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| 1551 | from Newport Mercury 24 Apr 1798 | Isaacks, Hannah (I101)
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| 1552 | From Newport, Rhode Island, on September 27th 1767, Sally's father, Aaron Lopez, write to Sally's husband, Abraham Pereira Mendes:- "................... I come now to express the satisfaction it gave us to hear you were all well on board [the vessel commanded by] Newdigate five days after you left this port, as we had it reported by a vessell that spoke with you at sea. We are all well, excepting your dejected wife, who mourns too hard your absence. She is most recovered of an ill turn which has reduced her low, but thanks to God mends fast. I would not permit her to write, fearing it may do her hurt, therefore she desires to joint her love with Mrs. Lopez's regards and my best wishes for your preservation from evil. My respects to your honoured mother and the rest of the family concludes me. Your most affectionate well wisher, Aaron Lopez." Source: American Jewry - Documents - Eighteenth Century by Jacob Rader Marcus. | Lopez, Catherine "Sarah" (I2068)
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| 1553 | From the 1919 Shortridge "Annual": Sydney (sic) Salinger: A few rapid steps, -- a smile -- that's a Salinger combination, for Sydney has many friends and a smile for each one. Pet you bet, and a great inclination for dances and good danceresses. | Salinger, Sidney Bernerd Sr. (I4505)
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| 1554 | Furrier, partner of John D. Phillips | Cohen, Samuel (I2221)
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| 1555 | General Insurance Agent | Moses, Mordecai Lyon (I678)
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| 1556 | general practice lawyer | Alexander, Arthur A. (I2326)
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| 1557 | Gershom Mendes Seixas, 1746-1816. Son of Isaac Mendes Seixas. He was the first native-born minister in the United States and one of the most noted of early American Jews. During the Revolutionary War he fled first to Stratford, Connecticut where he joined his father (1776), residing as well in Norwalk, Connecticut. In 1780, he moved his family to Philadelphia (1780), where he served as minister and helped establish Congregation Mikveh Israel. He returned to New York in 1784, one year before his first wife Elkalah died. He may have been present at the inauguration of George Washington in New York in 1789. As Hazzan (prayer leader) of Congregation Shearith Israel, he also served at times as the community's mohel (circumciser), teacher, and shochet (ritual slaughterer). He founded the oldest existing Jewish philanthropic organization in New York, Hebra Hased Va-Amet (1802- ), a funeral society. He also initiated the formation of a charity society, Kalfe Sedaka Mattan Basether (1798-1816). He was a trustee of Columbia College from 1784-1814. He married Elkalah Myers-Cohen (1749-1785) in 1775 in New York and they had four children: Isaac (died in infancy), Sarah Abigail (1778-1854), Rebecca Mendes (1780-1867), and Benjamin (1783-1847). He then married Hannah Manuel (1766-1856) in 1786 and they had eleven children: David (1788-1864), Grace (1789-1826), Samuel (1792-1852), Joseph (1794-?), Elkalah (?-1831), Rachel (1801-1827), Joshua (1802-187?), Theodore J. (1803-1882) and his twin Henry (1803-1822), Lucy Orah (1804-1825), Selina (1806-1883), and Myrtilla (1807-1859). Anne Joseph: PORTRAIT IN SCRAPBOOK ------------------------ The unattributed miniature of Gershom Seixas is reported upon by Hannah London in her 1926 book Portraits of Jews. At that time it was owned by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer of New York. Rabbi Seixas was born in New York City on 14 January 1745 (for some reason, FTM will not accept this in the date column). He was the son of Isaac Mendes Seixas and Rachel Levy, who in turn was the daughter of Moses Levy. The first wife of Rabbi Seixas was Elkalah Cohen, whom he married in 1775; his second wife was Hannah Manuel whom he married in 1789. As an ardent patriot during the Revolutionary War, he protested taxation without representation. When the British were about to enter New York, he closed Synagogue Shearith Israel, of which he was minister, rather than fly the British flag. In 1789, after the Revolution, George Washingtron invited him, together with thirteen other clergymen, to his inaugural in New York. At this ceremony Rabbi Seixas offered a prayer invoking God's blessing upon the First President and the new nation. Rabbi Seixas was a trustee of Columbia College. He died in New York in 1816. Source: London, Hannah R. - Miniatures of Early American Jews. 1953 ------------------------ Gersham Mendes Seixas' grave in the St. James Place (Chatham Square) Cemetery in New York is one of those decorated on Memorial Day, since he is counted among the soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution. He is described