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Reviewed newspaper notices
7 distinct notices from 7 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 7 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
How to read these notices
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7 distinct notices · 7 retained pages
1842Verified surname passageMarriage noticeStrong match
Rev. Adam Glasgow
May Street, Belfast (wedding venue)b. by c. 1823 adult estimate
Married Miss Jane Thompson on 30 December 1841.
Birth estimate / source
Adult groom styled Rev. in a notice for a marriage on 30 December 1841, assuming 18+; age not stated; no profile date used.
Miss Jane Thompson
May Street, Belfast (uncle’s house; wedding venue)Birth unknown
Married Rev. Adam Glasgow; Thomas Corbett, Esq., is named as her uncle.
Thomas Corbett, Esq.
May Street, Belfast (house named as wedding venue)Birth unknown
Described by the notice as the bride’s uncle; no family branch or parentage stated.
Spouse / marriageOther kinPlace / address
Published 1842-01-04 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 3
Bounded crop of the complete marriage notice under MARRIED. Viewer search highlighting is not printed ink. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1842-01-04 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Under “MARRIED”: “On the 30th ult. by the Rev. Dr. Cooke, at the house of the lady’s uncle, Thomas Corbett, Esq. May-street, the Rev. Adam Glasgow to Miss Jane Thompson.”
Evidence and identity limits
The notice records Rev. Adam Glasgow as groom and Miss Jane Thompson as bride, married on 30 December 1841 (derived from “30th ult.” in the 4 January 1842 issue). Thomas Corbett is described as the bride’s uncle; no parentage or family branch is stated. May-street identifies the house where the notice says the wedding took place, not Adam’s residence. This is compatible with, but does not prove, identification of the bride as the tree-linked Jane Fulton (Thompson) Glasgow or the groom as Glasgow-1781. Keep the profile/spouse matches qualified. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 4 Jan 1842: Rev. Adam Glasgow married Miss Jane Thompson on 30 Dec 1841 at the house of her uncle Thomas Corbett, May Street, Belfast. The NZ register says Adam Dickie Glasgow of Berry Street married Jane Thompson of Co. Down (b. 1822), so both identities are strong: Glasgow-1781 and Thompson-100184, already linked as spouses. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: Thomas Corbett, Esq., May-street.
[b. c. 1815; d. 1863-03-18] · groomWhy this candidate?
The NZ register gives Adam Dickie Glasgow's wife as Jane Thompson of Co. Down, b. 1822, matching the bride. He was the Berry Street minister in Belfast at the time.
[b. c. 1822; d. c. 1912] · brideWhy this candidate?
Thompson-100184 is Jane Fulton (Thompson) Glasgow, b. c.1822 Co. Down, d. 1912 Dunedin, spouse of Glasgow-1781. The NZ register independently names Adam's wife as Jane Thompson of Co. Down, b. 1822. No competing Jane Thompson.
1842Verified surname passagechurch appointmentStrong match
Adam Glasgow
Belfastb. by c. 1824 adult estimate
Set apart as one of four General Assembly missionaries to Hindostan with Rev. James Glasgow, James M’Kee, Robert Montgomery, and James Henry Spears.
Birth estimate / source
Adult minister in 1842, assuming 18+; age not stated
Occupation / trade
Published 1842-01-14 · Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser · p. 1
Faithful crop of the full “Designation of Four Missionaries of the General Assembly” paragraph. Issue heading is outside the crop; title, date and page come from original viewer/provider metadata. The source page is linked for context. The viewer search overlay is preserved; this is separate from the adjacent Repeal report. Source reference: Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser · 1842-01-14 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
“Designation of Four Missionaries of the General Assembly”: the Presbytery of Belfast set apart four ministers as fellow-labourers in Hindostan with Rev. James Glasgow: Rev. Adam Glasgow, James M’Kee, Robert Montgomery, and James Henry Spears.
