[ { "scope": [ "john-1577", "margaret-1580", "andrew-1598", "george-1605", "katherine-1605" ], "summary": "Fresh full-page and focused-crop review closes the two known continuation gaps. John image 277 repeats the father relationship for Katherine and probable Androw; Andrew image 124 directly confirms Elizat Stevinsoun, their son Robert, three daughters and the conditional unborn-child provision. Margaret's financial associates Michael Mertyn and Roland Dundas improve modestly. George and Katherine retain important locality, witness, creditor and child-status uncertainties. No cross-testament kinship is proved merely by surname, geography or chronology.", "findings": [ { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "image 276 opening", "previous": "Margaret [Cochrane?] / surname unresolved; children described with [his?]", "reading": "Margaret [surname unresolved]; Hoghame-like and Cochrane-like surname parses remain alternatives; the possessive before 'lauchfull barnis' is [his/thair?]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The given name and following 'his relict' are clear, but intrusive strokes and crowded joins prevent a defensible surname segmentation. The separate possessive before 'lauchfull barnis' is not securely distinguishable as 'his' or 'thair'.", "relationship_effect": "Confirms Margaret as John's widow. If the disputed possessive is 'thair' with John and Margaret as antecedent it could support maternity, but the visible letters do not make that direct evidence secure.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00005-00276-.jpg", "testaments/Edinburgh/1577_John/1577_John.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "image 276 opening and image 277 confirmation", "previous": "Androw[?] Glasgow", "reading": "Androw Glasgow", "status": "probable", "basis": "The name recurs with Glasgow surname and the same child/executor role on both record images; the compressed forename ending still warrants qualification.", "relationship_effect": "Probable second lawful child of John; no existing-profile identity is proved.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1577_John/1577_John.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "image 276 opening and outgoing rent debt", "previous": "hirmenschelis[?]", "reading": "Index-confirmed Hirmenschelis; the manuscript form remains palaeographically qualified", "status": "probable", "basis": "The place recurs after John and in the rent-creditor entry, but internal minims remain ambiguous.", "relationship_effect": "Places John's estate in a rural tenancy context but does not connect him to another Glasgow family.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00005-00276-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "image 276 children clause and image 277 confirmation", "previous": "Katherine and Androw as lawful children; image 277 not freshly read", "reading": "Katherine and probable Androw Glasgow are lawful children and executors to late John, 'thair father'", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Explicit children/father wording on image 276 is repeated in the freshly read confirmation on image 277.", "relationship_effect": "Confirms John as their father; the second occurrence is corroboration within the same record, not an independent source.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1577_John/1577_John.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "image 276 outgoing debts", "previous": "James Stevinsoun[?], Thomas Kerslaw[?], Katherin Glasgow servant", "reading": "James Stevinsoun [probable] of Hirmenschelis-like place; Thomas Kerslaw [probable], servant; Katherin Glasgow, servant", "status": "probable", "basis": "The role words, rent and fee contexts are clear; the first two surnames remain palaeographically qualified.", "relationship_effect": "These are creditors/servants, not stated kin. Katherin the servant cannot be merged with Katherine the child from this wording alone.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00005-00276-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "image 276 incoming debts", "previous": "Patrick [surname], Henry [surname], Alexander Paterson, William Flint?, William Douglas, several Johns, William Weir, Baillie/Mathie/Murray entries", "reading": "Alexander Paterson and William Douglas are the clearest; Patrick, Henry, William Flint-like, John surnames/localities, Baillie, Mathie and Murray entries remain partly unresolved", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Full-section enlargement distinguishes several forenames and two surnames, but crowding and account strokes defeat safe completion of every name/place.", "relationship_effect": "Financial associates only; no kinship is inferred from debt entries.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00005-00276-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "nested PDF page 3", "previous": "possible continuation because the download header was reused", "reading": "Andro Huchesoun's confirmation: partially transcribed associated fragment; the family connection remains unresolved.", "status": "associated", "basis": "A fresh partial transcription of supplementary strip 396A identifies confirmation/administration wording, repeated Andro Huchesoun, secure bairnis and provisional Johne [huchesoun?]. The incomplete clause does not establish their parentage or roles. Its mapping to John's Image 276 is an open question for NRS, not proof of kinship or a cataloguing error.", "relationship_effect": "Retain as a Hochaine/Hutchin lead. Ask why strip 396A maps to CC8/8/5 Image 276, identify its own testament entry, and complete the kin clause before proposing named relationships.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1577_John/1577_John.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "john-1577", "location": "image 276 dates", "previous": "death in March, year unresolved; appointment day unresolved", "reading": "court date 4 May 1577 confirmed; death month March confirmed; death year and April decree day unresolved", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The marginal day/month/year is clear, while the embedded year/day numerals remain crowded.", "relationship_effect": "Avoids treating the court date as John's death date.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00005-00276-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "margaret-1580", "location": "image 355 opening and image 356 confirmation", "previous": "Cuthbert Kaddell/Keddell, son; John Estoun spouse", "reading": "Cuthbert Kaddell in the opening / Keddell in confirmation is Margaret's son; John Estoun is her sometime spouse", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The record uses 'hir sone', later 'sone to the said vmqle Margaret', and 'his mother'; spouse wording separately names John.", "relationship_effect": "Confirms Margaret-Cuthbert mother-son. It does not identify John Easton as Cuthbert's father.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1580_Margaret.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "margaret-1580", "location": "images 355-356 residence", "previous": "Croftmelloch[?], indexed Croftmalloch", "reading": "Index-confirmed Croftmalloch; the manuscript form remains palaeographically qualified", "status": "probable", "basis": "The manuscript form recurs but its medial sequence is difficult; the normalized form comes from the derivative index.", "relationship_effect": "Supports a shared residence for Margaret and Cuthbert without proving another relationship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1580_Margaret.