Be sure to look for the names of your Jewish ancestors in the list, even though it is of Charleston. Some of these were later found in Georgia, and some of these came from Georgia. Excerpts From: This Happy Land: The Jews of Colonial and Antebellum Charleston, Book by James William Hagy; University of Alabama Press, 1993 COLONIAL AND ANTEBELLUM JEWS OF CHARLESTON, LISTED BY PLACE OF BIRTH (EXCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA) AND DATE OF FIRST RECORD IN SOUTH CAROLINA Only persons to whom a fixed date can be assigned are included in this list. Algiers David, Leonie, 1858 At sea Moses, Rebecca (Phillips), 1807 Barbary States Barrett, Starr, 1788 Bohemia DeLieben, Israel, 1790 Lewith, Henry, 1859 Lewith, Magdalena, 1852 Weiskopf, Leopold, 1851 Weiskopf, Rose, 1860 Bohemia, Polnau Pool, Isaac, 1800 California Hart, Daniel, 1860 Connecticut, Norwalk Isaacks, Sampson Mears, 1804 Connecticut, Wilton Moses, Esther (Isaacks), 1800 Curaçao Hertz, Esther (Peixotto), 1839 Motta, Jacob Ares, 1801 Myers, Rachel (Peixotto), 1839 Peixotto, Joshua, 1829 Peixotto, Rachael de David de Isaac (Suares), 1826 Suares, David, 1799; Suares, Jacob, 1799 Denmark Canter, Jacob, 1785