Lewis Moses

Lewis Moses was the founder of a prominent Gomez family of early U.S. merchants. Lewis was born to a Marrano family in Madrid, and lived in France and England before settling in New York about 1703. In 1706, Lewis was made a freeman of New York City and had prospered in the import and export trade. Lewis ad his six sons purchased considerable real estate in the city and in Ulster and Orange counties. One of his son died at sea in 1722, and the other five, all merchants, figured prominently in community affairs. Lewis Moses was one of the trustees who purchased land for the Mill Street Synagogue and was president of the congregation in 1730, when the synagogue was dedicated.