BENEDICT


Salomon Joachim ( -1713) Pinckas "Benedict"
(1681)		 Simon
(1703)		 Herz BENEDICT
(1724-1812)
Emanuel
 (daughter)
Simon
 Löbel
 Esterl

Eliezer ( -1686)
 Salomon BONDI
( -1745)
 Edel "Adelheit"
Abraham ( -1702)
 Fradel
(1662-1742)
Dina ( -1697)
Abraham ( -1702) Eliezer
(1660 -1709)
 Rivka Sara OETTINGEN
( -1760)
Dina ( -1697)
Josef ( -1695)
 Libele
( -1748)
Edel ( -1700)

Saul
 Antschl
 Mendel
(1712)
 Rößel HELLER
( -c.1775)


Ciperl
Ketzel Sstiastny
 Joachim
 Josel
 Nachmea
(1712)


Rößel



(?)
 Rachel "Rosalia"
(1739-1815)
Selig Nathan
( -1707)		 Jonathan EIBESCHÜTZ
(c.1690-1764)
 (?)
Moses
 Sheindel
Rechel
Aaron Jechiel ( -1723) Moses Isaac
( -1747)
 Elkele SPIRA
( -1754)
Rebecka ( -1707)
Mordechai Mate
( -1736)
Hitzel
Rebeka
Judith (1762-1822)
David MOSER
(Moises & Veronika)
 		Moises (1799), Resel (1801), Simon (1803),
Latzer (1807)
Ester
Salomon (1773-1840)
Rachel BERMANN (1776)
(Aron & Sara)
 Resel (1799), Ana (1801), Nechema (1803),
Bermann (1804), Simon (1805), Joachim (1809),
Ester (1813), Herzlib (1814), Sara (1816),
Rosalia (1818), Rebeka (1819), Aron (1822)
Miriam "Margaretha" (1780-1879)
Falkmann LÖWENSTEIN (1762-1813)
(Emanuel {Löbl, Franziska} & Pepi {Jacob, Glöckl})
 		Ester "Adelheit" (1803), Franziska (1806)
Salomon FISCHER (1791-1856)
(Isaak {Gerson} & Libuscha {Salomon})
 Sara (1816), Rachel (1817), Isack (1819),
Lybusche (1821), Jette (1823)
Lazar (1781-1858)
Rachel LEDERER
(Wolf {Joachim, Antonia} & Sara)
 		Rösel (1805), Lea (1807), Jonathan (1809),
Regina (1811), Antonia (1813), Rachel (1816),
Judith (1816), Herz (1819), Herz (1822),
Leopold (1826)

Brothers Eyßig and Joachim, sons of Salomon, emigrated from Poland to Lobositz, Bohemia, around 1648, at the start of the Chmielnicki Uprising.[1] Joachim married a daughter of Emanuel Katzenstein and had children: Esterl (1664), unknown daughter (c. 1670), Eyßich (1674), Pinckas (1681), and Salomon (1685). Joachim died in Lobositz in 1713. Pinckas "Benedict" married Esterl from Laun, likely daughter of Löbel Simon MIROTIC,[2] in 1701 and had children: Simon (1703), Kaile (1707), Abraham (1709), Resel (1719), and Edl (1721). Simon[3] went to school in Töplitz and settled in Lichtenstadt in 1722, where he married Edel "Adelheit" BONDI, daughter of Rabbi Salomon and Rivka Sara OETTINGEN. They had at least two children, including Herz (1724), the second born.[4] By at least 1779, Herz had adopted the surname BENEDICT[5] (apparently after his father's patronymic name).

Herz BENEDICT married Rößel HELLER from Königswart, daughter of Mendel and Nachmea, in 1760, lived in Lichtenstadt, and had children: Rebeka, Judith (1762), Ester, and Salomon (1773). After Rößel died in about 1775[6], widower Herz married widow Rachel "Rosalia" (likely granddaughter of Rabbi Jonathan EIBESCHÜTZ) (1739) in 1779 and had children: Miriam "Margaretha" (1780)[7] and Lazar (1781). Herz died in 1812 followed by Rosalia in 1815.


Research Notes

1. The 1724 census of Lobositz describes Joachim Salomon as having come to Lobositz at a young age and as the brother of the previously listed Eyßich Salomon. The latter is described as having arrived in Lobositz from Poland about 1648 at the beginning of the "Cossack War". Thus, it is presumed that the brothers shared the same origin and, since Joachim was young at the time, probably arrived together.

2. Only one Jewish family had protection status in Laun (Lebl Mirotic in 1655) through at least the second half of the 17th century. See the Hugo Gold encyclopedia entry for Laun, Leipzig fair directory p. 491, and Jahrbuch entry.

