Goudsmit & Goldschmidt -- a geneasequel - Person Sheet
NameAbraham b’ Shmu’el Goldschmidt Witzenhausen segal ![](../img/i_tree.png)
Birthabt 1610, D, Hebenshausen?
Death9 Apr 1676, D, Witzenhausen
Memothis is his burial date
BurialWitzenhausen
Memohis Tombstone is lacking
Notes for Abraham b’ Shmu’el Goldschmidt Witzenhausen segal
Rabbi — also stated as
‘Morenu ha-Rav Avraham Witzenhausen’ — representative of the Jewish community of Hessen (in 1664)
[NB: in many cases he is confused with his nephew Abraham, the son of his father’s (possible) brother Benedikt in Kassel — both Abrahams died in the same year, 1676]He is mentioned in three Lists of Jews in Witzenhausen:
1622 “Abraham Shmueln Sohn”
1625 “Abraham Goldschmidt zahlt Schutzgeld” (pays protection money)
1626 “Abraham”
[NB: in the List of 1618 he is lacking ®35 — by then he may have been still a lad, too young for a mention — JG]later:
1636 he signs an act: “Abraham Judt fun Witzenhaussen”