First American Jewish Families

First published in 1960, and revised through 1991, Malcolm Stern's First American Jewish Families was a groundbreaking work of genealogy, detailing the trees of 600 early Jewish-American families from 1645-1988. Stern's work is viewable online at the American Jewish Archives.

Many of the families in Stern's book are also on Geni. Below is a list of the families with links to the Geni profiles of the progenitors. Note that Stern counted 600 families by breaking larger families into separate trees. The number of distinct families appear to be about 445.

Project is complete with 464 profiles in it.

1. Aarons I
2. Aarons II
3. Aarons III
4. Aarons IV
5. Abendanone-Cohen Delmonte and Abendanone-Cohen Delmonte (The first link is to the Abendanone family and the second link is to the Cohen Delmonte family)
6. Abraham
7. Abrahams I
8. Abrahams II
9. Abrahams III Abrams (The Abrams part comes from the surname change of Elias' children and the grandchildren of Emanuel)
10. Abrahams IV
11. Abrahams V
12. Abrahams VI
13. Abrahams VII
14. Adolphus
15. Alexander I
16. Alexander II
17. Allen
18. Ancker
19. Andrews I
20. Andrews II
21. Arnold
22. Asch
23. Azuby
24. Bach
25. Bamberger
26. Barnet
27. Barnett I
28. Barnett II
29. Barnett III
30. Barnett IV
31. Barnett V
32. Barnett VI
33. Barnett VII
34. Barrett
35. Baruc
36. Baruch I
37. Baruch II
38. Benjamin I
39. Benjamin II
40. Berlandina-Bensaken
41. Benzaken
42. Bernheim I
43. Bernheim II
44. Binswanger
45. Bloch
46. Block
47. Block II
48. Bloomingdale
49. Bomeisler
50. Fonseca Brandon and Fonseca Brandon (The first link is to the Fonseca family and the second link is to the Brandon family)
51. Rodriguez Brandon
52. Brauer
53. Brickner
54. Brush
55. Bush
56. Cadet
57. Canter
58. Cardozo
59. Carvalho
60. Cauffman
61. Clava
62. Cohen I
63. Cohen II
64. Cohen III
65. Cohen IV
66. Cohen V
67. Cohen VI
68. Cohen VII
69. Cohen VIII
70. Cohen IX
71. Cohen X
72. Cohen XI
73. Cohen XII
74. Cohen XIII (only found on the Addendum and Corrections)
75. Coleman
76. Content
77. Cromelien
78. Da Costa I
79. Da Costa II
80. Davega
81. David
82. Davies
83. Davis I
84. Davis II
85. De Crasto
86. Cohen D'Azevedo
87. De Cordova
88. De Lange
89. Delgado
90. De La Motta
91. Delmar
92. De Ledesma (Surname could have been Ledesma)
93. De Molina
94. De Leon I
95. De Leon II
96. De Lucena
97. De Lyon
98. Bueno de Mesquita
99. De Pass I
100. De Pass II
101. Derkheim
102. De Sola I
103. De Sola II
104. De Torres I
105. De Torres II
106. Dinkelspiel/Dinel (only found on the Update)
107. Dyer
108. Elias
109. Elizer
110. Elkin I
111. Elkin II
112. Ellis I
113. Ellis II
114. Emanuel I
115. Emanuel II
116. Emanuel III
117. Etting
118. Ezekiel
119. Fleisher
120. Felbel
121. Fonseca
122. Florance
123. Franks I
124. Franks I de Lancey
125. Franks I Cooper
126. Franks I Watson Northey and Franks I Watson Northey (First link is to the Watson part and the second link is to the Northey part)
127. Franks I Hamilton
128. Franks I Kuhn
129. Franks I Johnson
130. Franks II
131. Franks III
132. Gans
133. Goldschmidt
134. Goldsmith
135. Gomez I
136. Gomez II
137. Gratz (First use of the Gratz surname)
138. Guggenheimer and Guggenheimer (They are either brothers or cousins. First link is to Abraham and second link is to Sigmund)
139. Haas
140. Hackenburg
