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== Biography ==

'''Archibald Glasgow''' was baptised on '''19 June 1614''' at Glasgow High Kirk. He was recorded as the lawful son of [[Glasgow-1099|George Glasgow]] and [[Stewart-65226|Margaret Steuart]]. William Howie, Michael Broune and Andrew Mylne were named in the baptismal entry.<ref>Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609–1777, vol. 1/1329.</ref>

He graduated '''Master of Arts''' from the University of Glasgow in '''1635'''.<ref>University of Glasgow, University Story, “Archibaldus Glasgua,” graduate, Master of Arts, 1635. https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/people?search=&surname=Glas&forename=</ref>

== Probable Identification in County Donegal ==

A series of Irish records concerns a clergyman named '''Archibald Glasgow''' who was active in County Donegal between approximately 1641 and 1677.

The records form a geographically and chronologically coherent clerical career and probably concern one man. The uncommon name, chronology and clerical background also create a strong circumstantial case that this was the Archibald Glasgow baptised in Glasgow in 1614 and educated at the University of Glasgow.

No inspected Irish record, however, explicitly identifies the Donegal clergyman as:

* the son of George Glasgow and Margaret Steuart;
* a native of Glasgow;
* the man baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1614; or
* the University of Glasgow graduate of 1635.

The identification should therefore be treated as probable rather than conclusively proved.

Records concerning the Irish Archibald include:

* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' serving as rector of '''Killea, County Donegal''', in or before 1641, with later restoration in 1661.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>
* A clergyman of that name associated with '''Faughanvale''' in 1654 and '''Taboyne''' in 1660.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>
* An Archibald Glasgow possibly mentioned in a 1657 disciplinary record concerning drunkenness.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/IMC-AH-15-1944-MacLysaght</ref>
* A cleric named '''Archibald Glasgow''' appointed rector and vicar of '''Clondevadock, Tullyfern and Aughnish''' in County Donegal in April 1661.<ref>James Seaton Reid, ''A History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland'', 1853, p. 278. https://en.geneanet.org/archives/ouvrages?action=detail&book_type=livre&livre_id=6279357&page=278</ref>
* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' appearing in a County Donegal Hearth Money Roll dated 1665.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, TCD MS 6232. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-6232</ref>
* '''Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, County Donegal''', named as obligee in a bond from William Dutton of Greenforte dated 1675/76.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1825/A/2, bond from William Dutton of Greenforte to Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, 1675/76.</ref>
* '''Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, County Donegal, clerk''', whose prerogative will was proved in '''1677'''.<ref>Sir Arthur Vicars, ''Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810'', entry for Archibald Glasgow, clerk, Rathmalton, County Donegal, 1677. https://archive.org/details/indextoprerogati00vica</ref>
* A separate probate-index transcription records '''Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, County Donegal''', in '''1679'''.<ref>Irish probate index transcription supplied July 2026, entry for Archibald Glascoe, Rathmatton, County Donegal, 1679.</ref>

“Rathmalton” was an historical spelling associated with Rathmelton or Ramelton. “Rathmatton” in the 1679 transcription is probably a spelling or transcription variant of the same place. These names should not be confused with Rathmullan.

The Archibald named in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the Rathmalton clergyman whose will was proved in 1677 were almost certainly the same person. The uncommon name, occupation, place and close dates strongly support that conclusion.

The 1679 entry probably represents a duplicate index entry, a later probate action or a transcription of the same estate rather than a second local Archibald Glasgow. The two-year discrepancy has not been resolved and should not be silently merged into a single probate date.

If the Donegal clergyman was the man baptised in Glasgow in 1614, he died before probate was granted in 1677, aged approximately 62 or 63. Ramelton was his recorded residence, but it has not been established as his place of death.

== Wife and Children ==

No wife or child has yet been identified from an inspected primary record.

The existence of Archibald’s 1677 prerogative will is potentially important. The original will was probably among the records destroyed in Dublin in 1922, but a pre-destruction genealogical abstract may survive in the notebooks compiled by Sir William Betham.

