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== Biography ==
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'''Robert Glasgow''' was a farmer at '''Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim'''. His recorded age of seventy-two in the 1851 census places his birth about '''1779'''. The same return gives County Antrim as his birthplace.<ref name="Glenleslie1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, barony of Kilconway, parish of Dunaghy, Glenleslie, household 23. [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/ National Archives of Ireland, legacy household locator]. Detailed transcription: [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf ''1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription''], printed p. 103, Glenleslie household 23. The transcription, including its absent-member and death entries, was examined; the full original return was not re-examined for this revision.</ref>

He married '''Catherine''', whose maiden name has not been established. Their census return gives '''1803''' as the marriage year. Catherine was sixty-eight in 1851, born in County Antrim, and worked at spinning flax.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

=== Household and family in 1851 ===

Robert and Catherine occupied household 23 at Glenleslie. The seven people recorded as present were:<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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|+ '''Glenleslie household 23: residents in 1851'''
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| '''Robert Glasgow''' || Head || 72 || Farmer; could read; married in 1803
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| '''Catherine Glasgow''' || Wife || 68 || Spinning flax; could read; married in 1803
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| [[Glasgow-3955|Margaret Glasgow]] || Daughter || 50 || Unmarried; no occupation recorded
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| '''Mary Glasgow''' || Niece || 34 || Unmarried; linen weaver
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| [[Young-78755|Mary Young]] || Granddaughter || 15 || Winding yarn
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| '''James Young''' || Grandson || 15 || Labourer; could read and write
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| '''Margaret McKillop''' || Servant || 18 || House servant
|}

All seven were recorded as born in County Antrim. Two further family members were entered as '''absent in America''': '''John Glasgow''', Robert's son, aged forty and a labourer; and '''Samuel Glasgow''', his son, aged thirty and a linen weaver. They should not be counted among the residents physically present at Glenleslie.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

The death section records '''Catherine Hume''', Robert's granddaughter, who died of scarlatina in '''spring 1850''', aged '''three months'''. Her parents are not identified in the entry.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

The census therefore identifies '''Margaret, John and Samuel''' as Robert's children. His will independently identifies Margaret as his daughter and James and Mary Young as Margaret's children. It does not follow that these were his only children.<ref name="RobertWill">Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie, will dated 3 February 1851, proved 13 February 1854; National Archives of Ireland copy, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ8-MQQJ?view=fullText FamilySearch, image 229]. Will details are retained from the earlier research transcription supplied for this profile; the image was not independently re-examined during this revision.</ref>

=== Will and death ===

Robert made his will at '''Glenleslie on 3 February 1851'''. He left his farm, livestock, furniture and farming utensils to his daughter [[Glasgow-3955|Margaret Glasgow]] for life. After her death, the property was to be divided equally between her children '''James Young''' and [[Young-78755|Mary Young]]. The named executors were '''Andrew McCaughey''' and '''John Kirk'''.<ref name="RobertWill" />

The probate notation states that he died '''in or about 1852'''. The will was proved on '''13 February 1854'''. These details support an approximate death in 1852, not an exact death date or a separately verified place of death.<ref name="RobertWill" />

The earlier research also identified a PRONI index entry for Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie among the '''Connor Diocesan Wills, 1854'''. The date of the will, the approximate death year and the probate year are distinct events.<ref name="PRONI1854">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Name Search, ''Pre-1858 Wills and Admons'', Connor Diocesan Wills: Robert Glasgow, Glenleslie, 1854. [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI Name Search]. Entry details retained from the earlier profile's recorded search of 5 August 2026.</ref>

== Research Notes ==

=== Proposed son: Robert Glasgow of Donbought ===

The younger [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], a forty-year-old linen weaver living with his wife Margaret at Donbought in 1851, remains a '''plausible son or close relative'''. The attached father-son relationship should remain '''uncertain''': neither census household states a relationship between the two men.<ref name="Donbought1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, Dunaghy, Donbought, household 16. [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf Detailed comma-delimited transcription], printed p. 100. Compare W. Scott and W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/census/1851censuskilconway.pdf ''1851 Census for some Parishes and Townlands in the Barony of Kilconway, Co. Antrim''], printed pp. 77-78, references 7883-7890. These are transcriptions of the same census, not independent family records.</ref>

The proposed connection rests on compatible ages, the same parish, a possible earlier Doonbought holding and a reported same-name occurrence in the will. None presently identifies the younger Robert as this Robert's son.

'''The 1825 tithe entry.''' W. Macafee's transcription lists '''Robert Glasco''' at '''Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2]''', Dunaghy, in 1825. The compiler standardises the surname as Glasgow. The entry is on printed page 41, compiler's index '''5804'''; that number is not an original property-lot number.<ref name="Tithe1825">W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrimrevisionnamespdf.pdf ''Data from the Tithe Applotment Books covering the Baronies of Cary, Dunluce and Kilconway in North Antrim plus the Barony of N. E. Liberties, Co. Londonderry''], surname order, dated 17 October 2016, printed p. 41, index 5804: Robert Glasco, Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2], Dunaghy, 1825. Transcription, not an inspected original tithe-book image.</ref> This Robert would have been about forty-six, whereas the younger man would have been about fourteen. The Glenleslie farmer is therefore a better chronological candidate for the 1825 entry. However, the entry supplies no age, wife, children or connection to Glenleslie. Identifying him with the tithe occupier does not, by itself, prove that the younger Robert was his son or succeeded to the same holding.

'''The reported will witness.''' The earlier will transcription lists '''Robert Glasgow, John Hamill, Robert Kirk and Thomas Matter''' as witnesses. It does not identify the same-name Robert as the Donbought man or describe him as a son. The original attestation and signature layout should be checked before treating this as an independently identified second Robert; in particular, a testator's signature must not be mistaken for a witness entry. No correction to the earlier transcription is asserted here.<ref name="RobertWill" />

'''The will is not a complete list of children.''' John and Samuel are named as sons in the census but are not among the beneficiaries in the supplied will summary. The absence of the younger Robert from that summary therefore does not disprove the proposed relationship. Equally, an incomplete beneficiary list cannot be used to prove an additional child.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" /><ref name="RobertWill" />

The father-son link could be strengthened by a documented land succession, a church entry, or an independently established relationship between the younger Robert and one of this man's proved children. A direct statement is not the only possible route to a conclusion, but the present indirect evidence does not yet distinguish a son from another relative or namesake.

