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== Biography ==

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'''Robert Glasgow''', recorded as '''Robert Glaskow''' and '''Robert Glascow''', was associated with Larne, County Antrim, in four examinations taken in 1653 concerning the earlier death of Teige O'Sheale. The evidence establishes that a man of this name was locally remembered in connection with events following the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. It does not establish his parentage, marriage, children or ultimate fate.<ref name="Con1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Collogh1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Hill1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Willson1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html online transcription].</ref>

=== The 1653 examinations ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Statements concerning Robert Glasgow'''
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Deponent
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Statement
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Evidential value
|-
| '''21 April 1653'''
| Con O'Sheale
| He had heard that James Browne and “one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne” encountered Teige O'Sheale in a cottage. He attributed the fatal shot to James Browne.<ref name="Con1653" />
| Hearsay, but it supplies Robert's only explicit association with Larne.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| James Collogh
| Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece.<ref name="Collogh1653" />
| Second-hand testimony through a named informant.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| John Hill
| He had heard it generally reported that Robert Glascow killed Teige O'Sheale.<ref name="Hill1653" />
| Unattributed local report.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| William Willson
| After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him.<ref name="Willson1653" />
| Hearsay from an unidentified source.
|}

The four statements are not four independent confirmations. All are hearsay, and Con O'Sheale's version attributes the fatal shot to James Browne rather than Robert.

The genealogically useful wording is:

<blockquote>one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne</blockquote><ref name="Con1653" />

This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident.

No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located.

=== Date and origin ===

Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate.

No evidence yet connects him with the separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family.

== Research Notes ==

=== Browne–McCullogh network and the 1653 transplantation list ===

Robert's only documented connection to this circle comes through the 1653 examinations: Con O'Sheale associated him with James Browne, while Captain James McCullogh repeated Jennett Woodsyde's accusation. Robert Browne's own examination named sons Hugh and James, and identified Hugh as a lieutenant in McCullogh's company, but it did not call Robert Glasgow a soldier, servant, tenant or relative.

A government declaration dated 23 May 1653 survives as British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341. In the Islandmagee, Magheramorne and Ballynure quarter, the surviving print names Hugh Hoomes and James Lawder, together with Captain James McCullogh; it does not name James Browne or Ensign William Stephenson.<ref name="UlsterPrint1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341; [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record describing the British Library original].</ref>

Robert M. Young's publication of William Pinkerton's manuscript-derived text instead places James Browne and Ensign William Stephenson in those two positions.<ref name="YoungTransplantation">Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86; [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Young also printed a contemporary commissioners' letter saying that a local paper had been circulated before the declaration arrived and that the print was withheld because of “the great mistake of the printing the names.” The letter does not identify the mistaken names. Browne's absence from the surviving print is therefore real, but his inclusion in an intended or working schedule remains disputed rather than disproved.<ref name="YoungTransplantation" />

The contemporary administrative dossier survives in Trinity College Dublin MS 844, formerly F.3.18. Henry Jones's draft material of 14 June 1653 is at fol. 841, with further proposals dated 30 June; the relevant folios and enclosures have not yet been collated against the two list states.<ref name="JonesMS844">Judith Mary Carroll, “The papers of Henry Jones” (MSc thesis, Aberystwyth University), p. 82; [https://pure.aber.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/26062006/Carroll_Judith_Mary_MSc.pdf online PDF].</ref>

This is supporting network evidence only. Robert appears in neither list state; no record places him in McCullogh's company; and nothing connects McCullogh or the Brownes with either Jonet Cunningham. The result does not materially strengthen the proposed identification with [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]].

=== Connection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows ===

The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne.

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! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Place
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | What the record establishes
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| '''c. 1641; recorded 1653'''
| Robert Glaskow
| Larne
| Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named.<ref name="Con1653" />
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]]
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll.<ref name="Hearth1669">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf surname-sorted transcription], records 5347–5348 and 5730.</ref>
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]]
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Separate liable householder entered immediately after Jo. Glascho. The roll states no relationship.<ref name="Hearth1669" />
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glascho]]
| Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish
| Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated.<ref name="Hearth1669" />
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]]
| Kilwaughter
| Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation.<ref name="Porter">Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” ''The Christian Unitarian'', vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; [https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse Internet Archive].</ref>
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]]
| Kilwaughter
| Separately named as an overseer for Kilwaughter.<ref name="Porter" />
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]
| South side of Larne Water
| Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated.<ref name="Porter" />
|}

These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glasgow]].

The present WikiTree attachment of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake.

'''Conclusion: possible family connection; unproved.

Jo/John and James Glascho were consecutive Kilwaughter Demesne householders in 1669, then recur in the same district's congregational business about 1700, when John represented Kilwaughter and James served as an overseer. This repeated association makes [[Glasgow-3913|John]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James]] probable close relatives, but no record states an exact kinship or proves either man was Robert's son.'''

=== A documented later Kilwaughter family ===

A later family can be established more securely.

The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born 24 May 1731, as a son of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson.<ref name="James1731">Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available.</ref>

A lease dated 13 February 1738, registered in 1742, was granted by William Agnew of Kilwaughter to [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]. It named three lives:

* Robert Glasgow;
* Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson, his wife;
* “James Glasgow junior”.

The property comprised land at Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel, Kilwaughter.<ref name="Ballykeel1738">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.</ref>

The lease does not itself call James their son. Read with the 1731 baptism, however, the identification of “James Glasgow junior” as [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], son of Robert and Rachel, is strongly supported.

Sworn inheritance pleadings made in 1817 and 1818 by James's eldest son, also Robert Glasgow, state that Rachel Wilson married Robert Glasgow and left two children, James Glasgow and Ann Glasgow. The deponent identified James as his father and Rachel as his paternal grandmother. The pleadings arose from claims to the Wilson estate and included reference to a Ballykeel interest.<ref name="WilsonPleadings">South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.</ref>

The resulting documented chain is:

:'''[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]''' married Rachel Wilson
:* '''[[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]]''', born 24 May 1731
:** later Robert Glasgow, James's eldest son, who gave sworn evidence in 1817

This is a genuine documentary family connection, but it begins several generations after the 1653 Robert.

=== The later Robert was not the 1653 man ===

[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] was married to Rachel Wilson, fathered a child in 1731, held the Ballykeel lease in 1738 and was still appearing in congregational business in the 1740s.<ref name="James1731" /><ref name="Ballykeel1738" /><ref name="Porter" />

The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747.

The two Roberts therefore should not be merged.

The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied.

=== The missing generational bridge ===

The evidence currently produces two separate groups:

:'''Early group'''
:* Robert Glaskow of Larne, associated with events about 1641
:* [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]], householders at Kilwaughter in 1669

:'''Later documented family'''
:* [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson
:* their son [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born in 1731

The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], or naming the heirs or children of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]].

A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs.<ref name="JamesProbate">Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries.</ref>

Later Y-DNA results reportedly place descendants of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]] in the same close paternal cluster as descendants attributed to another early-eighteenth-century northern Irish Robert Glasgow. This supports a shared paternal Glasgow ancestry among those later branches. It cannot determine whether the common ancestor was the 1653 Robert or identify the missing parent-child links.<ref name="DNA">Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor.</ref>

=== Scottish candidate ===

A separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk on 17 November 1618, a son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.</ref>

A derivative FamilySearch index also records a James Glasgow in Glasgow in November 1645, with parents named as Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.<ref name="James1645">“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK record VQHK-VMK]. This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record.</ref>

No record places the Scottish [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] in Larne, names him as the man in the 1653 examinations or identifies the Scottish child James with [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] of Kilwaughter. The profiles should remain separate.