Such an abstract may identify:

* Archibald’s wife;
* sons or daughters;
* married daughters or sons-in-law;
* siblings;
* executors;
* other legatees; or
* property inherited by his heirs.

The separate 1679 entry should also be investigated to determine whether it represents a duplicate, a later grant, an administration or another action concerning the same estate.

Until a will abstract or another direct record is examined, no spouse or child should be attached to this profile.

== Possible Connection to Thomas Glasgow ==

No record has been found proving that Archibald was the father, brother or other close relative of Thomas Glasgow of Ballindrait, Shannon or Lifford.

Thomas Glasgow was described as being of '''Lifford, County Donegal''', and as an esquire, in connection with the 1689 attainder proceedings. His transactions also place him within the same broad Donegal landholding network as Abraham and James Creighton.

The chronology allows Thomas to have been Archibald’s son, nephew or younger brother, but this is speculation. Archibald’s 1675/76 bond names only Archibald Glasgow and William Dutton and gives no family relationship.

Neither the 1677 nor the 1679 probate-index entry supplies the contents of Archibald’s will or names any beneficiary.

The PRONI catalogue descriptions for Thomas Glasgow’s known transactions likewise name Thomas, Abraham Creighton and James Creighton, but do not identify Thomas’s parents, wife, children, heirs or siblings:

* D1939/18/8/1
* D1939/18/1/3
* D1939/18/3/25
* D1939/18/7/1
* D1939/18/11/16

The full deeds may contain witnesses, recitals, endorsements or inheritance language omitted from the catalogue descriptions.

== Possible Connection to Nathaniel Glasgow ==

No record has been found proving that Archibald was an ancestor or other relative of [[Glasgow-1137|Nathaniel Glasgow]].

The proposed descent:

Archibald Glasgow
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remains chronologically and geographically possible, but unsupported by direct kinship evidence.

Neither Archibald’s bond nor the available descriptions of Thomas’s transactions name Nathaniel. Nathaniel’s university record also names no father.

== Other Proposed Relationships ==

A possible relationship with [[Glasgow-992|William Glasgow (1614–)]], who married Bessie Howie, has previously been suggested because the surname Howie appears in Archibald’s baptismal entry.

The presence of the same surname is insufficient to establish that Archibald and William were brothers or cousins. William Howie was named in Archibald’s baptismal entry, but the record does not state that he was a relative.

A connection with [[Glasgow-1097|Archibald Glasgow (c.1533–)]], a burgess and property owner in Glasgow, has also been proposed. The suggested great-uncle and grand-nephew relationship depends upon several reconstructed parent-child links that have not been established from contemporary records.

These relationships should remain research hypotheses.

== Research Priorities ==

The most important unresolved record is the genealogical abstract of Archibald’s 1677 will, if it survives among the Betham notebooks.

Other useful records would include:

* the underlying source for the 1679 Archibald Glascoe probate-index entry;
* records explaining whether the 1679 entry was a duplicate, later grant or administration;
* the complete document for PRONI D1825/A/2;
* complete copies of Thomas Glasgow’s five D1939 transactions;
* Raphoe diocesan probate and administration records;
* marriage bonds and licence indexes;
* parish registers for Killea, Ramelton and neighbouring areas;
* property records naming Archibald’s heirs after 1677; and
* original Glasgow baptismal records for other possible children of George Glasgow and Margaret Steuart.

== Research Conclusion ==

The Donegal records from 1641 to 1677 probably document the career of one clergyman, culminating in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the probate of the will of Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton in 1677.

The 1679 entry for Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton is probably connected with the same estate, but its precise nature remains unresolved.

Identity with the Archibald Glasgow baptised in Glasgow in 1614 and awarded an M.A. in 1635 is a strong chronological and occupational fit. It remains circumstantial because no inspected Irish record names his Scottish parents, birthplace or university.

No spouse, child or proved line of descent to Thomas Glasgow or Nathaniel Glasgow has been identified.

