Benjamin Nones
Benjamin Abraham Nones | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 9, 1757 |
| Died | May 2, 1826 (aged 69) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier, merchant |
| Spouse | Miriam Marks |
Benjamin Abraham Nones was an American patriot, soldier, merchant, slave owner, and abolitionist. He was a respected merchant in Philadelphia and a prominent member of the city's Jewish community.[1]
Life
[edit]Nones, a Sephardic Jew, was born in Bordeaux, France in 1757.[2] He was the son of Rachel and Abraham Nones.
Nones was a respected merchant in Philadelphia. Influential in the city's Jewish community, he was a member of Congregation Mikveh Israel.[2] Nones served as the parnas of Mikveh Israel for 13 years and was an officer for the Society of Ezrath Orchim, Philadelphia's first Jewish charity.[1]
In the summer of 1800, an antisemitic attack against Nones as printed in the Gazette of the United States. Nones responded in writing that "I am a Jew, and if for no other reason, for that reason I am a republican...In republics we have rights, in monarchies we live but to experience wrongs."[2]
Nones is buried at Mikveh Israel Cemetery in Philadelphia.[3]
The actress Jill Clayburgh is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Nones and the actress Lily Rabe is his great-great-great-great-granddaughter.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Major Benjamin Nones". John L. Loeb Jr. Database of Early American Jewish Portraits. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ a b c "To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Nones, 18 March 1801". Founders Online. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "Mikveh Israel Cemetery". UShistory.org. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "The Plame game, Jill Clayburgh: a Jew, Gyllenhaal and Lambert". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
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[edit]- 1757 births
- 1826 deaths
- American abolitionists
- American notaries
- American people of French-Jewish descent
- American Sephardic Jews
- American slave owners
- Burials at Mikveh Israel Cemetery
- French emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies
- Gabbaim
- French Sephardi Jews
- Jewish abolitionists
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- People from Bordeaux
- People from Philadelphia