Cumberbatch Family History
William Hezekiah Cumberbatch
1857 - 1939 (81 years)-
Name William Hezekiah Cumberbatch [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Born 14 Aug 1857 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [3, 14] Gender Male Baptism 25 Sep 1857 Saint Swithin Chapel, St Lucy, Barbados [3, 15] Residence 25 Sep 1857 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [3] Occupation 30 Sep 1880 [14] Labourer Age: 21y Residence 30 Sep 1880 Crabhill, St Lucy, Barbados [14] Age: 21y Residence 21 Nov 1880 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [4] Residence 29 Oct 1882 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [5] Occupation 28 Mar 1886 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [6] Labourer Residence 28 Mar 1886 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [6] Occupation 24 Jul 1887 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [7] Labourer Residence 24 Jul 1887 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [7] Occupation 29 Dec 1889 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [8] Labourer Residence 29 Dec 1889 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [8] Occupation 26 Apr 1891 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [9] Superintendent Residence 26 Apr 1891 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [9] Occupation 26 Mar 1893 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [10] Labourer Residence 26 Mar 1893 Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados [10] Occupation 14 Feb 1897 Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados [11] Labourer Residence 14 Feb 1897 Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados [11] Occupation 27 Nov 1898 Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados [2] Agricultural Labourer Residence 27 Nov 1898 Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados [2] Occupation 27 Aug 1905 Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados [12] Labourer Residence 27 Aug 1905 Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados [12] Occupation 5 Sep 1920 [1] Superintendent Residence 28 Sep 1936 Selah Cottage, St Lucy, Barbados [13] Died 28 Feb 1939 Barbados [13] Probate 3 Mar 1939 Barbados [13] Reference Number 0000916 Person ID I916 Cumberbatch Last Modified 31 Dec 2016
Father Richard Cumberbatch, b. Cal 1814 Mother Duchess Ann Alleyne, b. Cal 1821, d. Apr 1899, St Lucy, Barbados (Age ~ 78 years) Married 19 Jul 1855 St Lucy Parish Church, St Lucy, Barbados Family ID F312 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Martha Jane Leacock, b. Cal 1862 Married 30 Sep 1880 St Lucy Parish Church, St Lucy, Barbados [14] Children 1. Mary Evangeline St Clair Cumberbatch, b. 4 Nov 1880, Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados 2. Vycliffe Pradeardum Cumberbatch, b. 3 Sep 1882, Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados 3. Elizabeth Ruthena Cumberbatch, b. 16 Jan 1886, Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados 4. John Marlborough Cumberbatch, b. 18 Jun 1887, Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados 5. Hephzibah Caroline Cumberbatch, b. 13 Nov 1889, Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados 6. John Eric Cumberbatch, b. 2 Apr 1891, Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados 7. Rufus Melanethon Cumberbatch, b. 14 Feb 1893, Crab Hill, St Lucy, Barbados 8. Lurintha Personica Cumberbatch, b. 9 Jan 1897, Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados 9. Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch, b. 18 Oct 1898, Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados 10. Yourelaine Ecedia Cumberbatch, b. 23 Jul 1905, Friendship, St Lucy, Barbados Last Modified 3 Jan 2017 Family ID F310 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Barbados.
In the Name of God, Amen.
I, William Hezekiah Cumberbatch, of Selah Selah Cottage, in the parish of St Lucy, being of a sound and disposing mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this life, do make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament as follows:-
First, after all my lawful debts are paid, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Katherine Cumberbatch, Ten pounds, eight shillings and four pence, from my estate, and all the remainder of moneys belonging to me or due to me, all my just debts, and costs of probating will having been paid.
Second. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mrs. Catherine Adina Layne, all my household appointments, the house in which I now live, and all the land on which it stands, two acres, or thereabouts, providing that (1) she gives my daughter Mrs. Mrs. [sic] Ruth Howard half acre of the same land or its equivalent, according to the market value, in money, (2) that she gives my daughter Mrs. Constance Black, half acre of the same land or its equivalent, according to the market value in money, and (3) that she gives my daughter Mrs. Yourelene Ecidia Scantlebury half acre of the same land or its equivalent, according to the market value, in money.
