Descendants of Matathias Hyman ben Elijah Bellem

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Descendants of Matathias Hyman ben Elijah Bellem

Generation No. 1

 

1. MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH1 BELLEM was born Abt. 1750.

Matathias' place of birth is not known. He may have come from Eastern Europe to Plymouth, or have been born in Plymouth, but by 1776 he was in Dartmouth (Susser archives). He was a Hayim (leader of the Jewish community) of Dartmouth, and may have been a founder of a Synagogue there (although no trace or records of this exist).

 

Child of MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH BELLEM is:

2. i. AARON2 BELLEM, b. Abt. 1780; d. October 23, 1833, Dartmouth.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. AARON2 BELLEM (MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH1) was born Abt. 1780, and died October 23, 1833 in Dartmouth. He was buried in Plymouth the following day. He married RACHAEL BAT ABRAHAM Abt. 1802. She was born 1783 in Plymouth, and died 1863 in Plymouth.

Aaron lived and worked in Dartmouth but had strong links with Plymouth, where he was involved with the Synagogue. Within hours of his death he was taken to Plymouth, where he was buried. His wife Rachael and their children returned to live permanently in Plymouth.

The Synagogue at Plymouth.  Very plain on the outside but beautiful inside.  The main altar was a present from the Jewish community in Amsterdam, sent in the 1700s.

After Aaron's death in 1833 in Dartmouth, Rachael and her children returned to Plymouth. They were at 22 Morley St in the 1841 and 1851 census.

1851: Rachael's occupation noted as housekeeper.

They all remained in Plymouth until Rachael's death in 1863. After that they went their own ways (Susser archives), although Hannah was already married and probably living in London.  Hannah and her husband, Isaac, probably married in Plymouth as they had several children there, the last one born in 1840.  Their next child was born in London in 1844.

 

Children of AARON BELLEM and RACHAEL ABRAHAM are:

3. i. HANNAH3 BELLEM, b. 1804, Dartmouth; d. January 02, 1891, 15 Casson St, Mile End.

ii. HARRIET BELLEM, b. 1809, Dartmouth; d. 1890, Plymouth.

Harriet was deaf and dumb. She remained a spinster all her long life, and worked as a seamstress. After her mother died, when she was in her 50's, she was supported by the Plymouth Jewish Community, being given 2/6d per week from the Plymouth Synagogue, from offerings made on Sabbaths and Festivals. (Source:Susser archives/PhD).

iii. JACOB BELLEM, b. Abt. 1811, Dartmouth1. Occupation: General Dealer (Susser Archives)

1851 census: Living with mother, Rachael, at Morley Place, Plymouth. Is a widower, occupation General Dealer.

iv. ABRAHAM BELLEM, b. 1822, Dartmouth. Occupation: Dyer (Susser Archives)

1851 census: Living with his mother, Rachael, at 22 Morley Place, Plymouth. unmarried, occupation dyer.

4. v. ESTHER BELLEM, b. Dartmouth.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3. HANNAH3 BELLEM (AARON2, MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH1) was born 1804 in Dartmouth, and died January 02, 1891 in 15 Casson St, Mile End. She married ISAAC (ISADORE) LEVIE ASSENHEIM Abt. 1827 in (probably) Plymouth. He was born 1797 in Amsterdam, and died October 11, 1870 in Bethnal House, Bethnal Green, London2.

Hannah Assenheim (Bellem)

 

Child of HANNAH BELLEM and ISSAC ASSENHEIM is:

5. i. ESTHER4 ASSENHEIM, b. 1840, Bath St, Plymouth.

 

4. ESTHER3 BELLEM (AARON2, MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH1) was born in Dartmouth. She married AARON SHEMARYALOM3, noted in his child's birth records as being from Poland (Susser Archives)

 

Child of ESTHER BELLEM and AARON SHEMARYALOM is:

i. AARON4 SHEMARYALOM, b. 1834.

 

Generation No. 4

 

5. ESTHER4 ASSENHEIM (HANNAH3 BELLEM, AARON2, MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH1) was born 1840 in Bath St, Plymouth. She married LOUIS LEVY December 10, 1861 in Great Synagogue, London. He was born Abt. 1838 in The Netherlands or Germany.

The rear of Back St, Plymouth.  It was boarded off and  this was the best view we could get

Child of ESTHER ASSENHEIM and LOUIS LEVY is:

6. i. ISAAC CHARLES5 LEVY, b. April 16, 1869, 4 Ramon Place, Mile End; d. July 22, 1938, 6 Aberavon Rd.

 

Generation No. 5

 

6. ISAAC CHARLES5 LEVY (ESTHER4 ASSENHEIM, HANNAH3 BELLEM, AARON2, MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH1) was born April 16, 1869 in 4 Ramon Place, Mile End, and died July 22, 1938 in 6 Aberavon Rd4. He married ALICE LEAH WARD. She was born Abt. 1870, and died January 19, 1941 in Mile End.

 

Child of ISAAC LEVY and ALICE WARD is:

7. i. CHARLES ISAAC6 LEVY, b. 1907, Mile End.

 

7. CHARLES ISAAC6 LEVY (ISAAC CHARLES5, ESTHER4 ASSENHEIM, HANNAH3 BELLEM, AARON2, MATATHIAS HYMAN BEN ELIJAH1) was born 1907 in Mile End. He married ROSE TAUNTON.

 

Child of CHARLES LEVY and ROSE TAUNTON is:

i. BRIAN7 LEVY, b. 1939.

 

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Endnotes

 

1. Susser Archives.

2. death cert.

3. Susser Archives - birth records.

4. death cert.