Chalmers, Daniel, A.M., a Scotch clergyman, son of a burgess of Edinburgh, took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1582; was presented to the vicarage of Barra in 1586, and re-entered on the living of Barra in 1592. He was summoned before the Assembly to answer for non-residence in the parish, and resigned in 1593. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, i, 392.

Chalmers, George(1), D.D., a Scotch clergyman, native of Aberdeen, took his degree at King's College in 1674; was admitted to the living at Kennoway before 1685; was deprived by the privy council in 1689 for not praying for the king and queen, and other acts of disloyalty. He went to England, and was presented to the living at Ford in 1690. He died in January, 1722, aged about sixty-eight years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, ii, 541.

Chalmers, George(2), a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1678; called to the living at Botriphnie in 1682; survived the Revolution and most of his contemporaries, and died Feb. 24, 1727, aged seventy-two years, leaving two sons, Alexander and James, in the ministry. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 193.

Chalmers, George(3), a Scotch clergyman, son of the minister at Rhynie, was admitted to the living at Drumblade before 1687, and died in 1702. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 652.

Chalmers, George(4), a Scotch clergyman, principal of King's College, Aberdeen, was appointed to the living at Old Machar in 1729, which he held in conjunction, although opposed for some time, but reaffirmed in 1730. He died May 4, 1746, aged seventy-five years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 485, 486.

Chalmers, George(5), a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1795; presented to the living at Mordington in 1804; ordained in 1805; and died Feb. 21, 1831, aged sixty-four years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, i, 446.

Chalmers, Hugh, a Scotch clegyman, son of the minister at Rhynie, was ordained helper at Marnoch in 1671; presnted to the living by the king in 1680, and died June 6, 1707, leaving his son Alexander, who became his successor, and James, minister at Dyke. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 208.

Chalmers, James(1), A.M., a Scotch clergyman, was promoted from being regent at King's College, Aberdeen; admitted to the living at New Machar before 1651; transferred to Cullen in 1652; appointed by Parliament in 1662 one of the visitors to the University of Aberdeen, and the same year was called south by the bishop of St. Andrews, and was promoted to Dumfries in 1663. The privy council ordered that as he had been at great charges in caring for the king's interest in Church and State, he was to have the salary due to his predecessor (who had been deprived and imprisoned), as well as that from his fromer parich. He was transferred by the king to Paisley in 1667; continued Aug. 18, 1669, and died before AUg. 4, 1675, aged about fifty years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, i, 569; ii,197; iii, 508, 673

Chalmers, James(2), A.M., a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1682; was appointed minister at Kirkpatrick-Fleming in 1686, and deprived by the privy council in 1689 for not praying for the king and queen. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, i, 622.

Chalmers, James(3), A.M., a Scotch clergyman, son of the minister at Fettercairn, was admitted to the living at Cullen in 1689 and deprived in 1695 for non-jurancy. He was the last minister settled there under Episcopacy, which was abolished one month before his deprivation. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 673.

Chalmers, James(4), A.M., a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1698; was licensed to preaach in 1699; called to the living at Elie in 1700, and ordained. He died Jan. 20, 1741, aged about sixty-three years. His son John succeeded to the benefice. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, ii, 425.

Chalmers, James(5), a Scotch clergyman, son of the minister at Marnoch, studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen; was licensed to preach in 1709; appointed to the living at Dyke, and ordained, but for some years had no salary. He was transferred to the second charge at Aberdeen in 1726; the appointment was opposed, but the General Assembly, by a small majority affirmed it. He was traansferred to the living at Greyfriars Church in 1728, with the professorship of divinty at Marischal College in conjunction. He died Oct. 6, 1744 aged fifty-seven years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 181, 467, 475.

Chalmers, James(6), a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1729; appointed to the living at Daviot in 1731, and died Aug. 3, 1787, aged eighty-four years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 581.

Chalmers, John(1), a Scotch clergyman, was minister at Auchterderran in 1599. He was one of the fifty-four ministers who signed the protestation in behalf of the liberties of the Kirk in 1617, and appeared before the Court of High Commission in 1620, for not keeping holy-days, and not not administering the communion according to the Perth form, but owing to sickness was excused. He died in 1642. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, ii, 521, 522. See more on John Chalmers of Auchterderran

Chalmers, John(2), a Scotch clergyman, sub-principal of King's College, Aberdeen, was appointed first to the living at Dyce, but was refused; then to the livingof second charge, Old Machar, in 1601, which he held in conjunction. Objection was taken to his holding two offices, as his charge was neglected, and he was transferred to Keith in June, 1610. In a fit of melancholy he attempted suicide, but survived a week, and died June 11, 1611, after full confession and repentance. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 205, 207, 486, 500.

