Dear Saul and others who have replied re: emigration to the Americas, I wasn't especially interested in slavery, but rather in tracing 18th century English jews who went to America and visa versa. Slavery came up because it was invloved in a number of records that I found. Eli's work was very useful as were some of the wills published on the internet by the American Jewish Historical Society (from Friedman, Wills of Early Jewish Settlers in New York), for example the will of Isaac Pinheiro: "....I leave to my son Jacob, 250 when of age, and a negro boy, and a horse which he commonly rides, with a pair of pistols, holsters, saddle, and other furniture. To my son Moses, 100 when 18 years of age, and a negro boy...And whereas by a deed of gift some years past, I gave to my son Jacob and my son Abraham, 7 negroes, 3 of whom are dead and lost by the late French invasion, and the other 4 are now in my possession, my son Jacob is not to disturb my executors in the peaceful possession of them.." We were and are just like everybody else! best wishes David Alexander Puycelsi France "An excellent book, largely debunking the story that Jews were over active in the Slave trade, is : Faber, Eli. Jews, Slaves and the Slave Trade. Setting the record straight. New York and London: New York University Press, 1998." ________________________________________________________________________ AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now.

there is a series in paperback: The Jewish People in America, Vols 1-5 A Series sponsored by the american Jewish Historical Society.Baltimore, Md: American Jewish Historical Society and Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Vol 1- a Time for Planting: The First Migration 1654-1820 is also by Eli Faber Chap one Origins and Antecedent Chap TwoThe Atlantic World of Colonial Jewry chap 3 Community Chap four Fitting in Chap Five The Jewish Community of the First Republic Chap Six A second Jerusalem ? Conclusion The Significance of early American Jewry Vol 2 A Time for Gathering: The second Migration 1820-1880 by Hasia R Diner appears to have much less on English Jewry. These books have a large number of individual names and family names. Hope this helps Saul caddack@aol.com wrote: > > Dear Saul and others who have replied re: emigration to the Americas, > > I wasn't especially interested in slavery, but rather in tracing 18th > century English jews who went to America and visa versa. > > Slavery came up because it was invloved in a number of records that I > found. Eli's work was very useful as were some of the wills published > on the internet by the American Jewish Historical Society (from > Friedman, Wills of Early Jewish Settlers in New York), for example the > will of Isaac Pinheiro: > > "....I leave to my son Jacob, 250 when of age, and a negro boy, and a > horse which he commonly rides, with a pair of pistols, holsters, > saddle, and other furniture. To my son Moses, 100 when 18 years of > age, and a negro boy...And whereas by a deed of gift some years past, > I gave to my son Jacob and my son Abraham, 7 negroes, 3 of whom are > dead and lost by the late French invasion, and the other 4 are now in > my possession, my son Jacob is not to disturb my executors in the > peaceful possession of them.." > > We were and are just like everybody else! > > best wishes > David Alexander > Puycelsi > France > > "An excellent book, largely debunking the story that Jews were over > active in the Slave trade, is : > Faber, Eli. Jews, Slaves and the Slave Trade. Setting the record > straight. New York and London: New York University Press, 1998." > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at > http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now. > >