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I was just looking at online data and discovered that John Eagle of Horton, NS, came to Halifax from England on the Winchelsea, part of Cornwallis's fleet of 1749. No wife is mentioned. He is listed as a Smith by trade and he is also listed among those who "disappeared from Halifax. Likely slipped away to New England." I have read here that he came to Boston with his wife in 1750.
In any case, it seems probable that he arrived in Halifax in 1749, went to Boston or some part of New England in the same year, met Laurene fairly soon, married, had two boys, and returned to NS to take up residence on land he had acquired in Horton township sometime in 1762.
According to Douglas Eaton Eagles, William, John's son, was born around 1750 and stayed in Horton to raise a large family, from which the Nova Scotia Eagles are descended.
This new information about John Eagle's arrival in Halifax in 1749 (with or without wife), helps his descendants to turn to England for his birth and parents.
Has anyone seen this record already and started to work on it? I'd be eager to hear what has been done and discovered.
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