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- COPY WILL BOOK: 1834 RB4 Vol 67 Page 154 Barbados Archives, Black Rock, Barbados. Reference found in Index to Wills RB6/44 Vol (ii) 1801 - 1945 Barbados Archives, Black Rock, Barbados.
Entered 6th January 1834. BARBADOS. In Ordinary. To His Excellency Sir Lionel Smith Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander in Chief of this Island Chancellor Ordinary and Vice Admiral of the same. The humble petition of Charles Cave residing in the City of London in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England Esquire, the sole executor named in and appointed by the last Will and Testament of Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch late of this Island Esquire deceased. Sheweth, That the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch previously to his decease and whilst he was of sound mind and understanding duly made and executed his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date on or about the Thirty first day of March in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine in the presence of three credible witnesses, John Chase Eversley, Edmund Jordan Eversley and Conrade (sic) Adams Howell who at the request and by the direction of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch severally subscribed their names as witnesses attesting the due execution of the same. That your petitioner Charles Cave is the sole executor nominated and appointed in and by the said Will of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch. That after the said Testator had as aforesaid made and executed his said last Will and Testament he made and executed a Codicil thereto. That the said Codicil is written throughout in the handwriting of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch and was executed by him in the presence of two subscribing witnesses William Howard Rollock and Thomas Smith Harding. That the same is without any date and the seal which had been affixed thereto hath been torn off. That by the said Codicil the said Testator gives and bequeaths to his nephew Edward Carlton Cumberbatch the sum of one thousand pounds Currency to be paid in one year after his death in token of his approbation of his said Nephew's having entered into Holy Orders. And the said Testator in and by the said Codicil gives to the said Edward Carlton Cumberbatch's daughter Rosalie Geraldine five hundred pounds currency she having been born after his the said Testator's said will was made and executed. And the said Testator in and by his said Codicil directs that his two Mulatto slaves namely Mary (alias Mary Hinds) a girl and David (a boy) should be manumitted and set free from all and all manner of slavery or servitude whatsoever. That in as much as the Devises Bequests and Directions contained in this Codicil are wholly comprised in another Codicil subsequently executed by the said Testator hereinafter mentioned and the same appears to have been designedly defaced and set aside in the life time of the said Testator by tearing off the Seal your petitioner is advised that the same is not entitled to Probate. That the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch afterwards made and executed another Codicil to his said last Will and Testament in writing bearing date on or about the fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. That the same is written throughout in his own handwriting and was executed by him in the presence of the said William Howard Rollock and Thomas Connell and they subscribed their names thereto as witnesses attesting the due execution thereof. That in the said last mentioned Codicil and contained the said legacy or bequest to the said Edward Carlton Cumberbatch of one thousand pounds currency in consideration of his having entered into Holy Orders and also the said legacy or bequests of five hundred pounds currency money by this Island to said Rosalie Geraldine Cumberbatch the daughter of the said Edward Carlton Cumberbatch and likewise the direction to manumit the said slaves named Mary (alias Mary Hinds) and David. And in the said last mentioned Codicil certain other legacies and bequests are made by the said Tesator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch and certain other slaves are directed to be manumitted set free from all servitude and slavery whatsoever. That the said Testator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch aftwarwards made and executed another Codicil to his said last Will and Testament bearing date the twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. That the same is written throughout in his own handwriting and was executed by the said Testator in the presence of one witness only the said Thomas Smith Harding. He subscribed his name as the witness attesting the execution thereof. That by the said last mentioned Codicil the said Testator gives and Devises onto one Lizzy Lavine therein particularly mentioned a house in Speights Town in this Island in the manner therein mentioned bequeath to the said Lizzy Lavine an annuity of twenty