Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere

Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere (April 16, 1819 – July 26, 1910) was a founding member of the Daughters of the American Revolution,[1] and served as Morristown Regent[2] and New Jersey's Honorary State Regent.[3][4]

Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere
Born(1819-04-16)April 16, 1819
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 26, 1910(1910-07-26) (aged 91)
NationalityAmerican

In 1842, she married Joseph Warren Revere, grandson of American revolutionary figure Paul Revere.[5]

Early life edit

Rosanna Duncan Lamb was born on April 16, 1819[6] in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents were Benjamin Waldo Lamb and Deziah Lamb.[7] She was presumably named for her maternal grandmother, Rosanna Lamb née Duncan.[7] Her grandfather was Thomas Lamb (b. 1755), a lieutenant in Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment.[8]

She was listed in Clark's Boston Blue book at 9 Newbury Street in 1876.[9]

In March 1881, she was among the founders of the Woman's Art Exchange, a New Jersey-based organization to "encourage art studies in a line available to women" and "provide a mart or exchange where the products of their labor may be taken for disposal."[10] Each member was entitled to enter three women artists for one year.[10] Eligible artwork included needlework, woolen, and knit goods, and art classes included oil and watercolor painting and drawing in crayon.[10]

Death and legacy edit

Revere is quoted about her lineage in the 1902 book Genealogy of the Waldo Family of Ipswich, Massachusetts.[11]

She was listed as residing in the historic Sansay House in the 1909 New York Social Register.[12]

She died on July 26, 1910. Her funeral was held on July 28 in Morristown and was reported upon in The Boston Globe.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ Revolution, Daughters of the American (1908). Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution.
  2. ^ The American Monthly Magazine. National Society. 1898. p. 487.
  3. ^ The American Monthly Magazine. National Society. 1900. p. 92.
  4. ^ Directory of the Chapters, Officers and Members. 1896.
  5. ^ "[General Joseph Warren Revere] | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. American History TV. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  6. ^ Chemerka, William R. General Joseph Warren Revere: The Gothic Saga of Paul Revere's Grandson. BearManor Media.
  7. ^ a b MEMORIAL BIOGRAPHIES OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (PDF). Vol. 8. Boston, Massachusetts: The New-England Historic Genealogical Society (and possibly Towne Memorial Fund).
  8. ^ "1913 Proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society". brooklinehistoricalsociety.org. 1913. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  9. ^ Clark's Boston Blue Book. 1876.
  10. ^ a b c Shaw, William H. (1884). History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p. 211.
  11. ^ Genealogy of the Waldo Family: A Record of the Descendants of Cornelius Waldo, of Ipswich, Mass., from 1647 to 1900. Press of C. Hamilton. 1902.
  12. ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1909.
  13. ^ "MRS. REVERE BURIED. Funeral of Widow of General Who Was a Grandson of Paul Revere – She Was 91 Years Old". The Boston Globe. July 29, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved December 16, 2022.