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "margaret-1580", "location": "image 356 debts owing in", "previous": "James Estoun; michaell mertyn[?]", "reading": "James Estoun in Wester Quhitburne [place qualified]; Michaell Mertyn", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Focused enlargement makes both personal names legible; the place remains less secure.", "relationship_effect": "Financial associates only. James's surname does not prove a relationship to Margaret's spouse John Easton.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1580_Margaret.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "margaret-1580", "location": "image 356 debt owing out", "previous": "roland[?] dundas", "reading": "Roland Dundas", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The forename and surname are legible in the teind-debt entry.", "relationship_effect": "Creditor only; no kinship is stated.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1580_Margaret.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "margaret-1580", "location": "image 356 confirmation", "previous": "cautioner's name illegible", "reading": "cautioner's personal name and locality unresolved", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Full confirmation and enlargement retain too many ambiguous minims for a safe reading.", "relationship_effect": "No family role can be assigned to the surety.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1580_Margaret.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "margaret-1580", "location": "image 355 dates", "previous": "death December [1578?], decree [16?] October 1580, confirmation 8 November 1580", "reading": "death month December and confirmation 8 November 1580 confirmed; death year probably 1578; October decree day unresolved", "status": "probable", "basis": "Marginal confirmation is clear; the internal year and decree-day numerals are less distinct.", "relationship_effect": "Keeps death and administration dates separate.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1580_Margaret.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 123 opening", "previous": "corsoun[?], Calder cleir[?]", "reading": "Index-confirmed Corstoun, parish of Caldercleir, sheriffdom of Edinburgh; the manuscript locality strokes remain unresolved", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Calder is strong but the residence and parish qualifier contain ambiguous joins. The printed index independently supplies Corstoun.", "relationship_effect": "Places the household in the Calder district but cannot itself bridge Andrew to another profile or family.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00032-00123-.jpg", "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 124 family clause", "previous": "older continuation reported Elizat and Robert; fresh review pending", "reading": "Elizat Stevinsoun 'his spous'; Robart Glasgow 'his sone begottin be him vpoun the said Elizat his wyff'", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Both spouse and parentage clauses are directly visible on the recovered continuation.", "relationship_effect": "Confirms Andrew and Elizat as Robert's parents. Robert's profile identity remains open.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf", "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew_p2.png", "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/p2_300_dpi.png" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 124 alternative distribution", "previous": "Marion, Janet and Isobel reported as daughters", "reading": "Marione, Jonet and Isobell named after Andrew's son and cancelled daughter-word sequence", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The three names and surrounding dispositive grammar are visible; the cancelled word is recorded rather than silently restored.", "relationship_effect": "Confirms three daughters of Andrew. The clause does not expressly identify Elizat as their mother.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf", "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew_p2.png" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 124 pregnancy condition", "previous": "unborn child provision reported", "reading": "'incais his said spous be with bairne' / if not with child alternative", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The conditional structure is visible across the distribution passage.", "relationship_effect": "Does not prove that another child was conceived or born and must not generate a person profile.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 124 succession clause", "previous": "Elizat to retain land until Robert came of age", "reading": "Elizat is to retain Andrew's land or holding until Robart came to age; exact tenure word unresolved", "status": "probable", "basis": "The names, age transition and succession sense are visible; the specific land/tenure noun is not secure.", "relationship_effect": "Shows Robert was below the relevant age and intended to succeed, but does not prove ownership type or exact age.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 124 counsel passage", "previous": "James Stevisoun named adviser; relationship unknown", "reading": "James Stevinsoun is a probable adviser/associate; exact locality and kinship unstated", "status": "probable", "basis": "The surname is consistent with the clearer wife surname, but surrounding advisory wording and place are only partly legible.", "relationship_effect": "May be part of Elizat's network but cannot be called her father or brother.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 123 witnesses and account names", "previous": "James [surname], James [surname], John [surname], John Mure, Isobell [surname] relict of John [surname], Stevenson and creditor names partly illegible", "reading": "John Mure and Stevenson forms are the clearest; witness surnames, Isobell's surname, her deceased husband's surname, several creditor names and localities remain unresolved", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Full-page and account-section enlargement did not provide enough separated letterforms for safe completion.", "relationship_effect": "Witnesses and financial associates are not assigned as relatives.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00032-00123-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "location": "image 124 lower boundary", "previous": "continuation falsely treated as missing/unread", "reading": "Andrew's will and closing end above the next lower testament", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The separate lower entry has its own opening and margin date; it is outside Andrew's record.", "relationship_effect": "Prevents importing the next testator's people into Andrew's household.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "george-1605", "location": "OPR page 7 target entry", "previous": "James Glasgow parent; child George; witness George Glasgow", "reading": "James Glasgow is the named parent; George is the baptised child; a separate George Glasgow follows the witness marker W", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The baptism formula and isolated witness marker separate the three roles across the wrapped entry.", "relationship_effect": "Supports George Glasgow-1082's baptism and James as named parent; the witness is not substituted as father or grandfather.