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== Biography ==

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'''Robert Glasgow''' was baptised at '''Glasgow High Kirk, Lanarkshire, Scotland''', on '''17 November 1618'''. He was recorded as the lawful son of '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''' and '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618; reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."</ref>

The register transcription also names '''John and George Glasgow''', apparently as godfathers, witnesses or sponsors. Their precise relationships to Robert have not yet been established.

No record presently proves Robert's later residence, occupation, marriage, children or date of death.

=== Parents ===

Robert's parents are directly named in the 1618 baptismal entry:

* '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]'''.
* '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

The elder Robert was associated with Glasgow and was recorded as a cordiner.

Robert baptised in 1618 should not be confused or merged with his father.

=== Possible marriage to Jonet Cunningham ===

The original Glasgow parish register records [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] on 25 November 1645 as the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunynghame''', with James Cunynghame and Johne Muir named as godfathers.<ref name="James1645">Scotland's People, Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers, Glasgow parish 644/1, reference 40/56, James Glasgow, male, 25 November 1645, parents indexed as “Rot. Glasgow/Jonet Cunnyngham”. Original register image inspected 31 August 2026; it names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age, birthplace or parentage for Robert. See also [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK], a derivative index.</ref>

It is chronologically possible that the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618. He would have been about twenty-seven years old in 1645.

The record does '''not''', however, give sufficient identifying information to prove that the two Roberts were the same man.

'''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]''' should therefore be treated as an '''uncertain wife''' of this Robert unless the original parish registers or another record establish continuity.

This younger Jonet Cunningham should not be confused with Robert's mother, '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

=== Possible son James Glasgow ===

[[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]], recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645, was the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunnyngham'''.<ref name="James1645" />

If the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618, James was his son.

The chronology is entirely compatible, but the identification of the father has not yet been independently proved.

The relationship should therefore remain marked '''uncertain'''.

The Scottish James recorded in 1645 has separately been proposed as identical with '''[[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow of Kilwaughter]]''', County Antrim. That Scottish-to-Irish identification is itself unproved and should not be used as evidence that this Robert migrated to Ireland.

=== Later life ===

No record has yet been identified that certainly concerns Robert after his baptism.

Several later records for men named Robert Glasgow are chronologically possible matches, but none presently provides enough identifying information to connect them securely with this profile.

A '''Robert Glasgow''' was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675 and received cloth for a uniform in an entry dated 23 October 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675">''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1905), p. 204, entry dated 23 October 1675.</ref>

Robert baptised in 1618 would have been about fifty-six or fifty-seven at that date, so the identification is chronologically possible.

No evidence presently connects the town officer with the child baptised in 1618. The 1675 occurrence should therefore remain an unconnected same-name record unless further evidence is found.

=== Death ===

Robert's date and proved place of death are unknown. The earlier Kilwaughter death-place tradition is retained in the structured field only as uncertain; no inspected record places this Scottish Robert there.

The 1653 Larne occurrence concerns the separate profile [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]] and should not be used to infer this Robert's death.

== Research Notes ==

=== Identity assessment ===

The only presently secure identification for this profile is:

:'''17 November 1618''' — Robert Glasgow, lawful son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame, baptised at Glasgow High Kirk.

Later records that may concern him include:

* Robert Glasgow, possible husband of [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]] and father of [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645. The original entry names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age or parentage for Robert.<ref name="James1645OPR">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Old Parish Register 644/1, reference 40/56, baptism of James Glasgow, 25 November 1645; original image inspected through Scotland's People on 31 August 2026.</ref>
* Robert Glasgow, town officer at Glasgow in 1675.
* Other contemporary men named Robert Glasgow in Scottish records.

None of these later occurrences has yet been proved to concern the child baptised in 1618.

=== Scottish and Irish connections ===

Although no record presently proves that this Robert migrated to Ireland, movement between '''Glasgow and the Larne district''' was entirely practicable during his lifetime.

The '''Agnew family of Lochnaw''' held and administered the Kilwaughter estate near Larne. Their surviving papers include an Irish estate series covering the period from '''1636 to 1712'''.<ref name="AgnewEstate">National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.</ref>

This provides a direct Scottish administrative connection into the district where members of the Glasgow family were later recorded. No tenancy, lease or estate record naming this Robert Glasgow has yet been identified in the Agnew papers.

Glasgow Town Council records from '''1655''' concern burgesses who had left Glasgow and settled elsewhere. Twelve of the group were reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.<ref name="AbsentBurgesses">Glasgow Town Council minutes, 30 June and 18 August 1655, Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13; ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662'', printed p. 317 ([https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/burgh_records_1630_to_1662.pdf#page=399 scan]); James R. Anderson, ed., ''Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573–1750'' (1925), cross-referenced entries.</ref>

The printed council extract names Cuthbert Robisoun and suppresses thirty other names. Anderson’s burgess roll identifies ten of the twelve Ireland residents: Cuthbert Robisoun, John King, Allan Cuthbert, Samuel Wallace, Hew Brown, William Gulliland, William Rodger, John Sinkler, Archibald Craig and Robert Hamilton. None was named Glasgow; two remain unidentified in print. This is a modest negative finding, not proof that the 1618 Robert remained in Scotland.

Separate testimony from the Larne area documents wartime movement by boat between County Antrim and Scotland by settlers travelling with their families.<ref name="LarneTravel">1641 Depositions, examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family from the Larne district to Scotland and subsequent return, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html public deposition item].</ref>

These records demonstrate a credible migration and travel mechanism between western Scotland and the Larne district during Robert's lifetime.

They provide useful historical context for the former hypothesis identifying him with Robert Glaskow of Larne, but they do '''not''' document Robert's personal movements or establish that the two men were identical.

=== Separation from Robert Glaskow of Larne ===

This Robert should presently be maintained as a '''separate individual''' from [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]], the man recorded as living at Larne, County Antrim, in 1653. The 1653 occurrence belongs to Glasgow-3970 and does not establish any later event for this Scottish Robert.

An examination taken on '''21 April 1653''' contains the description:

:''one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne''

The record does not identify the Larne man's age, birthplace, parents, wife or children.<ref name="RobertLarne">Aidan Clarke et al., editors, ''1641 Depositions'', vol. III: ''Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone'' (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2014), TCD MS 838, examination dated 21 April 1653; [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html public deposition item].</ref>

Earlier research proposed that the Larne resident was the Robert baptised at Glasgow in 1618.

That hypothesis was based upon several circumstantial factors:

* Compatible chronology.
* The shared given name and surname.
* The relative rarity of the surname in surviving County Antrim records.
* Known movement between western Scotland and County Antrim.
* Glasgow burgesses known to have settled in Ireland.
* The Scottish administration of the nearby Kilwaughter estate.
* The later appearance of Glasgow households at Kilwaughter.

These factors make the proposed identity possible, but none establishes it.

The 1653 proposed-transplantation material adds only network context. The surviving printed declaration names Captain James McCullogh in the relevant east-Antrim quarter but not James Browne; Young's Pinkerton-derived version names Browne, and a contemporary commissioners' letter says the printed names contained a serious mistake.<ref name="Transplantation1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341, [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record]; Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86, [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Robert Glaskow appears in neither list state. The discrepancy concerns the Browne–McCullogh circle around the Larne man; it does not link him to the child baptised in Glasgow or to either Jonet Cunningham.

No record has yet been found stating that Robert of Larne:

* Was born at Glasgow.
* Was the son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]].
* Was the son of [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].
* Had previously lived in Glasgow.
* Was married to [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]].
* Was the father of the James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.

The Scottish and Larne Roberts should therefore remain separate profiles unless a documentary bridge is found.

=== Why the Scottish and Larne profiles were separated ===

The former reconstruction effectively required several separate propositions to be true:

:Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow in 1618
:↓
:Robert Glasgow, father of James at Glasgow in 1645
:↓
:Robert Glaskow living at Larne in 1653
:↓
:ancestor of the later Kilwaughter Glasgows

Each step is chronologically and historically plausible, but none is presently established by direct evidence.

Combining those propositions on one profile gave the overall reconstruction more apparent certainty than the surviving records justify.

The more conservative approach is therefore to maintain separate research identities:

* '''Robert Glasgow of Glasgow''' — baptised in 1618; parents proved.
* '''Robert Glasgow, father of James in 1645''' — possibly the 1618 Robert, but not proved.
* '''Robert Glaskow of Larne''' — documented at Larne in 1653; origins unknown.

The profiles should only be merged if new evidence establishes continuity.

=== Possible wife and son ===

The 1645 Glasgow record remains significant because the chronology fits Robert baptised in 1618 particularly well.

