Revere, Paul (1734-1818)

Name:

Revere, Paul (1734-1818)

Title:

Served in N.Y. during French and Indian Wars, 1755, became 2nd Lieutenant.
In prelude to American Revolution, served on the Committees of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty.
Participated in the Boston Tea Party, 1773.

Other Names:

Revere, Paul, Jr.

Born:

12/21/1734

Birthplace:

Boston, MA

Died:

05/10/1818

Death Location:

Boston, MA

Residence:

Boston, MA

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith -- learned trade from his father at age 12
Engraver
Hardware Store and Foundry -- opened a foundry in 1778 and made bolts, spikes, and nails for the shipyard; also made cannons and cast bells.
Copper Plater -- opens first American copper rolling mill in 1801; he retires in 1811. Business becomes known as Revere Copper Brass, Inc., which is run by Revere's sons and grandsons (now part of Corning, and known as Revereware).

Father:

Revere, Paul ( -1754)

Mother:

Hitchborn, Deborah

Spouse:

Married (1) Sarah Orne (1736-1773), 1757
Married (2) Rachel Walker, 1773

Children:

Revere, Paul (d. 1813)

Notes:

BURIAL: Boston, MA, Granary Burying Ground
SEE ALSO: Maker/Artist field -- Revere, Paul

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 309.

Paul Revere, Artisan, Businessman, and Patriot: The Man Behind the Myth. Exhibition catalogue.. Boston: Paul Revere Memorial Association, 1988.

Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers. A Biographical Dictionary Based on the Notes of Francis Hill Bigelow and John Marshall Phillips. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), 795-848.