Ancestry of
Benedict Cumberbatch

Movie, Television and Stage Actor

Abraham Parry Cumberbatch

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 32 
  • Father:
  • Abraham Cumberbatch 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Cumberbatch Sober   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 29 Nov 1784 
  • Christening Location:
  • Barbados 
  • Death Date:
  • Oct 1840 
  • Death Location:
  • Tonbridge, Kent, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Caroline Chaloner
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Apr 1819 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Tonbridge, Kent, England 
  • Child:

  Robert William Cumberbatch (Ahnentafel No:16 )

• Additional marriages for Abraham Parry Cumberbatch

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  • Spouse:
  • Charlotte Jones
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Oct 1805

• Sources for Abraham Parry Cumberbatch

  • ¹ England and Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980, Baptism for son Robert William Cumberbatch.
  • ² England Marriages, 1538-1973, Marriage record for Abraham Parry Cumberbatch and Caroline Chaloner.
  • ³ Adams, Guy, "How Benedict Cumberbatch's family made a fortune from slavery", The Daily Mail, (accessed 06/25/2017).
  • ⁴ Brandow, James C., Genealogies of Barbados Families: From Caribbeana and The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1983), 541, 544-545.
  • ⁵ Marshall, George W., Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach, London: n.p. (1866), 38.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 101.

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