Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Robert Glaskow

before 1625 – ?

Glasgow-3970 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→Larne, County Antrim, Ireland
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
21Evidence items
10Candidate leads
Birth
before 1625 · Place not recorded
Death
Not recorded · Larne, County Antrim, Ireland
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
James Glasgow R.EJohn Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3970
Research clusters
East Antrim/Kilwaughter cluster
Mapped descendants
146

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 R.E (1651)
Maternal grandfather positionJohn Glasgow (1651)
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
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 fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1575–?Generationat most 50 years age gapRecorded placesInveresk, Midlothian, Scotland · Mid Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · InvereskIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowChristina GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Christina Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (36) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 50 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 50 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1603–1626) (+3; other parent Christina Glasgow)
  • known spouse Christina Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (36) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, 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 fit22/100
Weak Lead
Dates1582–1647Generationat most 43 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · Duddingston, Edinburghshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Deborah (Ivey) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (36) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 43 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Deborah (Ivey) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (36) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • 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)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1583–?Generationat most 42 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJonet (Cunningham) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Jonet (Cunningham) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 42 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-1078) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 42 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1614–1627) (+3; other parent Jonet (Cunningham) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Jonet (Cunningham) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • 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); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-1078) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1606–1624Generationnominally 19 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesScotland · Quothquan, Libberton, Lanarkshire · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 19 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 19 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, 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 fit5/100
Weak Lead
Dates1612–1690Generationnominally 13 years; approximate dates permit about 16–23 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Currituck Township, Hyde, North Carolina · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 13-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–23 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 39 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)

parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-1526) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • the nominal 13-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–23 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 39 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-1526) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1589–?Generationat most 36 years age gapRecorded placesNew Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, ScotlandIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJames GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 36 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1603–1626) (+3; other parent James Glasgow)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 36 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1603–1626) (+3; other parent James Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, 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 fit17/100
Weak Lead
Dates1610–?Generationat most 15 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 15 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, 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
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 15 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, 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 fit17/100
Weak Lead
Dates1606–?Generationat most 19 years age gapRecorded placesMid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Mid CalderIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 19 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, 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
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 19 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, 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 fit8/100
Weak Lead
Dates1613–?Generationnominally 12 years; approximate dates permit about 15–22 years age gapRecorded placesSaltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland · Saltcoats — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 12-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–22 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 38 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • the nominal 12-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–22 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 38 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow R.E, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit17/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1597–?Generationat most 28 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanark, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 28 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1619–1627) (+3; other parent John Glasgow)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 28 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1651), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1619–1627) (+3; other parent John Glasgow)

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

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.

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

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.

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Research & records

Latest case researchThe current conclusion from the durable research case file.Updated

Current conclusion

Glasgow-3970 · updated 2026-08-13

Robert Glaskow is directly documented as living at Larne in 1653. No inspected record names his wife or child. The current links to James Glasgow (Glasgow-1081) and John Glasgow (Glasgow-3913), and the subsequent chain through Robert Glasgow-1502 to Robert Glasgow-1143, remain working tree relationships rather than proved descent.

One relationship within the later group can now be ranked more firmly. Jo/John and James Glascho were consecutive Kilwaughter Demesne householders in 1669 (original record numbers 5347-5348), then recur in the same district's congregational business about thirty years later. John represented Kilwaughter and James served as its overseer. This repeated association makes them probable close relatives, but it does not prove that they were brothers or that either was Robert's son.

The supposed grandson Hugh Glasgow-1499 does not add another supported branch. The published session-list transcription assigns deceased 1726 to James Glasgow and separately records Hugh Glasgow dead on 8 July 1767. Hugh-1499's 1726 death was copied from James's line; no independent occurrence defines him. He is a probable duplicate of the documented Hugh Glasgow-1503, not evidence for a separate son of James-1081.

A full remote source pass found no documentary bridge from Robert to Jo/John or James Glascho at Kilwaughter, nor to the later Robert who married Rachel Wilson. The 1653 evidence remains four hearsay statements; one attributes the shooting to James Browne rather than Robert. The early Larne Robert, the later Robert/Rachel household and Scottish Robert Glasgow-1078 must remain separate.