Evidence and identity limits
The source is a missionary account, not the adjacent Repeal report. James McClure Glasgow-1780 is a probable match to Rev. James Glasgow from his documented Presbyterian Church in Ireland missionary career. Adam Dickie Glasgow-1781 is a possible match to Rev. Adam Glasgow based on his checked minister profile, but the article supplies no middle name or other identity bridge. Their co-occurrence establishes no kinship. Identity review (6 October 2026): Freeman's Journal, 14 Jan 1842: the Presbytery of Belfast designated four missionaries (Rev. Adam Glasgow, James M'Kee, Robert Montgomery and James Henry Spears) to join Rev. James Glasgow in Hindostan. Adam is Glasgow-1781 and James is Glasgow-1780, both strong. This report states no kinship.
[b. c. 1815; d. 1863-03-18] · missionary designated for IndiaWhy this candidate?
His designation to India alongside James matches the NZ register's Berry Street minister who served 15 years at Rajkot and had a brother, Dr James Glasgow, also a missionary.
1842Verified surname passageMissionary designation reportStrong match
Rev. Adam Glasgow
May Street, Belfast (designation service)b. by c. 1824 adult estimate
Named among four ministers set apart as missionaries to India. · Report explicitly calls him brother of Rev. Jas. Glasgow.
Birth estimate / source
Adult minister styled Rev. in a designation report dated 14 January 1842, assuming 18+; age not stated; no profile date used.
Rev. Jas. Glasgow
Place not statedb. by c. 1824 adult estimate
Named as Adam Glasgow’s brother in the missionary designation report.
Birth estimate / source
Adult minister styled Rev. in a designation report dated 14 January 1842, assuming 18+; age not stated; no profile date used.
SiblingsOccupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1842-01-14 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Bounded crop of the missionary-designation report, retaining its explicit brother wording. Search highlight is viewer interface. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1842-01-14 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Under the designation of four missionaries to India, the report names the Rev. Adam Glasgow and says he was “brother of the Rev. Jas. Glasgow.” The ceremony is reported as a Belfast Presbytery service at Dr. Cooke’s church, May Street.
Evidence and identity limits
The report explicitly describes the named Rev. Adam Glasgow as brother of Rev. Jas. Glasgow. This wording corroborates the already documented Adam/James sibling relationship in James McClure Glasgow’s first-person journal and the Knox Church history; do not treat this as an additional independent relationship or a certainty upgrade. Adam Dickie Glasgow-1781 and James McClure Glasgow-1780 remain compatible profile candidates, but the newspaper does not spell out either middle name or uniquely identify either person. This is a report of the same missionary-designation service also reported by the Freeman’s Journal on 14 January 1842; independence between reports is not assumed. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 14 Jan 1842: at the designation of four missionaries, Rev. Adam Glasgow is called 'brother of the Rev. Jas. Glasgow'. Both identities are strong, and the NZ register independently names Adam's brother as Dr James Glasgow. The brothers are already linked through shared parents.
Faithful bounded excerpt from the inspected original; source issue metadata is shown in the caption. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1842-02-01 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Marriage notice: On 14 January 1842, Mr John Kyle of Tyanee married Nancy, sixth daughter of Mr Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, county Derry.
Evidence and identity limits
Identifies the already documented Nancy Glasgow-3907 and father Adam Glasgow-3902; direct evidence for father-child relationship and marriage, with no age, mother, or place of marriage stated. Separate preceding notice uses Glasgow as Rev John Rogers’s place, not surname. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 1 Feb 1842: John Kyle of Tyanee married Nancy, sixth daughter of Mr Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, Co. Derry, on 14 Jan 1842. Nancy Glasgow-3907, Adam Glasgow-3902 and John Kyle-3461 are already linked as daughter and father and as spouses. The Londonderry Sentinel of 29 Jan 1842 reports the same marriage.
Nancy Glasgow of Inishrush, daughter of Adam-3902 and spouse of Kyle-3461. Her name, her father's name, Inishrush and the groom together form a record-level bridge, and there is no competing Nancy.
[b. c. 1758; d. 1844-06-30] · bride's fatherWhy this candidate?
'Of Inishrush' is a unique designation in 1842, and Adam-3902 (d. 1844) is already Nancy's linked father. The later Adam of Inishrush (Glasgow-2419, b. 1853) is excluded by chronology. His son Adam-1622 (b. c.1794) is a much weaker alternative. [Independent check 6 October 2026: downgrade — 'Of Inishrush' is not unique. Adam Glasgow-1622 is a separate, record-defined Adam (named as father of James, 38, farmer of Inishrush, in the 1851 marriage). The local findings keep him distinct, and his being 3902's son is 'not proved'. A sixth daughter marrying in 1842 fits Adam-1622 (b. by c.1792) at least as well as 3902 (b. c.1758, wife Rose b. 1767; Nancy's guessed 1822 birth is impossible for Rose)
The profile already records John Kyle as Nancy-3907's husband; name and marriage agree.
