Research material · Thomas Glasgow · Glasgow Surname Project

Suggested profile text

For WikiTree editors

Suggested update to the WikiTree profile

This study has prepared revised text for the public WikiTree profile. WikiTree editors can compare it with the current profile and copy it; the research account above is the study's own.

Add Betham’s named eldest son and the qualified Lifford purchase transcription to the complete biography, retaining all court/deed detail and uncertain father status. Reconcile existing 1701 evidence with the stale 1695 death bound and preserve prior assessments in Research Notes.

Application review, 2026-09-30: Full current biography compared passage by passage with the reconciled draft: facts, named relatives, quotations, citations, search scope and uncertainty accounted for. Supported corrections are recorded in the preservation audit. Proposed edits remain unsaved.

Current captured WikiTree biography

Read-only capture used for the comparison above.

[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]
{{Estimated Date}}

== Biography ==
The date and place of birth of '''Thomas Glasgow''' are unknown. Because he was recorded as an adult in January 1684 and styled an esquire by 1689, he was probably born before about 1671. Lifford may be retained in the structured birth-place field as uncertain because it is his earliest stated locality, but the record does not prove that he was born there. No inspected record identifies his wife, children or parents.

On 22 January 1684 Thomas Glasgow was indexed as defendant in an Exchequer proceeding brought by a Bryson or Brison described as “of Raphoe.”<ref name="Exch1684">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1684–1686, vol. 5, p. 102, 22 January 1684; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635147%2F00191&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141&tab=this transcript].</ref>

In 1689 a printed list associated with the Irish attainder legislation named “Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, in the County of Donnegal, Esq.” among Protestants regarded as absent from Ireland or adherents of William of Orange.<ref name="King">''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', list of persons named in the attainder legislation, [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a47446.0001.001/1%3A6 p. 275].</ref> This establishes his Lifford association and designation, not his birthplace or ownership of every property later named.

On 2 March 1692 Thomas was a defendant in a Chancery proceeding in which Abraham Creighton was a plaintiff or petitioner.<ref name="Chan1692">National Archives of Ireland, Court of Chancery Bill Book 1692–1696, vol. 11, p. 36, 2 March 1692; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F007635177%2F00507&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395&tab=this transcript].</ref>

On 23 December 1692 Thomas entered into a counterpart deed of partition with Colonel Abraham Creighton of Crom, County Fermanagh, and Abraham's son James Creighton concerning Donegal lands.<ref name="Partition1692">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.</ref>

On 25–26 May 1693 Thomas was described as “of Ballindroight” in a lease and release with Colonel Abraham Creighton concerning lands including Drumloane, Glencosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Lease1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/1/3, lease and release between Thomas Glasgow, or Glascow, of Ballindroight and Colonel Abraham Creighton, 25–26 May 1693.</ref>

On 26 May 1693 Thomas executed a performance bond and deed of defeasance for £4,000 in favour of Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, bond and deed of defeasance, 26 May 1693.</ref> A counterpart release that day, for £400, concerned lands including Teroneal, Drumlane, Glancosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Release1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.</ref>

On 26 May 1694 Thomas was described as “of Shannon” when he issued a copy bond for performance of covenants in a release to Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1694">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.</ref>

On 25 November 1695 Thomas appeared in a letter and memorandum concerning a joint bond of £6,000 with Hugh Hamill, Abraham Creighton, John Hamilton and John Johnston, all described as esquires.<ref name="Memo1695">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, letter and memorandum, 25 November 1695.</ref>

On 15 May 1701 Thomas Glasgow, Esquire, was indexed as plaintiff in an Exchequer bill against John Moffett, William Humphrys, Archibald Sinclair and Margaret Sinclair.<ref name="Exch1701">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1700–1701, vol. 12, p. 121, 15 May 1701; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635145%2F00152&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519&tab=this transcript]. The page includes June 1701 procedural annotations.</ref>

The rare surname, Esquire designation, exact Raphoe reference and repeated Abraham Creighton association strongly identify the court litigant with the man of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon. Thomas was alive after 15 May 1701. His death date and place remain unknown.

{| class="wikitable" style="padding:5px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Evidence summary'''
|-
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Point
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Assessment
|-
| Same Thomas in the 1684–1701 court and deed sequence
| High confidence from rare name, Esquire title, Raphoe locality and Abraham Creighton association
|-
| Birth before about 1671; death after 15 May 1701
| Uncertain bounds inferred from adult status and the latest dated proceeding
|-
| Relationship to Archibald, Nathaniel or George
| Unproved; retain existing links only as uncertain
|}

== Identity and Status ==

The references to Thomas Glasgow of '''Lifford''', '''Ballindroight''' and '''Shannon''' almost certainly concern the same man.

The surname was uncommon, the locations were within the same Donegal and Raphoe property network, and the records form a continuous sequence of transactions involving Abraham and James Creighton between 1692 and 1695.

No inspected record explicitly states that the Thomas of Lifford was the same person as the Thomas of Ballindroight or Shannon. The identification is nevertheless strongly supported by the chronology, geography and repeated association with the Creightons.

Thomas was styled '''esquire''' and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions. The bonds, considerations and lands involved show that he was a significant actor in the Donegal property network.

The surviving catalogue descriptions do not establish his precise role in every transaction. Depending upon the instrument, he may have acted as:

* owner;
* purchaser;
* vendor;
* mortgagee;
* trustee;
* tenant;
* surety; or
* another party with a legal interest.

He should therefore be described as an esquire and legal or property actor. The records do not by themselves prove that he beneficially owned every estate or parcel named.

== Family and Relationship Research ==

The available records name Thomas Glasgow, Abraham Creighton, James Creighton and several other parties to the transactions.

They do not identify Thomas’s:

* father or mother;
* wife;
* sons or daughters;
* brothers or sisters;
* heirs;
* executors; or
* other stated relatives.

No family relationship between Thomas and the Creightons is given. Their repeated appearance together establishes a continuing legal and financial association, not kinship.

No inspected record proves that Thomas was a son, brother, nephew or other relative of [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald Glasgow M.A. (1614–bef.1677)]].

The chronology and geography allow Thomas to have been a son or younger relative of the Archibald Glasgow who served as a clergyman in County Donegal and whose will was proved in 1677. That remains a research hypothesis only.

No inspected record proves that Thomas was the father of [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow M.A. (died 1743)]].

The proposed line:

Archibald Glasgow
|
?
|
Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon
|
?
|
Nathaniel Glasgow

remains unsupported by direct kinship evidence. Each question mark represents a missing documentary link.

A '''James Glasgow''' appearing in Killybegs account material in 1728 may belong to an adjacent generation of the Donegal family. The entry does not identify James as Thomas’s son or other relative.

