Hartford's First Jew
"David the Jew"

The first Jew on record living in Hartford was named, appropriately enough, “David” – “David The Jew,” to be more precise. David was resident in 1659 – perhaps for a short time only – for, in that same year, he was arrested and fined 20 shillings by the Court of Assistants for “illegal peddling” – meaning he was selling to women and children when the “man of the house” was not at the homestead.

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