== Sources ==

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* Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609–1777, vol. 1/1329.
* University of Glasgow graduate records.
* Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record 32084.
* Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1825/A/2.
* Sir Arthur Vicars, ''Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810''.
* Irish probate index transcription, entry for Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, 1679.
* Old Parish Records.
* Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/70.

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Current profile5'''Archibald Glasgow''' was baptised on '''19 June 1614''' at Glasgow High Kirk. He was recorded as the lawful son of [[Glasgow-1099|George Glasgow]] and [[Stewart-65226|Margaret Steuart]]. William Howie, Michael Broune and Andrew Mylne were named in the baptismal entry.<ref>Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609–1777, vol. 1/1329.</ref>

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Current profile7He graduated '''Master of Arts''' from the University of Glasgow in '''1635'''.<ref>University of Glasgow, University Story, “Archibaldus Glasgua,” graduate, Master of Arts, 1635. https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/people?search=&surname=Glas&forename=</ref>

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Current profile9== Probable Identification in County Donegal ==

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Current profile11A series of Irish records concerns a clergyman named '''Archibald Glasgow''' who was active in County Donegal between approximately 1641 and 1677.

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Current profile13The records form a geographically and chronologically coherent clerical career and probably concern one man. The uncommon name, chronology and clerical background also create a strong circumstantial case that this was the Archibald Glasgow baptised in Glasgow in 1614 and educated at the University of Glasgow.

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Current profile15No inspected Irish record, however, explicitly identifies the Donegal clergyman as:

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Current profile22The identification should therefore be treated as probable rather than conclusively proved.

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Current profile26* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' serving as rector of '''Killea, County Donegal''', in or before 1641, with later restoration in 1661.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>

Replacement profile26* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' serving as rector of '''Killea, County Donegal''', in or before 1641, with later restoration in 1661.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>

Current profile27* A clergyman of that name associated with '''Faughanvale''' in 1654 and '''Taboyne''' in 1660.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>

Replacement profile27* A clergyman of that name associated with '''Faughanvale''' in 1654 and '''Taboyne''' in 1660.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>

Current profile28* An Archibald Glasgow possibly mentioned in a 1657 disciplinary record concerning drunkenness.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/IMC-AH-15-1944-MacLysaght</ref>

Replacement profile28* An Archibald Glasgow possibly mentioned in a 1657 disciplinary record concerning drunkenness.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/IMC-AH-15-1944-MacLysaght</ref>

Current profile29* A cleric named '''Archibald Glasgow''' appointed rector and vicar of '''Clondevadock, Tullyfern and Aughnish''' in County Donegal in April 1661.<ref>James Seaton Reid, ''A History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland'', 1853, p. 278. https://en.geneanet.org/archives/ouvrages?action=detail&book_type=livre&livre_id=6279357&page=278</ref>

Replacement profile29* A cleric named '''Archibald Glasgow''' appointed rector and vicar of '''Clondevadock, Tullyfern and Aughnish''' in County Donegal in April 1661.<ref>James Seaton Reid, ''A History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland'', 1853, p. 278. https://en.geneanet.org/archives/ouvrages?action=detail&book_type=livre&livre_id=6279357&page=278</ref>

Current profile30* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' appearing in a County Donegal Hearth Money Roll dated 1665.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, TCD MS 6232. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-6232</ref>

Replacement profile30* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' appearing in a County Donegal Hearth Money Roll dated 1665.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, TCD MS 6232. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-6232</ref>

Current profile31* '''Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, County Donegal''', named as obligee in a bond from William Dutton of Greenforte dated 1675/76.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1825/A/2, bond from William Dutton of Greenforte to Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, 1675/76.</ref>

Replacement profile31* '''Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, County Donegal''', named as obligee in a bond from William Dutton of Greenforte dated 1675/76.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1825/A/2, bond from William Dutton of Greenforte to Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, 1675/76.</ref>