pounds to be paid her quarterly as therein also mentioned and his remaining tenements and slaves in Speights with the exception of his own dwelling house which he the said Testator therein declared he considered this included in the residuum of his general Estate in his said Will he directs might be sold and the amount divided in such a manner as in his said Codicil. It is also particularly mentioned that the said Testatator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch made and executed another Codicil to his said Will and it is also written throughout in his own handwriting and is signed by him in the presence of one witness only the said Thomas Smith Harding who subscribed his name as the witness attesting the execution thereof by the said Testator. That to the said last mentioned Codicil there is no date annexed. That in and by the same the said Testator gives and bequeaths to one Coco who he described therein and his nurse and maid servant the sum of fifty pounds currency and certain slaves therein named the sum of ten pounds per annum for a term of two years. That a diligent search has been made amongst the papers of the said Testator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch and none others of a testamentary nature than those hereinafore mentioned and described have been found the same are now propounded and will on the hearing of the petition be produced before your Excellency in the same state and condition in which they were found at the desk of the said Testator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch. That your petitioner has advised that the two last mentioned Codicils executed by the said Testator in the presence of one witness only must be established and Probate annexed thereto at the same time. With the said Will and second Codicil and as together containing the last will and Testament of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased. Your petitioner therefore most humbly prays that your Excellency will be pleased to appoint a short date for hearing the merits of this petition and that citations may issue if necessary to your Petitioner's witnesses who can prove the truth of the premises and if upon such hearing matters shall appear as hereinsoforth that your Petitioner may be allowed by the same testimony of one or more of the subscribing witnesses to the said Will and the Codicil. Secondly in his petition mentioned and described to prove the said Will and Codicil as for the Will of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased and a Codicil to the same. And your Petitioner further humbly prays your Excellency that he may be at liberty to prove as well by the testimony that the only subscribing witnesses to the said two Codicils lastly mentioned and described in this petition as by the testimony of the competent witnesses are well aquainted with the handwriting of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased that the same are written throughout in his own handwriting and also signed by the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased. And that your Excellency as Ordinary as the foresaid will be pleased to declare that the same Codicil firstly menioned and described in this his petition is set aside and made none effect by the said Testator for the reasons hereinfore mentioned and set forth and to establish the said Will and the said Codicils thereto herein secondly, thirdly and fourthly mentioned as described and to order and direct a Probate maybe annexed in due form of Law to the said Will and the said three last mentioned Codicils as together containing the last Will and Testament of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased and be recorded as such in the Secretary's Office of the said Island of Barbados and take effect as such to all legal intents and purposes whatsoever. And in as much as your Petitioner is at present residing in England the foresaid humbly humbly further prays that the letters of requisition may issue forth from your Excellency as the Ordinary of the said Island of Barbados to be transmitted to England with an attested copy or exemplification of the said last Will and Testament and the said three Codicils herein prayed to be established annexed and directed to the Right Honourable Sir Nichol Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper Commissary of the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury his surrogate or surrogates or any other competent judges or judge requiring him and them to administer the Oath prescribed by the law of the said Island of Barbados in order to qualify your Petitioner as the Executor of the said Will and the said three Codicils of the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased and that thereupon letters testamentary under the said Will and the said three Codicils may issue from your Excellency out of the said Secretary's Office of this Island to your Petitioner as sole Executor of the last Will and Testament of Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased. Your Petitioner shall ever pray etc. R. Bowcher Clarke.
