Researched biography · Glasgow-3921

James Glasgow

c. 1540 – after 9 February 1571

Scotland

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About James

Father assessment: James Glasgow elder (Glasgow-1168), born about 1515, Corsankell, Ayrshire is confirmed by record.

Birthc. 1540 · Scotland

Deathafter 9 February 1571 · Stevenston, Ayrshire

LocalityScotland

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Family and study pages 3 pages

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Places 1 place

Scotland — exact locality unproved

Sources 6 source pages

Research and WikiTree study pages 3 pages

Mentioned in other people's research 7 people

James Glasgow3 sections of notes
Katherine (Glasgow) Weir3 sections of notes
Agnes Glasgow2 sections of notes
Edward Glasgow2 sections of notes
Geillis Glasgow2 sections of notes
Margaret (Smith) Glasgow2 sections of notes
John Glasgow1 section of notes

What the research found

Summary of the research

Overall conclusion

The live profile was checked on 19 July 2026. It is already attached to Glasgow-1168 and explicitly represents the younger James at Corsankell. The 1559-60 teind material distinguishes James younger from James elder at the same holding; the 1571 record then expressly calls James and John the elder James's sons. No new profile, split or merge is required.

Sibling update, 27 September 2026: record-defined Glasgow-4061 was merged into Glasgow-3193, which now represents the John named as James younger’s brother in GD39/5/59. The deed directly proves the two sons of James elder; identifying its John with the survivor’s additional Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven records remains probable rather than certain. The merged John’s structured father link to James elder was upgraded to confident and read back on 27 September after a fresh source/profile-scope review: the surviving profile explicitly represents the Corsinkell son, whose parentage is directly stated. The earlier Kilwinning occurrences remain a probable attribution. The original 30 August separate-profile recommendation is superseded.

The 1632 testament-calendar entry for Margaret Smith, spouse of James Glasgow in Brekpleughe, has now been assigned to this existing profile as a later working occurrence. The Stevenston locality is coherent with the wider Corsankell cluster, but the entry gives no age, parent or earlier residence and does not itself prove that Margaret's husband was the younger Corsankell James.

The same entry does not name Agnes (Glasgow) Logan (Glasgow-3178) or prove that she was the couple's daughter. Agnes's separate 1628 testament-calendar entry names her husband John Logan but no parent. Do not attach Agnes to this couple without a parent-identifying record.

What the records show

Source findings

Source	Finding	Assessment
Margaret H. B. Sanderson, The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire, appendix “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559-60,” p. 331, citing Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v-167v	Corsankell was occupied by Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger and James Glasgow elder in 1559-60.	Direct contemporary distinction between two men named James at the same holding; relationship supplied by the later record.
National Records of Scotland, Glencairn papers, GD39/5/59, 9 February 1571	The archival description names the Corsinkell occupiers as James Glasgow elder and “James Glasgow and John Glasgow, his sons.”	Direct father-son evidence. The place and elder/younger sequence resolve the named son James to Glasgow-3921 and the father to Glasgow-1168.
Francis J. Grant, ed., Commissariot Record of Glasgow, p. 460, 21 February 1632	Margaret Smith was spouse of James Glasgow in Brekpleughe, Stevenston parish.	Direct spouse/locality evidence for the 1632 man; the equation with Glasgow-3921 is a working identity, not directly stated.

Identity and family

Identity assessment

The 9 February 1571 date in GD39/5/59 is the date of the letters of reversion, not a death date. The record names James Glasgow younger as an occupier at Corsankell on that date, so he was alive then. Glasgow-3921's live WikiTree field already correctly says died after 9 February 1571. The record gives no exact death date; this same lower bound also applies to his father, Glasgow-1168, who is named in the same 1571 entry.

Relationship correction — validation-warning resolution

WikiTree formerly flagged Katherine Glasgow's unsupported birth estimate about 1580 as occurring after James's lower-bound death field. Katherine's estimate was corrected to about 1565. This resolves the warning without overriding it; her identification as James's daughter remains uncertain because the reviewed records name no parent.

Other research notes

Wider Mathie–Glencairn network

The 1559–60 list also places three Mathies and at least four Glasgow men across the Stevenston holdings. This is now connected to Glasgow burgh evidence: David Mathy and Robert Glasgow were co-burgess witnesses in 1554, and David's probable family line later appears within the Earl of Glencairn's patronage and household. The pattern gives the Corsankell branch a plausible route into the city Glasgow network. That route is strengthened by January 1607 tutory retours naming John Mathie of Ibert's full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess, together with four of John's lawful children. It still supplies no direct relationship to Robert or William. See the focused analysis.

