Dorothea Abrahams

Dorothea Abrahams (c. 1779 – February 6, 1853) was a philanthropist from the West Indies who left funds in her will to open the Abrahams Home for Indigent Widows of Savannah in Savannah, Georgia, United States.

At school in Philadelphia, one of her classmates was Dolley Madison, future First Lady of the United States.

[2] A Jew, the captain was a member of the Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah's Monterey Square.

[3] In her will, she left funds to establish the Abrahams Home for Indigent Widows of Savannah.

[2][4] In the 1980s, the home was occupied by women of advanced age who were in good health and could care for themselves.