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Isaac Levy

Isaac Levy[1]

Male 1706 - 1777  (70 years)

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  • Name Isaac Levy  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 19 Jul 1706  New York, New York (Manhattan), New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died Mar 1777  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Alt. Death May 1777  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Reference Number 400 
    _UID 9A90F76EFBDC4CD491B437D76A04C797A596 
    Person ID I400  aojd-demo
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2011 

    Father Moses Raphael Levy,   b. 1665, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1728, New York, New York (Manhattan), New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Richea Asher,   d. 29 Sep 1716, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1695  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Alt. Marriage 1695  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    Family ID F148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Pue,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [2, 5, 8
    Children 
     1. Asher Levy,   d. Aug 1785, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Esther Levy,   b. Abt 1752,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Isaac Levy, Jr.,   d. 14 Jan 1765
     4. Charlotte Levy,   d. 22 Jan 1765
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2011 
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Isaac was a merchant in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia"

      Page 231.-I, ISAAC LEVY, of New York, do declare this to be my last will and testament. All my real estate of every kind and Denomination shall at my decease become the property of my son Asher and my daughter Esther, otherwise called Henrietta, as also my personal estate to both the same, " both borne of Elizabeth Pue," equally divided between them at the times they respectively become of age, on conditions hereafter mentioned. In case of the death of either my said son or daughter before aged twenty-one, I give my estate to the survivor, if both die before of age then to my brother, Samson Levy, and my sister, Rachel Seixas, wife of Isaac Seixas, equally. My will is that neither my son nor daughter shall marry or enter into matrimonial contract before the age of twenty-one years, but if either so do he or she shall have no share in my estate, but the share of he or she that doth marry or enter into matrimonial contract shall be given to the other that doth not marry contrary to my will; and if both marry or enter into matrimonial contract before twenty-one then I give my whole estate to my brother, Samson Levy, and my sister, Rachel Seixas. My executors are my said brother, Samson Levy, his son Moses, and my son Asher.
      Dated October 22, 1776. Witnesses, Walter Shee, Benja Condy, Edmund Nihell. The Register for Probate of Wills, Philadelphia. Certified November 8, 1785, that the above will was a true copy from the original filed in the office at Philadelphia. Administration on the above granted to Joshua Isaacs, of the City of New York, a creditor of Isaac Levy, formerly of the same place but late of tho City of Philadelphia, merchant, deceased, whereas the executors, Samson Levy, Moses Levy and Asher Levy are absent from this State, New York, November 16, 1785.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S285] AOJD & Heritage Muse, Inc., David M. Kleiman, (AOJD-online.net. Heritage Muse, Inc. 165 West End Ave. New York, NY 10023 [email protected]).

    2. [S7] Adeline Moses Loeb & Carl M. Loeb, Kathy L. Plotkin, Margaret Loeb Kempner, etal (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S3] AMLAJA, Judith E. Endelman, (unpublished manuscript), CHAPTER 5 PG 9 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S334] Collections of the New York Historical Society, John Watts DePeyster, compiler, (New York: New -York Historical Society, 1905), 1904 - PG. 228, LEVY, ISAAC (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 154 LEVY I (1) (Reliability: 3).
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    6. [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 311 CORRECTIONS TO PG. 154 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 170 LEVY XVI (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S4] FAJF-Stern, Rabbi Malcolm Stern, (3rd edition updated and revised. n.c.: Genealogical Publishing Company for the American Jewish Archives, 1991.), PG. 154 LEVY I (1) (Reliability: 3).