AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameCaptain Thomas FISHER 
Birth PlaceLittle Torrington, Devon, England
Chr Date11 Dec 17826948 Age: <1
Chr PlaceLittle Torrington, Devon, England
Death PlaceTeingmouth, Devon, England
MemoProbate indicates worn value of estate under £1500. Theodosia Fisher of East Teingmouth was Kindred of Administrator or Administratrix and noted as insolvent. No duty was paid. See general note on duties payable.
FatherPeter FISHER (<1749-1803)
MotherJane HUTCHINGS (ca1760-)
Spouses
Marr PlacePlympton St. Maurice, Devon, England
Marr Memo"On 6 August Theodosia married the 21-year-ol Thomas Fisher at St Maurice, Plympton. He came from Little Torrington, in North Devon, where his father had been rector for 30 years until his death in 1803. The Abrams sisters remained on friendly terms with Thomas Fisher's widowed mother and six unmarried sisters, who were left small bequests in the wills of both Harriett and Eliza Abrams".
ChildrenCharles (<1806-1853)
Harriet Theodosia (<1809-1848)
Notes for Captain Thomas FISHER
Legacy Duty or Death Duty
In 1796 Legacy Duty was a tax payable on money left in wills or received from an administration (admon) of a personal estate. Close relatives such as wives and children did not have to pay.
More distant relatives had to pay and this was based on a percentage depending on the relationship between the Testator or Intestate and the Beneficiary.
Between 1796 and 1903 the scope of taxes payable was extended and many more estates became subject to what is collectively referred to as "Death Duties".
1805 Legacy Duty was extended to include closer relatives and money received from the sale of real estate.
In 1796 Legacy Duty was a tax payable on money left in wills or received from an administration (admon) of a personal estate. Close relatives such as wives and children did not have to pay.
More distant relatives had to pay and this was based on a percentage depending on the relationship between the Testator or Intestate and the Beneficiary.
Between 1796 and 1903 the scope of taxes payable was extended and many more estates became subject to what is collectively referred to as "Death Duties".
1805 Legacy Duty was extended to include closer relatives and money received from the sale of real estate.
Notes for Theodosia (Spouse 1)
According to daughter Harriet’s tombstone Theodosia was Jewish and her husband’s, Joseph Garrow, mother was from East India.
The Garrows returned to England and the local paper reported that they were back in The Braddons by 4 July 1849. Charles Fisher had joined them by the 18th and stayed until after his mother's death.
“Theodosia Garrow's life after her daughter's marriage was not a happy one. Her elder daughter died suddenly from smallpox in Florence only seven months later and she herself was in her late 70s and becoming ill. The Garrows returned to England and the local paper reported that they were back in The Braddons by 4 July 1849. Charles Fisher had joined them by the 18th and stayed until after his mother's death. Tom and Theodosia, summoned from the Continent, were in Torquay before the end of August. On 3 October, Fanny Trollope wrote to Tom asking that he and his wife should visit her 'for a few weeks' and this has led to the assumption that Theodosia died in September, since it has been assumed that Fanny would only have written in this way after Theodosia's death. In fact, Theodosia Garrow died of 'Deranged Digestion, Abscess and Exhaustion' on 4 November. Her desire for Theo's constant presence, deplored by Tom's mother, would seem to contradict the belief that she had no love for her younger daughter. After her mother's death, Theo was advised by her doctor to move to a warmer climate and it was quickly agreed that Joseph Garrow should share a house in Italy with Theo, Tom and Fanny Trollope. By 5 December The Braddons was empty.”6962
The Garrows returned to England and the local paper reported that they were back in The Braddons by 4 July 1849. Charles Fisher had joined them by the 18th and stayed until after his mother's death.
“Theodosia Garrow's life after her daughter's marriage was not a happy one. Her elder daughter died suddenly from smallpox in Florence only seven months later and she herself was in her late 70s and becoming ill. The Garrows returned to England and the local paper reported that they were back in The Braddons by 4 July 1849. Charles Fisher had joined them by the 18th and stayed until after his mother's death. Tom and Theodosia, summoned from the Continent, were in Torquay before the end of August. On 3 October, Fanny Trollope wrote to Tom asking that he and his wife should visit her 'for a few weeks' and this has led to the assumption that Theodosia died in September, since it has been assumed that Fanny would only have written in this way after Theodosia's death. In fact, Theodosia Garrow died of 'Deranged Digestion, Abscess and Exhaustion' on 4 November. Her desire for Theo's constant presence, deplored by Tom's mother, would seem to contradict the belief that she had no love for her younger daughter. After her mother's death, Theo was advised by her doctor to move to a warmer climate and it was quickly agreed that Joseph Garrow should share a house in Italy with Theo, Tom and Fanny Trollope. By 5 December The Braddons was empty.”6962
Notes for Thomas & Theodosia (Family)
“By 1894 the sisters were spending at least part of the year in Devon, and on 6 August Theodosia married the 21-year-old Thomas Fisher at St Maurice, Plympton. He came from Little Torrington, in North Devon, where his father had been rector for 30 years until his death in 1803. The Abrams sisters remained on friendly terms with Thomas Fisher's widowed mother and six unmarried sisters, who were left small bequests in the wills of both Harriett and Eliza Abrams. Fisher's death at Teignmouth was reported in the Gentleman's Magazine of June 1810, where he was described as 'late captain and adjutant in the North Devon militia'. After less than 6 years of marriage, Theodosia became a widow with a 3-year-old son, Charles, and a 6-month-old daughter, Harriett.”