Fredericton's Old Burial Ground - Seann Chladh

The Honourable William Pagan was the first President of the Saint John Society of Saint Andrew (the first such Society in Canada). He was inaugurated as President in 1798 and served again in 1799, 1800, 1806 through 1812, and 1815. He owned property in both Saint John and Fredericton.  Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1744, William Pagan was descended from a long line of commercial wealth stretching back to the 1650s. As David Macmillian and Roger Nason have noted:  The Pagan family had been active in the rising commerce of Glasgow since the 1650s. William Pagan Sr, a prominent sugar refiner there, established a strong commercial reputation through trading activities in the West Indies, in the Mediterranean, and along the Irish coast. In 1754 he and his brother John became burgesses and guild brethren of Glasgow, positions open to them because their father, David, had been admitted to the city as a merchant earlier in the century. Another brother, George, set up as a merchant in G...