The first securely reconstructable later family in the district begins with Robert Glasgow-1143 and Rachel Wilson-78088 at Kilwaughter. It is not yet proved to descend from Robert-3970. Robert-1143's father remains unproved.

Robert Brown's own 1653 examination names the servants present in his house on the massacre night as Robert Orr, John Hunter, Agnes Woodside and Marren Carr. Robert Glasgow is not among them. This excludes the unsupported claim that he was one of Brown's identifiable household servants present at the incident; neighbourhood, militia/company or other association remains possible.

Brown also named sons Hugh and James. Hugh was a lieutenant in Captain McCullogh's company, and Captain McCullogh later helped transmit the accusation against Robert Glasgow. This makes a military or company-network connection a better research lead than household service, but no examination names Glasgow as a soldier.

The provisional FT25406/FT20271 connection between the tested William-attributed and Robert-c.1710 Kilwaughter lines makes older shared paternal ancestry plausible. It does not bridge Robert-3970 to the later family or permit William, born about 1655, to be his father.

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
1653

Reported as living at Larne in a deposition

Larne

The record proves the separate Larne identity; it does not connect him to the Scottish Robert-1078 or later Kilwaughter householders.

Documented occurrenceunknown
Source and mapping detail

1641 Depositions: examination of Con O'Sheale, item 42821

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.7 claims
11Unknown
6Derivative
3Original
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

Robert Glaskow was recorded in Larne (1653).

proved1 linked evidence item

Reported as living at Larne in a deposition

The descendant chain from Glasgow-3970 to Glasgow-1143 remains unproved, while the downstream Glasgow-1143 and Wilson-78088 family is strongly supported.

strongly_supported4 linked evidence items

No inspected record names a child of Robert Glaskow of Larne. Deed, will and equity transcriptions create a separate well-supported family island beginning at Kilwaughter in 1738.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

Robert Glasgow was possible same man as Robert Glaskow

possible1 linked evidence item

Name, generation and Clyde-Antrim movement make comparison worthwhile, but the Larne testimony gives no age, occupation, origin, wife or child. These are now correctly maintained as separate record-defined profiles.

James Glascho was possible son or younger relative of Robert Glaskow

possible1 linked evidence item

The location and generation fit, but neither record states a relationship and the men could be unrelated namesakes.

John / Jo Glascho was possible son or relative of Robert Glaskow

possible1 linked evidence item

The generational and locality model is possible, but no record names John's father or Robert's child.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.2 open

Can any child of Robert Glaskow of Larne be directly identified?

No wife or child is named in the inspected 1653 deposition.

Missing bridge: No wife or child is named in the inspected 1653 deposition.

What record bridges Glasgow-3970 to the proved Kilwaughter-to-Newberry family?

The current chain through Glasgow-1081 and Glasgow-1502 is not proved.

Missing bridge: The current chain through Glasgow-1081 and Glasgow-1502 is not proved.

Next records to inspect

  1. NRS GD154/505-534 — This is the best chance of connecting the 1669 Kilwaughter householders to later tenants.
  2. PRONI D/282/2-160 — Former tenants, inherited holdings or named lives may supply the missing succession bridge.
  3. PRONI T/808/14889 — The undigitised roll may identify Robert, James or John under Glasgow, Glascho, Glaskow or Glass variants.
  4. PRONI MIC/1B/6 — Witnesses, elders, townlands or stated relationships may identify the later household's parentage.
  5. marriage — Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward.

Case-file priorities and cautions

Priority proof targets

Glasgow-3970 · updated 2026-08-13

  1. NRS Agnew papers `GD154/505–534`, Irish Kilwaughter estate material, 1636–1712; archive-only/off-site.
  2. PRONI D/282/2–160, Kilwaughter leases, assignments, rentals and conveyances, prioritising 1647–1742.
  3. PRONI T/808/14889, the undigitised 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, searched parish by parish under Glasgow/Glascho/Glaskow/Glass variants.
  4. PRONI MIC/1B/6 and MIC1B/6A/1B, checked against derivative Larne/Kilwaughter register material.
  5. Connor probate substitutes for James Glasgow of Kilwater, 1727.

