[1] He was born 8 October 1741 at Southampton to Alexander St Barbe and Eleanor Wyatt.
[2] He joined the British Royal Navy and was listed as a lieutenant by January 1761 and a superannuated commander by August 1808.
[5] His second wife, Margaret Galbraith, he married in June 1772 and they had ten children prior to her death in October 1802.
[6] St Barbe entered into a business partnership with shipbuilders Taylor and Young from 1782 to 1784.
He appears to have owned at various times a cumulative total of some 24 vessels, including nine whalers prior to 1815.