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/George_1605.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "george-1605", "location": "OPR page 7 target entry residence", "previous": "muirestoun[?]", "reading": "Muirestoun/Muristoun-like form", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The initial and -stoun ending are visible but the medial vowel sequence remains ambiguous.", "relationship_effect": "Provides a locality lead only; no modern place normalization or family merger is made.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/George_1605.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "george-1605", "location": "OPR page 7 witness line", "previous": "George Glasgow, John Smith, Wm[?] [illegible]", "reading": "George Glasgow and John Smyth confirmed; final William-like witness remains unresolved", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The first two witness names are readable across the line wrap; the last name is faint and crowded.", "relationship_effect": "Witness network only; no kin term relates either witness to the child.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/George_1605.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "george-1605", "location": "local profile association", "previous": "Glasgow-1082 linked; Glasgow-991 attached as father in local tree", "reading": "Glasgow-1082 is a strong event match; Glasgow-991 remains an unevidenced identity match for the James named here", "status": "probable", "basis": "George's name, exact baptism date and parish agree; the record gives no extra identifier for James beyond name and residence.", "relationship_effect": "Do not upgrade Glasgow-991's parent attachment solely from this entry.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/George_1605.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "katherine-1605", "location": "image 6 opening", "previous": "Katherine Glasgow spouse of Thomas Weir", "reading": "Cathereine/Katherine Glasgow, spouse of Thomas Weir in Stevenston parish", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Spouse wording is repeated in the opening and the locality is readable despite washout.", "relationship_effect": "Confirms Katherine-Thomas marriage; profiles Glasgow-1495 and Weir-4172 are the maintained associations.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1605_Katherine.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "katherine-1605", "location": "images 6-7 executors", "previous": "William, James and Jonet[?] Weir, minor executors; children not explicit", "reading": "William, James and probable Jonet Weir are named minor estate representatives/executors", "status": "probable", "basis": "William and James are clear; the third forename is washed but remains most consistent with Jonet. No surviving sone, dochter or bairnes term was recovered.", "relationship_effect": "They may be the couple's children, but parentage remains an inference and must not be stated as proved.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1605_Katherine.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "katherine-1605", "location": "image 7 debts out", "previous": "James Earl of Glencairn; Alexander Campbell; Bryce? Blair; Archibald Muir?; John Weir; John Wicht? and Jeane Doun? servants", "reading": "James, Earl of Glencairn, and Mr Alexander Campbell, minister at Stevenston, are strongest; Blair/Lochwood, Archibald surname, John Weir's Nether-place, John servant surname and female servant name remain provisional", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Full-section enlargement confirms roles and the two clearest names, but washed and overlapping strokes prevent safe completion of the rest.", "relationship_effect": "Landlord, minister, creditors and servants are economic associates, not stated relatives.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1605_Katherine.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "katherine-1605", "location": "image 7 confirmation", "previous": "Robert Chirnsyde of Over Possill; John Craufurd in Glen", "reading": "Robert Chirnsyde of Over Possill, commissar; Johnne Craufurd in Glen, cautioner", "status": "probable", "basis": "The administrative roles and place phrases are consistent with the visible confirmation; some surname letterforms remain less crisp than the role words.", "relationship_effect": "Administrative officials/surety only; neither is identified as kin.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1605_Katherine.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "katherine-1605", "location": "image 7 confirmation date", "previous": "[26?] May superseded by nynt day", "reading": "At Glasgow, the ninth day of May 1605", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The written Scots ordinal 'nynt' is clear and distinct from a two-digit numeral.", "relationship_effect": "Confirms administration date, not Katherine's death date; death remains January 1603.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1605_Katherine.pdf" ] } ], "unresolved": [ "John-1577: Margaret's surname, Androw's exact forename spelling, Hirmenschelis normalization, death year, April decree day, most debtor surnames/localities and whether Katherine the servant was the daughter.", "Margaret-1580: exact Croftmelloch manuscript spelling, death-year numerals, October decree day, cautioner, several livestock figures and confirmation formula.", "Andrew-1598: Corsoun and Calder Cleir manuscript spellings, witnesses, several account names/localities, exact land/tenure term, adviser localities and much legal formula; profile identities for wife and children remain open.", "George-1605: residence spelling, final witness, mother and actual birth date; identity of named parent James and witness George beyond the entry remains unproved.", "Katherine-1605: Jonet's exact forename, the three minors' parentage, several creditor/servant names and localities, inventory figures and portions of the confirmation." ], "connections": [ { "case_id": "john-1577", "connection": "John Glasgow (Glasgow-3181) is directly father of Katherine Glasgow (Glasgow-3590) and probable Androw Glasgow; Margaret is directly John's widow. Her maternity is possible but unresolved because the possessive before 'lauchfull barnis' cannot be securely distinguished as 'his' or 'thair'. Glasgow-3163 remains only a possible later identity for Androw and is not attached by this record." }, { "case_id": "margaret-1580", "connection": "Margaret Glasgow (Glasgow-3613) is directly mother of Cuthbert Kaddell/Keddell (Edstoun-4). John Easton (Edstoun-3) is directly her sometime husband but is not thereby proved Cuthbert's father." }, { "case_id": "andrew-1598", "connection": "Andrew Glasgow (Glasgow-3163) and Elizat Stevinsoun are directly parents of Robert. Stevinsoune-1 is only a possible identity for Elizat; Glasgow-1156 is only a possible Robert. Glasgow-3062 is a Marion candidate; Glasgow-3183 and Glasgow-3917 are competing Jonet candidates; Glasgow-3336 is an Isobel candidate. None is identified by the testament alone. Glasgow-4006 and Glasgow-4007 are unresolved error profiles not named in the will." }, { "case_id": "george-1605", "connection": "George Glasgow (Glasgow-1082) strongly matches the baptised child. The named parent James is not securely identified as Glasgow-991 from this source alone; the witness George Glasgow is a separate role with no proved relationship." }, { "case_id": "katherine-1605", "connection": "Katherine Glasgow (Glasgow-1495) and Thomas Weir (Weir-4172) are directly spouses. William, James and probable Jonet Weir are minor estate representatives and probable children only; no explicit parent-child wording survives." }, { "case_id": "cross-case", "connection": "The John/Hirmenschelis, Margaret/Croftmelloch, Andrew/Corsoun-Calder, George/Muirestoun-Mid Calder and Katherine/Stevenston records do not directly state relationships between their Glasgow households. Geography and repeated forenames are research leads, not a reconstructed pedigree." } ], "sources": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1577_John/1577_John.