Abraham Parry Cumberbatch, Esquire

Notes:

Died at Calverley Hotel (now Hotel du Vin)

Also of Tubney Lodge, Berkshire and then The Broad, Hellingly, Sussex (Marshall G.W. - Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach)

Died aged 56 (Marshall G.W. - Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach).

BARBADOS_SLAVES: In 1829 he was the owner of The Clelands Plantation, St. Andrew which then had 113 Male and 116 Female Slaves totalling 229 slaves in all - more details in Folio 313 Volume 4th (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). In 1829, he also owned The Farm Plantation, St. Peter which then had 22 Male and 28 Female Slaves totalling 50 slaves in all - more details in Folio 227 Volume 5th (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). In 1832, he was still the owner of The Clelands Plantation, St. Andrew which then had 107 Male and 115 Female Slaves totalling 222 slaves in all - more details in Folio 315 Volume 4th (T71/552 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1832). In 1832, he still owned The Farm Plantation, St. Peter which then owned 21 Male and 27 Female Slaves totalling 48 slaves in all - more details in Folio 218 Volume 5th (T71/552 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1832). In 1834, he still owned The Farm Plantation, St. Peter which then had 20 Male and 27 Female Slaves totalling 47 slaves in all - more details in Folio 227 Volume 5th (T71/565 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1834).

SLAVE COMPENSATION - Name of Estate or Domicile of Slaves The Farm BARBADOES RETURN of the Number of Slaves and Estimated Value thereof, in each Class, in possession of Abraham P. Cumberbatch deceased Estate on the 1st day of August, 1834. No. 4948:
TOTAL NUMBER of SLAVES Fourty Seven.
PRAEDIAL ATTACHED (field) - 5 Head People (male) £500; 21 Field Labourers (8 male) & (13 female) = 21 total £1,575; 11 Inferior Field Labourers (5 male) & (6 female) = 11 total £440.
Children under Six Years of Age on the 1st August, 1834 10 (2 male) & (8 female) £100.
Total 47 slaves £2,615.
We, the undersigned, being two of the Valuers appointed to Classify and Value the Slaves in the above named Colony, do on our Oaths declare, after due examination and enquiry, that the above Return is a just true, and accurate Classification and Valuation of the Slaves therein mentioned, on the 1st day of August, 1834, according to the best of our knowledge, information, and belief. Dated this 17th day of November 1834. Sworn this 1st day of January 1835 (T71/802/4948).

CREST - An eagle's head erased
ARMS - Argent, an eagle displayed between three trefoils Or, impaling Quarterly 1 and 4, Argent, a lion rampant ; 2 and 3, Argent, in chief three leaves, in base a bugle-horn.
MOTTO - Ne Tentes Aut Perfice

Monumental Inscription to Charlotte Cumberbatch nee Burnet Jones in St. Mary, Paddington (In the Church, on north wall of north gallery, on a sculptured white marble tablet; above is a broken pediment, with a kneeling figure, angel's head, and child below:-

Sacred to the Memory of CHARLOTTE CUMBERBATCH, daughter of the late Robert Burnet Jones, Esqre and of Elizabeth Susanna his wife. Born October 5th 1786; Married A.P. Cumberbatch ESQre October 31st 1805. Died January 15th 1818. Her afflicted Husband has caused this monument to be erected. She lies entombed with her father Rt Burnet Jones ESQre and her youngest brother Joseph Jones, ESQre in the North Ground of this church. Benjamin William Robert Cumberbatch, her second son died at Bifrons, near Canterbury, May 7th 1820, in the 8th year of his age.
Crest - An eagle's head erased
Arms - Argent, an eagle displyed between three trefoils, impaling Quarterly 1 and 4, Argent, a lion rampant; 2 and 3, Argent, in chief three leaves, in base a bugle-horn.
Motto - NE TENTES AUT PERFICE.

Her husband Abraham Parry Cumberbatch was of Barbadoes, later of Tubney Lodge, co. Berks, then of The Broad, Hellingly, co. Sussex, and died at Tunbridge Wells October 1840, aged 56. She was his first wife. The had issue an only surviving son, Abraham Carlton Cumberbatch, Consul at Constantinople, and a daughter Eliza*.

