"His father died six weeks after; but that loss was in a good measure supplied to the orphan family, by the affectionate care of their uncle Mr. Daniel Maclaurin, minister of Kilfinnan, and by the virtue and prudent œconomy of Mrs. Maclaurin. After some stay in Argyleshire, where her sisters and she had a small patrimonial estate, she removed to Dumbarton, for the more convenient education of her children: but dying in 1707, the care of them devolved entirely to their uncle."