Thomas Glasgow

The original 30 July 1861 deed, B465 now identifies Daniel of Kilrea, watchmaker, and Thomas of Lisnagaver, farmer, with wives Margaret and Mary Anne, as the men selling interests under Robert’s will. Their identity with Daniel-3896 and Thomas-987 is established by the combined places, occupations, wives and earlier brotherhood evidence. The siblings’ parents remain unnamed. Robert, Samuel, John, Daniel and Thomas belong to the same will-defined sibling group, with sister Mary and brother James’s children also named. No contemporary parent names follow, and Alexander-951 is not proved to be another brother.

See the complete original-deed table and title-fraction assessment. Eliza Jane and Mary of Rochester are the carpenter’s eldest and second eldest daughters; their ninth shares do not fit a simple division of Robert’s sixth for James’s children. The carpenter’s identity with Robert’s brother remains a property-based hypothesis.

The original C298 deed, 15 September 1869, registered 1 July 1870, identifies Mary Black, formerly Mary Glasgow, as Robert’s sister, and names children John Black (wife Martha) and Rose Ann Black at Drumoolish, Jane Miller (wife of Robert Miller), Agnes and deceased Elizabeth Black at Newburgh, and Thomasina Montgomery (wife of Mathew) at Legrand, Iowa. This establishes the Black collateral branch; it does not name the siblings’ parents. The original C114 identifies James’s son Alexander as a Rochester express agent, whose identity with Alexander-951 remains unproved.

17 September 2026: widow Mary Ann's remarriage and the Ballydonnelly mill (Source findings)

A 30 March 1889 Exchequer judgment (creditor Robert Wilson, trading as Louden & Wilson, Belfast) describes the debtor as Mary Ann Smith otherwise Glasgow, wife of John Smith, formerly of Rosedermot otherwise Rosedemate, holding the Lisnagaver tenancy and the Ballydonnelly flax-mill plot (rent £1 1s 8d) under "the representative of the late Robert B. Harvey Esq." (FamilySearch 3Q9M-CSKS-13HQ-D). This documents that Thomas's widow Mary Ann (McCracken) Glasgow remarried a John Smith and moved to Rosedermot, and confirms the Ballydonnelly flax mill was the Thomas branch's holding. Thomas himself died 21 June 1870 at Lisnagaver (Will Calendar and the 21 June index; a "24 May 1870" FamilySearch index entry is a divergent transcription). Full context: research/Glasgow-951/research-log-2026-09-17-live.md.

The published Kilrea Girls' National School register, entry 53, records in 1871 Sarah Glasgow, aged 9, residence "Ballyconley", parent or guardian "Widow"; the religion column is blank. Thomas died on 21 June 1870 and his widow Mary Ann later held the Ballydonnelly flax-mill plot. The entry probably records their daughter Sarah (Glasgow-3975) living with her mother at Ballydonnelly the year after Thomas died. It is the first record placing a Glasgow household in residence at Ballydonnelly, and bears on the "John Glasgow, late of Baladonly" of the 1892 citation. The townland spelling is the transcriber's, the original register has not been seen, and no father is named, so the identification is probable, not proved.

• Coleraine Chronicle, 23 February 1889, p.1 (BNA BL/0001283/18890223/002): "Smith and Glasgow — At Ballymena, on the 18th inst., John Smith, formerly of Moneydie [Perthshire, per the Findmypast index], but now of Rosdernat [Rosedermot], Cloughmills, to Mrs. Glasgow, Lisnagaver, Rasharkin." The civil marriage index has Mary Anne Glasgow, Ballymena, January–March 1889, vol. 1, p.127; John Smith is among the names on the same index page (IRE/BMD/M/614399501).
• Ballymena Observer, 29 March 1889, p.3 (BNA BL/0001426/18890329/067): Samuel Hood, auctioneer, Church Street, Ballymena, was instructed by "Mrs. Smith (late Mrs. Glasgow), of Lisnagaver" to sell on the premises on Monday 1 April 1889. The sale comprised hay, two stacks of corn, pits of potatoes and the entire household furniture, including a sofa, two glass cases, bedsteads and three eight-day clocks.
• Together these date the remarriage to 18 February 1889 and show the Lisnagaver household being sold up on 1 April 1889, six weeks after the wedding and two days after the 30 March Exchequer judgment. They add Moneydie, Perthshire as John Smith's earlier home. The clocks are suggestive of the Kilrea watch-and-clock-making family context, but they are not evidence of it.

