Phillis JACOBS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1132a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Named in Synagogue: 12 Jul 1845, Houndsditch, London, England; : 1m; Address: Duke Street
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, London, England; : 5y; Address: 27 1/2 Dukes Street
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, St Botolphs, London, England; : 16y; Address: 27 1/2 Dukes Street
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861, St Botolphs, London, England; Tailoress; : 16y
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Aldgate, London, England; : 25y; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871, Aldgate, London, England; Cap Maker; : 25y
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Aldgate, London, England; : 35y; Address: 4 & 34 Duke Street
• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Clerkenwell, London, England; : 44y; Address: 44 Myddelton Square
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Clerkenwell, London, England; : 55y; Address: 44 Myddelton Square
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Clerkenwell, London, England; : 67y; Address: 44 Myddelton Square
• Will: 27 Nov 1911, Clerkenwell, London, England; Address: 44 Myddelton Square
• Probate: 30 Nov 1917, Brixton, London, England; Address: 366 Coldharbour Lane

Notes:

Named in Synagogue:
Great Synagogue

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Tailoress

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Cap Maker

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Sister
Living with sister and father

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Niece
Living with her uncle, Daniel Myers

Census:
Living with her uncle, Daniel Myers

Census:
Single
Living with her uncle, Daniel Myers

Will:
Left an annuity of ?50 by her uncle Daniel Myers in whose house she has been living since at least 1891

Probate:
Effects ?127 7s 8d
to Jane Susman (wife of Julius Susman)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1611a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, London, England; : 20y; Address: Petticoat Lane
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, St Botolphs, London, England; : 35y; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, St Botolphs, London, England; Butcher; : 35y
• Miscellaneous: 22 Oct 1856, Aldgate, London, England; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Census: 7 Apr 1861
• Court Case: 23 Apr 1861, Aldgate, London, England; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Aldgate, London, England; : 58y; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871, Aldgate, London, England; Butcher; : 58y
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Aldgate, London, England; : 68y; Address: 4 & 34 Duke Street
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1881, Aldgate, London, England; Butcher; : 68y

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Butcher. Father living with him.

Miscellaneous:
Freedom of the City Admission Papers
Lists Henry as a Butcher and his father as John Jacobs, Butcher

Census:
Not found but wife is shown as a butcher and he is in prison by the 23rd April for Debt.
Looked in the 1861 census of the prison but couldn't see him. [12/06/2010]

Court Case:
Article in London Gazette. In Debtors Prison.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Widower
Butcher


Census:
Relation to Head of House: Father
Butcher
Living with his daughter, Sarah Swaebe who is head of the house. Wife's sister also there.

Died:
Death Certificate, courtesy Richard Martin
Occupation: Formerly Butcher (Master)
Cause of death: Cancer of pylorus (scirrhies, Exhaustion)
Registered by: Solomon Jacobs, son, 117 Albion Rd, Stoke Newington
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London Jewish Chronicle Index 1880 - 1889
JACOBS 18-May-1888 D On 10th May at the residence of his daughter, 34 Duke St., Henry Jacobs, aged 78

[Jewish Chronicle Birth Marriage and Death announcements 1880-1889
http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/jc1880s.htm]

Henry married Rebecca ISAACS on 28 Nov 1841 in London, England. Rebecca (daughter of Judah ISAACS and Sarah [ISAACS]) was born between 1821 and 1823 in Holland; died on 19 May 1863 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1611b
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, St Botolphs, London, England; : 20y; Address: Harrow Alley
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841, St Botolphs, London, England; Tailoress; : 20y
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, London, England; : 27y; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, London, England; : 38y; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street

Notes:

Census:
Tailoress
UK Born

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Sister, Sophia, is next door with her husband Daniel Myers
See also the listing for her mother which appears to show Rebecca as single and aged 30.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Butcher's wife.
Husband currently in prison.

Notes:

Married:
He was a butcher, she was a tailoress
He signed his name, she made her mark
His address: 27 1/2 Duke St.
Her address: 13 Harrow Alley, Houndsditch
Married in the Jewish Religion

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jacob Jacobs
• Reference Number: BR 0011a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Tower Hamlets, London, England; : 65y; Address: Petticoat Lane
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841, Tower Hamlets, London, England; Butcher; : 65y
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, St Botolphs, London, England; : 82y; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, St Botolphs, London, England; Retired Butcher; : 82y

Notes:

Census:
Butcher - listed as John

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Father
Widower.
Retired butcher.
Living with son's family.