Current profile32* '''Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, County Donegal, clerk''', whose prerogative will was proved in '''1677'''.<ref>Sir Arthur Vicars, ''Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810'', entry for Archibald Glasgow, clerk, Rathmalton, County Donegal, 1677. https://archive.org/details/indextoprerogati00vica</ref>

Replacement profile32* '''Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, County Donegal, clerk''', whose prerogative will was proved in '''1677'''.<ref>Sir Arthur Vicars, ''Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810'', entry for Archibald Glasgow, clerk, Rathmalton, County Donegal, 1677. https://archive.org/details/indextoprerogati00vica</ref>

Current profile33* A separate probate-index transcription records '''Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, County Donegal''', in '''1679'''.<ref>Irish probate index transcription supplied July 2026, entry for Archibald Glascoe, Rathmatton, County Donegal, 1679.</ref>

Replacement profile33* A separate probate-index transcription records '''Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, County Donegal''', in '''1679'''.<ref>Irish probate index transcription supplied July 2026, entry for Archibald Glascoe, Rathmatton, County Donegal, 1679.</ref>

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Current profile35“Rathmalton” was an historical spelling associated with Rathmelton or Ramelton. “Rathmatton” in the 1679 transcription is probably a spelling or transcription variant of the same place. These names should not be confused with Rathmullan.

Replacement profile35“Rathmalton” was an historical spelling associated with Rathmelton or Ramelton. “Rathmatton” in the 1679 transcription is probably a spelling or transcription variant of the same place. These names should not be confused with Rathmullan.

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Current profile37The Archibald named in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the Rathmalton clergyman whose will was proved in 1677 were almost certainly the same person. The uncommon name, occupation, place and close dates strongly support that conclusion.

Replacement profile37The Archibald named in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the Rathmalton clergyman whose will was proved in 1677 were almost certainly the same person. The uncommon name, occupation, place and close dates strongly support that conclusion.

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Current profile39The 1679 entry probably represents a duplicate index entry, a later probate action or a transcription of the same estate rather than a second local Archibald Glasgow. The two-year discrepancy has not been resolved and should not be silently merged into a single probate date.

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Current profile41If the Donegal clergyman was the man baptised in Glasgow in 1614, he died before probate was granted in 1677, aged approximately 62 or 63. Ramelton was his recorded residence, but it has not been established as his place of death.

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Replacement profile49as M'Auley.<ref name="Betham1673">National Library of Ireland, GO MS 225,

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Replacement profile51POS 1219; [https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000540633 catalogue and digitised

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Current profile47The existence of Archibald’s 1677 prerogative will is potentially important. The original will was probably among the records destroyed in Dublin in 1922, but a pre-destruction genealogical abstract may survive in the notebooks compiled by Sir William Betham.

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Replacement profile56confidently. April 1673 is the will date, distinct from the 1677 probate-index

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Replacement profile58child identities require further reading. Elizabeth is represented by [[Unknown-761582|Elizabeth]], with her maiden surname still provisional.

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Current profile59The separate 1679 entry should also be investigated to determine whether it represents a duplicate, a later grant, an administration or another action concerning the same estate.

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Current profile65No record has been found proving that Archibald was the father, brother or other close relative of Thomas Glasgow of Ballindrait, Shannon or Lifford.

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Replacement profile64compatible chronology and Donegal location support the match, but the

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Replacement profile65abstract gives the son no residence, age, wife or estate. The father attachment to this Archibald remains uncertain pending a distinctive identity connection.

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Current profile67Thomas Glasgow was described as being of '''Lifford, County Donegal''', and as an esquire, in connection with the 1689 attainder proceedings. His transactions also place him within the same broad Donegal landholding network as Abraham and James Creighton.

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Current profile69The chronology allows Thomas to have been Archibald’s son, nephew or younger brother, but this is speculation. Archibald’s 1675/76 bond names only Archibald Glasgow and William Dutton and gives no family relationship.

