Hope Elletson Sober

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  • Name Hope Elletson Sober 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I18716  Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2022 

    Father John Sober,   b. 1739, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1795  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Penelope Blake,   b. Sevenoaks, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1774 
    Married 6 Nov 1760  , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • [BarbadosCumberbatchSettlers.FTW]

      Will (source Ernest M. Wiltshire): In the will of his step-motherMartha Bersheba Sober, dated 26 Apr 1795: "I have left my estate toHope Elletson Sober for his life only, as I believe his atachment tothe Indian is not legal and his ch are illegitimate in justice to therest of my husband's family. His handsome legacy from his grandmotherand aunt."
      Perhaps the ancestor of the coloured SOBERS, or perhaps refers to the East Indies: In the will of his grandmother May Sober, dated 28 July1792: "Elletson S. now in the E.I., 2000lbs."

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      Hope Elletson Sober, in the E.I. in 1789 ;? left natural children by Indian woman (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families)