Reported events, notices, advertisements and letters. OCR matches need visual checking; place names, vessels and matches to other surnames are excluded from Glasgow surname evidence.
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Reviewed newspaper notices
1 distinct notices from 1 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 1 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
How to read these notices
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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1794Verified surname passageshipping intelligencePossible match
William Glasgow
Place not statedb. by c. 1776 adult estimate
Master of the Jean, reported arrived safely at Derry from London.
Birth estimate / source
Adult shipmaster role in 1794, assuming 18+; age not stated
Occupation / trade
Published 1794-04-07 · The Northern Star · p. 4
Faithful bounded original source passage, visually checked 5 October 2026; long-s typography normalized to Glasgow in the reading. Issue heading outside crop; provider issue metadata retained. Source reference: The Northern Star · 1794-04-07 · p. 4. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
The Jean, William Glasgow, master, from London, is reported arrived safe at Derry on the 6th instant.
Evidence and identity limits
Explicit personal forename and master role. Jean is a different vessel from the brig William; continuity between named masters is compatible but unproved. The relative arrival day is preserved; no family or personal residence is supplied. Identity review (6 October 2026): Northern Star 7 Apr 1794: the Jean, William Glasgow master, from London, arrived at Derry on the 6th. Same named master cluster; no profile proved.
[b. c. 1763; d. c. 1816] · master of the JeanWhy this candidate?
Named-master notice: compatible with the Belfast captain Wm. Glasgow of the brig William (and of the Jean, 1793-94). Profile assignment: Glasgow-3324 (William of Larne, c.1763-1816) is possible only. It rests solely on an inherited family-chronology suggestion; a 1804 Larne deed calls him a farmer; and no residence, owner or kin record bridges him to the captain. Full reasoning and competitors in group 72014483.
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