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Gomez, Moses Mordecai; Rebecca Gomez (nee De Lucena)ABAA

Manuscript Document Acknowleging Receipt of Inheritance and Release of Further Claims

Best.-Nr. 52511New York City 1808. Fine. Folio 16 by 10 in. - lightly folded once horizontally and twice vertically. 4pp; approx. 1000 words of text on first three pages with address at final page; ruled in light brown ink. A few oxidation spots small tear along central fold at final page above dress no loss of text else clean and fine written in a strong neat hand. Dated November 2 1808 New York City: Moses Gomez 1744/45-1826 son of Rebecca Gomez née De Lucena; the second wife of Mordecai Gomez and a manufacturer of chocolate here acknowledges receipt of $1852.17 from the executors of his mother's estate thereby releasing any additional claim on the estate. This payment was prompted by the death two months earlier of Moses' brother Abraham the eldest living son of Rebecca. The proceeds from the sale of her Nassau property are to be equally divided with Moses' half-sister Rachel Waage the daughter of Mordecai Gomez by his first wife. Moses Gomez refers to the death of his widowed mother Rebecca who in her lifetime had published a last will and testament dated July 21 1798 and died in 1801. In her will she appointed her grandsons Abraham Gomez Jr. and Herman Henricks and friend attorney Henry Kermit executors. Her property on Nassau Street was to be divided among her heirs. Moses Gomez states that according to Rebecca's will during the lifetime of her eldest son Abraham the Nassau property should be leased out from year to year with the monies going to his support and ultimately to pay his funeral expenses. Upon his death the house was be sold. One of the executors of Rebecca's estate Herman Harmon Henricks 1771-1838 was Moses' nephew the son of his sister Eve and was a prominent member of the Henricks copper mining family. Signatures: Moses Gomez twice the second after a brief addendum; Witnesses: John Severidge jun.; Daniel Mack jun. for the addendum. J.R. Rosenbloom A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews Univ. Kentucky 1960 p.46; cf. L. Hershkowitz Wills of Early New York Jews pp. 84-91 the will of Mordecai Gomez. unknown books