Moses was born in 1707 near Bonn, Germany. He later went to England. He was sent in bondage by England to America in 1758 on the "Schooner Tryal", which arrived at Annapolis, Maryland. He married on April 13, 1761 to Elizabeth Whitlock who was a Protestant, born in England. She converted to Moses' Jewish faith and changed her name to ESTHER. Moses and Esther settled in Philadelphia where they became the parents of four sons, Jacob, Isaac D., Joseph and Mordecai.
Their eldest son, Jacob, married Judy Myers, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Cohen, and after her death, he married her half-sister, Rebecca, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Joyce Mears. Jacob became one of the foremost American Jewish scholars of his day.
Their second-born son, Issac D., married Zipporah Russell, daughter of Philip Moses Russell and Esther Mordecai, daughter of Mordecai Moses Mordecai and Zipporah de Lyon. Isaac D. and his three sons, John, Samuel Jefferson, and Isaac R., settled in the Lamar County area of Alabama in the 1830's.
Their third-born son, Joseph, married Esther "Hetty" Marache and they settled in Charleston, SC. Many of their descendants settled in Missouri, where many of them changed their surname spelling to Mordica.
Their youngest son, Mordecai, was born in 1769 and died in 1771.
Moses' family became one of the original three hundred Jewish families in the United States and one of the few of Ashkenazic [German] descent. He was a Jew of strict integrity and well respected by the community. Moses was naturalized in Philadelphia on Sep 23, 1764.
He was a merchant and peddled his wares from New York to Philadelphia to Richmond, all the while maintaining his Jewish heritage.
In Philadelphia, Elfreth's Alley, the oldest continuously occupied residential street in America, was home to Colonial- and Federal-era Jews. Moses and his family lived there in house #118 in 1769. Elfreth's Alley is located between Arch and Race, Front and Second Streets.
Moses was a merchant signatory of the Non-Importation Resolutions of 1765, by which the merchants refused to import goods until the repeal of the Stamp Act. Nine Jews signed the Resolutions, the adoption of which was the first organized movement in the agitation which eleven years later gave this country its independence from England. The original document in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, bears the following names on the first roll of American Patriots: Benjamin Levy, Samson Levy, Joseph Jacobs, Hyman Levy, Jr., David Franks, Mathias Bush, Michael Gratz, Barnard Gratz and MOSES MORDECAI.
Their eldest son, Jacob, married Judy Myers, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Cohen, and after her death, he married her half-sister, Rebecca, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Joyce Mears. Jacob became one of the foremost American Jewish scholars of his day.
Their second-born son, Issac D., married Zipporah Russell, daughter of Philip Moses Russell and Esther Mordecai, daughter of Mordecai Moses Mordecai and Zipporah de Lyon. Isaac D. and his three sons, John, Samuel Jefferson, and Isaac R., settled in the Lamar County area of Alabama in the 1830's.
Their third-born son, Joseph, married Esther "Hetty" Marache and they settled in Charleston, SC. Many of their descendants settled in Missouri, where many of them changed their surname spelling to Mordica.
Their youngest son, Mordecai, was born in 1769 and died in 1771.
Moses' family became one of the original three hundred Jewish families in the United States and one of the few of Ashkenazic [German] descent. He was a Jew of strict integrity and well respected by the community. Moses was naturalized in Philadelphia on Sep 23, 1764.
He was a merchant and peddled his wares from New York to Philadelphia to Richmond, all the while maintaining his Jewish heritage.
In Philadelphia, Elfreth's Alley, the oldest continuously occupied residential street in America, was home to Colonial- and Federal-era Jews. Moses and his family lived there in house #118 in 1769. Elfreth's Alley is located between Arch and Race, Front and Second Streets.
Moses was a merchant signatory of the Non-Importation Resolutions of 1765, by which the merchants refused to import goods until the repeal of the Stamp Act. Nine Jews signed the Resolutions, the adoption of which was the first organized movement in the agitation which eleven years later gave this country its independence from England. The original document in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, bears the following names on the first roll of American Patriots: Benjamin Levy, Samson Levy, Joseph Jacobs, Hyman Levy, Jr., David Franks, Mathias Bush, Michael Gratz, Barnard Gratz and MOSES MORDECAI.
