 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Jochabed Michaels [2, 3] |
| Born |
New York  [4] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Reference Number |
372 |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I372 |
aojd |
| Last Modified |
11 Nov 2011 |
| Children |
| | 1. Grace Mears, b. 1742, d. 4 Mar 1817, New York (Age 75 years) |
| | 2. Rebecca Mears, b. 1738, d. 25 Oct 1802, Charleston, SC (Age 64 years) |
| | 3. Rachel Mears, b. 20 Apr 1747, New York, New York (Manhattan), NY , d. 6 Jun 1819, New York, New York (Manhattan), NY (Age 72 years) |
| | 4. Elkaleh Mears, b. 15 Jul 1737, d. 19 Jul 1824, Richmond, Henrico, VA (Age 87 years) |
| | 5. Catherine Mears, b. 10 Mar 1735, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. Sarah Mears, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 7. Samson Mears, b. New York, New York (Manhattan), NY , d. 1786-1787, St. Eustatius |
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| Family ID |
F137 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- (Research):AJLLJ Portrait Database 5 Aug 2011
Jochabed was the third of five children born to Moses and Catherine Hachar Michaels, German Jews who had settled in New York in the first years of the 18th century. Her father became active in the West Indian trade, shipping merchandise between New York and Curacao.
In the early 1730s she married merchant Judah Mears, a merchant also involved in Caribbean trade. The couple had seven children.
We know that Jochabed was not particularly well-liked within New York's small 18th-century Jewish community. "There is something in Agitation with Mears and his mate," wrote Abigail Levy Franks, in one of her gossipy letter to her son Naphtali. "You certainly will be surprised to hear [of] my mother [Grace Mears Levy] and Josey [Jochabed Mears] friendship. The Latter lives in Huntington. She came to town the week after her sister was marrid when my Mother went to See her And Saluted her with as much kind[ness] as the dearest friends could doe they was frequently together and I have of a night Seen 'em walk with Mears between that I have acutely blushed for it to think what has been Said amongst 'em tho' all this friendship is but Outwardly for I am told my Mother Spares Jose as Little as Ever if you Say anything to Uncle Nat[han Levy] abouth this desire him Not to write it back Again as from me tho' Tell him in Conformity I hope he will recant all the Cruell Things he has Said I think he Showed a Vast deall of Weekness If it be true as Mrs. Levey Tells me He has Sat Whole Eavenings as Is[aac] Levy's Railing at Josey. [5]
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| Sources |
- [S285] .
- [S4] PG. 190, 193 (Reliability: 3).
QUAY 3
- [S4] PG. 190, 193 (Reliability: 3).
- [S3] IV: 1 (Reliability: 3).
- [S294] MEARS, JOCOHABED MICHAELS (Reliability: 3).
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