Did Paul Revere have a son?

Did Paul Revere have a son?

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Paul Revere/Sons

How many children did Paul Revere have with Sarah Orne?

Revere fathered 16 children—eight with his first wife, Sarah Orne, and eight with Rachel Walker, whom he married after Sarah’s death in 1773.

Are there any living descendants of Paul Revere?

Revere is survived by his wife, Mabel, and a brother, George Washington Revere, who lives in Connecticut. He also had three sisters, with whom the family said it had lost contact. He is also survived by another daughter, Pamela J. Leip of Ashland, Mass., and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

How many children did Paul Revere have with his first wife?

Visitors to the Paul Revere House are often amazed to learn that Paul Revere had 16 children. No, that is not a typo. He married his first wife, Sarah Orne, on August 17, 1757 when he was 22 and she was 21. They started having children within a year.

How old was Paul Revere when his father died?

When Paul was nineteen (and nearly finished with his apprenticeship) his father died, leaving Paul as the family’s main source of income. Two years later, in 1756, Revere was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Massachusetts artillery, and sent to fight the French in upstate New York.

How old was Sarah Revere when she died?

[ii] After Deborah, there were seven more: Paul, Sarah, Mary, Frances, Mary again, Elizabeth, and Isannah. Sarah Orne Revere died at the age of 37 on May 3, 1773, about 5 months after Isannah was born. We do not know whether the birth had anything to do with her untimely death.

When did Paul Revere and Rachel Walker get married?

According to family tradition, Paul met Rachel Walker in North Square, liked her, and asked her over – and then her interest in and pity for Isannah brought her back to stay. [i] The baby died in mid-September, but by that point Paul and Rachel had established a bond. They were married on October 10, 1773.