Jacob married Phillis JACOBS on 18 Nov 1795 in London, England. Phillis (daughter of Hirsh WASSERTRAGER) was born in 1776 in Middlesex, England; died on 29 Sep 1844 in Whitechapel, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Phillis Wassertrager
• Reference Number: BR 0011b
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, London, England; : 65y; Address: Petticoat Lane

Notes:

Died:
Middlesex Street used to be Petticoat Lane
Husband's name given as Angel, but death wasn't registered by him.
Note from June Keating: "My cousin, John Keating, used to talk about Angelo (also referred to as Angel)Jacobs. He reckoned that he came to NZ with his brother, They were both amateur artists and a painting of his was in his mother's possession but no-one seems to know what happened to it."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Boot Maker
• Reference Number: J 0498a

Notes:

Judah Hartog Bebber and Judah Isaacs my be the same person.
Likewise Sarah [Isaacs] and Sara Meyer

At the time of writing (January 2016) I have Judah Isaacs and his wife Sarah at the top point of the tree.

However, Jenny Cowen believes that Judah Isaaacs and Judah Bebber are the same person and therefore Sarah [Isaacs] and Sara Meyer.

There is much to commend this argument, but for the present I have them as separate people.

Refer to the article Beber/Bebber/Baber on the Jacobs tree website for more information.

The tree built around Judah Hartog Bebber is based on information from Jenny's tree.

Died:
In the 1841 he is not with wife & children, so guessing that he is dead.
Youngest child is born approx 1832 hence guesstimate for his death.

Judah married Sarah [ISAACS]. Sarah was born about 1790 in Amsterdam, Holland; died on 25 Dec 1871 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Boot & Shoe Dealer
• Reference Number: J 0498b
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, St Botolphs, London, England; : 48y; Address: Harrow Alley
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, St Botolphs, London, England; : 60y; Address: 13 Harrow Alley
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, St Paul's, Hammersmith, London, England; : 66y; Address: 1 Watney Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, St Paul's, Hammersmith, London, England; : 84y; Address: 6 Watney Street

Notes:

Jenny Cowen has Sarah as being Sarah Meyer and her husband as Judag Hartog Bebber.


The following came from Roderick Young in an email - March 2011
Sometime between 1851 and 1861 Sarah Isaacs left Harrow Alley and moved with two of her unmarried daughters to 1 Watney Street, off the Commercial Road, Whitechapel. And between 1861 and 1871 the women moved again, up the road to 6 Watney Street. After her mother Rebecca's death in 1863, Julia Jacobs went to live with Sarah Isaacs, her grandmother, in Watney Street. Sarah Isaacs died on 27th December 1871 at 6 Watney Street. Her age is given as 86 and the cause of death is given as "Old Age." Julia is recorded as being present at the death and it was she who registered it with the authorities next day. She was 17 years old

Census:
Dealer in Shoes
Foreign born

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Widow
Boot & Shoe Dealer


Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Widow
Fund Holder
Has a daughter, Sarah, with her.
Never come across her before, but it is possible that she could be a daughter in law?
Also has another Sarah Isaacs as a Visitor

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Widow of Bootmaker
Has an extra Rachel listed as daughter - suspect this could be illegitimate daughter of her daughter Rachel
Granddaughter Julia Jacobs also living with her.

Died:
Registered by Julia Jacobs who was her granddaughter by Rebecca.

Notes:

From Jenny & Katrina Cowen:

"These Are the Names Jewish Lives in Australia 1788-1850" published by The Miegunyah Presss in 2006":

The following is a direct quote:-

"SOLOMON, Abraham Jacob
b. London, 1826-1889
Constant, 1849; Free
Married: Dealer, minister: 14 children

Abraham Jacob Solomon was the grandson of the "world renowned matzah baker" of London of the same name. On 4 July 1849 the 23-year-old Abraham Jacob Solomon of Cutler Street, Aldgate, married Julia Isaacs (Solomon, q.v) of Harrow Alley, Aldgate, in the New Synagogue in London. Chief Rabbi Adler officiated. They arrived, travelling steerage, in Adelaide on the barque Constant on 23 December 1849. The small Adelaide congregation quickly appointed him as the Reader for a salary of 52 pounds a year. Solomon conducted the consecration of the new synagogue building on 5 September 1850. An economic depression in South Australia brought the congregation's agreement to pay Solomon to an abrupt end. There were fewer than 150 Jews in South Australia, and Solomon offered to continue as synagogue reader in an honorary capacity.