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Replacement profile70inspected PRONI catalogue transcription of a c.1700 Lifford estate paper

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Replacement profile71specifically describes his purchase of a Lifford interest from Hugh Hamill

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Replacement profile74D1939/21/3, c.1700 Lifford estate paper; [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/SearchPage.aspx

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Current profile71Neither the 1677 nor the 1679 probate-index entry supplies the contents of Archibald’s will or names any beneficiary.

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Replacement profile79instruments in PRONI D1825/A/2. The description does not name Hamill as a party

Current profile73The PRONI catalogue descriptions for Thomas Glasgow’s known transactions likewise name Thomas, Abraham Creighton and James Creighton, but do not identify Thomas’s parents, wife, children, heirs or siblings:

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Replacement profile83from their descriptions. The inspected catalogue descriptions name Thomas, Abraham Creighton and James Creighton, but do not identify Thomas's parents, wife, children, heirs or siblings. Neither the 1677 nor the 1679 probate-index entry itself supplies the will's contents; the family names come from the separately inspected Betham abstract.

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Current profile81The full deeds may contain witnesses, recitals, endorsements or inheritance language omitted from the catalogue descriptions.

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Current profile83== Possible Connection to Nathaniel Glasgow ==

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Current profile85No record has been found proving that Archibald was an ancestor or other relative of [[Glasgow-1137|Nathaniel Glasgow]].

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Current profile87The proposed descent:

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Current profile89Archibald Glasgow

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Current profile99remains chronologically and geographically possible, but unsupported by direct kinship evidence.

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Current profile101Neither Archibald’s bond nor the available descriptions of Thomas’s transactions name Nathaniel. Nathaniel’s university record also names no father.

Replacement profile103Neither Archibald’s bond nor the available descriptions of Thomas’s transactions name Nathaniel. Nathaniel’s university record also names no father.

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Current profile105A possible relationship with [[Glasgow-992|William Glasgow (1614–)]], who married Bessie Howie, has previously been suggested because the surname Howie appears in Archibald’s baptismal entry.

Replacement profile107A possible relationship with [[Glasgow-992|William Glasgow (1614–)]], who married Bessie Howie, has previously been suggested because the surname Howie appears in Archibald’s baptismal entry.

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Current profile107The presence of the same surname is insufficient to establish that Archibald and William were brothers or cousins. William Howie was named in Archibald’s baptismal entry, but the record does not state that he was a relative.

Replacement profile109The presence of the same surname is insufficient to establish that Archibald and William were brothers or cousins. William Howie was named in Archibald’s baptismal entry, but the record does not state that he was a relative.

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Current profile109A connection with [[Glasgow-1097|Archibald Glasgow (c.1533–)]], a burgess and property owner in Glasgow, has also been proposed. The suggested great-uncle and grand-nephew relationship depends upon several reconstructed parent-child links that have not been established from contemporary records.

Replacement profile111A connection with [[Glasgow-1097|Archibald Glasgow (c.1533–)]], a burgess and property owner in Glasgow, has also been proposed. The suggested great-uncle and grand-nephew relationship depends upon several reconstructed parent-child links that have not been established from contemporary records.

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Current profile111These relationships should remain research hypotheses.

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Current profile115The most important unresolved record is the genealogical abstract of Archibald’s 1677 will, if it survives among the Betham notebooks.

Replacement profile118Betham’s abstract has now been inspected. The priority is to identify its named son through the registered will, NAI PRCT/1/1 (microfilm MFGS/41/1, wills proved 1664–1684), deed recitals or Cairns/M’Auley collateral records. The surviving book is accessible. Its complete visible G index (image 542 of 547) and all nine full-text Glas* matches were checked on 30 September 2026 without locating Archibald’s particular will. This limited index and machine-transcript search does not establish absence from the entire manuscript.<ref>National Archives of Ireland, prerogative wills 1664–1684, FamilySearch DGS 8096787, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ8-FDT8 image 542, G index], inspected 30 September 2026.</ref>

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Current profile119* the underlying source for the 1679 Archibald Glascoe probate-index entry;

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Replacement profile130* original Glasgow baptismal records for other possible children of George Glasgow and Margaret Steuart.