The working hypothesis is:

:'''Robert Glasgow''', baptised 1618
:possibly married or partnered '''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]'''
:*
:* '''James Glasgow''', recorded November 1645

The original Glasgow Old Parish Register page has now been inspected. It records the event on 25 November 1645 and names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers, but gives no occupation, residence, age, parentage or other identifier for Robert. It therefore strengthens the Cunningham–Muir associate cluster without proving that the father was the child baptised in 1618.<ref name="James1645OPR" />

An exact-surname Scotland-wide search of the indexed Church of Scotland marriage registers for Robert Glasgow from 1630 through 1650 returned no result.<ref>Scotland's People, [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/church-registers/church-banns-marriages/opr-marriages Old Parish Register marriages search], exact surname Glasgow and forename beginning Robert, 1630–1650, searched 31 August 2026.</ref> This does not cover spelling variants, register gaps or unindexed entries and is not evidence that Robert left Scotland.

=== Possible relationship to John and George Glasgow ===

The 1618 baptismal transcription names '''John and George Glasgow''' following Robert's parents:

:''Godf: John & George Glasgowis.''

They were apparently godfathers, witnesses or sponsors.

Their shared surname makes a family relationship likely, but the baptismal entry does not state what that relationship was.

Possible relationships include:

* Paternal uncles.
* A grandfather and uncle.
* Great-uncles.
* Cousins or other members of the Glasgow kin group.

Identifying John and George may help reconstruct the wider family of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and distinguish this Robert from other contemporary men of the surname.

=== No proved Irish residence ===

No Irish residence should presently be entered as a fact for this Robert.

In particular:

* Larne should not be entered as a proved residence.
* Kilwaughter should not be entered as a proved residence.
* County Antrim should not be entered as a death place.
* The later Kilwaughter Glasgows should not be treated as his proved descendants.

The possible Irish connection belongs in Research Notes until a record establishes Robert's migration or family continuity.

=== Other men named Robert Glasgow ===

'''[[Glasgow-1149|Robert Glasgow]]''', associated with Inveresk and Musselburgh in Midlothian, appears in later Scottish records and should remain separate unless evidence establishes otherwise.

On 4 July 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, cordiner''', was admitted an Edinburgh burgess by right of his wife Euphame, daughter of the deceased Andrew Lorimer, beltmaker and burgess.<ref name="EdinburghBurgess1666">Marguerite Wood, ed., ''Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406–1700'' (Edinburgh, 1929), p. 208, entry dated 4 July 1666; [https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/roll_of_edinburgh_burgesses_1406_to_1700.pdf#page=218 digital scan].</ref> The shared cordiner trade with this Robert's father is notable, but the abstract supplies no age, father or birthplace. It is an alternative Scottish same-name lead, not proof of this Robert's later life.


A further adult candidate appears in the Argyll Estates Archives catalogue. In 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', gave a receipt for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> The 1618 Robert would have been about 48, and the cross-channel setting makes this a relevant lead. The catalogue gives no age, birthplace, residence, kin or Larne connection, and a vessel called the ''John of Portrush'' does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. This man is a same-name candidate, not a documentary bridge to [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]].

The obvious customs follow-up is limited by record survival. The E72 port-book series begins in 1668, no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material, and the published surviving Ulster port books relate to 1612–1615. The original Argyll receipt is therefore the best immediate source for identifying the shipmaster.

An NRS catalogue search found another possible west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or birthplace. Their handwriting and signatures must be compared before treating them as one man; neither is presently identified with the child baptised in 1618.

The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. The 1618 Robert would have been 76. Chronology permits comparison, but there is no identifier connecting him to Ainslie, Leith or the glassworks.


A stronger younger chronological alternative is [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]], baptised at Glencorse in 1676. He was seventeen in 1694 and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690; a same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. No record connects him to Ainslie or the glassworks, but his existence materially weakens any argument that the 1694 servant continued this 1618 life.

Exact Scotland's People OPR searches found no Glasgow, Glasgo, Glascow, Glaskow or Glassgow baptism in the Leith parishes from 1694 to 1730, and no exact Robert Glasgow marriage there from 1694 to 1710 or burial from 1694 to 1730. Register survival and spelling limit those negative results.

A Robert Glasgow was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675" />

It is chronologically possible that the town officer was Robert baptised in 1618, but no evidence links the two occurrences.

Researchers should also distinguish this profile from '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''', his father.

=== Date and place guidance ===

Recommended profile data:

* '''Birth/Baptism:''' 17 November 1618.
* '''Place:''' Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
* '''Father:''' [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]], certain.
* '''Mother:''' [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]], certain.
* '''Spouse:''' [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]], uncertain if retained.
* '''Child:''' James Glasgow recorded in November 1645, uncertain if attached.
* '''Occupation:''' unknown.
* '''Later residence:''' unknown.
* '''Death:''' unknown.
* '''Death place:''' unknown.

The 17 November 1618 event is a '''baptism''', not presently a proved birth date.

If WikiTree requires a birth date in the data field, 17 November 1618 should be marked uncertain unless the original register supplies an actual birth date.

=== Research priorities ===

'''Original 1618 Glasgow High Kirk register'''

* Examine NRS Glasgow High Kirk OPR 644/1 directly.
* Confirm the complete wording of the 17 November 1618 entry.
* Determine whether a residence or occupation is supplied for Robert's father.
* Identify John and George Glasgow if possible.
* Review adjacent Glasgow surname entries for related households.

'''Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham'''

* Identify the 1645 godfathers James Cunynghame and Johne Muir in burgess, craft, testamentary and church records.
* Determine whether the conflicting 11 and 25 November dates represent birth and baptism.
* Search for every child recorded to a Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.
* Establish the couple's residence and Robert's occupation.
* Compare witnesses and associates with the 1618 family.
* Search for a marriage or proclamation of banns for Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

'''Glasgow burgess and craft records'''

* Search for Robert Glasgow after 1618 in burgess, guild and craft records.
* Determine whether he followed his father into the cordiner trade.
* A record identifying him as "Robert Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow, cordiner" would provide a strong adult identity.

'''Glasgow absent-burgess records'''

* Examine the complete Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13 material, particularly the entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655.
* Identify the twelve burgesses reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.
* Evidence naming Robert Glasgow among them would materially strengthen the Irish migration hypothesis.
* Evidence naming Larne, Carrickfergus or County Antrim would be especially significant.
* Mere absence from Glasgow would not establish migration to Ireland.

'''Agnew estate papers'''

* Search NRS GD154/505–534, the Agnew family's Irish estate papers for Kilwaughter, 1636–1712.
* Search Robert Glasgow, Glaskow, Glascho and similar surname variants.
* Look especially for early leases, rentals, correspondence or named lives before 1669.
* Any reference connecting a Glasgow resident of Scotland with the Kilwaughter estate would materially strengthen the migration hypothesis.

'''Testamentary records'''

* The published Glasgow Commissariot index has no Robert Glasgow entry in its Glasgow surname section. This does not exclude an unindexed testament or one proved in Ayr, Edinburgh or another court.
* Search the neighbouring commissariot indexes and original court material before treating the Glasgow-index absence as evidence of migration.

'''Glasgow Town Council records'''

* Investigate the Robert Glasgow serving as town officer in 1675.
* Search earlier and later council minutes for identifying details.
* Look for references to his family, occupation, age or previous service.

'''Argyll shipmaster receipt'''

* Inspect Argyll Estates Archives GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78 (PFV 67).
* Record the precise date, route, signature, endorsements, residence and named associates.
* Compare any signature or associates with Glasgow, Irvine, Ayrshire, Argyll and County Antrim records.
* Compare the hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.

'''Test the Larne hypothesis independently'''

* Research the separate Robert Glaskow of Larne without assuming Scottish origins.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus for Robert Glaskow, Glasgow, Glascho and related variants.
* Search Irish land, taxation and estate records for his occupation, associates and family.
* Only reconnect the Scottish and Larne profiles if evidence independently points from one man to the other.

== Sources ==

<references />

* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. Reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."

* '''FamilySearch.''' "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. Used for the possible later family of Robert. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK].

* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.

* '''Glasgow City Archives.''' Glasgow Town Council minutes, C1/1/13, entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655 concerning absent burgesses; printed context in ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662''.

* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination mentioning Robert Glaskow "liuing in Larne," dated 21 April 1653. Used only in assessing the separate Larne identity. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html Public deposition item].

* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family between the Larne district and Scotland. Used as evidence for contemporary travel between the two regions. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html Public deposition item].

* '''Scottish Burgh Records Society.''' ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (1905), p. 204, entry of 23 October 1675 concerning a town officer named Robert Glasgow.

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Current profile6'''Robert Glasgow''' was baptised at '''Glasgow High Kirk, Lanarkshire, Scotland''', on '''17 November 1618'''. He was recorded as the lawful son of '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''' and '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618; reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."</ref>

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Current profile25The original Glasgow parish register records [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] on 25 November 1645 as the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunynghame''', with James Cunynghame and Johne Muir named as godfathers.<ref name="James1645">Scotland's People, Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers, Glasgow parish 644/1, reference 40/56, James Glasgow, male, 25 November 1645, parents indexed as “Rot. Glasgow/Jonet Cunnyngham”. Original register image inspected 31 August 2026; it names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age, birthplace or parentage for Robert. See also [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK], a derivative index.</ref>

Replacement profile25The original Glasgow parish register records [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] on 25 November 1645 as the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunynghame''', with James Cunynghame and Johne Muir named as godfathers.<ref name="James1645">Scotland's People, Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers, Glasgow parish 644/1, reference 40/56, James Glasgow, male, 25 November 1645, parents indexed as “Rot. Glasgow/Jonet Cunnyngham”. Original register image inspected 31 August 2026; it names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age, birthplace or parentage for Robert. See also [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK], a derivative index.</ref>

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Current profile27It is chronologically possible that the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618. He would have been about twenty-seven years old in 1645.

