Researched biography · Glasgow-3927

John Glasgow

c. 1767

Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Ireland

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Glasgow-3927 is the record-defined John Glasco who headed house 2 at Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly, in the 1831 census. The strongest proposed identity is John Glasgow, born 10 April 1767, but the merge/identity review remains unresolved.

Birthc. 1767 · Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Ireland

DeathDate not established

LocalityInishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Ireland

Last reviewed7 October 2026

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What the research found

These research notes were last revised on 7 October 2026.

Summary of the research

Overall conclusion

The identity case is now strong: a separate McKeown family Bible records that John-822's grandson John Glasgow McKeown was born at Inishrush in 1821 and was baptised by the Rev. Joseph Orr. Orr was the Drimbolg Reformed Presbyterian minister whose surviving congregational history records a John Glasgow in 1809 and again as an elder in 1827. This independently joins John-822's family to the same townland, congregation and period as the 1831 householder.

Later additions

Newest first. Each addition adds to the summary above; it does not replace it.

Newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

The Public Register, or, Freeman's Journal, 1799-09-24, p.2: John Glasco (name in a County Londonderry roster) — possible match. The roster gives only name, spelling and county. Compatible Co. Londonderry adults in 1799: (1) Glasgow-3927, est. b. 1767, Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly; his 1831 census entry spells the name 'John Glasco', matching this roster. (2) Glasgow-4090, in the 1796 Desertoghill flax list (two spinning wheels), b. before 1772. (3) Glasgow-822, b. 10 Apr 1767 Inishrush, children born in Ireland to 1815, later Ohio. (4) Glasgow-4179, father of 4090, b. c.1747. Glasgow-549 (John, Co. Londonderry, d. 1785) is excluded by his death. The shared spelling slightly favours Glasgow-3927, but spelling in a printed list is weak evidence, and 3927 and 822 may even be the same man (both b. 1767, Inishrush). That possible duplicate is worth checking. No relationship follows. Sources: WikiTree Glasgow-3927 (1831 census, Inishrush, 'John Glasco'); WikiTree Glasgow-4090 (1796 flax list, Desertoghill)

J. Glasco Dublin parish appeal signatory, 1838, 5 October 2026

This proves a signatory association with the appeal only. It does not establish occupation, age, family, residence, contribution amount or attendance. The 27 November issue is a reprint of the same planned event (“THIS DAY”), not proof of a second act.

A request by parishioners of St Andrew’s parish in Dublin, including St Mark’s, St Peter’s and St Anne’s, sought a meeting at the Corn Exchange Rooms at 3 p.m. on 27 November 1838 to arrange collection for O’Connell’s Annuity. J. Glasco signed the appeal. This proves a signatory association with the appeal only. It does not establish occupation, age, family, residence, contribution amount or attendance. The 27 November issue is a reprint of the same planned event (“THIS DAY”), not proof of a second act. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1838-11-26, p.1, Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1838-11-27, p.1

Military and medical notices, 1816–1839; identity unresolved, 5 October 2026Eight inspected newspaper notices document successive military-medical roles or status changes under the names J.

Eight inspected newspaper notices document successive military-medical roles or status changes under the names J. Glasco, John Glasco, and Glasco. The 1816 J. Glasco to 1822 John Glasco connection is probable because the 1822 notice places John on half-pay of the 59 th Foot; it is not explicit. The August 1826 notice calls a retiring surgeon “John Glasco, sen.”, while the December 1836 notice names Staff-Surgeon John Glasco appointed at Liverpool after employment in Grenada. The senior 1826 retiree may be a different man from the later staff surgeon. The 1838 Liverpool subscription and 1839 half-pay retirement are compatible with a later career sequence but do not resolve all links. No existing profile is assigned.

The 59th Foot: Assistant Surgeon J. Glasco was to be surgeon vice Hagan, deceased; the appointment entry is dated 8 February 1816. The entry date is 8 February, not a reported date of Hagan’s death. The issue was published on 28 February. Only the initial J. is printed. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1816-02-28, p.3

The 60th Foot: Surgeon John Glasco, from half-pay of the 59th Foot, was to be surgeon vice William Burgess Marle, who exchanged. The full name and prior 59th Foot half-pay provide a probable career link to the 1816 J. Glasco, not explicit identity proof. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1822-10-02, p.4

Under Hospital Staff, “To be Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals by Brevet,” the notice names Staff-Surgeon John Glasco. Appointment wording is explicit. The precise effective/commission date is not established; the issue date is the safe date. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1825-06-21, p.3

For the 60th Foot, Assistant Surgeon John Winterscale from the 71st Foot was to be surgeon vice Glasco, promoted; this replacement entry is dated 20 April 1826. The source shows Glasco promoted from the 60th Foot surgeon post but does not specify the promotion destination. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1826-05-16, p.3

Under Hospital Staff, Surgeon Alexander Melville, M.D., from the 25th Foot, was appointed vice John Glasco, sen., who retires upon half-pay. The printed surname wraps across a line. The qualifier “sen.” is explicit and material; do not assume this retiree is the John Glasco reported in 1836–1839. Effective date is not established beyond the notice/issue dates. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1826-08-18, p.1

Staff-Surgeon John Glasco, lately employed at Grenada, was appointed Surgeon of the Liverpool Recruiting District in the room of Staff-Surgeon Elliott, removed to Barbadoes. Full name, prior Grenada employment and Liverpool appointment are explicit. Relationship to the senior 1826 retiree remains unresolved. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1836-12-30, p.1

A £1 Curran Monument subscription list includes “Staff-Surgeon Glasco, Liverpool.” Surname only; compatible with the 1836 Liverpool appointment, but a contribution list is not a service record or independent continuity proof. Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1838-08-31, p.2

Under Hospital Staff, Surgeon A. Sinclair, M.D., from the 25th Foot, was appointed vice John Glasco, who retires upon half-pay. Full name and retirement upon half-pay are stated; exact effective date was not seen. Links among this John, the 1836–1838 staff surgeon and the senior 1826 retiree remain qualified. The Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal, 1839-09-28, p.4

Additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Allegheny Township list in Huntingdon County context, 1799: Estimated c.1767 Inishrush birth permits the period, but the Irish record context supplies no Carlisle, Kirkliston or Allegheny identity/migration bridge; weak name-only comparison. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

Additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Millrig labourer and Kirkliston subscription, 1798: Estimated c.1767 Inishrush birth permits the period, but the Irish record context supplies no Carlisle, Kirkliston or Allegheny identity/migration bridge; weak name-only comparison. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

Additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Carlisle postal addressee, 1793: Estimated c.1767 Inishrush birth permits the period, but the Irish record context supplies no Carlisle, Kirkliston or Allegheny identity/migration bridge; weak name-only comparison. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

What the records show

Source findings, 5 October 20265 October 2026: this profile remains a possible County Londonderry contemporary of the John Glasco listed 24 September 1799.