BARBADOS by His Excellency the Governor I do hereby order that the merits of the foregoing be heard before me in Ordinary on Monday next the 6th day of January 1834 at the Government House by 12:00 and that all persons concerned have due notice and do then and there attend. Given at the Government House this 30th day of December 1833. Lionel Smith
BARBADOS. This is the last Will and Testament of me Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch of the Parish of Saint Peter in the Island of Barbados abovesaid Esquire, I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid and satisfied as soon as possible after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my nephew Edward Carlton Cumberbatch for and during the term of his natural life one annuity or clear yearly sum of three hundred pounds sterling money of Great Britain per annum to be paid to him by half yearly payments on the 25th day of March and the 29th day of September in every year the first payment to be made on the first day of the said days which shall happen after my decease. I also give and bequeath unto my said Nephew all the Silver Plate which was given to me by my deceased sister Ann Sandiford save and except only the Silver Bread Basket. The annuity now bequeathed by me to my said Nephew is in addition to that now payable to him by me under the Will of his deceased father Edward Carlton Cumberbatch. I give and bequeath to my Grand Nephew Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch son of my said Nephew Edward Carlton Cumberbatch the sum of one thousand pounds current money of this Island when he shall attain the age of 21 years with interest thereon from the time of my death until the same shall be paid. And the interest thereof I direct shall be paid to his qualified guardian or guardians to be by him or them applied for his education. And in case my said Grand Nephew Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch shall depart this life under the age of 21 years then I direct that the said legacy or sum of one thousand pounds shall sink into and become part of the residuum of my Estate. I give and bequeath to my Grand Niece, Laurentia Trent Cumberbatch, daughter of my said Nephew Edward Carlton Cumberbatch the sum of five hundred pounds current money of this Island when she shall attain the age of 18 years with interest thereon from the time of my death until the said principal amount of five hundred pounds shall be paid. And the interest thereof I direct shall be paid to her qualified guardian or guardians to be by her or them applied for her education. But in case my said Grand Niece Laurentia Trent Cumberbatch shall depart this life under the age of 18 years then I direct that the said legacy or sum of five hundred pounds shall sink into and become part of the residuum of my Estate. I give and bequeath to my Grand Nephew Stephen Cave son of my friend and Nephew in Law and Niece Charles Cave and Sarah Cave of England the sum of five hundred pounds current money of this Island when he shall attain the age of 21 years with interest thereupon from the time of my death until the said principal sum of five hundred pounds shall be paid. And the interest thereof I direct shall be paid to his qualified guardian or guardians to be by him or them applied for his education. But in case my said Grand Nephew Stephen Cave shall depart this life under the age of 21 years then I direct that the said legacy or sum of five hundred pounds shall sink into and become part of the residuum of my Estate. I give and bequeath unto my Grand Nephew Lawrence Trent Cave son of the said Charles Cave and Sarah Cave the sum of one thousand pounds current money of this Island when he shall attain the age of 21 years with interest thereon from the time of my death until the said principal sum of one thousand pounds shall be paid. And the interest thereof I direct shall be paid to his qualified guardian or guardians to be by him or them applied for his education. But in case my said Grand Nephew Lawrence Trent Cave shall depart this life under the age of 21 years then I direct that the said legacy or sum of one thousand pounds shall sink into and become part of the residuum of my Estate. I give and bequeath to my friend and Overseer of my Plantations Thomas Smith Harding the sum of one hundred pounds current money of this Island to be paid to him in one year after my decease. I give and bequeath to the aforesaid Charles Cave my Chronometer, chain and appendages. It is my Will and I do hereby direct that my following slaves to wit (or Viz:) Charles Ramsay, Isaac Aboab, Billy Trent and Hope (males) and Coco Sandiford (a female) be manumitted in England by my Executor hereinafter named or as the representatives under this my Will for the time being and the expenses thereof to be paid out of my Estate which I direct to be done in consideration of their services and correct conduct towards me. And I give and bequeath to each of the said Charles Ramsay, Isaac Aboab, Billy Trent, Hope and Coco Sandiford the sum of ten pounds current money of this Island. I give and bequeath to Mary Laurentia Lavine, Francis Lavine, Abraham Lavine, George Beckwith Lavine and Lizzy Lavine free coloured persons and their heirs the house in Speights Town which they now inhabit with the land whereon the same stands and thereto belonging. I give and bequeath to each of them the said Mary Laurentia Lavine, Francis Lavine, Abraham Lavine, George Beckwith Lavine and Lizzy Lavine the sum of one hundred pounds current money of this Island payable in one year after my death. I also give and bequeath a part of my wearing apparel to be divided bewteen and amongst the said Francis Lavine, Abraham Levine and George Beckwith Lavine. I give and devise to John Edward Cumberbatch and Richard Cumberbatch free coloured persons the house in Speights Town which they now reside in with the land whereon the same stands and thereto belonging to them and their heirs. I also give and bequeath to each of the said John Edward Cumberbatch and Richard Cumberbatch the sum of one hundred pounds current money of this Island payable in one year after my decease and a proportion of my wearing apparel. I do hereby charge and make liable all my Estate Real and Personal (except the Real Estate I have already mentioned) with the payment of the aforesaid annuity legacies and interest monies. And as to all my Plantations, Lands, Buildings, Slaves, Messuages, Tenements, Hereditaments and all other my Real Estate not hereinfore mentioned and all the residue and remainder of my Estate Real, Personal or Mixed whether in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy either on this Island or elsewhere (subject and chargeable with the payment of the said annuity, legacy and interest monies) I give and devise and bequeath the same and every part and parcel thereof unto my aforesaid Niece Sarah Cave and her Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns forever. I nominate and appoint my aforesaid friend and Nephew sole Executor of this my last Will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament in testimony whereof I the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch have hereto set my hand and fixed my Seal this 31st day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine. Law: Trent Cumberbatch [Seal] Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the Testator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch and as for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. C. Eversley, Edmund J. Eversley, Conrade A Howell Barbados.