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Current profile29The record does '''not''', however, give sufficient identifying information to prove that the two Roberts were the same man.

Replacement profile29The record does '''not''', however, give sufficient identifying information to prove that the two Roberts were the same man.

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Current profile31'''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]''' should therefore be treated as an '''uncertain wife''' of this Robert unless the original parish registers or another record establish continuity.

Replacement profile31'''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]''' should therefore be treated as an '''uncertain wife''' of this Robert unless the original parish registers or another record establish continuity.

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Current profile33This younger Jonet Cunningham should not be confused with Robert's mother, '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

Replacement profile33This younger Jonet Cunningham should not be confused with Robert's mother, '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

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Current profile35=== Possible son James Glasgow ===

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Current profile37[[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]], recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645, was the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunnyngham'''.<ref name="James1645" />

Replacement profile37[[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]], recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645, was the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunnyngham'''.<ref name="James1645" />

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Current profile39If the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618, James was his son.

Replacement profile39If the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618, James was his son.

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Current profile41The chronology is entirely compatible, but the identification of the father has not yet been independently proved.

Replacement profile41The chronology is entirely compatible, but the identification of the father has not yet been independently proved.

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Current profile43The relationship should therefore remain marked '''uncertain'''.

Replacement profile43The relationship should therefore remain marked '''uncertain'''.

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Current profile45The Scottish James recorded in 1645 has separately been proposed as identical with '''[[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow of Kilwaughter]]''', County Antrim. That Scottish-to-Irish identification is itself unproved and should not be used as evidence that this Robert migrated to Ireland.

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Current profile47=== Later life ===

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Current profile49No record has yet been identified that certainly concerns Robert after his baptism.

Replacement profile49No record has yet been identified that certainly concerns Robert after his baptism.

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Current profile51Several later records for men named Robert Glasgow are chronologically possible matches, but none presently provides enough identifying information to connect them securely with this profile.

Replacement profile51Several later records for men named Robert Glasgow are chronologically possible matches, but none presently provides enough identifying information to connect them securely with this profile.

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Current profile53A '''Robert Glasgow''' was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675 and received cloth for a uniform in an entry dated 23 October 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675">''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1905), p. 204, entry dated 23 October 1675.</ref>

Replacement profile53A '''Robert Glasgow''' was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675 and received cloth for a uniform in an entry dated 23 October 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675">''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1905), p. 204, entry dated 23 October 1675.</ref>

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Current profile55Robert baptised in 1618 would have been about fifty-six or fifty-seven at that date, so the identification is chronologically possible.

Replacement profile55Robert baptised in 1618 would have been about fifty-six or fifty-seven at that date, so the identification is chronologically possible.

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Current profile57No evidence presently connects the town officer with the child baptised in 1618. The 1675 occurrence should therefore remain an unconnected same-name record unless further evidence is found.

Replacement profile57No evidence presently connects the town officer with the child baptised in 1618. The 1675 occurrence should therefore remain an unconnected same-name record unless further evidence is found.

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Current profile59=== Death ===

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Current profile61Robert's date and proved place of death are unknown. The earlier Kilwaughter death-place tradition is retained in the structured field only as uncertain; no inspected record places this Scottish Robert there.

Replacement profile61Robert's date and proved place of death are unknown. The earlier Kilwaughter death-place tradition is retained in the structured field only as uncertain; no inspected record places this Scottish Robert there.

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Current profile63The 1653 Larne occurrence concerns the separate profile [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]] and should not be used to infer this Robert's death.

Replacement profile63The 1653 Larne occurrence concerns the separate profile [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]] and should not be used to infer this Robert's death.

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Current profile65== Research Notes ==

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Current profile67=== Identity assessment ===

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Current profile69The only presently secure identification for this profile is:

Replacement profile69The only presently secure identification for this profile is:

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Current profile71:'''17 November 1618''' — Robert Glasgow, lawful son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame, baptised at Glasgow High Kirk.

Replacement profile71:'''17 November 1618''' — Robert Glasgow, lawful son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame, baptised at Glasgow High Kirk.

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Current profile73Later records that may concern him include:

Replacement profile73Later records that may concern him include:

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Current profile75* Robert Glasgow, possible husband of [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]] and father of [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645. The original entry names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age or parentage for Robert.<ref name="James1645OPR">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Old Parish Register 644/1, reference 40/56, baptism of James Glasgow, 25 November 1645; original image inspected through Scotland's People on 31 August 2026.</ref>

Replacement profile75* Robert Glasgow, possible husband of [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]] and father of [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645. The original entry names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age or parentage for Robert.<ref name="James1645OPR">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Old Parish Register 644/1, reference 40/56, baptism of James Glasgow, 25 November 1645; original image inspected through Scotland's People on 31 August 2026.</ref>

Current profile76* Robert Glasgow, town officer at Glasgow in 1675.

Replacement profile76* Robert Glasgow, town officer at Glasgow in 1675.

Current profile77* Other contemporary men named Robert Glasgow in Scottish records.

Replacement profile77* Other contemporary men named Robert Glasgow in Scottish records.

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Current profile79None of these later occurrences has yet been proved to concern the child baptised in 1618.

Replacement profile79None of these later occurrences has yet been proved to concern the child baptised in 1618.

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Current profile81=== Scottish and Irish connections ===

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Current profile83Although no record presently proves that this Robert migrated to Ireland, movement between '''Glasgow and the Larne district''' was entirely practicable during his lifetime.

Replacement profile83Although no record presently proves that this Robert migrated to Ireland, movement between '''Glasgow and the Larne district''' was entirely practicable during his lifetime.

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Current profile85The '''Agnew family of Lochnaw''' held and administered the Kilwaughter estate near Larne. Their surviving papers include an Irish estate series covering the period from '''1636 to 1712'''.<ref name="AgnewEstate">National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.</ref>

Replacement profile85The '''Agnew family of Lochnaw''' held and administered the Kilwaughter estate near Larne. Their surviving papers include an Irish estate series covering the period from '''1636 to 1712'''.<ref name="AgnewEstate">National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.</ref>

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Current profile87This provides a direct Scottish administrative connection into the district where members of the Glasgow family were later recorded. No tenancy, lease or estate record naming this Robert Glasgow has yet been identified in the Agnew papers.

Replacement profile87This provides a direct Scottish administrative connection into the district where members of the Glasgow family were later recorded. No tenancy, lease or estate record naming this Robert Glasgow has yet been identified in the Agnew papers.

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Current profile89Glasgow Town Council records from '''1655''' concern burgesses who had left Glasgow and settled elsewhere. Twelve of the group were reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.<ref name="AbsentBurgesses">Glasgow Town Council minutes, 30 June and 18 August 1655, Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13; ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662'', printed p. 317 ([https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/burgh_records_1630_to_1662.pdf#page=399 scan]); James R. Anderson, ed., ''Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573–1750'' (1925), cross-referenced entries.</ref>

Replacement profile89Glasgow Town Council records from '''1655''' concern burgesses who had left Glasgow and settled elsewhere. Twelve of the group were reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.<ref name="AbsentBurgesses">Glasgow Town Council minutes, 30 June and 18 August 1655, Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13; ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662'', printed p. 317 ([https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/burgh_records_1630_to_1662.pdf#page=399 scan]); James R. Anderson, ed., ''Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573–1750'' (1925), cross-referenced entries.</ref>

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Current profile91The printed council extract names Cuthbert Robisoun and suppresses thirty other names. Anderson’s burgess roll identifies ten of the twelve Ireland residents: Cuthbert Robisoun, John King, Allan Cuthbert, Samuel Wallace, Hew Brown, William Gulliland, William Rodger, John Sinkler, Archibald Craig and Robert Hamilton. None was named Glasgow; two remain unidentified in print. This is a modest negative finding, not proof that the 1618 Robert remained in Scotland.

Replacement profile91The printed council extract names Cuthbert Robisoun and suppresses thirty other names. Anderson’s burgess roll identifies ten of the twelve Ireland residents: Cuthbert Robisoun, John King, Allan Cuthbert, Samuel Wallace, Hew Brown, William Gulliland, William Rodger, John Sinkler, Archibald Craig and Robert Hamilton. None was named Glasgow; two remain unidentified in print. This is a modest negative finding, not proof that the 1618 Robert remained in Scotland.

