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Frances Lawton and New Brunswick Probate Records
Can someone help me? I am trying to investiage the Eager Family in St. John's New Brunswick. I have from EArly probate records by R. Wallace Hale, p. 254, that a Robert Eggar was a witness to the will of Frances Lawton in the city of St. John in 1818.......I am wondering who this Frances is and connection to this Robert??????? Diane Eager



Frances Lawton was wife of Thomas Lawton, Loyalist. Thomas was the son of Issac Lawton, Loyalist. They were important men in early Saint John. Robert Eggar may have been someone who worked for them, or a neighbour...hard to say.


witness Frances Lawton will


Here are the signatures of witnesses on Frances Lawton`s will, signed in 1818 in Saint John....looks like Robt Eggar

I found a Robert Eggar who was born about 1797 and married Emily Cameron in Fredericton, NB, 11 April, 1826.

1861 Census of Canada
about Emma Eggar

Name: Gender: Age: Birth Year: Spouse's name: Home in 1861: Race: Religion: Household Members:
Emma Eggar
Female
58
1803
Robert
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick
Native (Native American)
Church Of England
Name Age
Robert Eggar 75
Emma Eggar 58
In 1867, 1868 and 1871 NB directories, Emma Eggar, sometimes spelled Eager, was a widow of Robert and living on King St and Northumberland St in Fredericton, NB
A John Eggar was a painter living on Northumberland St, Fredericton, in 1871...may be a son.



I also found this
EGGAR: Robert Eggar b. 1786, married 5 Apr 1826 Emma Cameron born 1803, second d/o Stephen Cameron: they settled in Fredericton, York County: only child mentioned was, John H. Eggar born 1827, d. 17 Jun 1892, married Isabel Cameron b. 1828, d. 6 Feb 1901. Source: MC80/2334 Isabel L. Hill’s The old burying ground Fredericton, NB, Vol.
III, pages 283-286.

If this is the ROBERT EGGAR that signed the will, he may have lived in Saint John in 1818 and later moved to Fredericton.
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