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Frederick Weaver MP (1750 - 1839)

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A123277 Confirmed Jewish ancestry on December 24th 2022 through professional genetic testing and anal...

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11/29/2009
12/24/2022
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11/29/2009

Frederick Weaver MP (1750 - 1839)

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A123277 Confirmed Jewish ancestry on December 24th 2022 through professional genetic testing and anal...

12/24/2022

Mordecai of Bonn MP (deceased)

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3/25/2011
11/21/2015
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3/25/2011
11/21/2015

Elias Legarde MP (c.1593 - c.1670)

Elias Legarde (a/k/a Legardo) b. abt 1593 in Languedoc, France, d. abt 1670 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, was a Sephardic Jew who arrived at James City, Virginia, on the HMS Abigail in 1621.[1] Legarde ...

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6/2/2014
12/22/2014
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6/2/2014

Elias Legarde MP (c.1593 - c.1670)

Elias Legarde (a/k/a Legardo) b. abt 1593 in Languedoc, France, d. abt 1670 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, was a Sephardic Jew who arrived at James City, Virginia, on the HMS Abigail in 1621.[1] Legarde ...

12/22/2014

Simon Nathan MP (1746 - 1822)

Simon was the first of the family in America. He sided with the Revolutionists and was one of a number of Jews who left New York during the British occupation. In Philadelphia he helped raise funds for...

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2/25/2009
3/2/2013
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2/25/2009

Simon Nathan MP (1746 - 1822)

Simon was the first of the family in America. He sided with the Revolutionists and was one of a number of Jews who left New York during the British occupation. In Philadelphia he helped raise funds for...

3/2/2013

Philip (Uri) Minis MP (1734 - 1789)

Was the first white child conceived and born in Georgia.

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2/24/2013
2/24/2013
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2/24/2013

Philip (Uri) Minis MP (1734 - 1789)

Was the first white child conceived and born in Georgia.

2/24/2013

Haym Moses Salomon, Sr. MP (1740 - 1785)

"Haym Solomon"

DAR# A107027 Salomon (sometimes written as Solomon and Solomons in period documents) was a Polish-born Jewish immigrant to America who played an important role in financing the Revolution. When the w...

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4/10/2012
1/6/2013
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4/10/2012

Haym Moses Salomon, Sr. MP (1740 - 1785)

"Haym Solomon"

DAR# A107027 Salomon (sometimes written as Solomon and Solomons in period documents) was a Polish-born Jewish immigrant to America who played an important role in financing the Revolution. When the w...

1/6/2013

Joseph 'Isaac' Palache MP (1562 - 1649)

GEDCOM Note ===Joseph Pallache (c. 1560 - 1638/1648/1657, was a Jewish-Moroccan-born merchant and diplomat of the Pallache family, who, as envoy, helps his brother conclude a treaty with the Dutch Repu...

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10/27/2007
12/17/2012
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10/27/2007

Joseph 'Isaac' Palache MP (1562 - 1649)

GEDCOM Note ===Joseph Pallache (c. 1560 - 1638/1648/1657, was a Jewish-Moroccan-born merchant and diplomat of the Pallache family, who, as envoy, helps his brother conclude a treaty with the Dutch Repu...

12/17/2012

Samuel Palache, Hakham MP (1550 - 1616)

"Pallache"

Rabbi Samuel Palache grew up in Morocco but ended up in Amsterdam in 1610. He proposed that the Prince of Orange and the Sultan of Morocco get together. Rabbi Samuel Palache and his brother, Joseph, wh...

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10/27/2007
12/17/2012
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10/27/2007

Samuel Palache, Hakham MP (1550 - 1616)

"Pallache"

Rabbi Samuel Palache grew up in Morocco but ended up in Amsterdam in 1610. He proposed that the Prince of Orange and the Sultan of Morocco get together. Rabbi Samuel Palache and his brother, Joseph, wh...

12/17/2012

Mordecai Cohen MP (1763 - 1848)

Cohen began life in the New World as a peddler. Rising to shopkeeper, merchant, and planter, he became one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina. When French General Lafayette visited Charleston in 1...

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1/8/2010
4/17/2012
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1/8/2010

Mordecai Cohen MP (1763 - 1848)

Cohen began life in the New World as a peddler. Rising to shopkeeper, merchant, and planter, he became one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina. When French General Lafayette visited Charleston in 1...

4/17/2012

Reverend David Nunez Cardozo MP (1753 - 1835)

Tombstone Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of David Nunez Cardozo. A native of the State of New York and for the last sixty years a resident of this city, who departed this life on the 16th day of the...