=== 1666 shipmaster candidate ===

The Argyll Estates Archives catalogue identifies a receipt made in 1666 by a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> A shipmaster working between the Scottish west coast and an Ulster-named vessel is chronologically compatible with both this Larne man and [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]]. The catalogue gives no age, residence, birthplace, kin or Larne connection, however, and the vessel name does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. He is therefore a relevant same-name candidate, not an identity bridge.

The surviving customs records do not presently supply an easy substitute for the receipt. National Records of Scotland guidance explains that early customs books may name masters and merchants, but the E72 port-book series begins in 1668 and no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material.<ref>National Records of Scotland, [https://nrscotland.gov.uk/learning-and-events/research-guides/customs-and-excise-records/ “Customs and excise records” research guide], accessed 31 August 2026.</ref> The original Argyll receipt is consequently the priority record for identifying this man.

An NRS catalogue search found a possible later west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or origin. The hand and signature should be compared with the 1666 receipt before treating them as one man; neither occurrence is identified with Robert of Larne.

The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. Employment around the glassworks is plausible; a skilled trade and identity with the Larne, shipmaster or Ayr men are not proved.


A stronger younger chronological alternative now exists: [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glencorse in 1676, was seventeen in 1694, and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690. A same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. This makes him a plausible candidate for the North Leith servant, although no record links him to Ainslie or the glassworks. It further reduces the 1694 entry's value as continuity evidence for this much older Larne man.

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

=== Priority Research ===

* Inspect the original 1666 Argyll Estates receipt, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, for its date, route, signature, endorsements, residence and associates.
* Compare its hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.
* Inspect the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, PRONI T/808/14889.
** Search all forms including Glasgow, Glasgo, Glaskow, Glascow, Glascho and possible Glass entries.
** Determine whether Robert, James or John was recorded under the Kilwaughter estate before the 1669 hearth roll.
* Search the Agnew of Kilwaughter estate papers.
** PRONI D282 contains leases, rentals and estate papers extending into the seventeenth century.
** NRS GD154/505–534 contains related Agnew and Kilwaughter material.
** Priority should be given to leases reciting former tenants, inherited interests, named lives or succession from one Glasgow tenant to another.
* Inspect the archive-only records most capable of supplying the missing generational bridge.
** PRONI T/808/14889: the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll.
** PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS GD154/505–534: Kilwaughter estate leases, rentals, assignments and tenant succession.
** PRONI MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B: Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals.
** MIC331 concerns William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to this family. T1762 and D2003/MIC128 are substantially later and lower-priority collections.
* Reconstruct the complete title history of Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel before the 1738 lease.
** Determine whether Robert and Rachel's holding had previously been occupied by [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or another Glasgow.
* Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward.
** Record every Glasgow entry, witness, elder, townland and stated relationship.
** Seek an entry naming the father of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]].
* Search the surviving Connor administration bonds, grant books and related probate indexes for [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]].
** Although the 1727 will itself appears lost, a collateral bond, grant entry or later estate proceeding may identify an administrator or relative.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus and related Commonwealth judicial papers for Robert Glasgow and variants.
** Include James Browne, Robert Browne, Jennett Woodsyde, Teige O'Sheale, Larne, Islandmagee and Kilwaughter.
** A separate examination naming Robert's residence, occupation or household would be more useful genealogically than another repetition of the accusation.
* Do not merge the 1653 Robert with [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] without a documentary bridge.


=== Focused FamilySearch full-text search ===

A focused search of FamilySearch full-text material, restricted to seventeenth-century Larne and Kilwaughter, found no matching record for Robert Glaskow, James Glascho or John Glascho. The useful deed results begin in the later William Glasgow generation. A 1736 lease names William and Hugh Glasgow jointly,<ref name="ROD1736LaterGeneration">Registry of Deeds, memorial of lease dated 10 March 1736, Earl of Antrim to William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN1-FXR2 FamilySearch image].</ref> and another record carries an adult William of Larne from witnessing a deed in 1744 to proving it in 1775.<ref name="ROD1744William">Registry of Deeds, memorial of deed dated 19 April 1744, with affidavit of William Glasgow at Larne on 6 January 1775. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-C674 FamilySearch image].</ref> Neither record bridges Robert to the proposed children or grandchildren.

=== Belfast maritime collateral candidate ===
[[Glasgow-3172|Captain James Glasgow of Belfast]] is a possible son or younger relative of Robert and a possible collateral of the later Kilwaughter householders. A Belfast-associated shipmaster active by 1667 fits the next generation after Robert's 1653 Larne occurrence, and Belfast, Larne and Kilwaughter form a plausible north-east Antrim maritime and estate corridor.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, MIC19/2, maritime material naming Captain James Glasgow or Glascow as a Belfast-associated shipmaster in the late 1660s and 1670s; T/828/15, will extract for James Glasgow of Belfast, 1686.</ref>

This is locality and chronology, not a stated relationship. Captain James must also remain distinct from [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho of Kilwaughter]], who was still active in the 1720s and was apparently deceased only about 1726.

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Current profile8'''Robert Glasgow''', recorded as '''Robert Glaskow''' and '''Robert Glascow''', was associated with Larne, County Antrim, in four examinations taken in 1653 concerning the earlier death of Teige O'Sheale. The evidence establishes that a man of this name was locally remembered in connection with events following the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. It does not establish his parentage, marriage, children or ultimate fate.<ref name="Con1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Collogh1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Hill1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Willson1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html online transcription].</ref>

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Current profile21| He had heard that James Browne and “one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne” encountered Teige O'Sheale in a cottage. He attributed the fatal shot to James Browne.<ref name="Con1653" />

Replacement profile20| He had heard that James Browne and “one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne” encountered Teige O'Sheale in a cottage. He attributed the fatal shot to James Browne.<ref name="Con1653" />

Current profile22| Hearsay, but it supplies Robert's only explicit association with Larne.

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Current profile24| '''1 June 1653'''

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Current profile25| James Collogh

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Current profile26| Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece.<ref name="Collogh1653" />

Replacement profile25| Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece.<ref name="Collogh1653" />

Current profile27| Second-hand testimony through a named informant.

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Current profile29| '''1 June 1653'''

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Current profile30| John Hill

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Current profile31| He had heard it generally reported that Robert Glascow killed Teige O'Sheale.<ref name="Hill1653" />

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Current profile34| '''1 June 1653'''

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Current profile35| William Willson

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Current profile36| After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him.<ref name="Willson1653" />

Replacement profile35| After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him.<ref name="Willson1653" />

Current profile37| Hearsay from an unidentified source.

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Current profile40The four statements are not four independent confirmations. All are hearsay, and Con O'Sheale's version attributes the fatal shot to James Browne rather than Robert.

Replacement profile39The four statements are not four independent confirmations. All are hearsay, and Con O'Sheale's version attributes the fatal shot to James Browne rather than Robert.

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Current profile42The genealogically useful wording is:

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Current profile44<blockquote>one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne</blockquote><ref name="Con1653" />

Replacement profile43<blockquote>one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne</blockquote><ref name="Con1653" />

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Current profile46This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident.

Replacement profile45This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident.

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Current profile48No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located.

Replacement profile47No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located.

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Current profile50=== Date and origin ===

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Current profile52Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate.

Replacement profile51Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate.

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Current profile54No evidence yet connects him with the separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family.

Replacement profile53No evidence yet connects him with the separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family.

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Current profile56== Research Notes ==

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Current profile58=== Browne–McCullogh network and the 1653 transplantation list ===

Replacement profile56=== Browne–McCullogh network and the 1653 transplantation list ===

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Current profile60Robert's only documented connection to this circle comes through the 1653 examinations: Con O'Sheale associated him with James Browne, while Captain James McCullogh repeated Jennett Woodsyde's accusation. Robert Browne's own examination named sons Hugh and James, and identified Hugh as a lieutenant in McCullogh's company, but it did not call Robert Glasgow a soldier, servant, tenant or relative.

