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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.
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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1789Verified surname passagecertificate listPossible match
James Glasgow
Edinburghb. by c. 1771 adult estimate
Appears in the Mid-Lothian game-duty list of certificates issued since 8 September 1789.
Birth estimate / source
Adult role as Esq./game-duty certificate holder in 1789, assuming 18+; age not stated
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1789-12-11 · The Edinburgh Advertiser · p. 8
Faithful bounded excerpt of the inspected original. Contrast adjusted 1.35 for legibility; no reconstruction. Supplemental context is separately preserved where needed; issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Edinburgh Advertiser · 1789-12-11 · p. 8. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
James Glasgow, Esq., Edinburgh, appears in the Mid-Lothian game-duty list of certificates issued since 8 September 1789.
Evidence and identity limits
Entry reads Glasgow, James, Esq; Edinburgh. The list concerns issued game certificates, not a dated shooting event or a family relationship. Date scope is the list heading, not an exact certificate date. The clipping has a disclosed contrast adjustment, without reconstruction. Identity review (6 October 2026): Dec 1789 Mid-Lothian game-certificate list: 'Glasgow, James, Esq; Edinburgh'. Best lead is James Glasgow (Glasgow-1142), St Vincent planter and brother of Robert of Montgreenan, who died in Calder parish near Edinburgh, but this is unproved.
[b. 1750-03-18; d. c. 1803] · game-certificate holder (gentleman)Why this candidate?
'Esq.' and a Mid-Lothian game certificate imply a landed or monied gentleman. Paterson says James, brother of Robert Glasgow of Mountgreenan, 'went to St Vincent's. He died in the parish of Calder, near Edinburgh, unmarried' - a returned planter living near Edinburgh fits the description, and Robert's 1803 trust names James's natural sons. That is Glasgow-1142 (bapt. Dalry 1750; d.1803). But nothing places him in Edinburgh in 1789. The earlier candidates have nothing behind them: 4124 (Saltoun mariner/surgeon 1733), 3944 (no data), 2988 and 1024 (Ireland) - weak. Glasgow-2848 (bapt. 1750 West Calder, son of John) is another Calder-area possibility. Williamson's 1790 Edinburgh directory has n
These are search leads or exclusions, not confirmed surname records.
1789Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1789-12-04 · The Edinburgh Advertiser · p. 3
What the notice says
For The Margarets, Robert Lindsay master, goods at Rappahannock River, Virginia: ‘John Galloway, Glasgow; Robert Boy, Greenock, or the Master on board.’ Nearby Grandvale notice names Robert Baines/Baine and Port Glasgow.
Evidence and identity limits
Confirmed exclusion: John Galloway is named; Glasgow is a locality. No John Glasgow person.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
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