Still open

Questions the records have not yet answered, suggested next searches and suggested corrections.

Recommended correction applied

Applied live on 19 August 2026 and refined on 21 August 2026 after an independent warning audit. Birth is about 1540/uncertain; death is after 9 February 1571 with place blank; the complete biography explains the validation warning and qualifies the 1632 Brekpleughe identity. Katherine-1495 is explicitly uncertain.

Recommended correction following location audit

Retain or restore Stevenston, Ayrshire as the uncertain death location. James was last documented at Corsinkell in Stevenston parish, and no reviewed evidence conflicts with that plausible location.

Family and relationships

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Parents 1James Glasgowc. 1515–after 9 February 1571

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
James Glasgow c. 1515–after 9 February 1571	father	Unassessed father link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Spouse or partner 1Margaret (Smith) Glasgow1540–before 21 February 1632

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Margaret (Smith) Glasgow 1540–before 21 February 1632	spouse	Unassessed partner link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Children 3Catherine (Glasgow) Weirc. 1565–before 9 May 1605Geillis (Glasgow) Wilsonc. 1565–January 1603Edward Glasgowc. 1570–date not established

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Catherine (Glasgow) Weir c. 1565–before 9 May 1605	daughter	Unassessed daughter link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Geillis (Glasgow) Wilson c. 1565–January 1603	daughter	Unassessed daughter link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Edward Glasgow c. 1570–date not established	son	Unassessed son link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Brothers and sisters 2John Glasgowbefore 1540–after 1571Matthew Glasgowc. 1540–after 1558

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
John Glasgow before 1540–after 1571	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Matthew Glasgow c. 1540–after 1558	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Life and records

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Historical chronology

b. 1540

Profile-stated birthplace: Scotland

Record association

Records mentioning this person

Scotland — exact locality unproved

Record detail

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Source register · Open record

c. 1540

Birth

Subject

Life events

Scotland

9 February 1571

James Glasgow elder and sons James and John at Corsinkell

Named son and occupier

Records mentioning this person

Corsinkell, Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland

Record detail

NRS GD39/5/59, letters of reversion by Marion Cunninghame concerning the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell. The occupier clause names James Glasgow elder and James and John Glasgow, his sons, alongside Christian Campbell. It does not name the sons’ mother or identify John’s proposed earlier Kilwinning holdings. Official catalogue wording freshly reviewed 27 September 2026.

Source register · Open record

after 9 February 1571

Death boundary (not a recorded death)

Subject

Life events

Stevenston, Ayrshire

Sources

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Profile-stated birthplace: Scotland
b. 1540 · Scotland — exact locality unproved · Source association
The profile snapshot records this fact, but it is not an independent historical record; the linked historical evidence is assessed separately.
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James Glasgow elder and sons James and John at Corsinkell
9 February 1571 · Corsinkell, Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland · Official archival catalogue abstract; original open/off site
NRS GD39/5/59, letters of reversion by Marion Cunninghame concerning the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell. The occupier clause names James Glasgow elder and James and John Glasgow, his sons, alongside Christian Campbell. It does not name the sons’ mother or identify John’s proposed earlier Kilwinning holdings. Official catalogue wording freshly reviewed 27 September 2026.
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== Biography ==

'''James 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, Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger, and James Glasgow elder were listed under Corsankell in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire.<ref name="Teinds">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], Corsankell entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref> The qualifiers younger and elder distinguish two contemporary men named James Glasgow but do not, by themselves, establish their relationship.

A later record resolves the father-and-son relationship. On 9 February 1571 Corsankell was occupied by [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] and by James and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]], his sons.<ref name="Reversion">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning the 40-shilling land of Corsankell, 9 February 1571.</ref> This proves that James was alive on that date; it does not give his death date or place.

== Research Notes ==

This profile represents James Glasgow younger. The 1571 record directly identifies [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] as his father and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]] as his brother. [[Glasgow-3193|The Kilwinning John]] remains a possible identity match to that brother, but no record joins Burrowland or Dalgarven to Corsinkell. No reviewed source identifies James's mother, precise birthplace, or death.

The wider record pattern connects this household with Glasgow burgh society. The same teind list names three Mathies and at least four Glasgow men across the Stevenston holdings. David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] had already appeared together as Glasgow burgesses and co-witnesses in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref> David’s probable family line later appears in the Earl of Glencairn’s household network.

Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name four of John’s lawful children.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> The Mathie evidence therefore gives the Corsinkell branch a plausible social route into the city Glasgow network, while leaving the exact Glasgow kinship unresolved.

