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Peninnah (Thomas) Glasgow

1778-01-05 – 1848-12-18

Thomas-14610 · 1 mapped association

Pennsylvania, United StatesBakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PA

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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
5Close relations
4Evidence items
0Candidate leads
Birth
1778-01-05 · Pennsylvania, United States
Death
1848-12-18 · Bakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PA
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
John Glasgow
Children
Moses Thomas GlasgowNancy GlasgowRobert Alexander GlasgowSarah (Glasgow) Anderson
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Thomas-14610
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
24

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionRobert Alexander Glasgow (1807)
Maternal grandfather positionMoses Thomas Glasgow (1809)
Maternal grandmother positionSarah (Glasgow) Anderson (1808)
Paternal grandmother positionNancy Glasgow (1821)

Known-position checks: 0 support · 2 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

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No candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

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Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1778

Profile-stated birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania, United States

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WikiTree profile export for Thomas-14610

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Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.6 claims
2Unknown
1Derivative
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.4 sources
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WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Thomas-14610 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-09-08.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthPennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree profile field
deathBakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PAWikiTree profile field
marriage1806-00-00Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenRobert Alexander GlasgowGlasgow-9971807-01-07 · Bakerstown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA · 1857-12-18 · Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
ChildrenSarah AndersonGlasgow-8071808-05-09 · Bakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1894-01-31 · Freeport, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States of America
ChildrenMoses Thomas GlasgowGlasgow-5891809-10-29 · Bakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1892-01-13 · Logan, Ohio, United States
ChildrenNancy GlasgowGlasgow-2081821-00-00 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1846-07-11 · Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
SpousesJohn GlasgowGlasgow-2091780-04-28 · County Londonderry, Ireland · 1840-08-28 · Bakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PA · 1806-00-00 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Peninnah Thomas was born in western Pennsylvania in 1778. She met a Scots-Irish immigrant at a meeting of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, most likely in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. (See research notes in the profile of John Glasgow). They were married around 1806 and had their first child, a son named Robert in 1807. They settled in Deer Township in Allegehny County, PA, where they farmed and added more children to the family. John died in 1840. Peninnah followed him in death on 18 Dec 1848 and was buried near John in the Pine Creek Cemetery, at the site of the first Pine Creek Coventer Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (maintained by the Depreciation Lands Museum.) The Depreciation Lands Museum; http://dlmuseum.org/index.shtml
  • Please refer to the Research Notes in the profile of John Glasgow). Sources

Profile source citations

  1. The Depreciation Lands Museum; http://dlmuseum.org/index.shtml source link 1
  2. https://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/peninnah source link 1
  3. Find a Grave memorial page for Peninnah Thomas Glasgow (5 Jan 1778–18 Dec 1848), Find a Grave Memorial no. 50595115, citing Depreciation Lands Museum Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by David G. Briggs; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50595115/peninnah-glasgow source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Peninnah Thomas was born in western Pennsylvania in 1778. She met a Scots-Irish immigrant at a meeting of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, most likely in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. (See research notes in the profile of John Glasgow). They were married around 1806 and had their first child, a son named Robert in 1807. They settled in Deer Township in Allegehny County, PA, where they farmed and added more children to the family. John died in 1840. Peninnah followed him in death on 18 Dec 1848 and was buried near John in the Pine Creek Cemetery, at the site of the first Pine Creek Coventer Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (maintained by the Depreciation Lands Museum.) The Depreciation Lands Museum; http://dlmuseum.org/index.shtml 

Research Notes

Origin and meaning of the name Peninnah

Peninnah is a biblical name meaning "Pearl". The correct spelling is Peninnah, not Peninah. https://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/peninnah 

Meeting of John Glasgow and Peninnah Thomas

Please refer to the Research Notes in the profile of John Glasgow).
Sources
* Find a Grave memorial page for Peninnah Thomas Glasgow (5 Jan 1778–18 Dec 1848), Find a Grave Memorial no. 50595115, citing Depreciation Lands Museum Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by David G. Briggs; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50595115/peninnah-glasgow
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
Peninnah Thomas was born in western Pennsylvania in 1778. She met a Scots-Irish immigrant at a meeting of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, most likely in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. (See research notes in the profile of [[Glasgow-209|John Glasgow]]).  They were married around 1806 and had their first child, a son named Robert in 1807.  They settled in Deer Township in Allegehny County, PA, where they farmed and added more children to the family.  John died in 1840.  Peninnah followed him in death on 18 Dec 1848 and was buried near John in the Pine Creek Cemetery, at the site of the first Pine Creek Coventer Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (maintained by the Depreciation Lands Museum.) <ref>The Depreciation Lands Museum; http://dlmuseum.org/index.shtml</ref>

'''Research Notes'''

''Origin and meaning of the name Peninnah''

Peninnah is a biblical name meaning "Pearl".  The correct spelling is Peninnah, not Peninah.<ref>https://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/peninnah</ref>

''Meeting of John Glasgow and Peninnah Thomas''

Please refer to the Research Notes in the profile of [[Glasgow-209|John Glasgow]]).

== Sources ==
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* Find a Grave memorial page for Peninnah Thomas Glasgow (5 Jan 1778–18 Dec 1848), Find a Grave Memorial no. 50595115, citing Depreciation Lands Museum Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by David G. Briggs; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50595115/peninnah-glasgow