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00005-00276-.jpg", "testaments/Edinburgh/1580_Margaret.pdf", "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC000800008-00032-00123-.jpg", "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/1598_Andrew_p2.png", "testaments/Edinburgh/1598_Andro/p2_300_dpi.png", "testaments/Edinburgh/George_1605.jpg", "testaments/Glasgow/1605_Katherine.pdf", "Scottish Record Society, Commissariot of Edinburgh register of testaments, published index p. 108 (derivative normalization only)" ] }, { "scope": [ "geillis-1603", "jonet-melk-1607", "ninian-1613", "saltcoats-1637", "william-1646" ], "summary": "Fresh ink-first reread of every supplied page for five early Glasgow testament cases, including debts, witnesses and continuations outside the featured walkthrough boxes. The pass confirms the principal spouse/child/sibling clauses, adds several probable account associates, and retains physical or palaeographic uncertainty where the record cannot support kinship. New readings are labelled separately from confirmations of maintained conclusions.", "findings": [ { "case_id": "geillis-1603", "location": "image 113, opening", "previous": "Geillis Glasgow, Thomas Wilson, Chaplehill and Ardrossan already read", "reading": "Geillis glasgw, spouse to Thomas Wilson in Chaplehill within Ardrossan parish; died intestate January 1603", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Clear name, spous wording, locality and date in opening", "relationship_effect": "Confirms marriage only; no parentage", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1603_GIllis/1603_Gillis.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "geillis-1603", "location": "image 113, executor clause", "previous": "James, Isobel and Bessie Wilson named; relationships unresolved", "reading": "Thomas acts in name and behalf of James [compressed wording unresolved], Isobell and Bessie Wilson, executors dative", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Names and office are visible; words after James remain ambiguous even in tight enlargement", "relationship_effect": "No son/daughter relationship should be created from executorship", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1603_GIllis/1603_Gillis.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "geillis-1603", "location": "image 114, debts awand out", "previous": "James Glasgow in Stevenston treated as creditor/payee", "reading": "James glasgw in Stevinstoun occurs under Dittis awand", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Debt heading and name/locality are on the same account sequence", "relationship_effect": "Financial associate only; no kin term", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1603_GIllis/1603_Gillis.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "geillis-1603", "location": "image 114, wage debt", "previous": "Robert Boyd and Bessie described as servants; Bessie's surname unresolved", "reading": "Robert boyd & bessie [surname unresolved], servants, owed for past service", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Names followed by servants/servantie wording", "relationship_effect": "Employment network only; do not identify Bessie with Bessie Wilson", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1603_GIllis/1603_Gillis.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "geillis-1603", "location": "image 114, first outgoing debt", "previous": "Lord of Eglinton associated with rent/ferm", "reading": "my lord of Eglintoun, in a maill/ferme debt", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Title and place/name clear beneath debt heading", "relationship_effect": "Landlord/superior association, not kinship", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1603_GIllis/1603_Gillis.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 82, opening", "previous": "Husband forename tentatively Niniane", "reading": "Jonet Meik, spouse to Niniane[?] Glasgow, burgess of Glasgow", "status": "probable", "basis": "Spouse role and surname clear; repeated crowded forename supports Niniane", "relationship_effect": "Probable match to Ninian Glasgow, but forename remains qualified", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "images 82 and 83, executor and residue clauses", "previous": "Robert Glasgow explicitly son", "reading": "Robert glasgow hir sone, repeated twice", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Direct kin words in two clauses", "relationship_effect": "Direct mother-son evidence for Jonet and Robert; does not by itself prove the husband was Robert's father", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 82, date/death wording", "previous": "February date identified as testament date, death days later", "reading": "Oral testament [15?] February 1606; she died an unread number of days thereafter", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Made by her own mouth and dayis thairefter wording", "relationship_effect": "Prevents false exact death date", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 83, first legacy", "previous": "Marioun Glasgow legatee; nycht[?] unresolved", "reading": "Marioun glasgow hir nycht[?]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Name is clear; following word's final strokes remain crowded", "relationship_effect": "Do not assign niece, daughter, servant or other precise kinship", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 82, inward debts", "previous": "Most debtor names unresolved", "reading": "Donald Mitchell[?], inward debtor", "status": "probable", "basis": "Donald and a surname resembling Mitchell visible in debtor sequence", "relationship_effect": "Adds a probable financial associate only", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "new" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 82, inward debts", "previous": "John Glasgow transcribed as debtor", "reading": "Johne Glasgow, debtor for the price of an unresolved item", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name follows Item be under Debtis awand In", "relationship_effect": "No kinship; account party only", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 82, outward debts", "previous": "Cathrene Boyll[?] tentatively transcribed", "reading": "Cathrene Boyle[?], owed hir fee", "status": "probable", "basis": "Forename, surname shape and fee wording visible", "relationship_effect": "Probable wage/service associate, not kin", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "new" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 82, legacies", "previous": "Jeane Meik and following phrase unresolved", "reading": "Jame[s?]