Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Robert Glasgow

c. 1750 – c. 1800

Glasgow-395 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
3Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1750 · Place not recorded
Death
c. 1800 · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Apphia (Moores) Glasgow
Children
Elizabeth (Glasgow) ClendeninJames Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-395
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
6

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionJames Glasgow (1780)
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionElizabeth (Glasgow) Clendenin (1780)
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 0 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit36/100
Weak Lead
Dates1730–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesIrvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · Irvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary (Barber) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Mary (Barber) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit36/100
Weak Lead
Dates1730–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Katharine (Rule) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Katharine (Rule) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1724–?Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesAyrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary (Borland) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 6 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Mary (Borland) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1720–1784Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesGlencorse, Midlothian, Scotland · Cecil, Maryland, United States · Glencorse — MidlothianIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowAnn (Hartshorne) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: maryland (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: maryland (+1; not a locality match)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1749–1767) (+6; other parent Ann (Hartshorne) Glasgow)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1730–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · CookstownIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Unknown (Mitchell) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Unknown (Mitchell) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1730–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1730–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesIrvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1730–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1710–?Generation40 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Antrim, Ireland · KilwaughterIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit23/100
Weak Lead
Dates1725–?Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Londonderry, Ireland · County Londonderry — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-12) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1780), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-12) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

Same-name candidate

Robert GlasgowGlasgow-3706

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1745–?PlacesLeitholm, Berwickshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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Same-name candidate

Robert GlasgowGlasgow-3315

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1747–?PlacesIrvine, Ayrshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1750

Profile-stated marriage place: Harford County, Maryland

Harford County, Maryland

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-395

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.4 claims
2Unknown
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.3 sources

Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.

  1. unknown A source for this information is needed.
  2. unknown Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Friday, 23 June 1837, Volume 87, Issue 14465, Page 4, Column 5. Image found on
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-395
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-395 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2021-12-25.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
marriage1776-00-00Harford County, MarylandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenElizabeth ClendeninGlasgow-21031780-00-00 · Harford, Maryland, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJames GlasgowGlasgow-21041780-00-00 · Harford, Maryland, United States · 1837-00-00
SpousesApphia GlasgowMoores-2841757-00-00 · Harford (then Baltimore) County, Maryland · 1791-00-00 · Harford County, Maryland · 1776-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Robert was born about 1750. Robert Glasgow ... He passed away about 1800. A source for this information is needed.
  • Robert and his wife Apphia (Moores) are named in an 1837 court notice in the Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser. Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Friday, 23 June 1837, Volume 87, Issue 14465, Page 4, Column 5. Image found on The notice says that Apphia and Robert were deceased, leaving the following two children:

  • Elizabeth, wife of John Clendenin

    • James Glasgow, deceased, leaving children: ** Susanna Pannell Glasgow, adult ** James Glasgow, minor ** Deliverance Hanna Glasgow, minor ** George Robert Glasgow, minor Sources

Profile source citations

  1. A source for this information is needed.
  2. Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Friday, 23 June 1837, Volume 87, Issue 14465, Page 4, Column 5. Image found on
Full captured biography text
Biography
Robert was born about 1750. Robert Glasgow ... He passed away about 1800. A source for this information is needed. 

Robert and his wife Apphia (Moores) are named in an 1837 court notice in the Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser. Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Friday, 23 June 1837, Volume 87, Issue 14465, Page 4, Column 5. Image found on The notice says that Apphia and Robert were deceased, leaving the following two children:

* Elizabeth, wife of John Clendenin
* James Glasgow, deceased, leaving children:
** Susanna Pannell Glasgow, adult
** James Glasgow, minor
** Deliverance Hanna Glasgow, minor
** George Robert Glasgow, minor
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Robert was born about 1750. Robert Glasgow ...  He passed away about 1800.<ref>A source for this information is needed.</ref>


Robert and his wife Apphia (Moores) are named in an 1837 court notice in the Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser.<ref>Baltimore Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Friday, 23 June 1837,  Volume 87, Issue 14465, Page 4, Column 5. Image found on {{FindAGrave|105585399|sameas="no"}}</ref> The notice says that Apphia and Robert were deceased, leaving the following two children:

* Elizabeth, wife of John Clendenin
* James Glasgow, deceased, leaving children:
** Susanna Pannell Glasgow, adult
** James Glasgow, minor
** Deliverance Hanna Glasgow, minor
** George Robert Glasgow, minor


== Sources ==

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