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Current profile93Separate testimony from the Larne area documents wartime movement by boat between County Antrim and Scotland by settlers travelling with their families.<ref name="LarneTravel">1641 Depositions, examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family from the Larne district to Scotland and subsequent return, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html public deposition item].</ref>

Replacement profile93Separate testimony from the Larne area documents wartime movement by boat between County Antrim and Scotland by settlers travelling with their families.<ref name="LarneTravel">1641 Depositions, examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family from the Larne district to Scotland and subsequent return, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html public deposition item].</ref>

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Current profile95These records demonstrate a credible migration and travel mechanism between western Scotland and the Larne district during Robert's lifetime.

Replacement profile95These records demonstrate a credible migration and travel mechanism between western Scotland and the Larne district during Robert's lifetime.

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Current profile97They provide useful historical context for the former hypothesis identifying him with Robert Glaskow of Larne, but they do '''not''' document Robert's personal movements or establish that the two men were identical.

Replacement profile97They provide useful historical context for the former hypothesis identifying him with Robert Glaskow of Larne, but they do '''not''' document Robert's personal movements or establish that the two men were identical.

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Current profile99=== Separation from Robert Glaskow of Larne ===

Replacement profile99=== Separation from Robert Glaskow of Larne ===

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Current profile101This Robert should presently be maintained as a '''separate individual''' from [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]], the man recorded as living at Larne, County Antrim, in 1653. The 1653 occurrence belongs to Glasgow-3970 and does not establish any later event for this Scottish Robert.

Replacement profile101This Robert should presently be maintained as a '''separate individual''' from [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]], the man recorded as living at Larne, County Antrim, in 1653. The 1653 occurrence belongs to Glasgow-3970 and does not establish any later event for this Scottish Robert.

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Current profile103An examination taken on '''21 April 1653''' contains the description:

Replacement profile103An examination taken on '''21 April 1653''' contains the description:

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Current profile105:''one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne''

Replacement profile105:''one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne''

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Current profile107The record does not identify the Larne man's age, birthplace, parents, wife or children.<ref name="RobertLarne">Aidan Clarke et al., editors, ''1641 Depositions'', vol. III: ''Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone'' (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2014), TCD MS 838, examination dated 21 April 1653; [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html public deposition item].</ref>

Replacement profile107The record does not identify the Larne man's age, birthplace, parents, wife or children.<ref name="RobertLarne">Aidan Clarke et al., editors, ''1641 Depositions'', vol. III: ''Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone'' (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2014), TCD MS 838, examination dated 21 April 1653; [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html public deposition item].</ref>

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Current profile109Earlier research proposed that the Larne resident was the Robert baptised at Glasgow in 1618.

Replacement profile109Earlier research proposed that the Larne resident was the Robert baptised at Glasgow in 1618.

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Current profile111That hypothesis was based upon several circumstantial factors:

Replacement profile111That hypothesis was based upon several circumstantial factors:

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Current profile113* Compatible chronology.

Replacement profile113* Compatible chronology.

Current profile114* The shared given name and surname.

Replacement profile114* The shared given name and surname.

Current profile115* The relative rarity of the surname in surviving County Antrim records.

Replacement profile115* The relative rarity of the surname in surviving County Antrim records.

Current profile116* Known movement between western Scotland and County Antrim.

Replacement profile116* Known movement between western Scotland and County Antrim.

Current profile117* Glasgow burgesses known to have settled in Ireland.

Replacement profile117* Glasgow burgesses known to have settled in Ireland.

Current profile118* The Scottish administration of the nearby Kilwaughter estate.

Replacement profile118* The Scottish administration of the nearby Kilwaughter estate.

Current profile119* The later appearance of Glasgow households at Kilwaughter.

Replacement profile119* The later appearance of Glasgow households at Kilwaughter.

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Current profile121These factors make the proposed identity possible, but none establishes it.

Replacement profile121These factors make the proposed identity possible, but none establishes it.

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Current profile123The 1653 proposed-transplantation material adds only network context. The surviving printed declaration names Captain James McCullogh in the relevant east-Antrim quarter but not James Browne; Young's Pinkerton-derived version names Browne, and a contemporary commissioners' letter says the printed names contained a serious mistake.<ref name="Transplantation1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341, [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record]; Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86, [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Robert Glaskow appears in neither list state. The discrepancy concerns the Browne–McCullogh circle around the Larne man; it does not link him to the child baptised in Glasgow or to either Jonet Cunningham.

Replacement profile123The 1653 proposed-transplantation material adds only network context. The surviving printed declaration names Captain James McCullogh in the relevant east-Antrim quarter but not James Browne; Young's Pinkerton-derived version names Browne, and a contemporary commissioners' letter says the printed names contained a serious mistake.<ref name="Transplantation1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341, [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record]; Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86, [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Robert Glaskow appears in neither list state. The discrepancy concerns the Browne–McCullogh circle around the Larne man; it does not link him to the child baptised in Glasgow or to either Jonet Cunningham.

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Current profile125No record has yet been found stating that Robert of Larne:

Replacement profile125No record has yet been found stating that Robert of Larne:

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Current profile127* Was born at Glasgow.

Replacement profile127* Was born at Glasgow.

Current profile128* Was the son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]].

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Current profile129* Was the son of [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].

Replacement profile129* Was the son of [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].

Current profile130* Had previously lived in Glasgow.

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Current profile131* Was married to [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]].

Replacement profile131* Was married to [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]].

Current profile132* Was the father of the James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.

Replacement profile132* Was the father of the James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.

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Current profile134The Scottish and Larne Roberts should therefore remain separate profiles unless a documentary bridge is found.

Replacement profile134The Scottish and Larne Roberts should therefore remain separate profiles unless a documentary bridge is found.

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Current profile136=== Why the Scottish and Larne profiles were separated ===

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Current profile138The former reconstruction effectively required several separate propositions to be true:

Replacement profile138The former reconstruction effectively required several separate propositions to be true:

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Current profile140:Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow in 1618

Replacement profile140:Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow in 1618

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Current profile142:Robert Glasgow, father of James at Glasgow in 1645

Replacement profile142:Robert Glasgow, father of James at Glasgow in 1645

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Current profile144:Robert Glaskow living at Larne in 1653

Replacement profile144:Robert Glaskow living at Larne in 1653

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Current profile146:ancestor of the later Kilwaughter Glasgows

Replacement profile146:ancestor of the later Kilwaughter Glasgows

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Current profile148Each step is chronologically and historically plausible, but none is presently established by direct evidence.

Replacement profile148Each step is chronologically and historically plausible, but none is presently established by direct evidence.

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Current profile150Combining those propositions on one profile gave the overall reconstruction more apparent certainty than the surviving records justify.

Replacement profile150Combining those propositions on one profile gave the overall reconstruction more apparent certainty than the surviving records justify.

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Current profile152The more conservative approach is therefore to maintain separate research identities:

Replacement profile152The more conservative approach is therefore to maintain separate research identities:

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Current profile154* '''Robert Glasgow of Glasgow''' — baptised in 1618; parents proved.

Replacement profile154* '''Robert Glasgow of Glasgow''' — baptised in 1618; parents proved.

Current profile155* '''Robert Glasgow, father of James in 1645''' — possibly the 1618 Robert, but not proved.

Replacement profile155* '''Robert Glasgow, father of James in 1645''' — possibly the 1618 Robert, but not proved.

Current profile156* '''Robert Glaskow of Larne''' — documented at Larne in 1653; origins unknown.

Replacement profile156* '''Robert Glaskow of Larne''' — documented at Larne in 1653; origins unknown.

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Current profile158The profiles should only be merged if new evidence establishes continuity.

Replacement profile158The profiles should only be merged if new evidence establishes continuity.

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Current profile160=== Possible wife and son ===

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Current profile162The 1645 Glasgow record remains significant because the chronology fits Robert baptised in 1618 particularly well.

Replacement profile162The 1645 Glasgow record remains significant because the chronology fits Robert baptised in 1618 particularly well.

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Current profile164The working hypothesis is:

Replacement profile164The working hypothesis is:

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Current profile166:'''Robert Glasgow''', baptised 1618

Replacement profile166:'''Robert Glasgow''', baptised 1618

Current profile167:possibly married or partnered '''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]'''

Replacement profile167:possibly married or partnered '''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]'''

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Current profile169:* '''James Glasgow''', recorded November 1645

Replacement profile169:* '''James Glasgow''', recorded November 1645

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Current profile171The original Glasgow Old Parish Register page has now been inspected. It records the event on 25 November 1645 and names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers, but gives no occupation, residence, age, parentage or other identifier for Robert. It therefore strengthens the Cunningham–Muir associate cluster without proving that the father was the child baptised in 1618.<ref name="James1645OPR" />

Replacement profile171The original Glasgow Old Parish Register page has now been inspected. It records the event on 25 November 1645 and names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers, but gives no occupation, residence, age, parentage or other identifier for Robert. It therefore strengthens the Cunningham–Muir associate cluster without proving that the father was the child baptised in 1618.<ref name="James1645OPR" />

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Current profile173An exact-surname Scotland-wide search of the indexed Church of Scotland marriage registers for Robert Glasgow from 1630 through 1650 returned no result.<ref>Scotland's People, [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/church-registers/church-banns-marriages/opr-marriages Old Parish Register marriages search], exact surname Glasgow and forename beginning Robert, 1630–1650, searched 31 August 2026.</ref> This does not cover spelling variants, register gaps or unindexed entries and is not evidence that Robert left Scotland.