5 October 2026: this profile remains a possible County Londonderry contemporary of the John Glasco listed 24 September 1799. The original roster and 1798 Dublin comparison do not identify him or establish a family relationship. The 1799 list category is unresolved; do not call him a juror or freeholder.

Source	Finding	Assessment
Belfast News-Letter, 14 April 1772	A Hugh Glasgow appears in the 6 April declaration of people described as inhabitants of Tamlaght O'Crilly who surrendered arms to Henry Ellis of Inishrush. The same local list includes Thos. Mulhollan and James Berkley.	This is the clearest older record of a Glasgow–Mulhollan–Berkley local network in the district. It does not state relationships or exact townlands.
Glasgow-540 findings	Glasgow-540, born about 1739, is a plausible candidate for the 1772 Hugh: his age fits, later family tradition places him in Ireland until 1796, and his 1827 will proves the same man survived into the later generation.	Leading identity candidate, not confirmed. The 1772 notice gives no age, occupation or parentage, and two Hugh Glasgow householders were already recorded in Tamlaght O'Crilly in 1740.
John Glasgow letter, 20 March 1847	The transcript separates R. Mulhollan's western-Canada/potato-rot report from McCaivey's transatlantic news that James Glasgow had a child by a daughter of Henry Barkly. It also mentions a separate 27 December 1846 letter from Adam.	The 1772 Mulhollan co-occurrence remains community context, but Mulhollan was not the stated source of the James/Barkly report. The letter supplies no kin term for Adam or James.
Henry Barkly's 1831 Tyanee household and Jane Barklie's 1828 marriage	Henry Barkly/Barklie was a Presbyterian household head at nearby Tyanee and the father of Jane Barklie.	Concrete local context for the 1847 letter, but no direct Glasgow relationship.
John Glasgow family register and descendants and local Mulholland research	John's daughter Lavina Glasgow (born 21 June 1806 by the original family-Bible register; the compilation's 22 January 1806 is unsupported; revised 7 October 2026, see below) is documented later as Lavinia Mulholland in Ontario. A local-history note identifies Lavinia's husband as Richard Mulholland, reportedly emigrating from Londonderry on the Hawsbury in 1833.	This is a concrete Glasgow-Mulholland marriage and migration link in the same extended family. It makes the 1847 letter's “R. Mulhollan” potentially Richard, John's son-in-law, but the marriage and passenger claims still require primary-record verification.
Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower graveyard transcription	The Glasgow grave and nearby Mulholland inscriptions include Adam and Rose Glasgow, Richard Mulholland, Henry Mulholland and Maria Mulholland.	Supports long-term local proximity between the two families. It does not by itself identify the letter's R. Mulhollan or prove the 1772 Hugh's identity.
Complete Tamlaght O'Crilly 1831 census transcription and 1833 tithe transcription	A John Gray headed a two-person, wholly Presbyterian household at Boveedy in 1831 and `Jno. Gray` remained a Boveedy landholder in 1833. The reported husband of John Glasgow's daughter Jane was John Gray, born in Ireland in 1798.	Jane is now the leading identification of the one daughter absent from John's otherwise exact 1831 household reconstruction. The census does not name the wife, so this is strong circumstantial evidence, not a proved identity.

Source findings

John Glasgow, care of William Brown, Esq., is an addressee in the Carlisle post-office list headed 1 January 1793. Care of is a mailing direction, not kinship, residence, occupation or proof the addressee was alive. Glasgow-2871 remains another weak Pennsylvania regional comparison, with recorded 1792 death allowing possible posthumous mail. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge, 1793-03-06, p.1

Source findings

John Glasgow, labourer, Millrig, is named among voluntary subscriptions in the parish of Kirkliston. The heading establishes voluntary subscriptions and the Kirkliston section. It does not prove payment, a military enlistment, an individual amount, religion or family. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. The Edinburgh Advertiser, 1798-07-20, p.6

Source findings

John Glasgow is named under Allegheny Township in a township-grouped list accompanying Huntingdon County election-meeting material. Two issues repeat the same township list. Resolution V directs the proceedings to be signed by the chairman, secretary and citizens present; the township names follow Robert Galbraith, chairman. John is apparently a participating citizen, without an individually specified office or signature mark. This is Huntingdon County context, not modern Allegheny County; no family role is stated. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. The North American (Philadelphia), 1799-09-10, p.3, Pennsylvania Weekly Telegraph (Oracle of Dauphin and Harrisburgh Advertiser), 1799-09-18, p.2

Source findingsFindmypast sweep — 7 October 2026Adds detail to the known 1831 census entry.

Adds detail to the known 1831 census entry. Findmypast's index of the 1831 return has two copies of John Glasco's entry (IRE/CENSUS/1821-1831/154369 and /266913; images 007246494/00089 and 007246634/00409): Innisrush, house 2, folio 41, one family, 4 males and 4 females. The first copy records 8 Presbyterians; the second leaves the denomination blank. This favours MacAfee's Presbyterian reading over Torrens's, but the original return is still needed.
Negative: no John in the Valuation Office field book. The Valuation Office Books for Inishrush (field book, valuation date 9 May 1832, OL/4/1093) index only Adam Glascow. Together with John's absence from the 1833 tithe book, this suggests that John was not a separately valued occupier of land at Inishrush in 1832–33. It does not say why.
Searches that found nothing for the 1796 Desertoghill flax grower: Findmypast has no Glasgow-surname records keyed to Desertoghill or Garvagh before 1900 (only a 1911 Garvaghy, County Down, family), and British Newspaper Archive searches for "John Glasgow" or "John Glasco" with Desertoghill, Garvagh or Innisrush returned no articles. The 1796 identity question remains open.

Identity and family

Identity and relationship assessment: Adam and JohnNo inspected source explicitly calls Adam Glasgow ( Glasgow-3902 ) John's brother, cousin, father, son, co-lessee, heir, executor or witness.

No inspected source explicitly calls Adam Glasgow (Glasgow-3902) John's brother, cousin, father, son, co-lessee, heir, executor or witness. The available evidence supports a shared local network and possible collateral kinship, but not an attachable relationship.

