Lila Michell

Lila married George Francis Farrar 5 Jul 1864, Camberwell, Surrey, England. George was born 13 Apr 1840, of Greenwich, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

at St. Giles'

1. Henry Eardley Farrar was born 14 May 1865.
2. Frederick Montagu Farrar was born 14 Jul 1866.
3. John Herbert Cumberbatch Farrar was born 17 Apr 1869.
4. George Oswald Farrar was born 16 Jun 1870.

Notes:

Perp. Cur. of Baddesley, Boldre. Instituted 27 Jun 1837

Died at 8 Vernlum Place

Henry married Eliza Cumberbatch 11 Jul 1833, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church, Hellingly, Sussex, England. Eliza (daughter of Abraham Parry Cumberbatch, Esquire and Charlotte Jones) 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. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died at Hill House

Notes:

Died at age 70

Eardley married Mary Harison 10 Aug 1797, Folkington, Sussex, England. Mary (daughter of Lancelot Harison and Catherine Barnard) was born 16 Jun 1775, of Folkington, Sussex, England; died 23 Jul 1855, Tor-Moham, Devon, England; was buried , Torquay, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Born in West Dean, Glouchester?; also of Sutton, in Seaford

fifth daughter

Died at Lisburn House

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:

One of her sisters (the third daughter of Charlotte's parents) became the second wife of James Everard, 9th Baron Arundell of Wardour, who died 1817) - they married 18 September 1806 (L. Laurence Boyle Cumberbatch Genealogy).

Monumental Inscription 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)

Notes:

30 Oct 1805 or 1 Nov 1805?

Notes:

Christened at St. Michael's

Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge; 50 years Rector of Maresfield and 45 years Vicar of Brighton

Died at The Parsonage

Buried at old Parish Church of St. Nicholas; will dated 7 May 1789; proved 18 Nov 1789 "(P.C.C. 552, Machan.)"

"For biographical notices of Henry Michell see Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, iv, 447-8, where it is boldly said that 'as a father, husband, friend, divine, & scholar, he had few equals;' the Gentleman's Magazine lxix, 1055; and The Worthies of Sussex (published by Mary Anthony Lower in 1865) pp. 229-30."

Henry married Faith Reade 29 Dec 1747, Maresfield, Sussex, England. Faith (daughter of Reverend Francis Reade and Dorothy Ashcroft) was born Cal 1726, Little Paxton, Huntingdon, England; was christened 27 Oct 1727, Saint Paul Covent Garden, Westminster, London, England; died 18 Feb 1809, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, England; was buried 24 Feb 1809, Brighton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

only daughter "...(and heir by survivorship)"

Died at age 82

Buried at old Parish Church

Notes:

given name also spelled Launcelot

Died in 1804 or 1816?

Lancelot married Catherine Barnard. Catherine was born , of Brighton, Sussex, England; died , Folkington, Sussex, England; was buried , Folkington, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet]

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:

middle name also spelled Burnett?

Robert married Elizabeth Susannah Estwicke 14 Jul 1778, Christ Church Parish Church, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Estwick, Esquire and Elizabeth Frere) was born Abt 1760, Ades, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; died 5 Aug 1817. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

surname also spelled Estwick

Her uncle, Henry Frere, became Governor of Barbados in 1790 and died on 25 June 1792 of injuries in getting out of his carriage (L.Laurence Boyle Cumberbatch Genealogy).

*** I do not think that the date of her death supplied by ErnestWiltshire is correct. The date of 15th Jan 1818 refers to the death ofher daughter Charlotte CUMBERBATCH nee JONES. See Caribbeana Vol: 1 p.228 ***

Notes:

1766 or 14 Jul 1788; Ades, Sussex, England?