His father was a French Huguenot, whose name was "Apollos Rivoire." He came to what is now known as Boston, MA and was apprenticed to the silversmith John Coney. By the time he married Deborah Hitchborn, a member of a long-standing Boston family that owned a small shipping wharf, in 1729, "Rivoire" had Anglicized his name to Paul Revere." Son Paul Revere, was the third of 12 children.
Marriage: Paul Revere married Deborah Hitchborn 19 JUNE 1729 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
His father was a French Huguenot, whose name was "Apollos Rivoire." He came to what is now known as Boston, MA and was apprenticed to the silversmith John Coney. By the time he married Deborah Hitchborn, a member of a long-standing Boston family that owned a small shipping wharf, in 1729, "Rivoire" had Anglicized his name to Paul Revere." Son Paul Revere, was the third of 12 children.
Marriage: Paul Revere married Deborah Hitchborn 19 JUNE 1729 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
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