Source	Concrete result	Effect on Adam-John relationship
John Glasgow McKeown family-Bible transcription and Drimbolg church history	John-822's daughter's son was born at `Innicruch`/Inishrush on 17 April 1821 and baptised by Rev. Joseph Orr. Orr's congregation recorded a John Glasgow in 1809 and as an elder in 1827.	Strong independent identity evidence for John-822 as the local John, but neither record names Adam.
1796 County Londonderry flax-premium list	The only Glasgow entry in the county is John Glasgow of Desertoghill, awarded two wheels. Adam does not appear.	A chronologically possible pre-marriage record for John-822, but the different parish and lack of age or kinship make the identity unproved. It supplies no Adam link.
1799 pro-Union declaration transcript	`Glasco, Adam` signed the County Londonderry declaration published on 27 September 1799. In the transcript's place-headed sequence he falls after `+Cloughole` and before the next heading, `+Moyagol`; he therefore belongs to Cloughole, in Faughanvale parish, not Inishrush or Moyagol. John is absent.	This is a different-location Adam and should not be used as evidence for Adam-3902 or the Adam-John relationship.
Belfast News-Letter, 8 May 1764	Thomas Conolly offered Eden, Inishrush, Gortnagorb and Inishrush Lile for new tenancies beginning 1 November 1764. The notice names no incoming tenant; only Edmond O'Dighan is named, for part of Moneystaghan.	Establishes an exact tenancy reset before Adam and John's adulthood, but supplies no Glasgow name or kinship. The resulting leases and rent rolls, rather than the advertisement, are the potential proof source.
QUB thesis, Appendix 10	A remembered 1801 joint lease for part of Inishrush named the Hills, Hastings, Neills and Brattans. No Glasgow was named.	Concrete negative for that particular part-townland lease only. It does not exclude either man as an undertenant or occupier elsewhere in Inishrush.
PRONI FIN/5/A/254B, Tamlaght O'Crilly tithe book, 5 November 1833, image 20, manuscript folio 16, Inishrush no. 1 (duplicate full-page scan in FIN/5/A/254A, images 42-44)	The original book lists `Adam Glasgow` first among 58 Inishrush landholders. No John Glasgow appears anywhere in the Inishrush list.	Directly proves Adam's 1833 landholding and rules out a joint Adam-John tithe holding. John's absence does not mean he was absent from Inishrush: tithe books enumerate liable agricultural occupiers, whereas the 1831 census separately records his household. It suggests that John was a non-tithe householder, cottier, subtenant or had relinquished land before emigrating, but none of those explanations is stated by the record.
Adam's gravestone transcription	The full inscription names wife Rose, daughter Eliza, son James and grandson William. It gives no erector and names no John.	Directly proves members of Adam's household, but provides no collateral link.
John's original 1847 letter	The complete text mentions letters from Adam and R. Mulhollan and news about James Glasgow, but uses no kinship term for any of them.	Proves continuing communication with the Inishrush network; it cannot by itself prove brotherhood.
Nancy Glasgow's 1842 marriage notice and Rev. W. K. McKay catalogue record	Adam's sixth daughter Nancy was married by Rev. William Kennedy McKay, minister of First Portglenone Presbyterian Church.	Withdraws the earlier suggestion that Adam and John are proved members of the same Drimbolg congregation. A marriage minister need not represent the bride's ordinary congregation, so this neither proves nor contradicts kinship.
Glasgow burgess/ministry false-positive audit	The `John Glasco` found in an 1799 ecclesiastical list was the minister of Second Coleraine, with a £70 stipend.	Excluded as John-822; it is not evidence for the Inishrush family.
Sterrett's abstract of obituaries in The Reformed Presbyterian, 1837-1862 and original volume 15	No John Glasgow appears in Sterrett's abstract, whose chronology passes from November 1851 to January 1852. The correct original target for John's 23 December 1851 death is volume 15 (March 1851-February 1852). A Google Books copy has now been identified as `1Hs0AQAAMAAJ`, but its search-within-volume results and relevant pages could not be retrieved in this session.	Bounded negative for the abstract only. The original volume is now precisely identified but remains unsearched; no obituary-based kinship evidence can yet be claimed.
Guernsey County will index, 1967 typed Wills Index of Guernsey County, Ohio, 1812-1900, and county probate publications	Neither public will index has a Glasgow testator. A separate probate case-file index exists for the mid-1840s onward, but its entries are not publicly exposed.	No will has been located; a possible intestate administration remains unresolved and no heir or sibling evidence was recovered.
PRONI eCatalogue, `T1762` hierarchy and `T1762/5`	The apparently promising “Glasgow family and Presbyterian papers” collection is dated 1795-1899. Its sole Glasgow-family item is a solicitor's copy of the will and codicil of William Glasgow, farmer of Oritor, County Tyrone, concerning Oritor lands. No item description names Adam, John, Inishrush or Tamlaght O'Crilly.	Closed as an Inishrush lead. It belongs to a separate Oritor family unless a later record independently connects the clusters.
Presbyterian Historical Society envelope index and associated-surname table	The PHSI correspondence collection has a Glasgow envelope `G61`; Glasgow also occurs in the Anderson `A27` and Hopper `H89` envelopes. The catalogue describes these envelopes as correspondence from genealogical enquirers, not original church registers, and exposes no contents, dates or localities.	Specific offline leads only. The catalogue cannot be cited as evidence for Adam and John.
Drimbolg congregational-history extracts	The published extracts name John Glasgow at the first session in 1809 and as an elder in 1827. Adam Glasgow does not appear in the published passages.	Supports the local identity of John, but supplies no joint church appearance or kin term. The complete `MIC1C/15` book remains unread.
Virtual Record Treasury exact searches: Adam Glasco, Adam Glasgow, John Glasco, and Inishrush	`Adam Glasco` returned only two 1831 census documents; `Adam Glasgow` returned none. `John Glasco` returned one unrelated 1766 Derryloran religious-census document. The Inishrush search returned no additional personal relationship record.	Bounded negative result for the Treasury's reconstructed corpus, not for undigitised PRONI, estate or church holdings.

The strongest unexamined sources capable of producing direct proof remain the Drimbolg session and discipline book (PRONI MIC1C/15), the Vintners' Inishrush lease book (D1062/1/5), rentals (D2094/50-51, 68, 75-78), later rent and renewal books (D1062/1/2, D1062/1/13), and First Portglenone papers (D2594/1). These are catalogue-identified but not publicly digitised. PHSI correspondence envelope G61 is an additional surname-specific inspection target, but its public catalogue neither identifies the family nor supplies a kinship statement. PRONI T1762 has already been resolved as an unrelated Oritor, County Tyrone collection item and is not an open Inishrush target.

