Moses Isaac Bock

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Moses Isaac Bock, died probably Nijmegen, Died between May 1776 and 1782;
a notarial act 27 Mar 1775 mentions the Widow Isack Bock and Sons, and "also on his own accord Moses Bock, living in Nijmegen". 29 May 1776, after the death of Judith Fles, Moses Bock is present assisting her adult unmarried daughters Berendina , Mietje and Sara Elias Bock. In 1782 Rebecca Cohen is named in notarial acts as his widow., son of Isaac Bock and Geulia Ephraim
The circumcision register of Jacob Weijl 1756-1791 (photocopy with translation in the JHM Amsterdam) lists three sons of "my brother-in-law Mosje Bek". Possibly Moses Bock had been married first to a sister of this Jacob Weijl, who wrote him dow n as brother in law also after he married Rebecca Cohen.

Though he performed circumcisions until 1791 there was no Jacob Weijl in the 1784 list of Jewish inhabitants of Nijmegen by the parnassim.
There was Michael Jacob Weijl, MD, who had in 1775 married Petronella de Wolff, daughter of Levij Isaac de Wolff MD and Moses Bock's sister Sara Bock. Michaels son Isaac , also a MD was a mohel in Amersfoort later. Michaels parents died in Mannhei m, Jacob Weijl 2 Nov 1758, his wife Grietje 6 May 1746 (source: supplements on the marriage of Gulia Weijl, Michaels daughter, in 1814).

Moses lived in Nijmegen (div notarial acts between 1763 and 1775), but also in Arnhem:
15 Jan 1767 Ludovicus Gertsen contra Wed Isack Bock & Sons and Moses Bock, Bankholder in Arnhem (Not. Daelveld Acte:218)
The Bank van Lening (municipal pawnshop) in Arnhem was, during the 18th Century, for a long time in the hands of Jews, for example Jacob Ezechiel Cohen, JJ Hanau, Abraham and Marcus Arons, and the Widow De Bock and sons.
( HAJ Maassen, Tussen commercieel en sociaal krediet: De ontwikkeling van de Bank van Lening in Nederland van Lombard tot Gemeentelijke Kredietbank 1260-1940, dissertation UvA 1993).
Isaac Stern/Sterren husband of Susanna Elias Bok was also a banker in Arnhem (Not. Vermasen, 1770/61, Not. Daelveld June 1776/451). to:
NN Weill

1) Elkan Moses Bock, birth ± 23 Dec 1759 Nijmegen, Circumcision register Jacob Weijll Nijmegen, circumcision 10 Tewet 5520 of Elchanan son of my brother in law mr. Mosje Bek

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Moses Isaac Bock
Married after 18 Jun 1759, Notary Methorst, Amersfoort:
- 19 Aug 1751 Testament of Rebecca Italiaanders Mordechaijs, wife of Salomon Cohen Jacobs: "to Rebecca Cohen Jacobs if she is unmarried at the time of the testatrix' death a sum of five hundred gld".
- 18 June 1759 concerning the estate of brother Emanuel: Rebecca Cohen Jacobs, of age, living in Arnhem to:
Rebecca Jacob Cohen, birth Arnhem, daughter of Jacob Ezechiel Cohen and Lea Abrahams

1) Jacob Moses Bock, birth ± 2 Jul 1765 Nijmegen, Jokef Ja'akov ben Mosjeh Bek, circumcision 20 Tammoez 5525 = 9-7-1765 to:
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2) Isaac Moses Bock, birth ± 1 Sep 1766 Nijmegen, Jitschak Aizek ben Mosjeh Bek circumcision 5 Tisjri 5527 = 8-9-1766
Isaac Moses Bock was the witness for the groom at the marriage in 1794 between Moses Moresco and Engel Jacob Cohen in Amsterdam

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