/Jeane[?] Meik hir broyer[?]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Possible brother word follows an uncertain forename, but neither is secure enough for relationship-grade use", "relationship_effect": "Possible Meik sibling lead only; do not attach", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "new" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 82, legacies", "previous": "Isobell Meik named", "reading": "Issobell Meik, legatee; no readable kin term", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name and legacy item visible", "relationship_effect": "No kinship established", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 83, legacy after Marioun", "previous": "Another Glasgow legatee illegible", "reading": "[forename unresolved] Glasgow, separate legatee immediately after Marioun", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Surname and item structure visible; forename cannot be recovered", "relationship_effect": "No identity or kinship", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "new" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "location": "image 83, confirmation/security", "previous": "James Andersoun, wobster burgess, tentatively noted", "reading": "James Andersoun, wobster and burgess of Glasgow, in administrative security wording", "status": "probable", "basis": "Name, occupation and burgess wording substantially visible; exact procedural role incomplete", "relationship_effect": "Administrative associate only", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "ninian-1613", "location": "image 143, executor clause", "previous": "Jonet Hutchesoun spouse and Robert Glasgow son", "reading": "Jonet hutchesoun his spous & Robert glasgow his sone, his only executors", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Direct relationship words beside each name", "relationship_effect": "Confirms Ninian's spouse and son; does not state Jonet was Robert's mother", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1613_Niniane.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "ninian-1613", "location": "image 144, consecutive legacies", "previous": "John brother, Marioun sister, Robert son", "reading": "Johne glasgw his brother; Marioun glasgw his sister; Robert glasgw his sone", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Parallel name-plus-his-plus-kin-term clauses", "relationship_effect": "Direct sibling and son evidence; full versus half siblings unstated", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1613_Niniane.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "ninian-1613", "location": "images 143-144, torn bequest/support continuation", "previous": "Possible William could not be made another child", "reading": "Possible William name and support wording, but decisive relationship words are physically lost", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Reread across damaged lower edge and next-page continuation", "relationship_effect": "William cannot be assigned as son or other kin", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1613_Niniane.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "ninian-1613", "location": "image 144, legacy", "previous": "Elizabeth Hutchesoun named without relationship", "reading": "Elizabet Hutchesoun, legatee", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name occurs in Item clause with no kin word", "relationship_effect": "No kinship established", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1613_Niniane.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "ninian-1613", "location": "image 144, brother clause versus profile", "previous": "Identity with Glasgow-1030 unproved", "reading": "The manuscript supplies only Johne Glasgow his brother", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "No differentiating spouse, occupation or locality ties him to Glasgow-1030", "relationship_effect": "Do not merge or attach Glasgow-1030 as Ninian's brother from this source", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1613_Niniane.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "saltcoats-1637", "location": "page 478, opening", "previous": "Isobell Gray read as relict", "reading": "Issobell Gray his relict", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Direct widow term in opening", "relationship_effect": "Confirms John's widow; does not state maternity of the children", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1637_John.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "saltcoats-1637", "location": "pages 479-480, children/executor and caution clauses", "previous": "Kathrein and Agnes lawful children", "reading": "Kathrein & Agnes Glasgow his lawfull bairnes; defunct thair father; repeated in caution", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Direct child/father words in two parts of same record", "relationship_effect": "Confirms John's two daughters; repeated wording is corroboration within one source", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1637_John.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "saltcoats-1637", "location": "page 480, caution", "previous": "John Broune sailor in Saltcoats as cautioner", "reading": "Johne Broune, sailler in Saltcoittis, acted as caution", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name, occupation, locality and role visible together", "relationship_effect": "No kinship; legal surety only", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1637_John.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "saltcoats-1637", "location": "whole entry versus Glasgow-1030", "previous": "Glasgow-1030 unresolved as present identification", "reading": "No Jonet Mathie, Mary, matching household detail or other bridge appears", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Full three-page entry inspected, including accounts and caution", "relationship_effect": "Do not add Isobell, Katherine or Agnes to Glasgow-1030", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/1637_John.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "william-1646", "location": "image 461, opening", "previous": "William a Leith mealmaker, died September 1644", "reading": "Williame Glasgow, mealmaker in Leith, deceased September 1644", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Occupation, place and death wording visible in opening", "relationship_effect": "Defines the documentary person and correct death year", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/William_1646.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "william-1646", "location": "image 461, executor clause", "previous": "Archibald lawful son and sole executor dative", "reading": "Archibald Glasgow sone lawfull to the defunct and onlie executor dative; his said late father", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Direct sonship followed by father wording", "relationship_effect": "Direct father-son evidence for William and Archibald", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/William_1646.