No spouse or child should be attached to Thomas from chronology, geography, naming patterns or unsourced family trees alone.

== Distinction from Other Men Named Thomas Glasgow ==

Thomas should not be identified with [[Glasgow-1103|Thomas Glasgow]], the child baptised in Scotland in 1612, without evidence connecting that person to Lifford or County Donegal.

A man baptised in 1612 would have been approximately 77 years old in 1689 and over 80 during the property transactions of 1692–1695. That identity is chronologically possible but unlikely and is unsupported by any inspected cross-channel record.

The two profiles should remain separate unless a deed, will, migration record or other contemporary source establishes that they were the same person.

== Death ==

Thomas’s date and place of death are unknown.

He was alive on '''25 November 1695''', when he was named in the memorandum concerning the £6,000 joint bond.

No will, administration, burial entry or record naming his heirs has yet been identified.

His profile should therefore use:

* birth probably before 1671, based on adult status by 1689, with birthplace unknown; and
* death after 25 November 1695, place unknown.

The year 1670 and County Donegal should not be presented as a certain birth date and place without an independent source.

== Locations Associated ==

* '''Lifford, County Donegal''' — Thomas’s stated residence or association in the 1689 attainder list.
* '''Ballindroight, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1693 lease and release.
* '''Shannon, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1694 bond.
* '''Drumloane, Glencosh, Glancosh, Teroneal and Drumlane''' — lands named in the Creighton transactions.
* '''Crom, County Fermanagh''' — residence of Colonel Abraham Creighton, Thomas’s principal associate in the surviving deeds.

The place-name Ballindroight may represent Ballindrait or another historical spelling. The original deeds and contemporary maps should be consulted before standardising the location.

== Research Notes ==
=== Current evidence assessment ===

The complete deeds and court bills may contain witnesses, signatures, property recitals or family language omitted from the indexes and catalogue descriptions. They remain the best sources for testing Thomas's family and tracing his estate after 1701.

The PRONI catalogue summaries may omit details contained in the original documents. Full copies could include:

* witnesses;
* seals and signatures;
* endorsements;
* former owners;
* inheritance recitals;
* adjoining tenants;
* trusts;
* marriage settlements;
* occupations;
* residences; or
* statements of family relationships.

The complete documents should therefore be inspected before concluding that they contain no genealogical evidence.

Particular attention should be given to phrases such as:

* “son and heir”;
* “natural and lawful son”;
* “brother”;
* “kinsman”;
* “heirs of the body”;
* “in consideration of marriage”;
* “for the advancement of”; and
* “remainder to”.

Further research should concentrate on:

* complete copies of PRONI D1939/18/8/1, D1939/18/1/3, D1939/18/3/25, D1939/18/7/1 and D1939/18/11/16;
* indexes to Irish prerogative and Raphoe diocesan wills and administrations;
* Betham will and administration abstracts;
* Donegal deeds involving the Creighton estate;
* Registry of Deeds memorials created after 1708;
* Raphoe parish and diocesan records;
* Lifford corporation and court records;
* Donegal Grand Jury records;
* records concerning the 1728 Killybegs James Glasgow; and
* later conveyances showing who inherited or occupied the lands after Thomas disappeared from the record.

== Research Conclusion ==

Thomas Glasgow was a genuine adult Donegal figure documented at Lifford in 1689 and in the Ballindroight and Shannon property network from 1692 to 1695.

He was styled an esquire and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions with Abraham and James Creighton. The documents do not establish that he owned every property named.

His birth date and place are unknown. His adult status in 1689 supports a probable birth before 1671, and the records show that he was alive after 25 November 1695.

No inspected record identifies his wife, children, parents, heirs or siblings. No relationship to Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, Nathaniel Glasgow of Golan or Fintona, the later Killybegs James Glasgow, or the Scottish Thomas baptised in 1612 has been proved.

== Sources ==
<references />

* ''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', p. 275.
* PRONI D1939/18/1/3, lease and release, 25–26 May 1693.
* PRONI D1939/18/3/25, bond, deed of defeasance, letter and memorandum, 26 May 1693 and 25 November 1695.
* PRONI D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.
* PRONI D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.
* PRONI D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.

Compared with Glasgow-3556, captured 2026-09-30 (biography rechecked against the saved revision) · 2026-09-17.

Side-by-side comparison of the live and replacement profiles

Changes only — hide unchanged lines

Current profileReplacement profile

Current profile1[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]

Replacement profile1[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]

Current profile2{{Estimated Date}}

Replacement profile2{{Estimated Date}}

Current profile3

Replacement profile3

Current profile4== Biography ==

Replacement profile4== Biography ==

Current profile5The date and place of birth of '''Thomas Glasgow''' are unknown. Because he was recorded as an adult in January 1684 and styled an esquire by 1689, he was probably born before about 1671. Lifford may be retained in the structured birth-place field as uncertain because it is his earliest stated locality, but the record does not prove that he was born there. No inspected record identifies his wife, children or parents.

Replacement profile5The date and place of birth of '''Thomas Glasgow''' are unknown. Because he was recorded as an adult in January 1684 and styled an esquire by 1689, he was probably born before about 1671. Lifford is an uncertain birthplace hypothesis based on his earliest stated locality; the record does not prove that he was born there. No inspected record identifies his wife or children. His probable father connection is discussed below.

Current profile6

Replacement profile6

Current profile7On 22 January 1684 Thomas Glasgow was indexed as defendant in an Exchequer proceeding brought by a Bryson or Brison described as “of Raphoe.”<ref name="Exch1684">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1684–1686, vol. 5, p. 102, 22 January 1684; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635147%2F00191&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141&tab=this transcript].</ref>

Replacement profile7On 22 January 1684 Thomas Glasgow was indexed as defendant in an Exchequer proceeding brought by a Bryson or Brison described as “of Raphoe.”<ref name="Exch1684">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1684–1686, vol. 5, p. 102, 22 January 1684; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635147%2F00191&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141&tab=this transcript].</ref>

Current profile8

Replacement profile8

Current profile9In 1689 a printed list associated with the Irish attainder legislation named “Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, in the County of Donnegal, Esq.” among Protestants regarded as absent from Ireland or adherents of William of Orange.<ref name="King">''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', list of persons named in the attainder legislation, [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a47446.0001.001/1%3A6 p. 275].</ref> This establishes his Lifford association and designation, not his birthplace or ownership of every property later named.

Replacement profile9In 1689 a printed list associated with the Irish attainder legislation named “Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, in the County of Donnegal, Esq.” among Protestants regarded as absent from Ireland or adherents of William of Orange.<ref name="King">''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', list of persons named in the attainder legislation, [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a47446.0001.001/1%3A6 p. 275].</ref> This establishes his Lifford association and designation, not his birthplace or ownership of every property later named.