=== Margaret and the Glenleslie holding ===

The Dunaghy index to Griffith's Valuation lists '''Margaret Glasgow at Glenleslie''' and, separately, '''Robert Glasgow at Doonbought'''.<ref name="GriffithDunaghy">[https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/antrim/dunaghy.php Fáilte Romhat, Griffith's Valuation index, Dunaghy parish, County Antrim], entries for Margaret Glasgow, Glenleslie, and Robert Glasgow, Doonbought. Name-and-townland index; original valuation pages, plot references and revision entries have not been inspected.</ref> The Margaret entry is consistent with the will's provision for his daughter, but her identity and the precise holding remain to be established. This is a possible continuation of the '''Glenleslie''' farm, not proof of father-son succession at '''Doonbought'''.

=== Marriage and age discrepancy ===

Margaret's census age of fifty suggests a birth about 1800 or 1801, slightly before Robert and Catherine's reported marriage in 1803. Either age or marriage year may be inaccurate, or there may be an explanation not recorded in the surviving evidence. The discrepancy remains unresolved; no earlier marriage or different mother has been established.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

=== Identification of the emigrant sons ===

The census establishes that Robert had sons John and Samuel in America in 1851; it does not establish their later residences, wives or children. The earlier attachment of [[Glasgow-3140|John Glasgow]] to the Elizabeth Fee and County Armagh family remains unproved. Robert's absent son John must also be distinguished from the forty-year-old nephew in [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]]'s nearby household 21: that nephew was present at Glenleslie, was a linen weaver and had married in 1839.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

[[Glasgow-1053|Margaret (Glasgow) Winters]], associated with a Canadian family, has not been identified with Robert's unmarried daughter at Glenleslie. Their profiles should not be merged on the strength of their common name.

=== Mary Glasgow, niece, and the Hugh Glasgow lead ===

The thirty-four-year-old niece may be [[Glasgow-3957|Mary (Glasgow) Montgomery]]. The earlier civil-register research records that Mary's marriage to Thomas Montgomery on '''13 September 1862''' named her father as '''Hugh Glasgow, weaver'''. Her death on '''22 March 1898''' gives an age consistent with birth about 1818, close to the census niece's estimated birth about 1816 or 1817.<ref name="MaryMarriage1862">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Thomas Montgomery and Mary Glasgow, 13 September 1862: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1862/09623/5489617.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref><ref name="MaryDeath1898">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, Mary Montgomery, 22 March 1898: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1898/05842/4654852.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref>

This remains an identification to test, not proof that Hugh was Robert's brother. The census niece relationship does not identify the connecting parent, and a relationship through Catherine must also be considered.

A Hugh Glasgow, weaver, was also named as father in the Liminary-associated marriages of '''Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852''', and '''Eliza Glasgow and William Montgomery, 21 August 1854'''. Mary may belong to that family, but the common paternal name and occupation do not establish the connection.<ref name="HughMarriage1852">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1852/09422/5413278.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref><ref name="ElizaMarriage1854">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, William Montgomery and Eliza Glasgow, 21 August 1854: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1854/09463/5428881.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref>

=== Robert's parents and earlier hypotheses ===

'''Robert's parents remain unidentified.''' The County Antrim birthplace comes from his census return; a previously reported County Tyrone birthplace has no supporting source in this profile.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

[[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]] and Rose of Inishrush were previously suggested as his parents, but the attachment is not retained. Adam's reported birth about 1758 makes the paternal chronology possible, while Rose's reported birth about 1767 would make her about twelve at Robert's birth. That is a serious chronological difficulty, not evidence of maternity. Their documented County Londonderry association also supplies no link to Robert's County Antrim family.

The proposal drew on the incomplete family named on Adam and Rose's gravestone and a notice describing Nancy Glasgow as Adam's '''sixth daughter'''. Those sources show that some of Adam's children are not named on the stone; neither identifies Robert as one of them.<ref name="AdamGrave">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ ''Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower Graveyard''], Glasgow gravestone transcription and photograph naming Rose, wife of Adam Glasgow; Adam; daughter Eliza; son James; and grandson William. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref><ref name="NancyMarriage">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ ''Marriage Notices 1840-42''], notice published 29 January 1842: John Kyle of Tyanee married Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, on 14 January 1842. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref>

[[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]] of Glenleslie was another proposed father. No record establishes that relationship. Robert's birth also precedes John and Rose Alexander's reported 1791 marriage, although that alone would not exclude an earlier marriage. Household proximity is not sufficient evidence of parentage.

=== Namesakes and other unproved connections ===

* '''Coltrim:''' [[Glasgow-3941|Robert Glasgow of Coltrim]] is separately associated with Coltrim, Lissan, between 1820 and 1831. No inspected record bridges him to Robert and Catherine at Glenleslie.
* '''Lisnagaver:''' the Robert Glasgow in the 1834 Rasharkin tithe material has not been identified with this man. The older John and Samuel of Lisnagaver must not be substituted for Robert's much younger sons of those names.
* '''Gortereghy:''' this man, whose death is placed about 1852, cannot simply be treated as the later occupier. [[Glasgow-938|Robert Glasgow]], whose 1866 marriage names his father as Alexander, is the stronger existing candidate for the later Lisnagaver-Gortereghy identity.<ref name="Robert938Marriage">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Robert Glasgow and Jane Graham, 1866: [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1866/11531/8240963.pdf register image]. Identification comparison retained from earlier research.</ref>
* '''Possible duplicate:''' [[Glasgow-2963|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1780 and attached to [[Glasgow-1142|James Glasgow]] and [[Simpson-19200|Jean Simpson]], has not been connected to Catherine or the Glenleslie household. A merge is not supported at present.

Earlier possibilities involving [[Glasgow-1023|Thomas Glasgow]], born about 1725; [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1690; [[Glasgow-548|Hugh Glasgow]], born about 1706; and [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1710, remain unconnected hypotheses. Previously reported FamilyTreeDNA relationship-distance figures, RDist 3 and GDist 6, do not establish a documentary chain to any particular couple.

The Blair extracts of the ''Belfast Newsletter'' list William, John, James and Robert Glasgow on 7 April 1772. These are earlier surname occurrences, not evidence of this Robert's parentage.<ref name="Belfast1772">[https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm ''Blair Extracts from the Belfast Newsletter, 1770-1779''], 7 April 1772, p. 3. Source retained from the earlier profile.</ref>

=== Relationship assessment ===

The recorded household and the supplied will transcription support Catherine as Robert's wife; Margaret, John and Samuel as his children; Mary and James Young as Margaret's children and his grandchildren; Mary Glasgow as his niece; and Catherine Hume as his granddaughter through an unidentified parent. Identification of James Young with [[Young-23682|James Young]] remains unproved. The proposed younger son [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], Robert's own parents and the wider family links remain uncertain.

