Sheftall, Mordecai, 1735-1797
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Name (Hebrew)
שפטל, מרדכי, 1735-1797
Name (Latin)
Sheftall, Mordecai, 1735-1797
Date of birth
1735-12-02
Date of death
1797-07-06
Place of residence/headquarters
Savannah (Ga.)
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Mordecai Sheftall (December 2, 1735 - July 6, 1797)[1] was a Georgia merchant who served as a Colonel in the Continental Army[2] during the American Revolutionary War and was the highest ranking Jewish officer of the Colonial forces.[1] He was born in Savannah[3] to Perla and Benjamin Sheftall, who had arrived in 1733 to the Georgia colony on the William and Sarah from London, England, with a few dozen other Jewish immigrant families. The Sheftalls were founding among the members of Congregation Mickve Israel.[4] He was married to Frances Hart Sheftall (1740-1820). ( (Sheftall, Mordecai, LC via VIAF) )
- Mordecai Sheftall, c1999:t.p. (Mordecai Sheftall) p. 1, etc. (son of Benjamin and Perla; b. 2 Dec. 1735; d. 6 July 1797)
- Encyc. Judaica, c1971:v. 14, col. 1336, etc. (Mordecai Sheftall; Revolutionary War patriot; settled in Savannah, Ga.)
- NUCMC data from Amer. Jewish Archives for William Bingham letter, 1780 Jan. 22(Mordecai Sheftall was a soldier, patriot, merchant, rancher, and Mason. He was a prisoner of the British during the American Revolution, a founder of Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, and an inspector of leathers at the Port of Savannah)
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Wikipedia description:
Mordecai Sheftall (December 2, 1735 – July 6, 1797) was a merchant who served as a colonel in the Continental Army. He was from the Province of Georgia (what is now the US state of the same name). during the American Revolutionary War and was the highest ranking Jewish officer of the Colonial forces. He was born in Savannah, Province of Georgia, to Benjamin and Perla Sheftall, who had arrived in 1733 to the Georgia colony on the William and Sarah from London, England, with a few dozen members of other Jewish immigrant families. The Sheftalls were founding among the members of Congregation Mickve Israel.
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