A [Codicil A was deemed null & void]
B This is a Codicil to my last Will and Testament bearing date March 31st one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine and witnessed by J.C. Eversley, Edmund Eversley, Conrade Adams Howell Viz: I give and devise and bequeath unto my Nephew Edward Carlton Cumberbatch the sum of one thousand pounds current money of this Island to be paid at the expiration of one year after my death in token of my approbation at his having entered into Holy Orders. And I give, devise and bequeath to Rosalie Geraldine Cumberbatch the daughter of the said Edward Carlton Cumberbatch five hundred pounds current money of this Island when she shall attain the age of 18 years she having been born after the abovesaid Will was made and executed. I give and devise and bequeath to Mary Larry Lavine, Lizzy Lavine, Francis Lavine and George Beckwith Lavine the sum of one hundred pounds currency each in addition to the sum bequeathed to them in my Will. I give devise and bequeath to Edward Cumberbatch and Richard Cumberbatch the sum of one hundred pounds currency in addition to the sum bequeathed in my Will. I direct that the following slaves be manumitted and set free from all and all manner of slavery and servitude whatsoever paying off any contingent expenses that may occur viz: Mary alias May Hinds a young coloured woman and David a coloured boy, Sarah, Mary Margaret (girls) Thomas Hendy, James and Tom Hendy (boys) and the offspring of Thomas Hendy who was heretofore manumitted by me for his faithful services and attachment to me. Item I discharge remit and quit claim to what may appear due and owing to me from Edward Cumberbatch and Francis Lavine at the time of my death. In witness hereto I have set my hand and fixed my Seal this sixteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Law: Trent Cumberbatch [Seal]. Witness Wm Hd Rollock, Thos Connell
C BARBADOS. This is an additional Codicil to my last Will and Testament to give unto Lizzy Lavine the house in Speights Town belonging to me commonly called or known by the name of the house formerly occupied by Quamino Ford and directing the same to be paired light and tenantable at the expense of my Estate and a sum of twenty pounds currency to be paid her quarterly in addition to my legacies in former Will and former Codicil and the remaining tenements and slaves in Speights Town, with the exception of my own dwelling house which I consider as included in the residuum of my general Estate in my Will, I desire may be sold and the amot equally divided between the surviving sons of Elizabeth Lavine, Elizabeth Cumberbatch deceased share and share alike. This document to express my additional wishes however imperfect and informal and written under great debility, hurry and agitation I submit to my friend and Exor: Charles Cave for his ratification, calculating on his good will to confirm the whole of mine all in my own handwriting this twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Witness Thos S. Harding Law: Trent Cumberbatch [Seal]
D BARBADOS. This is an additional Codicil to my last Will and Testament to give to Coco, whom I have manumitted in said Will, my house and maid servant the sum of fifty pounds currency and the following slaves Agin Bingt Sukey a female and John Thomas and Marcus (boys) and the sum of ten pounds p. ann. [per annum] for the term of two years for the rent of an house for her extraordinary care and attention for and to me in my long and painful illness and confinement. Witness Thos S. Harding Law: Trent Cumberbatch
BARBADOS. By His Excellency The Governor at a Court of Ordinary held before me this day the foregoing Petition was read and thereupon Edmund Jordan Eversley, Conrade Adams Howell two of the subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch, deceased person, personally appeared and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they were present and did see the said Testator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch sign, seal, publish and declare the same in due form 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 these Deponents’ judgements and belief and at the same time appeared William Howard Rollock and Thomas Connell the two subscribing witnesses to the Codicil subjoined to the said last Will and Testament marked with letter B and dated 15th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they were present and did see the said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch the Testator