In June 1852 Solomon was appointed Reader at the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation for six months, and then returned to Adelaide. On 22 October 1853 he wrote to the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation: "Being compelled through unforeseen circumstances to leave for Melbourne Port Phillip I am obliged to forgo the position I hold in your congregation as officiating Minister. Believe me Gentlemen it grieves me much that I have to do so after receiving such kind treatment from you all since my return from Melbourne".

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: David Letson [Litzen]
• Reference Number: BR 0039aP
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Court Case: 11 Oct 1775, London, England; Address: Duke's Place
• Court Case: 8 Feb 1777, Southwark, London, England
• Court Case: 12 Sep 1781, London, England; Address: Old Bailey
• Court Case: 6 Sep 1791, London, England; : 70y
• Court Case: 12 Sep 1798, London, England
• Court Case: 1 Jul 1801, London, England; : 75y; Address: Petticoat Lane area.

Notes:

The name Litzen is placed by Hyamson on the Henry Jacobs family tree as the original family surname for David Jacobs. In the Great Synagogue Records transcribed by Angela Shire she writes the name as LETSON and there are several names recorded under marriages and births where the Letson name appears.

Phil Kirby did further research and came to the belief that the surname is LITZEN which is German and also a town name in what was Western Prussia. The town still exists. 47?52'00.0"N 10?25'00.0"E

Philip believes that David Litzen moved around the Polish/German areas and came to the UK probably to escape the Polish pogroms.
Philip has also looked at the Polish History and the Russian history and have a pretty good idea about the changing influences on Jews in those areas.

If you look on Familysearch site ( the Mormons) you can see the family name Litzen and it is usually Swedish/German/Finnish.

Philip thinks David Litzen changed his name to Jacobs for business reasons and also because it was easier to pronounce.

When his wife was buried in 1807 at Ducking Pond Lane the burial records list her as being the wife of JACOBS David (David b. Coppel Letson)
Ducking Pond Lane is shown on the 1830 map as Ducking Pond Row and the burial ground on North Street (modern Brady Street)

Court Case:
David was offered and bought 7 watches.
Discovered they were stolen and reported it to one of Sir John Fielding's Officers.


Court Case:
David Jacobs accused of stealing two remnants of ribbons when he visited the shop of Joseph Collins, haberdasher, of Southwark, on the pretext of making a purchase

Unfortunately we don't know the outcome.

Found in A2A by Phil Kirby
FILE - Epiphany Sessions 1777xxx - ref. QS2/6/1777/Eph/ - date: 1777
- ref. QS2/6/1777/Eph/58 - date: 1777
Kept at Surrey History Centre, Woking

Court Case:
This is an unconfirmed entry but bearing in mind david;s predliction for Ribbon, it seems that this is likely to be the right person.

Court Case:
This is unconfirmed, but the name age and description fit.
Name: David Jacobs
Aged: 70
Description: 5f. 3 in. dark Eyes Black hair Sallow Complex
Born: Germany
Occupation: Merchant
From: New Prison
Committed by: Pechell
Crime: Stealing various Goods out of the Shop of Mr Braggs.
Tried: 12th
Before whom: Baron Hotham
Sentence: Not Guilty



Court Case:
Although the trial is in the name of SAMUEL Jacobs, this is in fact David. This information came from his record at Newgate Prison in 1801.

Court Case:
David was accused of the theft of some ribbon. He was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months in Newgate Prison. He was reported to be not of sound mind - Could he have been suffering from Dementia of Alzheimers?

His record at Newgate also states that he was charged as Samuel Jacobs in 1798.

David was accused of the theft of some ribbon. He was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months in Newgate Prison. He was reported to be not of sound mind - Could he have been suffering from Dementia of Alzheimers?

His record at Newgate also states that he was charged as Samuel Jacobs in 1798.

In the Criminal Registers he also has the aliases of Barnet and Thos Church. [Ancestry England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892]

David married Jane [JACOBS] before 1768. Jane was born before 1752; died in Aug 1807 in London, England; was buried on 24 Aug 1807 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0039bP
• Reference Number: BR-J

Notes:

Buried:
Spouse: David Jacobs (David b. Coppel Letson)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0171a