141. Hamburger-Moses-Levy-Hart
142. Harby
143. Harris I
144. Harris II
145. Hart I
146. Hart II
147. Hart III
148. Hart IV
149. Hart V
150. Hart VI
151. Hart VII
152. Hart VIII (Daughter Sarah married a Hart)
153. Hart IX
154. Hart X
155. Hart XI
156. Hart XII
157. Hart XIII
158. Hart XIV
159. Hays
160. Hecht
161. Hecht-Lowenberg
162. Heilbron
163. Heineman
164. Hendricks
165. Henriques I
166. Henriques II
167. Henriques III
168. Helbert
169. Henry I
170. Henry II
171. Henry III
172. Hermann
173. Herzog
174. Hertz I
175. Hertz II
176. Hertz III
177. Hertz IV
178. Hiller (Goldstone)
179. Hohenfels
180. Horwitz
181. Hunt
182. Hyams
183. Hyman I
184. Hyman II
185. Hyneman I
186. Hyneman II
187. Isaacks (Isaacs I)
188. Isaacs II
189. Isaacs III
190. Isaacs IV and Isaacs IV (First link is to Aaron (a Jew) and the second link is to Ralph (probably not a Jew))
191. Isaacs V
192. Isaacs VI
193. Isaacs VII
194. Isaacs VIII
195. Israel I
196. Israel II
197. Jackson I
198. Jackson II and Jackson II (First link is to Joseph and the second link is to John)
199. Jackson III
200. Jacobs I
201. Jacobs II
202. Jacobs III
203. Jacobs IV
204. Jacobs V
205. Jacobs VI
206. Jacobs VII
207. Jacobs VIII
208. Jacobs IX
209. Jacobs X
210. Jacobs XI
211. Joachimssen
212. Johnson and Johnson (First link is for Phineas Israel and the second link is for his brother David Israel)
213. Jonas
214. Jones I
215. Jones II and Jones II (First link is to Solomon I. and the second link is to Israel Isaac)
216. Joseph I
217. Joseph II
218. Joseph III
219. Joseph IV
220. Josephson
221. Judah I
222. Judah II
223. Judah III
224. Kaufman
225. Kayton (Children changed their surname to Kayton)
226. King I
227. King II
228. King III
229. Kohn (Son Nathan used the surname of Kohn)
230. Kokernot
231. Kraus
232. Kursheedt
233. Labatt (Changed from what Stern had for the start of this family)
234. Laib and Weiler (Wife was married twice, First to a Laib and then to a Weiler)
235. Lawrence
236. Lazarus I
237. Lazarus II
238. Lazarus III
239. Lazarus IV and Lazarus IV (Links are to two brothers. First one is for Isaac and the second one is for Henry)
240. Leberman
241. Ledesma (Surname could have been De Ledesma)
242. Leeser
243. Leman (only found in the Addendum and Corrections)
244. Leo
245. Levin I
246. Levin II
247. Levin III
248. Levine
249. Levy I
250. Levy I Goodwin
251. Levy I McBlair
252. Levy I Stevenson and Levy I Greenwood (Both links make up the family link of Levy I Stevenson, Greenwood)
253. Levy I Jones
254. Levy I Milligan and Levy I Stansbury (Both links make up the family link of Levy I Milligan, Stansbury)
255. Levy II
256. Levy III
257. Levy IV
258. Levy V
259. Levy VI
260. Levy VII
261. Levy VIII
262. Levy IX (Stern starts from here)
263. Levy X
264. Levy XI
265. Levy XII
266. Levy XIII and Levy XIII (First link is to Samuel and the second link is to Emanuel)
267. Levy XIV
268. Levy XV
269. Levy XVI (Stern starts from here)
270. Levy XVII
271. Levy XVIII
272. Levy XIX
273. Levy XX
274. Lewis I
275. Lewis II
276. Lichtenstein
277. Lieber (Lebair) (All children, except Charles, took the surname of Lieber or Lebair)
278. Lipman (only found in the Addendum and Corrections)
279. Lopez I and (Rivera) (Both links make up the Lopez I (Rivera) family)
280. Lopez II and da Fonseca (Both links make up the Lopez II (da Fonseca) family)