Source: Findmypast sweep report.

A Registry of Deeds memorial of a mortgage dated 8 May 1886 records Mary Ann Glasgow, widow, and Daniel Glasgow, farmer, both of Lisnagaver, mortgaging to the Antrim County Land Building and Investment Company a Lisnagaver farm of 33 acres 3 roods 36 perches, held by Mary Ann as tenant from year to year, and a Ballydonnelly parcel of 1 acre 1 rood 20 perches with a flax mill. It was read from the FamilySearch image. The 17 September 2026 log lists a second mortgage by the same parties, dated 28 December 1887, registered in 1889, over the same property; the 1885–89 Land Index lists the mortgages under "Glasgow Mary A".

The deeds state no relationship between Mary Ann and Daniel. The acreage closely matches Thomas's lot 26a of 32 acres 3 roods 15 perches in the first valuation (both statute measure), so the farm continued in his widow's hands. Daniel Neely Glasgow (Glasgow-2413), a farmer of Lisnagaver and son of Thomas in his 1888 marriage, is very probably the Daniel of these deeds. The Ballydonnelly mill parcel is the plot named in the 1889 Louden & Wilson judgment against Mary Ann Smith otherwise Glasgow (above).

Recorded in research/Glasgow-951/sources/familysearch_lisnagaver_deeds_1881_1886.md (24 August 2026) and research/Glasgow-951/research-log-2026-09-17-live.md (17 September 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

A Registry of Deeds judgment memorial of 1881, read from the FamilySearch image, recites a judgment obtained on 22 December 1869 by Robert Smyrell against Neal Brennan, Arthur Brennan and Thomas Glasgow of Lisnagaver, County Antrim, farmer. The 1881 affidavit states that Thomas was then deceased. Name, townland, occupation and death before 1881 make this probably Thomas, who died on 21 June 1870. The memorial states no kinship and says nothing of his parentage; it shows him as a co-debtor with two Brennans six months before his death.

Recorded in research/Glasgow-951/sources/familysearch_lisnagaver_deeds_1881_1886.md (24 August 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

The published Rasharkin Presbyterian baptism transcription (register PRONI MIC1P/292) records children of Thos. Glascaw/Glascow and Mary Ann McCrackin/McCracken:

The entries were seen as a transcription only. The repeated name Eliza suggests that the first child died young, unless the two entries are a duplicate; the original register should be read. The 1843 Eliza was born eight days after Alexander's son James (born 9 October 1843, entry 203), also at Lisnagaver: close local association, not a stated relationship. These are the daughters behind the statement above that the transcription through 1846 contains only daughters.

Recorded in research/Glasgow-951/sources/agent_B_2026-09-17.md (17 September 2026) and research/Glasgow-951/glasgow_parentage_master_integration_2026-09-05.md (5 September 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

The civil marriage register for Finvoy, 7 March 1867, read from the image, records Jane Glasgow of Lisnagaver, father Thomas Glasgow, farmer, marrying Robert Jamison; the witnesses were Leslie Ellis and George Graham. Townland, father's name and occupation make her Thomas's daughter Jane (Glasgow-1361), born in 1846.

The marriage of Catherine Glasgow and Alexander Smith at Ballymena on 17 June 1871 concerns Catherine of Cabragh, daughter of Saml Glasgow, labourer. She is not Thomas's probable daughter Catherine (Glasgow-3976).

Recorded in research/Glasgow-951/findings.md (GRONI export triage, 23 September 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

Thomas and Daniel of Kilrea were brothers at high confidence. The unusual full name Daniel Neely Glasgow, explicit nephew, explicit brother Thomas, father Thomas Glasgow, occupation, and Lisnagaver residence form a conflict-free two-record proof chain.

The chain stops there. It supplies no father or mother for Thomas or Daniel.

Rose Ann's New Zealand records independently strengthen the identification of this Thomas as the Lisnagaver/Kilrea man, but they likewise stop at Thomas and do not identify the proposed older Alexander.

The Newberry comparison is now more concrete but remains comparative only. Rachel Glasgow's husband is identified as Robert McCrackin (c.1771–1817), and their stones prove children Ruth and Pulauski; probable son Cyrus administered Robert's estate. Hiram, a grandson of Wilson Glasgow and Mary McCracken, married Mary Ann Brandon Kennedy, and their daughter Cleora married Leland McNary Speers. No new record links the South Carolina McCrackins to Carnfinton or names the father of Alexander, Thomas or Daniel. The repeated McCracken marriages are therefore a useful migration/network hypothesis, not parentage proof.

• Do not retain Alexander and Rosanna as certain parents on the strength of the 2007 message-board account.
• Do not describe Daniel as Thomas's uncle; Daniel's original will explicitly calls Thomas his brother. The older family tradition apparently misstated the degree.
• Do not use the sibling proof to attach either man to Adam.
• Do not treat the 2020 correspondence as a second independent source for Alexander and Rosanna until the correspondent's underlying family material and any claimed DNA segment evidence are obtained.

The civil marriage of John Glasgow-867 of Lisnagaver and Margaret Garvin on 16 November 1846 was witnessed by James Garvin and Wm Neely; the bride lived at Rockfield, Desertoghill. Thomas's son was named Daniel Neely Glasgow. The shared Neely name is an association only and establishes no relationship between John-867 and Thomas.

The profile draft for Thomas lists a probable daughter Catherine (Glasgow-3976) and two records it calls compatible with her:

• a New Zealand notice of intention to marry, Christchurch, 3 October 1877: Catherine Glasgow, aged 24, spinster and milliner (transcription);
• a Victorian death-index entry for Catherine Ekberg, 1946, registration 12550, reported to give her father's surname as Glasgow and her mother as Mary Ann McCracken. This detail is taken second-hand from a family discussion, not from the index itself.

An age of 24 in 1877 implies birth about 1853, after the 1851 census. Two of Thomas's daughters, Ann Redpath and Eliza Haigh, are documented in Canterbury, which makes the Christchurch notice a reasonable candidate. Neither record is yet identified with Thomas's daughter; the mother's name in the death index, if confirmed, would be the link. The Victorian death certificate and the original notice are needed.

Recorded in research/Glasgow-987/Glasgow-987.md (profile draft, references accessed 9 August 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

The 1901 census Form B1 for Coltrim, Moneymore DED, house 7 (original image) lists a Thomas Glasgow but gives no age, occupation or relationships. He is not this Thomas, who died at Lisnagaver on 21 June 1870.

Recorded in research/Glasgow-987/Glasgow-987.md (profile draft, reference accessed 9 August 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.

Younger Alexander Glasgow-951 is Thomas's possible brother or cousin, based on their similar ages, farming status, tightly grouped Lisnagaver households, movements between adjoining Gortereghy and Lisnagaver, and the late family account. His son Robert Glasgow-938 is the best candidate for the Griffith Gortereghy Robert. If the brother inference is correct, Daniel and Thomas were uncles of that Robert. Neither relationship should be stated as proved.

Thomas's wife Maryann McCracken now supplies a more specific local affinal lead. A 1834 tithe record places John McCrackine at Carnfinton, Mary Ann's reported birth townland. Griffith's Valuation later has Robert and William McCracken there. Civil marriages identify Carnfinton children of a farmer William: Mary Ann (1867), James William (1886), and Elizabeth (1889); James McCracken witnessed Elizabeth's marriage. James William's marriage was witnessed by Alexander Marks; Mary Ann's husband George Mark was a son of Alexander Mark. This may be the same Marks in-law network. Alexander's daughter Ann married Robert McCracken in 1876, also naming a father William, although that register calls William a labourer and places Robert at Lisnagaver. Robert is therefore a strong candidate—not yet a proved sibling—within the Carnfinton William household.