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" }, { "case_id": "william-1646", "location": "image 462, debt continuation", "previous": "No brother/executor John established", "reading": "A possible Jon[e?] is an account party; no Glasgow surname or kin term is secure", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Name-like form occurs before the debt totals, not in the executor clause", "relationship_effect": "Does not restore a brother or executor John", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/William_1646.pdf" ], "change_type": "new" }, { "case_id": "william-1646", "location": "image 462, confirmation", "previous": "William Craufurd tentatively named; role/locality unresolved", "reading": "Williame Craufurd in confirmation/caution wording", "status": "probable", "basis": "Personal name substantially legible; occupational/locality phrase incomplete", "relationship_effect": "Administrative associate only", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/William_1646.pdf" ], "change_type": "confirmed_existing" } ], "unresolved": [ { "case_id": "geillis-1603", "question": "Exact relationship wording for James, Isobel and Bessie Wilson; identity of James Glasgow in Stevenston" }, { "case_id": "jonet-melk-1607", "question": "Marioun's nycht[?] term; Meik broyer[?] clause; second Glasgow legatee; several debt and witness surnames" }, { "case_id": "ninian-1613", "question": "William/support relationship physically lost; brother John's identity; Elizabeth Hutchesoun's relationship" }, { "case_id": "saltcoats-1637", "question": "Isobell's maternity; profile identities; faded account parties" }, { "case_id": "william-1646", "question": "Debt-party names, William Craufurd's exact role/locality, and family beyond Archibald" } ], "connections": [ { "from": "Jonet Meik", "to": "Robert Glasgow", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Robert twice called hir sone" }, { "from": "Ninian Glasgow", "to": "Robert Glasgow", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Robert twice called his sone" }, { "from": "Jonet Meik", "to": "Ninian Glasgow", "status": "probable", "basis": "spouse surname and repeated probable Niniane forename; burgess context" }, { "from": "Ninian Glasgow", "to": "John Glasgow", "status": "confirmed relationship, unresolved identity", "basis": "his brother; not enough to identify Glasgow-1030" }, { "from": "Ninian Glasgow", "to": "Marioun Glasgow", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "his sister" }, { "from": "William Glasgow", "to": "Archibald Glasgow", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "lawful son and father wording" }, { "from": "John Glasgow of Saltcoats", "to": "Katherine and Agnes Glasgow", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "lawful children and father wording" }, { "from": "John Glasgow of Saltcoats", "to": "Glasgow-1030", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "no documentary bridge in full testament" }, { "from": "Geillis Glasgow", "to": "James Glasgow in Stevenston", "status": "unresolved financial association", "basis": "estate debt only, no kin term" } ], "sources": [ { "record": "NRS CC9/7/3, images 113-114", "file": "testaments/Glasgow/1603_GIllis/1603_Gillis.pdf" }, { "record": "NRS CC9/7/5, images 82-83", "file": "testaments/Glasgow/Jonet_Melk_1607.pdf" }, { "record": "NRS CC9/7/9, images 142-145", "file": "testaments/Glasgow/1613_Niniane.pdf" }, { "record": "NRS CC9/7/27, pages 478-480", "file": "testaments/Glasgow/1637_John.pdf" }, { "record": "NRS CC8/8/62, images 461-462", "file": "testaments/Edinburgh/William_1646.pdf" } ] }, { "scope": [ "john-lanark-1650", "john-lanark-1662", "archibald-1662", "william-1673", "quothquan-1685" ], "summary": "Five canonical testament cases were reread from every supplied original page. William-lanark-1673 is a duplicate alias of william-1673, not a sixth case. The strongest direct family evidence is Bessie Glasgow as the 1650 John's sister and Agnes Watson plus the three lawful sons of the 1662 Leith maltman. The genuinely new correction is Alexander Broun, not George Broun, as William Glasgow's 1673 co-executor. Thomas Glasgow in the 1662 John entry remains a named administrator-context participant without proved sonship. Jonet [Kinnie?] remains the probable widow's name in 1685.", "findings": [ { "case_id": "john-lanark-1650", "location": "image 66, confirmation", "previous": "Bessie Glasgow, executor dative; sister reading already maintained", "reading": "Bessie Glasgow in Quodquen, executrix dative to the late John Glasgow, 'hir brother'", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The names, office, and kin word are directly legible across the line break.", "relationship_effect": "Directly proves Bessie was John's sister; executor status is independent of the kin term.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00005-00066-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1650", "location": "image 66, confirmation opening", "previous": "James Carmichael named in official formula", "reading": "Maister James Carmichaell, commissar of Lanark", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name and title are legible at the start of John's confirmation.", "relationship_effect": "Official only; no kinship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00005-00066-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1650", "location": "image 66, security and closing clauses", "previous": "Cautioner and procurator names unread", "reading": "[cautioner name illegible]; [closing procurator name illegible]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The damaged/tightly written names do not support complete letterforms.", "relationship_effect": "No family connection may be drawn from the offices.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00005-00066-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1650", "location": "image 66", "previous": "Quodquen maintained as locality", "reading": "John Glasgow and Bessie Glasgow in Quodquen (Quothquan)", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The place follows each record subject in the confirmation.", "relationship_effect": "Places the proved siblings together but does not merge them with later same-name residents.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00005-00066-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1662", "location": "image 138, opening", "previous": "Giver-up/executor name wholly unresolved", "reading": "Thomas Glasgow [descriptor unresolved], in the giver-up/executor-dative context", "status": "probable", "basis": "Thomas Glasgow can be followed in the enlarged ink; the following words and exact capacity cannot.", "relationship_effect": "Adds a named associate/administrator-context person, not a proved son.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00138-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1662", "location": "images 138-139, page-break confirmation", "previous": "Earlier proposed 'lawfull sone' rejected", "reading": "Descriptor after Thomas and the grammatical connection around John Glasgow remain unreadable; 'lawfull sone' unresolved", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Neither the required letter sequence nor an unambiguous subject survives across the crowded continuation.", "relationship_effect": "No parent-child edge is supported.