Background
The son of an apothecary and brewer in Street Andrews, Watson was born there about 1730.
The son of an apothecary and brewer in Street Andrews, Watson was born there about 1730.
After studying at Street Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, he was licensed as a preacher. But having failed to obtain a presentation to one of the churches in Saint Andrews, he was shortly afterwards appointed professor of logic in Saint Salvator"s College. There he was promoted to be principal in 1777.
The same year he was also presented by George III to the church and parish of Saint Leonard.
Watson died on 31 March 1781. Watson married, on 29 June 1757, Margaret Shaw, by whom he left five daughters.