When and where was Paul Revere born?
Paul Revere’s actual date of birth is not known. What is known is his baptismal date, which was December 22, 1734, according to the records of the “New Brick” Congregational Church in Boston. This date is in the “Old Style” uncorrected calendar in use in the British Empire until 1752. When translated into the “New Style” or modern calendar, this date becomes January 1, 1735, the date often quoted as Revere’s birth date. Since it is unlikely that Revere was baptized the day he was born, his actual birth date must have been a few days earlier, some time late in December 1734. Paul Revere’s place of birth is also unknown. At the time Revere was born, his family was living in rented quarters in Boston’s North End. In 1730, Paul Revere’s father, also named Paul Revere (born Apollos Rivoire in France in 1702), moved his home and shop from Dock Square, near the center of Boston, into the North End, “over against Colonel Hutchinson,” as recorded in a newspaper advertisement. At that time Colon
