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A newly\nidentified contemporary Irish John is recorded in 1728: John Glasgow,\ngentleman, of Gortigillagh/Gortaggle, County Leitrim. He is a competing\nsame-generation candidate, not an identification of John-551; the residence and\nstatus do not closely match the later County Tyrone tradition."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [Registry of Deeds memorial 38,213](https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=38213), vol. 57, p. 235 | John Glasgow, gentleman of Gortigillagh, County Leitrim, witnessed a Johnston-network agreement dated 30 May 1728. | Genuine contemporary candidate, but no relationship, age or Tyrone connection. Keep separate as Glasgow-3960. |\n| [Registry of Deeds memorial 71,498](https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=71498), vol. 101, p. 337 | A 1725 Cavankilgreen, County Tyrone lease names an occupier only as `[—] Glasgow` in the volunteer abstract. | Potentially decisive for John-551 if the omitted forename is John, but the original has not been read and no identification can yet be made. |"}]}],"similar_people":[{"id":"Glasgow-2539","name":"John Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-2539","html_url":"/people/glasgow-2539.html","birth_year":1771,"death_year":null,"birth_place":"County Tyrone, Ireland","death_place":null,"score":52,"classification":"similar person","match_reasons":["same first and last name (+18)","shared recorded place (+20)","matching child name: Hugh Glasgow"],"conflicts":["record-derived birth estimates differ by 90; retained without deduction"],"matching_children":["Hugh Glasgow"],"child_name_overlap":[],"parent_comparison":"No shared parent is indexed"},{"id":"Glasgow-3161","name":"John Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-3161","html_url":"/people/glasgow-3161.html","birth_year":1680,"death_year":null,"birth_place":null,"death_place":"West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland","score":43,"classification":"similar person","match_reasons":["same first and last name (+18)","birth years within 1 (+25)"],"conflicts":[],"matching_children":[],"child_name_overlap":[],"parent_comparison":"No shared parent is indexed"}],"potential_parentage":{"children_recorded":[{"id":"Glasgow-548","name":"Hugh Glasgow","birth_year":1706,"death_year":null,"gender":"Male","parent_ids":["Glasgow-551"],"html_url":"/people/glasgow-548.html"}],"earliest_dated_son":{"id":"Glasgow-548","name":"Hugh Glasgow","given":"hugh","given_tokens":["hugh"],"gender":"Male","birth_year":1706,"birth_place":"County Tyrone, Ireland","death_year":null,"parent_ids":["Glasgow-551"],"html_url":"/people/glasgow-548.html"},"earliest_dated_daughter":null,"second_dated_son":null,"second_dated_daughter":null,"third_dated_son":null,"third_dated_daughter":null,"naming_controls":{"matches":0,"mismatches":0,"factor":1.0,"details":[]},"candidates":[{"id":"Glasgow-1073","name":"John Glasgow M.A","catalogue_id":"glasgow-1073","html_url":"/people/glasgow-1073.html","birth_year":1653,"death_year":1721,"gender":"Male","age_gap":28,"age_gap_label":"28 years","role":"possible father","locations":["Scotland","Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland","Scotland — exact locality unproved"],"score":24,"classification":"competing linked parent","reasons":["plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)","candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1706), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)","same broad administrative area only (+1; 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