Ebenezer Wilson | |
Order: | 29th Mayor of New York City |
Term Start: | 1707 |
Term End: | 1710 |
Predecessor: | William Peartree |
Successor: | Jacobus Van Cortlandt |
Ebenezer Wilson was a merchant and the 29th Mayor of New York City from 1707 to 1709.[1] He had originally served as Sheriff of New York from June 1702 to March 1707. He was elected to a two-year mayoral term on 10 October 1707.[2] Under Wilson's administration, Water Street was extended from Old Slip to John Street and Broadway was paved from Trinity Church to Bowling Green.