Jacob Josephson

Jacob Josephson, born 21 Apr 1782 in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw Poland) and died 6 Dec 1845 in Marrickville Sydney, buried in St Peter’s Petersham was the son of Joseph Lazarus Josephson and Rachel Tachyczowski. Sentenced in Oxford England on 13 Oct 1817 to 14 years transportation for having stolen property and forged bank notes in his possesion. Listed as Hebrew Teacher, 5’ 4” with dark ruddy complexion, black hair and dark eyes. A silver smith and jeweller, he was also a teacher for the Society for the Propagation of Christanity to the Jews. He arrived in Sydney NSW on 15 May 1818 on the Neptune and in October 1818 open a jewellers shop in Pitt St Sydney and received a conditional pardon on the 30 Jun 1820. He was frequently involved in legal and bussines scandals, imprisoned in 1827 for bankruptcy he later became an inkeeper in Penrith and later Newcastle. He purchased Enmore House in 1841, it was built in 1835 by Captain Sylvester Brown, a master mariner with the East India Company, he wrote Robbery Under Arms under the name Rolf Bolderwood. A son of Jacob’s, Joshua Frey Josephson would later become the Mayor of Marrickville Sydney in 1901.

Sentenced Oxford for 14 years on 13 October,1817 for having stolen property in his possession(transported from UK for possessing "forged" banknotes

Jacob Josephson was part of the Beni Abraham in London, a congregation of Jewish Christians, part of the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews. The founder was Joseph Frey - Jacobson's son was named after him. See https://jewinthepew.org/2015/09/09/9-september-1813-forty-one-jewish-christians-meet-as-beni-avraham-otdimjh/