Cumberbatch Family History
John Edward Cumberbatch[1]
Est 1800 - 1838 (~ 38 years)-
Name John Edward Cumberbatch [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Born Est 1800 Barbados [8] Gender Male Baptism 25 Jan 1807 St Peter, Barbados [9] Occupation 4 Jan 1823 [5] Free Coloured Man Residence 22 Nov 1826 Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados [2] Residence 22 Nov 1826 Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados [3] Occupation 25 May 1830 Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados [4] Free Coloured Person Residence 25 May 1830 Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados [4] Will 11 Aug 1838 [6] - RB/4 p270
Will of John E. Cumberbatch 24th October 1838. Recorded Page 271.
In the name of God Amen. I John Edward Cumberbatch of the Parish of St. Peters in the Island of Barbados, being weak in body but sound in mind do make this my last Will and Testament and do hereby give and Bequeath to my beloved wife Julia the whole of my personal property & Estate together with all sums of money that has, or may become due to me at the time of my decease (after the defrayment of my funeral expenses) upon the conditions hereafter mentioned viz:
That the said property be inherited by my beloved wife during the period that she may survive me, and that at the time of her decease the said property shall fall to the possession of my four children, John Belgrave, George Edward, Thomas Trent & Eliza Caroline or to as many of them as shall then live, each to share alike in the said property.
That in the case my beloved wife should again enter into the married state, the said property shall immediately fall into the possession of my four children before mentioned, each to have an equal dividend in the same.
Should my beloved wife be disposed to remove from her present residence, she is at liberty to sell the house in which I now reside, providing another be purchased with the said money which my Executors may deem an equivalent to the one sold so that my Children be under no disadvantage from the exchange.
I do also Nominate and appoint Francis Cumberbatch and Richard Cumberbatch to be the Executors and Julia Cumberbatch to be Executrix to this my last Will and Testament as witness my hand & seal this Eleventh day of August 1838.
Signed & sealed in the presence of John Borill Benjamin Thompson. The X mark of John E. Cumberbatch.
BARBADOS. By His Excellency The Governor. Appeared before me this day Benjamin Thompson one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Will and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he was present and did see John Edward Cumberbatch the Testator therein named (since deceased) sign by his mark seal and publish and declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament and that he was at the executing thereof of a sound and disposing mind and memory to the best of his the Deponents judgement and belief - Given at the Government House this twenty fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. E. Murray Macgregor, Governor.
RB4 Vol 68 Page 270
Died Between 11 Aug 1838 and 16 Aug 1838 St Peter, Barbados [6, 7, 10] Age: 38y Buried 16 Aug 1838 St Peter Parish Church, St Peter, Barbados [7, 11] Age: 38y Probate 24 Oct 1838 Barbados [6, 12] Reference Number 0000609 Person ID I609 Cumberbatch Last Modified 6 Jul 2019
Father Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch, b. Cal 1762, Barbados , d. 18 Dec 1833, St Nicholas Plantation, St. Peter, Barbados (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Elizabeth Cumberbatch, c. 25 Jan 1807, St Peter, Barbados , d. Est Jan 1824, St Peter, Barbados (Age ~ 16 years) Notes - Marriage Status: Unmarried Couple
Family ID F232 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Julia Belgrave, b. 20 Jul 1804, St Philip, Barbados [1] Married 4 Jan 1823 St. Michael Parish Church, St. Michael, Barbados [5, 13] Children 1. John Belgrave Cumberbatch, b. Est Oct 1826, Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados , d. Est Apr 1854, Swan Street, Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados (Age ~ 27 years) 2. Eliza Caroline Cumberbatch, b. Est Oct 1826, Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados 3. George Edward Cumberbatch 4. Thomas Trent Cumberbatch 5. Mary Elizabeth Cumberbatch, b. Est Apr 1830, Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados , d. Nov 1831 (Age ~ 1 years) Last Modified 23 Oct 2011 Family ID F163 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - When he was baptised 25th January 1807, with his mother Elizabeth a mulatto slave, he was described as a Mulatto Boy Slave son of Elizabeth both belonging to Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch Esqr. Also, neither he nor his mother is baptised with any surname.
Laurence Trent Cumberbatch owned an Elizabeth, a mulatto slave, with a son called John Edward. John Edward was baptised 25 January 1807 St. Peter (1157942 Page 104). On 23rd March 1824 an Elizabeth Cumberbatch (F.M. - Free Mulatto) is buried in St. Peters (1157942 Page 173). By 1829, John Edw. Cumberbatch owns slaves of his own: Phillida daughter & John Robert son of Thomasin (1157942 Page 230). Was 'John Robert' named by and after his owner?
On 28th March 1830 James William and Laurence both sons of Harriett 'Skinner', a slave of Jn. Edw. Cumberbatch are baptised (1157942 Page 234). Was Laurence named by and after John Edward Cumberbatch's previous owner Laurence Trent Cumberbatch? Was Laurence Trent Cumberbatch John Edward's natural father? On 26 September 1831 a Samuel son of Thomasin a slave of Jn Edw Cumberbatch is baptised (1157942 Page 239). On 23rd May 1832 in the slave register a Harriet 32 Black Barbadian, James William 5 7/12 Black Barbadian and Lawrence 2 1/2 Black Barbadian, are entered as 3 additions to the previous registration "bought of the estate Richard Skinner" but Lawrence was born under John Edwd's ownership (T71/551 Volume 5 Folio 216 Page 102 Slave Registers 1832 Public Record Office).
