James Glasgow

Biography
James Glasgow was born about 1794, calculated from his reported age of 84 at death. No baptism or other contemporary record has yet been identified giving his exact date or place of birth.

He was the son of Adam Glasgow and Rose. The family gravestone at Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower explicitly identifies James as their son. “Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Graveyard,” One Irish Rover, Glasgow family gravestone (https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/). 

James was a farmer at Inishrush, County Londonderry.

The original 1833 Tithe Applotment Book records his father Adam Glasgow among the landholders of Inishrush with a gross survey area of 11 Irish or Plantation acres, equivalent to about 17.82 statute acres. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Tithe Applotment Book for Tamlaght O'Crilly parish, 5 November 1833, PRONI FIN/5/A/254B, image 20, manuscript folio 16, Inishrush no. 1, Adam Glasgow. The National Archives of Ireland's source guide (https://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/aboutmore.jsp) explains that tithe acreages are normally in Irish or Plantation measure, equivalent to 1.62 statute acres. 

In the first surviving Valuation Revision Book, James occupied Inishrush plot 29, measuring 19 acres 2 roods 10 perches, or 19.5625 statute acres. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Valuation Revision Book, PRONI VAL/12/B/34/10A, Inishrush plot 29, James Glasgow, 1860–1863. 

James's later holding was therefore only about 1.74 statute acres, or 9.8 per cent, larger than Adam's converted tithe acreage. The close agreement, together with James's proved parentage and continued residence at Inishrush, strongly supports succession of substantially the same family farm. It does not establish identical boundaries because the tithe entry has no map reference and the surveys differed in date, purpose and measurement.

James was married. His civil death registration expressly records his marital condition as married. The currently cited records do not identify his wife by name. “Civil Records,” database with images, Irish Genealogy, death of James Glasgow, 12 December 1878, Group Registration ID 5928386, Magherafelt registration district, indexed record (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=cide-5928386) and original civil return (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1878/020497/7192875.pdf). 

James died at Inishrush on 12 December 1878, aged 84. His civil death registration describes him as a married farmer. The recorded cause was old-age debility of three weeks' duration, uncertified, with no medical attendant. Henry Glasgow of Inishrush was present at the death, reported it and made his mark on the registration. The return does not state Henry's relationship to James. 

The family gravestone instead gives James's death as 11 December 1878, one day earlier than the civil registration. 

James was later struck out as occupier of Inishrush plot 29. Rose Anne Glasgow was inserted with an 1884 revision annotation, and a later Adam Glasgow replaced Rose Anne with an 1893 annotation. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Valuation Revision Books, PRONI VAL/12/B/34/10D, Inishrush, plot 29; PRONI database (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx). 

Rose Anne was not this James's wife. She was the widow of the younger James Glasgow, treated in the current family reconstruction as this James's nephew.
Research NotesBirth
James's approximate birth year of 1794 is calculated from the age of 84 recorded at his death in December 1878.

No contemporary baptism or birth record has yet been identified.
Parents
The Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower family gravestone explicitly identifies James as a son of Adam and Rose Glasgow. 
Marriage
James's civil death registration records his marital condition as married. 

His wife's identity has not yet been established from the records cited on this profile.

Rose Anne Glasgow should not be identified as his wife merely because she followed him as occupier of plot 29. She belonged to the family of the younger James Glasgow and was that James's widow.
Death date
The original civil death return records James's death at Inishrush on 12 December 1878. The death was registered on 23 December 1878 by Henry Glasgow, who was present at the death. 

The family gravestone instead records 11 December 1878. 

Both sources agree that James died in December 1878 aged 84. The profile uses the date recorded in the civil return while preserving the one-day discrepancy.
Henry Glasgow
Henry Glasgow is attached as an uncertain son of James.

The 1878 civil death registration places Henry at Inishrush and records him as the person present at James's death. It does not describe Henry as James's son or state any other family relationship. 

Their shared surname, residence and Henry's presence at the death are consistent with a close family relationship, but the death return alone does not prove parentage.
Farm continuity
Adam Glasgow's 1833 tithe holding measured 11 Irish or Plantation acres, approximately 17.82 statute acres. James's later valuation plot 29 measured 19 acres 2 roods 10 perches, or 19.5625 statute acres.

The difference is only 1.7425 statute acres, approximately 9.8 per cent. Together with the proved father-son relationship and continued residence at Inishrush, this strongly supports James having succeeded to substantially the same family farm.

It does not establish exact parcel identity. The tithe entry has no map reference linking it directly to valuation plot 29, and the tithe and valuation surveys were made several decades apart for different purposes.
Younger James Glasgow, Rosanna Barkley and plot 29
Later Inishrush records involve another James Glasgow, treated in the current family reconstruction as this James's nephew.

