Cohen, Jacob Raphael, 1738-1811

acob Raphael Cohen (1738 – September 9, 1811) was a rabbi in England, Canada, and the United States.

Biography
Jacob Raphael Cohen served as rabbi of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia from 1784 until his death in 1811.[2] In celebration of Pennsylvania's ratification of the United States Constitution on July 4, 1788, Cohen walked arm-in-arm with two ministers, one of whom was Reverend William White of Christ Church, dean of the clergy of Philadelphia. The records of his marriages, deaths, and circumcisions are an important source of data on early American Jewish ritual and history.[3]

"Reverend Jacob Raphael Cohen (1738-1811)
Hazan (reader) of Mikveh Israel from 1784 until his death. His record of marriages, deaths, circumcisions is an important source of data on early American Jewish ritual and history. In a celebration of Pennsylvania 's ratification of the U.S. Constitution, on July 4, 1788, he walked arm-in-arm with two ministers, one of whom was Reverend William White of Christ Church , dean of the clergy of Philadelphia ."
from Men and Women of Mikveh Israel at
http://www.mikvehisrael.org/History/thepeople.htm