Cluster placement assessment: 1831 parish-wide Glasgow clusterThe complete Tamlaght O'Crilly 1831 transcription lists only two Glasgow/Glasco households in the parish: John Glasco at Inishrush house 2 (four males and four females) and Adam Glasco at…

The complete Tamlaght O'Crilly 1831 transcription lists only two Glasgow/Glasco households in the parish: John Glasco at Inishrush house 2 (four males and four females) and Adam Glasco at Inishrush house 91 (three males and five females). MacAfee transcribes Presbyterian while Torrens places the figures under Roman Catholic, so the original return is required. They were not adjacent households, so this does not prove a sibling relationship; however, it shows that the two men were the only recorded Glasgow householders in the same townland/parish at that date. The narrow local cluster supports close collateral kinship more than an isolated same-surname coincidence.

The same return places Margaret Mulholland at Inishrush house 12, providing additional local context for the Mulholland network mentioned in John's 1847 letter. It remains network evidence only.

The household-count case is now stronger than a generic near-match. John and his three surviving sons reproduce all four males. Mary, Maria, Lavina and Margaret reproduce all four females if Jane was already married to John Gray at Boveedy; Rose was already married and James had died. Descendant material specifically says Jane married John Gray in Ireland. No Alexander Wallace household appears in the parish return, and the only Richard Mulholland household has the wrong religion and composition for Lavina and her later husband.

The new evidence strengthens the case that John's Inishrush family belonged to a long-running local Presbyterian network rather than being an isolated household. The original Melanchthon account adds that Glasgow-540's eldest son was born in 1780 on the family farm near Portglenone. Combined with the 1740 Hugh in the Ellis/McCullough cluster and the 1772 parish Hugh, this makes the family of Glasgow-548 the high-probability extended cluster. It does not name John's father. The account also says Hugh-540's household left many kin in Ireland in 1796, which supports a residual collateral branch without identifying it.

Adam Glasgow-3902 is a plausible brother or cousin, but the records prove neither relationship. Older Adam and Maria remain naming-pattern search leads only. The existing placeholder Glasgow-3905 attachment must remain explicitly uncertain until an evidenced replacement relationship is ready; this case supplies no basis for a destructive detachment.

The Lavina–Richard connection is the most promising route to converting the letter's network evidence into a person-level link. Priority records are their marriage, the Hawsbury's 1833 arrival, and Ontario records for Richard and Lavinia. A confirmed marriage would show that “R. Mulhollan” could have been John's son-in-law rather than merely a community correspondent.

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026The Edinburgh Advertiser, 1798-07-20, p.6 : no longer a candidate for this profile.

The Edinburgh Advertiser, 1798-07-20, p.6: no longer a candidate for this profile. July 1798 Kirkliston voluntary subscriptions: 'John Glasgow, labourer, Millrig'. He is very probably John Glasgow (Glasgow-159), agricultural labourer, married at Kirkliston in 1785, with children baptised there 1786-1797.
The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge, 1793-03-06, p.1: no longer a candidate for this profile. A Carlisle post-office list headed 1 January 1793 includes letters for John Glasgow, care of William Brown, Esq. No WikiTree profile can be identified. Cumberland County-born John Glasgow (Glasgow-3726) is a newly noted regional possibility; the earlier namesake comparisons are weak or unlikely.
The North American (Philadelphia), 1799-09-10, p.3: no longer a candidate for this profile. John Glasgow is listed under Allegheny Township in a township-grouped list of Huntingdon County election-meeting participants (September 1799). Allegheny Township passed into Cambria County in 1804, where Glasgow-664 (John Glasgow, 1777–1845) was enumerated in Allegheny Township in 1820 and died at Glasgow, Cambria County. That makes Glasgow-664 a stronger possible match than before. An older John Glasgo, head of a Huntingdon County household in 1790, has no profile and competes.

Still open

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

Recommended next records and cautions

Do not attach Mulhollan, Berkley/Barkly, Boggs, McCaivey or Hugh Henry as kin from the letter or 1772 list. They are locality and migration-network leads only.

Next questions

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Next questions

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Next questions

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Recommended correction — Lavina Glasgow's birth date, 7 October 2026

The source row on the Mulholland marriage gave Lavina Glasgow's birth as 22 January 1806, from the Hiltner family compilation. The original Glasgow family-Bible register image (register), inspected on 29 August 2026 and tabulated in ../Glasgow-822/findings.md, gives 21 June 1806 for Lavinia (Glasgow-3930). The register reading is preferred and the row has been corrected; the 22 January date is not supported by an original source. The identification of her husband is unaffected.

Recorded in research/Glasgow-3927/1831_Ireland_Inishrush_John_Glasco.md (about 21 July 2026), compared with the 29 August 2026 register reading in research/Glasgow-822/findings.md; carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

Family and relationships

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Parents 1Unknown GlasgowDates not established

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Unknown Glasgow Dates not established	father	Unassessed father link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

Brothers and sisters 3Adam Glasgowc. 1758–30 June 1844Alexander Glasgowc. 1770–date not establishedRobert Glasgowc. 1779–c. 1852 (Glenleslie man only; transfer to Lisnagaver unproved)

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Adam Glasgow c. 1758–30 June 1844	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Alexander Glasgow c. 1770–date not established	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.
Robert Glasgow c. 1779–c. 1852 (Glenleslie man only; transfer to Lisnagaver unproved)	sibling	Unassessed sibling link	From the family tree; not yet checked against records.

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c. 1767

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Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Ireland

1796

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Desertoghill civil parish

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Desertoghill adjoins the wider Kilrea–Bann Valley research area, but the list gives no townland, age or relationship and does not identify John with Glasgow-822.

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The source says County Londonderry, while the clearest Drumcon match is in Rasharkin parish near the Killoquin–Lisnagaver branch. The identity and locality remain unproved.

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1796 · Desertoghill civil parish · Source association
Desertoghill adjoins the wider Kilrea–Bann Valley research area, but the list gives no townland, age or relationship and does not identify John with Glasgow-822.
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The source says County Londonderry, while the clearest Drumcon match is in Rasharkin parish near the Killoquin–Lisnagaver branch. The identity and locality remain unproved.
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Current conclusion

Glasgow-3927 is the record-defined John Glasco who headed house 2 at Inishrush,
Tamlaght O'Crilly, in the 1831 census. The strongest proposed identity is
[John Glasgow, born 10 April 1767](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-822),
but the merge/identity review remains unresolved.