Replacement profile173An exact-surname Scotland-wide search of the indexed Church of Scotland marriage registers for Robert Glasgow from 1630 through 1650 returned no result.<ref>Scotland's People, [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/church-registers/church-banns-marriages/opr-marriages Old Parish Register marriages search], exact surname Glasgow and forename beginning Robert, 1630–1650, searched 31 August 2026.</ref> This does not cover spelling variants, register gaps or unindexed entries and is not evidence that Robert left Scotland.

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Current profile175=== Possible relationship to John and George Glasgow ===

Replacement profile175=== Possible relationship to John and George Glasgow ===

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Current profile177The 1618 baptismal transcription names '''John and George Glasgow''' following Robert's parents:

Replacement profile177The 1618 baptismal transcription names '''John and George Glasgow''' following Robert's parents:

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Current profile179:''Godf: John & George Glasgowis.''

Replacement profile179:''Godf: John & George Glasgowis.''

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Current profile181They were apparently godfathers, witnesses or sponsors.

Replacement profile181They were apparently godfathers, witnesses or sponsors.

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Current profile183Their shared surname makes a family relationship likely, but the baptismal entry does not state what that relationship was.

Replacement profile183Their shared surname makes a family relationship likely, but the baptismal entry does not state what that relationship was.

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Current profile185Possible relationships include:

Replacement profile185Possible relationships include:

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Current profile187* Paternal uncles.

Replacement profile187* Paternal uncles.

Current profile188* A grandfather and uncle.

Replacement profile188* A grandfather and uncle.

Current profile189* Great-uncles.

Replacement profile189* Great-uncles.

Current profile190* Cousins or other members of the Glasgow kin group.

Replacement profile190* Cousins or other members of the Glasgow kin group.

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Current profile192Identifying John and George may help reconstruct the wider family of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and distinguish this Robert from other contemporary men of the surname.

Replacement profile192Identifying John and George may help reconstruct the wider family of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and distinguish this Robert from other contemporary men of the surname.

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Current profile194=== No proved Irish residence ===

Replacement profile194=== No proved Irish residence ===

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Current profile196No Irish residence should presently be entered as a fact for this Robert.

Replacement profile196No Irish residence should presently be entered as a fact for this Robert.

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Current profile198In particular:

Replacement profile198In particular:

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Current profile200* Larne should not be entered as a proved residence.

Replacement profile200* Larne should not be entered as a proved residence.

Current profile201* Kilwaughter should not be entered as a proved residence.

Replacement profile201* Kilwaughter should not be entered as a proved residence.

Current profile202* County Antrim should not be entered as a death place.

Replacement profile202* County Antrim should not be entered as a death place.

Current profile203* The later Kilwaughter Glasgows should not be treated as his proved descendants.

Replacement profile203* The later Kilwaughter Glasgows should not be treated as his proved descendants.

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Current profile205The possible Irish connection belongs in Research Notes until a record establishes Robert's migration or family continuity.

Replacement profile205The possible Irish connection belongs in Research Notes until a record establishes Robert's migration or family continuity.

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Current profile207=== Other men named Robert Glasgow ===

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Current profile209'''[[Glasgow-1149|Robert Glasgow]]''', associated with Inveresk and Musselburgh in Midlothian, appears in later Scottish records and should remain separate unless evidence establishes otherwise.

Replacement profile209'''[[Glasgow-1149|Robert Glasgow]]''', associated with Inveresk and Musselburgh in Midlothian, appears in later Scottish records and should remain separate unless evidence establishes otherwise.

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Current profile211On 4 July 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, cordiner''', was admitted an Edinburgh burgess by right of his wife Euphame, daughter of the deceased Andrew Lorimer, beltmaker and burgess.<ref name="EdinburghBurgess1666">Marguerite Wood, ed., ''Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406–1700'' (Edinburgh, 1929), p. 208, entry dated 4 July 1666; [https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/roll_of_edinburgh_burgesses_1406_to_1700.pdf#page=218 digital scan].</ref> The shared cordiner trade with this Robert's father is notable, but the abstract supplies no age, father or birthplace. It is an alternative Scottish same-name lead, not proof of this Robert's later life.

Replacement profile211On 4 July 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, cordiner''', was admitted an Edinburgh burgess by right of his wife Euphame, daughter of the deceased Andrew Lorimer, beltmaker and burgess.<ref name="EdinburghBurgess1666">Marguerite Wood, ed., ''Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406–1700'' (Edinburgh, 1929), p. 208, entry dated 4 July 1666; [https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/roll_of_edinburgh_burgesses_1406_to_1700.pdf#page=218 digital scan].</ref> The shared cordiner trade with this Robert's father is notable, but the abstract supplies no age, father or birthplace. It is an alternative Scottish same-name lead, not proof of this Robert's later life.

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Current profile214A further adult candidate appears in the Argyll Estates Archives catalogue. In 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', gave a receipt for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> The 1618 Robert would have been about 48, and the cross-channel setting makes this a relevant lead. The catalogue gives no age, birthplace, residence, kin or Larne connection, and a vessel called the ''John of Portrush'' does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. This man is a same-name candidate, not a documentary bridge to [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]].

Replacement profile214A further adult candidate appears in the Argyll Estates Archives catalogue. In 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', gave a receipt for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> The 1618 Robert would have been about 48, and the cross-channel setting makes this a relevant lead. The catalogue gives no age, birthplace, residence, kin or Larne connection, and a vessel called the ''John of Portrush'' does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. This man is a same-name candidate, not a documentary bridge to [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]].

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Current profile216The obvious customs follow-up is limited by record survival. The E72 port-book series begins in 1668, no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material, and the published surviving Ulster port books relate to 1612–1615. The original Argyll receipt is therefore the best immediate source for identifying the shipmaster.

Replacement profile216The obvious customs follow-up is limited by record survival. The E72 port-book series begins in 1668, no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material, and the published surviving Ulster port books relate to 1612–1615. The original Argyll receipt is therefore the best immediate source for identifying the shipmaster.

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Current profile218An NRS catalogue search found another possible west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or birthplace. Their handwriting and signatures must be compared before treating them as one man; neither is presently identified with the child baptised in 1618.

Replacement profile218An NRS catalogue search found another possible west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or birthplace. Their handwriting and signatures must be compared before treating them as one man; neither is presently identified with the child baptised in 1618.

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Current profile220The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. The 1618 Robert would have been 76. Chronology permits comparison, but there is no identifier connecting him to Ainslie, Leith or the glassworks.

Replacement profile220The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. The 1618 Robert would have been 76. Chronology permits comparison, but there is no identifier connecting him to Ainslie, Leith or the glassworks.

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Current profile223A stronger younger chronological alternative is [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]], baptised at Glencorse in 1676. He was seventeen in 1694 and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690; a same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. No record connects him to Ainslie or the glassworks, but his existence materially weakens any argument that the 1694 servant continued this 1618 life.

Replacement profile223A stronger younger chronological alternative is [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]], baptised at Glencorse in 1676. He was seventeen in 1694 and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690; a same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. No record connects him to Ainslie or the glassworks, but his existence materially weakens any argument that the 1694 servant continued this 1618 life.

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Current profile225Exact Scotland's People OPR searches found no Glasgow, Glasgo, Glascow, Glaskow or Glassgow baptism in the Leith parishes from 1694 to 1730, and no exact Robert Glasgow marriage there from 1694 to 1710 or burial from 1694 to 1730. Register survival and spelling limit those negative results.

Replacement profile225Exact Scotland's People OPR searches found no Glasgow, Glasgo, Glascow, Glaskow or Glassgow baptism in the Leith parishes from 1694 to 1730, and no exact Robert Glasgow marriage there from 1694 to 1710 or burial from 1694 to 1730. Register survival and spelling limit those negative results.

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Current profile227A Robert Glasgow was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675" />

Replacement profile227A Robert Glasgow was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675" />

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Current profile229It is chronologically possible that the town officer was Robert baptised in 1618, but no evidence links the two occurrences.

Replacement profile229It is chronologically possible that the town officer was Robert baptised in 1618, but no evidence links the two occurrences.

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Current profile231Researchers should also distinguish this profile from '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''', his father.

Replacement profile231Researchers should also distinguish this profile from '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''', his father.

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Current profile237* '''Birth/Baptism:''' 17 November 1618.

Replacement profile237* '''Birth/Baptism:''' 17 November 1618.

Current profile238* '''Place:''' Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Replacement profile238* '''Place:''' Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Current profile239* '''Father:''' [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]], certain.

Replacement profile239* '''Father:''' [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]], certain.

Current profile240* '''Mother:''' [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]], certain.

Replacement profile240* '''Mother:''' [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]], certain.

Current profile241* '''Spouse:''' [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]], uncertain if retained.

Replacement profile241* '''Spouse:''' [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]], uncertain if retained.