MIC331 is not a Glasgow-family source; PRONI identifies it as William Ewart Gladstone papers. The superficially promising replacement T1762 is mainly later material, including the Oritor William Glasgow will/codicil, and is lower priority than the estate, subsidy, church and probate collections. D2003 [MIC128] is likewise a later Clough/Ballymena Crawford-Glasgow family collection, not a proved Larne/Kilwaughter bridge.

Recommended profile correction

Glasgow-3970 · updated 2026-08-13

Replace the existing archive-priority paragraph with:

The principal uninspected bridge records are the County Antrim subsidy roll
(PRONI T/808/14889), the Kilwaughter estate papers (PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS
GD154/505–534), and the Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals (PRONI
MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B). These records are not publicly digitised and
their contents have not been assumed.

MIC331 is a reference to William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to
this research. T1762 is the correct Glasgow-family/Presbyterian collection
reference, but its exposed Glasgow material is substantially later and it is a
lower priority than the estate, subsidy, church and probate records. D2003
[MIC128] chiefly concerns a later Clough/Ballymena family and is likewise not a
proved Larne/Kilwaughter bridge.
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.19 sources

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

  1. derivative Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html).
  2. derivative Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html).
  3. derivative Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html).
  4. derivative Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html).
  5. derivative Macafee, surname-sorted transcription (), records 5347–5348 and 5730
  6. unknown 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; Internet Archive
  7. tree_only 1700 | Robert Glasgow | South side of Larne Water | Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated. |} These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of James Glasgow, John Glasgow or Elizabeth Glasgow. The present WikiTree attachment of James Glasgow as Rober
  8. unknown Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.
  9. original South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.
  10. unknown The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747. The two Roberts therefore should not be merged. The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any
  11. unknown Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor.
  12. original National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.
  13. original “Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, record VQHK-VMK (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK). This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record.
  14. derivative 1641 Depositions: examination of Con O'Sheale, item 42821
  15. unknown Controlled relationship assessment
  16. unknown https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html
  17. unknown https://www.irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=74015
  18. unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184247id_/http://www.lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_JGlasgowWill.html
  19. unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20101124184247id_/http://www.lifesweaving.com/Glasgow/Paper_Reply.html
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-3970 was captured 2026-08-18T15:04:41+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-08-11.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
death—Larne, County Antrim, IrelandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenJames Glasgow R.EGlasgow-10811651-00-00 · 1726-00-00 · Kilwaughter, Larne, County Antrim, Ireland
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-39131651-00-00 · 0000-00-00 · Kilwaughter, County Antrim

