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made in this mill for the boilers of Robert Fulton's steamboat and for the sheathing of many men-of-war. In 1828 the business was incorporated as the Revere Copper Company and under this name still continues and pros- pers.
He is best known perhaps for his part in the events preceding the battle of Lexington and Concord. The martial spirit that stirred him to such a degree in later life asserted itself first on the occasion of the campaign against the French in Canada in 1756, and he was at that time commissioned second lieutenant of ar- tillery by Governor Shirley and attached to the expedition against Crown Point under the command of General John Winslow. His ser- vice in this campaign, however, proved un- eventful, and he returned some six months later to his business. From this time his al- legiance to royal authority steadily waned. He became a prominent Whig leader in Boston. He was popular among his fellow patriots in the secret organization known as the Sons of Liberty. The meetings were conducted with great secrecy, chiefly at the Green Dragon tavern, and measures of importance taken to resist the encroachments of the British author- ity on the rights that the colonies had enjoyed for a century or more. Revere was intrusted with the execution of many important affairs, often bearing dispatches of importance be- tween the committees of safety and corres- pondence that virtually organized and carried on the Revolution itself. He was prominent at the time of the Stamp Act troubles, and he designed and published a number of famous cartoons and caricatures. His views of the landing of British troops in Boston and of the Boston massacre had a large influence on the public mind. In pursuance of the non-impor- tation agreement the citizens of Boston took steps to prevent the landing of the cargo of the ship "Dartmouth," November 29, 1773; Revere himself was one of the guard of twen- ty-five appointed to carry out the vote of a public meeting providing that "the tea should not be landed," and he was one of the leaders of the Tea Party, December 16, 1773. That was the first act of open rebellion against the government; the port of Boston was closed and Revere proceeded to New York and Phil- adelphia to secure the co-operation of the other colonies, and he took an important part in organizing the first confederacy of the provinces, effected in 1774. He made two more trips to the city of Philadelphia bearing messages from the Provincial congress of Massachusetts, as the re-organized general
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court was known. In Boston the situation was becoming critical. Dr. Joseph Warren sent for Revere, April 18, 1775, to tell him that the British troops were gathering on the Boston Common and, that he feared for the safety of Hancock and Adams who were at Lexington, whither he believed the British were preparing to go in quest of military stores. Revere un- dertook to warn the country ; received his sig- nal that the expedition was making a start; rode through Medford to Lexington. The other messenger, William Dawes, arrived half an hour later and the two messengers proceed- ed together to Concord and were soon joined by Dr. Prescott. They were surprised by British officers who had been patrolling the road ; Dawes and Revere were captured, while the more fortunate Prescott, who knew the country better, made his escape and warned Concord; the alarm spreading thence in every direction through all the colonies. The pris- oners were closely questioned and threatened, but suffered no actual violence and, during the excitement following a volley from the Lex- ington militia as they drew near Lexington, the prisoners were abandoned. He helped rescue the papers of Mr. Hancock from the Clark house, and while they were getting the trunk out of the house encountered the enemy but got away safely. Longfellow's poem has made Revere's ride one of the classic adven- tures of American history. Revere made his home in Charlestown and after some weeks his wife and family joined him there. He made other perilous trips for the Whigs to New York and Philadelphia. After the Evac- uation in 1776, Washington employed Revere to repair the abandoned guns at Castle Wil- liam, now Fort Independence, and he suc- ceeded by inventing a new kind of carriage, rendered necessary by the fact that the British had broken the trunnions from the guns. In July he was commissioned major of a regi- ment raised for the defence of town and har- bor ; in November lieutenant-colonel in a regi- ment of state artillery, performing many im- portant duties, including the transfer from Boston to Worcester, August, 1777, of a body of several hundred prisoners captured at Ben- nington by Stark. He took part with his regi- ment in the first campaign in Rhode Island, and was several times in command of Castle William, incidentally presiding at many courts martial. His service in defence of Boston har- bor were onerous and, despite adverse condi- tions, he steadfastly fulfilled his duties and en- deavored to make the best of the situation. On June 26, 1779, Colonel Revere was order-
ed to prepare one hundred men of his com- mand to go with the expedition known as the Penobscot Expedition to attack the British at. Maja-Bagaduce, now Castine, Maine. The expedition ended in disaster to the American forces, and one unfortunate result of it was a quarrel between Colonel Revere and a captain. of marines, resulting in Revere's removal from the service, until he obtained a hearing at a court-martial in 1781 when he was complete- ly vindicated and acquitted of blame. It was a matter of great regret to Revere that his service was restricted to the state; he hoped and endeavored to obtain a place in the Con- tinental army. He exerted his in.luence in favor of the adoption of the Federal constitu- tion when its fate seemed doubtful in Massa- chusetts.
