Historical records matching Rabbi Moses Cohen
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About Rabbi Moses Cohen
In the early 1760s, Abraham Cohen (1739-1800) and his younger brother Solomon Cohen (1757-1835), were the first Portuguese Jews (Sephardim) to arrive and settle in Georgetown (Parish) District, South Carolina. Moses Cohen (1709-1762) their father, emigrated to colonial America with a small group of impoverished Portuguese Jews, with eldest son Abraham age ten, circa 1750 from London, England into Charleston, South Carolina. Moses Cohen was the first religious leader of the small congregation of Jews, known as Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. They used old established Portuguese Rituals used in Bevis Marks, the place of worship for Sephardim in London. Charles Patrick Daly in his work; The Settlement of the Jews in North America wrote, "They formed themselves into a religious society in 1750, worshipping for seven years in a small wooden house in Union near Queen Street, each year bringing an accession to their numbers".
(special thanks to Sadie Pasha for birth and death place)
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Rabbi Moses Cohen's Timeline
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1709
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London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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| 1739 |
1739
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London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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1741
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1744
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1748
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October 13, 1757
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Charleston, Charleston County, SC, United States
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April 19, 1762
Age 53
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Charleston, Charleston County, SC, United States
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Coming Street Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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