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Current profile8'''Robert Glasgow''' was a farmer at '''Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim'''. His recorded age of seventy-two in the 1851 census places his birth about '''1779'''. The same return gives County Antrim as his birthplace.<ref name="Glenleslie1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, barony of Kilconway, parish of Dunaghy, Glenleslie, household 23. [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/ National Archives of Ireland, legacy household locator]. Detailed transcription: [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf ''1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription''], printed p. 103, Glenleslie household 23. The transcription, including its absent-member and death entries, was examined; the full original return was not re-examined for this revision.</ref>

Replacement profile8'''Robert Glasgow''' was a farmer at '''Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim'''. His recorded age of seventy-two in the 1851 census places his birth about '''1779'''. The same return gives County Antrim as his birthplace.<ref name="Glenleslie1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, barony of Kilconway, parish of Dunaghy, Glenleslie, household 23. [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/ National Archives of Ireland, legacy household locator]. Detailed transcription: [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf ''1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription''], printed p. 103, Glenleslie household 23. The transcription, including its absent-member and death entries, was examined; the full original return was not re-examined for this revision.</ref>

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Current profile10He married '''Catherine''', whose maiden name has not been established. Their census return gives '''1803''' as the marriage year. Catherine was sixty-eight in 1851, born in County Antrim, and worked at spinning flax.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

Replacement profile10He married '''Catherine''', whose maiden name has not been established. Their census return gives '''1803''' as the marriage year. Catherine was sixty-eight in 1851, born in County Antrim, and worked at spinning flax.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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Current profile14Robert and Catherine occupied household 23 at Glenleslie. The seven people recorded as present were:<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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Current profile39All seven were recorded as born in County Antrim. Two further family members were entered as '''absent in America''': '''John Glasgow''', Robert's son, aged forty and a labourer; and '''Samuel Glasgow''', his son, aged thirty and a linen weaver. They should not be counted among the residents physically present at Glenleslie.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

Replacement profile39All seven were recorded as born in County Antrim. Two further family members were entered as '''absent in America''': '''John Glasgow''', Robert's son, aged forty and a labourer; and '''Samuel Glasgow''', his son, aged thirty and a linen weaver. They should not be counted among the residents physically present at Glenleslie.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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Current profile41The death section records '''Catherine Hume''', Robert's granddaughter, who died of scarlatina in '''spring 1850''', aged '''three months'''. Her parents are not identified in the entry.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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Current profile43The census therefore identifies '''Margaret, John and Samuel''' as Robert's children. His will independently identifies Margaret as his daughter and James and Mary Young as Margaret's children. It does not follow that these were his only children.<ref name="RobertWill">Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie, will dated 3 February 1851, proved 13 February 1854; National Archives of Ireland copy, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ8-MQQJ?view=fullText FamilySearch, image 229]. Will details are retained from the earlier research transcription supplied for this profile; the image was not independently re-examined during this revision.</ref>

Replacement profile43The census therefore identifies '''Margaret, John and Samuel''' as Robert's children. His will independently identifies Margaret as his daughter and James and Mary Young as Margaret's children. It does not follow that these were his only children.<ref name="RobertWill">Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie, will dated 3 February 1851, proved 13 February 1854; National Archives of Ireland copy, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ8-MQQJ?view=fullText FamilySearch, image 229]. Will details are retained from the earlier research transcription supplied for this profile; the image was not independently re-examined during this revision.</ref>

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Current profile47Robert made his will at '''Glenleslie on 3 February 1851'''. He left his farm, livestock, furniture and farming utensils to his daughter [[Glasgow-3955|Margaret Glasgow]] for life. After her death, the property was to be divided equally between her children '''James Young''' and [[Young-78755|Mary Young]]. The named executors were '''Andrew McCaughey''' and '''John Kirk'''.<ref name="RobertWill" />

Replacement profile47Robert made his will at '''Glenleslie on 3 February 1851'''. He left his farm, livestock, furniture and farming utensils to his daughter [[Glasgow-3955|Margaret Glasgow]] for life. After her death, the property was to be divided equally between her children '''James Young''' and [[Young-78755|Mary Young]]. The named executors were '''Andrew McCaughey''' and '''John Kirk'''.<ref name="RobertWill" />

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Current profile49The probate notation states that he died '''in or about 1852'''. The will was proved on '''13 February 1854'''. These details support an approximate death in 1852, not an exact death date or a separately verified place of death.<ref name="RobertWill" />

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Current profile51The earlier research also identified a PRONI index entry for Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie among the '''Connor Diocesan Wills, 1854'''. The date of the will, the approximate death year and the probate year are distinct events.<ref name="PRONI1854">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Name Search, ''Pre-1858 Wills and Admons'', Connor Diocesan Wills: Robert Glasgow, Glenleslie, 1854. [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI Name Search]. Entry details retained from the earlier profile's recorded search of 5 August 2026.</ref>

Replacement profile51The earlier research also identified a PRONI index entry for Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie among the '''Connor Diocesan Wills, 1854'''. The date of the will, the approximate death year and the probate year are distinct events.<ref name="PRONI1854">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Name Search, ''Pre-1858 Wills and Admons'', Connor Diocesan Wills: Robert Glasgow, Glenleslie, 1854. [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI Name Search]. Entry details retained from the earlier profile's recorded search of 5 August 2026.</ref>

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Current profile55=== Proposed son: Robert Glasgow of Donbought ===

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Current profile57The younger [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], a forty-year-old linen weaver living with his wife Margaret at Donbought in 1851, remains a '''plausible son or close relative'''. The attached father-son relationship should remain '''uncertain''': neither census household states a relationship between the two men.<ref name="Donbought1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, Dunaghy, Donbought, household 16. [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf Detailed comma-delimited transcription], printed p. 100. Compare W. Scott and W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/census/1851censuskilconway.pdf ''1851 Census for some Parishes and Townlands in the Barony of Kilconway, Co. Antrim''], printed pp. 77-78, references 7883-7890. These are transcriptions of the same census, not independent family records.</ref>

Replacement profile57The younger [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], a forty-year-old linen weaver living with his wife Margaret at Donbought in 1851, remains a '''plausible son or close relative'''. The attached father-son relationship should remain '''uncertain''': neither census household states a relationship between the two men.<ref name="Donbought1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, Dunaghy, Donbought, household 16. [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf Detailed comma-delimited transcription], printed p. 100. Compare W. Scott and W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/census/1851censuskilconway.pdf ''1851 Census for some Parishes and Townlands in the Barony of Kilconway, Co. Antrim''], printed pp. 77-78, references 7883-7890. These are transcriptions of the same census, not independent family records.</ref>

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Current profile59The proposed connection rests on compatible ages, the same parish, a possible earlier Doonbought holding and a reported same-name occurrence in the will. None presently identifies the younger Robert as this Robert's son.