Replacement profile58Robert's only documented connection to this circle comes through the 1653 examinations: Con O'Sheale associated him with James Browne, while Captain James McCullogh repeated Jennett Woodsyde's accusation. Robert Browne's own examination named sons Hugh and James, and identified Hugh as a lieutenant in McCullogh's company, but it did not call Robert Glasgow a soldier, servant, tenant or relative.

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Current profile62A government declaration dated 23 May 1653 survives as British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341. In the Islandmagee, Magheramorne and Ballynure quarter, the surviving print names Hugh Hoomes and James Lawder, together with Captain James McCullogh; it does not name James Browne or Ensign William Stephenson.<ref name="UlsterPrint1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341; [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record describing the British Library original].</ref>

Replacement profile60A government declaration dated 23 May 1653 survives as British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341. In the Islandmagee, Magheramorne and Ballynure quarter, the surviving print names Hugh Hoomes and James Lawder, together with Captain James McCullogh; it does not name James Browne or Ensign William Stephenson.<ref name="UlsterPrint1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341; [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record describing the British Library original].</ref>

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Current profile64Robert M. Young's publication of William Pinkerton's manuscript-derived text instead places James Browne and Ensign William Stephenson in those two positions.<ref name="YoungTransplantation">Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86; [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Young also printed a contemporary commissioners' letter saying that a local paper had been circulated before the declaration arrived and that the print was withheld because of “the great mistake of the printing the names.” The letter does not identify the mistaken names. Browne's absence from the surviving print is therefore real, but his inclusion in an intended or working schedule remains disputed rather than disproved.<ref name="YoungTransplantation" />

Replacement profile62Robert M. Young's publication of William Pinkerton's manuscript-derived text instead places James Browne and Ensign William Stephenson in those two positions.<ref name="YoungTransplantation">Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86; [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Young also printed a contemporary commissioners' letter saying that a local paper had been circulated before the declaration arrived and that the print was withheld because of “the great mistake of the printing the names.” The letter does not identify the mistaken names. Browne's absence from the surviving print is therefore real, but his inclusion in an intended or working schedule remains disputed rather than disproved.<ref name="YoungTransplantation" />

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Current profile66The contemporary administrative dossier survives in Trinity College Dublin MS 844, formerly F.3.18. Henry Jones's draft material of 14 June 1653 is at fol. 841, with further proposals dated 30 June; the relevant folios and enclosures have not yet been collated against the two list states.<ref name="JonesMS844">Judith Mary Carroll, “The papers of Henry Jones” (MSc thesis, Aberystwyth University), p. 82; [https://pure.aber.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/26062006/Carroll_Judith_Mary_MSc.pdf online PDF].</ref>

Replacement profile64The contemporary administrative dossier survives in Trinity College Dublin MS 844, formerly F.3.18. Henry Jones's draft material of 14 June 1653 is at fol. 841, with further proposals dated 30 June; the relevant folios and enclosures have not yet been collated against the two list states.<ref name="JonesMS844">Judith Mary Carroll, “The papers of Henry Jones” (MSc thesis, Aberystwyth University), p. 82; [https://pure.aber.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/26062006/Carroll_Judith_Mary_MSc.pdf online PDF].</ref>

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Current profile68This is supporting network evidence only. Robert appears in neither list state; no record places him in McCullogh's company; and nothing connects McCullogh or the Brownes with either Jonet Cunningham. The result does not materially strengthen the proposed identification with [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]].

Replacement profile66This is supporting network evidence only. Robert appears in neither list state; no record places him in McCullogh's company; and nothing connects McCullogh or the Brownes with either Jonet Cunningham. The result does not materially strengthen the proposed identification with [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]].

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Current profile70=== Connection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows ===

Replacement profile68=== Connection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows ===

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Current profile72The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne.

Replacement profile70The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne.

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Current profile75|+ '''Glasgow records in the Larne and Kilwaughter district'''

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Current profile81| '''c. 1641; recorded 1653'''

Replacement profile79| '''c. 1641; recorded 1653'''

Current profile82| Robert Glaskow

Replacement profile80| Robert Glaskow

Current profile83| Larne

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Current profile84| Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named.<ref name="Con1653" />

Replacement profile82| Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named.<ref name="Con1653" />

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Current profile86| '''1669'''

Replacement profile84| '''1669'''

Current profile87| [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]]

Replacement profile85| [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]]

Current profile88| Kilwaughter Demesne

Replacement profile86| Kilwaughter Demesne

Current profile89| Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll.<ref name="Hearth1669">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf surname-sorted transcription], records 5347–5348 and 5730.</ref>

Replacement profile87| Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll.<ref name="Hearth1669">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf surname-sorted transcription], records 5347–5348 and 5730.</ref>

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Current profile91| '''1669'''

Replacement profile89| '''1669'''

Current profile92| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]]

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Current profile93| Kilwaughter Demesne

Replacement profile91| Kilwaughter Demesne

Current profile94| Separate liable householder entered immediately after Jo. Glascho. The roll states no relationship.<ref name="Hearth1669" />

Replacement profile92| Separate liable householder entered immediately after Jo. Glascho. The roll states no relationship.<ref name="Hearth1669" />

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Current profile96| '''1669'''

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Current profile97| [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glascho]]

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Current profile98| Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish

Replacement profile96| Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish

Current profile99| Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated.<ref name="Hearth1669" />

Replacement profile97| Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated.<ref name="Hearth1669" />

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Current profile101| '''1700'''

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Current profile102| [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]]

Replacement profile100| [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]]

Current profile103| Kilwaughter

Replacement profile101| Kilwaughter

Current profile104| Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation.<ref name="Porter">Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” ''The Christian Unitarian'', vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; [https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse Internet Archive].</ref>

Replacement profile102| Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation.<ref name="Porter">Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” ''The Christian Unitarian'', vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; [https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse Internet Archive].</ref>

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Current profile106| '''1700'''

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Current profile107| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]]

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Current profile108| Kilwaughter

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Current profile109| Separately named as an overseer for Kilwaughter.<ref name="Porter" />

Replacement profile107| Separately named as an overseer for Kilwaughter.<ref name="Porter" />

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Current profile111| '''1700'''

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Current profile112| [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]

Replacement profile110| [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]

Current profile113| South side of Larne Water

Replacement profile111| South side of Larne Water

Current profile114| Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated.<ref name="Porter" />

Replacement profile112| Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated.<ref name="Porter" />

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Current profile117These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glasgow]].

Replacement profile115These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glasgow]].

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Current profile119The present WikiTree attachment of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake.

Replacement profile117The present WikiTree attachment of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake.

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Current profile121'''Conclusion: possible family connection; unproved.

Replacement profile119'''Conclusion: possible family connection; unproved.

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Current profile123Jo/John and James Glascho were consecutive Kilwaughter Demesne householders in 1669, then recur in the same district's congregational business about 1700, when John represented Kilwaughter and James served as an overseer. This repeated association makes [[Glasgow-3913|John]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James]] probable close relatives, but no record states an exact kinship or proves either man was Robert's son.'''

Replacement profile121Jo/John and James Glascho were consecutive Kilwaughter Demesne householders in 1669, then recur in the same district's congregational business about 1700, when John represented Kilwaughter and James served as an overseer. This repeated association makes [[Glasgow-3913|John]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James]] probable close relatives, but no record states an exact kinship or proves either man was Robert's son.'''

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Current profile125=== A documented later Kilwaughter family ===

Replacement profile123=== A documented later Kilwaughter family ===

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Current profile127A later family can be established more securely.

Replacement profile125A later family can be established more securely.