The varied interests of his business and. military career did not prevent him from cul- tivating the social side of life. He was the first entered apprentice received into Saint Andrew's Lodge of Free Masons in Boston, and ten years later, in 1770, he was elected its. master. He was one of the organizers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and was its. grand master from 1794 to 1797. In this ca- pacity he assisted Governor Samuel Adams at the laying of the cornerstone of the Massa- chusetts State House, July 4, 1795, and deliv- ered an address on that occasion. In 1783. Saint Andrew's Lodge was divided upon the question of remaining under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, which had chartered it and also the Grand Lodge, or of affiliating with the latter. Twenty-nine mem- bers favored the old arrangement, while twen- ty-three, including Revere, desired to change. The minority withdrew and formed the Rising States Lodge, September, 1784, with Paul Revere its first master. He made jewels for these lodges and made and engraved elaborate certificates of membership and notification cards. At the death of General Washington he was made one of a committee of three to write a letter of condolence to the widow and ask her for a lock of Washington's hair. This request was granted and Revere made a gold- en urn about four inches in height for the relic. Through correspondence he cultivated the ac- quaintance of his relatives in Guernsey and France and many of the letters have been preserved. He was the chief founder of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Associa- tion in 1795, and was its first president from I795 to 1799, when he declined re-election, al- though his interest in its affairs was undimin- ished.
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Forty years old when he rode on the mid- night alarm, Paul Revere gave the best years of his life to his country. After the Revolu- tion and the period of struggle to organize a government, Revere received the unqualified respect and honor that he deserved, while his own industry and skill provided him with a competency that enabled him to live well, to educate a large family of children and finally to leave them in comfortable circumstances. He died May 10, 1818, and was buried in the Granary Burial Ground, Boston, where are also the graves of his friends, John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
He married, August 17, 1757, Sarah Orne, who died May, 1773. He married (second), October 10, 1773, Rachel Walker, born in Boston, December 27, 1745, died June 19, 1815. The children of Paul and Sarah Revere : I. Deborah, born April 3, 1758, died January 3, 1797 ; married Amos Lincoln. 2. Paul, born January 6, 1760, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born January 3, 1762, married, March 20, 1788, John Bradford; she died July 5, 1791. 4. Mary, born March 31, 1764, died April 30, 1765. 5. Frances, born February 19, 1766, died June 9, 1799; married Stevens. 6. Mary, born March 19, 1768, died. August, 1853; married Jedediah Lincoln. 7. Elizabeth, born December 5, 1770, married Amos Lin- coln, whose first wife was her sister. 8. Han- nah, born December 15, 1772, died September 19, 1773. Children of Paul and Rachel Revere : 9. Joshua, born December 7, 1774, died about 1792. IO. John, born June IO, 1776, died June 27, 1776. II. Joseph Warren, born April 30, 1777, died October 12, 1868; succeeded his father in business, a prominent citizen of Boston. 12. Lucy, born May 15, 1780, died July 9, 1780. 13. Harriet, born July 24, 1783, died June 27, 1860. 14. John, born December 25, 1784, died March, 1786. 15. Maria, born July 4, 1785, died August 22, 1847; married Joseph Balestier. 16. John, born March 27, 1787, died April 30, 1847.