Current profile10

Replacement profile10

Current profile11On 2 March 1692 Thomas was a defendant in a Chancery proceeding in which Abraham Creighton was a plaintiff or petitioner.<ref name="Chan1692">National Archives of Ireland, Court of Chancery Bill Book 1692–1696, vol. 11, p. 36, 2 March 1692; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F007635177%2F00507&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395&tab=this transcript].</ref>

Replacement profile11On 2 March 1692 Thomas was a defendant in a Chancery proceeding in which Abraham Creighton was a plaintiff or petitioner.<ref name="Chan1692">National Archives of Ireland, Court of Chancery Bill Book 1692–1696, vol. 11, p. 36, 2 March 1692; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F007635177%2F00507&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395&tab=this transcript].</ref>

Current profile12

Replacement profile12

Current profile13On 23 December 1692 Thomas entered into a counterpart deed of partition with Colonel Abraham Creighton of Crom, County Fermanagh, and Abraham's son James Creighton concerning Donegal lands.<ref name="Partition1692">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.</ref>

Replacement profile13On 23 December 1692 Thomas entered into a counterpart deed of partition with Colonel Abraham Creighton of Crom, County Fermanagh, and Abraham's son James Creighton concerning Donegal lands.<ref name="Partition1692">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.</ref>

Current profile14

Replacement profile14

Current profile15On 25–26 May 1693 Thomas was described as “of Ballindroight” in a lease and release with Colonel Abraham Creighton concerning lands including Drumloane, Glencosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Lease1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/1/3, lease and release between Thomas Glasgow, or Glascow, of Ballindroight and Colonel Abraham Creighton, 25–26 May 1693.</ref>

Replacement profile15On 25–26 May 1693 Thomas was described as “of Ballindroight” in a lease and release with Colonel Abraham Creighton concerning lands including Drumloane, Glencosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Lease1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/1/3, lease and release between Thomas Glasgow, or Glascow, of Ballindroight and Colonel Abraham Creighton, 25–26 May 1693.</ref>

Current profile16

Replacement profile16

Current profile17On 26 May 1693 Thomas executed a performance bond and deed of defeasance for £4,000 in favour of Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, bond and deed of defeasance, 26 May 1693.</ref> A counterpart release that day, for £400, concerned lands including Teroneal, Drumlane, Glancosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Release1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.</ref>

Replacement profile17On 26 May 1693 Thomas executed a performance bond and deed of defeasance for £4,000 in favour of Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, bond and deed of defeasance, 26 May 1693.</ref> A counterpart release that day, for £400, concerned lands including Teroneal, Drumlane, Glancosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Release1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.</ref>

Current profile18

Replacement profile18

Current profile19On 26 May 1694 Thomas was described as “of Shannon” when he issued a copy bond for performance of covenants in a release to Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1694">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.</ref>

Replacement profile19On 26 May 1694 Thomas was described as “of Shannon” when he issued a copy bond for performance of covenants in a release to Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1694">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.</ref>

Current profile20

Replacement profile20

Current profile21On 25 November 1695 Thomas appeared in a letter and memorandum concerning a joint bond of £6,000 with Hugh Hamill, Abraham Creighton, John Hamilton and John Johnston, all described as esquires.<ref name="Memo1695">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, letter and memorandum, 25 November 1695.</ref>

Replacement profile21On 25 November 1695 Thomas appeared in a letter and memorandum concerning a joint bond of £6,000 with Hugh Hamill, Abraham Creighton, John Hamilton and John Johnston, all described as esquires.<ref name="Memo1695">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, letter and memorandum, 25 November 1695.</ref>

Current profile22

Replacement profile22

Current profile23On 15 May 1701 Thomas Glasgow, Esquire, was indexed as plaintiff in an Exchequer bill against John Moffett, William Humphrys, Archibald Sinclair and Margaret Sinclair.<ref name="Exch1701">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1700–1701, vol. 12, p. 121, 15 May 1701; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635145%2F00152&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519&tab=this transcript]. The page includes June 1701 procedural annotations.</ref>

Replacement profile23On 15 May 1701 Thomas Glasgow, Esquire, was indexed as plaintiff in an Exchequer bill against John Moffett, William Humphrys, Archibald Sinclair and Margaret Sinclair.<ref name="Exch1701">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1700–1701, vol. 12, p. 121, 15 May 1701; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635145%2F00152&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519&tab=this transcript]. The page includes June 1701 procedural annotations.</ref>

Current profile24

Replacement profile24

Current profile25The rare surname, Esquire designation, exact Raphoe reference and repeated Abraham Creighton association strongly identify the court litigant with the man of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon. Thomas was alive after 15 May 1701. His death date and place remain unknown.

Replacement profile25The rare surname, Esquire designation, exact Raphoe reference and repeated Abraham Creighton association strongly identify the court litigant with the man of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon. Thomas was alive after 15 May 1701. His death date and place remain unknown.

Current profile26

Replacement profile26

Current profile27{| class="wikitable" style="padding:5px; width:100%;"

Replacement profile27{| class="wikitable" style="padding:5px; width:100%;"

Current profile28|+ '''Evidence summary'''

Replacement profile28|+ '''Evidence summary'''

Current profile29|-

Replacement profile29|-

Current profile30! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Point

Replacement profile30! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Point

Current profile31! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Assessment

Replacement profile31! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Assessment

Current profile32|-

Replacement profile32|-

Current profile33| Same Thomas in the 1684–1701 court and deed sequence

Replacement profile33| Same Thomas in the 1684–1701 court and deed sequence

Current profile34| High confidence from rare name, Esquire title, Raphoe locality and Abraham Creighton association

Replacement profile34| High confidence from rare name, Esquire title, Raphoe locality and Abraham Creighton association

Current profile35|-

Replacement profile35|-

Current profile36| Birth before about 1671; death after 15 May 1701

Replacement profile36| Birth before about 1671; death after 15 May 1701

Current profile37| Uncertain bounds inferred from adult status and the latest dated proceeding

Replacement profile37| Uncertain bounds inferred from adult status and the latest dated proceeding

Current profile38|-

Replacement profile38|-

Current profile39| Relationship to Archibald, Nathaniel or George

Replacement profile39| Relationship to [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald]], [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel]] or [[Glasgow-3966|George]]

Current profile40| Unproved; retain existing links only as uncertain

Replacement profile40| Archibald as father is strongly probable but the son-to-Lifford identity remains uncertain; Thomas as father of Nathaniel or George is unproved

Current profile41|}

Replacement profile41|}

Current profile42

Replacement profile42

Current profile43== Identity and Status ==

Replacement profile43== Identity and Status ==

Current profile

Replacement profile44

Current profile

Replacement profile45The newly inspected archival transcription of a c.1700 Lifford estate paper describes Thomas Glascoe, Esq., buying a previously mortgaged interest from Hugh Hamill for £3,216, with Abraham Creighton and John Hamilton as sureties. Litigation and a subsequent purchase by Creighton followed.<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. Catalogue transcription inspected 30 September 2026; manuscript image not inspected.</ref> This purchase is documented; beneficial ownership and precise roles in every other deed remain separate questions.

