Abraham Cumberbatch Sober, the fourth of five children of John Sober and Penelope née Blake, was born on the island of Barbados in about 1771. The wealth of his family came from slave ownership. Sent to England for his education, he attended school in Kensington, before being admitted on 17 May 1792, at the age of 20, as a Pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge. He did not complete a degree.
On 8 Nov 1796, Abraham C. Sober, Gent. purchased a commission as a Cornet in the King's 1st Dragoon Guards (a cavalry regiment), and in 1798, he purchased a commission as a Lieutenant. On 19 Jul 1803 the War Office announced that he was to be Captain of a troop.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married his first cousin Johannes Richards Sober, a minor, at St Marylebone, London on 29 October 1798. They had two daughters who died as babies, Judith Ann Cumberbatch Sober (1799-1800) and Johannes Letitia Cumberbatch Wood Sober (1803-1804). Johannes Richards Sober died in October 1803, leaving him with two month old baby Johannes, who died in July 1804.
On 14 Aug 1806, in Brighton, Sussex, Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married a widow, Ann Bythesea née Kemp, daughter of Thomas Kemp, M.P. for Lewes. He and Ann almost certainly met in Brighton, the fashionable seaside resort where she lived after her first husband's death in 1800. Newspaper coverage of balls given by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at the Royal Pavilion show Ann and her friends associating with officers of regiments including the 1st Dragoon Guards. There is evidence of the regiment's presence in nearby Lewes and Chichester in this period. Two nights before the wedding, a Grand Ball was held at Brighton Castle, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Royal Dukes. The day before the wedding, the 1st Dragoon Guards and other massed regiments were reviewed (in pouring rain!) by the Prince of Wales in Brighton. Afterwards the Prince gave a grand dinner in the Royal Pavilion, followed by a grand ball. (Morning Post 15 August 1806 p3)
A report of the wedding of Abraham Cumberbatch Sober and Ann Bythesea née Kemp evokes the social standing of the couple, and the social environment of fashionable Brighton:
Captain SOBER, of the King's Dragoons, a few days ago, conducted Mrs. BYTHESEA from the coast, to the Temple of Hymen. The worthy Soldier, in this action, has made himself master of one of the richest jewels that has distinguished Marine Parade. A campaign of matrimony was never [o]pened under more promising auspices. (Oracle and the Daily Advertiser 19 Aug 1806 p2)
Abraham and Ann had five daughters over the next eight years. The couple had five daughters over the next eight years: Ann Elizabeth Sober (1807-1809); Emma Kemp Sober (1809-1844); Anna Cecilia Sober (1810-1881); Frances Sober (1811-1827); and Mary Esther Sober (1814-1832), with whom Ann was pregnant when he died.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober died in London on 7 December 1813, at the age of 42 years, and was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Woodnesborough, Kent on 16 December 1813. His undated Will, proven at London on 7 April 1814, left his entire estate to his wife Ann, the sole Executrix, apart from £100 each to his brothers and sister as a token of his affection.
On 8 Nov 1796, Abraham C. Sober, Gent. purchased a commission as a Cornet in the King's 1st Dragoon Guards (a cavalry regiment), and in 1798, he purchased a commission as a Lieutenant. On 19 Jul 1803 the War Office announced that he was to be Captain of a troop.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married his first cousin Johannes Richards Sober, a minor, at St Marylebone, London on 29 October 1798. They had two daughters who died as babies, Judith Ann Cumberbatch Sober (1799-1800) and Johannes Letitia Cumberbatch Wood Sober (1803-1804). Johannes Richards Sober died in October 1803, leaving him with two month old baby Johannes, who died in July 1804.
On 14 Aug 1806, in Brighton, Sussex, Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married a widow, Ann Bythesea née Kemp, daughter of Thomas Kemp, M.P. for Lewes. He and Ann almost certainly met in Brighton, the fashionable seaside resort where she lived after her first husband's death in 1800. Newspaper coverage of balls given by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at the Royal Pavilion show Ann and her friends associating with officers of regiments including the 1st Dragoon Guards. There is evidence of the regiment's presence in nearby Lewes and Chichester in this period. Two nights before the wedding, a Grand Ball was held at Brighton Castle, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Royal Dukes. The day before the wedding, the 1st Dragoon Guards and other massed regiments were reviewed (in pouring rain!) by the Prince of Wales in Brighton. Afterwards the Prince gave a grand dinner in the Royal Pavilion, followed by a grand ball. (Morning Post 15 August 1806 p3)
A report of the wedding of Abraham Cumberbatch Sober and Ann Bythesea née Kemp evokes the social standing of the couple, and the social environment of fashionable Brighton:
Captain SOBER, of the King's Dragoons, a few days ago, conducted Mrs. BYTHESEA from the coast, to the Temple of Hymen. The worthy Soldier, in this action, has made himself master of one of the richest jewels that has distinguished Marine Parade. A campaign of matrimony was never [o]pened under more promising auspices. (Oracle and the Daily Advertiser 19 Aug 1806 p2)
Abraham and Ann had five daughters over the next eight years. The couple had five daughters over the next eight years: Ann Elizabeth Sober (1807-1809); Emma Kemp Sober (1809-1844); Anna Cecilia Sober (1810-1881); Frances Sober (1811-1827); and Mary Esther Sober (1814-1832), with whom Ann was pregnant when he died.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober died in London on 7 December 1813, at the age of 42 years, and was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Woodnesborough, Kent on 16 December 1813. His undated Will, proven at London on 7 April 1814, left his entire estate to his wife Ann, the sole Executrix, apart from £100 each to his brothers and sister as a token of his affection.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober, the fourth of five children of John Sober and Penelope née Blake, was born on the island of Barbados in about 1771. The wealth of his family came from slave ownership. Sent to England for his education, he attended school in Kensington, before being admitted on 17 May 1792, at the age of 20, as a Pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge. He did not complete a degree.
