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WATSON, Ebenezer, editor, born in Bethlehem, Connecticut, in 1744; died in Hartford, Connecticut, 16 September, 1777. His ancestor, John Watson, came from England and settled in Hartford in 1644. For several years Ebenezer was the editor and publisher of "The Courant." It had been established in 1764 by Thomas Green, who took Watson into partnership, and, removing to New Haven about 1768, left him to be manager and editor of this journal. After his death his second wife, Hannah Bunce, conducted the paper and was probably the first woman to edit a journal in this country.--His brother, James, senator, born in New York city, 6 April, 1750; died there, 15 May, 1806, was graduated at Yale in 1776, engaged in mercantile business in New York, and acquired a large estate. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and served in the assembly in 1791-'6, and in the state senate in 1798. He was elected United States senator as a Democrat, in place of John Sloss Hobart, and served from 11 December, 1798, till 19 March, 1801, when he resigned to become United States navy agent for New York city.
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