The arms should be : Gules, an eagle displayed between three trfoils Or. See G.W. Marshall's "Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach," p. 38. A pedigree of Jones is in Burke's "Landed Gentry".

*Eliza Cumberbatch married Revd Henry Chichely Michell, Vicar of Lymington, Co. Hants.

(source: Caribbeana Vol. I p.228)

Abraham married Charlotte Jones 31 Oct 1805, Saint George's, Hanover Square Church of England, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Charlotte (daughter of Robert Burnett Jones and Elizabeth Susannah Estwicke) was born 5 Oct 1786; died 15 Jan 1818, Hastings, Sussex. England; was buried 24 Jan 1818, Paddington, London, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

30 Oct 1805 or 1 Nov 1805?

1. Abraham Carlton Cumberbatch was christened 9 Mar 1807, Saint George's, Hanover Square Church of England, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died 24 Oct 1875, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
2. Eliza Cumberbatch was born , Mickleham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; was christened 1 Mar 1809, Mickleham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; died 3 May 1873, Shinfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried 10 May 1873, Lymington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
3. Benjamin William Robert Cumberbatch was born 29 May 1812, , , England, United Kingdom; was christened 2 Dec 1812, Westerham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; died 7 May 1820, Bifrons, near Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom; was buried 13 May 1820, North Ground, Saint Mary's, Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom.
4. Albert Cumberbatch was born 12 Apr 1814; died 7 Oct 1814.

Abraham married Caroline Chaloner 13 Apr 1819, Tonbridge, Kent, England. Caroline (daughter of William Chaloner and Emma Harvey) was born 2 Oct 1788, Guisborough, York, England; was christened 25 Nov 1788, Guisborough, York, England; died 15 Oct 1842, Brompton, Middlesex, England; was buried 21 Oct 1842, Holy Trinity, Brompton, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Emma Cumberbatch was born , Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom; was christened 30 Jan 1820, Saint Mary's Church of England, Patrixbourne, Kent, England, United Kingdom; died Apr 1905, Five Ash Down, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
2. Robert William Cumberbatch was born 1821, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England; was christened 9 Feb 1822, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England; died 29 Mar 1876, Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey; was buried 30 Mar 1876, Buca Anglican Cemetery, Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey.
3. Caroline Maria Cumberbatch was born 16 Aug 1823, Tunbridge-Wells, Kent, England; was christened 22 Sep 1823, Tunbridge-Wells, Kent, England; died Jan 1891, Westhampnett, Sussex, England.
4. Laurence Henry Cumberbatch was born 18 May 1827, Lyndhurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; was christened 7 Jul 1827, Hellingly, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; died 30 Nov 1885, Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried , Saint Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

Notes:

Died at his seat at Fairwater

Was the Eldest son (Bristol Cathedral Register Trasncripts 1669 - 1837 SOG GL/R 31)

ARMS: Gules, an eagle displayed between three trefoils, two in chief and one in base, Or.
CREST: An eagle's head couped.
MOTTO of Abraham Cumberbatch - Ne Tentes Aut Perfice [Attempt Not, or Accomplish - Pine L.G. A Dictionary of Mottoes Routledge & Kegan Paul: London 1983 pp 146 AND Urdang L. & Dame Robbins C. Mottoes 1st Edition Gale Research Company USA: 1986 pp 44]. Authority for the Arms were his book-plate. I have also found these listed in West Indian Bookplates SOG/WI 37 pp 21 by Vere Langford: as above but also with : 179. "ABRAHAM CUMBERBATCH" (F., 7545.) Arm. spade shield...There were three generations of these names. The first died 1753, the second 1785, and the third 1786 (ANTE, II., 84). (source: Caribbeana Volume III pp21)

The Honourable Abraham Cumberbatch one of his Majesty's Council for Barbadoes, 1768; died 16 June 1796, buried Bristol Cathedral - Marshall G.W. - Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbatch.