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Current profile131The Donegal records from 1641 to 1677 probably document the career of one clergyman, culminating in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the probate of the will of Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton in 1677.

Replacement profile134The Donegal records from 1641 to 1677 probably document the career of one clergyman, culminating in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the probate of the will of Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton in 1677.

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Current profile133The 1679 entry for Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton is probably connected with the same estate, but its precise nature remains unresolved.

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Current profile135Identity with the Archibald Glasgow baptised in Glasgow in 1614 and awarded an M.A. in 1635 is a strong chronological and occupational fit. It remains circumstantial because no inspected Irish record names his Scottish parents, birthplace or university.

Replacement profile138Identity with the Archibald Glasgow baptised in Glasgow in 1614 and awarded an M.A. in 1635 is a strong chronological and occupational fit. It remains circumstantial because no inspected Irish record names his Scottish parents, birthplace or university.

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Current profile137No spouse, child or proved line of descent to Thomas Glasgow or Nathaniel Glasgow has been identified.

Replacement profile140Betham now names wife Elizabeth, eldest son Thomas and only daughter Margaret. The son-to-Lifford identity remains strongly probable; no descent to Nathaniel has been proved.

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Current profile143* Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609–1777, vol. 1/1329.

Replacement profile145* Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609–1777, vol. 1/1329.

Current profile144* University of Glasgow graduate records.

Replacement profile146* University of Glasgow graduate records.

Current profile145* Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record 32084.

Replacement profile147* Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record 32084.

Current profile146* Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1825/A/2.

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Current profile147* Sir Arthur Vicars, ''Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810''.

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Current profile148* Irish probate index transcription, entry for Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, 1679.

Replacement profile150* Irish probate index transcription, entry for Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, 1679.

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Current profile150* Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/70.

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== Biography ==
'''Archibald Glasgow''' was baptised on '''19 June 1614''' at Glasgow High Kirk. He was recorded as the lawful son of [[Glasgow-1099|George Glasgow]] and [[Stewart-65226|Margaret Steuart]]. William Howie, Michael Broune and Andrew Mylne were named in the baptismal entry.<ref>Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609–1777, vol. 1/1329.</ref>

He graduated '''Master of Arts''' from the University of Glasgow in '''1635'''.<ref>University of Glasgow, University Story, “Archibaldus Glasgua,” graduate, Master of Arts, 1635. https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/people?search=&surname=Glas&forename=</ref>

== Probable Identification in County Donegal ==

A series of Irish records concerns a clergyman named '''Archibald Glasgow''' who was active in County Donegal between approximately 1641 and 1677.

The records form a geographically and chronologically coherent clerical career and probably concern one man. The uncommon name, chronology and clerical background also create a strong circumstantial case that this was the Archibald Glasgow baptised in Glasgow in 1614 and educated at the University of Glasgow.

No inspected Irish record, however, explicitly identifies the Donegal clergyman as:

* the son of George Glasgow and Margaret Steuart;
* a native of Glasgow;
* the man baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1614; or
* the University of Glasgow graduate of 1635.

The identification should therefore be treated as probable rather than conclusively proved.

Records concerning the Irish Archibald include:

* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' serving as rector of '''Killea, County Donegal''', in or before 1641, with later restoration in 1661.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>
* A clergyman of that name associated with '''Faughanvale''' in 1654 and '''Taboyne''' in 1660.<ref>Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record for Archibald Glasgow. https://ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/32084</ref>
* An Archibald Glasgow possibly mentioned in a 1657 disciplinary record concerning drunkenness.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/IMC-AH-15-1944-MacLysaght</ref>
* A cleric named '''Archibald Glasgow''' appointed rector and vicar of '''Clondevadock, Tullyfern and Aughnish''' in County Donegal in April 1661.<ref>James Seaton Reid, ''A History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland'', 1853, p. 278. https://en.geneanet.org/archives/ouvrages?action=detail&book_type=livre&livre_id=6279357&page=278</ref>
* An '''Archibald Glasgow''' appearing in a County Donegal Hearth Money Roll dated 1665.<ref>Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, TCD MS 6232. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-6232</ref>
* '''Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, County Donegal''', named as obligee in a bond from William Dutton of Greenforte dated 1675/76.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1825/A/2, bond from William Dutton of Greenforte to Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, 1675/76.</ref>
* '''Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, County Donegal, clerk''', whose prerogative will was proved in '''1677'''.<ref>Sir Arthur Vicars, ''Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810'', entry for Archibald Glasgow, clerk, Rathmalton, County Donegal, 1677. https://archive.org/details/indextoprerogati00vica</ref>
* A separate probate-index transcription records '''Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, County Donegal''', in '''1679'''.<ref>Irish probate index transcription supplied July 2026, entry for Archibald Glascoe, Rathmatton, County Donegal, 1679.</ref>