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Current profile129The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born 24 May 1731, as a son of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson.<ref name="James1731">Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available.</ref>

Replacement profile127The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born 24 May 1731, as a son of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson.<ref name="James1731">Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available.</ref>

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Current profile131A lease dated 13 February 1738, registered in 1742, was granted by William Agnew of Kilwaughter to [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]. It named three lives:

Replacement profile129A lease dated 13 February 1738, registered in 1742, was granted by William Agnew of Kilwaughter to [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]. It named three lives:

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Current profile133* Robert Glasgow;

Replacement profile131* Robert Glasgow;

Current profile134* Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson, his wife;

Replacement profile132* Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson, his wife;

Current profile135* “James Glasgow junior”.

Replacement profile133* “James Glasgow junior”.

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Current profile137The property comprised land at Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel, Kilwaughter.<ref name="Ballykeel1738">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.</ref>

Replacement profile135The property comprised land at Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel, Kilwaughter.<ref name="Ballykeel1738">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.</ref>

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Current profile139The lease does not itself call James their son. Read with the 1731 baptism, however, the identification of “James Glasgow junior” as [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], son of Robert and Rachel, is strongly supported.

Replacement profile137The lease does not itself call James their son. Read with the 1731 baptism, however, the identification of “James Glasgow junior” as [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], son of Robert and Rachel, is strongly supported.

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Current profile141Sworn inheritance pleadings made in 1817 and 1818 by James's eldest son, also Robert Glasgow, state that Rachel Wilson married Robert Glasgow and left two children, James Glasgow and Ann Glasgow. The deponent identified James as his father and Rachel as his paternal grandmother. The pleadings arose from claims to the Wilson estate and included reference to a Ballykeel interest.<ref name="WilsonPleadings">South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.</ref>

Replacement profile139Sworn inheritance pleadings made in 1817 and 1818 by James's eldest son, also Robert Glasgow, state that Rachel Wilson married Robert Glasgow and left two children, James Glasgow and Ann Glasgow. The deponent identified James as his father and Rachel as his paternal grandmother. The pleadings arose from claims to the Wilson estate and included reference to a Ballykeel interest.<ref name="WilsonPleadings">South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.</ref>

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Current profile143The resulting documented chain is:

Replacement profile141The resulting documented chain is:

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Current profile145:'''[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]''' married Rachel Wilson

Replacement profile143:'''[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]''' married Rachel Wilson

Current profile146:* '''[[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]]''', born 24 May 1731

Replacement profile144:* '''[[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]]''', born 24 May 1731

Current profile147:** later Robert Glasgow, James's eldest son, who gave sworn evidence in 1817

Replacement profile145:** later Robert Glasgow, James's eldest son, who gave sworn evidence in 1817

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Current profile149This is a genuine documentary family connection, but it begins several generations after the 1653 Robert.

Replacement profile147This is a genuine documentary family connection, but it begins several generations after the 1653 Robert.

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Current profile151=== The later Robert was not the 1653 man ===

Replacement profile149=== The later Robert was not the 1653 man ===

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Current profile153[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] was married to Rachel Wilson, fathered a child in 1731, held the Ballykeel lease in 1738 and was still appearing in congregational business in the 1740s.<ref name="James1731" /><ref name="Ballykeel1738" /><ref name="Porter" />

Replacement profile151[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] was married to Rachel Wilson, fathered a child in 1731, held the Ballykeel lease in 1738 and was still appearing in congregational business in the 1740s.<ref name="James1731" /><ref name="Ballykeel1738" /><ref name="Porter" />

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Current profile155The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747.

Replacement profile153The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747.

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Current profile157The two Roberts therefore should not be merged.

Replacement profile155The two Roberts therefore should not be merged.

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Current profile159The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied.

Replacement profile157The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied.

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Current profile161=== The missing generational bridge ===

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Current profile163The evidence currently produces two separate groups:

Replacement profile161The evidence currently produces two separate groups:

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Current profile165:'''Early group'''

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Current profile166:* Robert Glaskow of Larne, associated with events about 1641

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Current profile167:* [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]], householders at Kilwaughter in 1669

Replacement profile165:* [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]], householders at Kilwaughter in 1669

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Current profile169:'''Later documented family'''

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Current profile170:* [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson

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Current profile171:* their son [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born in 1731

Replacement profile169:* their son [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born in 1731

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Current profile173The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], or naming the heirs or children of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]].

Replacement profile171The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], or naming the heirs or children of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]].

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Current profile175A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs.<ref name="JamesProbate">Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries.</ref>

Replacement profile173A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs.<ref name="JamesProbate">Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries.</ref>

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Current profile177Later Y-DNA results reportedly place descendants of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]] in the same close paternal cluster as descendants attributed to another early-eighteenth-century northern Irish Robert Glasgow. This supports a shared paternal Glasgow ancestry among those later branches. It cannot determine whether the common ancestor was the 1653 Robert or identify the missing parent-child links.<ref name="DNA">Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor.</ref>

Replacement profile175Later Y-DNA results reportedly place descendants of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]] in the same close paternal cluster as descendants attributed to another early-eighteenth-century northern Irish Robert Glasgow. This supports a shared paternal Glasgow ancestry among those later branches. It cannot determine whether the common ancestor was the 1653 Robert or identify the missing parent-child links.<ref name="DNA">Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor.</ref>

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Current profile179=== Scottish candidate ===

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Current profile181A separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk on 17 November 1618, a son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.</ref>

Replacement profile179A separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk on 17 November 1618, a son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.</ref>

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Current profile183A derivative FamilySearch index also records a James Glasgow in Glasgow in November 1645, with parents named as Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.<ref name="James1645">“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK record VQHK-VMK]. This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record.</ref>

Replacement profile181A derivative FamilySearch index also records a James Glasgow in Glasgow in November 1645, with parents named as Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.<ref name="James1645">“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK record VQHK-VMK]. This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record.</ref>

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Current profile185No record places the Scottish [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] in Larne, names him as the man in the 1653 examinations or identifies the Scottish child James with [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] of Kilwaughter. The profiles should remain separate.

Replacement profile183No record places the Scottish [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] in Larne, names him as the man in the 1653 examinations or identifies the Scottish child James with [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] of Kilwaughter. The profiles should remain separate.

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Current profile187=== 1666 shipmaster candidate ===

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Current profile189The Argyll Estates Archives catalogue identifies a receipt made in 1666 by a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> A shipmaster working between the Scottish west coast and an Ulster-named vessel is chronologically compatible with both this Larne man and [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]]. The catalogue gives no age, residence, birthplace, kin or Larne connection, however, and the vessel name does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. He is therefore a relevant same-name candidate, not an identity bridge.

Replacement profile187The Argyll Estates Archives catalogue identifies a receipt made in 1666 by a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> A shipmaster working between the Scottish west coast and an Ulster-named vessel is chronologically compatible with both this Larne man and [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]]. The catalogue gives no age, residence, birthplace, kin or Larne connection, however, and the vessel name does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. He is therefore a relevant same-name candidate, not an identity bridge.

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Current profile191The surviving customs records do not presently supply an easy substitute for the receipt. National Records of Scotland guidance explains that early customs books may name masters and merchants, but the E72 port-book series begins in 1668 and no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material.<ref>National Records of Scotland, [https://nrscotland.gov.uk/learning-and-events/research-guides/customs-and-excise-records/ “Customs and excise records” research guide], accessed 31 August 2026.</ref> The original Argyll receipt is consequently the priority record for identifying this man.

Replacement profile189The surviving customs records do not presently supply an easy substitute for the receipt. National Records of Scotland guidance explains that early customs books may name masters and merchants, but the E72 port-book series begins in 1668 and no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material.<ref>National Records of Scotland, [https://nrscotland.gov.uk/learning-and-events/research-guides/customs-and-excise-records/ “Customs and excise records” research guide], accessed 31 August 2026.</ref> The original Argyll receipt is consequently the priority record for identifying this man.

