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The daughter of John Braham and
Harriet Abrahams, Theodosia Abrams was born into a Jewish family that probably moved to England following an Hanoverian minister to the English court. John Braham with Harriet Abrams and their two daughters, Harriet and Theodosia Abrams, were portrayed in a pencil with
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Theodosia Abrams secondly married a much younger man (by at least 19 years), Joseph Garrow, a magistrate in
Torquay, on 17 March 1812 at St Margaret, Westminster. Joseph Garrow was born on 29 October 1789 at Fort St George, Madras, the son of Joseph Garrow, a secretary to the Commander-in-Chief for
116:. Her sister Miss G. joined her during the 1778â80 seasons. Harriett Abrams left the stage in 1780 and performed in concert series and festivals in London and the provinces. She appeared as soloist and with one of her sister, probably Georgiana and later Jane, who started her career in 1782.
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From 1781 to 1796, Harriett Abrams organised a yearly concert of
Ancient Music, first at Tottenham street, then at Hanover Square, and for the last two years at the Opera House, Haymarket. Other than family members, Harriett Abrams employed leading singers and musicians:
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238:, and an Indian woman, Sultana. He was orphaned when he was only three and raised by his father's sister, Eleanora Garrow. His grandfather was Rev. David Garrow, rector of Hadley, Middlesex, a schoolmaster for 50 years. His uncle was
126:. Harriett, as soprano, and Theodosia, as contralto, sang again in 1784 Handel Memorial concerts at Westminster Abbey and the Pantheon. In 1785 Theodosia and Harriett Abrams were listed as main female singers in
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Ancient Music advertised the singers as Miss Abrams, Miss Abrams Jun. and Miss T. Abrams (probably Theodosia). Theodosia Abrams sang the contralto part in the quintet from Handel's
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90:(1775â1837) was a violinist and singer. Other siblings, John, Charlotte (born ca. 1758), who married John Lucas, and Thomas never performed in public.
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