Replacement profile59The proposed connection rests on compatible ages, the same parish, a possible earlier Doonbought holding and a reported same-name occurrence in the will. None presently identifies the younger Robert as this Robert's son.

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Current profile61'''The 1825 tithe entry.''' W. Macafee's transcription lists '''Robert Glasco''' at '''Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2]''', Dunaghy, in 1825. The compiler standardises the surname as Glasgow. The entry is on printed page 41, compiler's index '''5804'''; that number is not an original property-lot number.<ref name="Tithe1825">W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrimrevisionnamespdf.pdf ''Data from the Tithe Applotment Books covering the Baronies of Cary, Dunluce and Kilconway in North Antrim plus the Barony of N. E. Liberties, Co. Londonderry''], surname order, dated 17 October 2016, printed p. 41, index 5804: Robert Glasco, Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2], Dunaghy, 1825. Transcription, not an inspected original tithe-book image.</ref> This Robert would have been about forty-six, whereas the younger man would have been about fourteen. The Glenleslie farmer is therefore a better chronological candidate for the 1825 entry. However, the entry supplies no age, wife, children or connection to Glenleslie. Identifying him with the tithe occupier does not, by itself, prove that the younger Robert was his son or succeeded to the same holding.

Replacement profile61'''The 1825 tithe entry.''' W. Macafee's transcription lists '''Robert Glasco''' at '''Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2]''', Dunaghy, in 1825. The compiler standardises the surname as Glasgow. The entry is on printed page 41, compiler's index '''5804'''; that number is not an original property-lot number.<ref name="Tithe1825">W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrimrevisionnamespdf.pdf ''Data from the Tithe Applotment Books covering the Baronies of Cary, Dunluce and Kilconway in North Antrim plus the Barony of N. E. Liberties, Co. Londonderry''], surname order, dated 17 October 2016, printed p. 41, index 5804: Robert Glasco, Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2], Dunaghy, 1825. Transcription, not an inspected original tithe-book image.</ref> This Robert would have been about forty-six, whereas the younger man would have been about fourteen. The Glenleslie farmer is therefore a better chronological candidate for the 1825 entry. However, the entry supplies no age, wife, children or connection to Glenleslie. Identifying him with the tithe occupier does not, by itself, prove that the younger Robert was his son or succeeded to the same holding.

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Current profile63'''The reported will witness.''' The earlier will transcription lists '''Robert Glasgow, John Hamill, Robert Kirk and Thomas Matter''' as witnesses. It does not identify the same-name Robert as the Donbought man or describe him as a son. The original attestation and signature layout should be checked before treating this as an independently identified second Robert; in particular, a testator's signature must not be mistaken for a witness entry. No correction to the earlier transcription is asserted here.<ref name="RobertWill" />

Replacement profile63'''The reported will witness.''' The earlier will transcription lists '''Robert Glasgow, John Hamill, Robert Kirk and Thomas Matter''' as witnesses. It does not identify the same-name Robert as the Donbought man or describe him as a son. The original attestation and signature layout should be checked before treating this as an independently identified second Robert; in particular, a testator's signature must not be mistaken for a witness entry. No correction to the earlier transcription is asserted here.<ref name="RobertWill" />

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Current profile65'''The will is not a complete list of children.''' John and Samuel are named as sons in the census but are not among the beneficiaries in the supplied will summary. The absence of the younger Robert from that summary therefore does not disprove the proposed relationship. Equally, an incomplete beneficiary list cannot be used to prove an additional child.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" /><ref name="RobertWill" />

Replacement profile65'''The will is not a complete list of children.''' John and Samuel are named as sons in the census but are not among the beneficiaries in the supplied will summary. The absence of the younger Robert from that summary therefore does not disprove the proposed relationship. Equally, an incomplete beneficiary list cannot be used to prove an additional child.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" /><ref name="RobertWill" />

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Current profile67The father-son link could be strengthened by a documented land succession, a church entry, or an independently established relationship between the younger Robert and one of this man's proved children. A direct statement is not the only possible route to a conclusion, but the present indirect evidence does not yet distinguish a son from another relative or namesake.

Replacement profile67The father-son link could be strengthened by a documented land succession, a church entry, or an independently established relationship between the younger Robert and one of this man's proved children. A direct statement is not the only possible route to a conclusion, but the present indirect evidence does not yet distinguish a son from another relative or namesake.

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Current profile69=== Margaret and the Glenleslie holding ===

Replacement profile69=== Margaret and the Glenleslie holding ===

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Current profile71The Dunaghy index to Griffith's Valuation lists '''Margaret Glasgow at Glenleslie''' and, separately, '''Robert Glasgow at Doonbought'''.<ref name="GriffithDunaghy">[https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/antrim/dunaghy.php Fáilte Romhat, Griffith's Valuation index, Dunaghy parish, County Antrim], entries for Margaret Glasgow, Glenleslie, and Robert Glasgow, Doonbought. Name-and-townland index; original valuation pages, plot references and revision entries have not been inspected.</ref> The Margaret entry is consistent with the will's provision for his daughter, but her identity and the precise holding remain to be established. This is a possible continuation of the '''Glenleslie''' farm, not proof of father-son succession at '''Doonbought'''.

Replacement profile71The Dunaghy index to Griffith's Valuation lists '''Margaret Glasgow at Glenleslie''' and, separately, '''Robert Glasgow at Doonbought'''.<ref name="GriffithDunaghy">[https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/antrim/dunaghy.php Fáilte Romhat, Griffith's Valuation index, Dunaghy parish, County Antrim], entries for Margaret Glasgow, Glenleslie, and Robert Glasgow, Doonbought. Name-and-townland index; original valuation pages, plot references and revision entries have not been inspected.</ref> The Margaret entry is consistent with the will's provision for his daughter, but her identity and the precise holding remain to be established. This is a possible continuation of the '''Glenleslie''' farm, not proof of father-son succession at '''Doonbought'''.