sign, seal, publish and declare the same as and for a Codicil to 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 these Deponents’ judgements and belief. And also at the same time appeared Thomas Harding the subscribing witness to the Codicils marked C and D and dated the 24th day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he was present and did see said Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch the Testator sign, seal, publish and declare the same respectively as and for Codicils to his said last Will and Testament and that he was at the respective times of executing the said Codicils of a sound and disposing mind and memory to the best of his the Deponent’s judgement and belief. And the said Thomas Harding and Thomas Connell also at the same time made Oath that the Codicil marked C and D are respectively written throughout from beginning to end in the proper handwriting of the said Testator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch. I do hereby declare null and void the first Codicil marked at the foot thereof with the letter A and mentioned in the said petition and allow and approve the said last Will and Testament and the three Codicils marked respectively with the letters B, C and D of the said Testator Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch deceased and order that the same together with this my Probate be recorded in the Secretary’s Office of this Island and take effect to all legal purposes. Given at the Government House this sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. Lionel Smith.
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- Died a bachelor.
Died unmarried and buried in Barbados (Marshall G.W. Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach).
Bought the Nicholas Plantation in 1811 with his brother Edward Carleton Cumberbatch (Brandow J.C. Genealogies of Barbados Families page 528) [5]
- Extracts from "The Barbadian" Newspaper 1833
December 21 Died. On Wednesday last [18 Dec 1833] in St Peter's Parish, Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch, Esq.
The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society Vol: IV, p.95;99 No.2 Feb 1937
- BARBADOS_SLAVES: In 1829 in St. Peter he owned 0 male and 3 female slaves - more details in T71 Folio 227 Volume 5 - these were probably domestic slaves rather than plantation slaves (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). He also owned an unnamed Plantation, which was possibly the Ebworth Plantation, in St. Peter which had 87 male slaves and 88 female slaves totalling 175 slaves in all - more details in Folio 233 Volume 5th (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). He also owned The Nicholas Plantation in St. Peter which had 88 male slaves and 114 female slaves totalling 202 slaves in all - more details in Folio 237 Volume 5th (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). He also owned The Speightstown Plantation in St. Peter which had 9 male slaves and 7 female slaves totalling 16 slaves in all - more details in Folio 240 Volume 5th (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). In 1832, he owned 10 Male and 6 Female Slaves totalling 16 slaves in all - more details in Folio 213 Volume 5th (T71/552 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1832). In 1832, he owned The Ebworth Plantation in St. Peter which had 75 male slaves and 89 female slaves totalling 164 slaves in all - more details in Folio 219 Volume 5th (T71/552 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1832). In 1832, he also owned The Nicholas Plantation in St. Peter which had 86 male slaves and 100 female slaves totalling 186 slaves in all - more details in Folio 222 Volume 5th (T71/552 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1832). In 1834, a Lawrence T. Cumberbatch dece'd still owns an unnamed Plantation in St. Peter which had 83 male slaves and 101 female slaves totalling 184 slaves in all - more details in Folio 54 Volume 11th (T71/565 Index to Barbados Slave Registry AD 1834). In 1834, a Lawrence T. Cumberbatch dece'd still owns The Speightstown Plantation which had 8 male slaves and 7 female slaves totalling 15 slaves in all - more details in Folio 67 Volume 11th (T71/565 Index to Barbados Slave Registry AD 1834). In 1834, a Lawrence T. Cumberbatch dece'd still owns The Ebworth Plantation which had 78 male slaves and 84 female slaves totalling 162 slaves in all - more details in Folio 68 Volume 11th (T71/565 Index to Barbados Slave Registry AD 1834).