in the records as "Minister of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. Born in New York City on January 14, 1745 (for some unknown reason, FTM uses 1745/46 - interestingly, Stern gives the birth date as 15 Jasnuary 1746), son of Isaac Mendes Seixas, Associator. Preached the American cause in the Revolution, closed the synagogue and removed the holy scrolls to Stratford, Connecticut, when the British occupied New York City. Died in New York City, July 2, 1816." Source: An Old Faith in the New World by David and Tamar deSola Pool ------------------------ Gershom Mendes Seixas was the only Jew among one of the 13 American religious leaders invited to invoke a blessing at George Washington's inauguration in 1789. The first American-born leader of a Jewish congregation, his title was hazzan, rather than rabbi. Gershom was the son of Isaac Mendes Seixas and Rachel Levy Seixas. Reverend Seixas, as he was known, fathered 16 children by his two wives, Elkalah Myers-Cohen and Hannah Manuel. Seixas became minister of Congregation Shearith Israel in 1768 and, when the British occupied New York in the Revolution, he served as minister to Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia until 1780, when he returned to New York. Seixas was the first American bazzan to preach in English in a synagogue. Seixas sat on the board of trustees of King's College, later renamed Columbia University, and was widely respected among the non-Jewish social and political leadership of New York. Source: Loeb Miniatures Database - Miniature and bio. | Seixas, Hazan Gershom Mendes (I1166)
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| 1558 | Given as reference on Alfred H. Moses, Jr.'s passport application. | Moses, Sarah A. (I681)
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| 1559 | Given as reference on Alfred H. Moses, Jr.'s passport application. | Loeb, Carl Morris Jr. (I13)
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| 1560 | Govenor of Tobago | De Lancey, Stephen Gov. of Tobago (I486)
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| 1561 | Govenor of Tobago | De Lancey, Stephen Gov. of Tobago (I486)
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| 1562 | Governor of South Carolina 1872-1874 "Governor of South Carolina from 1872-1874. Frank Moses Released from Prison- Boston, June 4, 1887. Ex Governor of South Carolina, Franklin J. Moses, who in October, 1885, was sentenced in the Suffolk County Criminal Court to three year's imprisonment in the State Prison for forgery, has been pardoned by Governor Ames. It was represented that Moses was in poor health and not likely to live long." Member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina South Carolina Governor Franklin J. Moses Born: January 1, 1838 Died: December 11, 1906 Birth State: South Carolina Party: Republican Family: Married Emma Buford Richardson (divorced 1878) Religion: Episcopalian School(s): South Carolina College ntblPeriods in Office:From: December 7, 1872ntblTo: December 1, 1874State Web Site War(s) Served: Civil War FRANKLIN J. MOSES (nee Franklin I. Moses) was born in Sumter District, South Carolina. He attended South Carolina College and went on to study law, winning admission to the South Carolina Bar. He was appointed private secretary to South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens in 1860. During the Civil War he was appointed an enrolling officer under the Confederate Conscription Act, holding the rank of Colonel. He edited Sumter News from 1866 to 1867, and was elected a vestryman of the Sumter Episcopal Church in 1867. He was a delegate to the 1866 South Carolina Convention called to endorse President Andrew Johnson and was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1867, at the same time serving as Adjutant and Inspector-General of the state's armed forces and as a trustee of the State University. Although surrounded by charges that he misappropriated state funds and accepted bribes and committed indiscretions in his private life, he was elected governor in the Fall of 1872. South Carolina's credit during his gubernatorial term reached an alarming state of insecurity, which the legislature--called into session by Moses--resolved by simply annulling nearly $6 million worth of recent bonds, forcing bond holders to accept 6 percent interest. After a second state Taxpayers' Convention met in 1874 and asked Congress for relief, Moses was indicted but escaped trial by winning a legal ruling that he could not be prosecuted while in office. He was not renominated for a second term and was denied a seat as circuit judge by his gubernatorial successor despite having been elected to the position by the state legislature. He later succumbed to drug addiction and was convicted several times of petty fraud and theft but was pardoned. Sources: Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 4. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 12. New York: James T. White & Company. | Moses, Governor Franklin J. Jr. (I2838)
