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Michael Glasgow

1542 – after 1558

Glasgow-3911 · 1 mapped association

Stevenston, Ayrshire→Death place unknown
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
0Close relations
2Evidence items
9Candidate leads
Birth
1542 · Stevenston, Ayrshire
Death
after 1558 · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
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Glasgow-3911
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.

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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

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Conclusion

Glasgow-3911

The 1559-60 Cunninghame teind list separately names Michael Glasgow at Brakpleuch Over and Nether. This is distinct from Matthew-3908 at Ardeer Nether; similar dates and consecutive profile creation do not justify a merge.

Michael may also be the same-name tenant at Dubbs on that page, but the source does not establish whether one or two Michaels held those tenancies.

See the graph-claim audit.

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1542

Profile-stated birthplace: Stevenston, Ayrshire

Stevenston — 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-3911

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.1 claim
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 331 (), Brakpleuch Over and Nether entry
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3911
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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-3911 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-07-17.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Stevenston, AyrshireWikiTree profile field

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Michael Glasgow was born before 1542, probably in Scotland. The year is an estimate based on his being at least 18 years old when he appeared as a tenant in a record dated 1559–60.

  • In the Cunninghame teind lists of 1559–60, Michael Glasgow was listed with John Sparling, John Wilson, and Robert Wilson under Brakpleuch Over and Nether in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire. Margaret H. B. Sanderson, The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire, Ayrshire Collections, vol. 14, no. 8 (Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1987), appendix "The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60," p. 331 (https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36), Brakpleuch Over and Nether entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v. Research Notes Suggested creation data:

    • Birth: before 1542, Scotland, uncertain.
    • Death: after 1558, place unknown, uncertain.
  • The same page also lists a Michael Glasgow with Finlay Brown and James Morton under Dubbs. Sanderson warns that one tenant could hold more than one property. The two entries may therefore describe one Michael Glasgow or two contemporaries. This profile is based on the certain Brakpleuch occurrence; the Dubbs man should not be merged into it as established fact or given a separate profile unless further evidence distinguishes the men.
  • No reviewed source identifies Michael's parents, spouse, children, precise birthplace, residence, or death. Brakpleuch and Dubbs should not be entered as birth or death places.
  • This Michael is not Michael Glasgow, whose estimated birth was more than a century later. No evidence currently establishes a relationship between them. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Margaret H. B. Sanderson, The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire, Ayrshire Collections, vol. 14, no. 8 (Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1987), appendix "The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60," p. 331 (https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36), Brakpleuch Over and Nether entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v. source link 1
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Biography
Michael Glasgow was born before 1542, probably in Scotland. The year is an estimate based on his being at least 18 years old when he appeared as a tenant in a record dated 1559–60.

In the Cunninghame teind lists of 1559–60, Michael Glasgow was listed with John Sparling, John Wilson, and Robert Wilson under Brakpleuch Over and Nether in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire. Margaret H. B. Sanderson, The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire, Ayrshire Collections, vol. 14, no. 8 (Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1987), appendix "The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60," p. 331 (https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36), Brakpleuch Over and Nether entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v. 
Research Notes
Suggested creation data:
* Birth: before 1542, Scotland, uncertain.
* Death: after 1558, place unknown, uncertain.

The same page also lists a Michael Glasgow with Finlay Brown and James Morton under Dubbs. Sanderson warns that one tenant could hold more than one property. The two entries may therefore describe one Michael Glasgow or two contemporaries. This profile is based on the certain Brakpleuch occurrence; the Dubbs man should not be merged into it as established fact or given a separate profile unless further evidence distinguishes the men.

No reviewed source identifies Michael's parents, spouse, children, precise birthplace, residence, or death. Brakpleuch and Dubbs should not be entered as birth or death places.

This Michael is not Michael Glasgow, whose estimated birth was more than a century later. No evidence currently establishes a relationship between them.
Sources
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== Biography ==

Michael Glasgow was born before 1542, probably in Scotland. The year is an estimate based on his being at least 18 years old when he appeared as a tenant in a record dated 1559–60.

In the Cunninghame teind lists of 1559–60, Michael Glasgow was listed with John Sparling, John Wilson, and Robert Wilson under Brakpleuch Over and Nether in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire.<ref name="Teinds1559">Margaret H. B. Sanderson, ''The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire'', ''Ayrshire Collections'', vol. 14, no. 8 (Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1987), appendix "The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60," [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 p. 331], Brakpleuch Over and Nether entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref>

=== Research Notes ===

Suggested creation data:
* Birth: before 1542, Scotland, uncertain.
* Death: after 1558, place unknown, uncertain.

The same page also lists a Michael Glasgow with Finlay Brown and James Morton under Dubbs.<ref name="Teinds1559"/> Sanderson warns that one tenant could hold more than one property. The two entries may therefore describe one Michael Glasgow or two contemporaries. This profile is based on the certain Brakpleuch occurrence; the Dubbs man should not be merged into it as established fact or given a separate profile unless further evidence distinguishes the men.

No reviewed source identifies Michael's parents, spouse, children, precise birthplace, residence, or death. Brakpleuch and Dubbs should not be entered as birth or death places.

This Michael is not [[Glasgow-1406|Michael Glasgow]], whose estimated birth was more than a century later. No evidence currently establishes a relationship between them.

== Sources ==
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