Paul Revere

    Paul Revere was born Jan. 1st 1735.  His father was Apollos Revere and his mother was Deborah Hitchbourn. Paul had two wives, one was Sarah Orne, 1736-1773, he had eight kids with her. After Sarah had died Revere remarried to Rachel Walker on Aug. 4th 1757, he had another eight kids. The girls names are, Deborah, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lucy, Mary,Harriet, Frances and Isanna. The boys names are Paul Jr, Jashua, John, Joseph, John, and John.

    The Paul Revere we all know was the oldest son. He went to school at North Writing School and learned the art of gold  and silversmithing from his father. When Revere was nineteen (and nearly finished with his apprenticeship) his father died, leaving Revere  as the family's main source of income. In the year before the war Revere watched the movements of the British soldiers.Two years later Revere volunteered to fight the French at Lake George, New York, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the colonial artillery. A second lieutenant is someone who holds an office in place of an absent superior. He spread word of the Boston Tea Party and took part in The Midnight Ride on April 18th, 1775. The church signaled the riders by lanterns. One if by land, two if by sea. He later died on May 10th, 1818.