A letter written by John Glasgow on 20 March 1847 reported news from Ireland that a James Glasgow had fathered an illegitimate child by a daughter of Henry Barkly. John Glasgow, letter to Jane Glasgow Gray, 20 March 1847, digital image (https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/documents/John%20Glasgow%20letter%20to%20Jane%20Glasgow%20Gray%203-20-1847.pdf). 

The report should not be assigned to this older James. On 17 March 1851 the younger James Glasgow, a 38-year-old bachelor farmer of Inishrush and son of Adam Glasgow, married Rosanna Barkley, a farm servant of Tyanee and daughter of Henry Barkley. “Civil Records,” marriage of James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley, 17 March 1851, original civil marriage return. 

The combination of the names, Rosanna's father, her servant status and the Inishrush–Tyanee locality makes the younger James and Rosanna the much stronger identification for the couple described in the 1847 letter. The reported child remains unidentified.

Rose Anne Glasgow later succeeded the older James as occupier of Inishrush plot 29, with an 1884 valuation annotation. She was the widow of the younger James, not the wife of this older James. Her succession in the valuation should therefore not be interpreted as a widow inheriting directly from this James.

A later Adam Glasgow replaced Rose Anne as occupier with an 1893 annotation. The valuation entries establish succession in occupation of the farm but do not themselves state the family relationships among the occupants.

Accordingly, neither the 1847 Barkley report nor Rose Anne's succession to plot 29 provides evidence identifying this older James's wife or children.
Further research
Useful records for this James include:

* records identifying his wife;
* marriage or church records establishing his marriage;
* records explicitly identifying Henry Glasgow's parents;
* estate, lease and valuation material clarifying transmission of the Inishrush farm;
* records identifying the relationships among the later occupants of plot 29.

Research into the child reported in the 1847 Barkley letter belongs primarily with the younger James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley rather than with this profile.

First Kilrea Presbyterian session minutes survive for 1825–1852 under PRONI reference `MIC1P/87`, and the Drimbolg Reformed Presbyterian session or discipline book survives for 1809–1859 under `MIC1C/15`. Both cover the period of the reported 1846 event and remain relevant unread sources for the younger James and Barkley research.
Sources

== Biography ==

'''James Glasgow''' was born about 1794, calculated from his reported age of 84 at death. No baptism or other contemporary record has yet been identified giving his exact date or place of birth.

He was the son of [[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]] and [[Unknown-760890|Rose]]. The family gravestone at Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower explicitly identifies James as their son.<ref name="Gravestone">“Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Graveyard,” ''One Irish Rover'', [https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ Glasgow family gravestone].</ref>

James was a farmer at Inishrush, County Londonderry.

The original 1833 Tithe Applotment Book records his father Adam Glasgow among the landholders of Inishrush with a gross survey area of 11 Irish or Plantation acres, equivalent to about 17.82 statute acres.<ref name="AdamTithe">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Tithe Applotment Book for Tamlaght O'Crilly parish'', 5 November 1833, PRONI FIN/5/A/254B, image 20, manuscript folio 16, Inishrush no. 1, Adam Glasgow. The [https://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/aboutmore.jsp National Archives of Ireland's source guide] explains that tithe acreages are normally in Irish or Plantation measure, equivalent to 1.62 statute acres.</ref>

In the first surviving Valuation Revision Book, James occupied Inishrush plot 29, measuring 19 acres 2 roods 10 perches, or 19.5625 statute acres.<ref name="JamesPlot29">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Valuation Revision Book'', PRONI VAL/12/B/34/10A, Inishrush plot 29, James Glasgow, 1860–1863.</ref>

James's later holding was therefore only about 1.74 statute acres, or 9.8 per cent, larger than Adam's converted tithe acreage. The close agreement, together with James's proved parentage and continued residence at Inishrush, strongly supports succession of substantially the same family farm. It does not establish identical boundaries because the tithe entry has no map reference and the surveys differed in date, purpose and measurement.

James was '''married'''. His civil death registration expressly records his marital condition as married. The currently cited records do not identify his wife by name.<ref name="JamesDeath">“Civil Records,” database with images, ''Irish Genealogy'', death of James Glasgow, 12 December 1878, Group Registration ID 5928386, Magherafelt registration district, [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=cide-5928386 indexed record] and [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1878/020497/7192875.pdf original civil return].</ref>

James died at Inishrush on '''12 December 1878''', aged 84. His civil death registration describes him as a married farmer. The recorded cause was old-age debility of three weeks' duration, uncertified, with no medical attendant. Henry Glasgow of Inishrush was present at the death, reported it and made his mark on the registration. The return does not state Henry's relationship to James.<ref name="JamesDeath" />

The family gravestone instead gives James's death as '''11 December 1878''', one day earlier than the civil registration.<ref name="Gravestone" />

James was later struck out as occupier of Inishrush plot 29. Rose Anne Glasgow was inserted with an 1884 revision annotation, and a later Adam Glasgow replaced Rose Anne with an 1893 annotation.<ref name="Valuation">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Valuation Revision Books'', PRONI VAL/12/B/34/10D, Inishrush, plot 29; [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx PRONI database].</ref>

Rose Anne was not this James's wife. She was the widow of the younger [[Glasgow-1623|James Glasgow]], treated in the current family reconstruction as this James's nephew.

