manuscript word is '''fyscher'''. An independent burgess list also places '''Niniane Glasgow''' under the heading '''Marinellis and Fischeris''', meaning mariners and fishers.<ref name="Burgess1605">George Crawfurd, ''A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Trades' House of Glasgow: Its Constitution, Funds, and Bye-laws'' (Glasgow: Bell & Bain, 1858), pp. 49 and 56–57, reproducing the burgess roll associated with the reorganisation of 14 February 1605; Niniane Glasgow appears under “Marinellis and Fischeris”.</ref>

The 1605 list shows that he was already a burgess and associated with the fishing or maritime trade by that date. It does not necessarily give the date on which he was first admitted as a burgess.

James R. Anderson, ed., ''Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750'' (1925), [p. 24](https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso43scotuoft/page/24/mode/2up), 23 October 1596 | The roll admits "Glasgow, Ninian, B. and F., as second son to Robert G., fisher, burgess." | Direct father-son evidence; also establishes Ninian's birth order, civic status and his father's occupation/status.

===  Chronology  ===

* '''1605''' — Niniane Glasgow appears in the burgess roll under mariners and fishers.<ref name="Burgess1605" />
* '''By 1607''' — he was the husband of Jonet Meik and the father of Robert Glasgow. Jonet's testament was indexed or recorded on 27 August 1607.<ref name="Jonet1607" /><ref name="SRSIndex">Francis J. Grant, ed., ''The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800'', Scottish Record Society, old series vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1901), entries under Glasgow, Ninian, and Meik, Jonet.</ref>
* '''10 January 1613''' — Niniane made his own testament at Glasgow.<ref name="Ninian1613" />
* '''January 1613''' — he died during that month; the exact day is not stated.<ref name="Ninian1613" />
* '''8 May 1613''' — his testament was indexed or recorded under that date.<ref name="SRSIndex" />

The 8 May date is not his date of death.

===  Earlier known wife: Jonet Meik  ===

The earlier wife was '''Jonet Meik'''. Her surname is written '''Meik''' in the manuscript and in the printed testament index. The database form '''Melk''' is a later transcription or OCR error and should not be used as her surname.<ref name="Jonet1607" /><ref name="SRSIndex" />

Jonet's testament describes her as:

:'''Jonet meik spous to Niniane glasgw burges of glasgw'''

The executor or giving-up clause names:

:'''Niniane glasgw hir spous and Robert glasgw hir sone'''

A later legacy or residue clause again calls Robert:

:'''Robert glasgw hir sone'''

Robert is therefore directly identified as Jonet's son in two places. Niniane's 1613 testament independently calls Robert his son. This establishes Robert as the son of both Niniane Glasgow and Jonet Meik, rather than merely a probable relative.

Jonet also left a legacy to:

:'''Johne meik hir brother'''

A '''Marion Glasgow''' is named as a legatee in Jonet's testament, apparently receiving an article of clothing, but the clerk does not call Marion her daughter. Other Glasgow recipients may occur in the legacy list, but their forenames or relationships are not sufficiently clear to establish additional children.

Jonet was dead before her testament was recorded on 27 August 1607. Her death clause appears to refer to February, but the precise year numeral is not treated as settled here.

===  Later wife: Jonet Hutchesoun  ===

Niniane had remarried by 10 January 1613. His later wife was another woman named '''Jonet'''. Her surname appears twice in his testament: once in the nomination of executors and again in the confirmation clause.

The best palaeographic reading is '''Hutchesoun''', possibly '''Huchesoun'''. The middle of the word contains a crossed '''t''' followed by a '''ch'''-type group. The earlier working reading '''Herbessoun''' was closer than '''Smythesoun''', but does not fit the repeated letter pattern as well. '''Smythesoun''' should be withdrawn.

In a cautious semi-diplomatic transcription the name should be shown as:

:'''Jonet ⟦Hutchesoun?⟧'''

Jonet Hutchesoun and Robert Glasgow were appointed executors and intromitters with Niniane's movable estate.<ref name="Ninian1613" />

No surviving clause states that Jonet Hutchesoun was the mother of Robert or William. Robert's mother is independently proved to have been Jonet Meik. William's mother is not established by either testament.

