I represent Isaac Mendes. I was one of the first identified Jews to arrive in the British colony of West Florida, arriving from Jamaica in 1766. I and a few other Jewish merchants in the province bought property and opened stores. We provided a wide range of goods to the British miltary and to civilian colonists, even trading with other Southern colonies. There were never quite enough of us in one place to form a religious community of any kind during the British period. I died on April 11, 1767 in Pensacola. My will was probated under British law, granting administration to William Barrow, William Aird, Arthur Neil, and Alexander Solomons in 1769. I dated my will as 8 March 5527 before also giving the Christian date. I mentioned having had differences with my mother and my brother, Moses Mendes (for which I forgave them).
Sources: 8, 9, 67, 125