On 8 Nov 1796, Abraham C. Sober, Gent. purchased a commission as a Cornet in the King's 1st Dragoon Guards (a cavalry regiment), and in 1798, he purchased a commission as a Lieutenant. On 19 Jul 1803 the War Office announced that he was to be Captain of a troop.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married his first cousin Johannes Richards Sober, a minor, at St Marylebone, London on 29 October 1798. They had two daughters who died as babies, Judith Ann Cumberbatch Sober (1799-1800) and Johannes Letitia Cumberbatch Wood Sober (1803-1804). Johannes Richards Sober died in October 1803, leaving him with two month old baby Johannes, who died in July 1804.
On 14 Aug 1806, in Brighton, Sussex, Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married a widow, Ann Bythesea née Kemp, daughter of Thomas Kemp, M.P. for Lewes. He and Ann almost certainly met in Brighton, the fashionable seaside resort where she lived after her first husband's death in 1800. Newspaper coverage of balls given by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at the Royal Pavilion show Ann and her friends associating with officers of regiments including the 1st Dragoon Guards. There is evidence of the regiment's presence in nearby Lewes and Chichester in this period. Two nights before the wedding, a Grand Ball was held at Brighton Castle, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Royal Dukes. The day before the wedding, the 1st Dragoon Guards and other massed regiments were reviewed (in pouring rain!) by the Prince of Wales in Brighton. Afterwards the Prince gave a grand dinner in the Royal Pavilion, followed by a grand ball. (Morning Post 15 August 1806 p3)
A report of the wedding of Abraham Cumberbatch Sober and Ann Bythesea née Kemp evokes the social standing of the couple, and the social environment of fashionable Brighton:
Captain SOBER, of the King's Dragoons, a few days ago, conducted Mrs. BYTHESEA from the coast, to the Temple of Hymen. The worthy Soldier, in this action, has made himself master of one of the richest jewels that has distinguished Marine Parade. A campaign of matrimony was never [o]pened under more promising auspices. (Oracle and the Daily Advertiser 19 Aug 1806 p2)
Abraham and Ann had five daughters over the next eight years. The couple had five daughters over the next eight years: Ann Elizabeth Sober (1807-1809); Emma Kemp Sober (1809-1844); Anna Cecilia Sober (1810-1881); Frances Sober (1811-1827); and Mary Esther Sober (1814-1832), with whom Ann was pregnant when he died.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober died in London on 7 December 1813, at the age of 42 years, and was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Woodnesborough, Kent on 16 December 1813. His undated Will, proven at London on 7 April 1814, left his entire estate to his wife Ann, the sole Executrix, apart from £100 each to his brothers and sister as a token of his affection.
On 8 Nov 1796, Abraham C. Sober, Gent. purchased a commission as a Cornet in the King's 1st Dragoon Guards (a cavalry regiment), and in 1798, he purchased a commission as a Lieutenant. On 19 Jul 1803 the War Office announced that he was to be Captain of a troop.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married his first cousin Johannes Richards Sober, a minor, at St Marylebone, London on 29 October 1798. They had two daughters who died as babies, Judith Ann Cumberbatch Sober (1799-1800) and Johannes Letitia Cumberbatch Wood Sober (1803-1804). Johannes Richards Sober died in October 1803, leaving him with two month old baby Johannes, who died in July 1804.
On 14 Aug 1806, in Brighton, Sussex, Abraham Cumberbatch Sober married a widow, Ann Bythesea née Kemp, daughter of Thomas Kemp, M.P. for Lewes. He and Ann almost certainly met in Brighton, the fashionable seaside resort where she lived after her first husband's death in 1800. Newspaper coverage of balls given by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at the Royal Pavilion show Ann and her friends associating with officers of regiments including the 1st Dragoon Guards. There is evidence of the regiment's presence in nearby Lewes and Chichester in this period. Two nights before the wedding, a Grand Ball was held at Brighton Castle, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Royal Dukes. The day before the wedding, the 1st Dragoon Guards and other massed regiments were reviewed (in pouring rain!) by the Prince of Wales in Brighton. Afterwards the Prince gave a grand dinner in the Royal Pavilion, followed by a grand ball. (Morning Post 15 August 1806 p3)
A report of the wedding of Abraham Cumberbatch Sober and Ann Bythesea née Kemp evokes the social standing of the couple, and the social environment of fashionable Brighton:
Captain SOBER, of the King's Dragoons, a few days ago, conducted Mrs. BYTHESEA from the coast, to the Temple of Hymen. The worthy Soldier, in this action, has made himself master of one of the richest jewels that has distinguished Marine Parade. A campaign of matrimony was never [o]pened under more promising auspices. (Oracle and the Daily Advertiser 19 Aug 1806 p2)
Abraham and Ann had five daughters over the next eight years. The couple had five daughters over the next eight years: Ann Elizabeth Sober (1807-1809); Emma Kemp Sober (1809-1844); Anna Cecilia Sober (1810-1881); Frances Sober (1811-1827); and Mary Esther Sober (1814-1832), with whom Ann was pregnant when he died.
Abraham Cumberbatch Sober died in London on 7 December 1813, at the age of 42 years, and was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Woodnesborough, Kent on 16 December 1813. His undated Will, proven at London on 7 April 1814, left his entire estate to his wife Ann, the sole Executrix, apart from £100 each to his brothers and sister as a token of his affection.
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