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Current profile193An NRS catalogue search found a possible later west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or origin. The hand and signature should be compared with the 1666 receipt before treating them as one man; neither occurrence is identified with Robert of Larne.

Replacement profile191An NRS catalogue search found a possible later west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or origin. The hand and signature should be compared with the 1666 receipt before treating them as one man; neither occurrence is identified with Robert of Larne.

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Current profile195The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. Employment around the glassworks is plausible; a skilled trade and identity with the Larne, shipmaster or Ayr men are not proved.

Replacement profile193The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. Employment around the glassworks is plausible; a skilled trade and identity with the Larne, shipmaster or Ayr men are not proved.

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Current profile198A stronger younger chronological alternative now exists: [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glencorse in 1676, was seventeen in 1694, and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690. A same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. This makes him a plausible candidate for the North Leith servant, although no record links him to Ainslie or the glassworks. It further reduces the 1694 entry's value as continuity evidence for this much older Larne man.

Replacement profile196A stronger younger chronological alternative now exists: [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glencorse in 1676, was seventeen in 1694, and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690. A same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. This makes him a plausible candidate for the North Leith servant, although no record links him to Ainslie or the glassworks. It further reduces the 1694 entry's value as continuity evidence for this much older Larne man.

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Current profile200Exact Scotland's People OPR searches found no Glasgow, Glasgo, Glascow, Glaskow or Glassgow baptism in the Leith parishes from 1694 to 1730, and no exact Robert Glasgow marriage there from 1694 to 1710 or burial from 1694 to 1730. Register survival and spelling limit those negative results.

Replacement profile198Exact Scotland's People OPR searches found no Glasgow, Glasgo, Glascow, Glaskow or Glassgow baptism in the Leith parishes from 1694 to 1730, and no exact Robert Glasgow marriage there from 1694 to 1710 or burial from 1694 to 1730. Register survival and spelling limit those negative results.

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Current profile202=== Priority Research ===

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Current profile204* Inspect the original 1666 Argyll Estates receipt, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, for its date, route, signature, endorsements, residence and associates.

Replacement profile202* Inspect the original 1666 Argyll Estates receipt, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, for its date, route, signature, endorsements, residence and associates.

Current profile205* Compare its hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.

Replacement profile203* Compare its hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.

Current profile206* Inspect the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, PRONI T/808/14889.

Replacement profile204* Inspect the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, PRONI T/808/14889.

Current profile207** Search all forms including Glasgow, Glasgo, Glaskow, Glascow, Glascho and possible Glass entries.

Replacement profile205** Search all forms including Glasgow, Glasgo, Glaskow, Glascow, Glascho and possible Glass entries.

Current profile208** Determine whether Robert, James or John was recorded under the Kilwaughter estate before the 1669 hearth roll.

Replacement profile206** Determine whether Robert, James or John was recorded under the Kilwaughter estate before the 1669 hearth roll.

Current profile209* Search the Agnew of Kilwaughter estate papers.

Replacement profile207* Search the Agnew of Kilwaughter estate papers.

Current profile210** PRONI D282 contains leases, rentals and estate papers extending into the seventeenth century.

Replacement profile208** PRONI D282 contains leases, rentals and estate papers extending into the seventeenth century.

Current profile211** NRS GD154/505–534 contains related Agnew and Kilwaughter material.

Replacement profile209** NRS GD154/505–534 contains related Agnew and Kilwaughter material.

Current profile212** Priority should be given to leases reciting former tenants, inherited interests, named lives or succession from one Glasgow tenant to another.

Replacement profile210** Priority should be given to leases reciting former tenants, inherited interests, named lives or succession from one Glasgow tenant to another.

Current profile213* Inspect the archive-only records most capable of supplying the missing generational bridge.

Replacement profile211* Inspect the archive-only records most capable of supplying the missing generational bridge.

Current profile214** PRONI T/808/14889: the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll.

Replacement profile212** PRONI T/808/14889: the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll.

Current profile215** PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS GD154/505–534: Kilwaughter estate leases, rentals, assignments and tenant succession.

Replacement profile213** PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS GD154/505–534: Kilwaughter estate leases, rentals, assignments and tenant succession.

Current profile216** PRONI MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B: Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals.

Replacement profile214** PRONI MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B: Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals.

Current profile217** MIC331 concerns William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to this family. T1762 and D2003/MIC128 are substantially later and lower-priority collections.

Replacement profile215** MIC331 concerns William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to this family. T1762 and D2003/MIC128 are substantially later and lower-priority collections.

Current profile218* Reconstruct the complete title history of Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel before the 1738 lease.

Replacement profile216* Reconstruct the complete title history of Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel before the 1738 lease.

Current profile219** Determine whether Robert and Rachel's holding had previously been occupied by [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or another Glasgow.

Replacement profile217** Determine whether Robert and Rachel's holding had previously been occupied by [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or another Glasgow.

Current profile220* Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward.

Replacement profile218* Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward.

Current profile221** Record every Glasgow entry, witness, elder, townland and stated relationship.

Replacement profile219** Record every Glasgow entry, witness, elder, townland and stated relationship.

Current profile222** Seek an entry naming the father of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]].

Replacement profile220** Seek an entry naming the father of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]].

Current profile223* Search the surviving Connor administration bonds, grant books and related probate indexes for [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]].

Replacement profile221* Search the surviving Connor administration bonds, grant books and related probate indexes for [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]].

Current profile224** Although the 1727 will itself appears lost, a collateral bond, grant entry or later estate proceeding may identify an administrator or relative.

Replacement profile222** Although the 1727 will itself appears lost, a collateral bond, grant entry or later estate proceeding may identify an administrator or relative.

Current profile225* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus and related Commonwealth judicial papers for Robert Glasgow and variants.

Replacement profile223* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus and related Commonwealth judicial papers for Robert Glasgow and variants.

Current profile226** Include James Browne, Robert Browne, Jennett Woodsyde, Teige O'Sheale, Larne, Islandmagee and Kilwaughter.

Replacement profile224** Include James Browne, Robert Browne, Jennett Woodsyde, Teige O'Sheale, Larne, Islandmagee and Kilwaughter.

Current profile227** A separate examination naming Robert's residence, occupation or household would be more useful genealogically than another repetition of the accusation.

Replacement profile225** A separate examination naming Robert's residence, occupation or household would be more useful genealogically than another repetition of the accusation.

Current profile228* Do not merge the 1653 Robert with [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] without a documentary bridge.

Replacement profile226* Do not merge the 1653 Robert with [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] without a documentary bridge.

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Current profile231=== Focused FamilySearch full-text search ===

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Current profile233A focused search of FamilySearch full-text material, restricted to seventeenth-century Larne and Kilwaughter, found no matching record for Robert Glaskow, James Glascho or John Glascho. The useful deed results begin in the later William Glasgow generation. A 1736 lease names William and Hugh Glasgow jointly,<ref name="ROD1736LaterGeneration">Registry of Deeds, memorial of lease dated 10 March 1736, Earl of Antrim to William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN1-FXR2 FamilySearch image].</ref> and another record carries an adult William of Larne from witnessing a deed in 1744 to proving it in 1775.<ref name="ROD1744William">Registry of Deeds, memorial of deed dated 19 April 1744, with affidavit of William Glasgow at Larne on 6 January 1775. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-C674 FamilySearch image].</ref> Neither record bridges Robert to the proposed children or grandchildren.