Transcription of Will:

The Hon[oura]ble Abraham Cumberbatch

Barbados Ent. Augst 5th 1796

In The Name of God Amen
I Abraham Cumberbatch of the Parish of St. Andrew and Island abovesaid being of sound disposing mind and memory but being about to depart this Island so make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in my own handwriting and in manner and form following ffirst (sic) I direct that all my just debt and ffuneral (sic) expenses shall be fully paid and satisfied.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Mary Cumberbatch ^ Cumberbatch the sum of one hundred and eighty pounds per Annum to be paid her Annually out of the crops of my said Estate in addition to the sum of three thousand pounds which was settled upon her for her Marriage Portion (by Lease @ Release of Clelands & the Farm Plantations) and which was in lieu of dower.

I also give her the living up out of my Plantations with as much Sugar Rum & Plantation provisions as may be necessary for her house use as long as she remains my widow. If she should marry again then the above mentioned yearly sum one hundred and eighty pounds with a living if? upon & the supplies from my said Estate to be null void and of no longer effect.

I give & bequeath to my dear Brothers Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch Edward Carlton Cumberbatch & John Trent Cumberbatch the sum of one thousand pounds each to be paid them as soon as convenient out of the profits arising from my Estate.

I give to me dear Sister Mrs. Ann Sandiford widow of William Sandiford the sum of ffive (sic) hundred pounds to be paid in life manner as my Brothers but least the difference I have made between my Brothers & Sister might be supposed to proved from my not bearing her the same natural love and affection which I have for them may perhaps make it necessary for me too add that my only reason for this difference was in consequence of her having derived many advantages from the Estates during my Father's life which they were not benefited by.

I give an bequeath to my Nephew Abraham Cumberbatch Sandiford Son of Mrs Ann Sandiford the sum of ffifty (sic) pounds.

All the Rest residue & Remainder of my Estate both Real & Personal of what nature and find so ever both here and elsewhere I give and bequeath to my beloved son Abraham Parry Cumberbatch & to his Heirs for ever but if my said son Abraham Parry Cumberbatch should die before he attains the Age of twenty one years in order to comply with the last wish of my Great Grand Father Abraham Cumberbatch from whom the Estates have been handed down & who soernid? to desire that they might be kept in the Family and Name I do direct and desire that my Brother Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch take possession of my said Estates and that the work necessary for the Plantations might be kept up and the Profits arising from the crops be equally divided between the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch Edward Carlton Cumberbatch & John Trent Cumberbatch allowing my sister Mrs Ann Sandiford Fifty pounds per Annum during her natural life out should my abovesaid Brother Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch die then my Brother Edward Carlton Cumberbatch to take possession of the said Estates following the within directions of keeping up the Estates & the Profits to be equally divided between the said Edward Carlton Cumberbatch & John Trent Cumberbatch and should the said Edward Carlton Cumberbatch die then my Brother John Trent Cumberbatch to take possssion of my said Estates to himself & his Heirs for ever. But should he die before either of my abovementioned Brothers my Estates to go in life manner to my last surviving Brother & to his Heirs for ever.

I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint Mary Cumberbatch Cumberbatch Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch Edward Carlton Cumberbatch & John Trent Cumberbatch to be Guardians of the Body of my son Abraham Parry Cumberbatch and also the said Mary Cumberbatch (as long as she remains my widow) to be Executrix and my said brother Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch ^ Edward Carlton Cumberbatch & John Trent Cumberbatch to be Executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking and making void all former Wills by me before made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the whole being in my own handwriting as aforementioned this seventh day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety five [7th May 1795]. A. Cumberbatch {seal} signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us and each of us in the Presence of the above & declared to be the last Will & Testament of A. Cumberbatch Benj. Sandiford - Thos Sandiford.

Barbados - By His Excellency [Thomas Sandiford Governor of the Island of Barbados]

Thomas Sandiford one of the subscribing witnesses to the within written Will this day personally appeared before me and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he was present and did see the Hon'ble Abraham Cumberbatch the Testator herein named (since deceased) sign seal publish and declare the same as and for his last Will & Testament & that he was at the Executing thereof of a sound and disposing mind and memory to the best of his this deponents Judgment (sic) & Relief given at Pilgrim this 5th day of August 1796 G.P. Ricketts.

A true copy from the Secretary's Office attested this 17th day of Augst 1796 Robert Wimberly.