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00138-.jpg", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00139-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1662", "location": "image 138, opening", "previous": "Quodquen, Libberton, Lanark maintained", "reading": "John Glasgow in Quodquen, within Libberton parish and the sheriffdom of Lanark", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name and geographic hierarchy are legible in the testament heading.", "relationship_effect": "Defines this John geographically but does not identify him with the 1650 or 1685 John.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00138-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1662", "location": "image 138, confirmation", "previous": "James Hamilton identified as commissary", "reading": "James Hamiltoun, commissar of Lanark", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name and office are legible in the confirmation formula.", "relationship_effect": "Official only; no kinship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00138-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "john-lanark-1662", "location": "images 138-139, inventory/security", "previous": "Most goods, account names, and caution remained unread", "reading": "[debtors, creditors, cautioner, and closing names illegible]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Fading, show-through, and compressed writing prevent defensible names.", "relationship_effect": "No additional family member can be placed.", "source_files": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00138-.jpg", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00139-.jpg" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "image 689, opening", "previous": "Agnes Watson read as widow/tutor", "reading": "Agnes Watsone, his relict spous and tutrix testamentar", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name, spouse term, and office are explicit.", "relationship_effect": "Directly proves Agnes was Archibald's surviving wife; tutorship is a separate legal role.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "images 689 and 691, child/executor clauses", "previous": "Archibald, George, William read as lawful sons and executors", "reading": "Archibald, George and Williame Glasgowes, minor lawful sons and sole executors", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The three-name group and plural 'my lawfull sones' recur in the will.", "relationship_effect": "Directly proves all three sons and their estate office.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "image 692, oversight clause", "previous": "Captain George Cocke and Thomas Glasgow read as overseers", "reading": "Captain George Cocke, burgess in Edinburgh, and Thomas Glasgow, weaver in Edinburgh, as overseers", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Names, designations, and plural role are legible.", "relationship_effect": "Neither overseer is stated to be kin; Thomas remains an associate/possible relative only.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "images 692-693, writing and caution", "previous": "Thomas Glasgow also writer and named in caution procedure", "reading": "Thomas Glasgow, weaver in Edinburgh, wrote the will and appears in the caution/confirmation procedure", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The name and occupation recur in the closing and court text.", "relationship_effect": "Repeated legal involvement does not prove brotherhood or another family relationship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "image 693, witness clause", "previous": "Walter Roddie and Robert Stewart read as witnesses", "reading": "Walter Roddie, indweller in Edinburgh, and Robert Stewart, stabler in Leith, witnesses", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Names, places/occupations, and witness subscriptions are legible.", "relationship_effect": "Witnesses only; no kinship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "image 693, confirmation", "previous": "Sir John Nisbet in official formula", "reading": "Sir John Nisbet [commission/confirmation title formula]", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The personal name is legible; the complete title formula was not expanded from expectation.", "relationship_effect": "Court official only.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "image 690, debts owed to the deceased", "previous": "John Greig, William Couper, John Watson among debtors", "reading": "Jon Greig in Northleith; Williame Couper in Leith; Jon Watsone [and further names unresolved]", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "These names and the first two localities are legible in the account.", "relationship_effect": "Account relationships only; no kinship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "images 690-691, debts owed by the deceased", "previous": "Robert Cunningham, William Paterson, William Glasgow, James Nisbet read", "reading": "Robert Cunynghame, maltman in Leith; Williame Patersone; Williame Glasgow, weiber in Leith; James Nisbit, apothecar", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Names and stated occupations/localities are legible across the account.", "relationship_effect": "William Glasgow is a creditor, not a stated brother or son; all remain non-kin account parties unless separately proved.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "image 691, servants' wages", "previous": "Agnes surname unresolved; Jonet Dickson tentative", "reading": "Agnes [surname illegible]; Jonet Dick[sone?]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Forenames and wage context are visible, but surname letterforms are incomplete/crowded.", "relationship_effect": "Servants, not family members on present evidence.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "archibald-1662", "location": "images 689-693, identity designation", "previous": "Associated with Glasgow-3078", "reading": "Archibald Glasgow, maltman and indweller in Leith", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The designation is explicit in the testament opening and will.", "relationship_effect": "Defines the 1662 household, but identity with Glasgow-3078 remains qualified because the securely documented 1639/1647 man was a Leith shoemaker.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "william-1673", "location": "images 25-26, executor and appearance clauses", "previous": "George Broun", "reading": "Alexr Broun (Alexander Brown), executor dative", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The abbreviated forename repeats with the same letterforms on two pages and reads Alexr, not George.", "relationship_effect": "Genuinely new correction to an administrator's identity; no kinship to William Glasgow is stated.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "william-1673", "location": "images 25-26, executor and appearance clauses", "previous": "Jon Neilsone read as co-administrator", "reading": "Jon Neilsone (John Neilson), executor dative", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "The name and plural executor wording repeat in the confirmation and personal-appearance clause.", "relationship_effect": "Administrator only; no family term.