John Glasgow in Quothquan, testament dative 1685: name reread
National Records of Scotland, Lanark Commissary Court, CC14/5/12, images 67-68
Reviewed: 2026-09-10
LLM-assisted working reading. Brackets/ellipses mark uncertainty or omissions; not a diplomatic edition.

IMAGE / PASSAGE 1 / image 67
1. The Testament dative and Inventar of the goods geir soumes of money and debts
2. pertaining to umquhile John Glasgow in Quothquan within the paroch of Libberton
3. and presbitry of Lanark who deceist intestat in the moneth of ffebruary 1685
4. faithfully made and given up be Jonet [Kinnie?] relict and executrix dative
5. [inventory: livestock, crops/fodder, household or farm goods, clothing; sums mostly unresolved]
6. I William Wilkie procurator fiscall of this court
7. [request concerning the office and goods of the late John Glasgow]

IMAGE / PASSAGE 2 / image 68
1. [continuation of executor-dative authority]
2. At Carnwath the 25 day of March 1685
3. in presence of John Wyllie of [place unresolved] Commissar of Lanark
4. compeired personallie Jonet [Kinnie?] and gave in the within Inventar
5. [Jonet swore the inventory faithful and true]
6. William Watson in [place unresolved] cautioner
7. [goods to be forthcoming to all parties having interest]
8. [closing formula and signatures partly unresolved]
9. [following Morgan testament unresolved]

MODERN INTERPRETATION
John Glasgow lived at Quothquan in Libberton parish and died intestate in February 1685.
Jonet, probably surnamed Kinnie, is expressly his relict or widow and executrix dative. The surname remains qualified because crossing ink prevents a secure letter-by-letter reading.
William Wilkie is procurator fiscal, John Wyllie is commissary of Lanark, and William Watson is cautioner. These are three separate court roles and none supplies kinship.
No child, parent, or sibling is named, so the testament does not bridge this John to the 1608 Mid Calder baptism or to either earlier Quothquan John.

EVIDENCE
Confirmed, not newly discovered: John Glasgow in Quothquan, Libberton parish; intestate death in February 1685; Jonet as widow and executrix dative.
Probable but unresolved surname: Kinnie remains the leading reading for Jonet and must retain a question mark.
Confirmed role separation: William Wilkie is procurator fiscal; John Wyllie is commissary; William Watson is cautioner.
Unresolved localities: the designations after John Wyllie and William Watson are not safe to normalize.
Confirmed negative: no child or parent is named in the supplied testament.

CHANGES
No family conclusion changed; the widow and officer/cautioner distinctions are reconfirmed.
The reread adds John Wyllie explicitly to the role audit while preserving his unread place designation.
Jonet's surname remains probable Kinnie rather than being promoted from damaged ink.
The three Quothquan John records remain separate record-defined people unless external evidence links them.

UNRESOLVED
Jonet's surname beyond probable Kinnie
The place designations of John Wyllie and William Watson
Complete livestock, crop, debt, and valuation figures
Closing names and signatures obscured by show-through
Any child, parent, or sibling of John and any bridge to the 1608 baptism or earlier Quothquan records