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Current profile73=== Marriage and age discrepancy ===

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Current profile75Margaret's census age of fifty suggests a birth about 1800 or 1801, slightly before Robert and Catherine's reported marriage in 1803. Either age or marriage year may be inaccurate, or there may be an explanation not recorded in the surviving evidence. The discrepancy remains unresolved; no earlier marriage or different mother has been established.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

Replacement profile75Margaret's census age of fifty suggests a birth about 1800 or 1801, slightly before Robert and Catherine's reported marriage in 1803. Either age or marriage year may be inaccurate, or there may be an explanation not recorded in the surviving evidence. The discrepancy remains unresolved; no earlier marriage or different mother has been established.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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Current profile77=== Identification of the emigrant sons ===

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Current profile79The census establishes that Robert had sons John and Samuel in America in 1851; it does not establish their later residences, wives or children. The earlier attachment of [[Glasgow-3140|John Glasgow]] to the Elizabeth Fee and County Armagh family remains unproved. Robert's absent son John must also be distinguished from the forty-year-old nephew in [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]]'s nearby household 21: that nephew was present at Glenleslie, was a linen weaver and had married in 1839.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

Replacement profile79The census establishes that Robert had sons John and Samuel in America in 1851; it does not establish their later residences, wives or children. The earlier attachment of [[Glasgow-3140|John Glasgow]] to the Elizabeth Fee and County Armagh family remains unproved. Robert's absent son John must also be distinguished from the forty-year-old nephew in [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]]'s nearby household 21: that nephew was present at Glenleslie, was a linen weaver and had married in 1839.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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Current profile81[[Glasgow-1053|Margaret (Glasgow) Winters]], associated with a Canadian family, has not been identified with Robert's unmarried daughter at Glenleslie. Their profiles should not be merged on the strength of their common name.

Replacement profile81[[Glasgow-1053|Margaret (Glasgow) Winters]], associated with a Canadian family, has not been identified with Robert's unmarried daughter at Glenleslie. Their profiles should not be merged on the strength of their common name.

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Current profile83=== Mary Glasgow, niece, and the Hugh Glasgow lead ===

Replacement profile83=== Mary Glasgow, niece, and the Hugh Glasgow lead ===

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Current profile85The thirty-four-year-old niece may be [[Glasgow-3957|Mary (Glasgow) Montgomery]]. The earlier civil-register research records that Mary's marriage to Thomas Montgomery on '''13 September 1862''' named her father as '''Hugh Glasgow, weaver'''. Her death on '''22 March 1898''' gives an age consistent with birth about 1818, close to the census niece's estimated birth about 1816 or 1817.<ref name="MaryMarriage1862">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Thomas Montgomery and Mary Glasgow, 13 September 1862: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1862/09623/5489617.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref><ref name="MaryDeath1898">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, Mary Montgomery, 22 March 1898: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1898/05842/4654852.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref>

Replacement profile85The thirty-four-year-old niece may be [[Glasgow-3957|Mary (Glasgow) Montgomery]]. The earlier civil-register research records that Mary's marriage to Thomas Montgomery on '''13 September 1862''' named her father as '''Hugh Glasgow, weaver'''. Her death on '''22 March 1898''' gives an age consistent with birth about 1818, close to the census niece's estimated birth about 1816 or 1817.<ref name="MaryMarriage1862">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Thomas Montgomery and Mary Glasgow, 13 September 1862: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1862/09623/5489617.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref><ref name="MaryDeath1898">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, Mary Montgomery, 22 March 1898: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1898/05842/4654852.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref>

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Current profile87This remains an identification to test, not proof that Hugh was Robert's brother. The census niece relationship does not identify the connecting parent, and a relationship through Catherine must also be considered.

Replacement profile87This remains an identification to test, not proof that Hugh was Robert's brother. The census niece relationship does not identify the connecting parent, and a relationship through Catherine must also be considered.

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Current profile89A Hugh Glasgow, weaver, was also named as father in the Liminary-associated marriages of '''Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852''', and '''Eliza Glasgow and William Montgomery, 21 August 1854'''. Mary may belong to that family, but the common paternal name and occupation do not establish the connection.<ref name="HughMarriage1852">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1852/09422/5413278.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref><ref name="ElizaMarriage1854">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, William Montgomery and Eliza Glasgow, 21 August 1854: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1854/09463/5428881.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref>

Replacement profile89A Hugh Glasgow, weaver, was also named as father in the Liminary-associated marriages of '''Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852''', and '''Eliza Glasgow and William Montgomery, 21 August 1854'''. Mary may belong to that family, but the common paternal name and occupation do not establish the connection.<ref name="HughMarriage1852">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1852/09422/5413278.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref><ref name="ElizaMarriage1854">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, William Montgomery and Eliza Glasgow, 21 August 1854: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1854/09463/5428881.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref>

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Current profile91=== Robert's parents and earlier hypotheses ===

Replacement profile91=== Robert's parents and earlier hypotheses ===

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Current profile93'''Robert's parents remain unidentified.''' The County Antrim birthplace comes from his census return; a previously reported County Tyrone birthplace has no supporting source in this profile.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

Replacement profile93'''Robert's parents remain unidentified.''' The County Antrim birthplace comes from his census return; a previously reported County Tyrone birthplace has no supporting source in this profile.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

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Current profile95[[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]] and Rose of Inishrush were previously suggested as his parents, but the attachment is not retained. Adam's reported birth about 1758 makes the paternal chronology possible, while Rose's reported birth about 1767 would make her about twelve at Robert's birth. That is a serious chronological difficulty, not evidence of maternity. Their documented County Londonderry association also supplies no link to Robert's County Antrim family.

Replacement profile95[[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]] and Rose of Inishrush were previously suggested as his parents, but the attachment is not retained. Adam's reported birth about 1758 makes the paternal chronology possible, while Rose's reported birth about 1767 would make her about twelve at Robert's birth. That is a serious chronological difficulty, not evidence of maternity. Their documented County Londonderry association also supplies no link to Robert's County Antrim family.