Replacement profile231A focused search of FamilySearch full-text material, restricted to seventeenth-century Larne and Kilwaughter, found no matching record for Robert Glaskow, James Glascho or John Glascho. The useful deed results begin in the later William Glasgow generation. A 1736 lease names William and Hugh Glasgow jointly,<ref name="ROD1736LaterGeneration">Registry of Deeds, memorial of lease dated 10 March 1736, Earl of Antrim to William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN1-FXR2 FamilySearch image].</ref> and another record carries an adult William of Larne from witnessing a deed in 1744 to proving it in 1775.<ref name="ROD1744William">Registry of Deeds, memorial of deed dated 19 April 1744, with affidavit of William Glasgow at Larne on 6 January 1775. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-C674 FamilySearch image].</ref> Neither record bridges Robert to the proposed children or grandchildren.

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Current profile235=== Belfast maritime collateral candidate ===

Replacement profile233=== Belfast maritime collateral candidate ===

Current profile236[[Glasgow-3172|Captain James Glasgow of Belfast]] is a possible son or younger relative of Robert and a possible collateral of the later Kilwaughter householders. A Belfast-associated shipmaster active by 1667 fits the next generation after Robert's 1653 Larne occurrence, and Belfast, Larne and Kilwaughter form a plausible north-east Antrim maritime and estate corridor.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, MIC19/2, maritime material naming Captain James Glasgow or Glascow as a Belfast-associated shipmaster in the late 1660s and 1670s; T/828/15, will extract for James Glasgow of Belfast, 1686.</ref>

Replacement profile234[[Glasgow-3172|Captain James Glasgow of Belfast]] is a possible son or younger relative of Robert and a possible collateral of the later Kilwaughter householders. A Belfast-associated shipmaster active by 1667 fits the next generation after Robert's 1653 Larne occurrence, and Belfast, Larne and Kilwaughter form a plausible north-east Antrim maritime and estate corridor.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, MIC19/2, maritime material naming Captain James Glasgow or Glascow as a Belfast-associated shipmaster in the late 1660s and 1670s; T/828/15, will extract for James Glasgow of Belfast, 1686.</ref>

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Current profile238This is locality and chronology, not a stated relationship. Captain James must also remain distinct from [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho of Kilwaughter]], who was still active in the 1720s and was apparently deceased only about 1726.

Replacement profile236This is locality and chronology, not a stated relationship. Captain James must also remain distinct from [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho of Kilwaughter]], who was still active in the 1720s and was apparently deceased only about 1726.

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Current profile240== Sources ==

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== Biography ==
{{YDNA 700 Earliest Known Ancestor|R-FT20271}}

'''Robert Glasgow''', recorded as '''Robert Glaskow''' and '''Robert Glascow''', was associated with Larne, County Antrim, in four examinations taken in 1653 concerning the earlier death of Teige O'Sheale. The evidence establishes that a man of this name was locally remembered in connection with events following the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. It does not establish his parentage, marriage, children or ultimate fate.<ref name="Con1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 153r, examination of Con O'Sheale, Lisnagarvy, 21 April 1653, identifier 838153r210; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42821.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Collogh1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 208r, examination of Captain James Collogh, 1 June 1653, identifier 838208r259; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/36082.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Hill1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 131r, examination of John Hill, 1 June 1653, identifier 838131r192; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42803.html online transcription].</ref><ref name="Willson1653">Trinity College Dublin, MS 838, fol. 218r, examination of William Willson, 1 June 1653, identifier 838218r266; 1641 Depositions Project, [https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/42875.html online transcription].</ref>

=== The 1653 examinations ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Statements concerning Robert Glasgow'''
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Deponent
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Statement
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Evidential value
|-
| '''21 April 1653'''
| Con O'Sheale
| He had heard that James Browne and “one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne” encountered Teige O'Sheale in a cottage. He attributed the fatal shot to James Browne.<ref name="Con1653" />
| Hearsay, but it supplies Robert's only explicit association with Larne.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| James Collogh
| Jennett Woodsyde, wife of Robert Browne, had told him that Robert Glasgow shot Teige with a horseman's piece.<ref name="Collogh1653" />
| Second-hand testimony through a named informant.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| John Hill
| He had heard it generally reported that Robert Glascow killed Teige O'Sheale.<ref name="Hill1653" />
| Unattributed local report.
|-
| '''1 June 1653'''
| William Willson
| After returning to Islandmagee, he heard that Robert Glasgow had killed Teige but could not remember who told him.<ref name="Willson1653" />
| Hearsay from an unidentified source.
|}

The four statements are not four independent confirmations. All are hearsay, and Con O'Sheale's version attributes the fatal shot to James Browne rather than Robert.

The genealogically useful wording is:

<blockquote>one Robert Glaskow liuing in Larne</blockquote><ref name="Con1653" />

This identifies Robert with Larne in the account. It does not name a wife, child, sibling, parent, occupation or property holding. The wording also need not mean that Robert was still alive or resident there when the examination was taken in April 1653; it may describe him at the time of the reported incident.

No examination of Robert, indictment against him or recorded judicial outcome has been located.

=== Date and origin ===

Robert's age and birthplace are unknown. The reported event occurred during the early rebellion period, when he was apparently old enough to travel in company with James Browne. A birth before about 1625 is therefore only a broad working estimate.

No evidence yet connects him with the separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] baptised at Glasgow High Kirk in 1618, or with any other Scottish Glasgow family.

== Research Notes ==
=== Browne–McCullogh network and the 1653 transplantation list ===

Robert's only documented connection to this circle comes through the 1653 examinations: Con O'Sheale associated him with James Browne, while Captain James McCullogh repeated Jennett Woodsyde's accusation. Robert Browne's own examination named sons Hugh and James, and identified Hugh as a lieutenant in McCullogh's company, but it did not call Robert Glasgow a soldier, servant, tenant or relative.

A government declaration dated 23 May 1653 survives as British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341. In the Islandmagee, Magheramorne and Ballynure quarter, the surviving print names Hugh Hoomes and James Lawder, together with Captain James McCullogh; it does not name James Browne or Ensign William Stephenson.<ref name="UlsterPrint1653">Ireland, Commissioners for the Settling and Securing the Province of Ulster, ''By the Commissioners for the settling and securing the province of Vlster'' (Dublin: William Bladen, 1653), British Library 816.m.17[74], Wing I341; [https://catalog.folger.edu/record/538557 catalogue record describing the British Library original].</ref>

Robert M. Young's publication of William Pinkerton's manuscript-derived text instead places James Browne and Ensign William Stephenson in those two positions.<ref name="YoungTransplantation">Robert M. Young, ''Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity'' (Belfast, 1896), pp. 80–86; [https://archive.org/details/historicalnotice00youn/page/80/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> Young also printed a contemporary commissioners' letter saying that a local paper had been circulated before the declaration arrived and that the print was withheld because of “the great mistake of the printing the names.” The letter does not identify the mistaken names. Browne's absence from the surviving print is therefore real, but his inclusion in an intended or working schedule remains disputed rather than disproved.<ref name="YoungTransplantation" />

The contemporary administrative dossier survives in Trinity College Dublin MS 844, formerly F.3.18. Henry Jones's draft material of 14 June 1653 is at fol. 841, with further proposals dated 30 June; the relevant folios and enclosures have not yet been collated against the two list states.<ref name="JonesMS844">Judith Mary Carroll, “The papers of Henry Jones” (MSc thesis, Aberystwyth University), p. 82; [https://pure.aber.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/26062006/Carroll_Judith_Mary_MSc.pdf online PDF].</ref>

This is supporting network evidence only. Robert appears in neither list state; no record places him in McCullogh's company; and nothing connects McCullogh or the Brownes with either Jonet Cunningham. The result does not materially strengthen the proposed identification with [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]].

