Revere (Paul) is born in the North End.

The son of French Huguenot immigrants Apollos and Deborah (Hichborn) Rivoire, Paul Revere attends the Old North Grammar School, becomes a silversmith, engraver, and bell founder, and a leader of Boston craftsmen. After taking over his father’s business in 1754, he marries Sarah Orne in 1757 and moves to 19 North Square. Revere joins the Sons of Liberty in 1765, and becomes a leading figure in the Revolutionary War, best known for his service as a courier in 1775.* After the war, Revere’s shops and foundries produce everything from arms to church bells, boilers and bowls. He dies in Boston on May 10, 1818, in a house at the corner of Hanover and Charter Streets, and is buried in the Granary Burying Ground.