David JACOBS

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]

1. Elizabeth JACOBS
2. Henry JACOBS was born between 1767 and 1776 in London, England; died on 6 Mar 1865 in Pancras, London, England; was buried on 9 Mar 1865 in West Ham, England.
3. Jacob (John) JACOBS was born between 1769 and 1776 in Aldgate, London, England; died after 1851.
4. Philip JACOBS was born about 1771 in London, England; died between Oct 1845 and Dec 1845 in Shoreditch, London, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0838aP
• Reference Number: BR-J

Notes:

Birth:
Note that Jacob Litzen/Litzin/Letsen etc. is NOT the son of Peter L?tzen (1685-1756) and Malena Broder?en (1675-1758)
He did not marry Maria Magdalena Kecheler (Born 1709)

Note added 26/02/2022