Robert Glasgow

Biography
Robert Glasgow was born before 1776 in Ireland. His birth date is estimated from his appearance in the 1796 Irish Flax Growers List, when he was presumably an adult. "Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 — County Tyrone" (https://www.failteromhat.com/flax/tyrone.htm), entry for Robert Glasgow, Lissan parish (accessed 16 July 2026). 

No record inspected so far gives his precise age, birthplace, parents or earlier residence.
Flax Grower, 1796
Robert Glasgow was recorded in the 1796 Irish Flax Growers List for Lissan parish, County Tyrone. 

The flax list does not state his townland, age or family relationships. However, his later documented residence at Coltrim within the same parish makes it reasonable to identify the 1796 flax grower with the Robert Glasgow subsequently recorded at Coltrim between 1820 and 1831.

The identification is based on continuity of name, occupation and parish rather than on a record explicitly linking the two entries.
Coltrim Lease, 1820
By November 1820 Robert was an established land occupier at Coltrim in the civil parish of Lissan. The Drapers' Company granted him a lease of a holding there. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, PRONI D3632/B/17/5, Lease of a holding in Coltrim from the Drapers' Company to Robert Glasgow, November 1820. The original is closed; PRONI directs researchers to microfilm MIC617/11. Catalogue entry accessed 5 August 2026 through the PRONI eCatalogue (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/SearchPage.aspx). 

The lease establishes Robert's presence at Coltrim but does not identify his wife, children, parents or previous residence.
Tithe Applotment, 1827
The original 1827 Lissan Tithe Applotment Book records Robert Glasgow holding 17 acres, 3 roods and 4 perches at Coltrim. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Tithe applotment book for Lissan parish, 1827, PRONI FIN/5/A/203, Coltrim, entry 275, Robert Glasgow; original digital image accessed 5 August 2026 through the PRONI eCatalogue. 

A separate entry in the same book records a Robert Glasgow holding 7 acres, 1 rood and 7 perches at Dunnabraggy. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Tithe applotment book for Lissan parish, 1827, PRONI FIN/5/A/203, Dunnabraggy, entry for Robert Glasgow; original digital image accessed 5 August 2026 through the PRONI eCatalogue. 

The published index to the Lissan tithe material records:

* Robert Glasgow at Coltrim;
* Robert Glasgow at Drumnabragy;
* John Glasgow at Drummeen. "Index to the Lissan Tithe Applotment Book, Lissan Parish, Counties Tyrone and Londonderry, 1827" (https://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/lissan.html), entries for John and Robert Glasgow (accessed 16 July 2026). 

The records do not establish whether Robert held land in both Coltrim and Dunnabraggy or whether the entries represent two men of the same name.
1831 Census
In 1831 Robert headed house 2 at Coltrim, Lissan parish, County Londonderry.

His household consisted of one Presbyterian family containing six males and five females. 1831 Census of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1831/Londonderry/Loughinshollin/Lissane/Coltrim/2/), Coltrim, Lissan parish, house 2, Robert Glasgow household (accessed 16 July 2026). William Macafee, "Names of Householders Listed in the 1831 Census Returns for the County of Londonderry" (https://www.billmacafee.com/1831census/1831derrycensusnames.pdf), record 22320, Robert Glasgow, Coltrim, Lissan: six males, five females, total eleven (accessed 16 July 2026). 

The return does not name the other household members or provide their ages or relationships to Robert.

The 1796 flax entry, 1820 lease, 1827 tithe entry and 1831 census provide a probable record of the same man within Lissan parish over approximately thirty-five years.
Family and Death
No surviving record inspected so far identifies Robert's wife, children or parents.

The eleven-person household recorded in 1831 probably included Robert's wife, children or other relatives, but the census does not name them or define their relationships.

Robert was alive when the 1831 census was compiled. No reliable later census record, death registration, burial record, gravestone or probate entry has been identified for him.

His death should therefore be recorded as:

* Date: after 1831;
* Place: unknown.
Research NotesEstimated Birth Date
Robert's birth date is estimated as before 1776 because he was recorded as a flax grower in 1796 and was presumably an adult at that time.

An age of at least twenty-one has been used only as an estimating convention. The flax list does not state Robert's age and it is possible that younger men could have appeared in such records.

The date should therefore remain marked uncertain.

The flax record establishes residence or activity in Lissan parish but does not establish that Robert was born in County Tyrone. His birthplace should remain recorded only as Ireland unless further evidence is found.
Dunnabraggy Robert Glasgow
The 1827 tithe book contains a second Robert Glasgow entry at Dunnabraggy, holding 7 acres, 1 rood and 7 perches. 

The Coltrim occupier may have held land in both townlands, but the evidence does not establish this. The Dunnabraggy occupier may instead have been another man of the same name.

The two holdings should not be combined without estate, lease or family evidence linking them.
Separation from Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie
This Robert should not be identified automatically with Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie, who was recorded with his wife Catherine and family in County Antrim in 1851.

No inspected document directly connects the Coltrim household with the Glenleslie household.