Profile categories

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Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Robert Glasgow, recorded as Robert Glaskow and Robert Glascow, was associated with Larne, County Antrim, in four examinations taken in 1653 concerning the earlier death of Teige O'Sheale. The evidence establishes that a man of this name was locally remembered in connection with events following the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. It does not establish his parentage, marriage, children or ultimate fate. Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html). Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html). Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html). Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html). The 1653 examinations {| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;" |+ Statements concerning Robert Glasgow ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Deponent ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Statement ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Evidential value |- | 21 April 1653 | Con O'Sheale | He had heard that James Browne and “one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne” encountered Teige O'Sheale in a cottage. He attributed the fatal shot to James Browne. | Hearsay, but it supplies Robert's only explicit association with Larne. |- | 1 June 1653 | James Collogh | Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece. | Second-hand testimony through a named informant. |- | 1 June 1653 | John Hill | He had heard it generally reported that Robert Glascow killed Teige O'Sheale. | Unattributed local report. |- | 1 June 1653 | William Willson | After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him. | Hearsay from an unidentified source. |}
  • This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident.
  • No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located. Date and origin Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate.
  • No evidence yet connects him with the separate Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family. Research NotesConnection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne.
  • {| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;" |+ Glasgow records in the Larne and Kilwaughter district ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Person ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Place ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | What the record establishes |- | c. 1641; recorded 1653 | Robert Glaskow | Larne | Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named. |- | 1669 | Jo. Glascho | Kilwaughter Demesne | Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, surname-sorted transcription (https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf), records 5347–5348 and 5730. |- | 1669 | James Glascho | Kilwaughter Demesne | Separate liable householder entered immediately after Jo. Glascho. The roll states no relationship. |- | 1669 | Elizabeth Glascho | Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish | Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated. |- | 1700 | John Glasgow | Kilwaughter | Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation. Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” The Christian Unitarian, vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse). |- | 1700 | James Glasgow | Kilwaughter | Separately named as an overseer for Kilwaughter. |- | 1700 | Robert Glasgow | South side of Larne Water | Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated. |}
  • These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of James Glasgow, John Glasgow or Elizabeth Glasgow.
  • The present WikiTree attachment of James Glasgow as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake.
  • The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of James Glasgow, born 24 May 1731, as a son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson. Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available.
  • A lease dated 13 February 1738, registered in 1742, was granted by William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow. It named three lives:
  • The property comprised land at Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel, Kilwaughter. Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.
  • The lease does not itself call James their son. Read with the 1731 baptism, however, the identification of “James Glasgow junior” as James Glasgow, son of Robert and Rachel, is strongly supported.
  • Sworn inheritance pleadings made in 1817 and 1818 by James's eldest son, also Robert Glasgow, state that Rachel Wilson married Robert Glasgow and left two children, James Glasgow and Ann Glasgow. The deponent identified James as his father and Rachel as his paternal grandmother. The pleadings arose from claims to the Wilson estate and included reference to a Ballykeel interest. South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.
  • :Robert Glasgow married Rachel Wilson :* James Glasgow, born 24 May 1731 :** later Robert Glasgow, James's eldest son, who gave sworn evidence in 1817
  • This is a genuine documentary family connection, but it begins several generations after the 1653 Robert. The later Robert was not the 1653 man Robert Glasgow was married to Rachel Wilson, fathered a child in 1731, held the Ballykeel lease in 1738 and was still appearing in congregational business in the 1740s.
  • The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied. The missing generational bridge The evidence currently produces two separate groups:
  • :Later documented family :* Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson :* their son James Glasgow, born in 1731
  • The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later Robert Glasgow, or naming the heirs or children of James Glasgow or John Glasgow.
  • A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs. Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries.
  • Later Y-DNA results reportedly place descendants of James Glasgow in the same close paternal cluster as descendants attributed to another early-eighteenth-century northern Irish Robert Glasgow. This supports a shared paternal Glasgow ancestry among those later branches. It cannot determine whether the common ancestor was the 1653 Robert or identify the missing parent-child links. Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor. Scottish candidate A separate Robert Glasgow was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk on 17 November 1618, a son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame. National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.
  • A derivative FamilySearch index also records a James Glasgow in Glasgow in November 1645, with parents named as Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. “Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, record VQHK-VMK (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK). This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record.

  • No record places the Scottish Robert Glasgow in Larne, names him as the man in the 1653 examinations or identifies the Scottish child James with James Glasgow of Kilwaughter. The profiles should remain separate. Priority Research

