Rebecca Trent

Rebecca married John Sober. John was born , of, Barbados, West Indies. [Group Sheet]

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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]

John married Mary Wilcox 29 Nov 1743, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Wilcox, Esquire and Margaret) died Bef 21 Jun 1791; was buried , Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, London, England. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married William Timbrill. William died Bef 12 Oct 1751. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married Doctor William Sandiford 1772. William was born , of, Barbados, West Indies; died Bef 7 Feb 1782. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married John Frewen 7 Feb 1782, Saint Michael, Barbados, West Indies. [Group Sheet]

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Born at Sober Castle

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1st Son and heir, of Sober Castle, born 1739; of Queens College Oxford("Q. Coll., Oxf.") matric(ulated) 8 April 1756; at 17; presented fontto St. Peter's in 1767; named in 1772 in the will of his brother Abr.;dead 1795; bur(ied) in St. Faith's under St. Paul's Cath(edral)(Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families).

Eldest son (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families page 509)

John married Martha Bersheba. Martha died 1795, Margate, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

John married Penelope Blake 6 Nov 1760, , , England. Penelope (daughter of Major Martin 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. [Group Sheet]

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Buried in a crypt

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Will (source: Ernest M. Wiltshire): Abraham Sober of Kensington Esq.Will dated 30 March 1772. My Mother-in-law Mrs. Mary Sober £300. Mysister Sarah Sandiford, wife of Dr. S. of B. £1000. All residue to mysister Mary Sober and my brothers John Sober and Cumberbatch Sober,Ex'ors.
Proved 1 June 1772 by Mary S., spr., power reserved to the others.

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Will dated 30 Mar. and proved 16 June 1772 (243, Taverner) (BrandowJ.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families)

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Buried in a crypt

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WILL (source: Ernest M. Wiltshire): Mary Sober. Will dated 28 July1792. To be buried under St. Pauls with my dear mother Mrs. Mary S. Tomy sister Mrs. Sarah Frewin £30. Mrs. Judith S. £30. Mary CumberbatchCumberbatch £25 a year. Sarah S. £500. Johannes S. £500. Elletson S.now in the E. I., £2000. Penelope Wentworth S. £3000, plate, linen,furniture. To John S., now in Scotland, £20 a year. Abr. CumberbatchS. £20 a year. All residue in money, land or negroes to my brotherCumberbatch S. and his son Sampsonn Wood S. equally and Ex'ors. On 5Sep 1793 appeared Daniel Coxe of John Str, St. George, Hanover Sq.Esq, Cumberbatch Sober of Welbeck Str. Esq, and Judith Sober his wife,and Penelope Wentwrth Sober of the same place, spr. P.W.S. swore heraunt died 24 of last month and sealed the will with her arms. Cumb. S.is the brother of decd. Testx of St. Mary le bone spr.
Proved 6 Sept 1793 by C.S. Esq, the brother; power reserved to S.W.SEsq.

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Will dated 28 July 1792 ; proved 6 Sept. 1793 (478, Dodwell) (BrandowJ.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families)

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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]

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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)

John married Anna Ann Middleton. [Group Sheet]

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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)