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1/12/2010
4/17/2012
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1/12/2010

Reverend David Nunez Cardozo MP (1753 - 1835)

Tombstone Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of David Nunez Cardozo. A native of the State of New York and for the last sixty years a resident of this city, who departed this life on the 16th day of the...

4/17/2012

Isaac Nunez Cardozo MP (1751 - 1832)

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3/13/2010
4/17/2012
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3/13/2010
4/17/2012

Rachel Hart (1734 - 1792)

GEDCOM Source ===@R-2144583922@ Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Orig...

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3/13/2010
4/17/2012
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3/13/2010

Rachel Hart (1734 - 1792)

GEDCOM Source ===@R-2144583922@ Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Orig...

4/17/2012

Esther (Theresa) de Lyon (1703 - 1785)

"Esther (Theresa) Nunez", "Teresa"

GEDCOM Source ===@R-2144583922@ Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Orig...

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3/13/2010
4/17/2012
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3/13/2010

Esther (Theresa) de Lyon (1703 - 1785)

"Esther (Theresa) Nunez", "Teresa"

GEDCOM Source ===@R-2144583922@ Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Orig...

4/17/2012

Manuel Man Oel Nuñez Ribeiro (1700 - 1787)

"MOSES NUNEZ", "MANUEL NUNES RIBEIRO", "Moses (Manoel) Nunez", "Moses Manoel Nunez"

A man of wealth and distinction and a member of Oglethorpe’s Masonic Lodge. Moses served as an Indian interpreter and an agent for the Georgia Revolutionary forces. In his will of October 14, 1785, Mos...

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1/4/2011
4/17/2012
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1/4/2011

Manuel Man Oel Nuñez Ribeiro (1700 - 1787)

"MOSES NUNEZ", "MANUEL NUNES RIBEIRO", "Moses (Manoel) Nunez", "Moses Manoel Nunez"

A man of wealth and distinction and a member of Oglethorpe’s Masonic Lodge. Moses served as an Indian interpreter and an agent for the Georgia Revolutionary forces. In his will of October 14, 1785, Mos...

4/17/2012

Phila Nunes (1738 - 1808)

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1/4/2011
4/17/2012
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1/4/2011
4/17/2012

Moses Michael Hays MP (1739 - 1805)

Michael Hays (1739-1805)While some colonial Jews experienced difficulty living both as Jews and Americans, Boston's Moses Michael Hays created a different experience. Boston's most prominent 18th-centu...

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11/20/2010
4/17/2012
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11/20/2010

Moses Michael Hays MP (1739 - 1805)

Michael Hays (1739-1805)While some colonial Jews experienced difficulty living both as Jews and Americans, Boston's Moses Michael Hays created a different experience. Boston's most prominent 18th-centu...

4/17/2012

Judah Hays (1703 - 1763)

Judah was registered as a Freeman on Dec. 2, 1735, and listed as being naturalized under the act of 1740 in was registered as a Freeman on Dec. 2, 1735, and listed as being naturalized under the act of...

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4/18/2010
4/17/2012
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4/18/2010

Judah Hays (1703 - 1763)

Judah was registered as a Freeman on Dec. 2, 1735, and listed as being naturalized under the act of 1740 in was registered as a Freeman on Dec. 2, 1735, and listed as being naturalized under the act of...

4/17/2012

Myer Myers (1723 - 1795)

See articles on Myer and his work in , and article by Wendell Garrett in also lecture by Rabbi Marc D. Angel, THE TORAH BELLS OF MYER MYERS: ANCIENT TRADITIONS IN A NEW LAND,Delivered at Yale Universit...

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11/29/2010
4/17/2012
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Myer Myers (1723 - 1795)

See articles on Myer and his work in , and article by Wendell Garrett in also lecture by Rabbi Marc D. Angel, THE TORAH BELLS OF MYER MYERS: ANCIENT TRADITIONS IN A NEW LAND,Delivered at Yale Universit...

4/17/2012

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW YORK. DAR Ancestor #: A069675 * Reference: Geni World Family Tree - SmartCopy : Jan 23 2021, 5:43:29 UTC * Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : ...

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3/10/2010
4/17/2012
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3/10/2010

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW YORK. DAR Ancestor #: A069675 * Reference: Geni World Family Tree - SmartCopy : Jan 23 2021, 5:43:29 UTC * Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : ...

4/17/2012

Bella Halevi (c.1645 - 1697)

Poss De Torres or Takats

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11/5/2007
4/17/2012
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11/5/2007

Bella Halevi (c.1645 - 1697)

Poss De Torres or Takats

4/17/2012