“Rathmalton” was an historical spelling associated with Rathmelton or Ramelton. “Rathmatton” in the 1679 transcription is probably a spelling or transcription variant of the same place. These names should not be confused with Rathmullan.

The Archibald named in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the Rathmalton clergyman whose will was proved in 1677 were almost certainly the same person. The uncommon name, occupation, place and close dates strongly support that conclusion.

The 1679 entry probably represents a duplicate index entry, a later probate action or a transcription of the same estate rather than a second local Archibald Glasgow. The two-year discrepancy has not been resolved and should not be silently merged into a single probate date.

If the Donegal clergyman was the man baptised in Glasgow in 1614, he died before probate was granted in 1677, aged approximately 62 or 63. Ramelton was his recorded residence, but it has not been established as his place of death.

== Wife and Children ==

Betham's newly inspected genealogical abstract of Archibald Glasgow of
Rathmalton, County Donegal, clerk, with will dated April 1673, explicitly
names Thomas Glasgow as his eldest son and Margaret as his only daughter.
The pedigree also names wife Elizabeth, whose surname is provisionally read
as M'Auley.<ref name="Betham1673">National Library of Ireland, GO MS 225,
William Betham, Old Series vol. 3 (1808), p. 90, digital image 97, microfilm
POS 1219; [https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000540633 catalogue and digitised
manuscript], inspected 30 September 2026. A pre-destruction genealogical will
abstract, not the complete original will.</ref>

The exact residence and clerk designation identify the Irish testator
confidently. April 1673 is the will date, distinct from the 1677 probate-index
year. Margaret appears linked to a Cairns household, but the marriage and
child identities require further reading. Elizabeth is represented by [[Unknown-761582|Elizabeth]], with her maiden surname still provisional.

== Possible Connection to Thomas Glasgow ==

Matching the explicitly named eldest son to [[Glasgow-3556|Thomas of
Lifford, Ballindrait and Shannon]] is strongly probable. The uncommon name,
compatible chronology and Donegal location support the match, but the
abstract gives the son no residence, age, wife or estate. The father attachment to this Archibald remains uncertain pending a distinctive identity connection.

Thomas Glasgow was described as being of '''Lifford, County Donegal''', and as an esquire, in connection with the 1689 attainder proceedings. His transactions also place him within the same broad Donegal landholding network as Abraham and James Creighton.

Thomas's Creighton dealings form a coherent later record cluster. A newly
inspected PRONI catalogue transcription of a c.1700 Lifford estate paper
specifically describes his purchase of a Lifford interest from Hugh Hamill
and subsequent litigation; it does not name his father or establish an
inherited Ramelton estate.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,
D1939/21/3, c.1700 Lifford estate paper; [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/SearchPage.aspx
eCatalogue], search exact reference; archival transcription inspected 30
September 2026, manuscript image not inspected.</ref>

Archibald's Dutton bond is grouped among Hugh Hamill/Portin Island title
instruments in PRONI D1825/A/2. The description does not name Hamill as a party
to that bond. It strengthens the regional financial context but supplies no
father clause or property succession. The full D1939/18/8/1, /18/1/3,
/18/3/25, /18/7/1 and /18/11/16 deeds may contain identifying recitals omitted
from their descriptions. The inspected catalogue descriptions name Thomas, Abraham Creighton and James Creighton, but do not identify Thomas's parents, wife, children, heirs or siblings. Neither the 1677 nor the 1679 probate-index entry itself supplies the will's contents; the family names come from the separately inspected Betham abstract.