281. Lopez III
282. Loryea
283. Louzada
284. Luria
285. Lyon I
286. Lyon II
287. Lyon III
288. Lyons I
289. Lyons II
290. Lyons III
291. Lyons IV
292. Mailert or Meylert
293. Mairs
294. Maraché
295. Marchant
296. Marks I
297. Marks II
298. Marks III
299. Marks IV
300. Marks V
301. Marques
302. Marx I
303. Marx II and Joel (Both links make up the Mark II-Joel family)
304. Mayer I
305. Mayer II and Frank (Both links make up the Mayer II-Frank family) (Stern starts from here on the Mayer side of this family)
306. Mears
307. Mendes
308. Menken and Morange (Both links make up the Menken-Morange family)
309. Michaels I
310. Michaels II
311. Mitchell
312. Minis
313. Moise
314. Mordecai I
315. Mordecai II
316. Mordecai III
317. Morrison
318. Moses I
319. Moses II (Son took the surname of Moses)
320. Moses III (Both sons took the surname of Moses)
321. Moses IV (Added to what Stern had for this family)
322. Moses V
323. Moses VI
324. Moses VII
325. Moses VIII
326. Moss
327. Myers I
328. Myers II
329. Myers III
330. Myers IV
331. Myers V (Children all took the surname of Myers)
332. Myers VI
333. Myers VII
334. Myers VIII (Two sons came to the US)
335. Myers IX
336. Myers X (Two sons both came to the US)
337. Myers-Cohen I
338. Myers-Cohen II
339. Naar
340. Nathan I
341. Nathan II
342. Nathan III
343. Nathan IV
344. Nathans I (Both sons took the surname of Nathans)
345. Nathans II
346. Newhouse
347. Noah I
348. Noah II
349. Noah III
350. Nones
351. Nunez
352. Ottolengui
353. Oppenheim
354. Oppenheimer
355. Palaché
356. Pardo
357. Peixotto I
358. Peixotto II
359. Peixotto III
360. Pereira
361. Pesoa
362. Pettigrew
363. Philipson (only found on the Update)
364. Phillips I
365. Phillips II
366. Phillips III
367. Phillips IV
368. Phillips V
369. Phillips VI
370. Phillips VII
371. Pike I
372. Pike II
373. Pinheiro
374. Pinto
375. Polock I
376. Polock II
377. Poznanski
378. Price (Original spelling of Price is Preiz)
379. Ritterband
380. Rochelle (Son Ruben took the surname of Rochelle)
381. Rodriguez
382. Rosengarten
383. Rosenheim
384. Rowland
385. Ruden (Both sons took the surname of Ruden)
386. Russell (Stern starts with the father)
387. Salomon
388. Salvador
389. Sampson
390. Samson
391. Samuel I
392. Samuel II (This is were the Samuel surname comes in to existance)
393. Sarzedas
394. Sasportas
395. Seixas
396. Semon (only found in the Addendum and Corrections)
397. Sheftall
398. Shoyer
399. Simon
400. Simons
401. Simpson
402. Simson
403. Soher
404. Solis (This is the line in which the surname Solis shows up)
405. Solomon
406. Solomons I
407. Solomons II
408. Solomons III
409. Solomons IV
410. Solomons V
411. Sondheim
412. Soria
413. Souza
414. Spanier
415. Spiro
416. Stern I
417. Stern II
418. Stern III
419. Stern IV
420. Stix
421. Suares
422. Sulzberger
423. Swarts
424. Thorman
425. Thorman Hays (This is the Hays family part of the Thorman Hays family)
426. Tim
427. Tobias I
428. Tobias II
429. Tobiason
430. Touro
431. Umstadter
432. Valentine
433. Valverde
434. Waag(e) (This is as close as we can find to match Stern's work and see the surname)
435. Waterman
436. Watters (Children took the surname of Watters)
437. Wolf I
438. Wolf II
439. Wolfe I
440. Wolfe II
441. Wolff
442. Woolf
443. Workum
444. Yates (Two sons both took the surname of Yates)
445. Zuntz