David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ I give the refugee’s adventures as handed down in his family. On abandoning his estate he passed some time in Marseilles, where he was the counseller of his fugitive brethren, and the custodier of their money, papers, plate, and jewels. On one occasion a young Romanist brought him some silver plate of the Forbin family, representing himself to be a Huguenot; Monsieur Roumieu, being on terms of friendship with that family, detected the imposture, and secured the restoration of the property to its owner. ”

“ Our truly noble refugee afterwards settled in London, in the district of Soho. He must have been advanced in life, for Forbin wrote of him as ce bon vieillard. The refugees continued to trust him with valuable deposits, so that his son, John, commenced business as a banker and bullion merchant. ”

“ And though these naval commanders had been taken in the attempt to convey succours to King James and the Irish papists, the Huguenot refugees in Plymouth at once responded to his appeal for charitable donations to the prisoners. ”