Cemetery: Old North Cemetery, Portsmouth New Hampshire

"Abraham Isaac and his wife were natives of Prussia, and Jews of the strictest sect. They were the first descendants of the venerable Jewish patriarch that ever pitched their tent in Portsmouth and during their lives they were the only Jews among us. He was an auctioneer, acquired a good property and built the house opposite the Rickingham House on State street, now owned and occupied by Mrs. M.P. Jones. Their shop was always closed on Saturday, and on almost any other day in pleasant weather, Mrs. Isaac might be seen at the counter or looking over the half door by which the shop was entered. In front of the house, within a foot of it, was a pump. The well is still kept in order for fires, and it may be seen on the outside of the present sidewalk, near the cross pavement which leads to the Episcopal chapel. Mr. Isaac died on the 15th of Feb. 1803 aged 49, and on the stone which marks his grave in the North burying ground, may be seen the following model epitaph, written by our poet, J.M. Sewall: (see above)"

"A better epitaph can rarely be found. Rachael, his widow, for ten years after his death continued her variety store in this house, and after its destruction in 1813, having no children of her own, took up her residence with an adopted son who lived near New Ipswich, in this State. He was the agent of one of the first cotton factories in that vicinity, and at her death, in that place, all her property became his by bequest."6