== Possible Connection to Nathaniel Glasgow ==

No record has been found proving that Archibald was an ancestor or other relative of [[Glasgow-1137|Nathaniel Glasgow]].

The proposed descent:

Archibald Glasgow
|
?
|
Thomas Glasgow of Ballindrait/Shannon/Lifford
|
?
|
Nathaniel Glasgow

now has an explicit earlier father–son clause in Betham. Identification of that son with Thomas of Lifford remains strongly probable; the Thomas-to-Nathaniel generation has no inspected father record.

Neither Archibald’s bond nor the available descriptions of Thomas’s transactions name Nathaniel. Nathaniel’s university record also names no father.

== Other Proposed Relationships ==

A possible relationship with [[Glasgow-992|William Glasgow (1614–)]], who married Bessie Howie, has previously been suggested because the surname Howie appears in Archibald’s baptismal entry.

The presence of the same surname is insufficient to establish that Archibald and William were brothers or cousins. William Howie was named in Archibald’s baptismal entry, but the record does not state that he was a relative.

A connection with [[Glasgow-1097|Archibald Glasgow (c.1533–)]], a burgess and property owner in Glasgow, has also been proposed. The suggested great-uncle and grand-nephew relationship depends upon several reconstructed parent-child links that have not been established from contemporary records.

These relationships should remain research hypotheses.

== Research Notes ==
=== Research Priorities ===

Betham’s abstract has now been inspected. The priority is to identify its named son through the registered will, NAI PRCT/1/1 (microfilm MFGS/41/1, wills proved 1664–1684), deed recitals or Cairns/M’Auley collateral records. The surviving book is accessible. Its complete visible G index (image 542 of 547) and all nine full-text Glas* matches were checked on 30 September 2026 without locating Archibald’s particular will. This limited index and machine-transcript search does not establish absence from the entire manuscript.<ref>National Archives of Ireland, prerogative wills 1664–1684, FamilySearch DGS 8096787, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ8-FDT8 image 542, G index], inspected 30 September 2026.</ref>

Other useful records would include:

* the underlying source for the 1679 Archibald Glascoe probate-index entry;
* records explaining whether the 1679 entry was a duplicate, later grant or administration;
* the complete document for PRONI D1825/A/2;
* complete copies of Thomas Glasgow’s five D1939 transactions;
* Raphoe diocesan probate and administration records;
* marriage bonds and licence indexes;
* parish registers for Killea, Ramelton and neighbouring areas;
* property records naming Archibald’s heirs after 1677; and
* original Glasgow baptismal records for other possible children of George Glasgow and Margaret Steuart.

== Research Conclusion ==

The Donegal records from 1641 to 1677 probably document the career of one clergyman, culminating in the 1675/76 Ramelton bond and the probate of the will of Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton in 1677.

The 1679 entry for Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton is probably connected with the same estate, but its precise nature remains unresolved.

Identity with the Archibald Glasgow baptised in Glasgow in 1614 and awarded an M.A. in 1635 is a strong chronological and occupational fit. It remains circumstantial because no inspected Irish record names his Scottish parents, birthplace or university.

Betham now names wife Elizabeth, eldest son Thomas and only daughter Margaret. The son-to-Lifford identity remains strongly probable; no descent to Nathaniel has been proved.

== Sources ==
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* Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609–1777, vol. 1/1329.
* University of Glasgow graduate records.
* Ulster Plantation and Migration project, person record 32084.
* Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1825/A/2.
* Sir Arthur Vicars, ''Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810''.
* Irish probate index transcription, entry for Archibald Glascoe of Rathmatton, 1679.
* Old Parish Records.
* Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/70.

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