82:, believing that this would become a loyalist settlement, and established sawmills, stores and engaged in ship building. In 1783, learning that the border would be established further east, he relocated to
94:
in 1786. Pagan was involved in the timber trade, operating mills, shipbuilding and the fish trade and was a wholesale and retail merchant. He assisted in research and surveys which helped establish the
136:
58:), where he became involved in the timber trade and ship building. He married Miriam Pote. His brother Thomas joined him in 1775. In October 1775, his premises were destroyed by
141:
99:
as the international boundary with Maine. Pagan helped found the Bank of New
Brunswick in 1820. He died in St Andrews the following year at the age of 71.
151:
146:
96:
90:
for the area and was later named a judge of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county. The community there was named
44:
40:
54:, the son of William Pagan and Margaret Maxwell. In 1768 or 1769, he went to Falmouth Neck, Massachusetts (now
75:
91:
67:
108:
131:
126:
87:
8:
62:
forces who were reacting to rebel activity in the area. The two brothers departed to the
83:
19:
For the
English/South African writer who sometimes wrote under this pseudonym, see
79:
55:
20:
120:
71:
59:
36:
63:
32:
137:
18th-century members of the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
51:
142:
Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation New
Brunswick
78:
of 1778. In 1780, Pagan settled at the mouth of the
31:(November 16, 1750 – November 23, 1821) was a
118:
66:. They returned in 1777, joining their brother
35:-born merchant, judge and political figure in
111:Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
119:
45:Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
13:
14:
163:
102:
152:18th-century Canadian merchants
147:Colony of New Brunswick judges
1:
76:Massachusetts Banishment Act
7:
10:
168:
18:
74:. Pagan was named in the
88:justice of the peace
47:from 1786 to 1819.
16:Canadian politician
109:Biography at the
86:. He was named a
84:Passamaquoddy Bay
39:. He represented
159:
41:Charlotte County
167:
166:
162:
161:
160:
158:
157:
156:
117:
116:
105:
97:St. Croix River
80:Penobscot River
56:Portland, Maine
50:He was born in
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
165:
155:
154:
149:
144:
139:
134:
129:
115:
114:
104:
103:External links
101:
21:William Plomer
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
164:
153:
150:
148:
145:
143:
140:
138:
135:
133:
130:
128:
125:
124:
122:
113:
112:
107:
106:
100:
98:
93:
89:
85:
81:
77:
73:
72:New York City
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
48:
46:
42:
38:
37:New Brunswick
34:
30:
26:
22:
110:
49:
29:Robert Pagan
28:
27:
25:
132:1821 deaths
127:1750 births
92:St. Andrews
64:West Indies
121:Categories
60:American
33:Scottish
68:William
52:Glasgow
43:in the
70:in
123::
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.