David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ He became a lieutenant in Schomberg’s Horse, and sailed for Ireland on 25th August 1689. He survived the trying encampment at Dundalk, and in 1690 retired on a pension. In August 1692 he settled in Dublin for life.
I have reserved his wife’s sufferings for a separate paragraph. When she was ejected from her home, a fine of 400 or 500 livres being the penalty to which any neighbour would be liable for sheltering her, it appeared that the expected infant must be born in the street. The house of her husband’s sister, Madame Darassus, was occupied by the dragoons. ”

“ That this may have been Des Pechels is rendered probable by the circumstance that Theodore Beza speaks of a notable inhabitant of Montauban whose name, translated into Latin, was Thomas de Piscatoribus. However, this excellent family is content to date from the sixteenth century. Pierre de Pechels, Baron of Boissonade and St. Cran Barré, flourished in 1547. By his wife, Louise de Fumel, he was father of Jean Horace de Pechels, who married, in 1575, Isabeau de Prevost. From father to son the succession went on thus:— Samuel married, in 1614, Rachel de Valette ”

“ The fifth and present baronet is Sir George Samuel Brooke Pechell, grandson of Augustus Pechell, Receiver-General of the Customs, who was the younger son of the first baronet. The surname of Brooke was derived from the lady of the first baronet, who was the heiress of Pagglesham.
Note.
Jacob de Pechels is always spoken of as “the only son” of the refugee; he was. more correctly, “the only surviving son.” A son, Samuel, was born to the refugee couple in London, on 25th October 1690, and was baptized in Le Temple on the 29th. The parents are designated Mr. ”