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Current profile97The proposal drew on the incomplete family named on Adam and Rose's gravestone and a notice describing Nancy Glasgow as Adam's '''sixth daughter'''. Those sources show that some of Adam's children are not named on the stone; neither identifies Robert as one of them.<ref name="AdamGrave">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ ''Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower Graveyard''], Glasgow gravestone transcription and photograph naming Rose, wife of Adam Glasgow; Adam; daughter Eliza; son James; and grandson William. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref><ref name="NancyMarriage">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ ''Marriage Notices 1840-42''], notice published 29 January 1842: John Kyle of Tyanee married Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, on 14 January 1842. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref>

Replacement profile97The proposal drew on the incomplete family named on Adam and Rose's gravestone and a notice describing Nancy Glasgow as Adam's '''sixth daughter'''. Those sources show that some of Adam's children are not named on the stone; neither identifies Robert as one of them.<ref name="AdamGrave">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ ''Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower Graveyard''], Glasgow gravestone transcription and photograph naming Rose, wife of Adam Glasgow; Adam; daughter Eliza; son James; and grandson William. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref><ref name="NancyMarriage">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ ''Marriage Notices 1840-42''], notice published 29 January 1842: John Kyle of Tyanee married Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, on 14 January 1842. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref>

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Current profile99[[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]] of Glenleslie was another proposed father. No record establishes that relationship. Robert's birth also precedes John and Rose Alexander's reported 1791 marriage, although that alone would not exclude an earlier marriage. Household proximity is not sufficient evidence of parentage.

Replacement profile99[[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]] of Glenleslie was another proposed father. No record establishes that relationship. Robert's birth also precedes John and Rose Alexander's reported 1791 marriage, although that alone would not exclude an earlier marriage. Household proximity is not sufficient evidence of parentage.

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Current profile101=== Namesakes and other unproved connections ===

Replacement profile101=== Namesakes and other unproved connections ===

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Current profile103* '''Coltrim:''' [[Glasgow-3941|Robert Glasgow of Coltrim]] is separately associated with Coltrim, Lissan, between 1820 and 1831. No inspected record bridges him to Robert and Catherine at Glenleslie.

Replacement profile103* '''Coltrim:''' [[Glasgow-3941|Robert Glasgow of Coltrim]] is separately associated with Coltrim, Lissan, between 1820 and 1831. No inspected record bridges him to Robert and Catherine at Glenleslie.

Current profile104* '''Lisnagaver:''' the Robert Glasgow in the 1834 Rasharkin tithe material has not been identified with this man. The older John and Samuel of Lisnagaver must not be substituted for Robert's much younger sons of those names.

Replacement profile104* '''Lisnagaver:''' the Robert Glasgow in the 1834 Rasharkin tithe material has not been identified with this man. The older John and Samuel of Lisnagaver must not be substituted for Robert's much younger sons of those names.

Current profile105* '''Gortereghy:''' this man, whose death is placed about 1852, cannot simply be treated as the later occupier. [[Glasgow-938|Robert Glasgow]], whose 1866 marriage names his father as Alexander, is the stronger existing candidate for the later Lisnagaver-Gortereghy identity.<ref name="Robert938Marriage">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Robert Glasgow and Jane Graham, 1866: [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1866/11531/8240963.pdf register image]. Identification comparison retained from earlier research.</ref>

Replacement profile105* '''Gortereghy:''' this man, whose death is placed about 1852, cannot simply be treated as the later occupier. [[Glasgow-938|Robert Glasgow]], whose 1866 marriage names his father as Alexander, is the stronger existing candidate for the later Lisnagaver-Gortereghy identity.<ref name="Robert938Marriage">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Robert Glasgow and Jane Graham, 1866: [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1866/11531/8240963.pdf register image]. Identification comparison retained from earlier research.</ref>

Current profile106* '''Possible duplicate:''' [[Glasgow-2963|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1780 and attached to [[Glasgow-1142|James Glasgow]] and [[Simpson-19200|Jean Simpson]], has not been connected to Catherine or the Glenleslie household. A merge is not supported at present.

Replacement profile106* '''Possible duplicate:''' [[Glasgow-2963|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1780 and attached to [[Glasgow-1142|James Glasgow]] and [[Simpson-19200|Jean Simpson]], has not been connected to Catherine or the Glenleslie household. A merge is not supported at present.

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Current profile108Earlier possibilities involving [[Glasgow-1023|Thomas Glasgow]], born about 1725; [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1690; [[Glasgow-548|Hugh Glasgow]], born about 1706; and [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1710, remain unconnected hypotheses. Previously reported FamilyTreeDNA relationship-distance figures, RDist 3 and GDist 6, do not establish a documentary chain to any particular couple.

Replacement profile108Earlier possibilities involving [[Glasgow-1023|Thomas Glasgow]], born about 1725; [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1690; [[Glasgow-548|Hugh Glasgow]], born about 1706; and [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1710, remain unconnected hypotheses. Previously reported FamilyTreeDNA relationship-distance figures, RDist 3 and GDist 6, do not establish a documentary chain to any particular couple.

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Current profile110The Blair extracts of the ''Belfast Newsletter'' list William, John, James and Robert Glasgow on 7 April 1772. These are earlier surname occurrences, not evidence of this Robert's parentage.<ref name="Belfast1772">[https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm ''Blair Extracts from the Belfast Newsletter, 1770-1779''], 7 April 1772, p. 3. Source retained from the earlier profile.</ref>

Replacement profile110The Blair extracts of the ''Belfast Newsletter'' list William, John, James and Robert Glasgow on 7 April 1772. These are earlier surname occurrences, not evidence of this Robert's parentage.<ref name="Belfast1772">[https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm ''Blair Extracts from the Belfast Newsletter, 1770-1779''], 7 April 1772, p. 3. Source retained from the earlier profile.</ref>

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Current profile112=== Relationship assessment ===

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Current profile114The recorded household and the supplied will transcription support Catherine as Robert's wife; Margaret, John and Samuel as his children; Mary and James Young as Margaret's children and his grandchildren; Mary Glasgow as his niece; and Catherine Hume as his granddaughter through an unidentified parent. Identification of James Young with [[Young-23682|James Young]] remains unproved. The proposed younger son [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], Robert's own parents and the wider family links remain uncertain.

Replacement profile114The recorded household and the supplied will transcription support Catherine as Robert's wife; Margaret, John and Samuel as his children; Mary and James Young as Margaret's children and his grandchildren; Mary Glasgow as his niece; and Catherine Hume as his granddaughter through an unidentified parent. Identification of James Young with [[Young-23682|James Young]] remains unproved. The proposed younger son [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], Robert's own parents and the wider family links remain uncertain.