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| 1563 | Governor of St. Helena from 1815 to 1821 during Naploean Bonaparte's exile. | Lowe, Lieutenant General Sir Hudson (I514)
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| 1564 | Grand daughter of Ellen Schott, single, age 3 years | Cabell, Charlotte Ridgely (I1456)
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| 1565 | Greater London, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom | Bruce, Honorable Margaret Cecilia (I737)
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| 1566 | Grocery Salesman, father b. England, mother b. Jamaica | Bonita, Frederick Alexander (I3344)
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| 1567 | Hampshire, United Kingdom | Bruce, Honorable Constance Pamela Alice (I732)
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| 1568 | Hardware Merchant | Alexander, Julius Mortimer C. S. A. (I2296)
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| 1569 | Hardware Merchant | Alexander, Jacob Clarence (I2294)
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| 1570 | Hazzan at B'nai Jeshurun. | Hart, Phinehas (I3397)
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| 1571 | HCT (JGOWBR) - "Lately from Newport, RI" | Isaacks, Judith (I362)
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| 1572 | He converted to the Anglican Church in order to take his elected seat in the Nova Scotia Assembly as a repesentative of the town of Liverpool, NS. | Hart, Samuel (I1971)
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| 1573 | He converted to the Anglican Church in order to take his elected seat in the Nova Scotia Assembly as a repesentative of the town of Liverpool, NS. | Hart, Samuel (I1971)
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| 1574 | He is listed in Savannah, Georgia City Directories in 1890 and 1891, occupation: Drummer | Amram, Emile (I26)
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| 1575 | He was a boarder in the house of Moultri Wm & Pennia Moses | Robison, Alexander W. (I1817)
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| 1576 | He was a contract surgeon on John Paul Jone's "Bon Homme Richard" in 1779. | Pront, Gatzel Isaac (I3487)
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| 1577 | He was a convert to Judaism. | Bingley Dr. (I3949)
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| 1578 | He was a founder of Easton, PA, circa 1750. | Hart De Shira, Myer (I3434)
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| 1579 | He was a merchant and Notary Public in Louisiana | Touro, John (I10049)
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| 1580 | He was employed in Philadelphia, PA Partner: (Israel) Siedenbach & Frohsin Gentlemens' Furnishings 7 South 8th Street Philadelphia, PA Per New York Times July 12 1891 "A. Frohsin" sailed for Bremen on the "Eider" | Frohsin, Abraham (I6027)
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| 1581 | He was employed in the mercantile business in Atlanta, Georgia Bremen Passenger Lists 1920 - 1939 Jonas Frohsin from (USA) traveled on December 14, 1929 on the ship "Columgus" from Bremen, Germany to New York Trav.Class No. Family Name First name(s) Sex Age Fam.Status Place of residence Nationality State or province Profession Destination US-State Remarks I. Klasse 32 Frohsin Jonas m 55 Ww USA Atlanta GA Obituary - New York Times - April 24, 1949: Frohsin, Jonas - dear father of Adele Tarna, Hazel Breyer, and the late Rita Rothberg. Interment: Atlanta, GA | Frohsin, Jonas (I6026)
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| 1582 | He was goldsmith. | Mears, Samson (I382)
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| 1583 | He was ill in 1811. | Lopez, Abraham (I2064)
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| 1584 | He was in New York by 1707. Will Abstract: http://books.google.com/books?id=OJf5CdoAkrkC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=%22Isaac+levy+maduro%22&source=web&ots=4QFl4ziPVM&sig=nXkDXSNoQ3E1j2M75oyV-N5d5uU&hl=en#PPR4,M1 | Michaels, Moses (I593)
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| 1585 | He was in New York in 1696 and in Barbados from 1696 to 1699 with Captain Kidd. He may have been the 1st Frank in America | Franks, Benjamin (I460)
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| 1586 | He was killed by Spaniards while he was on a trading voyage. | Gomez, Jacob (I3816)
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| 1587 | He was the hazzan of the traditionalist Synagogue of Charleston, South Carolina, Shearith Israel. | Rosenfeld, Reverend Jacob (I3)
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| 1588 | Head of Household | Cohen, Benjamin (I3512)
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| 1589 | Head War ? | Alexander, Julius Mortimer C. S. A. (I2296)
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| 1590 | head, age 63, widow, 3 children, 1 living, parents b. Pennsylvania | Fisher, Ellen Lindsay (I1211)
