Judah Eleazer Lyons

The child of Dutch Jewish immigrants, Eleazer Lyons and Hannah Levy Lyons, Judah Eleazer was born in Philadelphia in 1779. He married Mary Asser Levy in 1804 in New York. In the late 18th century, much of his family—including his parents— relocated to Surinam. In fact his youngest siblings—the twins, Mordecai and Catherine—were born in that Caribbean Dutch colony. Judah and Mary settled in Paramaribo, the capital and largest city. They had 9 children, including Jacques Judah, and then resettled in the United States.

Judah Eleazer Lyons

c. 1820–1830