The 1605 fisher list also contains a man printed as '''Niniane Hutchisonne''' immediately beside Niniane Glasgow.<ref name="Burgess1605" /> This makes Hutchesoun a locally and occupationally plausible surname, but it does not prove that the listed man was related to Niniane's later wife.

{{Image|file=Ninian_Glasgow_two_wives_evidence.png|align=c|size=xl|caption=The earlier wife Jonet Meik in the 1607 testament and the later wife's surname in two 1613 occurrences, best read as Hutchesoun. Manuscript extracts Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland.}}


His assumed brother, [[Glasgow-3181|John Glasgow (abt.1540-1576)]] married a [[Hutcheson-1656|Margaret (Hutcheson) Glasgow (1550-)]], and his presumed Uncle [[Glasgow-3522|William Glasgow (abt.1525-bef.1586)]], married [[Herbison-439|Margaret (Herbison) Glasgow (abt.1540-)]]. Margaret’s father, Sir William Herbesoun, was a Roman priest with close ties to the Hutcheson family through his sister [[Herbertson-132|Helen Herbertson]], who married [[Hutcheson-1647|Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill]]. This connection made Margaret Herbison likely a cousin of [[Hutcheson-1648|George Hutcheson]] and [[Hutcheson-1649|Thomas Hutcheson Jr.]].

===  Evidence that the records concern the same Niniane Glasgow  ===

The 1607 and 1613 testamentary records should be treated as referring to the same man.

The identification rests on a combined evidence set:

# Both records name '''Niniane Glasgow''' in Glasgow.
# The 1607 record calls him a '''burgess of Glasgow'''.
# The 1605 roll lists a Niniane Glasgow among Glasgow's mariners and fishers.
# The 1613 record calls him a '''fisher and burgess of Glasgow'''.
# The 1607 testament calls '''Robert Glasgow''' the son of Jonet Meik.
# The 1613 testament calls '''Robert Glasgow''' the son of Niniane Glasgow.
# The records fall only six years apart and form a coherent sequence: Jonet Meik died, Niniane remarried, and Niniane later made his own testament.

The shared son Robert is the strongest point. The identification does not depend only on the rarity of the surname, although the rarity of the name combination provides further support. A second contemporary Ninian Glasgow, burgess or fisher of Glasgow, with a son Robert would be required to displace this identification.

===  Children and other stated family  ===

The records establish the following relationships:

* '''Robert Glasgw''' — son of Niniane Glasgow and Jonet Meik.
** Jonet's 1607 testament calls him '''hir sone'''.
** Niniane's 1613 testament calls him '''his sone'''.
** He appears in the administration of both estates.
* '''William Glasgw''' — son of Niniane Glasgow.
** He received a separate provision in Niniane's 1613 testament.
** His mother is not identified in the surviving wording.
* '''Johne Glasgw''' — brother of Niniane Glasgow.
** Niniane left him '''ane new gowne'''.
* '''Johne Meik''' — brother of Jonet Meik.
** Jonet left him a legacy in her testament.
* '''Marion Glasgow''' — named as a legatee by Jonet Meik.
** No relationship is stated, so she should not presently be attached as a daughter solely from this entry.

Neither testament names Niniane's father or mother. No birthplace is stated.

===  Inventory and estate  ===

Niniane's inventory concerns his household goods, furnishings, vessels, money and debts.

Substantially readable items include:

* '''twa kistis and ane pres''' — two chests and a press or cupboard;
* '''ane mekill and littill buird''' — a large and a small board or table;
* '''all vther tymmer wark''' — the remaining wooden furniture;
* pewter vessels, described by weight;
* brewing vessels and other household vessels;
* '''the abuilzement of his bodie''' — his clothing or personal apparel.

The clerk lists debts owed to Niniane, debts payable from his estate, the free gear remaining after deduction, and division of the net movable estate. The exact totals and several debtor or creditor names remain too compressed or faded to quote safely from the present images.

The presence of brewing vessels is ordinary household evidence and does not make Niniane a brewer. His stated occupation remains fisher.

===  Testamentary provisions  ===

Niniane's personal testament begins at Glasgow on 10 January 1613. He was described as sick in body but of sound or perfect memory. He committed his soul to God and directed that his body be buried, although the precise burial wording is indistinct.

He appointed:

* his later wife, '''Jonet Hutchesoun'''; and
* his son, '''Robert Glasgw'''

as his executors and intromitters.