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| 1591 | Held the rank of Major. When the War of 1812 broke out "he was appointed by Governor Tompkins Division Quarter-Master, with the rank of Colonel, a position which he retained until peace was established." | Hart, Colonel Bernard (I3576)
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| 1592 | Held the rank of Major. When the War of 1812 broke out "he was appointed by Governor Tompkins Division Quarter-Master, with the rank of Colonel, a position which he retained until peace was established." | Hart, Colonel Bernard (I3576)
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| 1593 | Her Return of Birth lists her as the 9th child in the family. | Goldsmith, Rose Marion (I3654)
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| 1594 | Hermann address: 230 Central Park Souith New York City, New York | Frohsin, Cecelia "Zelli" (I6165)
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| 1595 | Hetty was somewhere around 50 when her husband died, leaving her with many children. Like so many other women left alone in the world and compelled to earn her own living, Hetty took in boarders. In that era, any perceived infraction against the Levital dietary laws by an individual might at times be regarded as a serious communal situation, one which called for action by the congregation Shearith Israel. And so it happened that in 1774, Hetty (Adolphus) Hays was brought before the board of trustees on a charge that her house had offended against the Jewish dietary laws. The complaint was made that "the widow Hatty Hays had bought out of the Markett a Quarter of Lamb, that was sealed, but not sherched". Since she took boarders into her home, an earnest congregational hearing was held on the question of whether or not that piece of lamb was truly kasher. In the end it was agreed that there was not sufficient evidence to hold that the shohet had failed to examine the animal after the killing. Even so, Hetty was ordered to take stringent steps to properly clean everything in her house. She fully complied with this order, and her house was publicly declared to be kasher. Source: An Old Faith in the New World by David and Tamar deSola Pool. | Adolphus, Hetty (I640)
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| 1596 | Heyman Heyman and Louis Merz came to West Point, GA when the Atlanta & West Point Rail Road was completed in 1854. The young men began a very modest dry goods business, selecting as their motto, "Dieu Ma Forte"...God is my Strength. The War between the States ended their association, for Louis Merz joined the West Point Guard, in April, 1861, and was killed at Sharpesburg (Antietam) Maryland September 18, 1862. Mr. Heyman and Daniel Merz, brother of Louis, operated a tannery in Bluffton for the Confederacy during he war years. After the war, Mr. Heyman and Mr. Merz, who had been in the firm since 1860, continued their business of dry goods as Heyman & Merz. Though short of funds, they had the asset of pre-war confidence in their record of dealings with Northern concerns. Mr. Heyman set out on a trip to eastern markets and soon West Point and Bluffton residents were treated to nbew goods arriving by rail express. Louis Phillip Heyman and sister, Miss Bertha Heyman, who went to work in the store as a cashier in 1885, after the death of her father, served the area through their merchandising for more than 40 years. Louis Phillip Heyman died in in 1935. | Merz, Daniel (I6864)
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| 1597 | Heyman Heyman and Louis Merz came to West Point, GA when the Atlanta & West Point Rail Road was completed in 1854. The young men began a very modest dry goods business, selecting as their motto, "Dieu Ma Forte"...God is my Strength. The War between the States ended their association, for Louis Merz joined the West Point Guard, in April, 1861, and was killed at Sharpesburg (Antietam) Maryland September 18, 1862. Mr. Heyman and Daniel Merz, brother of Louis, operated a tannery in Bluffton for the Confederacy during he war years. The interesting old house of Heyman and Betty Merz Heyman, at 210 North 14th Street, was built about 1875-77 by Dr. Benjaman Thomas Smith. Henry Harrington was the builder in charge of the job. Heyman Heyman came to West Point in 1854. He and Louis Merz founded the department store that bore their names, Heyman & Merz, which served the area almost a century. Heyman Heyman was sometimes referred to as Herman Heyman. | Heyman, Heyman (I6831)
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| 1598 | Highland, Orange, New York, United States | Mordecai, William Maynadier (I892)
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| 1599 | Highland, Orange, New York, United States | Mordecai, Alfred III (I891)
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| 1600 | Highland, Orange, New York, United States | Mordecai, Laura (I890)
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