Current profile242* '''Child:''' James Glasgow recorded in November 1645, uncertain if attached.

Replacement profile242* '''Child:''' James Glasgow recorded in November 1645, uncertain if attached.

Current profile243* '''Occupation:''' unknown.

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Current profile244* '''Later residence:''' unknown.

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Current profile245* '''Death:''' unknown.

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Current profile246* '''Death place:''' unknown.

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Current profile248The 17 November 1618 event is a '''baptism''', not presently a proved birth date.

Replacement profile248The 17 November 1618 event is a '''baptism''', not presently a proved birth date.

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Current profile250If WikiTree requires a birth date in the data field, 17 November 1618 should be marked uncertain unless the original register supplies an actual birth date.

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Current profile252=== Research priorities ===

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Current profile254'''Original 1618 Glasgow High Kirk register'''

Replacement profile254'''Original 1618 Glasgow High Kirk register'''

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Current profile256* Examine NRS Glasgow High Kirk OPR 644/1 directly.

Replacement profile256* Examine NRS Glasgow High Kirk OPR 644/1 directly.

Current profile257* Confirm the complete wording of the 17 November 1618 entry.

Replacement profile257* Confirm the complete wording of the 17 November 1618 entry.

Current profile258* Determine whether a residence or occupation is supplied for Robert's father.

Replacement profile258* Determine whether a residence or occupation is supplied for Robert's father.

Current profile259* Identify John and George Glasgow if possible.

Replacement profile259* Identify John and George Glasgow if possible.

Current profile260* Review adjacent Glasgow surname entries for related households.

Replacement profile260* Review adjacent Glasgow surname entries for related households.

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Current profile262'''Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham'''

Replacement profile262'''Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham'''

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Current profile264* Identify the 1645 godfathers James Cunynghame and Johne Muir in burgess, craft, testamentary and church records.

Replacement profile264* Identify the 1645 godfathers James Cunynghame and Johne Muir in burgess, craft, testamentary and church records.

Current profile265* Determine whether the conflicting 11 and 25 November dates represent birth and baptism.

Replacement profile265* Determine whether the conflicting 11 and 25 November dates represent birth and baptism.

Current profile266* Search for every child recorded to a Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

Replacement profile266* Search for every child recorded to a Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

Current profile267* Establish the couple's residence and Robert's occupation.

Replacement profile267* Establish the couple's residence and Robert's occupation.

Current profile268* Compare witnesses and associates with the 1618 family.

Replacement profile268* Compare witnesses and associates with the 1618 family.

Current profile269* Search for a marriage or proclamation of banns for Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

Replacement profile269* Search for a marriage or proclamation of banns for Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

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Current profile271'''Glasgow burgess and craft records'''

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Current profile273* Search for Robert Glasgow after 1618 in burgess, guild and craft records.

Replacement profile273* Search for Robert Glasgow after 1618 in burgess, guild and craft records.

Current profile274* Determine whether he followed his father into the cordiner trade.

Replacement profile274* Determine whether he followed his father into the cordiner trade.

Current profile275* A record identifying him as "Robert Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow, cordiner" would provide a strong adult identity.

Replacement profile275* A record identifying him as "Robert Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow, cordiner" would provide a strong adult identity.

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Current profile277'''Glasgow absent-burgess records'''

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Current profile279* Examine the complete Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13 material, particularly the entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655.

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Current profile280* Identify the twelve burgesses reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.

Replacement profile280* Identify the twelve burgesses reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.

Current profile281* Evidence naming Robert Glasgow among them would materially strengthen the Irish migration hypothesis.

Replacement profile281* Evidence naming Robert Glasgow among them would materially strengthen the Irish migration hypothesis.

Current profile282* Evidence naming Larne, Carrickfergus or County Antrim would be especially significant.

Replacement profile282* Evidence naming Larne, Carrickfergus or County Antrim would be especially significant.

Current profile283* Mere absence from Glasgow would not establish migration to Ireland.

Replacement profile283* Mere absence from Glasgow would not establish migration to Ireland.

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Current profile285'''Agnew estate papers'''

Replacement profile285'''Agnew estate papers'''

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Current profile287* Search NRS GD154/505–534, the Agnew family's Irish estate papers for Kilwaughter, 1636–1712.

Replacement profile287* Search NRS GD154/505–534, the Agnew family's Irish estate papers for Kilwaughter, 1636–1712.

Current profile288* Search Robert Glasgow, Glaskow, Glascho and similar surname variants.

Replacement profile288* Search Robert Glasgow, Glaskow, Glascho and similar surname variants.

Current profile289* Look especially for early leases, rentals, correspondence or named lives before 1669.

Replacement profile289* Look especially for early leases, rentals, correspondence or named lives before 1669.

Current profile290* Any reference connecting a Glasgow resident of Scotland with the Kilwaughter estate would materially strengthen the migration hypothesis.

Replacement profile290* Any reference connecting a Glasgow resident of Scotland with the Kilwaughter estate would materially strengthen the migration hypothesis.

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Current profile292'''Testamentary records'''

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Current profile294* The published Glasgow Commissariot index has no Robert Glasgow entry in its Glasgow surname section. This does not exclude an unindexed testament or one proved in Ayr, Edinburgh or another court.

Replacement profile294* The published Glasgow Commissariot index has no Robert Glasgow entry in its Glasgow surname section. This does not exclude an unindexed testament or one proved in Ayr, Edinburgh or another court.

Current profile295* Search the neighbouring commissariot indexes and original court material before treating the Glasgow-index absence as evidence of migration.

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Current profile297'''Glasgow Town Council records'''

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Current profile299* Investigate the Robert Glasgow serving as town officer in 1675.

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Current profile300* Search earlier and later council minutes for identifying details.

Replacement profile300* Search earlier and later council minutes for identifying details.

Current profile301* Look for references to his family, occupation, age or previous service.

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Current profile303'''Argyll shipmaster receipt'''

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Current profile305* Inspect Argyll Estates Archives GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78 (PFV 67).

Replacement profile305* Inspect Argyll Estates Archives GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78 (PFV 67).

Current profile306* Record the precise date, route, signature, endorsements, residence and named associates.

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Current profile307* Compare any signature or associates with Glasgow, Irvine, Ayrshire, Argyll and County Antrim records.

Replacement profile307* Compare any signature or associates with Glasgow, Irvine, Ayrshire, Argyll and County Antrim records.

Current profile308* Compare the hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.

Replacement profile308* Compare the hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.

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Current profile310'''Test the Larne hypothesis independently'''

Replacement profile310'''Test the Larne hypothesis independently'''

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Current profile312* Research the separate Robert Glaskow of Larne without assuming Scottish origins.

Replacement profile312* Research the separate Robert Glaskow of Larne without assuming Scottish origins.

Current profile313* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus for Robert Glaskow, Glasgow, Glascho and related variants.

Replacement profile313* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus for Robert Glaskow, Glasgow, Glascho and related variants.

Current profile314* Search Irish land, taxation and estate records for his occupation, associates and family.

Replacement profile314* Search Irish land, taxation and estate records for his occupation, associates and family.

Current profile315* Only reconnect the Scottish and Larne profiles if evidence independently points from one man to the other.

Replacement profile315* Only reconnect the Scottish and Larne profiles if evidence independently points from one man to the other.

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Current profile317== Sources ==

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Current profile321* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. Reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."

Replacement profile321* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. Reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."

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Current profile323* '''FamilySearch.''' "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. Used for the possible later family of Robert. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK].

Replacement profile323* '''FamilySearch.''' "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. Used for the possible later family of Robert. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK].

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Current profile325* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.

Replacement profile325* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.

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Current profile327* '''Glasgow City Archives.''' Glasgow Town Council minutes, C1/1/13, entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655 concerning absent burgesses; printed context in ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662''.

Replacement profile327* '''Glasgow City Archives.''' Glasgow Town Council minutes, C1/1/13, entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655 concerning absent burgesses; printed context in ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662''.

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Current profile329* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination mentioning Robert Glaskow "liuing in Larne," dated 21 April 1653. Used only in assessing the separate Larne identity. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html Public deposition item].

Replacement profile329* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination mentioning Robert Glaskow "liuing in Larne," dated 21 April 1653. Used only in assessing the separate Larne identity. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html Public deposition item].

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Current profile331* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family between the Larne district and Scotland. Used as evidence for contemporary travel between the two regions. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html Public deposition item].

Replacement profile331* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family between the Larne district and Scotland. Used as evidence for contemporary travel between the two regions. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html Public deposition item].

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Current profile333* '''Scottish Burgh Records Society.''' ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (1905), p. 204, entry of 23 October 1675 concerning a town officer named Robert Glasgow.

Replacement profile333* '''Scottish Burgh Records Society.''' ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (1905), p. 204, entry of 23 October 1675 concerning a town officer named Robert Glasgow.