The identity case is now strong: a separate McKeown family Bible records that
John-822's grandson John Glasgow McKeown was born at Inishrush in 1821 and was
baptised by the Rev. Joseph Orr. Orr was the Drimbolg Reformed Presbyterian
minister whose surviving congregational history records a John Glasgow in 1809
and again as an elder in 1827. This independently joins John-822's family to the
same townland, congregation and period as the 1831 householder.

Identity and relationship assessment: Adam and John

No inspected source explicitly calls [Adam Glasgow
(`Glasgow-3902`)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3902) John's brother,
cousin, father, son, co-lessee, heir, executor or witness. The available evidence
supports a shared local network and possible collateral kinship, but not an
attachable relationship.

| Source | Concrete result | Effect on Adam-John relationship |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [John Glasgow McKeown family-Bible transcription](https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=tree1) and [Drimbolg church history](https://www.oneirishrover.com/drimbolg-reformed-presbyterian-church/) | John-822's daughter's son was born at `Innicruch`/Inishrush on 17 April 1821 and baptised by Rev. Joseph Orr. Orr's congregation recorded a John Glasgow in 1809 and as an elder in 1827. | Strong independent identity evidence for John-822 as the local John, but neither record names Adam. |
| [1796 County Londonderry flax-premium list](https://www.billmacafee.com/1796flaxgrowerslist/1796flaxgrowersderry.pdf) | The only Glasgow entry in the county is John Glasgow of Desertoghill, awarded two wheels. Adam does not appear. | A chronologically possible pre-marriage record for John-822, but the different parish and lack of age or kinship make the identity unproved. It supplies no Adam link. |
| [1799 pro-Union declaration transcript](https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1790-1800.htm) | `Glasco, Adam` signed the County Londonderry declaration published on 27 September 1799. In the transcript's place-headed sequence he falls after `+Cloughole` and before the next heading, `+Moyagol`; he therefore belongs to **Cloughole**, in Faughanvale parish, not Inishrush or Moyagol. John is absent. | This is a different-location Adam and should not be used as evidence for Adam-3902 or the Adam-John relationship. |
| [Belfast News-Letter, 8 May 1764](https://arborealis.ca/records/newspapers/kilrea-news/1760-1769/) | Thomas Conolly offered Eden, Inishrush, Gortnagorb and Inishrush Lile for new tenancies beginning 1 November 1764. The notice names no incoming tenant; only Edmond O'Dighan is named, for part of Moneystaghan. | Establishes an exact tenancy reset before Adam and John's adulthood, but supplies no Glasgow name or kinship. The resulting leases and rent rolls, rather than the advertisement, are the potential proof source. |
| [QUB thesis, Appendix 10](https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/364690144/The_rundale_system_in_Ireland.pdf) | A remembered 1801 joint lease for part of Inishrush named the Hills, Hastings, Neills and Brattans. No Glasgow was named. | Concrete negative for that particular part-townland lease only. It does not exclude either man as an undertenant or occupier elsewhere in Inishrush. |
| [PRONI FIN/5/A/254B, Tamlaght O'Crilly tithe book, 5 November 1833](sources/FIN_5_A_254B_tithe.pdf), image 20, manuscript folio 16, Inishrush no. 1 (duplicate full-page scan in [FIN/5/A/254A](sources/FIN_5_A_254A_tithe.pdf), images 42-44) | The original book lists `Adam Glasgow` first among 58 Inishrush landholders. No John Glasgow appears anywhere in the Inishrush list. | Directly proves Adam's 1833 landholding and rules out a joint Adam-John tithe holding. John's absence does not mean he was absent from Inishrush: tithe books enumerate liable agricultural occupiers, whereas the 1831 census separately records his household. It suggests that John was a non-tithe householder, cottier, subtenant or had relinquished land before emigrating, but none of those explanations is stated by the record. |
| [Adam's gravestone transcription](https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/) | The full inscription names wife Rose, daughter Eliza, son James and grandson William. It gives no erector and names no John. | Directly proves members of Adam's household, but provides no collateral link. |
| [John's original 1847 letter](https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/documents/John%20Glasgow%20letter%20to%20Jane%20Glasgow%20Gray%203-20-1847.pdf) | The complete text mentions letters from Adam and R. Mulhollan and news about James Glasgow, but uses no kinship term for any of them. | Proves continuing communication with the Inishrush network; it cannot by itself prove brotherhood. |
| [Nancy Glasgow's 1842 marriage notice](https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/) and [Rev. W. K. McKay catalogue record](https://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_086186?lng=en&print=1) | Adam's sixth daughter Nancy was married by Rev. William Kennedy McKay, minister of First Portglenone Presbyterian Church. | Withdraws the earlier suggestion that Adam and John are proved members of the same Drimbolg congregation. A marriage minister need not represent the bride's ordinary congregation, so this neither proves nor contradicts kinship. |
| Glasgow burgess/ministry false-positive audit | The `John Glasco` found in an 1799 ecclesiastical list was the minister of Second Coleraine, with a £70 stipend. | Excluded as John-822; it is not evidence for the Inishrush family. |
| [Sterrett's abstract of obituaries in *The Reformed Presbyterian*, 1837-1862](https://media.wpgs.org/wpgs/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/06/Volume-08-Number-01-Membership-Year-1981-1982_members.pdf) and [original volume 15](https://books.google.com/books?id=1Hs0AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover) | No John Glasgow appears in Sterrett's abstract, whose chronology passes from November 1851 to January 1852. The correct original target for John's 23 December 1851 death is volume 15 (March 1851-February 1852). A Google Books copy has now been identified as `1Hs0AQAAMAAJ`, but its search-within-volume results and relevant pages could not be retrieved in this session. | Bounded negative for the abstract only. The original volume is now precisely identified but remains unsearched; no obituary-based kinship evidence can yet be claimed. |
| [Guernsey County will index](https://www.sampubco.com/wills/oh/ohguernsey01.htm), 1967 typed *Wills Index of Guernsey County, Ohio, 1812-1900*, and [county probate publications](https://www.guernseycountyohiogenealogy.com/publications) | Neither public will index has a Glasgow testator. A separate probate case-file index exists for the mid-1840s onward, but its entries are not publicly exposed. | No will has been located; a possible intestate administration remains unresolved and no heir or sibling evidence was recovered. |
| [PRONI eCatalogue](https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/), `T1762` hierarchy and `T1762/5` | The apparently promising “Glasgow family and Presbyterian papers” collection is dated 1795-1899. Its sole Glasgow-family item is a solicitor's copy of the will and codicil of William Glasgow, farmer of Oritor, County Tyrone, concerning Oritor lands. No item description names Adam, John, Inishrush or Tamlaght O'Crilly. | Closed as an Inishrush lead. It belongs to a separate Oritor family unless a later record independently connects the clusters. |
| [Presbyterian Historical Society envelope index](https://www.nifhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/PHSI-Index.pdf) and [associated-surname table](https://www.nifhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presb_Hist_Soc_Envelopes_other_names_mentioned.pdf) | The PHSI correspondence collection has a Glasgow envelope `G61`; Glasgow also occurs in the Anderson `A27` and Hopper `H89` envelopes. The catalogue describes these envelopes as correspondence from genealogical enquirers, not original church registers, and exposes no contents, dates or localities. | Specific offline leads only. The catalogue cannot be cited as evidence for Adam and John. |
| [Drimbolg congregational-history extracts](https://www.oneirishrover.com/drimbolg-reformed-presbyterian-church/) | The published extracts name John Glasgow at the first session in 1809 and as an elder in 1827. Adam Glasgow does not appear in the published passages. | Supports the local identity of John, but supplies no joint church appearance or kin term. The complete `MIC1C/15` book remains unread. |
| Virtual Record Treasury exact searches: [Adam Glasco](sources/virtual_record_treasury_adam_glasco_2026-07-21.json), [Adam Glasgow](sources/virtual_record_treasury_adam_glasgow_2026-07-21.json), [John Glasco](sources/virtual_record_treasury_john_glasco_2026-07-21.json), and [Inishrush](sources/virtual_record_treasury_inishrush_2026-07-21.json) | `Adam Glasco` returned only two 1831 census documents; `Adam Glasgow` returned none. `John Glasco` returned one unrelated 1766 Derryloran religious-census document. The Inishrush search returned no additional personal relationship record. | Bounded negative result for the Treasury's reconstructed corpus, not for undigitised PRONI, estate or church holdings. |