(V) Paul Revere, son of Colonel Paul Revere (4), was born in Boston, January 6, 1760. He was educated in Boston schools and associated with his father in business. He re- sided in Boston and Canton, where his father lived during his latter years in the summer months. He died January 16, 1813, before his father, aged fifty-three years. He married Children: Sarah, mentioned below ; Paul, George, Rachel, Mary, Deborah, Har- riet.
(VI) Sally or Sarah Revere, daughter of Paul Revere (5), was born in Boston about
1785. £ Married, February 13, 1806, David Curtis ; settled in Boston. Children : David Revere, Maria Revere, Caroline Revere, George Revere, Charles Revere, Henry Revere, Edward Alexander Revere, mention- ed below.
(VII) Edward Alexander Revere Curtis, son of David and Sallie (Revere) (6) Curtis, was born in Boston, February 22, 1822, the year that Boston was incorporated as a city. Like his brothers and sisters, he carried the name of Revere to remind him of his mother's family. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. He started a type foundry, when a young man, and founded a large and prosperous business. His foundry was located on Congress street, Boston, until it was destroyed during the Great Fire of 1872. His was the last building burned. He resumed business afterwards on Federal street and continued until his death in 1889: He made his home for many years in Somerville, and was universally respected and esteemed by his townsmen there. He served in the com- mon council of Somerville and also in the board of aldermen. He was a Republican in politics. He belonged to the Soley Lodge of Free Masons and to the Webcowit Club. He married Caroline Pruden, daughter of Israel R. and Caroline (Gulliver) Pruden. Chil- dren : I. Flora. 2. Emma, married Frank W. Cole, 3. Paul Revere, died aged three years. 4. Mabel, died aged three months. 5. Grace,. . died aged eleven months. 6. Frederick Revere, unmarried.
Samuel Freeman, immigrant FREEMAN ancestor of this family, came from Mawlyn, county Kent, England, and was probably born there. He was rated as a "gentleman" meaning that he was of gentle birth and undoubtedly of an ancient and distinguished English lineage. He had a deed of English property July 22, 1640. His mother's name was Priscilla, as shown by a power of attorney dated December 12, 1646, for the collection of a legacy from her. She was late of Blackfriars, London. Samuel Freeman came to America in 1630, and he was settled in Watertown in that year. His house in Watertown was burnt February II, 1630- 31. He returned to England on business and died there about 1639-40, and little appears about him in the imperfect records of Water- town during his brief residence there. He married in England Apphia Their children: I. Henry, admitted freeman of
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Watertown, May, 1645; married, December 25, 1650, Hannah Stearns; (second), Novem- ber 27, 1656, Mary Sherman. 2. Apphia. 3. Samuel, born May II, 1638, in Watertown, mentioned below.
(II) Samuel Freeman, Jr., son of Samuel Freeman (I), was born in Watertown, May II, 1638. Married Mercy Southworth, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, May 12, 1658. He had relatives in Plymouth colony, and in a deed dated January 20, 1671, Governor Prence calls him his "beloved son-in-law." Just what that relationship was puzzles the family his- torians. Samuel Freeman became a leading citizen of the town of Eastham. He was chosen deacon of the church there in 1676. He was deputy to the general court in 1697. A man of means and business ability, he served the town in times of peculiar straits. He bought a large part of the estate of Governor Prence. He died November 25, 1712, aged seventy-five years. His wife Mercy was a daughter of Constant Southworth, who was some time as- sistant in the Plymouth Colony. Constant Southworth came over with his brother and mother, Alice, in 1622. His father, Constant, died in England, and his mother came over to become the wife of Governor William Brad- ford ; she had been his sweetheart in youth but the match had been opposed by her family on the ground of Bradford's inferior social posi- tion ; she was the daughter of Alexander Car- penter, of Wrentham, England. Constant Southworth married, November 2, 1637, Elizabeth Collier, daughter of William Collier, one of the "Adventurers" to New Plymouth in 1626, a prominent citizen. Collier's daughter Rebecca married Job Cole ; his daughter Sarah married Love Brewster, son of Elder Brew- ster; his daughter Mary married, April I, 1636, Governor Thomas Prence. Hence the wife of Governor Prence was sister to Samuel Freeman's wife's mother. One of Mrs. Free- man's sisters, Alice, married Benjamin Church; another, Mary, married John Alden. Constant Southworth, her father, died 1697 in Duxbury ; he was deputy from Duxbury 1649; treasurer of the colony many years; assistant 1670 to 1675, also commissary general ; he was admitted a freeman in 1637, and was a soldier in the Pequot war in 1636-37. Children of Deacon Samuel and Mercy Freeman : I. Ap- phia, born December II, 1659, died February 19, 1660, in Eastham. 2. Samuel, born March 26, 1662. 3. Apphia, born January I, 1666, married Isaac Pepper, of Eastham, October 17, 1685. 4. Constant, born March 31, 1669, mentioned below. 5. Eliza-
beth, born June 26, 1671, married Abraham Remick, (second) Merrick. 6. Ed- ward, died young. 7. Mary, married, about 1693, John Cole. 8. Alice, married Nathaniel Merrick. 9. Mercy.