A connection would require evidence such as a lease assignment, estate rental, church record, will, valuation record or another document naming the same relatives in both locations.

The two profiles should remain separate, or be maintained as an unmerged match, unless such evidence is found.
Robert Glasgow of Lisnagaver
The 1834 Rasharkin Tithe Applotment transcription records Alexander Glasgow at Lisnagaver, followed immediately by a Robert Glasgow holding land there. William Macafee, "Data from the Tithe Applotment Books covering North Antrim" (https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrim.pdf), Rasharkin parish, records 7501–7502, Alexander and Robert Glasgow at Lisnagaver (accessed 16 July 2026). 

The Robert entry is reported as a holding of 35 acres.

Nothing in the tithe transcription identifies the Lisnagaver occupier with either Robert of Coltrim or Robert of Glenleslie. It provides no age, wife, children or previous residence.

The Lisnagaver Robert should be treated as a separate same-name individual unless further evidence is found.
Reported 1797 Churchwarden
An earlier draft stated that a Robert Glasgow served as a churchwarden in the Lissan area in 1797.

The citation previously attached to that statement was the 1827 Lissan tithe material, which does not support a 1797 churchwarden appointment.

The claim should not be included as a biographical fact unless the original church or vestry record, or a reliable transcription of it, is located and cited.
Relationship Assessment
No parents, spouse or children should presently be attached to this Robert solely from the existing records.

The record does not support transferring Catherine or any of the known Glenleslie children to this profile.
Further Research
The most useful remaining records are:

* PRONI microfilm MIC617/11 containing the November 1820 Coltrim lease;
* Drapers' Company rentals, lease renewals, assignments and surrender records for Coltrim;
* the original 1827 tithe pages for Coltrim and Dunnabraggy;
* Presbyterian and Church of Ireland registers serving Coltrim and Lissan parish;
* estate records naming the other members of Robert's household;
* valuation records tracing the Coltrim holding after 1831;
* burial records and gravestones in the Lissan district;
* wills and administrations for men named Robert Glasgow in Counties Londonderry, Tyrone and Antrim;
* records distinguishing the Coltrim, Dunnabraggy and Lisnagaver occupiers;
* evidence identifying any later residence of the Coltrim household.
Sources

== Biography ==

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{{Ireland Native}}
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'''Robert Glasgow''' was born before 1776 in Ireland. His birth date is estimated from his appearance in the 1796 Irish Flax Growers List, when he was presumably an adult.<ref name="Flax1796">[https://www.failteromhat.com/flax/tyrone.htm "Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 — County Tyrone"], entry for Robert Glasgow, Lissan parish (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

No record inspected so far gives his precise age, birthplace, parents or earlier residence.

=== Flax Grower, 1796 ===

Robert Glasgow was recorded in the 1796 Irish Flax Growers List for Lissan parish, County Tyrone.<ref name="Flax1796" />

The flax list does not state his townland, age or family relationships. However, his later documented residence at Coltrim within the same parish makes it reasonable to identify the 1796 flax grower with the Robert Glasgow subsequently recorded at Coltrim between 1820 and 1831.

The identification is based on continuity of name, occupation and parish rather than on a record explicitly linking the two entries.

=== Coltrim Lease, 1820 ===

By November 1820 Robert was an established land occupier at Coltrim in the civil parish of Lissan. The Drapers' Company granted him a lease of a holding there.<ref name="ColtrimLease1820">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, PRONI D3632/B/17/5, ''Lease of a holding in Coltrim from the Drapers' Company to Robert Glasgow'', November 1820. The original is closed; PRONI directs researchers to microfilm MIC617/11. Catalogue entry accessed 5 August 2026 through the [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI eCatalogue].</ref>

The lease establishes Robert's presence at Coltrim but does not identify his wife, children, parents or previous residence.

=== Tithe Applotment, 1827 ===

The original 1827 Lissan Tithe Applotment Book records Robert Glasgow holding 17 acres, 3 roods and 4 perches at Coltrim.<ref name="LissanTithe1827">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Tithe applotment book for Lissan parish'', 1827, PRONI FIN/5/A/203, Coltrim, entry 275, Robert Glasgow; original digital image accessed 5 August 2026 through the PRONI eCatalogue.</ref>

A separate entry in the same book records a Robert Glasgow holding 7 acres, 1 rood and 7 perches at Dunnabraggy.<ref name="LissanTitheDunnabraggy1827">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Tithe applotment book for Lissan parish'', 1827, PRONI FIN/5/A/203, Dunnabraggy, entry for Robert Glasgow; original digital image accessed 5 August 2026 through the PRONI eCatalogue.</ref>

The published index to the Lissan tithe material records:

* Robert Glasgow at '''Coltrim''';
* Robert Glasgow at '''Drumnabragy''';
* John Glasgow at '''Drummeen'''.<ref name="Tithe1827Index">[https://www.cotyroneireland.com/tithe/lissan.html "Index to the Lissan Tithe Applotment Book, Lissan Parish, Counties Tyrone and Londonderry, 1827"], entries for John and Robert Glasgow (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

The records do not establish whether Robert held land in both Coltrim and Dunnabraggy or whether the entries represent two men of the same name.