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "william-1673", "location": "image 26, security clause", "previous": "William Neilson in Biggar read as cautioner", "reading": "Williame Neilsone in Biggar, cautioner", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name, locality, and role are legible across adjacent lines.", "relationship_effect": "Surety only; shared surname does not prove relationship to John Neilson.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "william-1673", "location": "image 24, opening gutter", "previous": "Quothquan retained from index-based identification", "reading": "Index-confirmed William Glasgow in Quodquen; the manuscript locality is illegible", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The place is lost in the obscured right gutter.", "relationship_effect": "The manuscript alone does not place William in Quothquan or connect him to a Quothquan family.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "william-1673", "location": "image 24, initial appointment formula", "previous": "William [Menzies?] and John [Fleischer?] proposed in procedural text", "reading": "[official/appointment names and capacities illegible]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Gutter loss and compressed script prevent safe full names or roles.", "relationship_effect": "No kinship or administrator identity should be built from the tentative readings.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "william-1673", "location": "image 25, debt/account clauses", "previous": "Several account-party names unresolved", "reading": "[creditor/account names illegible]", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "The surviving strokes do not support complete personal names.", "relationship_effect": "No additional associate or relative can be placed safely.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "william-1673", "location": "images 24-26, duplicate provenance", "previous": "william-lanark-1673 stored as a separate short review", "reading": "Same CC14/5/9 images 24-26 as william-1673", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "Archive reference, image span, and content are identical.", "relationship_effect": "Do not double-count the person, record, or evidence.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "quothquan-1685", "location": "image 67, opening", "previous": "John Glasgow in Quothquan, Libberton; February 1685 intestate death", "reading": "John Glasgow in Quothquan within Libberton parish and Lanark presbytery; died intestate in February 1685", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name, localities, intestacy, month, and year are legible despite show-through.", "relationship_effect": "Defines this 1685 John but does not merge him with the 1650 or 1661/1662 Johns.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1685_John_Lanark.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "quothquan-1685", "location": "images 67-68, widow/executor clauses", "previous": "Jonet [Kinnie?], relict and executrix dative", "reading": "Jonet [Kinnie?], relict and executrix dative", "status": "probable", "basis": "Jonet and both roles are clear; crossing ink and compressed minims leave the surname short of confirmation.", "relationship_effect": "Directly proves widowhood and estate office; does not prove the surname spelling beyond probable Kinnie.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1685_John_Lanark.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "quothquan-1685", "location": "image 67, fiscal request", "previous": "William Wilkie read as procurator fiscal", "reading": "William Wilkie, procurator fiscall of this court", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name and office are legible in the large request clause.", "relationship_effect": "Court officer only; no kinship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1685_John_Lanark.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "quothquan-1685", "location": "image 68, court opening", "previous": "Commissary present but not emphasized in the audit", "reading": "John Wyllie of [place unresolved], Commissar of Lanark", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name and office are readable; the intervening place is not.", "relationship_effect": "Court officer only; no kinship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1685_John_Lanark.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "quothquan-1685", "location": "image 68, caution clause", "previous": "William Watson with unread place, cautioner", "reading": "William Watson in [place unresolved], cautioner", "status": "confirmed", "basis": "Name and cautioner role are legible; place designation is crossed/unclear.", "relationship_effect": "Surety only; no kinship.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1685_John_Lanark.pdf" ] }, { "case_id": "quothquan-1685", "location": "image 68, following entry", "previous": "Morgan testament unresolved", "reading": "Morgan [surname unresolved], subject of a separate following testament", "status": "unresolved", "basis": "A new testament heading begins below the end of John's entry.", "relationship_effect": "Must not be merged into John's household or estate.", "source_files": [ "testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1685_John_Lanark.pdf" ] } ], "unresolved": [ "1650: full transcription of supplied opening image 65 and the continuing accounts; cautioner/procurator names remain unresolved", "1662 John: death month, Thomas Glasgow's descriptor/exact capacity, account names, and any kinship", "1662 Archibald: servant surnames, remaining account names/sums, exact will day, Thomas/William Glasgow kinship, and the maltman-versus-shoemaker identity seam", "1673 William: index confirms Quodquen; manuscript locality strokes/death wording, initial procedural names, account parties, and all family relationships remain unresolved", "1685 John: Jonet's surname, John Wyllie's and William Watson's place designations, damaged financial detail, and any child/parent bridge" ], "connections": [ "1650 directly proves John Glasgow and Bessie Glasgow were siblings at Quothquan.", "1662 Archibald directly proves a Leith maltman household: wife Agnes Watson and lawful sons Archibald, George, and William Glasgow.", "The 1662 maltman may be associated with Glasgow-3078, but the testament does not bridge him to the independently documented Leith shoemaker; keep the occupation conflict visible.", "The 1662 John names Thomas Glasgow in an administrative context but does not prove Thomas was his son.", "The 1673 record supplies administrators Alexander Brown and John Neilson and cautioner William Neilson, not relatives of William Glasgow on the visible wording.", "The 1685 record proves Jonet was John's widow; William Wilkie, John Wyllie, and William Watson are officials/surety, not kin.", "The 1650, 1661/1662, and 1685 Johns are three separate record-defined Quothquan people until a separate source proves identity or descent." ], "sources": [ "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00005-00066-.jpg", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00138-.jpg", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00006-00139-.jpg", "testaments/Edinburgh/1662_Archibald.pdf", "testaments/Edinburgh/1673_William.pdf", "testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00009-00024-.pdf", "testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1685_John_Lanark.pdf" ] } ]