=== Connection with the Kilwaughter Glasgows ===

The closest later Glasgow records occur at Kilwaughter, immediately inland from Larne.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding:20px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Glasgow records in the Larne and Kilwaughter district'''
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Date
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Person
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Place
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | What the record establishes
|-
| '''c. 1641; recorded 1653'''
| Robert Glaskow
| Larne
| Named in hearsay accounts concerning Teige O'Sheale. No relative is named.<ref name="Con1653" />
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]]
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Liable householder in the County Antrim Hearth Money Roll.<ref name="Hearth1669">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, T/307/A, 1669 County Antrim Hearth Money Roll; W. Macafee, [https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf surname-sorted transcription], records 5347–5348 and 5730.</ref>
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]]
| Kilwaughter Demesne
| Separate liable householder entered immediately after Jo. Glascho. The roll states no relationship.<ref name="Hearth1669" />
|-
| '''1669'''
| [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glascho]]
| Glenarm Town, Tickmacrevan parish
| Same-surname householder elsewhere in east County Antrim. No relationship is stated.<ref name="Hearth1669" />
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]]
| Kilwaughter
| Represented Kilwaughter in arrangements for the Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian congregation.<ref name="Porter">Classon Porter, “Congregational Memoirs—Larne and Kilwaughter,” ''The Christian Unitarian'', vol. 3 (1864), pp. 16–18 and subsequent extracts from the older congregational records; [https://archive.org/details/christianunitari0003unse Internet Archive].</ref>
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]]
| Kilwaughter
| Separately named as an overseer for Kilwaughter.<ref name="Porter" />
|-
| '''1700'''
| [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]
| South side of Larne Water
| Represented a different part of the congregation. His relationship to John and James is not stated.<ref name="Porter" />
|}

These records establish a continuing Glasgow presence within the Larne–Kilwaughter district. They do not establish that the 1653 Robert was father of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3961|Elizabeth Glasgow]].

The present WikiTree attachment of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] as Robert's son is based on surname, chronology and neighbouring locations. No located record states that relationship. Robert could instead have been an uncle, brother, cousin, other collateral relative or an unrelated namesake.

'''Conclusion: possible family connection; unproved.

Jo/John and James Glascho were consecutive Kilwaughter Demesne householders in 1669, then recur in the same district's congregational business about 1700, when John represented Kilwaughter and James served as an overseer. This repeated association makes [[Glasgow-3913|John]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James]] probable close relatives, but no record states an exact kinship or proves either man was Robert's son.'''

=== A documented later Kilwaughter family ===

A later family can be established more securely.

The surviving Larne and Kilwaughter Presbyterian register records the baptism of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born 24 May 1731, as a son of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson.<ref name="James1731">Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian congregation, baptismal register beginning 1720, baptism of James Glasgow, son of Robert Glasgow and Rachel Wilson, born 24 May 1731; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland microfilm and congregational register series. The original register image should be cited when available.</ref>

A lease dated 13 February 1738, registered in 1742, was granted by William Agnew of Kilwaughter to [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]. It named three lives:

* Robert Glasgow;
* Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson, his wife;
* “James Glasgow junior”.

The property comprised land at Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel, Kilwaughter.<ref name="Ballykeel1738">Registry of Deeds, Ireland, memorial 74015, book 105, p. 301, deed dated 13 February 1738 and registered 12 April 1742; William Agnew of Kilwaughter to Robert Glasgow of Kilwaughter, naming Rachel Glasgow alias Wilson and James Glasgow junior as additional lives.</ref>

The lease does not itself call James their son. Read with the 1731 baptism, however, the identification of “James Glasgow junior” as [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], son of Robert and Rachel, is strongly supported.

Sworn inheritance pleadings made in 1817 and 1818 by James's eldest son, also Robert Glasgow, state that Rachel Wilson married Robert Glasgow and left two children, James Glasgow and Ann Glasgow. The deponent identified James as his father and Rachel as his paternal grandmother. The pleadings arose from claims to the Wilson estate and included reference to a Ballykeel interest.<ref name="WilsonPleadings">South Carolina equity pleadings and associated Wilson–Glasgow inheritance papers, 1817–1818, sworn answers concerning the estate of Archibald Wilson. The pleadings identify Rachel Wilson as wife of Robert Glasgow; James Glasgow as their son; and the deponent Robert Glasgow as James's eldest son and Rachel's paternal grandson. Surviving online transcriptions should be checked against the original court papers.</ref>

The resulting documented chain is:

:'''[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]]''' married Rachel Wilson
:* '''[[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]]''', born 24 May 1731
:** later Robert Glasgow, James's eldest son, who gave sworn evidence in 1817

This is a genuine documentary family connection, but it begins several generations after the 1653 Robert.

=== The later Robert was not the 1653 man ===

[[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] was married to Rachel Wilson, fathered a child in 1731, held the Ballykeel lease in 1738 and was still appearing in congregational business in the 1740s.<ref name="James1731" /><ref name="Ballykeel1738" /><ref name="Porter" />

The Robert associated with the early-1640s incident was already old enough to accompany James Browne. Even at an implausibly young age of about fifteen in 1641, he would have been about 112 in 1738 and about 121 in 1747.

The two Roberts therefore should not be merged.

The later Robert could have been a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew or other relative of the 1653 Robert. No record yet specifies which, if any, relationship applied.

=== The missing generational bridge ===

The evidence currently produces two separate groups:

:'''Early group'''
:* Robert Glaskow of Larne, associated with events about 1641
:* [[Glasgow-3913|Jo. Glascho]] and [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho]], householders at Kilwaughter in 1669

:'''Later documented family'''
:* [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] and Rachel Wilson
:* their son [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]], born in 1731

The missing evidence is a record identifying the parentage of the later [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], or naming the heirs or children of [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]].

A 1727 probate index entry exists for “James Glasgow, Kilwater”. The underlying pre-1858 probate file appears not to survive, so the index cannot establish his heirs.<ref name="JamesProbate">Diocese of Connor probate index, 1727, entry for James Glasgow of Kilwater. The entry establishes that probate proceedings once existed but does not preserve the will's contents or name beneficiaries.</ref>

Later Y-DNA results reportedly place descendants of [[Glasgow-1144|James Glasgow]] in the same close paternal cluster as descendants attributed to another early-eighteenth-century northern Irish Robert Glasgow. This supports a shared paternal Glasgow ancestry among those later branches. It cannot determine whether the common ancestor was the 1653 Robert or identify the missing parent-child links.<ref name="DNA">Glasgow surname Y-DNA project results and published project grouping for tested descendants of northern Irish Glasgow lines. DNA evidence supports paternal relatedness among the tested later branches but does not identify the seventeenth-century connecting ancestor.</ref>

=== Scottish candidate ===

A separate [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glasgow High Kirk on 17 November 1618, a son of [[Glasgow-1027|Robert Glasgow]] and [[Cunningham-20923|Jonet Conynghame]].<ref name="Robert1618">National Records of Scotland, Glasgow High Kirk Old Parish Register 644/1, reported reference 10/272, baptism of Robert Glasgow, 17 November 1618. The reported entry names Robert Glasgow and Jonet Conynghame as parents.</ref>

A derivative FamilySearch index also records a James Glasgow in Glasgow in November 1645, with parents named as Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham.<ref name="James1645">“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch database, James Glasgow, November 1645, parents Robert Glasgow and Jonet Cunningham, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHK-VMK record VQHK-VMK]. This is a derivative index rather than an independent original record.</ref>

No record places the Scottish [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] in Larne, names him as the man in the 1653 examinations or identifies the Scottish child James with [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]] of Kilwaughter. The profiles should remain separate.