SLAVE COMPENSATION - Name of Estate or Domicile of Slaves Ebworth BARBADOES RETURN of the Number of Slaves and Estimated Value thereof, in each Class, in possession of Lawrance T. Cumberbatch deceased Estate on the 1st day of August, 1834. No. 4898:
TOTAL NUMBER of SLAVES One Hundred and Sixty One. PRAEDIAL ATTACHED (field) - 5 Head People (male) £500; 4 Tradesmen (male) £400; 3 Inferior Tradesmen (male) £225; 75 Field Labourers (33 male) & (42 female) = 75 total £5,625; 33 Inferior Field Labourers (16 male) & (17 female) = 33 total £1,320;. Non-PRAEDIAL (domestic) - 4 Head Domestic Servants (1 male) & (3 female) £400; 5 Inferior Domestics (1 male) & (4 female) £250. Children under Six Years of Age on the 1st August, 1834 31 (14 male) & (17 female) £310.
Aged, Diseased, or otherwise Non-effective 1 (female) £5. Total 161 slaves £9,035.We, the undersigned, being two of the Valuers appointed to Classify and Value the Slaves in the above named Colony, do on our Oaths declare, after due examination and enquiry, that the above Return is a just true, and accurate Classification and Valuation of the Slaves therein mentioned, on the 1st day of August, 1834, according to the best of our knowledge, information, and belief. Dated this 6th day of November 1834. Sworn this 9th day of Jany 1835 (T71/802/4898). Name of Estate or Domicile of Slaves St. Nicholas No. 4900 (Same Number as Return). THE CLAIM of Thomas Louis, Administrator to the Estate of (a) Laurence Trent Cumberbatch, decd, who was Owner in fee -- to the Compensation for One Hundred and Seventy Seven Slaves in the possession of the said Thomas Louis, Administrator,- on Saint Nicholas Abbey Estate in the Parish of Saint Peter on the 1st day of August 1834, duly registered [except as undermentioned (b)] and described in the Return made thereof, on the 6th day of November 1834. No. Registered in Certificate 185
Born between the Registration & 1st August
Sukey, a Girl, born of Nelly Betsy, aged on 1 Augst. 4 months 3
Bellah Ann, a Girl of Sarley 20 days
Sam Edward, a Boy of Sally 3 months 188
Manumitted under the Will of L.T. Cumberbatch,
Charles Henry, Isaac, Hope, Coco, Mary & David 6
Given to Coco, under his Will;-
Sukey, Thomas & Marcus 3
Died since the last Registration;-
Robert & Sam Hacket 2 11
No. on 1st August 1834 177
Thos: Louis (signed)
(a) Character in which the Claim is made;- as
Owner in Fee-Tenant in Tail, for Life, or Years-Mortgagee-Trustee-Receiver-Guardian-Sequestrator-Committee- Executor-Administrator-or otherwise. (b) In case any Children shall have been born between the last Registration, and the 1st August 1834, and included in the Return, their Names, Ages, and Names of Mothers to be stated at foot of the Claim.- And in case the Property in any Slave or Slaves shall have been changed between the last Registration, and the 1st of August 1834, the Claimant must briefly state his Title from the Person in whose Name the Slaves were last registered (T71/802/4900). No. 4900 THESE are to Certify, that the Number of One Hundred Eighty Four Slaves mentioned in the claim hereunto annexed, are duly Registered in the name of Lawrence T. Cumberbatch decd on "Nicholas" Planta. It is hereby further Certified that Thomas Lewis administrator to the Estate of Larence T. Cumberbatch decd. obtained permission from the Governor and the Members of his Majestys Council to Register one slave named "Will" the property of the said Estate domiciled on "Nicholas" Plantation in the Parish of Saint Peter;- omitted in the last Registration Anno Domini 1834 as appears by a Certificate from under the Hand of William Husbands Clerk of the Council dated 31st day of July 1834;- which Certificate was returned into the Registry Office too late for the insertion of the said Slave in the Registration aforesaid and therefore he is not included in the above register of 1834. Dated the 29th day of January 1835. T? @ Howell Registrar of Slaves (T71/1106/4900).
