Weir-4172 has been repurposed as Thomas Weir of Stevenston, the husband directly named by Katherine Glasgow's testament calendar. Its former Aberdeen identity has been removed. The live profile incorrectly treats 9 May 1605—the testament confirmation date—as a marriage date and uses Stevenson, Lanarkshire; the record supports spouse and Stevenston parish, Ayrshire, but no marriage date. The original further states that Katherine died in January 1603. Its confirmation date appears [26?] May 1605, whereas Findmypast and Grant give 9 May; preserve the conflict and treat only May 1605 as settled.
William, James and probably Jonet Weir were three minor executors, with Thomas acting in their names. Their surname, minority and his representation make them very probably the children of Thomas and Katherine, although no explicit parent-child wording survives. Complete local and fully paged live WikiTree duplicate audits on 8 September 2026 found no compatible profile for any of the three. They can be created as distinct people with uncertain parent links; Jonet's forename and each inferred Stevenston birthplace also remain uncertain.
CC9/7/4 directly calls Katherine spouse of Thomas Weir in Stevenston and records her January 1603 death. Confirmation was in May 1605, but the exact day is unresolved: manuscript [26?], Findmypast/Grant 9. Weir-4172 represents this record-defined man, not its former Aberdeen identity.
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Weir-4172
Weir-4172 has been repurposed as Thomas Weir of Stevenston, the husband directly named by Katherine Glasgow's testament calendar. Its former Aberdeen identity has been removed. The live profile incorrectly treats 9 May 1605—the testament confirmation date—as a marriage date and uses Stevenson, Lanarkshire; the record supports spouse and Stevenston parish, Ayrshire, but no marriage date. The original further states that Katherine died in January 1603. Its confirmation date appears [26?] May 1605, whereas Findmypast and Grant give 9 May; preserve the conflict and treat only May 1605 as settled.
William, James and probably Jonet Weir were three minor executors, with Thomas acting in their names. Their surname, minority and his representation make them very probably the children of Thomas and Katherine, although no explicit parent-child wording survives. Complete local and fully paged live WikiTree duplicate audits on 8 September 2026 found no compatible profile for any of the three. They can be created as distinct people with uncertain parent links; Jonet's forename and each inferred Stevenston birthplace also remain uncertain.
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Weir-4172
Source
Finding
Assessment
Francis J. Grant, ed., *Commissariot Record of Glasgow*, p. 196, citing NRS CC9/7/4
Katherine Glasgow was spouse of Thomas Weir in Stevenston parish; confirmation is calendared as 9 May 1605.
Direct printed spouse/locality evidence; not a marriage record and not decisive for the day where the manuscript differs.
Katherine Glasgow, spouse of Thomas Weir, parish of Steinstone; 9 May 1605.
Derivative index evidence consistent with Grant; does not resolve the manuscript day.
NRS CC9/7/4, images 6–7
Katherine was Thomas's wife and died in January 1603. Confirmation appears [26?] May 1605. William, James and probably Jonet Weir were three minor executors, with Thomas acting in their names.
Direct for wife, death month/year, minority and executorship. The three are very probably their children, but no explicit parent-child term survives. Working transcription supplied 8 September 2026.
Older derivative citation retained from the live profile.
A lead only; it does not override the original testament.
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.1 claim
1Derivative
1Unknown
Documented or strongly supported
Katherine (Glasgow) Weir was wife of Thomas Weir
proved1 linked evidence item
CC9/7/4 directly calls Katherine spouse of Thomas Weir in Stevenston and records her January 1603 death. Confirmation was in May 1605, but the exact day is unresolved: manuscript [26?], Findmypast/Grant 9. Weir-4172 represents this record-defined man, not its former Aberdeen identity.
Working hypotheses and conflicts
No claims in this category have been formally assessed.
Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.4 open
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No current conclusion recorded.
Missing bridge: Not specified
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No current conclusion recorded.
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Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?
No current conclusion recorded.
Missing bridge: Not specified
What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?
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Missing bridge: Not specified
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Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
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Candidate comparisons and scoring
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Potential parents or duplicates
Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.
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No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.
