Paul Revere, Jr.

Paul Revere, Jr. was a silversmith.

Events in his life were:

   Apprenticed about 1773 to Paul Revere in Boston MA 

   Best known as maker of buckles and spoons. His limited production of silver may be the result of the Revolutionary War, which interrupted his apprenticeship to his father. During this period he served under his father at Castle Island as a lieutenant. After the war he worked with the senior Revere in the silversmith business which included resale of foreign imports. In the 1796 Boston Directory he is listed with his father as REVERE & SON, and apparently used the same marks as his father. Listed as a goldsmith in directories until 1807. 

   He was a partner from 1797 to 1818 with Paul Revere in Boston MA as PAUL REVERE & SON.

He had 12 children.

Profile picture is the maker's mark of Paul Revere, Jr.

Source:

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/69546.htm

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Paul Revere Jr., son of Paul Revere and Sarah Orne, was b. Jan. 6, 1760 in Boston, Mass.; m. on July 25,1782, in Boston, with SALLY EDWARDS, dau. of Dolin Edwards and Rebecca Christie.

Children were: Alexander (9/13/1784-2/13/1800),Sarah "Sallie" (2/13/1786-5/19/1843), Charles (8/2/1787-3/20/1800), Paul (2/2/1789-7/25/1857), Rachel (1/25/1793-10/22/1842), George (4/24/1795-1/10/1870), Mary (4/2/1797), Deborah (5/1/1799-8/25/1845), Joshua (11/29/1801), and Harriet (10/1803).

Paul Revere Jr. and Sally Edwards had 12 children. He was a silversmith and after the war he manufactured bell with his father and brother, Joseph Warren Revere, as a member of Paul Revere and Sons. In 1792, Paul Revere and Sons cast the first bell made in Boston. (LDS pedigree data)

• LDS pedigree: Paul Revere Jr. m. Sally Edwards in Boston on July 25,1782.