1st King's Dragoon Guards. 1804
On the 12th November 1804 a General Court Martial commenced for the trial of Lt Colonel John Elliott, on three charges preffered against him by Captain Abraham Cumberbatch Sober, also of the King's Dragoon Guards. The trial continued by adjournements until the 21st November by virtue of a special warrant signed by the King. George III, directed by the Judge Advocate General, the Rt Hon Sir Charles Morgan Bart. It was held at the Castle Tavern, Brightelmstone (Now Brighton) with Major General Lennox as President, 14 Officers as members, and Deputy Judge Advocate James Charles Michell.
The three charges brought against Elliott by Sobers were as follows:
1st: For disobedience of General Orders concerning the sale of Cast (no longer fit for service) horses, dated January 7th 1802 in not causing such horses to be sold by Public Auction in several instances.
viz: At Bristol on the 12th March 1803: At Exeter 4th November 1803: At Chichester June 20th 1804: which last is in disobedience of Brigade Orders issued by Major General Hugonin dated June 13th 1804.
2nd: For carrying on an improper Traffic with the Bat (Baggage) and Cast horses between the dates of November 4th 1803 and 9th September 1804, highly disgraceful to the situation he holds in the regiment and thereby defrauding the Government.
3rd: For making requisitions and receiving Coals and Candles as a Barrack allowance, during the period the King's Dragoon Guards were quartered in Arundel Barracks whilst he lodged in the town of Arundel and not in the Barracks between the 1st April 1804 and September 6th 1804: Contrary to an express order on tha head.
On the morning of Wednesday 21st November the Opinion and Sentence of the Court was read out:
1st Charge: Not guilty of causing horses to be sold by public auction at Bristol. Guilty of causing two Cast horses to be sold at Exeter: Guilty of not causing seven Cast horses to be sold at Chichester which was also in disobedience of Brigade Orders
2nd Charge: Guilty
3rd Charge: Guilty but the court was acknowledged that Elliott was unaware of the order until it was transmitted to him and that he had volunarily refunded the Coals and Candles previous to the knowledge that the charge was to be brought against him.
''Although deeply impressed with the many honourable Testimonies and to the good Character of the said Lt Colonel John Elliott and the length of his military service, yet, regarding the charges of which they have found him Guilty, as a breach of the Articles of War, do with great regret, feel it is their duty to adjudge and do hereby adjudge the said Lt Colonel John Elliott to be dismissed form His Majesty's Service''.
The King subsequently approved the opinion of the Court Martial and confirmed the sentence

Abraham married Ann Kemp. Ann (daughter of Thomas Kemp) died 1855. [Group Sheet]

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middle name Cumberbatch?

Christened Mary Sober by R. S.

Mary married The Honourable Abraham Cumberbatch, Esquire 17 Feb 1784, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies. Abraham (son of Abraham Carleton Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Trent) was born 1754, , Barbados, West Indies; died 16 Jun 1796, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; was buried 21 Jun 1796, Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]

Mary married William Smith Forth, Esquire 20 Nov 1797, Church of England, Saint Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom. William was born Cal 1772; was buried 2 Oct 1831, Brighthelmston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]

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given name also spelled Sampson

Died at Upper George Street, Portman Square

WILL (source Ernest M. Wiltshire) : Sampson Wood Sober of the Parishof St. Peter and Island of B'o. Will dated 18 Apr 1799.
My wife Jennett S. 1000lbs and plate. My dau Judith S. at 18 3000lbs.My dau Eliz. Jennett S. 3000lbs at 18. To my son Harrison Walke S. mysugar work plantation in St. Peter with the slaves, and all residueremr to my 2 daus. My wife, my father Cumberbatch S. Esq, my wife'suncle Tho. Walke Esq., Ex'ors and G.
In the presence of Jno Howell, P. W. Sandiford, Wm Cadogan.
Proved 22 April 1811 by Jennett S. wid., and C. S., Esq, the father.

Will dated 18 April 1799 ; proved 22 April 1811 (198, Crickitt)(Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families page 511)

Samson married Jennett Walke 15 Oct 1792, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies. Jennett (daughter of John W. Walke and Mary Harrison) was born Cal 1773, , Barbados, West Indies; died 1 Dec 1815, Southampton, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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Monumental Inscription: St. Peter's Font, Barbados (Brandow J.C.Genealogies of Barbados Families page 511)

Sarah married Samson Tickel Wood, Junior 8 Apr 1795, Shoreditch, London, England. Samson (son of Samson Wood, Junior and Judith Richards) was christened 15 Dec 1750, Saint Michael, Barbados, West Indies. [Group Sheet]