A 1632 testament-calendar entry names Margaret Smith as the spouse of a James Glasgow at Brekpleughe in Stevenston parish.<ref>Francis J. Grant, ed., ''Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800'' (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/1up p. 460], Smith, Margaret, 21 February 1632; cross-reference under Glasgow, James, [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/195/mode/1up p. 195].</ref> The locality makes this a possible later identity, but the entry gives no age, parent or earlier residence. The equation with the Corsankell man and the attached marriage remain uncertain.

WikiTree may flag [[Glasgow-1495|Katherine Glasgow]]'s estimated birth about 1580 as occurring after James's death. This is not a chronological conflict: 9 February 1571 is the last date on which James is documented alive, and his death field is marked “after,” not as an exact death date. Katherine's birth estimate and her identification as James's daughter are not established by the reviewed records; the father link remains uncertain.

The former profile Glasgow-2429 now redirects to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]], a Midlothian man estimated to have been born about 1585. He could not have been the adult tenant designated younger in 1559–60.

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Current profile6'''James 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.

Replacement profile6'''James 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.

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Current profile8In the Cunninghame teind lists of 1559–60, Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger, and James Glasgow elder were listed under Corsankell in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire.<ref name="Teinds">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], Corsankell entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref> The qualifiers younger and elder distinguish two contemporary men named James Glasgow but do not, by themselves, establish their relationship.

Replacement profile8In the Cunninghame teind lists of 1559–60, Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger, and James Glasgow elder were listed under Corsankell in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire.<ref name="Teinds">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], Corsankell entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref> The qualifiers younger and elder distinguish two contemporary men named James Glasgow but do not, by themselves, establish their relationship.

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Current profile10A later record resolves the father-and-son relationship. On 9 February 1571 Corsankell was occupied by [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] and by James and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]], his sons.<ref name="Reversion">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning the 40-shilling land of Corsankell, 9 February 1571.</ref> This proves that James was alive on that date; it does not give his death date or place.

Replacement profile10A later record resolves the father-and-son relationship. On 9 February 1571 Corsankell was occupied by [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] and by James and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]], his sons.<ref name="Reversion">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning the 40-shilling land of Corsankell, 9 February 1571.</ref> This proves that James was alive on that date; it does not give his death date or place.

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Current profile14This profile represents James Glasgow younger. The 1571 record directly identifies [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] as his father and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]] as his brother. [[Glasgow-3193|The Kilwinning John]] remains a possible identity match to that brother, but no record joins Burrowland or Dalgarven to Corsinkell. No reviewed source identifies James's mother, precise birthplace, or death.

Replacement profile14This profile represents James Glasgow younger. The 1571 record directly identifies [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] as his father and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]] as his brother. [[Glasgow-3193|The Kilwinning John]] remains a possible identity match to that brother, but no record joins Burrowland or Dalgarven to Corsinkell. No reviewed source identifies James's mother, precise birthplace, or death.

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Current profile16The wider record pattern connects this household with Glasgow burgh society. The same teind list names three Mathies and at least four Glasgow men across the Stevenston holdings. David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] had already appeared together as Glasgow burgesses and co-witnesses in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref> David’s probable family line later appears in the Earl of Glencairn’s household network.

Replacement profile16The wider record pattern connects this household with Glasgow burgh society. The same teind list names three Mathies and at least four Glasgow men across the Stevenston holdings. David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] had already appeared together as Glasgow burgesses and co-witnesses in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref> David’s probable family line later appears in the Earl of Glencairn’s household network.

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Current profile18Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name four of John’s lawful children.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> The Mathie evidence therefore gives the Corsinkell branch a plausible social route into the city Glasgow network, while leaving the exact Glasgow kinship unresolved.

Replacement profile18Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name four of John’s lawful children.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> The Mathie evidence therefore gives the Corsinkell branch a plausible social route into the city Glasgow network, while leaving the exact Glasgow kinship unresolved.

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Current profile20A 1632 testament-calendar entry names Margaret Smith as the spouse of a James Glasgow at Brekpleughe in Stevenston parish.<ref>Francis J. Grant, ed., ''Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800'' (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/1up p. 460], Smith, Margaret, 21 February 1632; cross-reference under Glasgow, James, [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/195/mode/1up p. 195].</ref> The locality makes this a possible later identity, but the entry gives no age, parent or earlier residence. The equation with the Corsankell man and the attached marriage remain uncertain.

