Person:Hannah Bunce (2)

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  1. Hannah Bunce1749 - 1807
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m. 1 Aug 1771
Facts and Events
Name Hannah Bunce
Gender Female
Birth[1] 28 Dec 1749 Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Connecticut, United Statesto _____ Cotton
Marriage 1 Aug 1771 Connecticut, United States[2nd wife ; she is the widow Cotton]
to Ebenezer Watson
Marriage 1779 Connecticut, United States[2nd wife ; she is the widow Watson]
to Barzillai Hudson
Death[1] 27 Sep 1807 Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesage 58 - died of the flu
Burial? Old South Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Notes

  • raised 1 child from her Cotton marriage, 4 from her Watson marriage, 4 from her Hudson marriage and 2 from Hudson's previous marriage
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Hannah Bunce Watson, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    includes sources, last accessed Jun 2025.

    Hannah Bunce Watson Hudson (28 December 1749 – 27 September 1807) was a newspaper publisher from the U.S. state of Connecticut, whose printed output supported the American Revolutionary War. She was the first woman to become a newspaper editor in Connecticut, and one of the first in the United States. ...

  2.   Connecticut Courant.

    “Died in this city, on Sunday last, Mrs. Hannah Hudson, wife of Mr. Barzillai Hudson, senior editor of this paper, aged 58 years.”