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Benjamin Jonas Cohen, birth 8 Jul 1725 Amersfoort, died 10 Feb 1800 Amsterdam, son of Jonas ( Joune Koun ) Cohen and Sara Benjamin Italiaander
een van zijn zonen bouwde in 1780 een huis aan de Westersingel in Amersfoort; dit werd in 1816 het stadhuis van Amersfoort.
Said to be "undoubtedly the predominant jewish personality during the second half of the eighteenth century" by Joseph Michman in Dutch Jewry during the Emancipation Period.

Married 13 OKT 1744 Amersfoort to:
Eva Jacob Jokeb Cohen-Arnhem, died 1765
1) Lydia Lea Benjamin Cohen, birth CA 1748 Amersfoort, died 31 Jul 1809 London
Married 6 Apr 1770 Amersfoort to:
Salomon Barent Gompertz, birth CA 1729, died 31 Jul 1809 London
2) Marianne Merle Benjamin Cohen, birth CA 1749 Amersfoort, died 9 Aug 1803 Amsterdam to:
David Abraham Meijer Rintel, died 1790 Arnhem
3) Ezechiel Benjamin Cohen, birth 1750 Amersfoort, died 1813 Berlin
baptized 7 Aug 1802 Warmbrunn, Schlesien, changed his name to Eduard Johann Baptist Cohen

Married 22 Sep 1780 Amersfoort to:
Jeanette Meijer
4) Abraham Benjamin Cohen-Amesfoort, birth 2 OKT 1752 Amersfoort, died 9 Jan 1824 Tours, France
Married 26 Jan 1781 Amersfoort to:
Elisabeth Salomon Gompertz, birth London, died 12 Jan 1794 Amsterdam
5) Rebecca Rivka Benjamin Cohen, birth CA MRT 1753 Amersfoort, died 28 Aug 1811 Amsterdam
Married notice 16 Jun 1790 Amsterdam
Married 4 Jul 1790 Baambrugge to:
Levie Susskind Oppenheim, birth 1765 Koningsbergen
6) Rachel Benjamin Cohen, died 1778 Amersfoort
7) Sara Benjamin Cohen, birth VR 1759, died NA 1809
Married notice 15 OKT 1784 Amersfoort
Married 17 Nov 1784 Amersfoort to:
Achard Ephraim, birth 1759 Berlin
8) Emanuel Man Benjamin Cohen, birth 1764 Amsterdam
Married 2 Dec 1791 Amersfoort to:
Marianne Oppenheim, birth Koningsbergen 1st marriage 2nd marriage
9) Dina Benjamin Cohen, birth Amersfoort
gezien leeftijd en geboorteplaats lijkt relatie waarschijnlijk

Married CA 1745 to:
Joseph Levie, died VOOR 1770

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Benjamin Jonas Cohen to:
Kaatje \ Chaile Abraham Meyer Rintel, birth Fuerth 1st marriage 2nd marriage
1) Ernst Gustav Wilhelm \ Ephraim Cohen, birth 21 Dec 1766 Amersfoort, died 29 Nov 1844 Amersfoort to:
Pessel Philippine Amelie Henriette Bernhard, birth 1774 Berlin ?, died 17 Dec 1833 Berlin, daughter of Moses Bernhardt and Fanny Fliess

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Benjamin Jonas Cohen to:
Kreula Samuel Wolff
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