Replacement profile20A 1632 testament-calendar entry names Margaret Smith as the spouse of a James Glasgow at Brekpleughe in Stevenston parish.<ref>Francis J. Grant, ed., ''Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800'' (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/1up p. 460], Smith, Margaret, 21 February 1632; cross-reference under Glasgow, James, [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/195/mode/1up p. 195].</ref> The locality makes this a possible later identity, but the entry gives no age, parent or earlier residence. The equation with the Corsankell man and the attached marriage remain uncertain.

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Current profile22WikiTree may flag [[Glasgow-1495|Katherine Glasgow]]'s estimated birth about 1580 as occurring after James's death. This is not a chronological conflict: 9 February 1571 is the last date on which James is documented alive, and his death field is marked “after,” not as an exact death date. Katherine's birth estimate and her identification as James's daughter are not established by the reviewed records; the father link remains uncertain.

Replacement profile22WikiTree may flag [[Glasgow-1495|Katherine Glasgow]]'s estimated birth about 1580 as occurring after James's death. This is not a chronological conflict: 9 February 1571 is the last date on which James is documented alive, and his death field is marked “after,” not as an exact death date. Katherine's birth estimate and her identification as James's daughter are not established by the reviewed records; the father link remains uncertain.

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Current profile24The former profile Glasgow-2429 now redirects to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]], a Midlothian man estimated to have been born about 1585. He could not have been the adult tenant designated younger in 1559–60.

Replacement profile24The former profile Glasgow-2429 now redirects to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]], a Midlothian man estimated to have been born about 1585. He could not have been the adult tenant designated younger in 1559–60.

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[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]

== Biography ==

'''James 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, Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger, and James Glasgow elder were listed under Corsankell in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire.<ref name="Teinds">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], Corsankell entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref> The qualifiers younger and elder distinguish two contemporary men named James Glasgow but do not, by themselves, establish their relationship.

A later record resolves the father-and-son relationship. On 9 February 1571 Corsankell was occupied by [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] and by James and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]], his sons.<ref name="Reversion">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning the 40-shilling land of Corsankell, 9 February 1571.</ref> This proves that James was alive on that date; it does not give his death date or place.

== Research Notes ==

This profile represents James Glasgow younger. The 1571 record directly identifies [[Glasgow-1168|James Glasgow elder]] as his father and [[Glasgow-4061|John Glasgow]] as his brother. [[Glasgow-3193|The Kilwinning John]] remains a possible identity match to that brother, but no record joins Burrowland or Dalgarven to Corsinkell. No reviewed source identifies James's mother, precise birthplace, or death.

The wider record pattern connects this household with Glasgow burgh society. The same teind list names three Mathies and at least four Glasgow men across the Stevenston holdings. David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] had already appeared together as Glasgow burgesses and co-witnesses in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref> David’s probable family line later appears in the Earl of Glencairn’s household network.

Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name four of John’s lawful children.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> The Mathie evidence therefore gives the Corsinkell branch a plausible social route into the city Glasgow network, while leaving the exact Glasgow kinship unresolved.

A 1632 testament-calendar entry names Margaret Smith as the spouse of a James Glasgow at Brekpleughe in Stevenston parish.<ref>Francis J. Grant, ed., ''Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800'' (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/1up p. 460], Smith, Margaret, 21 February 1632; cross-reference under Glasgow, James, [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/195/mode/1up p. 195].</ref> The locality makes this a possible later identity, but the entry gives no age, parent or earlier residence. The equation with the Corsankell man and the attached marriage remain uncertain.

WikiTree may flag [[Glasgow-1495|Katherine Glasgow]]'s estimated birth about 1580 as occurring after James's death. This is not a chronological conflict: 9 February 1571 is the last date on which James is documented alive, and his death field is marked “after,” not as an exact death date. Katherine's birth estimate and her identification as James's daughter are not established by the reviewed records; the father link remains uncertain.

The former profile Glasgow-2429 now redirects to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]], a Midlothian man estimated to have been born about 1585. He could not have been the adult tenant designated younger in 1559–60.

== Sources ==
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Father assessment: [James Glasgow elder (Glasgow-1168), born about 1515,
Corsankell, Ayrshire](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-1168) is
**confirmed by record**.

The live profile was checked on 19 July 2026. It is already attached to
Glasgow-1168 and explicitly represents the younger James at Corsankell. The
1559-60 teind material distinguishes James younger from James elder at the
same holding; the 1571 record then expressly calls James and John the elder
James's sons. No new profile, split or merge is required.

