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original images viewed through Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills).","repository":null,"collection":null,"reference":null,"record_type":"will","date_from":1603,"date_to":1603,"locations":[],"people":["Wilson-142005"],"name_variants":[],"reason":"Concrete research action extracted from the public WikiTree profile notes.","would_support":null,"would_refute_or_complicate":null,"url":"https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills","provenance":"wikitree_research_note_extraction"}],"source_summary":[{"title":"National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, Testament Dative and Inventory of Geillis Glasgw, spouse of Thomas Wilsoun in Chaplehill, Ardrossan parish, confirmed 11 May 1603, CC9/7/3, images 113–114; original images viewed through Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills).","url":"https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-5c50e51b3c9a","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"National Records of Scotland: testament dative and inventory of Geillis Glasgw (CC9/7/3 images 113-114)","url":"https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-5c50e51b3c9a","provenance":"Original testament image"}],"warnings":[],"provenance":{"tree":"WikiTree One-Tree export","mapped_records":"Glasgow Surname Project map dataset","profile_capture":"Public WikiTree profile evidence capture","relationship_assessments":"Controlled local relationship hypothesis register","research_findings":"Durable research/<profile-or-catalogue-ID>/findings.md case file"},"research_findings":[{"profile_id":"Wilson-142005","updated":null,"source_path":"research/Wilson-142005/findings.md","sections":[{"title":"Current conclusion","category":"conclusion","markdown":"James Wilson is named in the executor clause of [Geillis Glasgow\n(Glasgow-3179)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-3179)'s 1603 testament,\nwith Isobel and Bessie Wilson. The wording between James and Isobel remains\nunresolved, so the earlier reading of James as Geillis and Thomas Wilson's\n`lawful son` is not yet defensible. Retain both attached parents as uncertain\npending a secure re-reading; do not detach them without an evidenced\nreplacement."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [Scotland's People wills and testaments](https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills), NRS Glasgow Commissary Court CC9/7/3, images 113-114, confirmed 11 May 1603 | Names James, Isobel and Bessie Wilson in the executor passage of Geillis Glasgow's testament. The intervening wording is unresolved. | Direct evidence that James was a named executor/administrator in the household record; possible, not proved, parentage. Working transcription reinspection supplied 6 September 2026. |"},{"title":"Duplicate assessment","category":"assessment","markdown":"WikiTree's create-person match search was repeated with a 30-year date range, Ayrshire, both parents' names and undated profiles included. It returned no compatible James Wilson. Wilson-142005 was created on 30 August 2026."},{"title":"Recommended profile treatment","category":"actions","markdown":"- Birth: before 1603; Ardrossan parish is an uncertain household-based place.\n- Death: after 11 May 1603, the testament confirmation date.\n- Parents: Thomas Wilson and Geillis Glasgow, uncertain pending a secure\n  reading of the relationship clause."}]}],"similar_people":[],"potential_parentage":{"children_recorded":[],"earliest_dated_son":null,"earliest_dated_daughter":null,"second_dated_son":null,"second_dated_daughter":null,"third_dated_son":null,"third_dated_daughter":null,"naming_controls":{"matches":0,"mismatches":0,"factor":1.0,"details":[]},"candidates":[{"id":"Glasgow-3182","name":"Barbara (Glasgow) Wilson","catalogue_id":"glasgow-3182","html_url":"/people/glasgow-3182.html","birth_year":1590,"death_year":null,"gender":"Female","age_gap":13,"age_gap_label":"nominally 13 years; approximate dates permit about 15–23 years","role":"possible mother","locations":["South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland","South Leith"],"score":0,"classification":"competing linked parent","reasons":["the nominal 13-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–23 years) (+4)"],"conflicts":["a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)","parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction)","same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)"],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":0,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":1,"factors":["age"],"indirect_factor_count":1,"suggested_co_parent":null}],"method":"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. 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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."},"wikitree_update":{"profile_id":"Wilson-142005","significance":78,"summary":"He is named in Geillis Glasgow's executor clause, but the relationship wording is unresolved; retain Geillis and Thomas only as uncertain parents pending a clearer reading.","remote_captured_at":"2026-09-07T21:05:55+00:00","remote_revision":"2026-08-30","draft_wikitext":"{{Estimated Date}}\n[[Category:Ardrossan, Ayrshire]]\n\n== Biography ==\n'''James Wilson''' is named with Isobel and Bessie Wilson in the executor\npassage of the 1603 testament of [[Glasgow-3179|Geillis Glasgow]], spouse of\n[[Wilson-127012|Thomas Wilson]] at Chaplehill in Ardrossan parish.<ref>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-records/legal-records/wills National\nRecords of Scotland, wills and testaments], Glasgow Commissary Court, testament\ndative and inventory of Geillis Glasgow, CC9/7/3, images 113–114; working\ntranscription reinspection supplied 6 September 2026.</ref>\n\n== Research Notes ==\n=== Current evidence assessment ===\n\nThe words between James and Isobel remain unresolved. The earlier reading\nwhich called James the lawful son of Geillis and Thomas is not secure. Retain\nThe attached parents as uncertain pending a clearer reading; do not present\nThe relationship as proved.\n\nThomas's acting for James may indicate that James was still under age, but the testament does not state his age. No narrower birth estimate has been assigned.\n\n== Sources ==\n<references />"}}