Appeared Personally Mary Cumberbatch Cumberbatch of Baker Street in the Parish of Saint Marylebone in the County of Middlesex London and made Oath that she knows and is well acquainted with Robert Wimberley Esquire Secretary to his Excellency Governor of the Island of Barbados & also with his manner and character of handwriting & subscription having frequently seen him write & also write and subscribe his name and having now carefully viewed the name Robert Wimberley now appearing set and subscribed __ the paper writing hereto annexed purporting to be and contain a true & authentic copy of the last Will and Testament of the Honorable Abraham Cumberbatch late of the said Island of Barbadoes (sic) Esquire deceased she said that she both verify and in her conscience believe the said name so subscribed to be of the proper handwriting and subscription of the said Robert Wimberley Secretary as aforesaid of the Governor of the said Island of Barbados Mary Cumberbatch Cumberbatch 22 Novr 1796. The said Mary Cumberbatch Cumberbatch was duly sworn to tell the truth of this affadavit before me J ffisher Surr. Pr. J. Bush

This Will was proved at London the twenty third day of November [23rd November] in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six [1796] before the Worshipful John Fisher doctor of laws and surrogate of the Right Honorable Sir William Wymie Knight also doctor os laws and Master Keeper or Commifsary (sic) of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Mary Cumberbatch Cumberbatch widow the Relick (sic) of the deceased and one of the Executors named in the said Will during her widowhood to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer power reserved of making the life Grant to Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch Edward Carlton Cumberbatch and John Cumberbatch the Brothers of the said deceased and other Executors named in the said Will when they or either of them shall apply for the same.

Source: PCC Wills Index 1750-1800: 1796 CUMBERBATCH Abrahm Foreign Parts Nov 545: PROB11/1281

Monumental Inscription at Bristol Cathedral : North choir aisle, north wall:-

To the Memory of The Honble. Abraham Cumberbatch Esqr. One of His Majesty's Members of Council of the Island of Barbado (sic) Who died of a Malignant Fever, at his Seat at Fairwater, near Taunton, June 16th 1796, In the 42nd Year of his age.

Above the tablet is an urn surmounted by a shield bearing : Gules, and eagle displayed between three trefoils Or. (The crest used is : An eagle's head couped. Motto- Ne Tentes Aut Perfice]. 1796, June 21. Abraham Cumberbatch (Cathedral Burial Register) (source: Caribbeana Volume II page 84).

North transept, floor marbles over vault:; ABRAHAM CUMBERBATCH Esqr 1785 | The Honble Abraham Cumberbatch Esqr Eldest son of the above, died June 16th 1796.

(source: Caribbeana Volume II Page 84)

Monument in Bristol Cathedral

To the Memory
of
The Honble Abraham Cumberbatch Esqr
One of His Majesty's
Members of Council, late of the Island of Barbado (sic),
Who died of a Malignant Fever, at His seat at Fairwater,
near Taunton, June 16th 1796,
In the 42nd Year of His Age,
This Monument is erected by His affectionate Widow;
Beloved and respected when living,
and lamented when dead,
by all who knew him.

In Manhoods Prime, here found a hasty End,
The tender Father, Husband, Brother, Friend:
Tho' blest (sic) with Wealth, no headstrong Passion reign'd,
No spot of Vice, his polish'd Manners stain'd.
Ye sorrowing Friends, who silent, now draw near,
To wash his Marble, with the falling Tear;
Mourn not his Recompence, thus early given,
Submit with Rev'rence to the Will of Heaven;
Go, tread the upright Path he ever trod;
By Men Rever'd, and Welcom'd by his GOD. (source: photo of monument)

Above the tablet is an urn surmounted by a shield bearing: Gules, an eagle displayed between three trefoils Or. (The crest used is: An eagle's head couped. Motto - NE TENTES AUT PERFICE) (Source: Caribbeana Vol II p. 84)

The title "Honourable" was granted as he was a member of His Majesty's Council of Barbados - roughly similar to England's House of Lords. Abraham Parry's grandfather was also a Senior Member of His Majesty's Council of Barbados. Members of the Barbados legaslative Assembly were entitled to be called "Esquire".
"The local importance of these titles is indicated by the fact that members of the Assembly and judges by custom might use four horses to their coaches while members of the Council drove a team of six." (Genealogists Magazine March 1974, Vol.17 No. 9 p.494).