And last. I hereby constitute and appoint my son Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch, to be the executor of this my last Will and Testament, revoking and annulling all former Wills by me made and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, and to this I set my hand and seal.
William H Cumberbatch.
Signed and sealed by the abovenamed, as for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who at his request have signed as witnesses to the same this twenty-eighth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six [28 Sep 1936].
Witnesses:
Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch, Teacher, St Giles’ Boys Sch[ool], St Michael
Wheyman Arnett Griffith Cabinet Maker Magazine Lane, City.
This is the will referred to in the deposition of Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch sworn this 3rd day of March 1939 before me E.A. Collymore Chief Justice
The will of William H Cumberbatch Lodged for Probate by Charles W Cumberbatch 2 day of March 1939 F E Inniss Registrar
Probate granted this 3rd March 1939
BARBADOS,
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY
In the matter of the will of William Hezekiah Cumberbatch deceased.
This third day of March 1939 personally appeareth Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch of My Lord’s Hill, St. Michael, Head Master St Giles Boys’ School and on being sworn saith:
I knew William Hezekiah Cumberbatch late of Selah Cottage in the Parish of St. Lucy deceased.
The document now produced and shown to me dated 28th day of September 1936 was signed by the testator, namely the said William Hezekiah Cumberbatch as and for his last will and testament in my presence and in the presence of Wheyman Arnett Griffith of Magazine Lane, Bridgetown, Cabinet Maker the said Wheyman Arnett Griffith and I were both present at the same time when the said will was so signed by the testator and we thereupon subscribed our names thereto as witnesses at the request of and in the presence of the testator at the same now appear.
At the time the testator executed his said will he was in a sound state of mind and fit to make a will.
The testator died in Barbados on the 28th day of February 1939.
C W Cumberbatch
The above deposition sworn before me. Let letters testamentary issue.
E A Collymore Chief Justice
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Sources - [S282] Marriage St Lucy, Barbados 8 Sep 1920 Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch.
- [S283] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 27 Nov 1898 Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch, (RL2B/127 V: 127 P: 1158; FHC Film No. 1159591).
- [S289] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 25 Sep 1857 William Hezekiah Cumberbatch, (RL2B/26 Volume:26 p.61; FHC Film No. 1157970).
- [S299] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 21 Nov 1880 Mary Evangeline St Clair Cumberbatch, (RL1/78 F V: F P: 14; FHC Film No. 1159602 Item 2).
- [S300] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 29 Oct 1882 Vycliffe Pradeardum Cumberbatch, (RL1A/78 F V: F P: 15; FHC Film No. 1159602 Item 2).
- [S301] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 28 Mar 1886 Elizabeth Ruthena Cumberbatch, (RL2B/91 Vol: 91 Page: 492; FHC Film No. 1158008; RL1A/75 C V: C P: 697; FHC Film No. 1159601 Item 1).
- [S302] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 24 Jul 1887 John Marlborough Cumberbatch, (RL2B/94 Vol: 94 Page: 977; FHC Film No. 1158011).
- [S303] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 29 Dec 1889 Hephzibah Caroline Cumberbatch, (RL2B/100 V: 100 P: 813; FHC Film No. 1158017).
- [S304] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 26 Apr 1891 John Eric Cumberbatch, (RL2B/106 V: 106 P: 1268; FHC Film No. 1158023).
- [S305] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 26 Mar 1893 Rufus Melanethon Cumberbatch, (RL2B/112 V: 112 P: 1489; FHC Film No. 1158029).
- [S306] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 14 Feb 1897 Lurintha Personica Cumberbatch, (RL2B/124 V: 124 P: 1156; FHC Film No. 1162031).
- [S307] Baptism St Lucy, Barbados 27 Aug 1905 Yourelaine Ecedia Cumberbatch, (RL2B/148 V: 148 P.1191; FHC Film No. 1666984).
- [S7761] Will of William Hezekiah Cumberbatch Barbados dated 28 Sep 1936 proved 3 March 1939.
- [S288] Marriage St Lucy, Barbados 30 Sep 1880 William Hezekiah Cumberbatch.
- [S290] International Genealogical Index (IGI) Baptism 1857 William Hezekiah Cumberbatch.
- [S282] Marriage St Lucy, Barbados 8 Sep 1920 Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch.