Jacob Glasko

Biography
Surname variants: Glassgow, Glasgo, Glasko, Glasco, Glasgow, Glasse.

Jacob Glasko was born ca. 1750, and died in December, 1824. 

He is described in secondary sources as of mixed race, African-American and Native American, and as possibly having been born in slavery. 

A native of Rhode Island, he had relocated by 1790, to Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

In 1806, he acquired 50 acres of land in New London County, Connecticut near the falls along the Pachaug River, a third of which he conveyed to each of his sons, George Glasko and Isaac Glasko, in 1807.

Subsequent to the death of his wife Martha im 1815, he relocated permanently to Griswold, Connecticut.

Jacob Glasko / Glasgow was possibly born a slave, either in Rhode Island or Connecticut, roughly around 1750, based on the birth of his first son in 1776. He had Native American heritage. He married Martha Unknown.
Children:
# Isaac C Glasgow (1776-1861) 
Marriage of son Isaac Glasse:
"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945" 
citing Page: p 363; Digital film/folder number: 004250616; FHL microfilm: 959589; Image number: 215; Record number: 2331; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I09433-7 
 (accessed 8 February 2026) 
 
Jacob Glasse's son Isaac Glasse marriage to Lucy Brayton on 19 Dec 1800 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
 
# George Glasko (abt.1780-)
# Jacob Glasko (abt.1800-)

He moved to North Uxbridge, Massachusetts by 1790, where he remained until at least 1807, but left by 1815 when his wife Martha died and he moved to Griswold, Connecticut, where his son Isaac had a commercial forge and commercial land holdings. 

Jacob Glasko, while still living in Massachusetts purchased fifty acres of land and a house along the Pachaug River and by the edge of a pond (now Glasgo Pond) for $1,250, a third of which holdings he sold to each of his sons in 1807. 

In 1818 he married Elizabeth Dailey a Pequot woman in Putnam, Connecticut 
Marriage:
"Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997" 
citing Digital film/folder number: 007593337; FHL microfilm: 3284; Record number: 264; Packet letter: B 
 (accessed 8 February 2026) 
Jacob Glasko marriage to Elizabeth Daley on 29 Apr 1818 in Connecticut, United States.

In the 1820 census Jacob was in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States. 
1820 Census:
"United States, Census, 1820" 
citing Page: 729; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M33; Digital film/folder number: 005157044; FHL microfilm: 0281235; Image number: 717 
 (accessed 8 February 2026) 
 
Jacob Glasko in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States.
{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
|+ 1820 United States Federal Census: Griswold, New London, Connecticut
|- bgcolor=#E1F0B4
| Name
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| Jacob Glasko
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 NOTE: this record could be for his son Jacob, if Jacob Jr was born in 1795. 
The household consisted of:
* Male Free colored persons 
** 1 45 and upwards
* Female Free colored persons 
** 1 45 and upwards

He died in December 1824. He is thought to have been buried in the Old Kinne Burying Ground in Griswold, Connecticut. African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England By Glenn A. Knoblock (https://www.google.com/books/edition/African_American_Historic_Burial_Grounds/R-07CwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Isaac+Glasko&pg=PA167&printsec=frontcover) After King Philip's War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England edited by Colin G. Calloway (https://www.google.com/books/edition/After_King_Philip_s_War/LXrgK29zl2QC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Isaac+Glasko&pg=PT344&printsec=frontcover) 
Sources
* "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL6-YLV: accessed 3 April 2022), Jacob Glasko, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.

* "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920" Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut - (accessed 7 January 2024) Name: Jacob Glasko; Death Date: Dec 1824; Death Place: Griswold, Connecticut, USA.

* Glenn A. Knoblock, African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co.; 2015), pp. 167-168.

* "Blacksmith Isaac Glasko Challenges the State Constitution," Connecticut History (April 16, 2021), https://connecticuthistory.org/blacksmith-isaac-glasko-challenges-the-state-constitution/.

* "Glasgo: Isaac Glasko Forges a Life," Connecticut Explored (2016), https://www.ctexplored.org/glasgo-isaac-glasko-forges-a-life/.

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== Biography == 
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Surname variants: Glassgow,  Glasgo, Glasko, Glasco, Glasgow, Glasse.

Jacob Glasko was born ca. 1750, and died in December, 1824. 

He is described in secondary sources as of mixed race, African-American and Native American, and as possibly having been born in slavery.  

A native of Rhode Island, he had relocated by 1790, to Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

In 1806, he acquired 50 acres of land in New London County, Connecticut near the falls along the Pachaug River, a third of which he conveyed to each of his sons, George Glasko and Isaac Glasko, in 1807.

Subsequent to the death of his wife Martha im 1815, he relocated permanently to Griswold, Connecticut.

Jacob Glasko / Glasgow was possibly born a slave, either in Rhode Island or Connecticut, roughly around 1750, based on the birth of his first son in 1776.  He had Native American heritage. He married Martha Unknown.
Children:
# [[Glasko-4|Isaac C Glasgow (1776-1861)]] <ref>
'''Marriage of son Isaac Glasse''':
"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"<br/>
citing Page: p 363; Digital film/folder number: 004250616; FHL microfilm: 959589; Image number: 215; Record number: 2331; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I09433-7<br/>
{{FamilySearch Record|F8VJ-5J5}} (accessed 8 February 2026)<br/>
{{FamilySearch Image|S3HY-DZCQ-357}}<br/>
Jacob Glasse's son Isaac Glasse marriage to Lucy Brayton on 19 Dec 1800 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
</ref>
# [[Glasko-6|George Glasko (abt.1780-)]]
# [[Glasko-19|Jacob Glasko (abt.1800-)]]

He moved to North Uxbridge, Massachusetts by 1790, where he remained until at least 1807, but left by 1815 when his wife Martha died and he moved to Griswold, Connecticut, where his son Isaac had a commercial forge and commercial land holdings. <ref name="AAHBG"/><ref name="AKPW"/>

Jacob Glasko,  while still living in Massachusetts purchased fifty acres of land and a house along the Pachaug  River and by the edge of a pond (now Glasgo Pond) for $1,250, a third of which holdings  he sold to each of his sons in 1807. <ref name="AAHBG"/>

In 1818 he married Elizabeth Dailey a Pequot woman in Putnam, Connecticut <ref name="AAHBG"/><ref name="AKPW"/> <ref>
'''Marriage''':
"Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997"<br/>
citing Digital film/folder number: 007593337; FHL microfilm: 3284; Record number: 264; Packet letter: B<br/>
{{FamilySearch Record|F7G7-NJV}} (accessed 8 February 2026)<br/>
Jacob Glasko marriage to Elizabeth Daley on 29 Apr 1818 in Connecticut, United States.
</ref>

In the 1820 census Jacob was in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States.<ref>
'''1820 Census''':
"United States, Census, 1820"<br/>
citing Page: 729; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M33; Digital film/folder number: 005157044; FHL microfilm: 0281235; Image number: 717<br/>
{{FamilySearch Record|XHL6-YLV}} (accessed 8 February 2026)<br/>
{{FamilySearch Image|33SQ-GYBS-63H}}<br/>
Jacob Glasko in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States.
{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
|+ 1820 United States Federal Census: Griswold, New London, Connecticut
|- bgcolor=#E1F0B4
| Name
|-
| '''Jacob Glasko'''
|}
</ref> NOTE: this  record could be for his son Jacob, if Jacob Jr was born in 1795. 
The household consisted of:
* Male Free colored persons 
** 1 45 and upwards
* Female Free colored persons 
** 1 45 and upwards

He died in December 1824. He is thought to have been buried in the Old Kinne Burying Ground in Griswold, Connecticut.  <ref name="AAHBG">[https://www.google.com/books/edition/African_American_Historic_Burial_Grounds/R-07CwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Isaac+Glasko&pg=PA167&printsec=frontcover African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England By Glenn A. Knoblock]</ref> <ref name="AKPW">[https://www.google.com/books/edition/After_King_Philip_s_War/LXrgK29zl2QC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Isaac+Glasko&pg=PT344&printsec=frontcover After King Philip's War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England edited by Colin G. Calloway]</ref>
== Sources ==
<references />
* "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL6-YLV: accessed 3 April 2022), Jacob Glasko, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.

* "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920"<br/>Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut<br/>{{Ancestry Sharing|8897530|7b22746f6b656e223a227332574b47653258337874414f4435725a342b646b76596f4658475a44694c546f64563874575a677354453d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - {{Ancestry Record|3032|458367}} (accessed 7 January 2024)<br/>Name: Jacob Glasko; Death Date: Dec 1824; Death Place: Griswold, Connecticut, USA.

* Glenn A. Knoblock, ''African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England'' (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co.; 2015), pp. 167-168.

* "Blacksmith Isaac Glasko Challenges the State Constitution," Connecticut History (April 16, 2021), https://connecticuthistory.org/blacksmith-isaac-glasko-challenges-the-state-constitution/.

* "Glasgo: Isaac Glasko Forges a Life," Connecticut Explored (2016), https://www.ctexplored.org/glasgo-isaac-glasko-forges-a-life/.