Jacob, born in 1819 in Barbados, was the son of Isaac Levi and Esther, and the brother of Eliezer Levi Montefiore. He travelled to New South Wales in October 1837 to join his uncle Joseph Barrow Montefiore. He was well educated, wrote plays including The Duel which he translated from the French and which was…
Joseph Barrow Montefiore and his wife Rebecca and their first two children Georgiana Judith Barrow and Esther Hannan Barrow arrived in Sydney on 22 February 1829.