Abraham married Mary Cumberbatch Sober 17 Feb 1784, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies. Mary (daughter of Cumberbatch Sober, Esquire and Judith Wood) was christened 29 Nov 1765, Saint Michael, Barbados, West Indies; died Abt 1827, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

middle name Cumberbatch?

Christened Mary Sober by R. S.

Notes:

"Abram Cumberbatch & Mary Cumberbatch Sober"

Notes:

Born Abraham Carlton; "assumed the name of Cumberbatch"

"He was a Member of the Council of Barbadoes for thirty years."

Died at College Green

Inherited the Cleland and The Farm plantations from his grandfather Abraham Cumberbatch's will, in which he insisted that Abraham Carleton adopted and use the name Cumberbatch (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families page 527).

Carleton's Name. A Petition of Abraham Cumberbatch, heretofore called Abraham Carleton, was presented to the House [of Parliament], and read; setting forth, That Abraham Cumberbatch, late of the Parish of Saint Andrew, in the Island of Barbadoes, in America, Esquire, deceased, by his last Will and Testament, bearing Date the 22nd Day of November 1750, after several Legacies therein given, gave all the rest of his Eftate, with the Improvements, Additions, and Interest, to and for the Use of the Petitioner, by the Name and Description of his Grandson Abraham Carleton, to be received by him under the Trustees appointed by his said Will, during the Term of his natural Life, with Remainders to the Petitioner's First and and other Sons successively, in Tail Male, with Remainders over, upon Condition, that the petitioner should take upon him the Surname of Cumberbatch; declaring by his said Will, that it was his Intention that his Estate should continue through all the Limitations thereof, in the Name of Cumberbatch; and that the Petitioner, upon the Death of the said Abraham Cumberbatch, which happened on or about the 25th Day of December 1750, became possessed of the Premises given him by the said Will; and hath taken upon himself, and used, the Surname of Cumberbatch; and is desirous that the said Surname may be established on him, and his Issue Male, by Authority of Parliament : And therefore praying the House to give leave to bring in a Bill, for enabling the Petitioner, and his Issue Male, to take and use the Surname of Cumberbatch.
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the Prayer of the said Petition: And that Mr. Alderman Bethell, and Mr. Nathanael Newnham, do prepare, and bring in, the same. (The Journal of the House of Commons 1753 Volume 26 Page 537-538 26o Geo II Parl 4 Sess 6 A.1753), also quoted in Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach by G.W. Marshall LL.B London:1866

Index of The Journal of the House of Commons 1753 Volume 26 - 26th Geo. II Parl. 4 Seff 6. A. 1753 :
Carlton, Abraham, Petition for a Bill to take the Name of Cumberbatch, presented: and Bill ordered, 26 Jan. Read, 1 Feb. Committed, 5. Reported, and to be ingrossed, 14. Passed, 21. Agreed to by the Lords, 28. Royal Assent , 8 Mar (Journals of the House of Commons from January the 17th 1750 in the twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second to April the 6th 1754 in the twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Second - Reprinted by Order of the House of Commons 1803).

ARMS: Gules, an eagle displayed between three trefoils, two in chief and one in base, Or.
CREST: An eagle's head couped.
MOTTO of Abraham Cumberbatch - Ne tentes aut perfice [Attempt Not, or Accomplish - Pine L.G. A Dictionary of Mottoes Routledge & Kegan Paul: London 1983 pp 146 AND Urdang L. & Dame Robbins C. Mottoes 1st Edition Gale Research Company USA: 1986 pp 44]. Authority for the Arms were his book-plate. I have also found these listed in West Indian Bookplates SOG/WI 37 pp 21 by Vere Langford: as above but also with : 179. "ABRAHAM CUMBERBATCH" (F., 7545.) Arm. spade shield...There were three generations of these names. The first died 1753, the second 1785, and the third 1786 (ANTE, II., 84).

