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Abraham Cohen

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Birthplace: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Death: December 10, 1800 (60-61)
Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC, United States
Place of Burial: Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rabbi Moses Cohen and Dinah Cohen
Brother of Jacob Cohen; Solomon Cohen; Isaac Cohen; Esther Myers and Rachel Nathans

Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Abraham Cohen

Abraham Cohen was born in 1739 in London, England the eldest son of Moses Cohen. He arrived circa 1762 at age 10 into Charleston, and lived forty years in Prince George's Parish (Georgetown), South Carolina. He was a Revolutionary War participant in 1776, and supported the Patriots. He died at home on Prince Street on December 10, 1800 and was buried in Beth Elohim cemetery for Portuguese Jews in Georgetown, next to Esther Cohen (Myers) his sister and brother n' law Mordecai Myers, and several of his brother Solomon Cohen children that died before age five. Abraham Cohen (!739-1800) helped to establish Beth Elohim Cemetery in Georgetown, South Carolina in 1772, twenty-eight years before he was laid to rest there. Abraham Cohen was the oldest child of Moses Cohen (1709-1762) the first religious leader of the small congregation of Portuguese Jews in Charleston, SC circa 1750.

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Abraham Cohen's Timeline

1739
1739
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1800
December 10, 1800
Age 61
Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC, United States
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Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC, United States