Chalmers, John(3), a Scotch clergyman, son of the minister at Kinore, entered bursar at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1619; was admitted to the living at Inveraven in 1630, and ordained. The troubles of the rebellion and the Irish army prevented divine service for a long time, and to escape therefrom he was transferred to Gartly, in 1649, where he was admitted in 1650, and continiued in 1661. There is no further record of him. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 197, 221.

Chalmers, John(4), a Scotch clergyman, of Balnacrage, took his degree at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1630; was appointed suffragan assistant and successor at Glenbervie in 1634, and died in April, 1635, aged about twenty-five years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 878.

Chalmers, John(5), A.M., a Scotch clergyman, son of the minister at Boyndie, took his degree at King's College, Aberdeen in 1655, was appointed to the living at Arbuthnot in 1662, transferred to Peterhead in 1664, and died after Oct.8, 1678. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 633, 855.

Chalmers, John(6), A.M., a Scotch clergyman, brother of the principal at Aberdeen, supplied the congregation at Rotterdam in 1698, during a vacancy; was admitted to the living at Campvere, Scotland, in 1699; transferred to Duffus in 1722, and died therre in Spetember, 1729. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, i, 153.

Chalmers, John(7), D.D., a Scotch clergyman, son of the minister at Elie, was licensed to preach in 1737; called to the living at Elie in 1738, in succession to his father, and ordained. He was transferred to Kilconquhar in 1760, though his settlement was the subject of a long debate in the General Assembly. He died April 7, 1791, in his eightieth year. He was superior to many for ancient learning, but his usefulness was marred by a species of buffoonery, which excited much prejudice against him. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 633, 855.

Chalmers, John(8), a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Annapolis, Md. He embraced religion when but a boy; began preaching before he was sixteen; and in 1788 entered the itinerancy. In 1797 he located; re-entered the Baltimore Conference in 1832 as a supernumerary, which relation he sustained until his death, June 3, 1833. Mr. Chalmers was zealous in his work and exemplary in his life. See Minutes of Annual Conference, 1834, p. 279.

Chalmers, Patrick, A.M., a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1668; was admited helper and successor to his father at Boyndie in 1671, and was deprived, on his own confession, for not parying to the king and queen, in 1689. He intruded into the living at Boyne in 1703 See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 600, 671.

Chalmers, Peter, D.D., a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1814; presented to the second charge at Dunfermline in 1817; and transferred to the first charge in 1836. He joined the Free Secession in May, 1843, but changed his mind, applied to the presytery, and was agian received in June. He was living in 1863. He published, Two Discourses on the Sin, Danger, and Remedy of Dwelling (Edinb. 1822): - Strictures on the Dunfermline Voluntaries (Glasgow, 1835): - The Province of Reason in Matters of Divine Revelation and Scepticism Considered (1847): - An Historical Account of Dunfermline (Edinb. 1844-59, 2 vols):- An Account of the Parish, etc. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, ii, 570, 572. See the article on Peter Chalmers from Fifiana

Chalmers, Thomas, A.M., a Scotch clergyman, a native of Moray, took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1611; was proposed fro the living at Livingston in 1616, but the absence of the patron caused delay in admission. He was admitted minister at Kirkpatrick-Fleming in 1634; but was deposed in July, 1649, and died in February, 1673, aged about eighty-two years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, i, 622.

Chalmers, Walter, A.M., a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1766; appointed and ordained as missionary at Cairnie in 1768; then removed in Portsoy, and was presnted to the living at Deskford in 1780. He died Dec. 20, 1828, aged eighty-three years. He published two single Sermons (1793, 1794). See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 675.

Chalmers, William(1), A.M., a Scotch clergyman, son of the provost of Aberdeen, took his degree at King's College in that city in 1617; was admitted to the living at Boyndie before 1635, being the first minister of the separated parish. When the army of the Royalists, under Montrose, were plundering the country in 1645, they made spoil of his goods, gear, and books. He was a member of the Commission of Assemblies in 1647 and 1649, and died in February, 1671, aged about seventy-four years. He had four sons, James, John, Patrick and William, in the ministry. Patrick succeded him in the benefice. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, iii, 670, 671.

Chalmers, William(2), a Scotch clergyman, was baptized Feb 17, 1755; licensed to preach in 1783; appointed to the living at Auchtergaven in 1784, and ordained. He died June 10, 1838, aged eighty-three. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, ii, 790.

Chalmers, William(3), D.D., a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1835; presented to the living at Aberdour in 1836 by desire of the parishioners and ordained and transferred to Dailly in 1841. He joined the Free Secession in June, 1843, and was admitted minister to the Presyterian congregation, Edward Street, London, in 1844. He published a sermon on the death of Sir Alexander Gibson Carmichael. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, ii, 576.