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Jacob Ezechiel Cohen, birth ± 1692 Amersfoort, died 19 Sep 1763 Arnhem, Buried at Muiderberg; J'okeb Jechiel kohen amesfort. morenoe died 12 Tishre 5524 in the city of Arnhem., son of Ezechiel Salomon Cohen and Marritje Meerle Emanuel Cohen D.E. Cohen: Geschiedenis van de familie Cohen: Being an important tobacco merchant Jacob was allowed to take residence in Arnhem in 1718,. Being Jewish he had to pay a large sum of money as security, and wasn't granted poorterschap then (full civil rights). Later he also was the lease-holde r of the Bank van Lening (municipal pawnshop). He was one of the founders of the Ashkenazi community in Arnhem, services were held in his house, for some time in another building he rented, and after his death in the house of his son Salomon. Uit de inleiding van archieftoegang 2103 Nederlands-Isračelitisch Kerkgenootschap, gemeente Arnhem , Gelders Archief: De geschiedenis van de huidige joodse Gemeente nam een aanvang bij het begin van de 18de eeuw, toen enkele tabaksfabrikante n en -handelaren zich met instemming van het stadsbestuur te Arnhem vestigden. Het betrof Jacob Ezechiels Cohen, uit een bekende Amersfoortse familie van Joodse kooplieden, en de broers Samuel en Izaak Palache alias van der Zee. Deze laatste twe e kregen in 1705 toestemming van het stadsbestuur een tabaksspinnerij op te richten, mits daar ook christenen werkzaam mochten zijn. In 1709 verwierven zij twee tegenover elkaar gelegen huizen in de Molenstraat ; in een ervan werd een synagoge ing ericht, waar diensten werden gehouden volgens de Portugese rite. Na het verdwijnen van de familie Palache alias Van der Zee werden de diensten gehouden in de huizen van achtereenvolgens Jacob Ezechiels Cohen en diens zoon Salomon. Ook werden er we l huizen gehuurd en tot synagoge ingericht. Na de begintijd onder Palache alias Van der Zee werden de diensten gehouden volgens de Asjkenazische rite. Married ± 1715 Amsterdam? to: Lea Abrahams, died 10 Feb 1740 Arnhem, Buried at Muiderberg: 21 si 5500 wife of Jaakow Jechezkel Kohen died Arnhem, daughter of Abraham Emanuel Chlavna and Rachel Abraham Italiaander See also Ashkenazi Amsterdam in the Eighteenth Century Abraham Chlavna Emanuel Menachem Lapidoth. A kind of family-tree was made on behalf of the heirs of Ester Italiaander, half-sister of Sara's father, before Notary Geniets (13582/111, on 12 feb 1763). See also Rebecca Alexander van Embden, wife of Isaac Ezechiel Cohen. The part concernin g Lea's mother: Branch 5 Rachel, daughter of Abraham Italiaander and Rebecca Hammelburg, died long ago. She had 6 children with Abraham Emanuels: Mariana widow of Jacob Italiaander, Lea who died long ago, Malca married to Philippus Worms, Sara widow of Alexande r van Rees, Rebecca widow of Jacob van Rees, and Emanuel. Emanuel died childless. Lea left 6 children with Jacob Ezechiel Cohen: Rachel widow of Benjamin Italiaander Mordechaijs, now intending to marry Michiel Samuels, Salomon, Eva married to Benjamin Cohen, Rebecca married to Moses Bock, Malca and Emanuel. The last two had alr eady died. |
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1) Rachel Jacob Cohen, birth Arnhem, buried 1776 Muiderberg
Married 16 Nov 1733 Nijkerk, 31 Oct 1733 Nijkerk Intent to marry Benjamin Italiaander Mordegaijs Bachelor from Nijkerk with Rachel Jacobs Cohen Spinster from Arnhem. On 16 Nov with Act to the Scholtus van Nijkerk. to: Benjamin Mordechai Italiaander, died 27 Feb 1742 Amsterdam, Muiderberg cemetery: on 23 Adar I 5502 - Benjamin ben Mordechai Italianer, son of Mordechai Abraham Italiaander and Alida Abraham Rees Son of Abraham Italiaander aka Levi Vittoria |
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2) Salomon Jacob Cohen, birth Arnhem, died 20 Jul 1768 Arnhem, Impost for burial at Muiderberg Cemetery 15 guilders paid on 21 Juli 1768, the body of Salomon Cohen Jacobs van Arnhem. The printed burial book: Zalman J'okeb H'arnam died 6 aw 5538, should be 5528 (20 Sep 1768 in the impost book). Also, ther
