John Glasgow

Biography
John Glasgow was recorded in an Irish pre-1858 wills and administrations index in 1685. His residence was written Maghrebegg. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Pre-1858 Wills and Administrations index, entry for John Glasgow, index date 1685, residence "Maghrebegg"; transcription supplied to the project in July 2026. The public index can be searched through the PRONI Name Search (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx). The available transcription supplies no occupation, relatives, type of instrument or surviving original reference. 

The record proves a same-name Irish resident and an estate or probate-related index event. It does not establish what the year represents, identify the place of death, or name a parent, spouse, child, executor, beneficiary or heir. 

The project map provisionally identifies the historical residence with Magherabeg in the Arboe and Loughinsholin area of County Londonderry. That modernisation is a close spelling and locality match, not a relationship record or proof of John's birthplace.

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|+ Evidence summary
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! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Point
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Assessment
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| John Glasgow existed by 1685
| Directly supported by the index
|-
| Residence written Maghrebegg
| Directly supported by the index
|-
| Identification with modern Magherabeg
| Probable place-name interpretation
|-
| Birth before about 1664
| Adult-status estimate only
|-
| Family relationships
| Unknown; leave unconnected
|}
Research Notes
John Glasgow was already an adult householder at Kilwaughter Demesne, County Antrim, in 1669 and had no known death date. He could have been the man indexed at Maghrebegg sixteen years later, but no record links the two localities. John Glasgow of Cavers was an adult of the right generation, but no reviewed record places him in Ireland. John Glasgow, estimated born about 1681, and John Glasgow, estimated born in 1685, were too young to be ordinary adult probate subjects in 1685.
Sources

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== Biography ==

'''John Glasgow''' was recorded in an Irish pre-1858 wills and administrations index in 1685. His residence was written '''Maghrebegg'''.<ref name="JohnProbate1685">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, ''Pre-1858 Wills and Administrations'' index, entry for John Glasgow, index date 1685, residence "Maghrebegg"; transcription supplied to the project in July 2026. The public index can be searched through the [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI Name Search]. The available transcription supplies no occupation, relatives, type of instrument or surviving original reference.</ref>

The record proves a same-name Irish resident and an estate or probate-related index event. It does not establish what the year represents, identify the place of death, or name a parent, spouse, child, executor, beneficiary or heir.<ref name="JohnProbate1685" />

The project map provisionally identifies the historical residence with '''Magherabeg''' in the Arboe and Loughinsholin area of County Londonderry. That modernisation is a close spelling and locality match, not a relationship record or proof of John's birthplace.

{| class="wikitable" style="padding:5px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Evidence summary'''
|-
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Point
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Assessment
|-
| John Glasgow existed by 1685
| Directly supported by the index
|-
| Residence written Maghrebegg
| Directly supported by the index
|-
| Identification with modern Magherabeg
| Probable place-name interpretation
|-
| Birth before about 1664
| Adult-status estimate only
|-
| Family relationships
| Unknown; leave unconnected
|}

== Research Notes ==

[[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] was already an adult householder at Kilwaughter Demesne, County Antrim, in 1669 and had no known death date. He could have been the man indexed at Maghrebegg sixteen years later, but no record links the two localities. [[Glasgow-1498|John Glasgow of Cavers]] was an adult of the right generation, but no reviewed record places him in Ireland. [[Glasgow-551|John Glasgow]], estimated born about 1681, and [[Glasgow-2475|John Glasgow]], estimated born in 1685, were too young to be ordinary adult probate subjects in 1685.

== Sources ==

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