Current profile44

Replacement profile46

Current profile45The references to Thomas Glasgow of '''Lifford''', '''Ballindroight''' and '''Shannon''' almost certainly concern the same man.

Replacement profile47The references to Thomas Glasgow of '''Lifford''', '''Ballindroight''' and '''Shannon''' almost certainly concern the same man.

Current profile46

Replacement profile48

Current profile47The surname was uncommon, the locations were within the same Donegal and Raphoe property network, and the records form a continuous sequence of transactions involving Abraham and James Creighton between 1692 and 1695.

Replacement profile49The surname was uncommon, the locations were within the same Donegal and Raphoe property network, and the records form a continuous sequence of transactions involving Abraham and James Creighton between 1692 and 1695.

Current profile48

Replacement profile50

Current profile49No inspected record explicitly states that the Thomas of Lifford was the same person as the Thomas of Ballindroight or Shannon. The identification is nevertheless strongly supported by the chronology, geography and repeated association with the Creightons.

Replacement profile51No inspected record explicitly states that the Thomas of Lifford was the same person as the Thomas of Ballindroight or Shannon. The identification is nevertheless strongly supported by the chronology, geography and repeated association with the Creightons.

Current profile50

Replacement profile52

Current profile51Thomas was styled '''esquire''' and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions. The bonds, considerations and lands involved show that he was a significant actor in the Donegal property network.

Replacement profile53Thomas was styled '''esquire''' and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions. The bonds, considerations and lands involved show that he was a significant actor in the Donegal property network.

Current profile52

Replacement profile54

Current profile53The surviving catalogue descriptions do not establish his precise role in every transaction. Depending upon the instrument, he may have acted as:

Replacement profile55The surviving catalogue descriptions do not establish his precise role in every transaction. Depending upon the instrument, he may have acted as:

Current profile54

Replacement profile56

Current profile55* owner;

Replacement profile57* owner;

Current profile56* purchaser;

Replacement profile58* purchaser;

Current profile57* vendor;

Replacement profile59* vendor;

Current profile58* mortgagee;

Replacement profile60* mortgagee;

Current profile59* trustee;

Replacement profile61* trustee;

Current profile60* tenant;

Replacement profile62* tenant;

Current profile61* surety; or

Replacement profile63* surety; or

Current profile62* another party with a legal interest.

Replacement profile64* another party with a legal interest.

Current profile63

Replacement profile65

Current profile64He should therefore be described as an esquire and legal or property actor. The records do not by themselves prove that he beneficially owned every estate or parcel named.

Replacement profile66He should therefore be described as an esquire and legal or property actor. The records do not by themselves prove that he beneficially owned every estate or parcel named.

Current profile65

Replacement profile67

Current profile66== Family and Relationship Research ==

Replacement profile68== Family and Relationship Research ==

Current profile67

Replacement profile69

Current profile

Replacement profile70Betham's pre-destruction abstract of the April 1673 will of [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, County Donegal, clerk]] explicitly names Thomas Glasgow as his eldest son and Margaret as his only daughter.<ref>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 genealogical will abstract, not the complete original.</ref> Identifying that son with this Lifford/Raphoe man is strongly probable, but the abstract gives him no residence, estate, age or wife. The identification remains uncertain pending a distinctive identity connection. No inspected record proves Thomas's fatherhood of [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3966|George Glasgow]].

Current profile

Replacement profile71

Current profile68The available records name Thomas Glasgow, Abraham Creighton, James Creighton and several other parties to the transactions.

Replacement profile72The available records name Thomas Glasgow, Abraham Creighton, James Creighton and several other parties to the transactions.

Current profile69

Replacement profile73

Current profile70They do not identify Thomas’s:

Replacement profile74The court and deed records do not identify Thomas’s:

Current profile71

Replacement profile75

Current profile72* father or mother;

Replacement profile76* father or mother;

Current profile73* wife;

Replacement profile77* wife;

Current profile74* sons or daughters;

Replacement profile78* sons or daughters;

Current profile75* brothers or sisters;

Replacement profile79* brothers or sisters;

Current profile76* heirs;

Replacement profile80* heirs;

Current profile77* executors; or

Replacement profile81* executors; or

Current profile78* other stated relatives.

Replacement profile82* other stated relatives.

Current profile79

Replacement profile83

Current profile80No family relationship between Thomas and the Creightons is given. Their repeated appearance together establishes a continuing legal and financial association, not kinship.

Replacement profile84No family relationship between Thomas and the Creightons is given. Their repeated appearance together establishes a continuing legal and financial association, not kinship.

Current profile81

Replacement profile85

Current profile82No inspected record proves that Thomas was a son, brother, nephew or other relative of [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald Glasgow M.A. (1614–bef.1677)]].

Replacement profile86The compatible chronology, Donegal geography and Glasgow/Glascoe/Glascow surname forms support identifying the eldest son in Betham’s abstract with this Thomas. The abstract establishes a son named Thomas, but does not supply a distinctive Lifford residence, estate, age or wife. It therefore strengthens the former son-or-younger-relative hypothesis without proving that specific identity or Archibald’s Scottish origin.

Current profile83

Replacement profile

Current profile84The chronology and geography allow Thomas to have been a son or younger relative of the Archibald Glasgow who served as a clergyman in County Donegal and whose will was proved in 1677. That remains a research hypothesis only.

Replacement profile

Current profile85

Replacement profile87

Current profile86No inspected record proves that Thomas was the father of [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow M.A. (died 1743)]].

Replacement profile88No inspected record proves that Thomas was the father of [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow M.A. (died 1743)]].

Current profile87

Replacement profile89

Current profile88The proposed line:

Replacement profile90The proposed line from [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald Glasgow]] through Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon to [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow]] still has two limits: Archibald’s named son Thomas is not distinctively identified with this man, and no record proves Thomas’s fatherhood of Nathaniel. The first link is now strongly probable; the second remains unproved.

Current profile89

Replacement profile91

Current profile90Archibald Glasgow

Replacement profile92[[Glasgow-3001|James Glasgow]] appearing in Killybegs account material in 1728 may belong to an adjacent generation of the Donegal family. The entry does not identify James as Thomas’s son or other relative.

Current profile91|

Replacement profile

Current profile92?

Replacement profile

Current profile93|

Replacement profile

Current profile94Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon

Replacement profile

Current profile95|

Replacement profile

Current profile96?

