Penelope BLAKE
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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Penelope BLAKE was born , Sevenoaks, Kent, England; died 29 Jan 1774; was buried 2 Feb 1774, Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul "Bath Abbey", Bath, Somerset, England. Notes:
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DEATH: Her date of death according to Ernest M. Wiltshire is beforeher marriage. Corrected based on burial details.Penelope married . Unknown [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Hope Elletson SOBER
- 3. John SOBER
was born , of Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
- 4. Abraham Cumberbatch SOBER
was born 1771, , Barbados, West Indies; died 7 Dec 1813, London, , England.
- 5. Penelope Wentworth SOBER
- 2. Hope Elletson SOBER
Generation: 2
2. Hope Elletson SOBER (1.Penelope1)
Notes:
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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)3. John SOBER (1.Penelope1) was born , of Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
4. Abraham Cumberbatch SOBER (1.Penelope1) was born 1771, , Barbados, West Indies; died 7 Dec 1813, London, , England.
Notes:
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WILL (Source Ernest M. Wiltshire): Will proved 7 April 1814
"My wife Ann the dau of the late Tho. Kemp, M.P. for Lewes, Co.Sussex, all my estate and sole Ex'trix, she paying to each of my bros& sister 100 gns.
Capt. Dragoon Guards ; died in L (London) 7 Dec. 1813; at 42. (248,Bridport) (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families)5. Penelope Wentworth SOBER (1.Penelope1)