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== Biography ==
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'''Robert Glasgow''' was a farmer at '''Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim'''. His recorded age of seventy-two in the 1851 census places his birth about '''1779'''. The same return gives County Antrim as his birthplace.<ref name="Glenleslie1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, barony of Kilconway, parish of Dunaghy, Glenleslie, household 23. [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/ National Archives of Ireland, legacy household locator]. Detailed transcription: [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf ''1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription''], printed p. 103, Glenleslie household 23. The transcription, including its absent-member and death entries, was examined; the full original return was not re-examined for this revision.</ref>

He married '''Catherine''', whose maiden name has not been established. Their census return gives '''1803''' as the marriage year. Catherine was sixty-eight in 1851, born in County Antrim, and worked at spinning flax.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

=== Household and family in 1851 ===

Robert and Catherine occupied household 23 at Glenleslie. The seven people recorded as present were:<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding: 5px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Glenleslie household 23: residents in 1851'''
|-
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Name
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Relationship to Robert
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Age
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Occupation or status
|-
| '''Robert Glasgow''' || Head || 72 || Farmer; could read; married in 1803
|-
| '''Catherine Glasgow''' || Wife || 68 || Spinning flax; could read; married in 1803
|-
| [[Glasgow-3955|Margaret Glasgow]] || Daughter || 50 || Unmarried; no occupation recorded
|-
| '''Mary Glasgow''' || Niece || 34 || Unmarried; linen weaver
|-
| [[Young-78755|Mary Young]] || Granddaughter || 15 || Winding yarn
|-
| '''James Young''' || Grandson || 15 || Labourer; could read and write
|-
| '''Margaret McKillop''' || Servant || 18 || House servant
|}

All seven were recorded as born in County Antrim. Two further family members were entered as '''absent in America''': '''John Glasgow''', Robert's son, aged forty and a labourer; and '''Samuel Glasgow''', his son, aged thirty and a linen weaver. They should not be counted among the residents physically present at Glenleslie.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

The death section records '''Catherine Hume''', Robert's granddaughter, who died of scarlatina in '''spring 1850''', aged '''three months'''. Her parents are not identified in the entry.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

The census therefore identifies '''Margaret, John and Samuel''' as Robert's children. His will independently identifies Margaret as his daughter and James and Mary Young as Margaret's children. It does not follow that these were his only children.<ref name="RobertWill">Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie, will dated 3 February 1851, proved 13 February 1854; National Archives of Ireland copy, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ8-MQQJ?view=fullText FamilySearch, image 229]. Will details are retained from the earlier research transcription supplied for this profile; the image was not independently re-examined during this revision.</ref>

=== Will and death ===

Robert made his will at '''Glenleslie on 3 February 1851'''. He left his farm, livestock, furniture and farming utensils to his daughter [[Glasgow-3955|Margaret Glasgow]] for life. After her death, the property was to be divided equally between her children '''James Young''' and [[Young-78755|Mary Young]]. The named executors were '''Andrew McCaughey''' and '''John Kirk'''.<ref name="RobertWill" />

The probate notation states that he died '''in or about 1852'''. The will was proved on '''13 February 1854'''. These details support an approximate death in 1852, not an exact death date or a separately verified place of death.<ref name="RobertWill" />

The earlier research also identified a PRONI index entry for Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie among the '''Connor Diocesan Wills, 1854'''. The date of the will, the approximate death year and the probate year are distinct events.<ref name="PRONI1854">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Name Search, ''Pre-1858 Wills and Admons'', Connor Diocesan Wills: Robert Glasgow, Glenleslie, 1854. [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI Name Search]. Entry details retained from the earlier profile's recorded search of 5 August 2026.</ref>

== Research Notes ==

=== Proposed son: Robert Glasgow of Donbought ===

The younger [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], a forty-year-old linen weaver living with his wife Margaret at Donbought in 1851, remains a '''plausible son or close relative'''. The attached father-son relationship should remain '''uncertain''': neither census household states a relationship between the two men.<ref name="Donbought1851">1851 Census of Ireland, County Antrim, Dunaghy, Donbought, household 16. [https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf Detailed comma-delimited transcription], printed p. 100. Compare W. Scott and W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/census/1851censuskilconway.pdf ''1851 Census for some Parishes and Townlands in the Barony of Kilconway, Co. Antrim''], printed pp. 77-78, references 7883-7890. These are transcriptions of the same census, not independent family records.</ref>

The proposed connection rests on compatible ages, the same parish, a possible earlier Doonbought holding and a reported same-name occurrence in the will. None presently identifies the younger Robert as this Robert's son.

'''The 1825 tithe entry.''' W. Macafee's transcription lists '''Robert Glasco''' at '''Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2]''', Dunaghy, in 1825. The compiler standardises the surname as Glasgow. The entry is on printed page 41, compiler's index '''5804'''; that number is not an original property-lot number.<ref name="Tithe1825">W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrimrevisionnamespdf.pdf ''Data from the Tithe Applotment Books covering the Baronies of Cary, Dunluce and Kilconway in North Antrim plus the Barony of N. E. Liberties, Co. Londonderry''], surname order, dated 17 October 2016, printed p. 41, index 5804: Robert Glasco, Doonbought [Dunbught No. 2], Dunaghy, 1825. Transcription, not an inspected original tithe-book image.</ref> This Robert would have been about forty-six, whereas the younger man would have been about fourteen. The Glenleslie farmer is therefore a better chronological candidate for the 1825 entry. However, the entry supplies no age, wife, children or connection to Glenleslie. Identifying him with the tithe occupier does not, by itself, prove that the younger Robert was his son or succeeded to the same holding.

'''The reported will witness.''' The earlier will transcription lists '''Robert Glasgow, John Hamill, Robert Kirk and Thomas Matter''' as witnesses. It does not identify the same-name Robert as the Donbought man or describe him as a son. The original attestation and signature layout should be checked before treating this as an independently identified second Robert; in particular, a testator's signature must not be mistaken for a witness entry. No correction to the earlier transcription is asserted here.<ref name="RobertWill" />

'''The will is not a complete list of children.''' John and Samuel are named as sons in the census but are not among the beneficiaries in the supplied will summary. The absence of the younger Robert from that summary therefore does not disprove the proposed relationship. Equally, an incomplete beneficiary list cannot be used to prove an additional child.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" /><ref name="RobertWill" />

The father-son link could be strengthened by a documented land succession, a church entry, or an independently established relationship between the younger Robert and one of this man's proved children. A direct statement is not the only possible route to a conclusion, but the present indirect evidence does not yet distinguish a son from another relative or namesake.

=== Margaret and the Glenleslie holding ===

The Dunaghy index to Griffith's Valuation lists '''Margaret Glasgow at Glenleslie''' and, separately, '''Robert Glasgow at Doonbought'''.<ref name="GriffithDunaghy">[https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/antrim/dunaghy.php Fáilte Romhat, Griffith's Valuation index, Dunaghy parish, County Antrim], entries for Margaret Glasgow, Glenleslie, and Robert Glasgow, Doonbought. Name-and-townland index; original valuation pages, plot references and revision entries have not been inspected.</ref> The Margaret entry is consistent with the will's provision for his daughter, but her identity and the precise holding remain to be established. This is a possible continuation of the '''Glenleslie''' farm, not proof of father-son succession at '''Doonbought'''.

