A Jacobs Family History

Kitty Moses[1]

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Name Kitty Moses [2] Birth Between 1760 and 1780 - Fact Flags: Preferred
Gender Female *AKA Keila bat Moshe Cohen Court Case 10 Jan 1798 London, England [3]
Address: Petticoat Lane - Witness in trial of Uriah Moses and Ann Benjamin
States that she keeps a glass shop in Petticoat Lane.
The accused, Uriah Moses, had worked for her husband for 3 years
Descendant Count 870 Reference Number BR 0041bP Reference Number BR-J _UID F4961890597C4D9FB356C80439088432BFAF Death Bef 1851 [4] - Fact Flags: Preferred
Person ID I910 Jacobs Last Modified 25 Apr 2025
Family Henry Jacobs, b. Between 1767 and 1776, London, England d. 6 Mar 1865, St Pancras, London, England
(Age 98 years)
Marriage 19 Jun 1793 London, England [5, 6]
Address: Great Synagogue, St James Dukes Place - The link here is not 100% at present, but then not everything is.
We know that Henry Jacobs was a Glassman practising in Petticoat Lane.
We know that his father was David Jacobs.
We believe that David Jacobs was also known as David Litzen/Letson.
In an Old Bailey trial of 1795 there is a witness Kitty Jacobs whose husband has a glass business in Petticoat Lane.
In the Great Synagogue Marriage Record transcript there is an entry for a Kitty Moses marrying a Henry Jacobs whose father is David Letson
Update October 2021
I was contacted by Daniel Cohen with regards to untranslated information on the marriage entry.
It would appear that the English translation was not as full as the Hebrew original.
Shlomo Katanka also had a look at it for me.
The items adjusted are:
Bride's Name:
In English - Kitty Moses
In Hebrew - Keila bat Rachel Moshe Cohen
Father's Name:
In English - Henry Jacobs
In Hebrew - Henry Jacobs, Hirsh ben David Litzig [The Litzig throws some doubt on this being David Litzen]
Shlomo's translation
1. ???? ?"? ? ??? ???
Keila bas Reb Rochel Moshe Cohen
Bas Reb = daughter of Mr
2. ???? ?"? ??? ?????
Hirsh Ben Reb Dovid Liztig
Ben Reb = son of Mr
3. ????"? ??? ??"? ????"? ?????
Morienu HaRav Reb Moshe Av Beis Din DeBeis Hakneses HaChadosha
Our teacher Rabbi Mr Moshe Head of the Beth Din (Court of Jewish Law) of The New Synagogue
4. ?' ????? ????' ????? ????? ???
Reb Iitzik Chazan?
Mr Iitzik the Chazan = Cantor
Reb Izak Binga Shamash
Mr Izak Bing Shamash = Synagogue Sexton/Bedel
5. ?' ???? ???"? ??"?
Tes Tammuz Tof Kuf Nun Gimmel Lefrat Koton
9 Tammuz 553 according to the shortened reckoning (= missing out the thousands - which would be 5553)(?????Y?!? E
Children 1. Moses Jacobs, b. Abt 1794, Whitechapel, London, England d. 26 Nov 1856, Lambeth, London, England
(Age 62 years)
2. Lewis Henry (Judah) Jacobs, b. Abt 1798 d. 3 Jan 1847, Camberwell, Surrey, England (Age 49 years)
3. Phoebe Jacobs, b. Abt 1800, London, England d. 1 Aug 1881, London, England
(Age 81 years)
4. Judah Jacobs d. Sep 1815, Whitechapel, London, England 5. Elizabeth Jacobs, b. Abt 1800, Aldgate, London, England d. 26 Feb 1872, St Mary, Paddington, London, England
(Age 72 years)
6. Amelia Jacobs, b. Abt 1803, Whitechapel, London, England d. 10 May 1880, London, England
(Age 77 years)
7. Rebecca Jacobs, b. Abt 1805, Whitechapel, London, England d. 29 Sep 1874, Barnes, Middlesex, England
(Age 69 years)
8. Samuel-Solomon Jacobs Family ID F247 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Nov 2021
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Event Map Marriage - Address: Great Synagogue, St James Dukes Place - 19 Jun 1793 - London, England Court Case - Address: Petticoat Lane - 10 Jan 1798 - London, England = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S2313] Carol Freeman's Database.
Record updated from... - [S2823] Old Bailey Hearings - Jacobs, Kitty - 1798-01-10.
- [S2823] Old Bailey Hearings - Jacobs, Kitty - 1798-01-10, 5 Mar 2020.
- [S437] 1851 Census - HO 107/1513 F183 P07 - Jacobs, Henry & Moses, Kitty, 1 Jan 1980.
Husband is listed as widower in 1851 census. Was not with husband in 1841 census so may have died before then. - [S619] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Henry [Z005] & Kitty Moses, 18 Oct 2014.
- [S2120] Great Synagogue Marriage Records - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire.
Ref:- GSM 011/7
Date: 1793 [05 Jun] [Incorrect - should be 19th]
Groom: JACOBS, Henry
Groom Hebrew: Hirsh
Father Hebrew: David Letson?
Bride: MOSES, Kitty
Bride Hebrew: Keila
Father Hebrew: Moshe Cohen
- [S2313] Carol Freeman's Database.