Among the readable legacies:

* '''Johne Glasgw his brother''' was to receive '''ane new gowne''';
* '''William Glasgw his sone''' received a separate provision, the exact object or amount being partly indistinct;
* further directions concern debts, expenses, legacies and the administration of the remaining estate.

===  Confirmation and archival extent  ===

Niniane's testament begins partway down Image 142, continues through Images 143 and 144, and concludes in the upper portion of Image 145. The large new testament heading in the lower portion of Image 145 belongs to another deceased person.

The lower part of Image 144 and upper part of Image 145 contain the formal Commissary Court confirmation. Jonet Hutchesoun and Robert Glasgow are again named in the executor wording. A cautioner or surety was provided, though the name and parts of the formula remain difficult to read.

===  Key semi-diplomatic extracts  ===

'''Jonet Meik's testament, 1607'''

:Jonet meik spous to Niniane glasgw burges of glasgw
:...
:be Niniane glasgw hir spous and Robert glasgw hir sone
:...
:to Johne meik hir brother
:...
:Robert glasgw hir sone

'''Niniane Glasgow's testament, 1613'''

:The testament testamentar and Inventar
:of the guidis geir debitis and sowmes of money q[uhi]lkis
:pertening to vmq[uhi]le Niniane glasgw fyscher burges
:of glasgw ...

:At glasgw the tent day of Januar 1613 zeiris
:...
:constitutis Jonet ⟦Hutchesoun?⟧ his spous & Robert
:glasgw his sone his executouris & intromettouris
:...
:Item to Johne glasgw his brother ane new gowne
:...
:Item to William glasgw his sone ⟦legacy partly indistinct⟧

===  Modern English rendering  ===

Ninian Glasgow was a fisher and burgess of Glasgow. A burgess roll from 1605 places him among the city's mariners and fishers.

His earlier known wife was Janet Meik. Her testament identifies Ninian as her husband and Robert Glasgow as her son. It again describes Robert as her son in the legacy or residue section. Ninian's own testament later describes Robert as his son, directly establishing Robert as the child of both spouses.

Janet Meik died before her testament was recorded in August 1607. Ninian subsequently remarried. By January 1613 his wife was another Janet, whose surname is best read as Hutchesoun. She and Robert were appointed to administer Ninian's estate.

Ninian made his will at Glasgow on 10 January 1613 and died during that month. He left a new gown to his brother John Glasgow and made a separate provision for his son William. His testament was recorded or confirmed on 8 May 1613.

==  Research notes  ==

* '''Meik''', not Melk, is the correct surname in the 1607 testament.
* The 1607 Jonet Meik was the earlier known wife of the same Ninian Glasgow who died in 1613.
* '''Robert Glasgow''' is directly proved as the son of both Ninian Glasgow and Jonet Meik.
* '''William Glasgow''' is directly proved as Ninian's son, but his mother remains unproved.
* '''Marion Glasgow''' is a named legatee in Jonet's testament, not a proved daughter.
* Ninian's occupation was '''fyscher''' or fisher, not '''flescher''' or butcher.
* The printed testament index's description of him as a fisher is correct on this point.
* The later wife's surname is best read '''Hutchesoun'''; '''Huchesoun''' remains a possible spelling. Smythesoun is withdrawn, and Herbessoun is less consistent with the repeated manuscript forms.
* The nearby '''Niniane Hutchisonne''' in the 1605 fisher list is a research lead only. No relationship to Jonet Hutchesoun is established.
* An estimated birth around 1550 is not stated in the records and should be labelled as an estimate, not a documented date.
* No parentage or birthplace for Ninian is supplied by either testament.
* No exact inventory or free-gear total is quoted here because the numeral groups have not yet been read securely.

==  Sources  ==

<references />

* National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/5, Images 82–83, testament testamentar and inventory of Jonet Meik, spouse to Niniane Glasgw.
* National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, Images 142–145, testament testamentar and inventory of Niniane Glasgw, fisher and burgess of Glasgow.
* Francis J. Grant, ed., ''The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800'', Scottish Record Society, old series vol. 7, Edinburgh, 1901.
* George Crawfurd, ''A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Trades' House of Glasgow: Its Constitution, Funds, and Bye-laws'', Glasgow, 1858, burgess-roll section, pp. 49 and 56–57.