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He was born in Glasgow, the son of William Pagan, a dealer in sugar, and Margaret Maxwell.
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William Pagan
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He represented Saint John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1786 to 1816. By 1766, he was master of his own ship, involved in the sugar trade between the West Indies and North America. Later, the brothers settled east of the Penobscot River in what is now part of Maine, expecting that this area would become part of a loyalist colony.
He established a firm involved in trading goods with Britain and was also involved in shipbuilding.
He also served on the town council for Saint John. He helped found Saint Andrew"s Church in Saint John and served as the first president of the local Saint Andrew"s Society.