The strongest unexamined sources capable of producing direct proof remain the
Drimbolg session and discipline book (`PRONI MIC1C/15`), the Vintners' Inishrush
lease book (`D1062/1/5`), rentals (`D2094/50-51, 68, 75-78`), later rent and
renewal books (`D1062/1/2`, `D1062/1/13`), and First Portglenone papers
(`D2594/1`). These are catalogue-identified but not publicly digitised.
PHSI correspondence envelope `G61` is an additional surname-specific inspection
target, but its public catalogue neither identifies the family nor supplies a
kinship statement. PRONI `T1762` has already been resolved as an unrelated Oritor,
County Tyrone collection item and is not an open Inishrush target.

Source findings

5 October 2026: this profile remains a possible County Londonderry contemporary of the John Glasco listed 24 September 1799. The [original roster and 1798 Dublin comparison](/research/subjects/newspapers-early-glasgow/#john-glasco-irish-rosters) do not identify him or establish a family relationship. The 1799 list category is unresolved; do not call him a juror or freeholder.


| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Belfast News-Letter, 14 April 1772](https://arborealis.ca/records/newspapers/kilrea-news/1770-1779/) | A Hugh Glasgow appears in the 6 April declaration of people described as inhabitants of Tamlaght O'Crilly who surrendered arms to Henry Ellis of Inishrush. The same local list includes Thos. Mulhollan and James Berkley. | This is the clearest older record of a Glasgow–Mulhollan–Berkley local network in the district. It does not state relationships or exact townlands. |
| [Glasgow-540 findings](../../research/Glasgow-540/findings.md) | Glasgow-540, born about 1739, is a plausible candidate for the 1772 Hugh: his age fits, later family tradition places him in Ireland until 1796, and his 1827 will proves the same man survived into the later generation. | Leading identity candidate, not confirmed. The 1772 notice gives no age, occupation or parentage, and two Hugh Glasgow householders were already recorded in Tamlaght O'Crilly in 1740. |
| [John Glasgow letter, 20 March 1847](https://www.hiltner.com/mckeown/documents/John%20Glasgow%20letter%20to%20Jane%20Glasgow%20Gray%203-20-1847.pdf) | The transcript separates R. Mulhollan's western-Canada/potato-rot report from McCaivey's transatlantic news that James Glasgow had a child by a daughter of Henry Barkly. It also mentions a separate 27 December 1846 letter from Adam. | The 1772 Mulhollan co-occurrence remains community context, but Mulhollan was not the stated source of the James/Barkly report. The letter supplies no kin term for Adam or James. |
| [Henry Barkly's 1831 Tyanee household](https://www.billmacafee.com/1831census/1831derrycensusnames.pdf) and [Jane Barklie's 1828 marriage](https://genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/church/KilreaP1/Marriages/1828.html) | Henry Barkly/Barklie was a Presbyterian household head at nearby Tyanee and the father of Jane Barklie. | Concrete local context for the 1847 letter, but no direct Glasgow relationship. |
| [John Glasgow family register and descendants](https://hiltner.com/mckeown/getperson.php?personID=I368&tree=tree1) and [local Mulholland research](https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/) | John's daughter Lavina Glasgow (born 21 June 1806 by the original family-Bible register; the compilation's 22 January 1806 is unsupported; revised 7 October 2026, see below) is documented later as Lavinia Mulholland in Ontario. A local-history note identifies Lavinia's husband as Richard Mulholland, reportedly emigrating from Londonderry on the *Hawsbury* in 1833. | This is a concrete Glasgow-Mulholland marriage and migration link in the same extended family. It makes the 1847 letter's “R. Mulhollan” potentially Richard, John's son-in-law, but the marriage and passenger claims still require primary-record verification. |
| [Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower graveyard transcription](https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/) | The Glasgow grave and nearby Mulholland inscriptions include Adam and Rose Glasgow, Richard Mulholland, Henry Mulholland and Maria Mulholland. | Supports long-term local proximity between the two families. It does not by itself identify the letter's R. Mulhollan or prove the 1772 Hugh's identity. |
| [Complete Tamlaght O'Crilly 1831 census transcription](https://genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/church/Tamlaght/1831census.tsv) and [1833 tithe transcription](https://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/derry/tithe-applotments/tamlaght-o-crilly-parish.php) | A John Gray headed a two-person, wholly Presbyterian household at Boveedy in 1831 and `Jno. Gray` remained a Boveedy landholder in 1833. The reported husband of John Glasgow's daughter Jane was John Gray, born in Ireland in 1798. | Jane is now the leading identification of the one daughter absent from John's otherwise exact 1831 household reconstruction. The census does not name the wife, so this is strong circumstantial evidence, not a proved identity. |

Cluster placement assessment: 1831 parish-wide Glasgow cluster

The complete Tamlaght O'Crilly 1831 transcription lists only two Glasgow/Glasco
households in the parish: John Glasco at Inishrush house 2 (four males and four
females) and Adam Glasco at Inishrush house 91 (three males and five females).
MacAfee transcribes Presbyterian while Torrens places the figures under Roman
Catholic, so the original return is required. They were not adjacent households, so this
does not prove a sibling relationship; however, it shows that the two men were
the only recorded Glasgow householders in the same townland/parish at that date.
The narrow local cluster supports close collateral kinship more than an isolated
same-surname coincidence.