Replacement profile

Current profile97|

Replacement profile

Current profile98Nathaniel Glasgow

Replacement profile

Current profile99

Replacement profile93

Current profile100remains unsupported by direct kinship evidence. Each question mark represents a missing documentary link.

Replacement profile94Chronology, geography, naming patterns and unsourced family trees alone do not establish a spouse or child of Thomas.

Current profile101

Replacement profile

Current profile102A '''James Glasgow''' appearing in Killybegs account material in 1728 may belong to an adjacent generation of the Donegal family. The entry does not identify James as Thomas’s son or other relative.

Replacement profile

Current profile103

Replacement profile

Current profile104No spouse or child should be attached to Thomas from chronology, geography, naming patterns or unsourced family trees alone.

Replacement profile

Current profile105

Replacement profile95

Current profile106== Distinction from Other Men Named Thomas Glasgow ==

Replacement profile96== Distinction from Other Men Named Thomas Glasgow ==

Current profile107

Replacement profile97

Current profile108Thomas should not be identified with [[Glasgow-1103|Thomas Glasgow]], the child baptised in Scotland in 1612, without evidence connecting that person to Lifford or County Donegal.

Replacement profile98Thomas should not be identified with [[Glasgow-1103|Thomas Glasgow]], the child baptised in Scotland in 1612, without evidence connecting that person to Lifford or County Donegal.

Current profile109

Replacement profile99

Current profile110A man baptised in 1612 would have been approximately 77 years old in 1689 and over 80 during the property transactions of 1692–1695. That identity is chronologically possible but unlikely and is unsupported by any inspected cross-channel record.

Replacement profile100A man baptised in 1612 would have been approximately 77 years old in 1689 and over 80 during the property transactions of 1692–1695. That identity is chronologically possible but unlikely and is unsupported by any inspected cross-channel record.

Current profile111

Replacement profile101

Current profile112The two profiles should remain separate unless a deed, will, migration record or other contemporary source establishes that they were the same person.

Replacement profile102The two profiles should remain separate unless a deed, will, migration record or other contemporary source establishes that they were the same person.

Current profile113

Replacement profile103

Current profile114== Death ==

Replacement profile104== Death ==

Current profile115

Replacement profile105

Current profile116Thomas’s date and place of death are unknown.

Replacement profile106Thomas’s date and place of death are unknown.

Current profile117

Replacement profile107

Current profile118He was alive on '''25 November 1695''', when he was named in the memorandum concerning the £6,000 joint bond.

Replacement profile108He was alive on '''25 November 1695''', when he was named in the memorandum concerning the £6,000 joint bond.

Current profile119

Replacement profile109

Current profile120No will, administration, burial entry or record naming his heirs has yet been identified.

Replacement profile110No will, administration, burial entry or record naming his heirs has yet been identified.

Current profile121

Replacement profile111

Current profile122His profile should therefore use:

Replacement profile112The supported date bounds are:

Current profile123

Replacement profile113

Current profile124* birth probably before 1671, based on adult status by 1689, with birthplace unknown; and

Replacement profile114* birth probably before 1671, based on adult status by 1689, with birthplace unknown; and

Current profile125* death after 25 November 1695, place unknown.

Replacement profile115* death after 15 May 1701, place unknown.

Current profile126

Replacement profile116

Current profile127The year 1670 and County Donegal should not be presented as a certain birth date and place without an independent source.

Replacement profile117The year 1670 and County Donegal should not be presented as a certain birth date and place without an independent source.

Current profile128

Replacement profile118

Current profile129== Locations Associated ==

Replacement profile119== Locations Associated ==

Current profile130

Replacement profile120

Current profile131* '''Lifford, County Donegal''' — Thomas’s stated residence or association in the 1689 attainder list.

Replacement profile121* '''Lifford, County Donegal''' — Thomas’s stated residence or association in the 1689 attainder list.

Current profile132* '''Ballindroight, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1693 lease and release.

Replacement profile122* '''Ballindroight, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1693 lease and release.

Current profile133* '''Shannon, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1694 bond.

Replacement profile123* '''Shannon, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1694 bond.

Current profile134* '''Drumloane, Glencosh, Glancosh, Teroneal and Drumlane''' — lands named in the Creighton transactions.

Replacement profile124* '''Drumloane, Glencosh, Glancosh, Teroneal and Drumlane''' — lands named in the Creighton transactions.

Current profile135* '''Crom, County Fermanagh''' — residence of Colonel Abraham Creighton, Thomas’s principal associate in the surviving deeds.

Replacement profile125* '''Crom, County Fermanagh''' — residence of Colonel Abraham Creighton, Thomas’s principal associate in the surviving deeds.

Current profile136

Replacement profile126

Current profile137The place-name Ballindroight may represent Ballindrait or another historical spelling. The original deeds and contemporary maps should be consulted before standardising the location.

Replacement profile127The place-name Ballindroight may represent Ballindrait or another historical spelling. The original deeds and contemporary maps should be consulted before standardising the location.

Current profile138

Replacement profile128

Current profile139== Research Notes ==

Replacement profile129== Research Notes ==

Current profile

Replacement profile130=== Earlier assessments and their limits ===

Current profile

Replacement profile131

Current profile

Replacement profile132The earlier assessment stated: “No inspected record proves that Thomas was a son, brother, nephew or other relative of Archibald Glasgow M.A. (1614–bef.1677).” It allowed a son or younger relative of the Donegal clergyman whose will was proved in 1677, but described the Archibald–Thomas–Nathaniel line as unsupported by direct kinship evidence. That broad assessment is superseded in part by Betham’s abstract of the April 1673 will: the testator explicitly had an eldest son Thomas. What remains unproved is that son’s identity with the Lifford man and any Thomas–Nathaniel link. The age, Scottish origin and denomination attributed to Archibald require their own evidence; they do not follow from this abstract.

Current profile

Replacement profile133

Current profile

Replacement profile134The former after-25-November-1695 death bound came from the £6,000 bond memorandum. It is superseded by the 15 May 1701 Exchequer entry already described above. The 1695 event remains valid evidence of his life and associations.

Current profile

Replacement profile135

Current profile

Replacement profile136=== Search of the surviving registered will book ===

Current profile

Replacement profile137

Current profile

Replacement profile138The surviving 1664–1684 prerogative will book is accessible. Its 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. The full manuscript has not been read, so this does not establish that the will is absent or destroyed.<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].</ref>

Current profile

Replacement profile139

Current profile140=== Current evidence assessment ===

Replacement profile140=== Current evidence assessment ===

Current profile141

Replacement profile141

Current profile142The complete deeds and court bills may contain witnesses, signatures, property recitals or family language omitted from the indexes and catalogue descriptions. They remain the best sources for testing Thomas's family and tracing his estate after 1701.

