John / Jo Glascho

Current conclusion

John `Glascho` is directly recorded beside James `Glascho` at Kilwaughter Demesne
in 1669, with the same uncommon spelling. That is strong association evidence that
the two households were connected, but it states no relationship. Men named John
and James acted for Kilwaughter in 1700-01, never in the same minute; their identity
with the 1669 householders is unproved, so they are not an independent second line
of evidence. Close kinship is therefore possible, not established (lowered from
probable on 6 October 2026). Brother, father and son, uncle and nephew, and cousin
all remain open.

He is probably the John Glasgow called **senior** while representing Kilwaughter
in congregational business in 1700 (printed under 1699 and 1700). Repeated place, name and associates support
continuity, but no record explicitly links the appearances. `Senior` establishes a
younger namesake, not a father-son relationship.

The best candidate for that younger namesake is the unlinked John Glasgow recorded
at Killroot/Kilroot in the 1733 Connor administration-bond index. John senior would have been at least
about 85 in 1733 under a conservative estimate, so a younger man fits better. John
`Glasgow-3959` of Ballyboggy, documented in 1740, is a second candidate. Neither
man should be attached without an independent identity or kinship bridge. The
1733 administration-bond event is now identified; the 1740 lease lives remain unread.

Robert Glaskow of Larne (`Glasgow-3970`) is only a possible older relative. The
Scottish Robert `Glasgow-1078` remains separate absent a cross-channel identity record.

Source findings

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PRONI `T/307/A`; W. Macafee, [1669 Antrim Hearth Money Roll](https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf), records 5347-5348 | `Jo Glascho` was a Kilwaughter Demesne householder immediately before James `Glascho`. | Direct residence and association; no stated relationship. |
| Classon Porter, *Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter*, 1699-1701 extracts (printed transcription of a manuscript copy) | `John Glasgow, sen.` was one of four sent to the Presbytery on 3 March 1700, sat on the meeting-house committee in April 1700 and was bondsman for Kilwochter with Patrick Agnew on 17 May 1700. An unmarked John Glasgow acted for Kilwochter with Patrick Agnew on 27 February 1700/01. | Probable continuation of the 1669 householder; proves a younger namesake was distinguished, not his identity or relationship. |
| [PRONI Name Search](https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx), Connor Diocesan Administration Bonds, inspected 21 September 2026 | John Glasgow, Kilroot, 1733; all occupation, notes, reference and other descriptive fields blank. | Official index detail, not an original bond. PRONI states that the originals do not exist and no further information survives in this index. No kinship or exact death date; identity remains unproved. |
| PRONI `D2223/15/56` and 1740 Protestant Householders' Return | John `Glasgow-3959` held a Ballyboggy three-life lease with James Wier and is strongly identifiable with `Joh Glask` in the return. | Documented alternative candidate; no Kilwaughter bridge. |
| NRS [GD154/514](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD154%2f514&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=&ko=a&r=GD154%2f5&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y), [515](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD154%2f515&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=&ko=a&r=GD154%2f5&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y), [525](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD154%2f525&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=&ko=a&r=GD154%2f5&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y), [530](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD154%2f530&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=&ko=a&r=GD154%2f5&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y), [532](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD154%2f532&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=&ko=a&r=GD154%2f5&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y) | Open, on-site Kilwaghter tenant-list/rental/rent-roll files spanning c.1653, c.1690, Nov. 1692 and 1693-1708 (with 2, 3 and 8 items in the latter three groups). | Catalogue content names no Glasgow and has no image/transcription. Inspect under `Kilwaghter`, `Kilwaughter`, `Kilwaugheter` and Glasgow spelling variants; a tenant occurrence alone would not prove John senior's identity or kinship. |

Decisive next records

- Full PRONI `MIC1B/6A/1B` session material distinguishing senior and younger John.
- Independent Kilroot estate or church material identifying the John in the 1733 administration-bond index and connecting him, if appropriate, to Kilwaughter.
- NRS GD154/514-515, 525, 530 and 532: the precise open, on-site estate records
  most likely to record a Kilwaughter tenant before and during John's known activity.
- PRONI `D2223/15/56`, especially the three named lease lives.

Recommended correction applied

Verified live **19 August 2026**: the structured death is now **after 1700**, based
on the probable identification with the man documented in the congregational
records, and the unsupported death place has been removed. The death place is
marked uncertain rather than “still living.” This resolved WikiTree's validation
warnings without overriding them.

Recommended correction following location audit

Retain or restore **Kilwaughter, County Antrim** as the uncertain death location.
It is not proved as John's place of death, but his repeated residence there makes
it plausible and no reviewed evidence conflicts with it.

Birth-estimate audit - 21 August 2026

The live structured birth was corrected to **about 1650, uncertain**. The 1669 Kilwaughter record identifies John as an adult but supplies no birth year. The earlier `before` value remains only a strict chronological boundary, not the most useful estimated birth. No biography, relationship, source or other structured field was changed in this audit.

