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BENSHEIM

Hayum BENSHEIM (Jospe) Reizche (Mayer Dieburg)	Simon (1664-1746) Zerline OPPENHEIMER ( -1742) (Moses)	Löw
		Moses
		David
	Löw (1665-1732) Juettle HACHENBURG ( -1718) (Isak {Jakob} & Adel {Samuel BERNCASTEL})	Hayum (1692) Freudche LEVI (David)	Maier ( -1766) Hanna HEPPENHEIMER ( -1763) (Wolf)	Zerle ( -1803) Moses SCHRIESHEIM (Liebmann {Baruch})	Hanna (1760), Bräunle (1766)
		Jakob
	Nahum (1670-1729)
	Maier (1682-1765)

Hayum (1620), son of Jospe, married Reizche, daughter of Rabbi Maier from Dieburg, and together likely moved from Bensheim to Mannheim, where Hayum is first recorded in 1663. They had children, Simon (1664), Löw (1665), Nahum (1670), and Maier (1682). Jospe also had a daughter, Brendle, who married Hayum Essingen.

Simon BENSHEIM married Zerline OPPENHEIMER, daughter of Moses, in 1683 and had children: Löw, Moses, and David. Zerline died in 1742 followed by Simon in 1746.

Löw "Juda" BENSHEIM married Hanna, daughter of Maier from Frankfurt, in 1708.

Löw BENSHEIM married Juettle HACHENBURG, daughter of Isak Jakob and Adel, daughter of Samuel BERNCASTEL, and had children: Hayum (1692), Jakob. Juettle died in Mannheim in 1718 followed by Loeb in 1732.

Hayum BENSHEIM married Freudche LEVI, daughter of Rabbi David, and had a son, Maier. He received his Schutzrecht (protection right) in Mannheim in 1714.

Maier BENSHEIM married Hanna HEPPENHEIMER, daughter of Wolf, and had a daughter, Zerle. After Hannele died in 1763, Maier married Rifkah Gietel LEVI, daughter of Abraham Samuel. He also had children: Reiz, Sele, and Adele. He died in Mannheim in 1766 followed by his wife in 1782.

Zerle BENSHEIM married Moses Liebmann SCHRIESHEIM in 1763 and had at least four children, likely including: Hanna (1760) and Braünle (1766). After Moses died, Zerle married Maier LORSCH, son of Isak, in Mannheim in 1769. Zerle died in 1803.

Nahum BENSHEIM died in 1729.
Maier BENSHEIM died in 1765.

Research Notes

1. Rosenthal, Berthold. Die Familie Bensheim. 1934