Sibling update, **27 September 2026**: record-defined [[Glasgow-4061]] was
merged into [[Glasgow-3193]], which now represents the John named as James
younger’s brother in GD39/5/59. The deed directly proves the two sons of James
elder; identifying its John with the survivor’s additional
Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven records remains probable rather than certain.
The merged John’s structured father link to James elder was upgraded to
**confident** and read back on 27 September after a fresh source/profile-scope
review: the surviving profile explicitly represents the Corsinkell son, whose
parentage is directly stated. The earlier Kilwinning occurrences remain a
probable attribution. The
original 30 August separate-profile recommendation is superseded.

The 1632 testament-calendar entry for Margaret Smith, spouse of James Glasgow
in Brekpleughe, has now been assigned to this existing profile as a later
working occurrence. The Stevenston locality is coherent with the wider
Corsankell cluster, but the entry gives no age, parent or earlier residence and
does not itself prove that Margaret's husband was the younger Corsankell James.

The same entry does not name [Agnes (Glasgow) Logan
(Glasgow-3178)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3178) or prove that she was
the couple's daughter. Agnes's separate 1628 testament-calendar entry names her
husband John Logan but no parent. Do not attach Agnes to this couple without a
parent-identifying record.

Identity assessment

The 9 February 1571 date in GD39/5/59 is the date of the letters of reversion,
not a death date. The record names James Glasgow younger as an occupier at
Corsankell on that date, so he was alive then. Glasgow-3921's live WikiTree
field already correctly says **died after 9 February 1571**. The record gives
no exact death date; this same lower bound also applies to his father,
Glasgow-1168, who is named in the same 1571 entry.

Source findings

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Margaret H. B. Sanderson, *The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire*, appendix “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559-60,” [p. 331](https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36), citing Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v-167v | Corsankell was occupied by Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger and James Glasgow elder in 1559-60. | Direct contemporary distinction between two men named James at the same holding; relationship supplied by the later record. |
| National Records of Scotland, Glencairn papers, [GD39/5/59, 9 February 1571](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59) | The archival description names the Corsinkell occupiers as James Glasgow elder and “James Glasgow and John Glasgow, his sons.” | Direct father-son evidence. The place and elder/younger sequence resolve the named son James to Glasgow-3921 and the father to Glasgow-1168. |
| Francis J. Grant, ed., *Commissariot Record of Glasgow*, [p. 460](https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/1up), 21 February 1632 | Margaret Smith was spouse of James Glasgow in Brekpleughe, Stevenston parish. | Direct spouse/locality evidence for the 1632 man; the equation with Glasgow-3921 is a working identity, not directly stated. |

Wider Mathie–Glencairn network

The 1559–60 list also places three Mathies and at least four Glasgow men across
the Stevenston holdings. This is now connected to Glasgow burgh evidence:
David Mathy and Robert Glasgow were co-burgess witnesses in 1554, and David's
probable family line later appears within the Earl of Glencairn's patronage and
household. The pattern gives the Corsankell branch a plausible route into the
city Glasgow network. That route is strengthened by January 1607 tutory
retours naming John Mathie of Ibert's full brother Matthew as a Glasgow
burgess, together with four of John's lawful children. It still supplies no
direct relationship to Robert or William. See the [focused analysis](../Glasgow-3908/mathie-glencairn-bridge-1554-1618.md).

Relationship correction — validation-warning resolution

WikiTree formerly flagged [[Glasgow-1495|Katherine Glasgow]]'s unsupported
birth estimate about 1580 as occurring after James's lower-bound death field.
Katherine's estimate was corrected to about 1565. This resolves the warning
without overriding it; her identification as James's daughter remains
uncertain because the reviewed records name no parent.

Recommended correction applied

Applied live on 19 August 2026 and refined on 21 August 2026 after an
independent warning audit. Birth is about 1540/uncertain; death is after 9
February 1571 with place blank; the
complete biography explains the validation warning and qualifies the 1632
Brekpleughe identity. Katherine-1495 is explicitly uncertain.

Recommended correction following location audit

Retain or restore **Stevenston, Ayrshire** as the uncertain death location.
James was last documented at Corsinkell in Stevenston parish, and no reviewed
evidence conflicts with that plausible location.

Automated parent comparison (research aid, not a recommendation)

Stored scores are preserved for audit only. They are not probabilities or genealogical evidence, and a reviewed exclusion remains excluded.

Jonet (Spreull) Glasgow: 20/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Isobell (Newlands) Glasgow: 7/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Elizabeth (Glasgow) Kaine: 15/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Isobella (Glasgow) Herbison: 0/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Michael Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
John Glasgow: 17/100 · Stored classification: conflicting tree generation
Robert Glasgow: 1/100 · Stored classification: conflicting tree generation
Archibald Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: conflicting tree generation
Isobel (Brade) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: conflicting tree generation

Research data and downloads

Person data (JSON) · Family network

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