Replacement profile142The complete deeds and court bills may contain witnesses, signatures, property recitals or family language omitted from the indexes and catalogue descriptions. They remain the best sources for testing Thomas's family and tracing his estate after 1701.

Current profile143

Replacement profile143

Current profile144The PRONI catalogue summaries may omit details contained in the original documents. Full copies could include:

Replacement profile144The PRONI catalogue summaries may omit details contained in the original documents. Full copies could include:

Current profile145

Replacement profile145

Current profile146* witnesses;

Replacement profile146* witnesses;

Current profile147* seals and signatures;

Replacement profile147* seals and signatures;

Current profile148* endorsements;

Replacement profile148* endorsements;

Current profile149* former owners;

Replacement profile149* former owners;

Current profile150* inheritance recitals;

Replacement profile150* inheritance recitals;

Current profile151* adjoining tenants;

Replacement profile151* adjoining tenants;

Current profile152* trusts;

Replacement profile152* trusts;

Current profile153* marriage settlements;

Replacement profile153* marriage settlements;

Current profile154* occupations;

Replacement profile154* occupations;

Current profile155* residences; or

Replacement profile155* residences; or

Current profile156* statements of family relationships.

Replacement profile156* statements of family relationships.

Current profile157

Replacement profile157

Current profile158The complete documents should therefore be inspected before concluding that they contain no genealogical evidence.

Replacement profile158The complete documents should therefore be inspected before concluding that they contain no genealogical evidence.

Current profile159

Replacement profile159

Current profile160Particular attention should be given to phrases such as:

Replacement profile160Particular attention should be given to phrases such as:

Current profile161

Replacement profile161

Current profile162* “son and heir”;

Replacement profile162* “son and heir”;

Current profile163* “natural and lawful son”;

Replacement profile163* “natural and lawful son”;

Current profile164* “brother”;

Replacement profile164* “brother”;

Current profile165* “kinsman”;

Replacement profile165* “kinsman”;

Current profile166* “heirs of the body”;

Replacement profile166* “heirs of the body”;

Current profile167* “in consideration of marriage”;

Replacement profile167* “in consideration of marriage”;

Current profile168* “for the advancement of”; and

Replacement profile168* “for the advancement of”; and

Current profile169* “remainder to”.

Replacement profile169* “remainder to”.

Current profile170

Replacement profile170

Current profile171Further research should concentrate on:

Replacement profile171Further research should concentrate on:

Current profile172

Replacement profile172

Current profile173* complete copies of PRONI D1939/18/8/1, D1939/18/1/3, D1939/18/3/25, D1939/18/7/1 and D1939/18/11/16;

Replacement profile173* complete copies of PRONI D1939/18/8/1, D1939/18/1/3, D1939/18/3/25, D1939/18/7/1 and D1939/18/11/16;

Current profile174* indexes to Irish prerogative and Raphoe diocesan wills and administrations;

Replacement profile174* indexes to Irish prerogative and Raphoe diocesan wills and administrations;

Current profile175* Betham will and administration abstracts;

Replacement profile175* Betham will and administration abstracts;

Current profile176* Donegal deeds involving the Creighton estate;

Replacement profile176* Donegal deeds involving the Creighton estate;

Current profile177* Registry of Deeds memorials created after 1708;

Replacement profile177* Registry of Deeds memorials created after 1708;

Current profile178* Raphoe parish and diocesan records;

Replacement profile178* Raphoe parish and diocesan records;

Current profile179* Lifford corporation and court records;

Replacement profile179* Lifford corporation and court records;

Current profile180* Donegal Grand Jury records;

Replacement profile180* Donegal Grand Jury records;

Current profile181* records concerning the 1728 Killybegs James Glasgow; and

Replacement profile181* records concerning the 1728 Killybegs James Glasgow; and

Current profile182* later conveyances showing who inherited or occupied the lands after Thomas disappeared from the record.

Replacement profile182* later conveyances showing who inherited or occupied the lands after Thomas disappeared from the record.

Current profile183

Replacement profile183

Current profile184== Research Conclusion ==

Replacement profile184== Research Conclusion ==

Current profile185

Replacement profile185

Current profile186Thomas Glasgow was a genuine adult Donegal figure documented at Lifford in 1689 and in the Ballindroight and Shannon property network from 1692 to 1695.

Replacement profile186Thomas Glasgow was a genuine adult Donegal figure documented at Lifford in 1689 and in the Ballindroight and Shannon property network from 1692 to 1695.

Current profile187

Replacement profile187

Current profile188He was styled an esquire and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions with Abraham and James Creighton. The documents do not establish that he owned every property named.

Replacement profile188He was styled an esquire and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions with Abraham and James Creighton. The documents do not establish that he owned every property named.

Current profile189

Replacement profile189

Current profile190His birth date and place are unknown. His adult status in 1689 supports a probable birth before 1671, and the records show that he was alive after 25 November 1695.

Replacement profile190His birth date and place are unknown. His adult status in 1689 supports a probable birth before 1671, and the records show that he was alive after 15 May 1701.

Current profile191

Replacement profile191

Current profile192No inspected record identifies his wife, children, parents, heirs or siblings. No relationship to Archibald Glasgow of Ramelton, Nathaniel Glasgow of Golan or Fintona, the later Killybegs James Glasgow, or the Scottish Thomas baptised in 1612 has been proved.

Replacement profile192No inspected record identifies his wife, children, heirs or siblings for this Lifford man. Betham explicitly names Archibald’s eldest son Thomas and only daughter Margaret; identifying that Thomas with this man is strongly probable, but not distinctively proved. His father attachment remains uncertain. No relationship to [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow of Golan or Fintona]], [[Glasgow-3966|George Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3001|James Glasgow of Killybegs]], or [[Glasgow-1103|the Scottish Thomas baptised in 1612]] is proved.

Current profile193

Replacement profile193

Current profile194== Sources ==

Replacement profile194== Sources ==

Current profile195<references />

Replacement profile195<references />

Current profile196

Replacement profile196

Current profile197* ''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', p. 275.

Replacement profile197* ''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', p. 275.

Current profile198* PRONI D1939/18/1/3, lease and release, 25–26 May 1693.

Replacement profile198* PRONI D1939/18/1/3, lease and release, 25–26 May 1693.

Current profile199* PRONI D1939/18/3/25, bond, deed of defeasance, letter and memorandum, 26 May 1693 and 25 November 1695.

Replacement profile199* PRONI D1939/18/3/25, bond, deed of defeasance, letter and memorandum, 26 May 1693 and 25 November 1695.

Current profile200* PRONI D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.

Replacement profile200* PRONI D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.

Current profile201* PRONI D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.

Replacement profile201* PRONI D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.

Current profile202* PRONI D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.

