Isaac Ezechiel Cohen

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Isaac Ezechiel Cohen, birth ± 1694 Amersfoort, died before 1772 Nijkerk?, son of Ezechiel Salomon Cohen and Marritje Meerle Emanuel Cohen
Tobacco merchant, took over his fathers business in Nijkerk.

Population register Nijkerk 1749 (Archief Nijkerk): Izaak Coheen, factoor, wife, 2 children 5-10, 1 child 10-15, 1 child >15 (those <5 were not counted), owner of three houses.
Married 16 Jun 1726 Amsterdam to:
Rebecca Alexander van Embden, birth 1706 Amsterdam, died before 1763 Nijkerk?, daughter of Alexander Joseph van Embden and Marianna Abraham Italiaander
On 8 Nov 1762 Ester Italiaander (also known as Ester Levij Vittoria), second child of Abraham Italiaander (Levij Vittoria) and Gracia Campos, died unmarried, intestate. There had been a testament in which she and her brother Joseph had left everyt hing to each other, but Joseph had since died. A kind of family-tree was made on behalf of the heirs, before Notary Geniets (13582/111, on 12 feb 1763). The part concerning the van Embdens:
Branch 8 Mariana, daughter of Abraham Italiaander (Levij Vittoria) and Rebecca Hammelburg, died long ago. She had been married to Alexander van Embden, they had 8 children: Hartog, Abraham, Eliaser, Joseph, Mordochaij, Rachel, Benjamin and Rebecca . The first six are still alive, the last two have died. Rachel is the widow of Moses Asser, Benjamin had 4 children with Helena van Rees: Mariana who is married to Calmer Wolff, Jochem, Alexander and Mindele, all living.
Rebecca, long dead, has been married to Isaac Ezechiel Cohen. They had 5 children: Mariana, Merla, Alexander, Mindele and Ezechiel. Mariana married to Joseph Salomon Cohen, Merla to Abraham Eleaser Voorsanger, Mindele unmarried adult.
The heirs gave power of attorney to Isaac Italiaander Mordechaijs, Mordechai van Embden, Jacobus Benedictus, and Meijer Abraham Sadok (all related). The minors among the heirs, Jochem, Alexander and Mindele van Embden (both parents had died), an d Ezechiel Isaac Cohen (his mother had died), would be represented by a suppoost of the Weeskamer (Orphan Board). Possibly more facts are described in the documents of the Weeskamer, but those of that period are badly damaged, and not available fo r public viewing.

1) Mariana Isaac Cohen, birth 1731 Amsterdam, died 14 Oct 1790 Amsterdam, Muiderberg cemetery: Matchi, wife of Nathan Samuel Sofer
Married 4 Apr 1751 Amsterdam to:
Joseph Salomon Cohen, birth 1723 Amsterdam, died 2 Sep 1764 Amsterdam, Muiderberg cemetery: on 5 Elul 5524 - Joseph ben Shlomo Cauvern
See Ashkenazi Amsterdam in the Eighteenth Century, Joseph Salomon Shlomo Cohen-Cauvern
Two children died young, 1761 and 1766

2) Magdalena Isaac Cohen, birth Nijkerk, died before 1785 Hoerstgen?
Married (church) 8 Feb 1767 Hoerstgen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Affirmation, dated 4 Sep 1767, by the Lady of Castle Fronenbruch, Hoerstgen, with approval of Israel Lazarus, Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Horstgen, that the Schutzjude MJ Marcus and MI Cohen married there in the Jewish tradition, on 2 Februa ry 1767. to:
Mordechai Jacob Marcus, died ± 17 Jul 1796 Amsterdam, Amsterdam, from the burial register of the Dutch Isr Communitty: Mordechai Jacob Marcus was buried at Zeeburg on 17 July 1796 (marriage supplements Lea Marcus Zwolle 1812). In the Zeeburg burial book (transliteration): 17 July 1796 Marcus Jacob (f rom) Nijkerk, son of Jacob Marcus and Sara David

3) Merla Isaac Cohen, birth 1740 Nijkerk, died 13 Jan 1791 Amsterdam
Married 28 Nov 1762 Amsterdam to:
Abraham Eliazer Voorsanger, birth 1736

4) Alexander Isaac Cohen, birth Probably Nijkerk, buried 20 Mar 1805 Amsterdam, Buried at Zeeburg Cemetery. The registration of his burial was supplied as proof of death when daughter Mietje married.
Another Alexander Cohen must have lived in Nijkerk: there was a burial there of a Mietje Alexander Cohen, 12 Aug1794, Jewish.

Also Alexander Ziskind Cohen, after his grandfather van Emden.
D.E. Cohen in De geschiedenis van de familie Cohen: Isaac Ezechiels son Alexander/Abraham later moved to Amsterdam where he adopted the name Lohman. Because of the name Zadoks there may be a mix-up with Abraham Isac/Eizik Lohmans/Cohen-Zadoks wh o died in 1827 in Amsterdam (see Akevoth Ashkenazi Amsterdam in the Eighteenth Century),
Married 3 May 1767 Nijkerk, Marriage Nijkerk 3 May 1767 Alexander Isaak Cohen & Sara Zadoks Hartog to:
Sara Zadok Hartog, birth ± 1747, died 26 Jan 1822 Amsterdam, Sara Zadoks 75 jr widow of Alexander Isaac Cohen

5) Ezechiel Isaac Cohen, birth 1746 Nijkerk
Parnas in Nijkerk
Married 29 Nov 1772 Amsterdam to:
Tels Simons, birth 1743 Amsterdam

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