The same return places Margaret Mulholland at Inishrush house 12, providing
additional local context for the Mulholland network mentioned in John's 1847
letter. It remains network evidence only.

The household-count case is now stronger than a generic near-match. John and
his three surviving sons reproduce all four males. Mary, Maria, Lavina
and Margaret reproduce all four females if Jane was already married to John
Gray at Boveedy; Rose was already married and James had died. Descendant material
specifically says Jane married John Gray in Ireland. No Alexander Wallace
household appears in the parish return, and the only Richard Mulholland household
has the wrong religion and composition for Lavina and her later husband.

The new evidence strengthens the case that John's Inishrush family belonged to a
long-running local Presbyterian network rather than being an isolated household.
The original Melanchthon account adds that Glasgow-540's eldest son was born in
1780 on the family farm near Portglenone. Combined with the 1740 Hugh in the
Ellis/McCullough cluster and the 1772 parish Hugh, this makes the family of
Glasgow-548 the high-probability extended cluster. It does not name John's
father. The account also says Hugh-540's household left many kin in Ireland in
1796, which supports a residual collateral branch without identifying it.

[Adam Glasgow-3902](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3902) is a plausible
brother or cousin, but the records prove neither relationship. Older Adam and
Maria remain naming-pattern search leads only. The existing placeholder
Glasgow-3905 attachment must remain explicitly uncertain until an evidenced
replacement relationship is ready; this case supplies no basis for a destructive
detachment.

The Lavina–Richard connection is the most promising route to converting the
letter's network evidence into a person-level link. Priority records are their
marriage, the *Hawsbury*'s 1833 arrival, and Ontario records for Richard and
Lavinia. A confirmed marriage would show that “R. Mulhollan” could have been
John's son-in-law rather than merely a community correspondent.

Recommended next records and cautions

Do not attach Mulhollan, Berkley/Barkly, Boggs, McCaivey or Hugh Henry as kin
from the letter or 1772 list. They are locality and migration-network leads only.

Current conclusion — additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Carlisle postal addressee, 1793: Estimated c.1767 Inishrush birth permits the period, but the Irish record context supplies no Carlisle, Kirkliston or Allegheny identity/migration bridge; weak name-only comparison. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

Source findings

John Glasgow, care of William Brown, Esq., is an addressee in the Carlisle post-office list headed 1 January 1793. Care of is a mailing direction, not kinship, residence, occupation or proof the addressee was alive. Glasgow-2871 remains another weak Pennsylvania regional comparison, with recorded 1792 death allowing possible posthumous mail. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. [The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge, 1793-03-06, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1033763029/)

Next questions

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Current conclusion — additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Millrig labourer and Kirkliston subscription, 1798: Estimated c.1767 Inishrush birth permits the period, but the Irish record context supplies no Carlisle, Kirkliston or Allegheny identity/migration bridge; weak name-only comparison. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

Source findings

John Glasgow, labourer, Millrig, is named among voluntary subscriptions in the parish of Kirkliston. The heading establishes voluntary subscriptions and the Kirkliston section. It does not prove payment, a military enlistment, an individual amount, religion or family. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. [The Edinburgh Advertiser, 1798-07-20, p.6](https://www.newspapers.com/image/601860386/)

Next questions

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Current conclusion — additional newspaper originals, 5 October 2026

John Glasgow, Allegheny Township list in Huntingdon County context, 1799: Estimated c.1767 Inishrush birth permits the period, but the Irish record context supplies no Carlisle, Kirkliston or Allegheny identity/migration bridge; weak name-only comparison. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. No family or life-date change follows.

Source findings

John Glasgow is named under Allegheny Township in a township-grouped list accompanying Huntingdon County election-meeting material. Two issues repeat the same township list. Resolution V directs the proceedings to be signed by the chairman, secretary and citizens present; the township names follow Robert Galbraith, chairman. John is apparently a participating citizen, without an individually specified office or signature mark. This is Huntingdon County context, not modern Allegheny County; no family role is stated. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. [The North American (Philadelphia), 1799-09-10, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/587806805/), [Pennsylvania Weekly Telegraph (Oracle of Dauphin and Harrisburgh Advertiser), 1799-09-18, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1140587856/)

Next questions

Inspect local tax, probate, land and original list/meeting records; compare the candidates’ own source evidence before attaching any occurrence.

Current conclusion — military and medical notices, 1816–1839; identity unresolved, 5 October 2026

The 59th Foot: Assistant Surgeon J. Glasco was to be surgeon vice Hagan, deceased; the appointment entry is dated 8 February 1816. The entry date is 8 February, not a reported date of Hagan’s death. The issue was published on 28 February. Only the initial J. is printed. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1816-02-28, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050078150/)

The 60th Foot: Surgeon John Glasco, from half-pay of the 59th Foot, was to be surgeon vice William Burgess Marle, who exchanged. The full name and prior 59th Foot half-pay provide a probable career link to the 1816 J. Glasco, not explicit identity proof. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1822-10-02, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050080149/)

Under Hospital Staff, “To be Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals by Brevet,” the notice names Staff-Surgeon John Glasco. Appointment wording is explicit. The precise effective/commission date is not established; the issue date is the safe date. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1825-06-21, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050086323/)

For the 60th Foot, Assistant Surgeon John Winterscale from the 71st Foot was to be surgeon vice Glasco, promoted; this replacement entry is dated 20 April 1826. The source shows Glasco promoted from the 60th Foot surgeon post but does not specify the promotion destination. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1826-05-16, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050127796/)

Under Hospital Staff, Surgeon Alexander Melville, M.D., from the 25th Foot, was appointed vice John Glasco, sen., who retires upon half-pay. The printed surname wraps across a line. The qualifier “sen.” is explicit and material; do not assume this retiree is the John Glasco reported in 1836–1839. Effective date is not established beyond the notice/issue dates. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1826-08-18, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050043397/)

Staff-Surgeon John Glasco, lately employed at Grenada, was appointed Surgeon of the Liverpool Recruiting District in the room of Staff-Surgeon Elliott, removed to Barbadoes. Full name, prior Grenada employment and Liverpool appointment are explicit. Relationship to the senior 1826 retiree remains unresolved. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1836-12-30, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050083649/)

A £1 Curran Monument subscription list includes “Staff-Surgeon Glasco, Liverpool.” Surname only; compatible with the 1836 Liverpool appointment, but a contribution list is not a service record or independent continuity proof. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1838-08-31, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050130719/)

Under Hospital Staff, Surgeon A. Sinclair, M.D., from the 25th Foot, was appointed vice John Glasco, who retires upon half-pay. Full name and retirement upon half-pay are stated; exact effective date was not seen. Links among this John, the 1836–1838 staff surgeon and the senior 1826 retiree remain qualified. [The Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal, 1839-09-28, p.4](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1259428783/)

Current conclusion — J. Glasco Dublin parish appeal signatory, 1838, 5 October 2026

This proves a signatory association with the appeal only. It does not establish occupation, age, family, residence, contribution amount or attendance. The 27 November issue is a reprint of the same planned event (“THIS DAY”), not proof of a second act.

