Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... The True Story of Paul Revere I --THE PATRIOTIC ENGRAVER AUL REVERE was born in Boston December 21, 1734, O. S. (January 1, 1735, N. S.). His father, for whom he was named, had come to this country from the isle of Guernsey to learn the goldsmith's trade, and in 1723, after a visit to his boyhood home, had returned to America, determined to settle here for life. Paul, Sr., was a Frenchman, and at birth was christened Apollos Rivoire. His father's name was Isaac, and his mother's, Serenne Lambert. Isaac's parents, Jean and Magdelaine Rivoire, were of that heroic Huguenot band who were forced to flee their native land after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. in 1685. Simon, Isaac's eldest brother, emi 1735-1774 grated first to Holland and then to Guernsey, and it was to him that the lad Apollos was sent at the age of thirteen. A hundred years later the American grandson received this copy of a record made by the careful Isaac: "Apollos Rivoire our son was born the thirtieth of November, 1702, about ten o'clock at night, and was baptized at Riancaud, France. Apollos Rivoire my brother was his Godfather and Anne Maulmon, my sister-in-law, his Godmother. He set out for Guernsey the 21st of November, 1715." About the first thing young Apollos did after deciding to settle down in Boston permanently was to Anglicize his name, and, for reasons of euphony and convenience, he called himself henceforth Paul Revere. Six years after he had begun to fashion gold and silver plate and ornaments for the people of Boston he had amassed a sufficient competency to warrant him in marrying, and so, June 19, 1729, he took for his wife Deborah Hichborn, born in Boston January 29, 1704.1 Twelve children were born to this union, among them him who...