    • Inspect the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, PRONI T/808/14889. ** Search all forms including Glasgow, Glasgo, Glaskow, Glascow, Glascho and possible Glass entries. ** Determine whether Robert, James or John was recorded under the Kilwaughter estate before the 1669 hearth roll.
    • Search the Agnew of Kilwaughter estate papers. ** PRONI D282 contains leases, rentals and estate papers extending into the seventeenth century. ** NRS GD154/505–534 contains related Agnew and Kilwaughter material. ** Priority should be given to leases reciting former tenants, inherited interests, named lives or succession from one Glasgow tenant to another.
    • Inspect the archive-only records most capable of supplying the missing generational bridge. ** PRONI T/808/14889: the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll. ** PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS GD154/505–534: Kilwaughter estate leases, rentals, assignments and tenant succession. ** PRONI MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B: Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals. ** MIC331 concerns William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to this family. T1762 and D2003/MIC128 are substantially later and lower-priority collections.
    • Reconstruct the complete title history of Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel before the 1738 lease. ** Determine whether Robert and Rachel's holding had previously been occupied by James Glasgow, John Glasgow or another Glasgow.
    • Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward. ** Record every Glasgow entry, witness, elder, townland and stated relationship. ** Seek an entry naming the father of Robert Glasgow.
    • Search the surviving Connor administration bonds, grant books and related probate indexes for James Glasgow. ** Although the 1727 will itself appears lost, a collateral bond, grant entry or later estate proceeding may identify an administrator or relative.
    • Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus and related Commonwealth judicial papers for Robert Glasgow and variants. ** Include James Browne, Robert Browne, Jennett Woodsyde, Teige O'Sheale, Larne, Islandmagee and Kilwaughter. ** A separate examination naming Robert's residence, occupation or household would be more useful genealogically than another repetition of the accusation.
    • Do not merge the 1653 Robert with Robert Glasgow or Robert Glasgow without a documentary bridge. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html). source link 1
  2. Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html). source link 1
  3. Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html). source link 1
  4. Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html). source link 1
  5. | Hearsay, but it supplies Robert's only explicit association with Larne. |- | 1 June 1653 | James Collogh | Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece. | Second-hand testimony through a named informant. |- | 1 June 1653 | John Hill | He had heard it generally reported that Robert Glascow killed Teige O'Sheale. | Unattributed local report. |- | 1 June 1653 | William Willson | After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him. | Hearsay from an unidentified source. |} The four statements are not four independent confirmations. All are hearsay, and Con O'Sheale's version attributes the fatal shot to James Browne rather than Robert. The genealogically useful wording is: one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident. No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located. Date and origin Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate. No evidence yet connects him with the separate Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family. Research NotesConnection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;" |+ Glasgow records in the Larne and Kilwaughter district ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Person ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Place ! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | What the record establishes |- | c. 1641; recorded 1653 | Robert Glaskow | Larne | Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named. |- | 1669 | Jo. Glascho | Kilwaughter Demesne | Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, surname-sorted transcription (https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf), records 5347–5348 and 5730. source link 1
  6. |- | 1669 | Elizabeth Glascho | Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish | Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated. |- | 1700 | John Glasgow | Kilwaughter | Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation. Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” The Christian Unitarian, vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse). source link 1
  7. |- | 1700 | Robert Glasgow | South side of Larne Water | Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated. |} These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of James Glasgow, John Glasgow or Elizabeth Glasgow. The present WikiTree attachment of James Glasgow as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake. Conclusion: possible family connection; unproved. A documented later Kilwaughter family A later family can be established more securely. The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of James Glasgow, born 24 May 1731, as a son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson. Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available.
  8. Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.
  9. South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.
  10. The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747. The two Roberts therefore should not be merged. The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied. The missing generational bridge The evidence currently produces two separate groups: :Early group :* Robert Glaskow of Larne, associated with events about 1641 :* Jo. Glascho and James Glascho, householders at Kilwaughter in 1669 :Later documented family :* Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson :* their son James Glasgow, born in 1731 The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later Robert Glasgow, or naming the heirs or children of James Glasgow or John Glasgow. A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs. Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries.
  11. Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor.
  12. National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.
  13. “Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, record VQHK-VMK (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK). This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Robert Glasgow, recorded as Robert Glaskow and Robert Glascow, was associated with Larne, County Antrim, in four examinations taken in 1653 concerning the earlier death of Teige O'Sheale. The evidence establishes that a man of this name was locally remembered in connection with events following the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. It does not establish his parentage, marriage, children or ultimate fate. Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html). Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html). Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html). Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, online transcription (https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html). 
The 1653 examinations
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;"
|+ Statements concerning Robert Glasgow
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Deponent
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Statement
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Evidential value
|-
| 21 April 1653
| Con O'Sheale
| He had heard that James Browne and “one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne” encountered Teige O'Sheale in a cottage. He attributed the fatal shot to James Browne. 
| Hearsay, but it supplies Robert's only explicit association with Larne.
|-
| 1 June 1653
| James Collogh
| Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece. 
| Second-hand testimony through a named informant.
|-
| 1 June 1653
| John Hill
| He had heard it generally reported that Robert Glascow killed Teige O'Sheale. 
| Unattributed local report.
|-
| 1 June 1653
| William Willson
| After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him. 
| Hearsay from an unidentified source.
|}

The four statements are not four independent confirmations. All are hearsay, and Con O'Sheale's version attributes the fatal shot to James Browne rather than Robert.

The genealogically useful wording is:

 one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne 

This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident.

No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located.
Date and origin
Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate.