Replacement profile202* PRONI D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.

Full replacement WikiTree biography

Copy this complete text into the WikiTree biography editor. Removed lines appear red on the left; added lines appear green on the right. Apply any structured vital or relationship correction described in the update separately in WikiTree's data fields.

[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]
{{Estimated Date}}

== Biography ==
The date and place of birth of '''Thomas Glasgow''' are unknown. Because he was recorded as an adult in January 1684 and styled an esquire by 1689, he was probably born before about 1671. Lifford is an uncertain birthplace hypothesis based on his earliest stated locality; the record does not prove that he was born there. No inspected record identifies his wife or children. His probable father connection is discussed below.

On 22 January 1684 Thomas Glasgow was indexed as defendant in an Exchequer proceeding brought by a Bryson or Brison described as “of Raphoe.”<ref name="Exch1684">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1684–1686, vol. 5, p. 102, 22 January 1684; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635147%2F00191&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001584141&tab=this transcript].</ref>

In 1689 a printed list associated with the Irish attainder legislation named “Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, in the County of Donnegal, Esq.” among Protestants regarded as absent from Ireland or adherents of William of Orange.<ref name="King">''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', list of persons named in the attainder legislation, [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a47446.0001.001/1%3A6 p. 275].</ref> This establishes his Lifford association and designation, not his birthplace or ownership of every property later named.

On 2 March 1692 Thomas was a defendant in a Chancery proceeding in which Abraham Creighton was a plaintiff or petitioner.<ref name="Chan1692">National Archives of Ireland, Court of Chancery Bill Book 1692–1696, vol. 11, p. 36, 2 March 1692; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F007635177%2F00507&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FCHANCERY%2F0000106395&tab=this transcript].</ref>

On 23 December 1692 Thomas entered into a counterpart deed of partition with Colonel Abraham Creighton of Crom, County Fermanagh, and Abraham's son James Creighton concerning Donegal lands.<ref name="Partition1692">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.</ref>

On 25–26 May 1693 Thomas was described as “of Ballindroight” in a lease and release with Colonel Abraham Creighton concerning lands including Drumloane, Glencosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Lease1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/1/3, lease and release between Thomas Glasgow, or Glascow, of Ballindroight and Colonel Abraham Creighton, 25–26 May 1693.</ref>

On 26 May 1693 Thomas executed a performance bond and deed of defeasance for £4,000 in favour of Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, bond and deed of defeasance, 26 May 1693.</ref> A counterpart release that day, for £400, concerned lands including Teroneal, Drumlane, Glancosh and Shannon in the Barony of Raphoe.<ref name="Release1693">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.</ref>

On 26 May 1694 Thomas was described as “of Shannon” when he issued a copy bond for performance of covenants in a release to Abraham Creighton.<ref name="Bond1694">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.</ref>

On 25 November 1695 Thomas appeared in a letter and memorandum concerning a joint bond of £6,000 with Hugh Hamill, Abraham Creighton, John Hamilton and John Johnston, all described as esquires.<ref name="Memo1695">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1939/18/3/25, letter and memorandum, 25 November 1695.</ref>

On 15 May 1701 Thomas Glasgow, Esquire, was indexed as plaintiff in an Exchequer bill against John Moffett, William Humphrys, Archibald Sinclair and Margaret Sinclair.<ref name="Exch1701">National Archives of Ireland, Equity Exchequer Bill Book 1700–1701, vol. 12, p. 121, 15 May 1701; [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F007635145%2F00152&parentid=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519 image] and [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FCOURT%2FEXCHEQUER%2F0001527519&tab=this transcript]. The page includes June 1701 procedural annotations.</ref>

The rare surname, Esquire designation, exact Raphoe reference and repeated Abraham Creighton association strongly identify the court litigant with the man of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon. Thomas was alive after 15 May 1701. His death date and place remain unknown.

{| class="wikitable" style="padding:5px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Evidence summary'''
|-
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Point
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Assessment
|-
| Same Thomas in the 1684–1701 court and deed sequence
| High confidence from rare name, Esquire title, Raphoe locality and Abraham Creighton association
|-
| Birth before about 1671; death after 15 May 1701
| Uncertain bounds inferred from adult status and the latest dated proceeding
|-
| Relationship to [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald]], [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel]] or [[Glasgow-3966|George]]
| Archibald as father is strongly probable but the son-to-Lifford identity remains uncertain; Thomas as father of Nathaniel or George is unproved
|}

== Identity and Status ==

The newly inspected archival transcription of a c.1700 Lifford estate paper describes Thomas Glascoe, Esq., buying a previously mortgaged interest from Hugh Hamill for £3,216, with Abraham Creighton and John Hamilton as sureties. Litigation and a subsequent purchase by Creighton followed.<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. Catalogue transcription inspected 30 September 2026; manuscript image not inspected.</ref> This purchase is documented; beneficial ownership and precise roles in every other deed remain separate questions.

The references to Thomas Glasgow of '''Lifford''', '''Ballindroight''' and '''Shannon''' almost certainly concern the same man.

The surname was uncommon, the locations were within the same Donegal and Raphoe property network, and the records form a continuous sequence of transactions involving Abraham and James Creighton between 1692 and 1695.

No inspected record explicitly states that the Thomas of Lifford was the same person as the Thomas of Ballindroight or Shannon. The identification is nevertheless strongly supported by the chronology, geography and repeated association with the Creightons.

Thomas was styled '''esquire''' and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions. The bonds, considerations and lands involved show that he was a significant actor in the Donegal property network.

The surviving catalogue descriptions do not establish his precise role in every transaction. Depending upon the instrument, he may have acted as:

* owner;
* purchaser;
* vendor;
* mortgagee;
* trustee;
* tenant;
* surety; or
* another party with a legal interest.

He should therefore be described as an esquire and legal or property actor. The records do not by themselves prove that he beneficially owned every estate or parcel named.

== Family and Relationship Research ==

Betham's pre-destruction abstract of the April 1673 will of [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, County Donegal, clerk]] explicitly names Thomas Glasgow as his eldest son and Margaret as his only daughter.<ref>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 genealogical will abstract, not the complete original.</ref> Identifying that son with this Lifford/Raphoe man is strongly probable, but the abstract gives him no residence, estate, age or wife. The identification remains uncertain pending a distinctive identity connection. No inspected record proves Thomas's fatherhood of [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3966|George Glasgow]].

The available records name Thomas Glasgow, Abraham Creighton, James Creighton and several other parties to the transactions.

The court and deed records do not identify Thomas’s:

* father or mother;
* wife;
* sons or daughters;
* brothers or sisters;
* heirs;
* executors; or
* other stated relatives.

No family relationship between Thomas and the Creightons is given. Their repeated appearance together establishes a continuing legal and financial association, not kinship.

