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Amos Lincoln 1753-1829. Twice Paul Revere’s Son-in-Law. Why were Lincoln and Boston a familiar surname in 18th Century New England? Boston, Massachusetts, was settled by Puritans from the hamlet of Boston in Lincolnshire, England.
A silversmith, merchant, entrepreneur, family man, and patriotic citizen, Revere led a full and successful life. His surviving daybooks, kept intermittently between 1761 and 1797 (now in the Massachusetts Historical Society), offer a valuable window on the workings of an eighteenth-century silversmith’s business.
As the oldest son of a famous Patriot, you meet many of the important figures of the American Revolution. After the legendary “midnight ride,” your father cannot safely return to Boston. Your family joins him, but you must stay behind to look after the family property.
Short biography. Young Paul Revere had 11 siblings. He was the second oldest child and the eldest surviving son. He attended the North Writing School between the ages of 7 and 13 probably because his father planned him to continue the tradition of silversmith trade.
- Early Life
- Education
- Marriage
- Tradesman
- Revolutionary War
- The Midnight Ride
- Post Revolutionary War
- Retirement
An obituary in the Boston Intelligence commented, "seldom has the tomb closed upon a life so honorable and useful". This seems an accurate representation of the life of one of the more modest and trustworthy men who ever walked the face of the earth. Born in Boston's North End in December, 1734, Paul Revere was the son of Apollos Rivoire, a French ...
Revere was educated at the 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. Two years later, in 1756, Revere volunteered to fight the French at Lake George, New York, where...
In August, 1757, Revere married Sarah Orne. Together, they had eight children. Soon after Sarah's death in 1773, Revere married Rachel Walker with whom he had eight children.
Revere's primary vocation, a trade he learned from his father, was that of goldsmith/silversmith, meaning he worked in both gold and silver. His silver shop was the cornerstone of his professional life for more than 40 years. As the master of his silversmith shop, Revere was responsible for both the workmanship and the quality of the metal alloy us...
Revere's political involvement arose through his connections with members of local organizations and his business patrons. As a member of the Masonic Lodge of St. Andrew, he was friendly with activists like James Otis and Dr. Joseph Warren. In the year before the Revolution, Revere gathered intelligence information by "watching the Movements of Bri...
The role for which he is most remembered today was as a night-time messenger on horseback just before the battles of Lexington and Concord. His famous "Midnight Ride" occurred on the night of April 18/April 19, 1775, when he and William Dawes were instructed by Dr. Joseph Warren to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams...
Revere expanded his business interests in the years following the Revolution. He imported goods from England and ran a small hardware store until 1789. By 1788 he had opened a foundry which supplied bolts, spikes and nails for North End shipyards (including brass fittings for the U.S.S. Constitution), produced cannons and, after 1792, cast bells. O...
In 1811, at the age of 76, Paul Revere retired and left his well-established copper business in the hand of his sons and grandsons. Revere seems to have remained healthy in his final years, despite the personal sorrow caused by the deaths of his wife Rachel and son Paul in 1813. Revere died of natural causes on May 10, 1818 at the age of 83, leavin...
Looking down on where Paul Revere Jr. High School was and east toward Brentwood in Santa Monica Canyon Date Created and/or Issued 1953 Contributing Institution Santa Monica Public Library Collection Palisades Historical Image Collection Rights Information Images are for personal research, scholarly and educational purposes.
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Raised a Master Mason in 1761 in the Lodge of St. Andrew, Revere held a number of offices between 1762 and 1765 - first as Junior Deacon, then Junior Warden, and Senior Warden. From 1767 to 1769, Revere served as Secretary of the lodge.