=== Marriage and age discrepancy ===

Margaret's census age of fifty suggests a birth about 1800 or 1801, slightly before Robert and Catherine's reported marriage in 1803. Either age or marriage year may be inaccurate, or there may be an explanation not recorded in the surviving evidence. The discrepancy remains unresolved; no earlier marriage or different mother has been established.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

=== Identification of the emigrant sons ===

The census establishes that Robert had sons John and Samuel in America in 1851; it does not establish their later residences, wives or children. The earlier attachment of [[Glasgow-3140|John Glasgow]] to the Elizabeth Fee and County Armagh family remains unproved. Robert's absent son John must also be distinguished from the forty-year-old nephew in [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]]'s nearby household 21: that nephew was present at Glenleslie, was a linen weaver and had married in 1839.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

[[Glasgow-1053|Margaret (Glasgow) Winters]], associated with a Canadian family, has not been identified with Robert's unmarried daughter at Glenleslie. Their profiles should not be merged on the strength of their common name.

=== Mary Glasgow, niece, and the Hugh Glasgow lead ===

The thirty-four-year-old niece may be [[Glasgow-3957|Mary (Glasgow) Montgomery]]. The earlier civil-register research records that Mary's marriage to Thomas Montgomery on '''13 September 1862''' named her father as '''Hugh Glasgow, weaver'''. Her death on '''22 March 1898''' gives an age consistent with birth about 1818, close to the census niece's estimated birth about 1816 or 1817.<ref name="MaryMarriage1862">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Thomas Montgomery and Mary Glasgow, 13 September 1862: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1862/09623/5489617.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref><ref name="MaryDeath1898">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, Mary Montgomery, 22 March 1898: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1898/05842/4654852.pdf register image]. Record details retained from the earlier profile's research.</ref>

This remains an identification to test, not proof that Hugh was Robert's brother. The census niece relationship does not identify the connecting parent, and a relationship through Catherine must also be considered.

A Hugh Glasgow, weaver, was also named as father in the Liminary-associated marriages of '''Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852''', and '''Eliza Glasgow and William Montgomery, 21 August 1854'''. Mary may belong to that family, but the common paternal name and occupation do not establish the connection.<ref name="HughMarriage1852">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1852/09422/5413278.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref><ref name="ElizaMarriage1854">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, William Montgomery and Eliza Glasgow, 21 August 1854: [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1854/09463/5428881.pdf register image]. Earlier research comparison.</ref>

=== Robert's parents and earlier hypotheses ===

'''Robert's parents remain unidentified.''' The County Antrim birthplace comes from his census return; a previously reported County Tyrone birthplace has no supporting source in this profile.<ref name="Glenleslie1851" />

[[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]] and Rose of Inishrush were previously suggested as his parents, but the attachment is not retained. Adam's reported birth about 1758 makes the paternal chronology possible, while Rose's reported birth about 1767 would make her about twelve at Robert's birth. That is a serious chronological difficulty, not evidence of maternity. Their documented County Londonderry association also supplies no link to Robert's County Antrim family.

The proposal drew on the incomplete family named on Adam and Rose's gravestone and a notice describing Nancy Glasgow as Adam's '''sixth daughter'''. Those sources show that some of Adam's children are not named on the stone; neither identifies Robert as one of them.<ref name="AdamGrave">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ ''Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower Graveyard''], Glasgow gravestone transcription and photograph naming Rose, wife of Adam Glasgow; Adam; daughter Eliza; son James; and grandson William. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref><ref name="NancyMarriage">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ ''Marriage Notices 1840-42''], notice published 29 January 1842: John Kyle of Tyanee married Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, on 14 January 1842. Source retained from the earlier research.</ref>

[[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]] of Glenleslie was another proposed father. No record establishes that relationship. Robert's birth also precedes John and Rose Alexander's reported 1791 marriage, although that alone would not exclude an earlier marriage. Household proximity is not sufficient evidence of parentage.

=== Namesakes and other unproved connections ===

* '''Coltrim:''' [[Glasgow-3941|Robert Glasgow of Coltrim]] is separately associated with Coltrim, Lissan, between 1820 and 1831. No inspected record bridges him to Robert and Catherine at Glenleslie.
* '''Lisnagaver:''' the Robert Glasgow in the 1834 Rasharkin tithe material has not been identified with this man. The older John and Samuel of Lisnagaver must not be substituted for Robert's much younger sons of those names.
* '''Gortereghy:''' this man, whose death is placed about 1852, cannot simply be treated as the later occupier. [[Glasgow-938|Robert Glasgow]], whose 1866 marriage names his father as Alexander, is the stronger existing candidate for the later Lisnagaver-Gortereghy identity.<ref name="Robert938Marriage">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, Robert Glasgow and Jane Graham, 1866: [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1866/11531/8240963.pdf register image]. Identification comparison retained from earlier research.</ref>
* '''Possible duplicate:''' [[Glasgow-2963|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1780 and attached to [[Glasgow-1142|James Glasgow]] and [[Simpson-19200|Jean Simpson]], has not been connected to Catherine or the Glenleslie household. A merge is not supported at present.

Earlier possibilities involving [[Glasgow-1023|Thomas Glasgow]], born about 1725; [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1690; [[Glasgow-548|Hugh Glasgow]], born about 1706; and [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1710, remain unconnected hypotheses. Previously reported FamilyTreeDNA relationship-distance figures, RDist 3 and GDist 6, do not establish a documentary chain to any particular couple.

The Blair extracts of the ''Belfast Newsletter'' list William, John, James and Robert Glasgow on 7 April 1772. These are earlier surname occurrences, not evidence of this Robert's parentage.<ref name="Belfast1772">[https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm ''Blair Extracts from the Belfast Newsletter, 1770-1779''], 7 April 1772, p. 3. Source retained from the earlier profile.</ref>

=== Relationship assessment ===

The recorded household and the supplied will transcription support Catherine as Robert's wife; Margaret, John and Samuel as his children; Mary and James Young as Margaret's children and his grandchildren; Mary Glasgow as his niece; and Catherine Hume as his granddaughter through an unidentified parent. Identification of James Young with [[Young-23682|James Young]] remains unproved. The proposed younger son [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]], Robert's own parents and the wider family links remain uncertain.

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