By 27 March 1834 in the Special Registration John Edward has 7 slaves: (1) Thomasin Female 31 Black Barbadian, (2) Mimbo Female 37 Black Barbadian, (3) Joanna or Julia 20 Female Coloured Barbadian, (4) John Robert 11 3/12 Male Black Barbadian, (5) Phillidy 9 1/12 Female Black Barbadian, (6) James William 7 6/12 Male Black Barbadian and (7) John Robert 11 3/12 Male Black Barbadian. An eighth William Edwards 4/12 Black Barbadian was added by birth (T71/563 Volume 11 Folio 73 Page 37 Slave Registers 1834 Public Record Office). No deaths are recorded although Harriet most probably died between registers. John Edward Cumberbatch was awarded £116 10s 4d for his 8 slaves on 28th May 1836.
John Edward Cumberbatch was buried in St. Peters 16th August 1838 aged 38 years old (1157943 Burials Page [34] 69).
Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch died Saint Nicholas Plantation, aged 71 years old and was buried 19 December 1833 in St. Peter's.
RB4 Vol 68 Page 270 Original Will of John E. Cumberbatch, handwritten, Barbados Archives, Black Rock, St. Michael, Barbados reference found in Index to Wills RB6 44 Vol (ii) 1801 -1945.
Will of John E. Cumberbatch 24th October 1838. Recorded Page 271.
In the name of God Amen. I John Edward Cumberbatch of the Parish of St. Peters in the Island of Barbados, being weak in body but sound in mind do make this my last Will and Testament and do hereby give and Bequeath to my beloved wife Julia the whole of my personal property & Estate together with all sums of money that has, or may become due to me at the time of my decease (after the dfrayment of my funeral expenses) upon the conditions hereafter mentioned viz:
That the said property be inherited by my beloved wife during the period that she may survive me, and that at the time of her decease the said property shall fall to the possession of my four children, John Belgrave, George Edward, Thomas Trent & Eliza Caroline or to as many of them as shall then live, each to share alike in the said property.
That in the case my beloved wife should again enter into the married state, the said property shall immediately fall into the possession of my four children before mentioned, each to have an equal dividend in the same.
Should my beloved wife be disposed to remove from her present residence, she is at liberty to sell the house in which I now reside, providing another be purchased with the said money which my Executors may deem an equivalent to the one sold so that my Children be under no disadvantage from the exchange.
I do also Nominate and appoint Francis Cumberbatch and Richard Cumberbatch to be the Executors and Julia Cumberbatch to be Executrix to this my last Will and Testament as witness my hand & seal this Eleventh day of August 1838.
Signed & sealed in te presence of John Borill Benjamin Thompson. The X mark of John E. Cumberbatch.
BARBADOS. By His Excellency The Governor. Appeared before me this day Benjamin Thompson one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Will and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he was present and did see John Edward Cumberbatch the Testator therein named (since deceased) sign by his mark seal and publish and declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament and that he was at the executing thereof of a sound and disposing mind and memoryto the best of his the Deponents judgement and belief - Given at the Government House this twenty fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. E. Murray Macgregor, Governor. [1] - Relationship: Adopted (mother) for 1 FAMC [F232] ...of Lawrence Trent CUMBERBATCH and Elizabeth CUMBERBATCH
- When he was baptised 25th January 1807, with his mother Elizabeth a mulatto slave, he was described as a Mulatto Boy Slave son of Elizabeth both belonging to Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch Esqr. Also, neither he nor his mother is baptised with any surname.
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Sources - [S35] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Cumberbatch of Bristol\Alexander Cumberbatch of Bristol 2010-11-19.ged.
Record originated in... - [S401] Baptism St Michael, Barbados 22 Nov 1826 John Belgrave Cumberbatch, (RL1A/7 Volume: 7 p.406 FHC Film No. 1157926).
- [S402] Baptism St Michael, Barbados 22 Nov 1826 Eliz Katherine Cumberbatch, (RL1A/7 Volume: 7 p.406 FHC Film No. 1157926).
- [S403] Baptism St Michael, Barbados 25 May 1830 Mary Eliz. Cumberbatch, (RL1A/8 Volume: 8 p.5 FHC Film No. 1157926).
- [S414] Marriage St Michael, Barbados 4 Jan 1823 John Edward Cumberbatch.
- [S415] Will of John Edward Cumberbach 24 Oct 1838, (RB4 Vol 68 Page 270).
- [S416] Burial St Peter, Barbados 16 Aug 1838 John Edward Cumberbatch, (RL1/44A Volume: 45 p.34 FHC Film No. 1157943).
- [S85] Parish Register - Barbados, (Name: Microfilm of Parish Registers;).
Date of birth calculated by age when buried: 38yrs in 1838. - [S85] Parish Register - Barbados, (Name: Microfilm of Parish Registers;), 1157942 Page 104.
- [S85] Parish Register - Barbados, (Name: Microfilm of Parish Registers;), 1157943 Burials Page [34] 69.
Date of death estimated as after 11 August 1838 (date of Will) and burial dates 16 August 1838 - [S85] Parish Register - Barbados, (Name: Microfilm of Parish Registers;), 1157943 Burials Page [34] 69.
- [S404] Freedmen of Barbados Elizabeth Cumberbatch & John Edward Cumberbatch, (Book: Freedmen of Barbados 2nd Edition by J Handler et al 2007).
- [S75] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Latter Day Saints (LDS), (Name: www.familysearch.org; Location: www.familysearch.org;), Film No. 1157926.
- [S35] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Cumberbatch of Bristol\Alexander Cumberbatch of Bristol 2010-11-19.ged.