People in the records
Rathmalton 1673
Sourced record accounts and possible profile identifications. Names in different events are compared together where compatible; HOLD means that identity or original-record checks remain before creating or merging profiles.
Margaret Glasgow
HOLD — compatible profile linked — Betham’s manuscript pedigree of Archibald Glasgow, Rathmalton clerk, whose will was dated April 1673, expressly names Margaret as his only daughter, married to an unnamed Cairns, with son Thomas Cairns. This proves the documentary father–daughter pair. Glasgow-3186, wife of George Lyell in South Leith in 1633, remains a candidate because a later Cairns marriage is possible, but no marriage or household bridge is proved. The Scottish Archibald profile identity remains qualified; no profile father upgrade follows. Glasgow-1523’s cited 1638 baptism names father William Glasgow, a concrete father conflict; its guessed 1642 death is not evidence.
Record fields: Given name Margaret; LNAB Glasgow; female. Born before April 1673, exact date unknown; uncertain birth location Rathmalton, CountyDonegal, Ireland, inferred from her father's will context. Death unknown. Father ArchibaldGlasgow-1101, explicitly named. Wife ElizabethUnknown-761582 is not automatically proved mother. Husband unnamedCairns; son ThomasCairns explicitly represented in Betham.
Betham’s abstract of Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, clerk, whose will was dated April 1673, names his wife Elizabeth, Thomas Glasgow as eldest son and Margaret as only daughter. Margaret’s husband is an unnamed Cairns, and Thomas Cairns is her son. Archibald Glasgow’s will abstract names his eldest son Thomas
Compatible WikiTree candidates
- Glasgow-3186 — Current public profile compared; Betham defines Margaret as Archibald’s only daughter, wife of an unnamed Cairns and mother of Thomas Cairns. Glasgow-3186 represents the 1633 South Leith marriage of Margaret Asgowe and George Lyell. Its 1610 birth is unsupported by a birth citation, and no parents or death are recorded. A prior Lyell marriage permits a later Cairns marriage. Archibald’s proposed 1614 Scottish identification is unproved and cannot exclude this daughter candidate. Profile birth 1610-00-00, death 0000-00-00; qualifiers retained in the review.
Matches by record
- will-archibald-rathmalton-1673-betham — Betham’s manuscript pedigree of Archibald Glasgow, Rathmalton clerk, whose will was dated April 1673, expressly names Margaret as his only daughter, married to an unnamed Cairns, with son Thomas Cairns. This proves the documentary father–daughter pair. Glasgow-3186, wife of George Lyell in South Leith in 1633, remains a candidate because a later Cairns marriage is possible, but no marriage or household bridge is proved. The Scottish Archibald profile identity remains qualified; no profile father upgrade follows. Glasgow-1523’s cited 1638 baptism names father William Glasgow, a concrete father conflict; its guessed 1642 death is not evidence. Glasgow-3186
Duplicate check and relationship limits
- Public existing-profile search and biography review completed 2026-09-30. Missing fields or an unproved extra bridge do not exclude a compatible person.
- Documented 1642 death precedes the 1673 will daughter occurrence, per maintained duplicate audit.
- Unsupported 1610 birth, earlier Lyell spouse and absent Donegal bridge do not exclude it.
- Further source and existing-profile review completed 2026-09-30; retain compatible candidates unless a concrete conflict excludes them.
- The cited 15 February 1638 baptism names William Glasgow and Bessie Howie, a different documentary father from Archibald. Its estimated 1642 death is explicitly unsupported and is not an exclusion. Fresh profile/source citation inspected; original baptism uninspected.
Next identity test: Compare the linked compatible profiles with the cited record household. Keep the candidates linked while identification remains qualified; do not create a duplicate from missing fields.
Complete sourced WikiTree draft
[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]] == Biography == Betham’s abstract of Archibald Glasgow of Rathmalton, clerk, whose will was dated April 1673, names his wife Elizabeth, Thomas Glasgow as eldest son and Margaret as only daughter. Margaret’s husband is an unnamed Cairns, and Thomas Cairns is her son.<ref>Archibald Glasgow’s will abstract names his eldest son Thomas; https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000540633. Betham’s pre-destruction derivative abstract was inspected, not the original will. The father–son statement is explicit; identification of the son with Glasgow-3556 remains strongly probable, with no residence or estate bridge. Elizabeth’s surname remains provisional.</ref> == Research Notes == Betham’s manuscript pedigree of Archibald Glasgow, Rathmalton clerk, whose will was dated April 1673, expressly names Margaret as his only daughter, married to an unnamed Cairns, with son Thomas Cairns. This proves the documentary father–daughter pair. Glasgow-3186, wife of George Lyell in South Leith in 1633, remains a candidate because a later Cairns marriage is possible, but no marriage or household bridge is proved. The Scottish Archibald profile identity remains qualified; no profile father upgrade follows. Glasgow-1523’s cited 1638 baptism names father William Glasgow, a concrete father conflict; its guessed 1642 death is not evidence. Candidate profiles: [[Glasgow-3186]]. Compare the linked compatible profiles with the cited record household. Keep the candidates linked while identification remains qualified; do not create a duplicate from missing fields. == Sources == <references />