No evidence yet connects him with the separate Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family.
Research NotesConnection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows
The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;"
|+ Glasgow records in the Larne and Kilwaughter district
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Person
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Place
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | What the record establishes
|-
| c. 1641; recorded 1653
| Robert Glaskow
| Larne
| Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named. 
|-
| 1669
| Jo. Glascho
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, surname-sorted transcription (https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf), records 5347–5348 and 5730. 
|-
| 1669
| James Glascho
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Separate liable householder entered immediately after Jo. Glascho. The roll states no relationship. 
|-
| 1669
| Elizabeth Glascho
| Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish
| Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated. 
|-
| 1700
| John Glasgow
| Kilwaughter
| Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation. Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” The Christian Unitarian, vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse). 
|-
| 1700
| James Glasgow
| Kilwaughter
| Separately named as an overseer for Kilwaughter. 
|-
| 1700
| Robert Glasgow
| South side of Larne Water
| Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated. 
|}

These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of James Glasgow, John Glasgow or Elizabeth Glasgow.

The present WikiTree attachment of James Glasgow as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake.

Conclusion: possible family connection; unproved.
A documented later Kilwaughter family
A later family can be established more securely.

The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of James Glasgow, born 24 May 1731, as a son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson. Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available. 

A lease dated 13 February 1738, registered in 1742, was granted by William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow. It named three lives:

* Robert Glasgow;
* Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson, his wife;
* “James Glasgow junior”.

The property comprised land at Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel, Kilwaughter. Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives. 

The lease does not itself call James their son. Read with the 1731 baptism, however, the identification of “James Glasgow junior” as James Glasgow, son of Robert and Rachel, is strongly supported.

Sworn inheritance pleadings made in 1817 and 1818 by James's eldest son, also Robert Glasgow, state that Rachel Wilson married Robert Glasgow and left two children, James Glasgow and Ann Glasgow. The deponent identified James as his father and Rachel as his paternal grandmother. The pleadings arose from claims to the Wilson estate and included reference to a Ballykeel interest. South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers. 

The resulting documented chain is:

:Robert Glasgow married Rachel Wilson
:* James Glasgow, born 24 May 1731
:** later Robert Glasgow, James's eldest son, who gave sworn evidence in 1817

This is a genuine documentary family connection, but it begins several generations after the 1653 Robert.
The later Robert was not the 1653 man
Robert Glasgow was married to Rachel Wilson, fathered a child in 1731, held the Ballykeel lease in 1738 and was still appearing in congregational business in the 1740s. 

The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747.

The two Roberts therefore should not be merged.

The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied.
The missing generational bridge
The evidence currently produces two separate groups:

:Early group
:* Robert Glaskow of Larne, associated with events about 1641
:* Jo. Glascho and James Glascho, householders at Kilwaughter in 1669

:Later documented family
:* Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson
:* their son James Glasgow, born in 1731

The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later Robert Glasgow, or naming the heirs or children of James Glasgow or John Glasgow.

A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs. Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries. 

Later Y-DNA results reportedly place descendants of James Glasgow in the same close paternal cluster as descendants attributed to another early-eighteenth-century northern Irish Robert Glasgow. This supports a shared paternal Glasgow ancestry among those later branches. It cannot determine whether the common ancestor was the 1653 Robert or identify the missing parent-child links. Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor. 
Scottish candidate
A separate Robert Glasgow was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk on 17 November 1618, a son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame. National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents. 

A derivative FamilySearch index also records a James Glasgow in Glasgow in November 1645, with parents named as Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. “Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, record VQHK-VMK (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK). This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record. 

