Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

William Glasgow

1685 – 1747

Glasgow-428 · 1 mapped association

Norfolk, Independent Cities, Colony of Virginia→Currituck, Currituck, Province of North Carolina
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
7Close relations
4Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1685 · Norfolk, Independent Cities, Colony of Virginia
Death
1747 · Currituck, Currituck, Province of North Carolina
Parents
William Daniel Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Susannah (Dauge) Glasgow
Children
Abiah GlascoCaleb GlasgowCaleb GlasgowElizabeth GlascoLowdenner Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-428
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
124

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 positionCaleb Glasgow (1726)
Maternal grandfather positionCaleb Glasgow (1740)
Maternal grandmother positionAbiah Glasco (1738)
Paternal grandmother positionElizabeth Glasco (1741)

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Estimate and relationship notes
  • The export reports 3 children but 5 named child profiles are recoverable from this export.
  • 1 parent reference point outside the current export.

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 fit14/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1659–?Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesStrathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland · Strathblane — StirlingshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Unknown) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); 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 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Margaret (Unknown) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit12/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1656–?Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Scotland · Ireland · Northern Ireland region — exact county unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit11/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1648–?Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 78 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 78 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit10/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1640–?Generation45 years age gapRecorded placesEdinburgh, Scotland · EdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 86 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Annapill (Glessie) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (45) at the subject's birth (+3)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 86 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Annapill (Glessie) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (45) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit8/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1655–?Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesMidlothian, Scotland · Midlothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowIsobell (Duffe) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Isobell (Duffe) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate's household recorded Thomas Glasgow in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1677–1691) (+6; other parent Isobell (Duffe) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Isobell (Duffe) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate's household recorded Thomas Glasgow in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1656–?Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesPolwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland · Polwarth — BerwickshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)

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

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

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

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1647–?Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesEdinburgh, Scotland · EdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)

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

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

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 fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1666–?Generationat least 19 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at least 19 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 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 at least 19 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

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

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1651–?Generationat least 34 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Antrim, Ireland · County Antrim — exact locality unproved · Glenarm TownIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at least 34 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 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 at least 34 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

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

Automated fit10/100
Weak Lead
Dates1635–1700Generation50 years age gapRecorded placesInveresk, Midlothian, Scotland · InvereskIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 91 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • less typical 50-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)

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

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  • less typical 50-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • candidate's birth is 91 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1726), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the second dated daughter Elizabeth Glasco, the expected mother position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Elizabeth in 146 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

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.

Same-name candidate

William GlasgowGlasgow-3587

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1690–?PlacesCavers, Roxburghshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

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

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

William GlasgowGlasgow-3013

Automated fit31/100
Similar Person
Dates1680–?PlacesGlencorse, Midlothian, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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. 1685

Profile-stated birthplace: Norfolk, Independent Cities, Colony of Virginia

Norfolk, Independent Cities, Colony of Virginia

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-428

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.8 claims
3Tree Only
1Unknown

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.4 sources

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

  1. tree_only "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 00:31), entry for William Glasgow(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZKD-QTZ); contributed by various users.
  2. tree_only Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), www.ancestry.com, Database online.. Record for Mary Gamon.
  3. unknown Research on Dauge and Glasgow families, dtd March 1969
  4. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-428
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-428 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-03-30.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Norfolk, Independent Cities, Colony of VirginiaWikiTree profile field
death—Currituck, Currituck, Province of North CarolinaWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsWilliam Daniel GlasgowGlasgow-11581653-00-00 · Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia · 1712-00-00 · Moyock Township, Currituck, North Carolina, United States
ParentsMaryGammon-9341665-00-00 · Norfolk, Virginia · 1699-00-00 · Currituck, North Carolina
ChildrenCaleb GlasgowGlasgow-3631726-00-00 · Carrituck, North Carolina · 1781-00-00 · Currituck, North Carolina, United States
ChildrenAbiahGlasco-391738-00-00 · Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina · 1759-00-00 · Pasquotank County, NC
ChildrenCaleb GlasgowGlasgow-8301740-00-00 · Currituck, North Carolina, British Colonial America · 1804-12-24 · Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States
ChildrenElizabethGlasco-401741-00-00 · Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina · 0000-00-00
ChildrenLowdenner GlasgowGlasgow-7711744-00-00 · Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina · 0000-00-00
SpousesSusannah GlasgowDauge-191715-01-10 · Currituck, Province of North Carolina · 1778-00-00 · Norfolk, Virginia, United States · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography William was born about 1685. He is the son of Daniel Glasgow. Sources

    • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 00:31), entry for William Glasgow(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZKD-QTZ); contributed by various users.
    • Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), www.ancestry.com, Database online.. Record for Mary Gamon.
    • Research on Dauge and Glasgow families, dtd March 1969

Profile source citations

  1. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 00:31), entry for William Glasgow(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZKD-QTZ); contributed by various users. source link 1 source link 2
  2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), www.ancestry.com, Database online.. Record for Mary Gamon.
  3. Research on Dauge and Glasgow families, dtd March 1969
Full captured biography text
Biography
William was born about 1685. He is the son of Daniel Glasgow. 
Sources
* "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 00:31), entry for William Glasgow(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZKD-QTZ); contributed by various users.
* Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), www.ancestry.com, Database online.. Record for Mary Gamon.
* Research on Dauge and Glasgow families, dtd March 1969
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography == 

William was born about 1685. He is the son of [[Glasgow-1158|Daniel Glasgow]]. 

== Sources ==
<references />
* "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 00:31), entry for William Glasgow(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZKD-QTZ); contributed by various users.
* Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), www.ancestry.com, Database online.. Record for Mary Gamon.
* Research on Dauge and Glasgow families,  dtd March 1969