e is an Act of Quittance in May 1770 (Notary Geniets) in which niece Lea Italiaander Benjamins declares she received 5000 guilders after Salomon Cohen Jacobs had died and the house had been sold. Tobacco merchant and played a major role in the Jewish community in Arnhem, services in his house, planning to find a building for the church, getting Arnhem to supply the grounds for a cemetery. Married 15 Oct 1737 Arnhem to: Rebecca Mordechai Italiaander, birth 1708 Amsterdam, died 30 Jan 1779 Amsterdam, Muiderberg Cemetery: Died and buried on 13 sj 5539 wid of Zalman J'okeb from Arnhem, who died suddenly., daughter of Mordechai Abraham Italiaander and Alida Abraham Rees After Jacob died Rebecca left Arnhem and went to live in Amsterdam with her sister in law Rachel Alexander van Rees, widow of Isaac Mordechai Italiaander. Amsterdamsche Courant 2 Feb 1779: Rebecca Italiaander, in life widow of Salomon Cohen, having lived in Amsterdam at the Oostersche Kaay, and died there on 30 January of this year (...) Will 8 Jun 1773: Lea, daughter of her brother Benjamin appointed to heir, legacies to (amongst others) Rachel Jacob Cohen, Benjamin de Jong son of Lea Benjamin Italiaander, Lea Wolff, daughter of Wolff Abraham (her brother-in-law Benjamin Abraha m Junior?), and to Dr Jochanan van Embden. |
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3) Eva Jacob Cohen, birth Arnhem, died 3 Apr 1765 Amersfoort, Muiderberg cemetery: the wife of Benjamin Jonah amesfort, daughter of J'okeb H'arnem died in Amersfoort 12 Nisan 5525 Notary A Methorst in Amersfoort, division of estate on 29-08-1765: her 10 children are heirs: Lea, Merle, Ezechiel, Abraham, Rachel, Sara, Rebecca, Malke, Emanuel and Egle. Married 13 Oct 1744 Amersfoort, Benjamin Cohen bachelor witn father Jonas Cohen & Eva Cohen spinster witn father Jacob Cohen to: Benjamin Jonas Cohen, birth 8 Jul 1725 Amersfoort, died 12 Feb 1800 Amsterdam, Begraafboek Muiderberg: Benjamin ben Jonah Kohen amesfort died and buried 12 feb 1800. Both Benjamen and Jonah were parnassijn & morenoe, son of Jonas Ezechiel Cohen and Sara Benjamin Italiaander |
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4) Rebecca Jacob Cohen, birth Arnhem
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: 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). |
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5) Malka Reijna Jacob Cohen, birth after 1721 Arnhem, died 16 Sep 1759 Amsterdam, Muiderberg cemetery: 24 Elul 5519 - wife of Wolf Chelawno. Impost on burials: 19 Sep the wife of Benjamin Abraham Junior, 3 gld. Receiving her share in her mothers inheritance when she married means she was a minor at that time: younger than 25 and born after 1721. Otherwise she would have received her share when reaching the age of 25. Married 1746 Arnhem?, On 26 Sep 1746, before Notary Daniel vd Brink in Amsterdam: Benjamin Abrahams Junior, being married to Malka Cohen, daughter of Jacob Ezechiel Cohen and the late Lea Abrahams, declares that they have no more claims to her mothers inheritance. Th e payment would have been part of the marriage settlement, and this quittance would be drawn up soon after the marriage and the transfer of the money. No registration of the marriage in Amsterdam. to: Benjamin Abrahams/ Junio, alias: Wolff Abrahams, died 1 Jun 1788 Amsterdam, Burials Muiderberg: 1 Jun 1788 death of Wolef Chelebno, son of Abraham Emanuel Chlavna and Prinsje Benjamin About the surname Lapidoth: In civil documents, notarial acts etc he is always named Benjamin Abrahams Junior, even where family members were named Lapidoth. The only time I saw him named as Lapidoth was after his death, in the document of 1802/0 3 concerning the inheritance of his sister Barendina Lapidoth. In this document all his siblings and half-siblings were named Lapidoth, including those that were always known as Abraham(s). |
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6) Emanuel Jacob Cohen, birth Arnhem, died 25 May 1759 Amsterdam, 26 May 1759, before Notary Geniets: Jacob Ezechiel Cohen from Arnhem and Benjamin Abraham Junior will have the body buried of Emanuel Cohen Jacobs, who died yesterday. Jacob Ezechiel Cohen is the father, Benjamin Abraham Junior is the brother-in-l
aw of the deceased.
Buried at Muiderberg Cemetery 28 Ijar 5519 - the unmarried Manche ben Jokeb Arnem 21 Aug 1759 Jacob Ezechiel Cohen, as one of the heirs of Emanuels estate, repudiates the estate, as it might be laden with debts. Notaris Geniets, Amsterdam, 27 Mar 1759 Act 206: Emanuel Cohen Jacobs and Lion Moses Junior dissolved the company they had together for 12 years, without a written contract (the document doesn't tell what kind of business they had). Ditto, 3 Apr 1759 Act 222: Emanuel owes Lion Moses Jr as sum of 250 gld. Emanuel will pay this, without interest, 6 years after this is signed. |