Jewish Will Extracts 18th – 19th Century – Synagogue Scribes Jewish Genealogy

Will Extract
GOMES ERGAS/ La Cour David aka David La Cour

Reference	NA1203
Family Name	GOMES ERGAS/ La Cour
Forenames	David aka David La Cour
Probate Date	1730 (23 Jan)
Address	London
Occupation	Merchant
Spouse
Parents
Siblings
Children	Sarah wife of his cousin Benjamin Belmonte, Merchant of London; Jael the wife of Isaac Levy Flores; Samuel Gomes Ergas aka La Cour, Raphael Gomes Ergas aka La Cour, Isaac Gomes Ergas aka La Cour and Abraham Gomes Ergas aka La Cour
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Bequests
Executors, Administrators	The current Head of the Portuguese Synagogue, London together with his four sons, Samuel, Raphael, Isaac and Abraham.
Witnesses	David Mendes Da Castro, Thomas Borking? Of the royal Exchange and Joseph Smith his clerk. Names of the parnassim recorded at time of probate.
Notes	Requests to be buried at Mile End. Possibly the marriage in 1702 to Simcha Jessurun, Akevoth, Sephardic marriages, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE 703- 82. Daughter Jael (b. 1705) married in 1728, Akevoth, Sephardic marriages, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE 716-294
NA Cat Ref	Prob 11/635