No record places the Scottish Robert Glasgow in Larne, names him as the man in the 1653 examinations or identifies the Scottish child James with James Glasgow of Kilwaughter. The profiles should remain separate.
Priority Research
* Inspect the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, PRONI T/808/14889.
** Search all forms including Glasgow, Glasgo, Glaskow, Glascow, Glascho and possible Glass entries.
** Determine whether Robert, James or John was recorded under the Kilwaughter estate before the 1669 hearth roll.
* Search the Agnew of Kilwaughter estate papers.
** PRONI D282 contains leases, rentals and estate papers extending into the seventeenth century.
** NRS GD154/505–534 contains related Agnew and Kilwaughter material.
** Priority should be given to leases reciting former tenants, inherited interests, named lives or succession from one Glasgow tenant to another.
* Inspect the archive-only records most capable of supplying the missing generational bridge.
** PRONI T/808/14889: the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll.
** PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS GD154/505–534: Kilwaughter estate leases, rentals, assignments and tenant succession.
** PRONI MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B: Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals.
** MIC331 concerns William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to this family. T1762 and D2003/MIC128 are substantially later and lower-priority collections.
* Reconstruct the complete title history of Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel before the 1738 lease.
** Determine whether Robert and Rachel's holding had previously been occupied by James Glasgow, John Glasgow or another Glasgow.
* Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward.
** Record every Glasgow entry, witness, elder, townland and stated relationship.
** Seek an entry naming the father of Robert Glasgow.
* Search the surviving Connor administration bonds, grant books and related probate indexes for James Glasgow.
** Although the 1727 will itself appears lost, a collateral bond, grant entry or later estate proceeding may identify an administrator or relative.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus and related Commonwealth judicial papers for Robert Glasgow and variants.
** Include James Browne, Robert Browne, Jennett Woodsyde, Teige O'Sheale, Larne, Islandmagee and Kilwaughter.
** A separate examination naming Robert's residence, occupation or household would be more useful genealogically than another repetition of the accusation.
* Do not merge the 1653 Robert with Robert Glasgow or Robert Glasgow without a documentary bridge.
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== Biography ==

'''Robert Glasgow''', recorded as '''Robert Glaskow''' and '''Robert Glascow''', was associated with Larne, County Antrim, in four examinations taken in 1653 concerning the earlier death of Teige O'Sheale. The evidence establishes that a man of this name was locally remembered in connection with events following the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. It does not establish his parentage, marriage, children or ultimate fate.<ref name="Con1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Collogh1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Hill1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Willson1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html online transcription].</ref>

=== The 1653 examinations ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Statements concerning Robert Glasgow'''
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Deponent
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Statement
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Evidential value
|-
| '''21 April 1653'''
| Con O'Sheale
| He had heard that James Browne and “one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne” encountered Teige O'Sheale in a cottage. He attributed the fatal shot to James Browne.<ref name="Con1653" />
| Hearsay, but it supplies Robert's only explicit association with Larne.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| James Collogh
| Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece.<ref name="Collogh1653" />
| Second-hand testimony through a named informant.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| John Hill
| He had heard it generally reported that Robert Glascow killed Teige O'Sheale.<ref name="Hill1653" />
| Unattributed local report.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| William Willson
| After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him.<ref name="Willson1653" />
| Hearsay from an unidentified source.
|}

The four statements are not four independent confirmations. All are hearsay, and Con O'Sheale's version attributes the fatal shot to James Browne rather than Robert.

The genealogically useful wording is:

<blockquote>one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne</blockquote><ref name="Con1653" />

This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident.

No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located.

=== Date and origin ===

Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate.

No evidence yet connects him with the separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family.

== Research Notes ==

=== Connection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows ===

The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Glasgow records in the Larne and Kilwaughter district'''
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Person
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Place
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | What the record establishes
|-
| '''c. 1641; recorded 1653'''
| Robert Glaskow
| Larne
| Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named.<ref name="Con1653" />
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]]
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll.<ref name="Hearth1669">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf surname-sorted transcription], records 5347–5348 and 5730.</ref>
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]]
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Separate liable householder entered immediately after Jo. Glascho. The roll states no relationship.<ref name="Hearth1669" />
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glascho]]
| Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish
| Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated.<ref name="Hearth1669" />
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]]
| Kilwaughter
| Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation.<ref name="Porter">Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” ''The Christian Unitarian'', vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; [https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse Internet Archive].</ref>
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]]
| Kilwaughter
| Separately named as an overseer for Kilwaughter.<ref name="Porter" />
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]
| South side of Larne Water
| Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated.<ref name="Porter" />
|}

These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glasgow]].

The present WikiTree attachment of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake.

'''Conclusion: possible family connection; unproved.'''

=== A documented later Kilwaughter family ===

A later family can be established more securely.

The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born 24 May 1731, as a son of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson.<ref name="James1731">Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available.</ref>

A lease dated 13 February 1738, registered in 1742, was granted by William Agnew of Kilwaughter to [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]. It named three lives:

* Robert Glasgow;
* Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson, his wife;
* “James Glasgow junior”.