1842Verified surname passageeditorial/reference passagePossible match
Glasgow (forename unidentified)
IndiaBirth unknown
The passage invokes “Glasgow in India” in a comparison of missionary and clerical conduct in the Indies and Ireland. · No forename or particular event is stated.
Place / address
Published 1842-04-05 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 1
Faithful, root-approved crop of the 5 April 1842 passage; issue masthead is outside the crop. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1842-04-05 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
The 5 April 1842 Belfast News-Letter passage invokes “Glasgow in India” in a comparison of missionary and clerical conduct in the Indies and Ireland. It names no forename and describes no particular event.
Evidence and identity limits
The surrounding passage treats Glasgow as an individual missionary in India, not a place. James McClure Glasgow-1780 is a probable contextual candidate because his documented missionary career places him in India in this period; this surname-only comparison does not identify him by forename or independently prove the profile assignment, origin, or any family relationship. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 5 Apr 1842: a surname-only reference to 'Glasgow in India'. Probably James McClure Glasgow-1780; Adam-1781 had only been designated in Jan 1842.
[b. 1805-05-27; d. 1890-06-30] · missionary referred toWhy this candidate?
James had been in India since Feb 1841 and was the established Glasgow missionary there. Adam was designated in Jan 1842 and reached Rajkot by 16 May 1842 (BNL 29 Jul 1842), so he is a weaker competitor for an April 1842 reference. [Independent check 6 October 2026: downgrade — A surname-only rhetorical reference with no forename or event. Adam was designated in Jan 1842 and wrote from Rajkote on 16 May 1842, so he may already have been in India. A single contextual agreement does not reach probable.]
1842Verified surname passagemissionary editorialStrong match
James Glasgow
India mission / first Indian Presbytery contextb. by c. 1818
A July 1842 editorial calls Rev. James Glasgow the first Moderator of the first Indian Presbytery and discusses his India missionary work. A separate Adam Glasgow letter in the issue is not evidence of kinship.
Birth estimate / source
Rev. ministerial role documented by 1836; estimated age 18+ at that role, not stated by the source and not a sourced birth date.
Occupation / trade
Published 1842-07-29 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Faithful bounded column excerpt; original issue page linked. Publication date is the issue date; any letter/event date is stated separately in the reading. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1842-07-29 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
A separate editorial passage says: “The Rev. James Glasgow is much to be envied. The first Moderator of the first Indian Presbytery—he who stood alone among millions of heathens—will occupy an honoured page in the history of Christian missions.” Publication date is 29 July 1842. The same issue separately prints a letter by Rev. Adam Glasgow, datelined Rajkote, 16 May 1842; that date belongs to Adam’s letter, not to the James editorial.
Evidence and identity limits
The named James is a probable match to Glasgow-1780 in the documented Castledawson/India missionary sequence. The editorial supplies no full middle name or kinship statement; Adam’s adjacent letter is a distinct source passage. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 29 Jul 1842: an editorial praises Rev. James Glasgow as 'first Moderator of the first Indian Presbytery', and a separate letter by Rev. Adam Glasgow is dated Rajkote 16 May 1842. James is Glasgow-1780 and Adam is Glasgow-1781, both strong.
Cookstown (Fever Hospital context; residence Place not stated)Birth unknown
Received £5 from executors of Mrs Margaret Lynd, bequeathed for the Fever Hospital.
Published 1842-12-27 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 3
User-supplied excerpt. Issue heading is preserved in the crop. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1842-12-27 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
William Glasgow received £5 from executors of Mrs Margaret Lynd, Cookstown, bequeathed for the Fever Hospital.
Evidence and identity limits
No age, family or business address; remains unassigned among Cookstown Williams. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 27 Dec 1842: William Glasgow received £5 left to the Cookstown Fever Hospital by Mrs Margaret Lynd. He cannot be told apart from several Cookstown William Glasgows.
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