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Joseph Isaacs
1659–1737MerchantAmericas · 1659Most named place: New York
Joseph Isaacs was a New York pioneer, about whom little is known. He was a resident of the North and East Wards of New York City and was made a freeman of the city in 1698. Joseph was a merchant and a butcher, and in 1702 he unsuccessfully petitioned the municipal authorities for permission to manufacture rum. He contributed to the building of the Shearith Israel synagogue in 1729–30.
