Phillips, Rebecca Machado, 1746-1831
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Rebecca Machado Phillips, daughter of David Mendez Machado (1695-1747) and Zipporah Nunez (1714-1799). Married Jonas Phillips on 10 November 1762 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 1801, at age 55, Rebecca was one of the founding members of the Female Association for Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, a nonsectarian organization. In 1819, at age 74, she was director of the Female Benevolent Society, the first Jewish charity in America unrelated to a synagogue.
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| creatorOf | Jonas Phillips Papers | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | |
| referencedIn | Uriah P. Levy Collection, undated, 1787-1948, 1959, 1961, 1985, 2005 | American Jewish Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Levy, Uriah, 1792-1862 | person |
| associatedWith | Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803. | person |
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| Philadelphia | PA | US | |
| Reading | PA | US |
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Birth 1746-11-21
Death 1831-06-25
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