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Reviewed newspaper notices
2 distinct notices from 2 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 2 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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2 distinct notices · 2 retained pages
1798Verified surname passagevoluntary subscription listProbable match
John Glasgow
Millrig, parish of KirklistonBirth unknown
Named among voluntary subscriptions in the parish.
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1798-07-20 · The Edinburgh Advertiser · p. 6
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Edinburgh Advertiser · 1798-07-20 · p. 6. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.Additional excerpts from this issue — 1Faithful 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. Original excerpt page ↗
What the notice says
John Glasgow, labourer, Millrig, is named among voluntary subscriptions in the parish of Kirkliston.
Evidence and identity limits
The heading establishes voluntary subscriptions and the Kirkliston section. It does not prove payment, a military enlistment, an individual amount, religion or family. Identity remains unresolved. Compatible candidates have chronology only, without an individual place, occupation or family bridge. These three John contexts may involve different men; the two Allegheny reprints are one list. Identity review (6 October 2026): July 1798 Kirkliston voluntary subscriptions: 'John Glasgow, labourer, Millrig'. He is very probably John Glasgow (Glasgow-159), agricultural labourer, married at Kirkliston in 1785, with children baptised there 1786-1797.
[b. c. 1761; d. ?] · subscriberWhy this candidate?
Name + occupation + parish + date agree independently: Glasgow-159 is John Glasgow, agricultural labourer (occupation from daughter Janet's 1874 death record), married Agnes Gray at Kirkliston 19 Sept 1785, with children Thomas (1786), Mary (1788), Janet (1790) and a child (1797) in the Kirkliston register - so he was a Kirkliston labourer in 1798. Millrig itself is not yet on the profile. The prior candidates are weaker: Glasgow-4090 is recorded in Desertoghill, Co. Londonderry in the 1796 flax list with a family there - unlikely; Glasgow-3927 is an 1831 Inishrush householder - unlikely; Glasgow-2964 (Edinburgh, 1841) has no Kirkliston link. Duplicate check (6 Oct 2026, wt.py search John Gl
1798Verified surname passagemilitia ballot listProbable match
James Glasgow
Kelso, ScotlandBirth unknown
named as son of David Glasgow in the Kelso parish militia ballot list · list accompanied a Jedburgh notice dated 29 September 1798
David Glasgow
Kelso, ScotlandBirth unknown
identified as father of James Glasgow in parish militia ballot list
Parents & childrenPlace / address
Published 1798-10-04 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 1
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Caledonian Mercury · 1798-10-04 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
James Glasgow, son to David Glasgow, is named in the Kelso parish militia ballot list accompanying a Jedburgh notice dated 29 September 1798.
Evidence and identity limits
Roxburgh County Militia notice dated Jedburgh, 29 September 1798, names Kelso parish selections by ballot, instructing attendance at Kelso on 11 October or finding a substitute. Selection is not proof of completed service. David’s weaving descriptor appears stockfweaver; exact lexical expansion remains uncertain. The original does not call him junior. The original explicitly describes James as son of David Glasgow. James-1222 and David-1218 are compatible regional/chronological candidates, but neither identity is proved; their existing Wiki Tree father link does not independently identify this newspaper family. No certainty upgrade or live parent change is justified. Identity review (6 October 2026): Oct 1798 Roxburgh militia ballot, Kelso parish: 'James Glasgow, son to David Glasgow, [stocking-]weaver'. This is James Glasgow (Glasgow-1222, b. 25 Dec 1777 Kelso) and his father David (Glasgow-1218); the existing father-son link can be made confident.
[b. 1777-12-25; d. 1853-06-21] · balloted militiaman (son)Why this candidate?
Name + father's name + parish + age agree. Glasgow-1222 was born 25 Dec 1777 at Kelso to David Glasgow and Janet Hood; in Sept 1798 he was 20, inside the 19-23 age band balloted under the 1797 Scottish Militia Act. He is the only James son of a David in the Roxburghshire Glasgow families on WikiTree (James 'Glasgoue-1', b.1746, is David's brother, far too old). Duplicate check (6 Oct 2026): WikiTree searchPerson finds no other Roxburghshire/Berwickshire candidate in the right birth window.
[b. before 1744-04-13; d. ?] · father; weaver (stocking-weaver?) at KelsoWhy this candidate?
David Glasgow, bapt. Stitchel 1744, married Janet Hood; children Andrew (1767), John (1768), James (1777, Kelso), William (1786, Kelso). The only David on WikiTree with a Kelso family (other Davids are in Livingston, Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Ireland). Notice adds his weaving trade. Duplicate check (6 Oct 2026): WikiTree searchPerson finds no other Roxburghshire/Berwickshire candidate in the right birth window.
These are search leads or exclusions, not confirmed surname records.
1798Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1798-07-23 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 1
What the notice says
Leith for New York notice: American ship Pearl, William Latimer master; freight/passage apply to ‘Messrs. William and Thomas Irvin, Glasgow; to the master on board, or to James Whyte, within the Exchange, Edinburgh.’ Also reviewed the other four OCR co-occurrence hits on the same page; none is a person named Thomas Glasgow.
Evidence and identity limits
Confirmed exclusion: Thomas belongs to the compound given-name ‘William and Thomas’; surname Irvin. Glasgow is locality. Original scan legible; no surname candidate.
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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