Martha Bersheba

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WILL (source Ernest M. Wiltshire): In a codicil to her will refers to" the portrait of my father by Gainsborough",
"our relation Sir. Jas. Napier" & "cousin John Gowan of Chichester",mentions "To Sir. J. N. the gold medal of H.M. given my F. when he wasP. of Wales", and "our dear sister Reading", "my sister in law Mrs.Juliana King" ... her brother Edw. Gascoigne..." , my bro in law Tho.King Esq of Chiswick Mall (Middlesex)" She also mentions "the things Ileft at Kensington Palace"!

Will dated 26 April 1795; proved 7 January 1797 (49, Exeter) (BrandowJ.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families)

Martha married John Sober. John (son of John Sober and Mary Cumberbatch) was born 1739, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies; was christened , Sober Castle, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies; died 1795; was buried , Saint Faith’s under Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, London, England. [Group Sheet]