=== 1831 Census ===

In 1831 Robert headed house 2 at Coltrim, Lissan parish, County Londonderry.

His household consisted of one Presbyterian family containing six males and five females.<ref name="ColtrimCensus1831">[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1831/Londonderry/Loughinshollin/Lissane/Coltrim/2/ 1831 Census of Ireland], Coltrim, Lissan parish, house 2, Robert Glasgow household (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref><ref name="ColtrimCensus1831Index">[https://www.billmacafee.com/1831census/1831derrycensusnames.pdf William Macafee, "Names of Householders Listed in the 1831 Census Returns for the County of Londonderry"], record 22320, Robert Glasgow, Coltrim, Lissan: six males, five females, total eleven (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

The return does not name the other household members or provide their ages or relationships to Robert.

The 1796 flax entry, 1820 lease, 1827 tithe entry and 1831 census provide a probable record of the same man within Lissan parish over approximately thirty-five years.

=== Family and Death ===

No surviving record inspected so far identifies Robert's wife, children or parents.

The eleven-person household recorded in 1831 probably included Robert's wife, children or other relatives, but the census does not name them or define their relationships.

Robert was alive when the 1831 census was compiled. No reliable later census record, death registration, burial record, gravestone or probate entry has been identified for him.

His death should therefore be recorded as:

* '''Date:''' after 1831;
* '''Place:''' unknown.

== Research Notes ==

=== Estimated Birth Date ===

Robert's birth date is estimated as '''before 1776''' because he was recorded as a flax grower in 1796 and was presumably an adult at that time.

An age of at least twenty-one has been used only as an estimating convention. The flax list does not state Robert's age and it is possible that younger men could have appeared in such records.

The date should therefore remain marked '''uncertain'''.

The flax record establishes residence or activity in Lissan parish but does not establish that Robert was born in County Tyrone. His birthplace should remain recorded only as Ireland unless further evidence is found.

=== Dunnabraggy Robert Glasgow ===

The 1827 tithe book contains a second Robert Glasgow entry at Dunnabraggy, holding 7 acres, 1 rood and 7 perches.<ref name="LissanTitheDunnabraggy1827" />

The Coltrim occupier may have held land in both townlands, but the evidence does not establish this. The Dunnabraggy occupier may instead have been another man of the same name.

The two holdings should not be combined without estate, lease or family evidence linking them.

=== Separation from Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie ===

This Robert should not be identified automatically with [[Glasgow-1367|Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie]], who was recorded with his wife Catherine and family in County Antrim in 1851.

No inspected document directly connects the Coltrim household with the Glenleslie household.

A connection would require evidence such as a lease assignment, estate rental, church record, will, valuation record or another document naming the same relatives in both locations.

The two profiles should remain separate, or be maintained as an unmerged match, unless such evidence is found.

=== Robert Glasgow of Lisnagaver ===

The 1834 Rasharkin Tithe Applotment transcription records Alexander Glasgow at Lisnagaver, followed immediately by a Robert Glasgow holding land there.<ref name="Tithe1834">[https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrim.pdf William Macafee, "Data from the Tithe Applotment Books covering North Antrim"], Rasharkin parish, records 7501–7502, Alexander and Robert Glasgow at Lisnagaver (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

The Robert entry is reported as a holding of 35 acres.

Nothing in the tithe transcription identifies the Lisnagaver occupier with either Robert of Coltrim or Robert of Glenleslie. It provides no age, wife, children or previous residence.

The Lisnagaver Robert should be treated as a separate same-name individual unless further evidence is found.

=== Reported 1797 Churchwarden ===

An earlier draft stated that a Robert Glasgow served as a churchwarden in the Lissan area in 1797.

The citation previously attached to that statement was the 1827 Lissan tithe material, which does not support a 1797 churchwarden appointment.

The claim should not be included as a biographical fact unless the original church or vestry record, or a reliable transcription of it, is located and cited.

=== Relationship Assessment ===

No parents, spouse or children should presently be attached to this Robert solely from the existing records.

The record does not support transferring Catherine or any of the known Glenleslie children to this profile.

=== Further Research ===

The most useful remaining records are:

* PRONI microfilm MIC617/11 containing the November 1820 Coltrim lease;
* Drapers' Company rentals, lease renewals, assignments and surrender records for Coltrim;
* the original 1827 tithe pages for Coltrim and Dunnabraggy;
* Presbyterian and Church of Ireland registers serving Coltrim and Lissan parish;
* estate records naming the other members of Robert's household;
* valuation records tracing the Coltrim holding after 1831;
* burial records and gravestones in the Lissan district;
* wills and administrations for men named Robert Glasgow in Counties Londonderry, Tyrone and Antrim;
* records distinguishing the Coltrim, Dunnabraggy and Lisnagaver occupiers;
* evidence identifying any later residence of the Coltrim household.

== Sources ==

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