# Jankiel Kopel (b.1720) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **7x great-grandfather** **Born** ~1720 **Spouse** [[Hinda (b.1727)]] **Children** [[PLACEHOLDER Joszay Heszel Jakubowicz Koplowicz (b.1734)]] · [[Raca (b.1744)]] · [[PLACEHOLDER Chaia (d.1838)]] ### Biography — from MyHeritage Possible that he had another daughter named Chaia who was the second wife of Mendel Michlowicz Hochberger, the rabbi of Leczna, but I have been unable to confirm this 100%. **Personal Note: **It might be worth getting [this](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/cabc5b455254c229e1d4097701cbb29af4d01c32abbe267ccb74051c6d4190c2) notarial record (akta 77) translated as both Mendel, Chaia, and Eyzyk (Raca's husband) appear there and might confirm this. *GEDCOM I517131 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Łęczna *Akta Miasta* 1745–1803 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753840](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840)) — candidate kin of this family.** This *Bractwo* (church-brotherhood) debt-protocol book names three surname-groups matching this family's Łęczna descendants, all Hebrew-signing Jewish debtors: - **Koplowicz** — Naftul Koplowicz (100 zł, 1795; [scan 31](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=31) & [74](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=74)); Leyba Koplowicz (80 zł, 1766, married a daughter of Mortka Rubinowicz; [scan 34](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=34)–[35](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=35)). "Kopel" → Koplowicz (son of Kopel); this man's son [[PLACEHOLDER Joszay Heszel Jakubowicz Koplowicz (b.1734)]] carried both *Jakubowicz* and *Koplowicz*. - **Jakubowicz / Jałubowicz** — Zusman Jałubowicz (merchant; [scan 33](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=33) & [40](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=40)); Wigdor Jakubowicz (1735; [scan 63](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=63)). - **Michlowicz** — Froim Michlowicz (60 zł 1745; 36 zł 1750; [scan 64](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=64) & [67](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=67)) — ties to the bio note above (**Mendel Michlowicz Hochberger**, rabbi of Łęczna, possible son-in-law). → **Unproven lead** — same surnames, town and era, but no direct link established. Candidates to test against MyHeritage/GEDCOM. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1745-1803 - Akta Miasta]]. - **Jakubowicz family sat in the Łęczna kahał leadership — earlier *Akta Miasta* 1711–1749 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753833](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753833)) — unproven.** The 1735 communal decree names **Zusman Jakubowicz** (*Ławnik*) and **Lejb Jakubowicz** (*Kahalny*) among the Łęczna kahał board ([scan 72](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753833?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=72)–[74](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753833?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=74)); further Jakubowicz men appear across 1711–1749 (Abram 1711, Noson 1712, Icyk 1712, tailors Jerz 1722 & Irsza 1729, Jozwa 1749). *Jakubowicz* = son of Jankiel/Jakub; these office-holders are the right generation to be an **earlier layer of this family** — and their kahał rank fits a prominent line. Candidate kin to test. Full analysis: [[Łęczna - 1711-1749 - Akta Miasta]]. - **A wealthy, property-owning *Jakubowicz* family fills the Łęczna *Akta Miasta* 1711–1745 property book (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753830](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830)) — earlier layer of this line, unproven.** The property-inscription register shows *Jakubowicz* (son of Jankiel/Jakub) men buying and selling houses/plots across 1716–1740: **Abram** ([scan 43](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=43) 1716, [63](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=63) 1722), **Jerz/Jerzy** ([scan 42](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=42) 1716, [62](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=62) 1723 — 465 zł for part of a *kamienica*), **Zusman** ([scan 64](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=64) 1716 — the same Zusman Jakubowicz who was *ławnik* in book 2 and merchant in book 1), the estate revenue-factor **Josef Jakubowicz** (*pisarz prowentowy Pani Hetmanowej*, buys repeatedly 1732–40 with wife Szrendla; [scan 70](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=70)–[78](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=78)), and **Liber Jakubowicz** (a 2000 zł purchase, 1729; [scan 70](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=70)). A wealthy, office-holding Jakubowicz line in exactly this town + era — a strong candidate for the **earlier layer of this family**. Unproven — no entry names Jankiel/Kopel directly. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1711-1745 - Akta Miasta]]. - **STRONGEST LEAD — the Łęczna Jewish citizenship register, *Akta Miasta* 1716–1810 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753829](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829)) admits a whole *Koplowicz* family AND a dense *Jakubowicz* family — the two patronymics this line carried together — unproven but the best evidence yet.** This "Protoculum consulare" is mostly a Jewish municipal-citizenship roll ("Wpisy Mieszczan Żydowskich", from [scan 51](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=51)). It admits **Koplowicz** men to Łęczna town-rights across 1759–1809 — Leyba, Irsz & Paweł (1759, [scan 58](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=58)), Nowak (1779), Dawid (1809) — and above all the arendarz **Naftul Koplowicz** (propination lessee/obywatel, 1790, [scan 51](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=51)) — **the same Naftul Koplowicz who appears in book 1 (1795), and a Leyba Koplowicz matching book 1's (1766).** In parallel a large **Jakubowicz** family fills the same roll (Abram, Josef, Zelman, Berek ×several, Symon Czapnik, Zejlik…), incl. the garrison wine-arendarz **Wigdor Jakubowicz** (1785–91, [scan 70](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=70)). *Koplowicz + Jakubowicz* together = exactly the double patronymic of his son [[PLACEHOLDER Joszay Heszel Jakubowicz Koplowicz (b.1734)]]. Strongest sign yet this is Jankiel Kopel's family's documented Łęczna citizen-line — still unproven (no entry names Jankiel/Joszay). Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1716-1810 - Akta Miasta]]. - **Corroboration of the "Mendel Michlowicz Hochberger, rabbi of Łęczna" note above:** the same 1716–1810 book independently records a **Mendel Michlowicz** admitted 1789 ([scan 67](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=67)) and a **rabbi Mendel** (Jełkowicz/Jełowicz) of Łęczna active 1789 ([scan 69](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=69)) — candidates for the possible son-in-law in his bio note. Unproven; worth chasing. See [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]] and [[Łęczna - 1716-1810 - Akta Miasta]]. - **Wigdor Jakubowicz held the Łęczna arenda across a full generation (1762–1791) — reinforces the Jakubowicz-arenda thread.** The 1749–1767 property book (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753832](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753832)) shows **Wigdor Jakubowicz** as an *arendarz* in 1762 ([scan 101](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753832?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=101)) and 1766 ([scan 126](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753832?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=126)) — the **same name as the garrison wine-arendarz Wigdor Jakubowicz of book 4 (1785–91)**, so this Jakubowicz line held the town arenda for a generation (same man, or father→son). Also **Berek Jakubowicz** among the 1755 kahał "Duchowni Żydowscy Łęczyńscy" ([scan 31](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753832?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=31)). Unproven kin-family. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1749-1767 - Akta Miasta]]. - **The Jakubowicz + Koplowicz families run right through the 1768–1789 book (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753834](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834)).** **Wigdor Jakubowicz** is now attested as Łęczna town *arendarz* across **1762–1785** ([scan 67](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=67), [163](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=163), [267](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=267), [284](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=284)) — the same man across **books 4, 6 and 7 (1762–1791)**, by 1785 removed to Kodeń. In parallel a continuing **Koplowicz** family: **Sanel Koplowicz** (merchant, 1766–69), Lejb & Lejzor Koplowicz (1766/1781), **Zanwel** (1786), **Nachman** (1789), **Eliasz** the furrier (1789). *Jakubowicz + Koplowicz* — his son [[PLACEHOLDER Joszay Heszel Jakubowicz Koplowicz (b.1734)]]'s double patronymic — persists as a leading Łęczna arenda/merchant family right up to surname adoption. Unproven kin-family. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1768-1789 - Akta Miasta]]. - **The Koplowicz family continues into the 1779–1810 book (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753836](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836)).** **Naftul Josef Koplowicz** + wife Reyza Herszowna sell half their brick house to their son Beniamin, 1801 ([scan 56](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=56)) — the same Naftul Koplowicz recurring across books 1, 4, 7 and 8; also **Herszl Koplowicz** (1801) and **Hynda Koplowna** (daughter of Kopel), wife of rabbi Judka Szymchowicz ([scan 50](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=50)). A persistent Łęczna Koplowicz family; unproven kin. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1779-1810 - Akta Miasta]].