William C. Glascott

Abt 1805 - 1875  (~ 69 years)

• Name	William C. Glascott
  Born	Abt Apr 1805	Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	12 Apr 1805	Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland   [2]
  Immigration	17 Jul 1819	Quebec, Canada
  The brig 'Thomas' arrived at Quebec after a passage of 35 days out of Waterford, Ireland.
  Died	10 Apr 1875	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States   [2, 3]
  When William Glascott died, even though he was living in the United States, the Perth Courier [Ontario, Canada] of April 30, 1875 carried this "In Memoriam" article. For easier reading, I have added paragraph breaks and some bracketed entries to clarify some of the information. William Glascott died on Sat. April 10th at 8:00 pm at his residence on Market Street, Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, aged 70 years of age. He was the third son of John Glascott, Esq., near New Ross, County of Wexford, Ireland, (at which place he was born in April of 1805) and Susan (Tree), his wife, a native of Newfoundland. When about 13 years old, his father and mother died suddenly, confiding him and his brothers and two sisters (all minors) to the care of his uncle, the Rev. Wm. Glascott, of Pilltown, Chaplain, who, however, with systematic cruelty and selfishness, appropriated their estate and sent the orphans to America and there left those reared in the lap of luxury to battle with the stern hardships incident to a new country. At the age of 18 years, William took a contract on the Erie Canal at Lockport [NY], employing 300 men. Afterwards he went to Canada and bought and cleared a farm in Bathurst Township, County of Lanark [Ontario]. In the early settlement of the county, he, with other pioneers, quite frequently carried 100 pounds of flour on his back through the unbroken forest, a distance of 40 miles, with no road but the foot track and the blazed trees to guide his path; while those who had flinched from him his rightful patrimony, reveled in wealth and luxurious ease. Here he married Catherine, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., and Margaret Stuart, his wife, of Portagal [likely Fortingall], Perthshire, Scotland. Having impaired his health somewhat by hard labor, he sold his farm and bought property in Perth and engaged actively in business. For some eight years he had the Royal Mail contract, running from horse coach daily between Brockville and Perth on the St. Lawrence River. He then moved west to Milwaukee and shortly afterwards settled in Monroe, where he resided for about 20 years. Some years ago he was gun struck and suffered from the wound almost every warm season since. His health had been poor for the last few years by reason of the disease that was silently and steadily shortening his life. He was bedfast only about a week and died of dropsy of the heart. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and afterwards of the Presbyterian. He died firm in the faith of a glorious resurrection and blessed immortality which after all are the only two riches. He was a man of great physical powers with a very active and powerful mind. Genial, kind, sociable and unselfish almost to a fault, he was one of nature's true nobility. He cared nothing for title of rank, but indulged in the hope that one day his cause would be righted. The family title is "Glascott of Pilltown". Glascott of Pilltown in the County of Wexford and Kingdom of Ireland , beareth for arms on a field of azure, two eagle claws crossed a la quise Argent, barways armed. Crest, an eagle displayed with two heads party per pale Argent and azure armed sable. Motto, the Latin for 'Adorned with Valor'. He has left a widow, six sons and four daughters to mourn his loss. May he rest in peace.
  Buried	Abt 12 Apr 1875	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I6394	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	John Glascott,   b. Abt 1760, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland ,   d. 13 Apr 1817, Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Susannah Tree,   b. 20 Jan 1765, Boston, Massachusetts, British North America ,   d. 13 Jun 1818, Co. Wexford, Ireland  (Age 53 years)
  Married	Abt 1789	Ferryland, Newfoundland   [1]
  This location is speculative since there does not appear to be a surviving marriage record for John and Susannah. The Church of England records at St.John's go back into the 1700s but unfortunately there are no Anglican records for Ferryland before the mid 1820s. There are also references that the local magistrates sometimes performed marriages in the absence of a clergymen.
  Family ID	F1998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Campbell,   b. Abt 1805, Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom ,   d. 1886, Bertie Twp, Welland County, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1825	Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America
  Address: First Presbyterian Church
  Census	1851	Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America   [4]
  In the 1851 Canada Census, William is listed as an Innkeeper. The entire family was noted as being Presbyterian. I found no listing for a Helen Glascott. I could not verify if she actually existed, If she did, it appears she had died before this census. No other reference found to Helen.
  Census	1860	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States   [5]
  Census	1870	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States   [6]
  Children	1. Margaret Glascott,   b. 20 May 1825, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. 16 Nov 1916, Michigan City, Indiania, United States  (Age 91 years)   2. Lucinda "Lucy" Glascott,   b. Abt 1826, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Glascott,   b. Abt 1829, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Glascott,   b. 20 Mar 1830, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. 30 Mar 1830, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America  (Age 0 years)   5. Francis Campbell Glascott,   b. Abt 1831, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. David Stewart Glascott,   b. Abt 1833, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Archibald F. Glascott,   b. Abt 1835, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. William Henry Glascott,   b. 24 Jun 1837, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Susan Glascott,   b. 6 Jul 1839, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Mary Ann Glascott,   b. Abt 1841, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Duncan Glascott,   b. Abt 1843, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Robert Albert Glascott,   b. Abt 1845, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Charles Campbell Glascott,   b. Abt 1852, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt Apr 1805 - Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland Baptism - 12 Apr 1805 - Creaken, Co. Wexford, Ireland Immigration - 17 Jul 1819 - Quebec, Canada Married - Address: First Presbyterian Church - 11 Aug 1825 - Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America Census - 1851 - Perth, Lanark, Ontario, British North America Census - 1860 - Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States Census - 1870 - Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States Died - 10 Apr 1875 - Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States Buried - Abt 12 Apr 1875 - Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S130] Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1, 8th Edition , Sir Bernard Burke, (Harrison and Sons, London, 1894). [S89] Ancestry.com - Various Event Records., (Ancestry.com. [database on-line] 360 W 4800 N, Provo, UT 84604, USA), Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. . [S132] 1851 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA.), 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1851; Census Place: Perth, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 43; Line: 35. [S126] 1860 United States Census, 1860; Census Place: Monroe, Green, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1411; Page: 349; Family History Library Film: 805411. [S131] 1870 United States Census, ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1870; Census Place: Monroe, Green, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1715; Page: 187A; Family History Library Film: 553214.