Moses was born in 1707 near Bonn, Germany. He later went to England. He was sent in bondage by England to America in 1758 on the "Schooner Tryal", which arrived at Annapolis, Maryland. He married on April 13, 1761 to Elizabeth Whitlock who was a Protestant, born in England. She converted to Moses' Jewish faith and changed her name to ESTHER. Moses and Esther settled in Philadelphia where they became the parents of four sons, Jacob, Isaac D., Joseph and Mordecai.
Their eldest son, Jacob, married Judy Myers, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Cohen, and after her death, he married her half-sister, Rebecca, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Joyce Mears. Jacob became one of the foremost American Jewish scholars of his day.
Their second-born son, Issac D., married Zipporah Russell, daughter of Philip Moses Russell and Esther Mordecai, daughter of Mordecai Moses Mordecai and Zipporah de Lyon. Isaac D. and his three sons, John, Samuel Jefferson, and Isaac R., settled in the Lamar County area of Alabama in the 1830's.
Their third-born son, Joseph, married Esther "Hetty" Marache and they settled in Charleston, SC. Many of their descendants settled in Missouri, where many of them changed their surname spelling to Mordica.
Their youngest son, Mordecai, was born in 1769 and died in 1771.
Moses' family became one of the original three hundred Jewish families in the United States and one of the few of Ashkenazic [German] descent. He was a Jew of strict integrity and well respected by the community. Moses was naturalized in Philadelphia on Sep 23, 1764.
He was a merchant and peddled his wares from New York to Philadelphia to Richmond, all the while maintaining his Jewish heritage.
In Philadelphia, Elfreth's Alley, the oldest continuously occupied residential street in America, was home to Colonial- and Federal-era Jews. Moses and his family lived there in house #118 in 1769. Elfreth's Alley is located between Arch and Race, Front and Second Streets.
Moses was a merchant signatory of the Non-Importation Resolutions of 1765, by which the merchants refused to import goods until the repeal of the Stamp Act. Nine Jews signed the Resolutions, the adoption of which was the first organized movement in the agitation which eleven years later gave this country its independence from England. The original document in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, bears the following names on the first roll of American Patriots: Benjamin Levy, Samson Levy, Joseph Jacobs, Hyman Levy, Jr., David Franks, Mathias Bush, Michael Gratz, Barnard Gratz and MOSES MORDECAI.
Their eldest son, Jacob, married Judy Myers, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Cohen, and after her death, he married her half-sister, Rebecca, daughter of Myer Myers and Elkaleh Joyce Mears. Jacob became one of the foremost American Jewish scholars of his day.
Their second-born son, Issac D., married Zipporah Russell, daughter of Philip Moses Russell and Esther Mordecai, daughter of Mordecai Moses Mordecai and Zipporah de Lyon. Isaac D. and his three sons, John, Samuel Jefferson, and Isaac R., settled in the Lamar County area of Alabama in the 1830's.
Their third-born son, Joseph, married Esther "Hetty" Marache and they settled in Charleston, SC. Many of their descendants settled in Missouri, where many of them changed their surname spelling to Mordica.
Their youngest son, Mordecai, was born in 1769 and died in 1771.
Moses' family became one of the original three hundred Jewish families in the United States and one of the few of Ashkenazic [German] descent. He was a Jew of strict integrity and well respected by the community. Moses was naturalized in Philadelphia on Sep 23, 1764.
He was a merchant and peddled his wares from New York to Philadelphia to Richmond, all the while maintaining his Jewish heritage.
In Philadelphia, Elfreth's Alley, the oldest continuously occupied residential street in America, was home to Colonial- and Federal-era Jews. Moses and his family lived there in house #118 in 1769. Elfreth's Alley is located between Arch and Race, Front and Second Streets.
Moses was a merchant signatory of the Non-Importation Resolutions of 1765, by which the merchants refused to import goods until the repeal of the Stamp Act. Nine Jews signed the Resolutions, the adoption of which was the first organized movement in the agitation which eleven years later gave this country its independence from England. The original document in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, bears the following names on the first roll of American Patriots: Benjamin Levy, Samson Levy, Joseph Jacobs, Hyman Levy, Jr., David Franks, Mathias Bush, Michael Gratz, Barnard Gratz and MOSES MORDECAI.
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