David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ The Rev. Daniel Chamier’s wife was a daughter of Pasteur Huet of Neufchatel. His sisters were Madeleine Chamier, (born 16th November 1662, died in London, 19th March 1745) and Jeanne Chamier (born 26th August 1667, died in Edinburgh 7th March 1729) . Madeleine wrote a brief history of the family, addressed to her brother’s eldest surviving son, Daniel Chamier, Esq. In it she says:—
“Your father, my dear nephew, married in 1689 Mademoiselle Huet, daughter of a minister of the gospel, a man of superior mind and sought after by all the able men of his time. ”

“ My brother, Daniel, had several more children, a son named Adrien, a daughter named Madeleine (those two died very young) ; in 1696 a son named Daniel (who is yourself, my dear nephew) ; in 1697 a son named John; in 1698 another son named Robert, who came into the world some months after the death of his father — a mournful event which had occurred on the 15th July 1698.
“That was the day your father died of a malignant fever. He had great sweatings. His brain was attacked, but he spoke of nothing but good things during his illness, which lasted fifteen days. All the world regretted him ”

“ The Rev. Daniel Chamier died at the early age of thirty-seven. Quick says that he was a young man of rare parts, and that he adorned his name and family.
*⁎* The above biography is abridged from (1) “Memoir of Daniel Chamier,” London, 1852; and from (2) Daniel Chamier, avec de nombreux documents, per Charles Read, Paris, 1858 ”