The compatible chronology, Donegal geography and Glasgow/Glascoe/Glascow surname forms support identifying the eldest son in Betham’s abstract with this Thomas. The abstract establishes a son named Thomas, but does not supply a distinctive Lifford residence, estate, age or wife. It therefore strengthens the former son-or-younger-relative hypothesis without proving that specific identity or Archibald’s Scottish origin.

No inspected record proves that Thomas was the father of [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow M.A. (died 1743)]].

The proposed line from [[Glasgow-1101|Archibald Glasgow]] through Thomas Glasgow of Lifford, Ballindroight and Shannon to [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow]] still has two limits: Archibald’s named son Thomas is not distinctively identified with this man, and no record proves Thomas’s fatherhood of Nathaniel. The first link is now strongly probable; the second remains unproved.

[[Glasgow-3001|James Glasgow]] appearing in Killybegs account material in 1728 may belong to an adjacent generation of the Donegal family. The entry does not identify James as Thomas’s son or other relative.

Chronology, geography, naming patterns and unsourced family trees alone do not establish a spouse or child of Thomas.

== Distinction from Other Men Named Thomas Glasgow ==

Thomas should not be identified with [[Glasgow-1103|Thomas Glasgow]], the child baptised in Scotland in 1612, without evidence connecting that person to Lifford or County Donegal.

A man baptised in 1612 would have been approximately 77 years old in 1689 and over 80 during the property transactions of 1692–1695. That identity is chronologically possible but unlikely and is unsupported by any inspected cross-channel record.

The two profiles should remain separate unless a deed, will, migration record or other contemporary source establishes that they were the same person.

== Death ==

Thomas’s date and place of death are unknown.

He was alive on '''25 November 1695''', when he was named in the memorandum concerning the £6,000 joint bond.

No will, administration, burial entry or record naming his heirs has yet been identified.

The supported date bounds are:

* birth probably before 1671, based on adult status by 1689, with birthplace unknown; and
* death after 15 May 1701, place unknown.

The year 1670 and County Donegal should not be presented as a certain birth date and place without an independent source.

== Locations Associated ==

* '''Lifford, County Donegal''' — Thomas’s stated residence or association in the 1689 attainder list.
* '''Ballindroight, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1693 lease and release.
* '''Shannon, Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal''' — his stated residence in the May 1694 bond.
* '''Drumloane, Glencosh, Glancosh, Teroneal and Drumlane''' — lands named in the Creighton transactions.
* '''Crom, County Fermanagh''' — residence of Colonel Abraham Creighton, Thomas’s principal associate in the surviving deeds.

The place-name Ballindroight may represent Ballindrait or another historical spelling. The original deeds and contemporary maps should be consulted before standardising the location.

== Research Notes ==
=== Earlier assessments and their limits ===

The earlier assessment stated: “No inspected record proves that Thomas was a son, brother, nephew or other relative of Archibald Glasgow M.A. (1614–bef.1677).” It allowed a son or younger relative of the Donegal clergyman whose will was proved in 1677, but described the Archibald–Thomas–Nathaniel line as unsupported by direct kinship evidence. That broad assessment is superseded in part by Betham’s abstract of the April 1673 will: the testator explicitly had an eldest son Thomas. What remains unproved is that son’s identity with the Lifford man and any Thomas–Nathaniel link. The age, Scottish origin and denomination attributed to Archibald require their own evidence; they do not follow from this abstract.

The former after-25-November-1695 death bound came from the £6,000 bond memorandum. It is superseded by the 15 May 1701 Exchequer entry already described above. The 1695 event remains valid evidence of his life and associations.

=== Search of the surviving registered will book ===

The surviving 1664–1684 prerogative will book is accessible. Its 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. The full manuscript has not been read, so this does not establish that the will is absent or destroyed.<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].</ref>

=== Current evidence assessment ===

The complete deeds and court bills may contain witnesses, signatures, property recitals or family language omitted from the indexes and catalogue descriptions. They remain the best sources for testing Thomas's family and tracing his estate after 1701.

The PRONI catalogue summaries may omit details contained in the original documents. Full copies could include:

* witnesses;
* seals and signatures;
* endorsements;
* former owners;
* inheritance recitals;
* adjoining tenants;
* trusts;
* marriage settlements;
* occupations;
* residences; or
* statements of family relationships.

The complete documents should therefore be inspected before concluding that they contain no genealogical evidence.

Particular attention should be given to phrases such as:

* “son and heir”;
* “natural and lawful son”;
* “brother”;
* “kinsman”;
* “heirs of the body”;
* “in consideration of marriage”;
* “for the advancement of”; and
* “remainder to”.

Further research should concentrate on:

* complete copies of PRONI D1939/18/8/1, D1939/18/1/3, D1939/18/3/25, D1939/18/7/1 and D1939/18/11/16;
* indexes to Irish prerogative and Raphoe diocesan wills and administrations;
* Betham will and administration abstracts;
* Donegal deeds involving the Creighton estate;
* Registry of Deeds memorials created after 1708;
* Raphoe parish and diocesan records;
* Lifford corporation and court records;
* Donegal Grand Jury records;
* records concerning the 1728 Killybegs James Glasgow; and
* later conveyances showing who inherited or occupied the lands after Thomas disappeared from the record.

== Research Conclusion ==

Thomas Glasgow was a genuine adult Donegal figure documented at Lifford in 1689 and in the Ballindroight and Shannon property network from 1692 to 1695.

He was styled an esquire and participated in substantial legal and financial transactions with Abraham and James Creighton. The documents do not establish that he owned every property named.

His birth date and place are unknown. His adult status in 1689 supports a probable birth before 1671, and the records show that he was alive after 15 May 1701.

No inspected record identifies his wife, children, heirs or siblings for this Lifford man. Betham explicitly names Archibald’s eldest son Thomas and only daughter Margaret; identifying that Thomas with this man is strongly probable, but not distinctively proved. His father attachment remains uncertain. No relationship to [[Glasgow-1136|Nathaniel Glasgow of Golan or Fintona]], [[Glasgow-3966|George Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3001|James Glasgow of Killybegs]], or [[Glasgow-1103|the Scottish Thomas baptised in 1612]] is proved.

== Sources ==
<references />

* ''The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James's Government'', p. 275.
* PRONI D1939/18/1/3, lease and release, 25–26 May 1693.
* PRONI D1939/18/3/25, bond, deed of defeasance, letter and memorandum, 26 May 1693 and 25 November 1695.
* PRONI D1939/18/7/1, counterpart release, 26 May 1693.
* PRONI D1939/18/8/1, counterpart deed of partition, 23 December 1692.
* PRONI D1939/18/11/16, copy bond for performance of covenant, 26 May 1694.

Open WikiTree profile