1733 index audit — 21 September 2026

The official detail now identifies the event as a Connor diocesan administration
bond, not a read will. No administrator, occupation or relative is named. PRONI
reports the original lost; the outstanding question is identity through independent
estate or church evidence, not inspection of a surviving bond linked by this index.
The 1733 deceased-estate occurrence should not be identified with the man personally
co-leasing Ballyboggy in 1740 without resolving that chronological conflict. All
proposed family links remain uncertain. See [exact detail and access audit](../larne-pre1710-2026-09-21/john-kilroot.md).

Source findings

### Porter's extracts re-read on the page images — 6 October 2026

Re-read on the page images of [volume 2, pp. 410-414](https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0002unse/page/411/mode/1up) and [volume 3, pp. 16-19](https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse/page/16/mode/1up):

- **3 March 1700** (in the run headed "Feb. 25, 1699 (1700)"): "Appointed James Callwell, Samuel Smeally, Wm. Hare, and John Glasgow, sen., to goe to next Presbytery" (vol. 2 p. 411). The Presbytery extract that follows names him without "sen.".
- **April 1700** (printed "April, 1699"): one of five, with Patrick Agnew, asked to settle the dimensions of the new meeting-house (vol. 2 p. 414).
- **17 May 1700:** "Mr. Patrick Agnew and John Glasgow, sen., for Kilwochter, binds for £8 sterling" (vol. 2 p. 412).
- **27 February 1700/01** (printed "Feb. 27, 1700"): "John Glasgow and Robert White, for Kilwochter" to view land, and "Mr. Patrick Agnew and John Glasgow, for Kilwochter" on the repairs committee (vol. 3 p. 16). He is not called "sen." here.

The years are corrected from the 1699 and 1700 given in earlier notes. Porter himself adds "(1700)" to the heading of the stipend run ("May 12, 1699 (1700)"), and the weekdays written into the minutes fit 1700 and not 1699: 12 May 1700 was a Sunday ("two Sabbaths together, of which this is the first") and the Presbytery of "the 7th of this inst." fell on Tuesday 7 May 1700. The minute printed "Feb. 27, 1700" is 27 February 1700/01 by ordinary Old Style reckoning. The minute printed "May 29, 1700.—Thursday" belongs to the same continuous run: 29 May fell on a Wednesday in 1700 and a Thursday in 1701, and the run's other weekday clues after 25 March (13 April, a Sunday; 17 April, a Thursday) also fit 1701, so it is **probably Thursday 29 May 1701**. That is an inference from the weekdays; a wrong weekday in the copy cannot be excluded without the original or the 1826 printing.

These extracts are a printed transcription (*The Christian Unitarian* 2, 1863, and 3, 1864) of a manuscript copy of the 1699-1701 Larne session record, which Porter believed was "made or procured" by Rev. Samuel Eccles for Rev. D. Davison, who printed extracts from it in the *Christian Moderator* (1826), pp. 207-245. Porter had not found the original and arranged the extracts "not chronologically, but according to subject", so they stand two removes from the minute book. The entries from 1721 onward are Porter's printed transcription of the session book then in his hands; whether that book is now within PRONI MIC/1B/6 is unverified.

Identity assessment — 6 October 2026

John Glasgow, sen., of 1700 is probably the Jo Glascho of the 1669 hearth-money roll: the same district, and a seniority that suits a man adult in 1669. He was alive on 17 May 1700. The unmarked John Glasgow of 27 February 1700/01, again for Kilwochter with Patrick Agnew, may be he or the younger namesake that "sen." implies, so a death after February 1701 is possible, not established. The younger John is not named as such anywhere in Porter. The Kilroot administration bond of 1733 (Kilroot is a different parish, near Carrickfergus) and John Glasgow-3959 of Ballyboggy (1740) remain possible candidates only, and the attachment of John Glasgow-3990 to this John is possible only.

Relationship assessment — James Glasgow-1081, 6 October 2026

John Glasgow-3913 and James Glasgow-1081 were possibly close kin. The 1669 hearth-money roll (Macafee transcription, records 5347-5348) lists "Jo Glascho" and "James Glascho" consecutively at Kilwaughter Demesne with the same uncommon spelling. That is strong association evidence that the two households were connected, but it states no relationship and supports no particular degree: brother, father and son, uncle and nephew, and cousin are all open. Men named John (called "sen." in 1700) and James act for the Kilwochter district in 1700-01, never in the same minute; their identity with the 1669 householders is itself unproved, so they are not an independent second line of evidence. The assessment was "probable" until 6 October 2026 and was lowered because every element of it is association evidence (adjacency, spelling, place, recurring forenames). The sibling arrangement on WikiTree exists only through the uncertain shared father Glasgow-3970; it stays uncertain and nothing is detached.

Recommended correction — vital dates, 6 October 2026

**Birth: about 1648 or earlier** (estimate; no age recorded). He was a householder at Kilwaughter Demesne in the 1669 hearth-money roll and is assumed to have been at least 21. If he is the "John Glasgow, sen." of 1700 (probable, not proved), a birth much before about 1630 is unlikely. The present "about 1650", set in the birth-estimate audit of 21 August 2026, would make him a householder at 19.

These are proposals for the WikiTree date fields and are queued for review; nothing has been changed on WikiTree.