Will dated 26 April 1785 of Abraham Cumberbatch of Saint Andrew, Barbados, intending shortly for England. To my wife Eliza £3000 cy. in full of our marriage articles, and the further sum of £1000 cy. All my plate and that of my grandfather Abraham Cumberbatch to my wife and six negroes and one-half my furniture. The other half of my furniture to my son Abraham. All my lands in the Parish of St. Peter to be purchased by my son Abraham and my stonewall house in Speightstown and the money to go to pay the legacy to my wife. The residue to be divided between my sons Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch, Edward Carleton Cumberbatch, and John Trent Cumberbatch.
WHEREAS my grandfather Abraham Cumberbatch directed that 250 slaves be kept on his plantation: I direct that all others to be sold and the money divided between my three sons. On the marriage of my said daughter Ann Sandiford with Mr. William Sandiford. I promised £3000: I direct any balance due to be paid to her. To my two grandchildren Alexander and Abraham Cumberbatch Sandiford, children of my said daughter Ann.
I appoint my wife Elizabeth and son Abraham Executrix and executor. sd. A. Cumberbatch. Witnesses: Wm. Craigg, Wm. Bovell, Wm. Cadogan. Proved 15 December 1785 by Oath of Wm. Bovell before Governor D. Parry (Brandow James C. Genealogies of Barbados Families pp.539).

Abraham Carlton Cumberbatch 1727-1785
He was born in Barbados, the son of Edward Carlton and Ann Cumberbatch. Under the terms of the will of his maternal grandfather, he would inherit all his grandfather's estate if he changed his name to Cumberbatch, thereby retaining that name here in Barbados, which would otherwise have died out on his grandfather's death. In those days you could only change your surname by an Act of the Westminster Parliament and this was duly done. Thereafter, all the male descendants, even to this day, added Carlton as their last Christian name.

He married Elizabeth Trent, daughter of Lawrence Trent of Barbados, and they had four sons and one daughter. One of their sons, Edward Cumberbatch, was the father of Sarah, who married, in 1818, Charles Cave, fourth son of Stephen Cave and Anne Daniel. Sarah Cave nee Cumberbatch would later inherit St Nicholas Abbey in Barbados from her brothers.

Abraham Cumberbatch, as he now became, was a member of the Barbados Legislative Assembly for thirty years, and indeed, at the time of his death in 1785, he was the senior member of that Assembly. Towards the end of his life, he had failing health and went to England to try and recover, but sadly he died in Bristol.

He is buried in Bristol Cathedral where there is a fine memorial to him. (source: A Family History Leaflet from St. Nicholas Abbey written by Lt. Col. Stephen Cave).

Monumental Inscription : Bristol Cathedral: Choir vestry leading out of the east cloister, high up on the north wall:

To the Memory of ABRAHAM CUMBERBATCH Esqr : A Native and Inhabitant of the Island of Barbados, Senior Member of his Majesty's Council of that Island, to which honorable board he had belonged near Thirty Years. He bore a long and painful Illness with uncommon Patience and Fortitude, and came to England in hopes of receiving Benefit from a change of Climate and died in this City July 25, 1785.

1785, July 30. Abraham Cumberbatch Esqr was buried by the Precentor (Cathedral Burial Register).
1785, Sat. July 30. Monday, died at lodgings in College Green, - Cumberland (sic), Esq ; a West India Merchant.
The ARMS noted by Rev. J. Woodward in 1867, were : 1, Cumberbatch (Gules, an eagle displayed between three trefoils, two in chief and one in base, Or. ) Quarterly, 1 and 4, Sable, two swords in saltire proper, hilted Or, between three coronets of the last, one in chief, two in flanks ; 2 and 3, Vert, a fess dancettee Ermine. This tablet was in 1867 in the north aisle near his son's.

