Abraham Jackson

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Abraham Jackson (1785-1839)

Abraham Jackson was David’s younger brother, who perhaps started the family tradition of being involved in synagogue administration and politics. He served as Treasurer of the Seel Street congregation from 1815-16 and Warden from 1821-22, in the days when there were only two Honorary Officers, rather than four. When the administration was extended in the early 1830s, Abraham served as Senior Treasurer 1833-34 (immediately preceding David’s tenure of the same office) and Senior Warden 1835-36. He was appointed treasurer of the committee which oversaw the purchase of Deane Road from 1833-37, during which time he was responsible for collecting all the pledges from congregants in order to fund the development of the site. The final entry in the minute book of the cemetery committee was the expression of great sadness at Abraham’s passing in 1839, aged only 54, and the resolution to write to his widow, Betsy, with the committee’s condolences. He was buried in the cemetery he had helped organise only a few years earlier, and Betsy was also buried at Deane Road in 1860.

In all, there are 22 members of the Jacobs/Jackson family buried at Deane Road. David and Abraham’s eldest brother, the aforementioned John Jacobs Jackson (1775-1848) is one, along with his daughter, Jane Jacobs (c.1811-61), who had married her uncle, Lewis Jacobs (1791-1840), David and John’s youngest brother. Lewis and Jane’s second son, Charles Jacob Jacobs was buried at Deane Road in 1862.