The property comprised land at Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel, Kilwaughter.<ref name="Ballykeel1738">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.</ref>

The lease does not itself call James their son. Read with the 1731 baptism, however, the identification of “James Glasgow junior” as [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], son of Robert and Rachel, is strongly supported.

Sworn inheritance pleadings made in 1817 and 1818 by James's eldest son, also Robert Glasgow, state that Rachel Wilson married Robert Glasgow and left two children, James Glasgow and Ann Glasgow. The deponent identified James as his father and Rachel as his paternal grandmother. The pleadings arose from claims to the Wilson estate and included reference to a Ballykeel interest.<ref name="WilsonPleadings">South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.</ref>

The resulting documented chain is:

:'''[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]''' married Rachel Wilson
:* '''[[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]]''', born 24 May 1731
:** later Robert Glasgow, James's eldest son, who gave sworn evidence in 1817

This is a genuine documentary family connection, but it begins several generations after the 1653 Robert.

=== The later Robert was not the 1653 man ===

[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] was married to Rachel Wilson, fathered a child in 1731, held the Ballykeel lease in 1738 and was still appearing in congregational business in the 1740s.<ref name="James1731" /><ref name="Ballykeel1738" /><ref name="Porter" />

The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747.

The two Roberts therefore should not be merged.

The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied.

=== The missing generational bridge ===

The evidence currently produces two separate groups:

:'''Early group'''
:* Robert Glaskow of Larne, associated with events about 1641
:* [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]], householders at Kilwaughter in 1669

:'''Later documented family'''
:* [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson
:* their son [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born in 1731

The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], or naming the heirs or children of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]].

A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs.<ref name="JamesProbate">Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries.</ref>

Later Y-DNA results reportedly place descendants of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]] in the same close paternal cluster as descendants attributed to another early-eighteenth-century northern Irish Robert Glasgow. This supports a shared paternal Glasgow ancestry among those later branches. It cannot determine whether the common ancestor was the 1653 Robert or identify the missing parent-child links.<ref name="DNA">Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor.</ref>

=== Scottish candidate ===

A separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk on 17 November 1618, a son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.</ref>

A derivative FamilySearch index also records a James Glasgow in Glasgow in November 1645, with parents named as Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.<ref name="James1645">“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK record VQHK-VMK]. This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record.</ref>

No record places the Scottish [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] in Larne, names him as the man in the 1653 examinations or identifies the Scottish child James with [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] of Kilwaughter. The profiles should remain separate.

=== Priority Research ===

* Inspect the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, PRONI T/808/14889.
** Search all forms including Glasgow, Glasgo, Glaskow, Glascow, Glascho and possible Glass entries.
** Determine whether Robert, James or John was recorded under the Kilwaughter estate before the 1669 hearth roll.
* Search the Agnew of Kilwaughter estate papers.
** PRONI D282 contains leases, rentals and estate papers extending into the seventeenth century.
** NRS GD154/505–534 contains related Agnew and Kilwaughter material.
** Priority should be given to leases reciting former tenants, inherited interests, named lives or succession from one Glasgow tenant to another.
* Inspect the archive-only records most capable of supplying the missing generational bridge.
** PRONI T/808/14889: the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll.
** PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS GD154/505–534: Kilwaughter estate leases, rentals, assignments and tenant succession.
** PRONI MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B: Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals.
** MIC331 concerns William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to this family. T1762 and D2003/MIC128 are substantially later and lower-priority collections.
* Reconstruct the complete title history of Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel before the 1738 lease.
** Determine whether Robert and Rachel's holding had previously been occupied by [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or another Glasgow.
* Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward.
** Record every Glasgow entry, witness, elder, townland and stated relationship.
** Seek an entry naming the father of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]].
* Search the surviving Connor administration bonds, grant books and related probate indexes for [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]].
** Although the 1727 will itself appears lost, a collateral bond, grant entry or later estate proceeding may identify an administrator or relative.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus and related Commonwealth judicial papers for Robert Glasgow and variants.
** Include James Browne, Robert Browne, Jennett Woodsyde, Teige O'Sheale, Larne, Islandmagee and Kilwaughter.
** A separate examination naming Robert's residence, occupation or household would be more useful genealogically than another repetition of the accusation.
* Do not merge the 1653 Robert with [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] without a documentary bridge.

== Sources ==
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