![]() If Isaac Moseley was not a Christian in life, he finally became one in death, as he was buried in St. ![]() Historian Jacob Marcus notes that many, perhaps even a majority, of the early Jewish settlers assimilated within a generation or two of coming into Connecticut, making them very difficult to trace.48 If the earliest Moseleys were Jewish, intermarriage with the Roote, Newberry, Lyman, and Lawrence families seems to have hastened the path to assimilation. While there were some Jewish settlers early in Connecticut's colonial history, there was no established community there until after the Revolution when some wartime refugees from New York decided to settle in the state permanently. Isaac Moseley died in London in 1806-it really isn't clear whether he returned to New York in person in 1803 or not-and his obituary, appearing in a New York paper read in part, "A philosopher, Samaritan, and an Israelite indeed-he was benevolent and humane towards the whole Family of mankind, a sincere and valuable friend." 47 The implication is that Moseley was Jewish though none of the other records, sparse though they are, indicate his religious affiliation. The last in a series about the origin and development of Masonic Templary ![]()
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