(III) Constant Freeman, son of Samuel Freeman (2), was born March 31, 1669, mar- ried, October II, 1694, Jane Treat. He settled in Truro on Cape Cod, and died there June 8, 1745, aged seventy-six years. His will dated March 17, 1744-45, mentions daughters Jane, Mercy Hopkins, Hannah Gross, Eunice Crocker, Elizabeth Lombard, Apphia Bick- ford, and sons Robert, Jonathan, Joshua and Constant. The will was proved July 9, 1745, but it was found necessary to appoint an ad- iministrator September 19, 1758. His widow Jane died September 1, 1729, and Isaac Free- man, of Truro, completed her administration of Constant's estate. She was a daughter of Rev. Samuel Treat, the faithful and distin- guished minister of Truro. She was born December 6, 1675. Mr. Treat was a talented, laborious and faithful minister of Christ, a son of Governor Robert Treat, of Connecticut ; a graduate of Harvard College, 1669. That the Truro pastor was not remarkable for cap- tivating oratorical powers, may be inferred from the story of his preaching in the pulpit of his father-in-law, Dr. Willard, minister of Old South Church, Boston. The congregation was not informed of the relationship and the sermon was not received with favor. Some of the parishioners did not hesitate to hint that they hoped the visiting preacher might not be invited again. They doubted not that he was a pious and worthy man, but- "such horrid preaching." A few weeks later Dr. Willard, without replying to the critics in any way, delivered his son-in-law's sermon from the same pulpit and the congregation was charmed. Some said that Dr. Willard never preached so "excellent" a sermon before. "You preached" some of his hearers said "from the same text that stranger had ; but what a differ- ence !" When told that "it was the identical discourse preached by the stranger, my son- in-law, Mr. Treat" his critics were mightily confused. The effect of his delivery may have been due to his very loud voice which "was so loud that it could be heard at a great distance from the meeting house where he was preaching, even in the midst of the winds that howl over the plains of Nauset ; but there was no more music in it than in the discordant sounds with which it mingled."
Children of Constant and Jane Freeman: I. Robert, born August 12, 1696, mentioned
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below. 2. Jane, born September 20, 1697, died February 19, 1698. 3. Jane, born March 5, 1698-99, in Eastham. 4. Constant, born March 25, 1700, in Eastham. 5. Mercy, born August 31, 1702, married, October 8, 1719, Caleb Hopkins. 6. Hannah, born May 3, 1704, married, August 20, 1725, Micah Gross. 7. Eunice, born November 25, 1705, married, March 4, 1733, William Crocker. 8. Eliza- beth, born February 5, 1707-8; married - Lombard. 9. Jonathan, born June 9, 1710, in Truro, married Rebecca Binney, Septem- ber 23, 1731. 10. Apphia, born January 14, 1713, married, October 6, 1731, Samuel Bick- ford. II. Joshua, born July 4, 1717, married, October 9, 1746, Rebecca Parker; (second) Rebecca Knowles.