3. Simon is recorded in the 1724 census of Lichtenstadt as Simon Pinckes from Lobositz. In the directory of the Leipzig Fair 1675-1764, in the list of those from Lichtenstadt, there are two Simon's recorded. The first, under the single name "Simon," is explicitly listed as a son of Salomon Levi and included for the years 1675 and 1679 (prior to the birth of Simon from Lobositz and having a different father's name). The second Simon, under the name "Simon Bendix," is listed for the years 1731-32 and 1734-39. In the census of 1724 (a short time earlier), there were only 47 heads of family in Lichtenstadt with only a single Simon (Simon Pinckes) listed. Furthermore, Bendix (or Benedict, its equivalent) is very often found as a secular equivalent to the Hebrew given name Pinchas (apparently on account of the biblical character Pinchas, who receives two important blessings ("benedictus" in Latin) from God). Taken together, we can confidently conclude that Simon Bendix of Lichtenstadt is the same person as Simon Pinckes of Lichtenstadt, who came from Lobositz. 

4. The Familiant record of Herz Benedict lists his parents in Lichtenstadt lists his parents as Simon and Adelheit and that he was married in 1760 and 1779. The earlier marriage appears to match well with a marriage permission recorded in the Gubernium in 27 October 1758 between Hertzl Simon Lobositz, Lichtenstadt Schutzjuden (protected Jew), and Rösel from Königswart. From Herz's death record in Lichtenstadt in 1812 at the age of 88, he was born about 1724. The 1724 census of Lichtenstadt lists Simon Pinckes from Lobositz, 21 years old, who settled in Lichtenstadt in 1722 and was married to Edel, daughter of Rabbi Salomon Bondi. The 1724 census of Lobositz lists Simon, 22 years old, married in Lichtenstadt, son of Pinkas Joachim, as well as his father Joachim Salomon.

5. This surname is often spelled "Benedikt" (with a "k" rather than a "c") in Bohemian records. However, the oldest known record for this family in which the surname is listed (the 1779 marriage permission for Herz Benedict) lists the surname with the spelling "Benedict". The two spellings appear to be interchangeable.

6. In a letter by Judith Benedikt to the authorities dated May 15, 1795 requesting continued permission to reside in Karlsbad, she writes "The undersigned suffers sufficient punishment, as she has not received a single guilder worth of property in the period of twenty years since her mother died. What is even more painful for the undersigned is that she has not received her maternal inheritance, but the stepmother of the undersigned, namely Rachel Herzlin, has taken her late mother's clothing and bedding." Therefore, Judith's mother (Herz's first wife Rösel) died in about 1775. (Dokumente zur Geschichte der Juden in Karlsbad (1791-1869), Ignaz Ziegler, 1913).

7. Margaretha's placement in the family is uncertain. Initially, it was thought that she was a late daughter of Herz's first wife Rößel, since according to Margaretha's first marriage record, she was 26 in 1802 (born c. 1776), and widowed Herz didn't marry his second wife Rachel until 1779. However, according to Margaretha's second marriage, she was 37 in 1817 (born c. 1780), and according to her death record in 1879, she was 98 (born c. 1781), both after Herz's second marriage. Furthermore, a key fact was discovered in her death notices. She is described as a great-granddaughter of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschütz, a fact which apparently had a big impact on her early life, due to the resulting Shabbtai Zvi accusations, and that she often talked about. It seems likely that this is something that would have been known with high confidence by her, since it had such an influence on the family. As Margaretha's father's family is well documented and doesn't descend from the Eibeschütz family, it seems likely that this connection would be on her mother's family, which is almost completely unknown. Furthermore, the dates fit for her mother (born c. 1739 according to her death record) to have been a daughter of Marcus BONDI (1716) and Sophie, daughter of Jonathan EIBESCHÜTZ, whose son Seligmann was a Schutzjude (protected Jew) in Lichtenstadt. Although more evidence is needed to have high confidence of this lineage, this seems to be the most likely theory based on the new information.

8. It is unknown if there was a connection between Herz Benedict, described above, and Jacob Benedict, whose family also resided in Lichtenstadt. At this point, it is believed that there was not, since Herz's paternal line can be definitively traced back to Lobositz, while Jacob's paternal line is hypothesized to have gone back further in Lichtenstadt.

9. Geni.com profile

10. Aeiou.at, Encyclopedia of Austria: Edmund Benedikt. See also: https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Edmund_Benedikt

11. Universität Wien: Heinrich Benedikt, Prof. Dr.

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Magda Simonovska (m.simonovska@quick.cz) and Paul King for their assistance in researching this family.