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Replace the stale biography's about-1590 statement with the uncertain before-1580 boundary already used in the structured field; retain Katherine as the directly proved wife and describe William, James and Jonet as probable rather than proved children.
Compared with Weir-4172, captured 2026-09-07T21:05:55+00:00 · 2026-08-26.
Additions and removals from the live profile
+ {{Estimated Date}}
+ [[Category:Stevenston, Ayrshire]]
+
== Biography ==
- Thomas was born about 1590.
+ '''Thomas Weir''' lived in the parish of Stevenston, Ayrshire. The original
+ testament of [[Glasgow-1495|Katherine Glasgow]] explicitly identifies her as
+ his wife and states that she died in January 1603.<ref name="KatherineWill">National
+ Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, testament dative and inventory
+ of Katherine Glasgow, CC9/7/4, images 6–7; original register inspected through
+ [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills Scotland's
+ People] and working transcription supplied 8 September 2026.</ref>
- * Kathereine Glasgow 1590- spouse to Thomas Weir, in the parish of Steinstone- Testament Dative & Inventory
+ William, James and probably Jonet Weir were appointed as three minor executors, and
+ Thomas acted in their names.<ref name="KatherineWill" /> Their surname,
+ minority and Thomas's representation of them make them very probably the
+ children of Thomas and Katherine, although the surviving passage does not
+ explicitly call Thomas their father or Katherine their mother.
- Glasgow Commissary Court
+ The manuscript confirmation date appears to be '''[26?] May 1605'''. Grant's
+ printed calendar and the Findmypast transcript instead give '''9 May
+ 1605'''.<ref name="KatherineWill" /><ref name="Grant">Francis J. Grant, ed.,
+ ''The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800''
+ (Edinburgh, 1901), [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/196/mode/1up
+ p. 196], entry for Katherine Glasgow.</ref><ref name="FMP">Findmypast,
+ [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=SCOT%2FWILLS%2F057453&tab=this
+ Scotland, Will and Testament Index 1481–1807], Katherine Glasgow,
+ SCOT/WILLS/057453, citing the Glasgow Commissary Court register.</ref> The
+ confirmation occurred in May 1605, but its exact day remains unresolved.
- ref: CC9/7/4- 1605
+ == Research Notes ==
+ === Current evidence assessment ===
- „ Katherine, spouse to Thomas Weir, par. of Steinstone
+ The record is a testament, not a marriage entry. Neither possible confirmation
+ day is a marriage date, and Stevenston is the family's documented parish.
+
+ A full working transcription, modern-English rendering and record-boundary
+ analysis is maintained at [[Space:Kathereine Glasgow: Will and testament
+ translation]].
+
+ An older FamilySearch index entry is retained as a derivative lead, but it
+ does not override the original testament.<ref>FamilySearch,
+ [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY6J-CQS indexed record].</ref>
+
+ Thomas's exact birth, parents and death are not established. The birth date is
+ only an estimate based on his adult role in the testament. [[Weir-4172]] is
+ The established profile for Katherine's Stevenston husband; its former,
+ incompatible 1590 Aberdeen identity should not be restored.
+
+ Complete local and fully paged live WikiTree duplicate audits on 8 September
+ 2026 found no compatible profile for William, James or Jonet Weir. Distinct
+ profiles may therefore be created, with both parent links and the inferred
+ Stevenston birthplaces marked uncertain. Jonet's forename must also remain
+ uncertain.
== Sources ==
<references />
- * https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY6J-CQS
+ * [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY6J-CQS Archived or supplementary source]
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Biography
Thomas was born about 1590.
* Kathereine Glasgow 1590
spouse to Thomas Weir, in the parish of Steinstone
Testament Dative & Inventory
Glasgow Commissary Court
ref: CC9/7/4
1605
„ Katherine, spouse to Thomas Weir, par. of Steinstone
Sources
* https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY6J-CQS
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
Thomas was born about 1590.
* Kathereine Glasgow 1590
spouse to Thomas Weir, in the parish of Steinstone
Testament Dative & Inventory
Glasgow Commissary Court
ref: CC9/7/4
1605
„ Katherine, spouse to Thomas Weir, par. of Steinstone
== Sources ==
<references />
* https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY6J-CQS
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