=== 1666 shipmaster candidate ===

The Argyll Estates Archives catalogue identifies a receipt made in 1666 by a '''Robert Glasgow, master of the ''John of Portrush''''', for transporting barrels of coal for the earl of Argyll.<ref name="Portrush1666">Argyll Estates Archives, Campbell family, dukes of Argyll papers, “Various accounts and receipts,” 1666–1678, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, former reference PFV 67, catalogue p. 149, [https://www.argyll-papers.com/downloads/campbell-family-dukes-of-argyll-papers.pdf catalogue description]. The original receipt has not yet been inspected.</ref> A shipmaster working between the Scottish west coast and an Ulster-named vessel is chronologically compatible with both this Larne man and [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow baptised in 1618]]. The catalogue gives no age, residence, birthplace, kin or Larne connection, however, and the vessel name does not prove that its master lived at Portrush. He is therefore a relevant same-name candidate, not an identity bridge.

The surviving customs records do not presently supply an easy substitute for the receipt. National Records of Scotland guidance explains that early customs books may name masters and merchants, but the E72 port-book series begins in 1668 and no Ayr or Irvine customs book for 1666 has been located in the fragmentary E71 material.<ref>National Records of Scotland, [https://nrscotland.gov.uk/learning-and-events/research-guides/customs-and-excise-records/ “Customs and excise records” research guide], accessed 31 August 2026.</ref> The original Argyll receipt is consequently the priority record for identifying this man.

An NRS catalogue search found a possible later west-coast occurrence. An instrument of resignation and sasine at Ayr dated 6 August 1688 was written by '''Robert Glasgow, servitor to the notary''' Alexander McDermeit, depute clerk of the burgh.<ref name="Ayr1688">National Records of Scotland, GD86/741, instrument of resignation and sasine, 6 August 1688, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=GD86%2F741 catalogue record].</ref> A literate former shipmaster might later have worked for a notary, but the records are twenty-two years apart and neither gives age, kin or origin. The hand and signature should be compared with the 1666 receipt before treating them as one man; neither occurrence is identified with Robert of Larne.

The original North Leith poll-tax page records another adult namesake on 3 October 1694. '''Robert Glasgow''' was one of four servants in the household of Alexander Ainslie, who was explicitly styled clerk to the glass manufactory.<ref name="Leith1694">National Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/virtual-volumes/volume-images/volume_data-E70-4-10/REX01666?image_number=11 original image], Scotland's People Virtual Volumes.</ref> A modern study describes Robert as a glassmaker and dates the tax to 1695, but the original page itself calls him only a servant and is dated 1694.<ref>Jill Turnbull, “The Scottish Glass Industry, 1610–1750” (PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999), pp. 171, 202, 324 and 350, [https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe29343e-a341-412e-85bd-96afca6214e5/content PDF].</ref> A second contemporary record almost certainly concerns the same man: on 16 July 1694 Robert Glasgow gave a receipt in Ainslie's name for bottles supplied to the Earl of Breadalbane.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Breadalbane Muniments, GD112/15/59, item 24, 16 July 1694, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD112%2F15%2F59 catalogue description].</ref> This proves a functional and probably trusted role in the glassworks business, though not the skilled occupation of glassmaker. Employment around the glassworks is plausible; a skilled trade and identity with the Larne, shipmaster or Ayr men are not proved.


A stronger younger chronological alternative now exists: [[Glasgow-3011|Robert Glasgow]] was baptised at Glencorse in 1676, was seventeen in 1694, and is the sole exact-name Robert Glasgow baptism returned for that parish from 1640 through 1690. A same-name man married at Glencorse in 1704. This makes him a plausible candidate for the North Leith servant, although no record links him to Ainslie or the glassworks. It further reduces the 1694 entry's value as continuity evidence for this much older Larne man.

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

=== Priority Research ===

* Inspect the original 1666 Argyll Estates receipt, GB 3452 ARG-04-03-67-78, for its date, route, signature, endorsements, residence and associates.
* Compare its hand and signature with the 1688 Ayr sasine, NRS GD86/741.
* Inspect the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll, PRONI T/808/14889.
** Search all forms including Glasgow, Glasgo, Glaskow, Glascow, Glascho and possible Glass entries.
** Determine whether Robert, James or John was recorded under the Kilwaughter estate before the 1669 hearth roll.
* Search the Agnew of Kilwaughter estate papers.
** PRONI D282 contains leases, rentals and estate papers extending into the seventeenth century.
** NRS GD154/505–534 contains related Agnew and Kilwaughter material.
** Priority should be given to leases reciting former tenants, inherited interests, named lives or succession from one Glasgow tenant to another.
* Inspect the archive-only records most capable of supplying the missing generational bridge.
** PRONI T/808/14889: the 1666 County Antrim subsidy roll.
** PRONI D/282/2–160 and NRS GD154/505–534: Kilwaughter estate leases, rentals, assignments and tenant succession.
** PRONI MIC/1B/6, including MIC1B/6A/1B: Larne and Kilwaughter congregational originals.
** MIC331 concerns William Ewart Gladstone papers and is unrelated to this family. T1762 and D2003/MIC128 are substantially later and lower-priority collections.
* Reconstruct the complete title history of Ballykeel and Upper Ballykeel before the 1738 lease.
** Determine whether Robert and Rachel's holding had previously been occupied by [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3913|John Glasgow]] or another Glasgow.
* Inspect the original Larne and Kilwaughter baptismal, marriage and session registers from 1720 onward.
** Record every Glasgow entry, witness, elder, townland and stated relationship.
** Seek an entry naming the father of [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]].
* Search the surviving Connor administration bonds, grant books and related probate indexes for [[Glasgow-1081|James Glasgow]].
** Although the 1727 will itself appears lost, a collateral bond, grant entry or later estate proceeding may identify an administrator or relative.
* Search the complete 1641 Depositions corpus and related Commonwealth judicial papers for Robert Glasgow and variants.
** Include James Browne, Robert Browne, Jennett Woodsyde, Teige O'Sheale, Larne, Islandmagee and Kilwaughter.
** A separate examination naming Robert's residence, occupation or household would be more useful genealogically than another repetition of the accusation.
* Do not merge the 1653 Robert with [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]] or [[Glasgow-1078|Robert Glasgow]] without a documentary bridge.


=== Focused FamilySearch full-text search ===

A focused search of FamilySearch full-text material, restricted to seventeenth-century Larne and Kilwaughter, found no matching record for Robert Glaskow, James Glascho or John Glascho. The useful deed results begin in the later William Glasgow generation. A 1736 lease names William and Hugh Glasgow jointly,<ref name="ROD1736LaterGeneration">Registry of Deeds, memorial of lease dated 10 March 1736, Earl of Antrim to William and Hugh Glasgow of Larne. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN1-FXR2 FamilySearch image].</ref> and another record carries an adult William of Larne from witnessing a deed in 1744 to proving it in 1775.<ref name="ROD1744William">Registry of Deeds, memorial of deed dated 19 April 1744, with affidavit of William Glasgow at Larne on 6 January 1775. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJW-C674 FamilySearch image].</ref> Neither record bridges Robert to the proposed children or grandchildren.

=== Belfast maritime collateral candidate ===
[[Glasgow-3172|Captain James Glasgow of Belfast]] is a possible son or younger relative of Robert and a possible collateral of the later Kilwaughter householders. A Belfast-associated shipmaster active by 1667 fits the next generation after Robert's 1653 Larne occurrence, and Belfast, Larne and Kilwaughter form a plausible north-east Antrim maritime and estate corridor.<ref>Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, MIC19/2, maritime material naming Captain James Glasgow or Glascow as a Belfast-associated shipmaster in the late 1660s and 1670s; T/828/15, will extract for James Glasgow of Belfast, 1686.</ref>

This is locality and chronology, not a stated relationship. Captain James must also remain distinct from [[Glasgow-1081|James Glascho of Kilwaughter]], who was still active in the 1720s and was apparently deceased only about 1726.

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