If valuation-era William was Mary Ann's brother and Ann's husband Robert was his son, Alexander's daughter married the nephew of Thomas's wife. This is a testable, unusually specific kin-network hypothesis that would strengthen the Alexander–Thomas brother case. It remains indirect and depends on two unproved McCracken relationships. The Griffith name McCochrane at Lisnagaver is standardised as Cochrane and should not be treated as a McCracken spelling without an explicit record.

The strongest South Carolina comparison is specifically the descendant line of Robert Glasgow-1143 of Kilwaughter. His son James Glasgow-1144 had siblings Rachel and Wilson Crossier: Rachel married Robert McCrackin, while Wilson Glasgow-1982 married Mary McCracken. Wilson and Mary's daughter Mariah then married William McCracken. Thus two children of one Glasgow household and one grandchild made three McCracken marriages across two generations. This is a strong repeated-alliance pattern, not three unrelated Glasgow branches.

The exact relationships among Robert, Mary and William McCracken remain unknown. Proving that they were siblings, parent and child, or close cousins would make the Newberry pattern a much better analogue for the proposed Carnfinton–Lisnagaver alliance. It still would not prove that the Newberry McCrackens came from Carnfinton: the documented marriages belong to the post-migration Newberry community, and no record yet bridges the two McCracken groups. McCracken is also a spouse surname and cannot explain Glasgow Y-DNA.

The Marks witnesses are now a parallel free-research route. John Marks witnessed Alexander's son Robert in 1866; Jane Marks witnessed Thomas's daughter Anne/Nancy in 1879; Lizzie J. Marks witnessed Thomas's son Daniel Neely in 1888; and Alexander Marks witnessed James William McCracken in 1886. Proving how Alexander/George Mark relate to John, Jane, Lizzie and the tithe-era Gardiner Marks could connect both Glasgow households to the same McCracken in-law family without relying on surname repetition alone.

The older Alexander Glasgow-3904 and Rosanna Unknown are defensible uncertain working parents. Their dates must be earlier than the current 1790 estimates if Daniel is their son, and no source proves Rosanna's surname was Shaw. Adam and Rose of Inishrush should not be placed above the older Alexander: Adam is unsupported and Rose is chronologically excluded.

The reported first child Rose Ann, born about 1841 during the gap in the public Rasharkin baptism transcription, is compatible with the traditional maternal name Rosanna. It is only a naming clue: Rose Ann could honour Mary Ann McCracken's mother, whose identity is unknown. Thomas's later reported son Alexander is potentially more useful, especially if he was the first son, but his exact birth order and destination have not been established.

The reported son Alexander can now be bounded more tightly. Thomas's 1851 household lists only daughters, the public Rasharkin baptism transcription through 1846 contains only daughters for Thomas and Mary Ann, and no suitable Alexander Glasgow birth appears in the Irish civil index for 1864-1870. No age-compatible Irish marriage or death was found in bounded civil-index searches. If the descendant account is correct, he was most likely born after the 1851 census and before civil registration in 1864, then emigrated.

The official South African NAAIRS index supplies the first concrete destination lead: an Alexander Glasgow was defendant in Cape Supreme Court files in 1893 and 1898. Follow-up identifies the other parties. The 1893 plaintiff was the estate of Gerhard Myburgh, a prominent Cape Town merchant and consul-general; the 1898 plaintiff was Maria Lacey Welch, a repeated Cape mortgage holder later buried at Observatory, Cape Town. This places the defendant much more strongly in Cape Town's commercial/property orbit. It still proves neither Irish origin nor parentage, and only the files can establish whether the two cases concern one man. The references are KAB CSC 2/6/1/146 ref. 286 (1893) and KAB CSC 2/1/1/350 ref. 123 (1898). A held candidate draft records the duplicate audit and prevents premature attachment.

The tithe/valuation acreage pattern should not be overstated as sibling proof. Thomas's later holding is close in size to the 1834 Robert holding, while the later John-plus-younger-Alexander land approximates the 1834 Alexander holding. That topology is compatible with separate tenant successions and makes the cluster less like a simple three-son division of one farm. Only the 1835 rental and 1869 maps can test the transfers.