(IV) Robert Freeman, son of Constant Freeman (3), was born August 12, 1696, in Truro, Massachusetts. Married, April 5, 1722, Mary Paine, of Eastham. He is held in special reverence by his pious posterity as pre-eminently a man of piety, whose life and religious experience were striking illustra- tions of the power of faith and prayer. It was believed by his own generation and the succeeding that in answer to a prayer was granted a promise including the fourth gen- eration of the family and it is still said that the religious status of his descendants con- firms the belief. He married the daughter of Elisha Paine; his widow married (second) Deacon Waldo, of Norwich, Connecticut, Freeman died September 27, 1755, in Pom- fret, Connecticut. Children of Robert and Mary Freeman: I. Elijah, born January 6, 1722-23, died aged twenty-five years. 2. Re- becca, born September 23, 1724, married- Paine. 3. Hannah, born April 23, 1726, mar- ried - Chapman. 4. Robert, born De- cember 31, 1727. 5. Mary, born August 18, I729; married ---- Holmes. 6. Elisha, born July 2, 1731, mentioned below. 7. Simon, born April 28, 1733. 8. Mercy, born March II, 1735, in Canterbury, married - Olm- stead. 9. Abigail, married Howell.
(V) Captain Elisha Freeman, son of Rob- ert Freeman (4), was born in Truro, Massa- chusetts, July 2, 1731. Married Mercy Vin- cent, of Pomfret, Connecticut. Like his fa- ther, he was an eminent Christian, his "long life of faith and love terminating at the age of ninety-nine years." His memory is rever- enced by his posterity. "Sketches of his life, containing an account of his shipwreck and remarkable deliverance, as also his religious exercises and the special dealings of God's Providence during a life of eighty-eight
years" is the title of a book written by him to gratify the desire of his numerous de- scendants, relatives and friends, to become acquainted with the leading incidents of his life. This remarkable book was printed at Ballston Spa, New York, 1819. In early life he was a mariner. He removed to Norwich Landing, and in 1761, sailed with other set- tlers to Nova Scotia and settled in Cornwal- lis. In 1769, having made a trip to Halifax, and reloaded with government stores, he was returning to the Bay of Fundy, when at night, in a thick fog, his vessel struck a rock previ- ously unknown, since called "Freeman's Woe," and his vessel was wrecked. The fol- lowing spring he settled with wife and chil- dren on land granted by the English gov- ernment. No other family was near them; and their daughter, born in the wilderness, was the first white child born in what is now the town of Amherst. He remained there until the Revolution when, declining to take the oath of allegiance to England, and incur- ring the ill-will of his Loyalist neighbors, he went back to New England. In about a year, however, he was allowed to return to his home in Nova Scotia, through the influence of Colonel Street, who married his daughter. At the age of fifty-six he settled at Kinder- hook, New York. Children of Captain Elisha and Mary Freeman: I. Son died in infancy. 2. Elisha, born July, 1757, mentioned below. 3. Mary, married Morse, of Stephen- town, New York. 4. Mercy, married
Doubleday, of Cooperstown, New York. 5. Abigail, married Colonel Street, of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. 6. Ann Frances, married Dillas Dernier, of Cobleskill, New York. 7. Hannah, married Chester, of Truro, Ohio. 8. Nicholas Vincent, mar- ried Lucretia Babcock, of Worcester, New York. 9. Elizabeth, married Calkins, of Halfmoon, New York.