A request by parishioners of St Andrew’s parish in Dublin, including St Mark’s, St Peter’s and St Anne’s, sought a meeting at the Corn Exchange Rooms at 3 p.m. on 27 November 1838 to arrange collection for O’Connell’s Annuity. J. Glasco signed the appeal. This proves a signatory association with the appeal only. It does not establish occupation, age, family, residence, contribution amount or attendance. The 27 November issue is a reprint of the same planned event (“THIS DAY”), not proof of a second act. [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1838-11-26, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050145535/), [Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1838-11-27, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050145680/)

Current conclusion — newspaper identity review, 6 October 2026

- [The Public Register, or, Freeman's Journal, 1799-09-24, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1214179229/): John Glasco (name in a County Londonderry roster) — **possible** match. The roster gives only name, spelling and county. Compatible Co. Londonderry adults in 1799: (1) Glasgow-3927, est. b. 1767, Inishrush, Tamlaght O'Crilly; his 1831 census entry spells the name 'John Glasco', matching this roster. (2) Glasgow-4090, in the 1796 Desertoghill flax list (two spinning wheels), b. before 1772. (3) Glasgow-822, b. 10 Apr 1767 Inishrush, children born in Ireland to 1815, later Ohio. (4) Glasgow-4179, father of 4090, b. c.1747. Glasgow-549 (John, Co. Londonderry, d. 1785) is excluded by his death. The shared spelling slightly favours Glasgow-3927, but spelling in a printed list is weak evidence, and 3927 and 822 may even be the same man (both b. 1767, Inishrush). That possible duplicate is worth checking. No relationship follows. Sources: [WikiTree Glasgow-3927 (1831 census, Inishrush, 'John Glasco')](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3927); [WikiTree Glasgow-4090 (1796 flax list, Desertoghill)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-4090)

Identity assessment — newspaper candidates withdrawn, 6 October 2026

- [The Edinburgh Advertiser, 1798-07-20, p.6](https://www.newspapers.com/image/601860386/): no longer a candidate for this profile. July 1798 Kirkliston voluntary subscriptions: 'John Glasgow, labourer, Millrig'. He is very probably John Glasgow (Glasgow-159), agricultural labourer, married at Kirkliston in 1785, with children baptised there 1786-1797.
- [The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge, 1793-03-06, p.1](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1033763029/): no longer a candidate for this profile. A Carlisle post-office list headed 1 January 1793 includes letters for John Glasgow, care of William Brown, Esq. No WikiTree profile can be identified. Cumberland County-born John Glasgow (Glasgow-3726) is a newly noted regional possibility; the earlier namesake comparisons are weak or unlikely.
- [The North American (Philadelphia), 1799-09-10, p.3](https://www.newspapers.com/image/587806805/): no longer a candidate for this profile. John Glasgow is listed under Allegheny Township in a township-grouped list of Huntingdon County election-meeting participants (September 1799). Allegheny Township passed into Cambria County in 1804, where Glasgow-664 (John Glasgow, 1777–1845) was enumerated in Allegheny Township in 1820 and died at Glasgow, Cambria County. That makes Glasgow-664 a stronger possible match than before. An older John Glasgo, head of a Huntingdon County household in 1790, has no profile and competes.

Source findings

### Findmypast sweep — 7 October 2026

- **Adds detail to the known 1831 census entry.** Findmypast's index of the 1831 return has two copies of John Glasco's entry (`IRE/CENSUS/1821-1831/154369` and `/266913`; images 007246494/00089 and 007246634/00409): Innisrush, house 2, folio 41, one family, 4 males and 4 females. The first copy records **8 Presbyterians**; the second leaves the denomination blank. This favours MacAfee's Presbyterian reading over Torrens's, but the original return is still needed.
- **Negative: no John in the Valuation Office field book.** The Valuation Office Books for Inishrush (field book, valuation date 9 May 1832, `OL/4/1093`) index only Adam Glascow. Together with John's absence from the 1833 tithe book, this suggests that John was not a separately valued occupier of land at Inishrush in 1832–33. It does not say why.
- Searches that found nothing for the 1796 Desertoghill flax grower: Findmypast has no Glasgow-surname records keyed to Desertoghill or Garvagh before 1900 (only a 1911 Garvaghy, County Down, family), and British Newspaper Archive searches for "John Glasgow" or "John Glasco" with Desertoghill, Garvagh or Innisrush returned no articles. The 1796 identity question remains open.

Recommended correction — Lavina Glasgow's birth date, 7 October 2026

The source row on the Mulholland marriage gave Lavina Glasgow's birth as 22 January 1806, from the Hiltner family compilation. The original Glasgow family-Bible register image ([register](https://hiltner.com/mckeown/histories/8479.jpeg)), inspected on 29 August 2026 and tabulated in `../Glasgow-822/findings.md`, gives **21 June 1806** for Lavinia (`Glasgow-3930`). The register reading is preferred and the row has been corrected; the 22 January date is not supported by an original source. The identification of her husband is unaffected.

Recorded in `research/Glasgow-3927/1831_Ireland_Inishrush_John_Glasco.md` (about 21 July 2026), compared with the 29 August 2026 register reading in `research/Glasgow-822/findings.md`; carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

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.

Sarah (Blair) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Isobel Clerk: 0/100 · Stored classification: weak lead
Mary (Stephenson) Glasgow: 18/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Lowdenner Glasgow: 18/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Elizabeth Glasco: 18/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
John Glasgow: 8/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Samuel Glasgow: 6/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
James Glasgow: 4/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
James Glasgow: 4/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent
Robert Glasgow: 4/100 · Stored classification: competing linked parent

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