SLAVE COMPENSATION - Name of Estate or Domicile of Slaves Saint Nicholas BARBADOES RETURN of the Number of Slaves and Estimated Value thereof, in each Class, in possession of Lawrance T. Cumberbatch deceased Estate on the 1st day of August, 1834. No. 4900: TOTAL NUMBER of SLAVES One Hundred and Seventy Seven. PRAEDIAL ATTACHED (field) - 5 Head People (male) £500; 1 Tradesmen (male) £100; 3 Inferior Tradesmen (male) £225; 98 Field Labourers (36 male) & (62 female) = 75 total £7,350; 41 Inferior Field Labourers (17 male) & (24 female) = 41 total £1,640;. Non-PRAEDIAL (domestic) - 4 Head Domestic Servants (2 male) & (2 female) £400; 1 Inferior Domestics (1 female) £50. Children under Six Years of Age on the 1st August, 1834 23 (12 male) & (11 female) £230.
Aged, Diseased, or otherwise Non-effective 1 (male) £5. Total 177 slaves £10,500. We, the undersigned, being two of the Valuers appointed to Classify and Value the Slaves in the above named Colony, do on our Oaths declare, after due examination and enquiry, that the above Return is a just true, and accurate Classification and Valuation of the Slaves therein mentioned, on the 1st day of August, 1834, according to the best of our knowledge, information, and belief. Dated this 6th day of November 1834. Sworn this 9th day of Jan 1835 (T71/802/4900).
SLAVE COMPENSATION - Name of Estate or Domicile of Slaves The Farm BARBADOES RETURN of the Number of Slaves and Estimated Value thereof, in each Class, in possession of Lawrance T. Cumberbatch deceased Estate on the 1st day of August, 1834. No. 5185:
TOTAL NUMBER of SLAVES Ten. Non-PRAEDIAL (domestic) - 1 Head Tradesmen (male) £100; 3 Inferior People of the same description (2 male) & (1 female) £190. 1 Head Domestic Servants (male) £100; Children under Six Years of Age on the 1st August, 1834 2 (female) £20.
Aged, Diseased, or otherwise Non-effective 1 (male) £5. Total 10 slaves £515. We, the undersigned, being two of the Valuers appointed to Classify and Value the Slaves in the above named Colony, do on our Oaths declare, after due examination and enquiry, that the above Return is a just true, and accurate Classification and Valuation of the Slaves therein mentioned, on the 1st day of August, 1834, according to the best of our knowledge, information, and belief. Dated this 121st day of November 1834. Sworn this 24th day of January 183[5] (T71/803/5185). Name of Estate or Domicile of Slaves No. 5185 (Same Number as Return). THE CLAIM of Thomas Louis, Administrator to the Estate of (a) Laurence Trent Cumberbatch, decd, who was Owner in fee -- to the Compensation for Ten Slaves in the possession of the said Thomas Louis, Administrator,- in Speights Town in the Parish of Saint Peter on the 1st day of August 1834, duly registered [except as undermentioned (b)] and described in the Return made thereof, on the 21st day of November 1834.
No. Registered in Certificate 15
Born between the Registration & 1st August
Rebecca, a Girl, born of Susanna, aged on 1 Augst. 4 months 1
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16
Manumitted under the Will of L.T. Cumberbatch,
, Tom Hendy, James, Sarah, Mary & Margaret 6
No. on 1st August 1834 10
(a) Character in which the Claim is made;- as
Owner in Fee-Tenant in Tail, for Life, or Years-Mortgagee-Trustee-Receiver-Guardian-Sequestrator-Committee- Executor-Administrator-or otherwise. (b) In case any Children shall have been born between the last Registration, and the 1st August 1834, and included in the Return, their Names, Ages, and Names of Mothers to be stated at foot of the Claim.- And in case the Property in any Slave or Slaves shall have been changed between the last Registration, and the 1st of August 1834, the Claimant must briefly state his Title from the Person in whose Name the Slaves were last registered
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Cumberbatch Family History
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