(VI) Elisha Freeman, Jr., son of Captain Elisha Freeman (5), was born July, 1757, at Norwich Landing. Married Lydia Rey- nolds, 1779. He resided at Kinderhook and Worcester, New York. He died May 5, 1818, aged fifty-five years; his widow Lydia, born May 20, 1765, died May, 1847. Their children: 1. Joshua Edwards, born 1780, in New Brunswick, married Eliza Morgan in Eastport, Maine; died 1851 in La Grange, Ohio. 2. Lydia, married Elijah P. Olmstead, of Schodack, New York. 3. Elisha Edwards, born March 23, 1783, mentioned below. · 4. Nathaniel, born September 25, 1785, in Kinderhook, New York, married Clarissa
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Baker. 5. Simeon, born October 3, 1788, married Olive Jackson. 6. George Washing- ton, born April 13, 1790, married Sarah Young. 7. Cynthia, born July 4, 1793, mar- ried Reuben Williams. 8. Mary, born Aug- ust 25, 1795, married David France and George G. Warner, of Schoharie. 9. Mercy Ann, born June 3, 1797, in Worcester, Ot- sego county, New York, married J. S. Sim- monds and Orange M. Stacy. 10. Henry, born 1799, married Nancy Knowles. II. Stephen Van Rensselaer, born 1802, married Laura Wolcott; settled in Ohio. 12. Abigail, born 1804, died 1805. 13. Rev. Frederic Rey- nolds, born October 6, 1805, married Lucy R. Beeman, born July 22, 1809, daughter of Rev. Julius Beeman, of Worcester, New York, October 8, 1826; resided in Washing- ton, D. C.
(VII) Elisha Edwards Freeman, son of Elisha Freeman (6), was born March 23, 1783. He married (first), April 4, 1804, Rachel Coley; she died September 14, 1805; married (second), January 21, 1807, Rebecca Plummer, of Sheffield, New Brunswick; she died January 13, 1817; married (third), Octo- ber 10, 1819-, and with her removed to Osh- kosh, Wisconsin, in 1849. She died there October 18, 1851, and he married (fourth), 1851, Mrs. Cowel and (fifth), 1860, Mrs. Schoonover. He died July 25, 1861.
Children of Elisha Edwards and Rebecca Freeman: I. Sarah, born April 3, 1808, mar- ried, January 1, 1832, John Van Patten; she died November 30, 1847; children: i. Re- becca A. Van Patten, born September 10, 1832; ii. James Van Patten, born May I, 1834; iii. Mary L. Van Patten, born April 14, 1836; iv. Emily M. Van Patten, born April 17, 1838; v. Robert Van Patten, born March 22, 1840; vi. Dorlisca Van Patten, born December 20, 1842; vii. Frederic Van Patten, born November 29, 1845. 2. Emily, born July 9, 1810, married, August 22, 1838, Rev. Ingraham Powers; she died at Worces- ter, February 20, 1864; children: i. Cyrus A. Powers, born November 18, 1839; ii. George A. Powers, born June 5, 1841; iii. Milton L. Powers, born February 23, 1843; iv. Mary L. Powers, born February 28, 1845; v. Emelina Powers, born June 10, 1850. 3. Lavina, born September 15, 1812, died September 14, 1836. 4. Mary Ann, born February 22, 1815, mar- ried, December 25, 1835, David R. Smith; married (second), 1852, Nathan Watson; children: i. Rebecca F. Smith, born Febru- ary 25, 1836; ii. Nathan Smith, born Septem- ber 24, 1837, graduate New York Medical i-9
College, 1869, resided Middlefield, New York; married Ellen A. Hubbard, August 18, 1870, and had: Howard N. Smith, born January 18, 1871, and Tracy Burpee Smith, born March 21, 1874; iii. John N. Smith, born December 21, 1838; iv. Jeremiah B. Smith, born August 28, 1840; v. James W. Smith, born May 23, 1842; vi. Ingraham P. Smith, born April 13, 1844; vii. Edwin Smith, born March 27, 1846; viii. Mary E. Smith, born October 14, 1847; by second wife: ix. David S. Smith, born 1853. Children of Elisha Edwards and Lydia Freeman: 5. William, born August 3, 1820, died January 4, 1821. 6. Henry, born June II, 1822, died September 17, 1822. 7. Rachel, born Sep- tember 18 1823, died May 13, 1825. 8. Elisha Edwards, born April 28, 1826, died June 16, 1827. 9. Edwin A., born March 1I, 1828, mentioned below. 10. Lydia, born August 3, 1829, died December II, 1829. II. Ada- line, born April 7, 1831, married, December I, 1852, John C. Wheeler, and had six chil- dren. 12. Robert, born November 1, 1832, died December 24, 1839.
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