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== Biography ==

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'''Robert Glasgow''' was baptised at '''Glasgow High Kirk, Lanarkshire, Scotland''', on '''17 November 1618'''. He was recorded as the lawful son of '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''' and '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618; reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."</ref>

The register transcription also names '''John and George Glasgow''', apparently as godfathers, witnesses or sponsors. Their precise relationships to Robert have not yet been established.

No record presently proves Robert's later residence, occupation, marriage, children or date of death.

=== Parents ===

Robert's parents are directly named in the 1618 baptismal entry:

* '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]'''.
* '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

The elder Robert was associated with Glasgow and was recorded as a cordiner.

Robert baptised in 1618 should not be confused or merged with his father.

=== Possible marriage to Jonet Cunningham ===

The original Glasgow parish register records [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] on 25 November 1645 as the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunynghame''', with James Cunynghame and Johne Muir named as godfathers.<ref name="James1645">Scotland's People, Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers, Glasgow parish 644/1, reference 40/56, James Glasgow, male, 25 November 1645, parents indexed as “Rot. Glasgow/Jonet Cunnyngham”. Original register image inspected 31 August 2026; it names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age, birthplace or parentage for Robert. See also [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK], a derivative index.</ref>

It is chronologically possible that the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618. He would have been about twenty-seven years old in 1645.

The record does '''not''', however, give sufficient identifying information to prove that the two Roberts were the same man.

'''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]''' should therefore be treated as an '''uncertain wife''' of this Robert unless the original parish registers or another record establish continuity.

This younger Jonet Cunningham should not be confused with Robert's mother, '''[[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]]'''.

=== Possible son James Glasgow ===

[[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]], recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645, was the son of a '''Robert Glasgow''' and '''Jonet Cunnyngham'''.<ref name="James1645" />

If the father in that record was Robert baptised in 1618, James was his son.

The chronology is entirely compatible, but the identification of the father has not yet been independently proved.

The relationship should therefore remain marked '''uncertain'''.

The Scottish James recorded in 1645 has separately been proposed as identical with '''[[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow of Kilwaughter]]''', County Antrim. That Scottish-to-Irish identification is itself unproved and should not be used as evidence that this Robert migrated to Ireland.

=== Later life ===

No record has yet been identified that certainly concerns Robert after his baptism.

Several later records for men named Robert Glasgow are chronologically possible matches, but none presently provides enough identifying information to connect them securely with this profile.

A '''Robert Glasgow''' was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675 and received cloth for a uniform in an entry dated 23 October 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675">''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (Scottish Burgh Records Society, 1905), p. 204, entry dated 23 October 1675.</ref>

Robert baptised in 1618 would have been about fifty-six or fifty-seven at that date, so the identification is chronologically possible.

No evidence presently connects the town officer with the child baptised in 1618. The 1675 occurrence should therefore remain an unconnected same-name record unless further evidence is found.

=== Death ===

Robert's date and proved place of death are unknown. The earlier Kilwaughter death-place tradition is retained in the structured field only as uncertain; no inspected record places this Scottish Robert there.

The 1653 Larne occurrence concerns the separate profile [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]] and should not be used to infer this Robert's death.

== Research Notes ==

=== Identity assessment ===

The only presently secure identification for this profile is:

:'''17 November 1618''' — Robert Glasgow, lawful son of Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame, baptised at Glasgow High Kirk.

Later records that may concern him include:

* Robert Glasgow, possible husband of [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]] and father of [[Glasgow-3971|James Glasgow]] recorded at Glasgow on 25 November 1645. The original entry names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers but gives no occupation, residence, age or parentage for Robert.<ref name="James1645OPR">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Old Parish Register 644/1, reference 40/56, baptism of James Glasgow, 25 November 1645; original image inspected through Scotland's People on 31 August 2026.</ref>
* Robert Glasgow, town officer at Glasgow in 1675.
* Other contemporary men named Robert Glasgow in Scottish records.

None of these later occurrences has yet been proved to concern the child baptised in 1618.

=== Scottish and Irish connections ===

Although no record presently proves that this Robert migrated to Ireland, movement between '''Glasgow and the Larne district''' was entirely practicable during his lifetime.

The '''Agnew family of Lochnaw''' held and administered the Kilwaughter estate near Larne. Their surviving papers include an Irish estate series covering the period from '''1636 to 1712'''.<ref name="AgnewEstate">National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.</ref>

This provides a direct Scottish administrative connection into the district where members of the Glasgow family were later recorded. No tenancy, lease or estate record naming this Robert Glasgow has yet been identified in the Agnew papers.

Glasgow Town Council records from '''1655''' concern burgesses who had left Glasgow and settled elsewhere. Twelve of the group were reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.<ref name="AbsentBurgesses">Glasgow Town Council minutes, 30 June and 18 August 1655, Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13; ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662'', printed p. 317 ([https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/burgh_records_1630_to_1662.pdf#page=399 scan]); James R. Anderson, ed., ''Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573–1750'' (1925), cross-referenced entries.</ref>

The printed council extract names Cuthbert Robisoun and suppresses thirty other names. Anderson’s burgess roll identifies ten of the twelve Ireland residents: Cuthbert Robisoun, John King, Allan Cuthbert, Samuel Wallace, Hew Brown, William Gulliland, William Rodger, John Sinkler, Archibald Craig and Robert Hamilton. None was named Glasgow; two remain unidentified in print. This is a modest negative finding, not proof that the 1618 Robert remained in Scotland.

Separate testimony from the Larne area documents wartime movement by boat between County Antrim and Scotland by settlers travelling with their families.<ref name="LarneTravel">1641 Depositions, examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family from the Larne district to Scotland and subsequent return, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html public deposition item].</ref>

These records demonstrate a credible migration and travel mechanism between western Scotland and the Larne district during Robert's lifetime.

They provide useful historical context for the former hypothesis identifying him with Robert Glaskow of Larne, but they do '''not''' document Robert's personal movements or establish that the two men were identical.

=== Separation from Robert Glaskow of Larne ===

This Robert should presently be maintained as a '''separate individual''' from [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]], the man recorded as living at Larne, County Antrim, in 1653. The 1653 occurrence belongs to Glasgow-3970 and does not establish any later event for this Scottish Robert.

An examination taken on '''21 April 1653''' contains the description:

:''one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne''

The record does not identify the Larne man's age, birthplace, parents, wife or children.<ref name="RobertLarne">Aidan Clarke et al., editors, ''1641 Depositions'', vol. III: ''Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone'' (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2014), TCD MS 838, examination dated 21 April 1653; [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html public deposition item].</ref>

Earlier research proposed that the Larne resident was the Robert baptised at Glasgow in 1618.

That hypothesis was based upon several circumstantial factors:

* Compatible chronology.
* The shared given name and surname.
* The relative rarity of the surname in surviving County Antrim records.
* Known movement between western Scotland and County Antrim.
* Glasgow burgesses known to have settled in Ireland.
* The Scottish administration of the nearby Kilwaughter estate.
* The later appearance of Glasgow households at Kilwaughter.

These factors make the proposed identity possible, but none establishes it.

The 1653 proposed-transplantation material adds only network context. The surviving printed declaration names Captain James McCullogh in the relevant east-Antrim quarter but not James Browne; Young's Pinkerton-derived version names Browne, and a contemporary commissioners' letter says the printed names contained a serious mistake.<ref name="Transplantation1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341, [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record]; Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86, [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Robert Glaskow appears in neither list state. The discrepancy concerns the Browne–McCullogh circle around the Larne man; it does not link him to the child baptised in Glasgow or to either Jonet Cunningham.

No record has yet been found stating that Robert of Larne:

* Was born at Glasgow.
* Was the son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]].
* Was the son of [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].
* Had previously lived in Glasgow.
* Was married to [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]].
* Was the father of the James Glasgow recorded at Glasgow in November 1645.

The Scottish and Larne Roberts should therefore remain separate profiles unless a documentary bridge is found.

=== Why the Scottish and Larne profiles were separated ===

The former reconstruction effectively required several separate propositions to be true:

:Robert Glasgow baptised at Glasgow in 1618
:↓
:Robert Glasgow, father of James at Glasgow in 1645
:↓
:Robert Glaskow living at Larne in 1653
:↓
:ancestor of the later Kilwaughter Glasgows

Each step is chronologically and historically plausible, but none is presently established by direct evidence.

Combining those propositions on one profile gave the overall reconstruction more apparent certainty than the surviving records justify.

The more conservative approach is therefore to maintain separate research identities:

* '''Robert Glasgow of Glasgow''' — baptised in 1618; parents proved.
* '''Robert Glasgow, father of James in 1645''' — possibly the 1618 Robert, but not proved.
* '''Robert Glaskow of Larne''' — documented at Larne in 1653; origins unknown.

The profiles should only be merged if new evidence establishes continuity.

=== Possible wife and son ===

The 1645 Glasgow record remains significant because the chronology fits Robert baptised in 1618 particularly well.

