Jewish Will Extracts 18th – 19th Century
| Will Extract |
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| Reference | NA484 |
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| Family Name | SAMUEL |
| Forenames | Sarah |
| Probate Date | 1805 (13 June) |
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| Address | Mansell Street |
| Occupation | Widow |
| Spouse | David |
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| Parents | |
| Siblings | Judith Daniel wife of Aaron Daniel of Hamburg. |
| Children | Isaac, Lyon, Samuel, Simon, Ann and Hannah, |
| Grandchildren | granddaughters Handel/Henrietta daughter of son Samuel and Maria daughter of son Lyon. |
| Other Relatives | Nephew of her late husband is Samuel Sampson of Prussia. Children of her sister Judith are Mindell Daniel, Daniel Daniel, Rachel Daniel. |
| Bequests | Mary Hart, Elizabeth Levy and Lyon Abrahams, servants and Rev. Solomon Hirshell |
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| Executors, Administrators | Lyon and Samuel Samuel and Abraham Goldsmid of Finsbury Square. |
| Witnesses | Joshua van Oven of St. Mary Axe, Ben Davies? And Mr. Fisher of 10 George Street, Minories and then of 15 Upper Shadwell? |
| Notes | For husband David see Prob 11/1330, dau Ann Prob 11/2112 and son Samuel Prob 11/2011. Sarah is the daughter of Simon Prager. David Samuel is recorded in an Old Bailey Trial of 1785 ( t17850223-2) ‘I am a Jew merchant, I sent one box of watches on board the Elbe, it contained one hundred watches…some three cases, some two cases, some with enamelled landscapes…watches made for foreign markets.’ and t17850112-12 DAVID SAMUEL sworn. ‘I put some watches on board the Elbe, Captain Goddard, they were packed in a box, I packed them up myself and my son, there were a hundred…..SAMUEL SAMUEL sworn. ‘I am son to the last witness, I assisted my father in packing up a box of watches…’ see will of Samuel Samuel 1845. |
| NA Cat Ref | Prob 11/1427 |