North transept, floor marbles over vault:; ABRAHAM CUMBERBATCH Esqr 1785 The Honble Abraham Cumberbatch Esqr Eldest son of the above, died June 16th 1796. (source: Caribbeana Volume II Page 84)

Monument in Bristol Cathedral - Choir Vestry leading out of the east cloister, high up on the north wall :-
To the Memory
of ABRAHAM CUMBERBATCH Esqr:
A Native and Inhabitant of the Island of Barbados,
Senior Member of his MAJESTY'S Council of that Island,
to which honorable board he had belonged near Thirty Years.
He bore a long and painful Ilness
with uncommon Patience and Fortitude,
and came to England in hopes of receiving Benefit
from a change if Climate
and died in this City July 25, 1785. (Source: Caribbeana Vol II p. 84)

The title "Honourable" was granted as he was a member of His Majesty's Council of Barbados - roughly similar to England's House of Lords. He was also a Senior Member of His Majesty's Council of Barbados. Members of the Barbados legaslative Assembly, such as his son Abraham, were entitled to be called "Esquire".
"The local importance of these titles is indicated by the fact that members of the Assembly and judges by custom might use four horses to their coaches while members of the Council drove a team of six." (Genealogists Magazine March 1974, Vol.17 No. 9 p.494).

Abraham married Elizabeth Trent Abt 1750. Elizabeth (daughter of Lawrence Trent and Jane Somers) was born Abt 1725, of, Barbados, West Indies; died 26 Jan 1794, Barbados, West Indies; was buried , , Barbados, West Indies. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died at West, Nimba, Liberia?

Buried 14 Oct 1797?

Notes:

Died at age 85 at Upper George Street, Portmann Square; Bryanston Square?

Cumberbatch married Judith Wood 17 Feb 1765, Saint Michael, Barbados, West Indies. Judith (daughter of Samson Wood, Junior and Judith Richards) was christened 25 Mar 1749, Saint Michael, Barbados, West Indies; died 30 Jan 1833, London, London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

by J. D.

Notes:

surname also spelled Carlton?

prior marriage 25 Nov 1707 to Mrs. Judith Mellows, Vol. I, Page 112?

Edward married Ann Cumberbatch 5 Jun 1726, Saint Thomas, Barbados, West Indies. Ann (daughter of Abraham Cumberbatch and Mary Ann Misson) was born 1708, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies; died , Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies; was buried 12 Sep 1727, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

given name also spelled Anne

marriage entry is Mrs. Ann Cumberbatch - was she previously married to a Mr. Cumberbatch; there were two spinsters both with Mrs. married in 1730?

Died in childbirth

Buried 12 Sep 1727?

Her age on 12 October 1715 was either 8yrs, 4yrs or 1 month. The 1715 census also lists Abraham and his wife as having 3 daughters (Barbados and America David L. Kent 1980).

The Will of GOLD, Mary, being very sick and weak. St. Philips Parish, 20 Aug 1718, RB6/4, p.566. My cousins Elizabeth Pollard, John Pollard, and Ann Cumberbatch jr, if Ann Cumberbatch dies before 21 her share to her sisters Mary Cumberbatch and Sarah Cumberbatch;...
(Mcree Sanders J. Barbados Records: Wills and Administrations Vol III 1701 - 1725). As Ann is mentioned first 1718 I have assumed she is eldest.

There is a burial entry for 22nd November 1725 - Died of consumption (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families page 536). However, she married Edward on 5 June 1726!

Consumption is now known as Tuberculosis - the effect of the disease was that of wasting away. Other 'wasting' diseases such as dissentry were also called consumption. Consumption killed Mozart, Chopin and other figures in the arts and sciences at early ages.