The working hypothesis is:

:'''Robert Glasgow''', baptised 1618
:possibly married or partnered '''[[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]]'''
:*
:* '''James Glasgow''', recorded November 1645

The original Glasgow Old Parish Register page has now been inspected. It records the event on 25 November 1645 and names James Cunynghame and Johne Muir as godfathers, but gives no occupation, residence, age, parentage or other identifier for Robert. It therefore strengthens the Cunningham–Muir associate cluster without proving that the father was the child baptised in 1618.<ref name="James1645OPR" />

An exact-surname Scotland-wide search of the indexed Church of Scotland marriage registers for Robert Glasgow from 1630 through 1650 returned no result.<ref>Scotland's People, [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/church-registers/church-banns-marriages/opr-marriages Old Parish Register marriages search], exact surname Glasgow and forename beginning Robert, 1630–1650, searched 31 August 2026.</ref> This does not cover spelling variants, register gaps or unindexed entries and is not evidence that Robert left Scotland.

=== Possible relationship to John and George Glasgow ===

The 1618 baptismal transcription names '''John and George Glasgow''' following Robert's parents:

:''Godf: John & George Glasgowis.''

They were apparently godfathers, witnesses or sponsors.

Their shared surname makes a family relationship likely, but the baptismal entry does not state what that relationship was.

Possible relationships include:

* Paternal uncles.
* A grandfather and uncle.
* Great-uncles.
* Cousins or other members of the Glasgow kin group.

Identifying John and George may help reconstruct the wider family of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and distinguish this Robert from other contemporary men of the surname.

=== No proved Irish residence ===

No Irish residence should presently be entered as a fact for this Robert.

In particular:

* Larne should not be entered as a proved residence.
* Kilwaughter should not be entered as a proved residence.
* County Antrim should not be entered as a death place.
* The later Kilwaughter Glasgows should not be treated as his proved descendants.

The possible Irish connection belongs in Research Notes until a record establishes Robert's migration or family continuity.

=== Other men named Robert Glasgow ===

'''[[Glasgow-1149|Robert Glasgow]]''', associated with Inveresk and Musselburgh in Midlothian, appears in later Scottish records and should remain separate unless evidence establishes otherwise.

On 4 July 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, cordiner''', was admitted an Edinburgh burgess by right of his wife Euphame, daughter of the deceased Andrew Lorimer, beltmaker and burgess.<ref name="EdinburghBurgess1666">Marguerite Wood, ed., ''Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406–1700'' (Edinburgh, 1929), p. 208, entry dated 4 July 1666; [https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/roll_of_edinburgh_burgesses_1406_to_1700.pdf#page=218 digital scan].</ref> The shared cordiner trade with this Robert's father is notable, but the abstract supplies no age, father or birthplace. It is an alternative Scottish same-name lead, not proof of this Robert's later life.


A further adult candidate appears in the Argyll Estates Archives catalogue. In 1666 a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', gave a receipt for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> The 1618 Robert would have been about 48, and the cross-channel setting makes this a relevant lead. The catalogue gives no age, birthplace, residence, kin or Larne connection, and a vessel called the ''John of Portrush'' does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. This man is a same-name candidate, not a documentary bridge to [[Glasgow-3970|Robert Glaskow of Larne]].

The obvious customs follow-up is limited by record survival. The E72 port-book series begins in 1668, no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material, and the published surviving Ulster port books relate to 1612–1615. The original Argyll receipt is therefore the best immediate source for identifying the shipmaster.

An NRS catalogue search found another possible west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or birthplace. Their handwriting and signatures must be compared before treating them as one man; neither is presently identified with the child baptised in 1618.

The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. The 1618 Robert would have been 76. Chronology permits comparison, but there is no identifier connecting him to Ainslie, Leith or the glassworks.


A stronger younger chronological alternative is [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]], baptised at Glencorse in 1676. He was seventeen in 1694 and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690; a same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. No record connects him to Ainslie or the glassworks, but his existence materially weakens any argument that the 1694 servant continued this 1618 life.

Exact Scotland's People OPR searches found no Glasgow, Glasgo, Glascow, Glaskow or Glassgow baptism in the Leith parishes from 1694 to 1730, and no exact Robert Glasgow marriage there from 1694 to 1710 or burial from 1694 to 1730. Register survival and spelling limit those negative results.

A Robert Glasgow was employed as one of Glasgow's town officers in 1675.<ref name="Burgh1675" />

It is chronologically possible that the town officer was Robert baptised in 1618, but no evidence links the two occurrences.

Researchers should also distinguish this profile from '''[[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]]''', his father.

=== Date and place guidance ===

Recommended profile data:

* '''Birth/Baptism:''' 17 November 1618.
* '''Place:''' Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
* '''Father:''' [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]], certain.
* '''Mother:''' [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]], certain.
* '''Spouse:''' [[Cunningham-22604|Jonet Cunningham]], uncertain if retained.
* '''Child:''' James Glasgow recorded in November 1645, uncertain if attached.
* '''Occupation:''' unknown.
* '''Later residence:''' unknown.
* '''Death:''' unknown.
* '''Death place:''' unknown.

The 17 November 1618 event is a '''baptism''', not presently a proved birth date.

If WikiTree requires a birth date in the data field, 17 November 1618 should be marked uncertain unless the original register supplies an actual birth date.

=== Research priorities ===

'''Original 1618 Glasgow High Kirk register'''

* Examine NRS Glasgow High Kirk OPR 644/1 directly.
* Confirm the complete wording of the 17 November 1618 entry.
* Determine whether a residence or occupation is supplied for Robert's father.
* Identify John and George Glasgow if possible.
* Review adjacent Glasgow surname entries for related households.

'''Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham'''

* Identify the 1645 godfathers James Cunynghame and Johne Muir in burgess, craft, testamentary and church records.
* Determine whether the conflicting 11 and 25 November dates represent birth and baptism.
* Search for every child recorded to a Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.
* Establish the couple's residence and Robert's occupation.
* Compare witnesses and associates with the 1618 family.
* Search for a marriage or proclamation of banns for Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.

'''Glasgow burgess and craft records'''

* Search for Robert Glasgow after 1618 in burgess, guild and craft records.
* Determine whether he followed his father into the cordiner trade.
* A record identifying him as "Robert Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow, cordiner" would provide a strong adult identity.

'''Glasgow absent-burgess records'''

* Examine the complete Glasgow City Archives C1/1/13 material, particularly the entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655.
* Identify the twelve burgesses reportedly living in Ireland with their wives and families.
* Evidence naming Robert Glasgow among them would materially strengthen the Irish migration hypothesis.
* Evidence naming Larne, Carrickfergus or County Antrim would be especially significant.
* Mere absence from Glasgow would not establish migration to Ireland.

'''Agnew estate papers'''

* Search NRS GD154/505–534, the Agnew family's Irish estate papers for Kilwaughter, 1636–1712.
* Search Robert Glasgow, Glaskow, Glascho and similar surname variants.
* Look especially for early leases, rentals, correspondence or named lives before 1669.
* Any reference connecting a Glasgow resident of Scotland with the Kilwaughter estate would materially strengthen the migration hypothesis.

'''Testamentary records'''

* The published Glasgow Commissariot index has no Robert Glasgow entry in its Glasgow surname section. This does not exclude an unindexed testament or one proved in Ayr, Edinburgh or another court.
* Search the neighbouring commissariot indexes and original court material before treating the Glasgow-index absence as evidence of migration.

'''Glasgow Town Council records'''

* Investigate the Robert Glasgow serving as town officer in 1675.
* Search earlier and later council minutes for identifying details.
* Look for references to his family, occupation, age or previous service.

'''Argyll shipmaster receipt'''

* Inspect Argyll Estates Archives GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78 (PFV 67).
* Record the precise date, route, signature, endorsements, residence and named associates.
* Compare any signature or associates with Glasgow, Irvine, Ayrshire, Argyll and County Antrim records.
* Compare the hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.

'''Test the Larne hypothesis independently'''

* Research the separate Robert Glaskow of Larne without assuming Scottish origins.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus for Robert Glaskow, Glasgow, Glascho and related variants.
* Search Irish land, taxation and estate records for his occupation, associates and family.
* Only reconnect the Scottish and Larne profiles if evidence independently points from one man to the other.

== Sources ==

<references />

* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. Reported transcription: "Robert lawful sone to Robert Glasgow & Jonet Conynghame - Godf: John & George Glasgowis."

* '''FamilySearch.''' "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham. Used for the possible later family of Robert. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK FamilySearch record VQHK-VMK].

* '''National Records of Scotland.''' Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712.

* '''Glasgow City Archives.''' Glasgow Town Council minutes, C1/1/13, entries of 30 June and 18 August 1655 concerning absent burgesses; printed context in ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1630–1662''.

* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination mentioning Robert Glaskow "liuing in Larne," dated 21 April 1653. Used only in assessing the separate Larne identity. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html Public deposition item].

* '''1641 Depositions Project.''' Examination describing William Willson's movement by boat with his family between the Larne district and Scotland. Used as evidence for contemporary travel between the two regions. [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html Public deposition item].

* '''Scottish Burgh Records Society.''' ''Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A.D. 1663-1690'' (1905), p. 204, entry of 23 October 1675 concerning a town officer named Robert Glasgow.

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