James Glasgow

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. 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), Corsankell entry. Sanderson identifies the underlying record as Scottish Record Office, Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v. 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 James Glasgow elder and by James and John Glasgow, his sons. National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, GD39/5/59 (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59), letters of reversion concerning the 40-shilling land of Corsankell, 9 February 1571. 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 James Glasgow elder as his father and John Glasgow as his brother. No reviewed source identifies James's mother, precise birthplace, or death.

A 1632 testament-calendar entry names Margaret Smith as the spouse of a James Glasgow at Brekpleughe in Stevenston parish. Francis J. Grant, ed., Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800 (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), p. 460 (https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/1up), Smith, Margaret, 21 February 1632; cross-reference under Glasgow, James, p. 195 (https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/195/mode/1up). 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 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 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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== 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-3193|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-3193|John Glasgow]] as his brother. No reviewed source identifies James's mother, precise birthplace, or death.

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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