== Research Notes ==

=== Birth ===

James's approximate birth year of 1794 is calculated from the age of 84 recorded at his death in December 1878.

No contemporary baptism or birth record has yet been identified.

=== Parents ===

The Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower family gravestone explicitly identifies James as a son of Adam and Rose Glasgow.<ref name="Gravestone" />

=== Marriage ===

James's civil death registration records his marital condition as '''married'''.<ref name="JamesDeath" />

His wife's identity has not yet been established from the records cited on this profile.

Rose Anne Glasgow should not be identified as his wife merely because she followed him as occupier of plot 29. She belonged to the family of the younger James Glasgow and was that James's widow.

=== Death date ===

The original civil death return records James's death at Inishrush on '''12 December 1878'''. The death was registered on 23 December 1878 by Henry Glasgow, who was present at the death.<ref name="JamesDeath" />

The family gravestone instead records '''11 December 1878'''.<ref name="Gravestone" />

Both sources agree that James died in December 1878 aged 84. The profile uses the date recorded in the civil return while preserving the one-day discrepancy.

=== Henry Glasgow ===

Henry Glasgow is attached as an '''uncertain''' son of James.

The 1878 civil death registration places Henry at Inishrush and records him as the person present at James's death. It does not describe Henry as James's son or state any other family relationship.<ref name="JamesDeath" />

Their shared surname, residence and Henry's presence at the death are consistent with a close family relationship, but the death return alone does not prove parentage.

=== Farm continuity ===

Adam Glasgow's 1833 tithe holding measured 11 Irish or Plantation acres, approximately 17.82 statute acres. James's later valuation plot 29 measured 19 acres 2 roods 10 perches, or 19.5625 statute acres.

The difference is only 1.7425 statute acres, approximately 9.8 per cent. Together with the proved father-son relationship and continued residence at Inishrush, this strongly supports James having succeeded to substantially the same family farm.

It does not establish exact parcel identity. The tithe entry has no map reference linking it directly to valuation plot 29, and the tithe and valuation surveys were made several decades apart for different purposes.

=== Younger James Glasgow, Rosanna Barkley and plot 29 ===

Later Inishrush records involve another [[Glasgow-1623|James Glasgow]], treated in the current family reconstruction as this James's nephew.

A letter written by [[Glasgow-822|John Glasgow]] on 20 March 1847 reported news from Ireland that a James Glasgow had fathered an illegitimate child by a daughter of Henry Barkly.<ref name="JohnLetter">John Glasgow, letter to Jane Glasgow Gray, 20 March 1847, [https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/documents/John%20Glasgow%20letter%20to%20Jane%20Glasgow%20Gray%203-20-1847.pdf digital image].</ref>

The report should not be assigned to this older James. On 17 March 1851 the younger James Glasgow, a 38-year-old bachelor farmer of Inishrush and son of Adam Glasgow, married '''Rosanna Barkley''', a farm servant of Tyanee and daughter of Henry Barkley.<ref name="JamesBarkleyMarriage">“Civil Records,” marriage of James Glasgow and Rosanna Barkley, 17 March 1851, original civil marriage return.</ref>

The combination of the names, Rosanna's father, her servant status and the Inishrush–Tyanee locality makes the younger James and Rosanna the much stronger identification for the couple described in the 1847 letter. The reported child remains unidentified.

Rose Anne Glasgow later succeeded the older James as occupier of Inishrush plot 29, with an 1884 valuation annotation. She was the widow of the younger James, not the wife of this older James. Her succession in the valuation should therefore not be interpreted as a widow inheriting directly from this James.

A later Adam Glasgow replaced Rose Anne as occupier with an 1893 annotation.<ref name="Valuation" /> The valuation entries establish succession in occupation of the farm but do not themselves state the family relationships among the occupants.

Accordingly, neither the 1847 Barkley report nor Rose Anne's succession to plot 29 provides evidence identifying this older James's wife or children.

=== Further research ===

Useful records for this James include:

* records identifying his wife;
* marriage or church records establishing his marriage;
* records explicitly identifying Henry Glasgow's parents;
* estate, lease and valuation material clarifying transmission of the Inishrush farm;
* records identifying the relationships among the later occupants of plot 29.

Research into the child reported in the 1847 Barkley letter belongs primarily with the younger [[Glasgow-1623|James Glasgow]] and Rosanna Barkley rather than with this profile.

First Kilrea Presbyterian session minutes survive for 1825–1852 under PRONI reference `MIC1P/87`, and the Drimbolg Reformed Presbyterian session or discipline book survives for 1809–1859 under `MIC1C/15`. Both cover the period of the reported 1846 event and remain relevant unread sources for the younger James and Barkley research.

== Sources ==

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