Lawrence married Jane Somers. Jane was born 1716; died Aft 1743. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Will (source Ernest M. Wiltshire): John Sober, late of the p. of St. Peter in the Island of Barbados, now of Little Bursted, co. Essex, Esq. Will dated 12 Oct 1751.
My father-in-law Nich. Wilcox of Bdos Esq., Edwd: Clark Parish of L., Esq, Abr. Carleton Cumberbatch and Joseph Lindsey, both of Bdos, Esqres. on T. all my sugar work plantations and personal estate. 200 negroes, 100 cattle and 10 horses to be kept on my estate, 60 a. to be planted in provisions, negroes to be well fed and clothed, and casks to be made. My sd. father in law Nich. Wilcox and Mother in law Margt. Wilcox, Ed. C. Parish, A.C. Cumberbatch, J. Lindsey and my brother in law Nich. Wilcox £50 each. My nephew and niece Wm and Sarah Timbrill, chn of my late sister Eliz. T., wife of Wm. T. decd, £500 each at 21 and £40 a year each till then. My friend Rob. Wadeson £10. My wife Mary Sober, late Mary Wilcox, dau. of sd. Nich. W. Esq, £1500, our mar.sett. dated 25 Oct 1743, and £100 for mourning, all my plate with the coat of arms of her father, her riding horse, jewels, use of my house in Bdos until my eldest son be 21. My father in law Abr. Cumberbatch has by his will lately made broke his contract in regard to four of my chn, Sarah Sober, Abraham Sober, Mary Sober and Cumberbatch Sober. I give them each £3000 c. at 21. My cousin Joseph Pickering, now i L, £10. My eldest son John at 21 all my real estate and residue of personal estate; power to heir to charge estate with joynture of £200 c. Son John to go to Oxford at 17. T. to be Ex'ors.
Codicil. Late of G.B now of Bdos. My father in law Nich. Wilcox has died. To my wife my coach and 6 horses, the use of my house called the Castle on my pla. in St. Peters and use of house-negroes and £150 a year if she do not dwell there. My aunt Mrs. Reba. Almond of St. Lucy £50 c. To poor of St. Peter £10 a year for 10 years. My wife, my bro-inlaw Nicholas Wilcox and friends Hon. Ph. Gibbes of St. Jas. Esqres. and ev. Jonathan Dennis, fellow of Q. Coll. Oxford with Edwd. C. Parish and Jos. Lindsay Ex'ors and T. and G. of my 5 chn. Revoke app. of A.C. Cumberbatch. Jon. Dennis £100 for his care of my 3 sons and £50 for mourning. Ph. Gibbes £50. Dated 16 Nov 1755 in the presence of Gen. Lavine, Edw. Wilson, Ph. Lovell. Bdos by the Presidt. Ph. Lovell was sworn at Pilgrim 2 Dec 1755, Ralph Weekes. A true copy 28 May 1762. Rich. Husbands, D. Secr.
Proved 3 March 1763 by Mary Sober, widow, the relict, and Nich. Wilcox, Esq.; power reserved to E.C.P and J.L Esqres., surviving Ex'ors, and Hon. Ph. G. and Rev, J.D.

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John Sober of The Castle in St. Peter's, Esq. and of Little Bursted Essex, born 1715; of Queens College Oxford ("Q. Coll., Oxf." matric(ulated) 24 Aug. 1731 at 16); died in B'os (Barbados) 1755. Will dated 12 Oct. 1751 ; cod(icil) 16 Nov. 1755 ; sworn 2 Dec. 1755 (152, Caesar) (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families).

Marriage Settlement between John Sober and Mary Wilcox' parents made 25 October 1743 (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families).

John married Mary Cumberbatch 24 Aug 1731. Mary (daughter of Abraham Cumberbatch and Mary Ann Misson) was born Cal 1711; died Bef 18 Nov 1752. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Her age on 12 October 1715 was either 8yrs, 4yrs or 1 month. The 1715 census also lists Abraham and his wife as having 3 daughters (Barbados and America David L. Kent 1980).

Notes:

groom's age 16

Notes:

remarried 18 Mar 1753 "Sampson Wood Jr & Sarah Nicholls" Volume I, Page 190 (Page 365, RL1/3, 1753);
father Sampson Wood?

"Will dated 31 March 1765. Pr. 20 Jun 1765 of Reynold Alleyne of the Parish of St. Michael, Barbados..... Executors. ... Uncle Samson Wood"; Reynold Alleyne, (only son of Reynold...) Born 1732. Died 2 Apr, 1765. Buried 4 April, 1765
at St. James, Barbados, Lucy, daughter of his uncle Thomas Alleyne by his first wife Lucy Dottin." Pages 48 & 49,
Genealogies of Barbados Families

Samson married Judith Richards 11 Apr 1741, Saint Michael, Barbados, West Indies. Judith (daughter of Janes Jones) was christened 25 Feb 1726; died 8 Dec 1750, , Barbados, West Indies. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

grooms surname spelled Woods