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So he consulted with Aaron Hobart, one of the few people in America who did know about bells.

He offered to recast it, though he knew nothing about molding and casting bells. Revere in 1792 belonged to the New Brick Church, which had a problem: Its bell cracked. They rang to wake people, to summon them to church services, to tell the cook to start dinner, to mark the passing of a human life. And like everyone else in Boston, he understood the importance of bells. As a teenager he signed a contract with Christ Church – Boston’s Old North Church - to serve as a bell ringer. "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 27 January 2017), Reed, Adam - Rhodes, George > image 2456 of 2860 Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.He’d had some experience with bells."Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 27 January 2017), Reed, Adam - Rhodes, George > image 2459 of 2860 Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.and Pamela Labatut, "Paul Revere's Paternal Ancestry," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 150 (July, 1996) ↑ [ Paul Revere and the World He Lived inīy Esther Forbes Houghton Mifflin: NYC, 1942 (Harcourt ed., 1999), pg.

↑ Dave Utzinger's Database on RootsWeb: Thomas Revere.

This may be a confusion with Thomas' nephew, also Thomas Revere, who married Debora Lovering in 1779. However, his estate was not settled until 1818, according to a biography of his famous brother, Paul Revere Jr. Thomas Revere died in October 1779 "in military service." during the American Revolution.

Thomas Revere Jr., b: Jan 1767, married Rebecca Lovering.

He is said to have married Mary Churchill ca. He was a silver and goldsmith and worked with his brother ( Paul Revere Jr.) and their father, French Huguenot immigrant, Apollos Rivoire, aka Paul Revere Sr.

Thomas Revere was born 10 January 1740 in Boston, Massachusetts. Matross Thomas Revere served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.